I found this fascinating quote today:

1. Please tell your governments that if they are seen as interfering or supporting our actions - then we have lost! I believe that if we can receive covert resources and support without prompting action by the regime, our enemy will be severely suppressed. Today we heard from sources outside of Iran that we can not win. Those who are saying this in the media please notice: You must also mention the success of the results thus far. For the sake of the spirit of our demonstrators, you must mention that we are making great strides. Your words have the power of giving energy to our cause. The actions against us will only escalate unless the legitimacy of this government is removed from popular opinion. We only have ourselves to depend on. Today the commander of the Tehran Police refused to implement the suppression orders sent down to him by the Government. This was a small success, however many were later arrested when the information became known to the Officials.
2. People are afraid to demonstrate without money or resources. Many are afraid that a general strike will drain bank accounts and thus cripple our efforts. Please be cautious when calling for demonstrators to remove money from banks, stop shopping and work. While it is effective for us to use these measures, please be cautious and regard that we are making necessary plans within our groups. Your information being sent en mass through public mediums is falling directly into the hands of our enemies.
3. Continue blocking Iran regime websites. We continue needing Firefox plug-ins, anonymous portals and IP devices. If you can find a way to provide those to us, it will be important in our efforts.
4. Iranian State Television is creating massive distorition of truths. Their reports are stirring fear and frustration in the people. They collect information from foreign media websites and report just the opposite, or design filtered propaganda to distress our efforts. The Iran television news is showing pictures that have been collected off websites of the demonstrators, and they are asking viewers to send in informative leads to who the face belongs to and where they live. Recently many have blanked out the face of the demonstrators before uploading our pictures. That is a great help to our cause.
5. The Regime is accusing foreign governments and Western media with unfounded charges. Their motive in doing so is to create chaos and diversion. They are provoking governments to take a position instead of well-thought passive defense. The State-Run News plays up the Western governments as imperfect and problematic - attempting to inspire people to stop these protests for fear of becoming like the Western nations. These allegations have been extremely critical of the USA and President Obama administration. What we feel is best would be the United Nations to call on Iran's regime to hold another election. We all have the courage to face this, so International Community, as your governments to pressure the UN to act on requesting a new election in Iran. Also continue to call on your governments in Europe and America to visibly appear neutral and do not show explicit support. The USA administration is doing that and it helps so much. President Ahmadinejad is very worried at this hour of the protests.
6. It is very likely that quite soon our leaders: Mousavi, Karroubi and Khatami will be arrested. It is also very likely many other political leaders will be detained. We call on the International Media to continue broadcasting fair information while remaining responsible.
Red.Heron, Anonymous Iran, Jun 2009

You should read the whole article.

blesed are you?

Once in a while I feel the urge to write and today is just one of those days. I always promise myself to blog more often but I find that I get occupied doing other things I dont understand why I do them lol
so i graduated last month woot woot
I switched over from firefox to chrome well except from when i am using a computer other than mine where i still use firefox
i am considering switching to windows 7 once i find time to back up my computer
and there are so many other mundane things i have been up to but most important of them all is the fact that I am alive and filled with love and optimism.
Too many people have died when i think of the 228 people who lost their lives in the recent Air France I cannot but give thanks to God for sustaining me through it all, when I hear people moaning about their lack of boyfriends/girlfriends jobs, etc I wonder aren't they glad that they are alive to even be able to worry about suck trivial issues (well not so trivial when your parents arent rich like mine and willing to let you mooch off them which I am terribly grateful for) but I am grateful to God for keeping me, being with me, blessing me and loving me...his love knows no bounds and even if I am single my entire life, his love is enough for me...plus I also have the unconditional love of my awesome family and friends what more could I ask for?

