I've just come off naijafineboys blog and felt a thinge of emotion run thru me with his intro.
even though i do not blog often or visit regularly i know blogville has changed. something has gone cold around here. Anyone knows why?
Me? I've been here, there, up, down. shuttling Lag and Abuja
I had a good time generally but was extremely busy...for fun, it was quite boring even the ceddi plaza wasnt much fun and it wasnt helpfull that the cinema's coming soon were movies i had seen in Lagos 3weeks before and thats the way it is on the reguar unless it changed yesterday.
Met great people though and the sanity of the city was good for me. i miss it and look forward to my next trip.
On my last trip , i stayed at the legislative quaters in Apo and sheard some very unbelievale gist but was confirmed by too many people that i had to swallow it.
If you live in Nigeria or ever, you would know those beggares that usually would come knocking on certain houses to beg the Alhaji for alms on the regualr. One of such beggars usually came beggin for alms at the house of a Honourable who usually gave him money. He came sometime and was told the man wasn't, he came again and was told same. Then he came the thrd time and was told the man was in but very busy and couldn't attend to him. Immediately he got angry and started cursing and warning the man that if he didnt come out this minute he would call on his God to take his money (he the beggar's money) away from him and give it to someone else who would not stress him before giving him.....
Immediately the Hon. ran out and postrates to the feet of this beggar, pleading and asking for forgiveness. This is not a case of using the man's goodluck (as in black jazz kinda thing. plain religion bondage) or any muslim brother wants to correct me?
it was unbelievable!
you know the truth, i had loads of stuff in my head to write before signing on here but right now, i cant wait to get back to this stack of letters and papers looking at me then to the studio to wrap up a documentary.
I'll be back though, i'll be around much longer!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Bits
well coming from a post about church,just reminds of church on Sunday.I love my church as in so much that whenever i do not go i miss it.i miss the worship cos its one of a kind,i miss the people,the love,the scenerey and ......am just attached to the church.its not so big,got a very accessible pastor who's my friend you know. so its so family really.
church is 9 am,Sunday school 8:15 but i dont fool myself about the SS cos i do not really enjoy it so i try to make it ontime for the main service which starts from 9 to about 11:30/12.so i start getting ride from about 8 nam to be on my way by 8:45 and get there for few mins to 9 but my sis would wait till about that 8:45 to start preparing then beg me to wait so i wud but i didnt like it cos we then get to miss a lot of the praisee and service without praise for me is never complete.so i've made up my mind to stop waiting for her.when we get to heaven we'll be operating on different accounts so let everyone work for their salvation.as i walked out of the house leaving here rushing to catch up with me,i meet a couple of her friends down the road who wanted me to also wait so we can go together.i paused for a minute and when they didnt show up i left.15mins into intensive praise and worship they walk in together and i was just thankfull i left em.
No the issue,have u ever wondered why u dont obey the ushers on where to sit.where u always insist on sitting on ur favourite seat even when they are saying to you to come somehwere else?
This woman walked in on Sunday and chose to sit on the second to the last row when the usher asked to go to the front rows she just ingnored him.15mins into the service her fone rings.some very funny ringtone like a desktop,she's so embarrassed.couldnt even look up as she just gave the same usher handbnag to take out and swtch off the mobile.she was so embarrassed she cudnt even stand up.
have u ever left ur fone on while in church?thats one question
2) ever rang before during service?
3)what do u do?
church is 9 am,Sunday school 8:15 but i dont fool myself about the SS cos i do not really enjoy it so i try to make it ontime for the main service which starts from 9 to about 11:30/12.so i start getting ride from about 8 nam to be on my way by 8:45 and get there for few mins to 9 but my sis would wait till about that 8:45 to start preparing then beg me to wait so i wud but i didnt like it cos we then get to miss a lot of the praisee and service without praise for me is never complete.so i've made up my mind to stop waiting for her.when we get to heaven we'll be operating on different accounts so let everyone work for their salvation.as i walked out of the house leaving here rushing to catch up with me,i meet a couple of her friends down the road who wanted me to also wait so we can go together.i paused for a minute and when they didnt show up i left.15mins into intensive praise and worship they walk in together and i was just thankfull i left em.
