Archive for the 'General' Category

posts that are difficult to categorize: most posts fit in here.

Sweetie

Date: November 20th, 2008

hello sweetie
That was the first message I sent when a friend of mine signed in after a long hiatus from Yahoo Messenger.
Understandably, she was shell-shocked.
This was the Azuka — who, a while ago wasn’t comfortable when others called him ‘honey’ or ‘love’ — using a word like ’sweetie.’ It just came out, and I suppose [...]

Notebook

Date: November 7th, 2008

I’ve always wanted one, I think — right from back when my Dad got a cheap Compaq running Windows 95 that his company was going to throw out. It didn’t have a battery, was slow as hell (I had no idea then) and had nothing of interest to the me of now, but back then [...]

I’m back

Date: August 24th, 2008

… or at least, have been since Monday.
I wish I could say Nigeria was completely fun — not that it wasn’t, but being away for quite a while had gotten me unaccustomed to some of the important things. Like NEPA PHCN.
After a few weeks of making excuses with my employer and spending quite a bit [...]

Accident

Date: June 2nd, 2008

I started taking driving lessons about a week ago. It’s been exciting in a way — never mind the fact that the instructor uses a very old Volkswagen ‘Bug’ Beetle. The gears make the most awful grinding noises in the world when I shift up or down and having long legs, the wheel touches my [...]

They said…

Date: May 27th, 2008

‘They said a witch was caught this afternoon close to Garrison,’ my cousin Bukky informed me breathlessly.
Who are they? I wondered. It took me about ten seconds before it registered.
They — that quaint Nigerian way of using the pronoun such that it meant no one, anyone, some people or everyone without any specifics as to [...]

Naija…

Date: May 17th, 2008

The title of the post says it all.
I’m back where I like to call home. I’m putting together the gist at the moment, but let’s just say I’m having a great time