It's been almost a year since posted but so much has happened since then...I'm about to finish my journey as an Undergrad I am looking forward to what Life has in store for me.
My life is an open book and with each choice I make am writing a new paragraph.
In the end I want to be able to look back on everything I have done and be able to not have any regrets. So far I have done a good job I think...I would love to be closer to God, I am trying...maybe I'm not trying hard enough but I am trying
School is good, friends are god. I have never been prouder of Phi Sigma Rho than this year, we have gone through so much and accomplished so much this year and I am happy I was as involved as I was...see no regrets whatsoever
Life is good, love is good
Once again I will try to be more consistent with blogging
until my next post, remember, Love is the Movement

Mr Jailer...yes I'm talking to you

Once again this stupid indecent dressing bill is making headlines...why t is doing so only heaven knows.
How ill-timed this is, at a time when militants are busy murdering innocent women and children all in the name of liberating the Niger-Delta...liberation my arse and instead of this so called legislator woman to address the issues in the Niger Delta she is opening her smelly va-jay-jay for the whole world to smell...it stinks by the way.
What pains me is that the Nigerian woman does not understand her rights...if it was the government saying they were going to hike up the price of fuel once more...no one would hear word...Oshiomole and his idiot boys would have commandeered all the media to tell everyone once more that the useless NLC is about to once more cripple the economy...hissss
Instead, because it doesn't concern the "masses" oga comrade is enjoying himself in the Edo state government house...nonsense.
Where are all the mothers...who buy clothes for their daughters...will they sit back and watch one Ekaette tell ladies older than 14 how to dress? What the french toast? The bill doesn't even make sense
The bill just stinks of hypocrisy, she couldn't find anything better so she had to show the world how backwards her mode of thinking is...as if wearing mary amaka clothes is going to stop a man from raping a girl if he has set his mind to do so...if she cant find any better means to add her two cents she should please go back to being a house wife, none of all this embarrassing nonsense, im sure the house of representatives has bigger bones to chew than the ramblings of a woman who has no fashion sense and does not understand anything about fundamental human rights...if it is a woman's choice to endanger herself let it be so but she has no right to cry wolf when all is said and done, so madam Ekaette those that have breast let the flaunt it...abi is it paining you?

B.A.M.F

Havent been on here in a bit... I wonder why

So little happened since the last post...jk a lot happened...
1. mom had a cancer scare which kind of turned out to be false
2. met a guy, left a guy all in less than 7 days...
3. SuperJew is still SuperJew to me...but Jack Sparrow still has a place in my heart...sigh
4. Oh btw I am currently in Nigeria I guess thats news as well
5. and no I am not in Lagos...I'm in Bonny Island...working
6. when I say working I mean i'm a proper Process Engineering Technologist for Nigeria LNG...
7. May God protect us from Militants...those ppl are ...uh crazy?
8. There are no hot ppl at work so I guess i'm going to be working a lot
9. I am so excited for Jamie's wedding
10. really really really excited...

well considering I spend 11 hours every day at work...I am spent like right now...cheers yall

ps B.A.M.F stands for Bad Ass Mother F***** lol thanks Dane Cook

Release Me

So I work for the Computer Help Desk...yes I am one of the 20 leprechauns that makes sure the interwebs work for about 25000 individuals at Rutgers NB/P
A co-worker wrote the following:
Things to consider when calling Tech Support...
Date: 2007-04-27, 11:38PM EDT


Hi! I'm your Technical Support Rep. I have a considerable amount of control over one or more important aspects of your daily life: television, telephone, and internet. Sometimes one, sometimes all three. Before we interact, I'd like to share some thoughts with you:

* I am here, simply put, to fix your shit. My job is not complete until said shit is fixed. Please just help me fix this shit.

* With that out of the way, know that I hate you exactly as much as you hate me. No more, no less. If you are at least relatively pleasant, I'm happy to help you- even to make small talk as I attend to the issue at hand. Conversely, if you are a total and complete jackass, I will make this the worst 10 minutes of your week.

* Neither I, nor any of my coworkers, are out to fuck you. We are not idiots. We are college graduates in technical disciplines, the vast majority of whom are here to work their way up the IT ladder to more fulfilling positions. Sometimes we have off days, sure, but we know EXACTLY what we are doing. Note that this does not apply to anyone outside of our department. They are, in all reality, idiots who are out to fuck you.

* So you've already unplugged the "internet box" and plugged it back in? Brace yourself, you're going to do it again. Most of the time I do this for a reason...unless you're a dick. Then I do it to see how mad it makes you.

