Thursday 27 September 2012

Some of my favourite things

Thought you might like to know....


  • High heels (yeahhhhh)
  • Lip gloss
  • Mascara (cant leave home without it)
  • Travelling
  • The smile/chuckle of a baby
  • All things clean and tidy
  • Fine wine
  • Shopping
  • Intellectual discourse
  • customers who pay cash! lol
  • Being driven
  • Hanging out with family
  • Music
  • A well behaved and well dressed man
  • Well behaved children
  • A good sense of humour 
  • Old photographs
  • Fast internet and youtube!
There's more....but I'll leave you with these. Ciao...

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Something for the boy

A new LG shop just opened near where I live in Lagos and so I went to check it out. I had been needing to get a new fridge anyway.

I got there and quickly found what I was looking for - the shop is nicely laid out. Having identified the product I wanted, I called the attention of an assistant to put the purchase through. Again it was pretty straight forward. I walked with the girl to the payment desk, made the payment and got the receipt. The same assistant then handed me a sheet of paper to write down my address and phone number for delivery.

Saturday 22 September 2012

Are Nigerians too docile?

Remember the Mutallab underwear bombing saga? I have always been of the opinion that were it a Nigerian carrier on a direct flight from Lagos with mainly Nigerians, the attempt would have been successful. Some agree, others don't. The reason why I hold this opinion however is very simple; the average Nigerian, - in my humble opinion - is a coward.

I was on an Arik Air flight last week from Lagos to Benin. After a slight delay - never mind the commotion to check in - the doors finally closed and the crew began their demonstration on safety measures. To my utter amazement, mid sentence another crew member walked up to the guy carrying out the demonstration and whispered something. He immediately stopped and without any explanation or hesitation, walked towards the cockpit and picked up something that looked to me like a phone -

Friday 21 September 2012

Is age really just a number?

Quite a number of my friends have recently turned forty. Some celebrated, some just let it slip by quietly, and   some were actually shy about turning forty. The shock of it though is that a few of those who were shy about it, were guys!! I mean what is the world turning to? Lol 
I mean I've had cases of women who were my seniors in secondary school who have now convinced themselves and are trying to convince me that I am older than they are, (yes o) but never guys. Let's not even start with the Naija celebs who constantly LIE about their age. That one is a matter for another day.

So here I am excitedly planning towards mine - still a few years away, thank you very much! - with my friends who are same age as me. It has become some sort of project for me. I keep asking everyone how they celebrated, or intend to celebrate. Recently, I met up - separately - with two of my male  friends who have just turned forty and