No the issue,have u ever wondered why u dont obey the ushers on where to sit.where u always insist on sitting on ur favourite seat even when they are saying to you to come somehwere else?
This woman walked in on Sunday and chose to sit on the second to the last row when the usher asked to go to the front rows she just ingnored him.15mins into the service her fone rings.some very funny ringtone like a desktop,she's so embarrassed.couldnt even look up as she just gave the same usher handbnag to take out and swtch off the mobile.she was so embarrassed she cudnt even stand up.
have u ever left ur fone on while in church?thats one question
2) ever rang before during service?
3)what do u do?
Bits and pieces
yea,life blows was my last post and since then av learnt a coupla thingies,same things av always heard and known but its just confounding to happen when least expected from where never imagined but life goes on.
a mans enemy lives in his home.
dines on his table.
lies in his bed.
true?
so whats been up with me?
mmh....here there,out and about........am a lil excited right now tho,cos some project have been working on and done series of meeting but the person just didnt seem to get it and we almost have to argue about i said,u said or i called and ur fone was off and bla bla bla...she just suddenly came around and the project is looking really good now. but that was after i took a good piece of advice from my colleague to give a present; and i did and it worked...
someone sent me this mail and its so true...
1. Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
2. Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?
3. Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
4. Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
5. Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
6. Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events at the last minute?
7. Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
8. Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?
9. Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
10. Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?
a mans enemy lives in his home.
dines on his table.
lies in his bed.
true?
so whats been up with me?
mmh....here there,out and about........am a lil excited right now tho,cos some project have been working on and done series of meeting but the person just didnt seem to get it and we almost have to argue about i said,u said or i called and ur fone was off and bla bla bla...she just suddenly came around and the project is looking really good now. but that was after i took a good piece of advice from my colleague to give a present; and i did and it worked...
someone sent me this mail and its so true...
1. Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
2. Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?
3. Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
4. Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
5. Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
6. Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events at the last minute?
7. Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
8. Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?
9. Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
10. Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?
Monday, August 20, 2007
Lifes blows....
We ate together
we drank together
we shared a strong feeling
we shared passion
we shared love
we shared souls
but tonight,it was all out of the window.
Tonight i was betrayed by the one i loved and trusted so much...i laughed so hard i cried.
I really would av wanted to conclude the abuja story, but maybe later.right now
I'm just heart broken.....
we drank together
we shared a strong feeling
we shared passion
we shared love
we shared souls
but tonight,it was all out of the window.
Tonight i was betrayed by the one i loved and trusted so much...i laughed so hard i cried.
I really would av wanted to conclude the abuja story, but maybe later.right now
I'm just heart broken.....
Day 2
Hiya!
so day 2 in Abuja was pretty quiet.spent a lot printing letters,binding ,photocopying and browsing.then off to find a hotel.I've always had people look for hotels for me and fix all the stuff before my trip to Abuja and i never really spend more than a day or two.so itook a few things for granted this trip that i was going to spend four days 3 nights that eventually bcame 6days 5nights.
So the journey to find hotel that night took me from wuse two to Area 11 to central area then to some other districts i dont remember then eventually settled for some suite.which the taxi man said twaz the best i could get since all the hotels wev been to were full.so i walk into the musky reception,i see a few hausa men with white flowing agbada.seeing the dissatisfaction on my face,the driver points out that they are dignitaries in Abuja and they use this hotel he quickly added.i walk into the hallway and see some men walk across in shorts and tshirts.they look like runs men(yea...yahoo boys and fraudulent dealers)that worries me a bit but my driver was right behind me to tell- oh those are the big players here oo.they do Govt contracts.Then Steward opens the door of my room;its a big bed with a small lounge area,a TV and AC.it looked fairly used,not bad for 5,100 and i loved the bathroom.spacy,clean-as in bright sparkling(i read in while doing doo doo,so i love clean bathrooms)hot water and all.i agreed to take it,gave the driver money to settle the bills and when he shud come pick me the next day.Soon as they turned thier backs, i shut the door and ransack the room to be sure nothing will creep out in the middle of the night and start demanding for what i dunno.......sure coast clear.i washed my face as i was too tired to think of running any bath.tucked into the duvet with my note book on my lap to do some work,i dozed off....