* Don't lie to me- I can tell you have a router. It isn't illegal.

* To those who think they are "computer illiterate": The vast majority of the time, you are lovely customers: Patient, willing to learn, and most importantly, willing to listen. Thank you!

* To those who think they are CompSci PHD's: The vast majority of the time, you are retarded: If you already cycled your equipment and it didn't work, why did it work when I made you do it again? If you are so well educated, stay the hell out of the queue so that people who need help can get it.

* Supervisors don't have a magic wand that they can wave to make everything better. They are governed by the same protocol and use the same utilities as I do. In fact, supervisors are more likely to tell you to fuck off- believe it or not, they have other pressing issues to attend to. If a node goes down, they WILL put those 200 subscribers before you in Priorityland.

* Threatening to cancel does not intimidate us. We have an entire department that is paid to care about that, which means that I don't have to. Harsh? Sure, but I have more than enough work to do fixing shit, yelling at field techs, following up on cases, and explaining the concept of email to your grandmother that it won't cause me to lose any sleep.

* It worked fine yesterday? Oh, then I must be wrong. Let me reconsider the 40 minutes I spent troubleshooting your Win98 box. Check it out: Shit breaks (see point 1); If shit did not break, I would be mowing your lawn instead of sitting in this office.

* Speakerphone? Turn it the fuck off.

* Don't call back and have another rep troubleshoot the same problem. He will read the notes I left about how you spilled coke into your cable box. Even if he didn't, he would come to the same conclusion, and more people with undiagnosed problems would be stuck listening to that god-awful hold music.

* I am not blowing smoke when I say that I understand how frustrating it is to wait on hold, get transferred, and deal with bad agents. I too have called Dell's tech support line. The difference is that I actually DO care about your problem, so please just calm down before I kill your family.

* My company has over 20 million subscribers. I handle a region of about 2 million. To this day, none of them have ever called in to say "I just wanted you to know that my shit is working correctly." Maybe someday?



So what can I help you with today?


Yeah finals are going swell. My mom is mad at me for not speaking to her today when I called her sister to say happy mother's day...she's being greedy I told her the exact same thing in March...Happy Mother's day mom 2x gaaaaah

I need to study for physical Chemistry

Love is the Movement

It's been a while...what's happened since March?
1. Love unreturned
2. Formal...scorned love
3. Love found
4. Finals...love kept

1. I have a hard time showing emotions..its taking a toll on me, no one ever knows when I am besotted and my affections are unrequited... :(
2. Formal...allow me to introduce la belle du jour - yours sincerely. Just as the one I want seems to elude my attentions, I seem to gain the attention of some others - nothing wrong with them just too much baggage and baggage is definitely not my cup of tea
3. I <3 Reema we have grown so class and I am glad we pledged together. I found God again I know even if SIT cant return my affections, there is one love that encompasses the world and I have that love for no absolute reason other than grace - God's love is abundant in my life and I hope others can see it and try to get it too...Thanks Switchfoot for helping me recommit myself
...Heavenly father, you always amaze me :)

4. Its time for finals, I'm at rest and trusting in God that I will make him, my parents and myself proud :)

My mind is dull and faded
From these years of buy and sell
My eyes have seen the glory
Of this hollow modern shell
And sex is a grand production
But I'm bored with that as well
Ah, Lord save me from myself
Electric sun keep shining
Ripen daughters of the chrome
This world is where I breathe
Let it never be called home
Where the vultures make the money
Is where our bodies fell
Ah, Lord save me from myself - Jon Foreman

Bless you

Thou Shalt not...

There was a time when the only sins we knew where those written down in the Ten Commandments...
and then the Catholic church came up with the Deadly sins...and the not so deadly sins (I forget the real name)
Anyhoo today the Vatican released some new sins...and omg they are Mortal sins
some of them are in my own words:
Thou shalt not be obscenely rich (take note Bill Gates)
Thou shalt not pollute the earth (take note Lagos state government)
Thou shalt not manipulate genes for the sake of scientific experiments (take note stem cell research ppl)
Thou shalt not do/sell drugs (w3rd)
Thou shalt not violate Human Rights
Abortion and paedophilia are somewhere in the list too...
bravo Vatican...only succeeded in losing more young membership
since I am not Catholic I think I can say...umm I am not so sure why it is a sin to be obscenely rich as long as no one is hurt in the process of attaining and maintaining the riches...I like money because money is kind of good
I am not a great fan of pollution, I'd like the earth to be habitable for my great great great great grandchildren so kudos Vatican on that one
Manipulating genes...if from gene manipulation a cure for cancer, Alzheimer's can be found...I'm up for it...but if the reason for gene manipulation is to create a super human being then I am against it...so I guess I will sit this bit out.
I don't do drugs nor sell them...so I guess that one is kosher with me
Thou shalt definitely not violate human rights
Abortion...I'm pro life...use a condom if you no fit hold body
paedophilia is a no no...screws up kids minds and we wonder why there are so much university shootings
But left to me I think humans have evolved enough to know what is right and wrong...I don't think we need the church telling us what is good or bad, if we strive to be godlike (which I definitely am striving to become) we should be able to distinguish between right and wrong I mean its not rocket science...dont pollute the earth otherwise there'll be no where else for you and your descendants to live...
with that...I'm of to daydream about my latest crush.

Bittersweet Symphony

That song has been in my head since the weekend and thinking of the lyrics makes me realize how much of a genius Richard Ashcroft is.
And it makes me wonder, the things we take for granted how meaningful they really are...for example companionship...I'm never the one to wear my emotions on my sleeve but sometimes I feel numb, it seems people do not understand the workings of my rather complex mind to comprehend my actions.
I have been thinking a lot lately about religion...contemplating why we humans need to believe in something bigger than ourselves. I have come to the realization that we all need something to look up to, no matter how independent an individual is, there is that stage he/she aspires to reach...maybe this is why we have God.
He is all knowing, ever present, never changing and the list goes on. As wonderful as he is, we humans have done some stupid things all in his name. Look at Gaza today, innocents die simply because people are fighting for Holy Land...maybe Jerusalem should become some sort of Vatican, sovereign to none other but itself and maybe the Christians, Muslims and Jews may live together in some sort of peaceful coexistence.
"And I'm a million different people from one day to the next..." It's these subtle differences in personalities that make us interesting subjects...as much as I love myself I wonder if I can enjoy being with someone like me all the time...

It's just a bittersweet symphony this life...
Trying to make ends meet
Trying to find someone then you die...

I think unlike Bono I have found what I'm looking for...piece of mind with a father in heaven whom I believe is always looking out for me...not providence...guidance and my own free will with Yahweh there to guide me and ppick me up when I make those bad choices that define my humanity...
and life is a bittersweet symphony because to get to the enjoyable part...you have to suck on a lot of sour lemons...mais c'est la vie

The City of Blinding Lights

My bout of Malaria is finally over.
24th February, UMDNJ hosted Vagina Monologues, yours truly was there...fabulous
25th the usual, class all day meetings all night...and Champagne while studying
26th uneventful...hang over in class, wrote a paper on History of Mathematics (woohoo)
27th ...Quiz in Physical Chemistry aced that
28th...I don't understand African Americans, they feel they have stronger ties to Africa than proper Africans...maybe they do maybe they don't but I refuse to be chastised for being privileged...so don't tell me there are hungry kids in Africa...I know this already.
Today...work...City later, going to get all fabulous and hang out with OneRepublic probably hit National Underground http://www.yelp.com/biz/national-underground-new-york

while at this...there's a proposal in the Nigerian House of Assembly to make indecent dressing a criminal offence. If your husband can't help but look at another woman's chest, I guess it means you have to get some silicone in yours.
In this day and age how can we be living according to standards dictated by society...scratch that the government? What ever happened to individualism and self expression?
Personally I dont expose my rack (because I've got none) but I agree with the saying "If you've got it flaunt it"
If I can't show off my legs then the same should be done about frivolous spending...after all when you spend millions on drinks that in itself is vulgar...since all vulgar things are now criminal offences then the government should be charged on spending money on crap...

anyhoo off to get ready to have a great time tonight...cheers
oh Rutgers Female Basketball team rules (even though I dont enjoy the game)