so day 2 in Abuja was pretty quiet.spent a lot printing letters,binding ,photocopying and browsing.then off to find a hotel.I've always had people look for hotels for me and fix all the stuff before my trip to Abuja and i never really spend more than a day or two.so itook a few things for granted this trip that i was going to spend four days 3 nights that eventually bcame 6days 5nights.
So the journey to find hotel that night took me from wuse two to Area 11 to central area then to some other districts i dont remember then eventually settled for some suite.which the taxi man said twaz the best i could get since all the hotels wev been to were full.so i walk into the musky reception,i see a few hausa men with white flowing agbada.seeing the dissatisfaction on my face,the driver points out that they are dignitaries in Abuja and they use this hotel he quickly added.i walk into the hallway and see some men walk across in shorts and tshirts.they look like runs men(yea...yahoo boys and fraudulent dealers)that worries me a bit but my driver was right behind me to tell- oh those are the big players here oo.they do Govt contracts.Then Steward opens the door of my room;its a big bed with a small lounge area,a TV and AC.it looked fairly used,not bad for 5,100 and i loved the bathroom.spacy,clean-as in bright sparkling(i read in while doing doo doo,so i love clean bathrooms)hot water and all.i agreed to take it,gave the driver money to settle the bills and when he shud come pick me the next day.Soon as they turned thier backs, i shut the door and ransack the room to be sure nothing will creep out in the middle of the night and start demanding for what i dunno.......sure coast clear.i washed my face as i was too tired to think of running any bath.tucked into the duvet with my note book on my lap to do some work,i dozed off....
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Day 3
Hey !!!!
Naija done dey go really 21st century really.my friend was saying to me last week that he used free internet at Flavours cafe at the galleria and i disagreed and accused him of using their connection for free cos all the times i've browsed there, i paid.But here i am at this lovely,i mean sexy restuarant in abuja called Salamanda,right under Colors in Africa just by Mama Cass on Aminu Kano crescent in wuse two(i hope they will see this advert and come and pay me ooo.)its not just a fanstatic scenery,great; soothing music,affordable meal(yea,like 2300 for a meal with desert)and free internet plus laptop oooo.The laptop is theirs not to be taken away sha.nicely padlocked to the table...they just encourage you to buy at least a coke which cost 120 ,diet coke 400,chapman 500 or smooth shakes for 750-800.
So drop buy when u r in town.
My days been going okay,done the letters for the other ministries found a nice,unbelieveably cheap hotel for 4000 (nice puffy bed,AC,TV with DSTV, clean bath(its like all abuja homes and hotels have clean baths and also hot water running) and am like where have u been all this while?My meeting with Farafina publisher and my all time favourite newscaster Eugenia Abu was real good here at Salamadar.Then had to chill a bit for the last one for today with Audu Maikori the winner of the International Young Music entrepreneur of the year.Rub minds on a couple of stuff, then off to British council cafe at the rooftop,stop by at Nu Metro and feel Abj a bit.
we need run now actually...so i'll be here later!
Naija done dey go really 21st century really.my friend was saying to me last week that he used free internet at Flavours cafe at the galleria and i disagreed and accused him of using their connection for free cos all the times i've browsed there, i paid.But here i am at this lovely,i mean sexy restuarant in abuja called Salamanda,right under Colors in Africa just by Mama Cass on Aminu Kano crescent in wuse two(i hope they will see this advert and come and pay me ooo.)its not just a fanstatic scenery,great; soothing music,affordable meal(yea,like 2300 for a meal with desert)and free internet plus laptop oooo.The laptop is theirs not to be taken away sha.nicely padlocked to the table...they just encourage you to buy at least a coke which cost 120 ,diet coke 400,chapman 500 or smooth shakes for 750-800.