I havent posted anything because I have been uber ill.
well things that have been on my mind during my convalescence have been the proposed indecent dressing bill supposed to be passed in the Nigerian Senate... I say screw that. If I feel the need to walk around indecently dressed, its my freaking prerogative.
I can't type that much since I am not fully recovered but soon

Help...my professor is aweome

Not only is he involved in some interesting research...
his views are making me rethink my faith, not in the sense that I am becoming atheist(urgh) or agnostic (eeww) rather, it is giving me insight as to what the original judeao founders of Christianity must have felt.
Every day we learn something new...maybe there is no such thing as witchcraft...maybe Tolkien got it right, we do not know what happens to man after he dies, we are only making stuff up as we go along in life so we have no fear of the after life instead have some sort of hope that the after life may be better.
Does that make me any less smarter than my fellow scientists?
No, i don't think so, rather it is the hope that there is something better out there for me that keeps me going. It might not be "god" per se, but there is a force that drives us to be what we are, a force that I aspire to be with someday, a force that I believe I am part of...this force lives in me, lives around me encompasses all that I do, this force is me, this force is God...
God because there is a lack of a term to describe it...
We were made in his image, hence I am a god to, here on earth but when I leave here I would like to answer to him, and I would love that in that moment it will be a conversation of love.
Sometimes, I think I am Christian because I was born Christian, and I look at what Christians are doing today...appalling all in the name of faith.
Why can't we live and let live, why must a religion be right or wrong...if we all believe in God why can't we all find him in our own special way
this isn't agnostic propaganda I like to know where I stand...as of now...
I believe in God...I believe that when I die I will be caught up to some higher plane to be with him...all this depends on how I spend the time he has given me here on earth..I hope I spend it well..instead of bickering about whose religion is right or wrong...

oh excerpt from my professor:
Dr Roderich Tumulka
researcher in physics at the Mathematics Institute at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Paranormal phenomena do not exist

The single most important scientific discovery, most relevant to everybody's daily life, is that paranormal phenomena do not exist. Magic, witchcraft, mind-reading, clairvoyance, faith healing and similar practices do not work and have never worked.

There is a large body of very strong scientific evidence for this conclusion, concerning virtually all suggested forms of paranormal phenomena. For careful discussions of this evidence, I refer to the sceptical literature.

The degree to which the public is aware of this evidence, and has accepted and digested the conclusion, is often far from satisfactory and varies a lot from one phenomenon to another. While in Western countries everybody laughs at the idea of witchcraft, belief in astrology is quite widespread, and the efficacy of prayers - say, for health - is hardly ever doubted.

It makes a crucial difference for our lives, whether we imagine ourselves to be surrounded by supernatural beings and happenings or whether we see ourselves instead in a world that science can help us understand. Many scientific principles, concepts, or discoveries need not be understood by the public, despite their importance - they need only be understood by the experts. The question of the paranormal is different, in this respect.

This is really happening

1 U.S. dollar buys 1 million Zimbabwe dollars on black market

The Associated Press

Thursday, October 18, 2007

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The black market exchange rate for the U.S. dollar broke the 1 million Zimbabwe dollar mark Thursday and the government announced another sharp jump in inflation.

Worsening hard currency shortages more than doubled the price of the U.S. currency in the past 10 days, pushed up by central bank buying on the unofficial market, dealers said.

"People are asking for a million and getting it in big bank to bank transfers. Cash for cash is anything above 750,000-1," as the country faces shortages of local bills, said one dealer. "Technically, it's still illegal."

The official exchange rate is 30,000-1. In the first week of October, the black market rate surged to about 520,000-1, up from 400,000-1 in mid September.

"There's too little foreign exchange out there and too many chasing it," including the central bank, said the dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being punished by the government.

Those with foreign exchange "don't want to part with it as a hedge against inflation," the dealer said.

Lengthy power and water outages linked to shortages of hard currency, spare parts and gasoline occur daily.

Travelers returning home to Harare from shopping trips for soap, cooking and other basics across the country's borders have reported central bank buyers at the downtown bus terminal offering top black market rates for leftover U.S., Botswana and South African currencies needed to pay for food, power and gasoline imports.

Police raids on currency dealers at the terminal have stopped.

Central bank governor Gideon Gono said in a policy speech this month that his bank saw the terminal as a source of hard currency and that the official exchange rate was all but obsolete.

The state central statistical office announced official annual inflation rose to 7,982 percent in September, up from 6,592 in August, already the highest in the world. Independent estimates put real inflation closer to 25,000 percent and the International Monetary Fund has forecast it reaching 100,000 percent by the end of the year.

According to the monthly statistical review Thursday, the poverty line for a family of five nearly doubled to 22.6 million Zimbabwe dollars (US$22.60, €16.25 at the dominant black market exchange rate) in September, amid rising prices and rampant black marketeering in scarce staples. Most essential goods that have disappeared from store shelves.

A senior school teacher earns three-fourths of the benchmark for poverty — about US$17 (€12), having received a 200 percent pay increase awarded after a crippling strike closed down schools across the country earlier this month.

A regular police patrolman takes homes less that US$5 (€3.50) a month.

When available, a can of beans costs about 60 U.S. cents (about 40 euro cents) at the black market exchange or US$15 (€10) at the official rate.

In a bid to tame inflation the government in June ordered prices on most goods and services to be slashed but relaxed this as it merely worsened already chronic shortages. On Friday, the government allowed a 300 percent increase in the price of a loaf of bread.

An estimated 4 million Zimbabweans — one-third of the population — live and work abroad and their remittances are the largest single source of hard currency. Zimbabwe was once the region's breadbasket and Africa's second largest exporter after South Africa.

pour qoui

I think I should begin blogging about sorority stuff. Here is goes.

This past weekend, we didnt do the Engineering frat instead we went to DSP for an outdoor party...I made out with a hippie ouch.
Rocket got the spawn of hippies they went home together so the odds are they hooked up nice.
Young as classy as she is I'm not sure she got the guy she wanted but I do hope she did (love you to bits luv)
KD was also at the party I wish he was the hippie I made out with hot hot hot
Sunday...I spent 4 hours with Jack Sparrow there might be some flames, thats fine by me I hope the feeling's mutual
Monday...hooked up with the cigarette guy :) but he said something about ebony and ivory...uncoolI'm not looking for something with him I want Jack Sparrow
Had a chat with Melva about a Latina who gets on our nerves...I love the mc but she can be a cougar at times. Apparently someone doesn't think I should have a little, well I say I can't be bovvered, Goldie is sweet and we get along unlike Aussie and myself meh drama
Told the cigarette guy I am bethrothed, he hasn't called since (hmm) I better ell him the truth he might be thinking I am a tramp.
Rocket actually hooked up with the Jamaican, she didnt enjoy it :( so much for me trying
Football game this week, mixer with DSP with an after party, maybe hanging out with the awesome PSR girls...I hope the cigarette guy knows we are not exclusive because I really want Jack Sparrow.

Learning to fly as you fall

The normal human instinct when spending a weekend with over 20 people whom you would on a good day not be around, is to stay in a closet and hide.

When put together in one place, most humans tend to make the most of it. It might be to disappear into a closet, or to bring out the best in everyone around you. When you are with like minded people eg, Engineers like I was, then you aren't too shy to bring out the goofiness, then talking about the frequency at which your brain functions isn't considered dorky rather it is the norm, I think in such cases if you don't understand what is being spoken about you are uncool (take that cheerleaders lol I have love for cheerleaders one of my friends is one)

But my point is, no matter how seemingly different we think we are, innately we are the same, striving for recognition and approval by our peers and other people. Once we understand we are constantly being watched that drive to prove ourselves comes out in full force, and when given the chance to relax we always take it.