So drop buy when u r in town.
My days been going okay,done the letters for the other ministries found a nice,unbelieveably cheap hotel for 4000 (nice puffy bed,AC,TV with DSTV, clean bath(its like all abuja homes and hotels have clean baths and also hot water running) and am like where have u been all this while?My meeting with Farafina publisher and my all time favourite newscaster Eugenia Abu was real good here at Salamadar.Then had to chill a bit for the last one for today with Audu Maikori the winner of the International Young Music entrepreneur of the year.Rub minds on a couple of stuff, then off to British council cafe at the rooftop,stop by at Nu Metro and feel Abj a bit.
we need run now actually...so i'll be here later!
The Little Good Deed
In my last post i wrote how the good Samaritan said to me'guy ,u must be a good guy o,for me to be carrying your around like this' and i said Na God oo'at that moment something dropped in my mind...
Beggars find me very attractive.
Am sure u r getting scared to me,but yea.if we are a group of ten people and someone walks in to ask for help,he'll approach the group,and either walk straight to me,PAST other people or excuse me from their midst and ask me for whatever the need.as in,it is scary..at work,on the road,at the movies,anywhere.and a lot of them have fantastic stories that i always think instead of letting this people carry on with this problem or have them shame and burden of asking someone else,i'd give 200,500,1000 and even 2000 Naira instead of the regular 20naira .
one said to me once at Maryland bustop that he had come to Lagos from OSU to his GF's birthday bought a gift and ran out of cash hoping to get something from her when he's leaving but on getting there she's all over another guy who he found out organised the party for her so left in anger and now he's stranded.i looked at him,Mr Lover boy and gave him a 500 as the bus cost 300.some say they want to buy inhaler,a lot say they are stranded and so many silly stories but yet i give.
Once i discussed it with my pastor and he said if i was scared i should talk to God and ask him why its happening .That's why we are a pentecoastal church.we all have access to our father in heaven.which makes big sense but not what i needed.so i brought it up at the fellowship which shows how important the fellowship can be cos its smaller gathering from the church, different people with different ideas and leader to correct misconceptions.
And finally what we agreed on was that God had a purpose and i should keep doing it, cos it's most likely a covering for something else.some other need might arise and people will stand for me.
I dont know,but for me,i think that was one of the times when the good deeds have come to stand for me!
so,that little thinG u r doing thats making people smile,please dont stop!
Beggars find me very attractive.
Am sure u r getting scared to me,but yea.if we are a group of ten people and someone walks in to ask for help,he'll approach the group,and either walk straight to me,PAST other people or excuse me from their midst and ask me for whatever the need.as in,it is scary..at work,on the road,at the movies,anywhere.and a lot of them have fantastic stories that i always think instead of letting this people carry on with this problem or have them shame and burden of asking someone else,i'd give 200,500,1000 and even 2000 Naira instead of the regular 20naira .
one said to me once at Maryland bustop that he had come to Lagos from OSU to his GF's birthday bought a gift and ran out of cash hoping to get something from her when he's leaving but on getting there she's all over another guy who he found out organised the party for her so left in anger and now he's stranded.i looked at him,Mr Lover boy and gave him a 500 as the bus cost 300.some say they want to buy inhaler,a lot say they are stranded and so many silly stories but yet i give.
Once i discussed it with my pastor and he said if i was scared i should talk to God and ask him why its happening .That's why we are a pentecoastal church.we all have access to our father in heaven.which makes big sense but not what i needed.so i brought it up at the fellowship which shows how important the fellowship can be cos its smaller gathering from the church, different people with different ideas and leader to correct misconceptions.
And finally what we agreed on was that God had a purpose and i should keep doing it, cos it's most likely a covering for something else.some other need might arise and people will stand for me.
I dont know,but for me,i think that was one of the times when the good deeds have come to stand for me!
so,that little thinG u r doing thats making people smile,please dont stop!
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