I love engineers, I love engineering...I do love the Rutgers university engineering governing council for teaching me the bit of life that stereotypical engineers will never understand

I'm Leaving on a Jet plane

Yesterday I got news that a relation of mine died from an auto mobile accident.
God rest his soul
So this is going to be a tribute to Nelson Okubor

You were taken for granted while you were alive
With your funny suits when it was time to party
The horrendous mistakes you always made
The little things you did that made us laugh
The things you did that made us mad
For being there through good and bad times
Always a loyalist forever,
We miss you.
Too bad I never got to tell you
But Agbor was never the same when you were not around
We won't get to yell Nelson again in this life
But by God's grace we will meet in heaven
And Nelson will be said joyfully from our mouths.
Rest in Peace Nelson Okubor and may God grant you eternal rest in his bossom

And So It Begins

Officially I will be moving back into the dorms today...or maybe tomorrow I haven't really made up my mind.
Am I excited? Of course I am, seriously who wouldn't be
However I think I might be getting a new roommate, boo....hopefully she doesn't bite else I might be forced to bite back.
It is 3:48 am for some reason my brain seems to think it is 9 am...after effects of jet lag i suppose, but even though I am up, I am still kind of tired...hence I am not saying much now, but hopefully when I head out to Rutgers later today, there will be an enormous tale to bring back but until then, good night and good luck
cheers.

indecent dressing of my arse

is that how you went to the island today? in a little dress like that? don't you know you could have been arrested by the police for indecent dressing?

seriously that's what i was told, that my sundress was to short and too umm sexy for Lagos state government.
the ruling party in Lagos state AC is supposed to be relatively liberal in comparison to PDP where my allegiance lies only because.. but i digress. AC is supposedly liberal so my thought was oh prostitution will flourish in Lagos now that these Yoruba men have been freed from their bondage, no more do you have to be a big man to bear the cost of Eko girls of the night. Unfortunately the case is not so.

now the government is dictating what i can wear and what i cant wear.

• my breast shouldn't be exposed (well i don't even do that anyway because i am soooooo conscious of how small they are and all these big chested friends of mine always steal the show so why bother :-D)
• my skirt shouldn't be more than 3 inches above my knees (ha ha you have to be kidding me the only skirt i own that isn't a wrapper barely comes to my thighs, why because my legs are my best assets why hide my talent that had been given to me by God? if my legs can cause people to glorify his name why shouldn't i use it...OK that is borderline blasphemy but seriously...if i recall rightly the ancient Africans didn't even wear clothes until the Europeans came so where did this propriety come from?)
• my make up must not lol cause any one to stare...seriously i wouldn't want that to happen, because that can only mean that i look like a clown...I'm not a fan of make up any way so that is not my problem.
• no tight fitting clothes...OK i am a size 0 if i wear a size 2 i am pretty sure people will wonder if i am wearing my mothers clothes or not, and how else will i show that i have a few curves and i am not all just skin and bones?

i don't remember the rest, but last time i checked, i wasn't a national of some Shariah country that dictated how i was supposed to live my life, very soon i will be told i cant drive a car, or i cant have a job because I am a woman.

and you know what grinds my gears none of the so called dress code in anyway is addressed to the male population...i mean i think any man that dresses shabbily for instance if the length of his tie doesn't reach his belt then he should be arrested for indecent dressing, that is a gross fashion crime. If his sleeves don't come to his below his wrists he should be made to serve serious time, if however his sleeves come down to his palms, then he should be given life imprisonment, because i think fashion is serious business since that is the way the government wants it...

this is my logic, if a size 16 lady dresses up in clothes meant for a size 4 then she is constituting a public nuisance because that is just plain disgusting, no one wants to see her rolls i am sure (yes i am against those fat women who say fat is beautiful and all that nonsense to help their low self esteem...FAT IS WHACK LOL) if such a person is found she should be apprehended lol

and if anyone is found wearing Christian Dior and Coach at the same time...omg bring the person to me so i can punish him or her, you don't mix french fashion with American...so not rad!

my point is simple, i don't live in the middle east where women's lives are dictated, presently i live in the 21st century where i can do as i please go as i please and say what i please, why do we always have to allow society to dictate the way we look. our fashion should be an expression of our inner self...if today i feel like a baby and i want to go out naked because i mean babies do come into the world naked...i should be allowed to do so. If i feel like being a slut for a night...lol i should be allowed to look like one.

it is these same politicians who make these laws that still go around raping unsuspecting young women and then wash their hands and tell me what to think and what not to think...no i wont have it, just as i wont have a pastor tell me how to live my life...but that is another topic on its own...cheers!

women have been emancipated we shouldn't allow loneliness of the need to belong tie us down and send us back to the stone age...and no i am not really a feminist i just do like feeling stripped of my rights...

PS this so called indecent dressing blah blah is not in the federal constitution, if you are a human rights lawyer get at me we could do some damage to fashola and his holier than thou wife.

a bien tot

So Long Sweet Summer

It has been a wonderful summer and now it is coming to an end...
reminds me of the song by Dashboard Confessional that goes

So long sweet summer
I stumbled upon you you and gratefully basked in your rays
So long sweet slumber
I fell into you now you're gracefully fading away

I was once described as emotionally inept...:(
but at this point in time that so does not describe me, in fact emotions are overwhelming me, that is not to say I am as emotionally unstable as a pregnant woman, rather I am in perfect control of my emotions just that urgh I dont like controlling emotions take over my time which is exactly what is happening.

I remember being in primary school and reading sweet valley high, Elizabeth and Todd's summers were always perfect because i dont know, it was fiction? People dont spend the entire summer gazing at each other and saying sweet nothings to each other, life just doesnt work that way. And if it does it never lasts that long...as is my case :(

Like something out of a Harlequin book, girl sees boy and has her insides in a tangle...boy notices girl and girl nearly implodes...haha


and as i am sitting in the plane looking out through the window during take off, i will be thinking of him and singing

hey thanks, thanks for that summer
its cold where you're going
i hope that your heart's always warm
i gave you the best, i gave you the best that i had...
So long sweet summer
i stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays
so long sweet slumber
i fell into you, now you're gracefully fading away

United States of Africa...?

I have never met the new president of Nigeria...Umar Yaradua, but I happen to know two of his nieces from the late Musa Yaradua. They were good girls pretty liberal Muslims yet I didn't know what to expect from this newbie who cut his teeth in many powerful positions including being a two time governor of Katsina state being one of the 6 governors who was never mentioned as being a thief, simply for that feat I commend him.

PDP must have known what they were doing when they nominated him as their presidential candidate and even though he won through questionable means, I doubt the Nigerian masses will not be pleased with his term however long or short it may be.

So far since his term began, there has been a strike by those silly members of the labour union, protesting the fuel price increase from N65 to N75 , after they embarked on their five day strike that crippled the nation El president negotiated with them till the present price level N70 (I don't know how many of these labour union members has lived in the UK or the USA, fuel prices are ridiculous, no one complains they just buy more fuel efficient cars ).

Recently there was the African Union assembly i think during this past weekend, where some funny heads of state led by Col Gaddafi decided they wanted to form a United States of Africa.
As erroneous as that sounds I don't think they were in the right frame of mind when they cooked up that notion. Have they been country to country to note the disparities between peoples cultures, modes of life, standards of living etc? I have seen first hand what amalgamating over a 100 different tribes can do to the stability of a nation and then you want to bring in people who kill their siblings into the same fold as people who have been displaced by these same folk? I say no.
El president made this speech and from now I will not see him as a hausaman with all the fitting stereotypes but now i know he is a president and he has done right by me for ignoring Gaddafi's ramblings:

“our perspective is mediated by the critical need at this point in our continent’s developmental process, for the nations of Africa to focus more on the strengthening and consolidation of internal governance and growth structures, and on more robust regional integration.
“Focus on inter-regional collaboration is equally critical especially considering that all the five regions of Africa face essentially the same challenges of poor infrastructure, inadequate energy, endemic poverty, and the twin bane of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
“Conversely, these issues, along with the challenges of conflict, disease and poverty, drive the imperative for us to present a united and common front in the global arena. There is strength in the synergy that is only possible from functional unity.
“This brings me to another critical variable in this debate: the degree of our commitment to our continental body and the essence of our Africanness. To the extent that we continue to subscribe and owe more allegiance to extra-continental bodies to the neglect of the AU, our steps towards functional integration will remain faltering.”

It shocks me that during the entire time, no one spoke of the crisis that is Darfur, I know the former president Obasanjo rallied peace corps to help out the black Sudanese who were being butchered by the Arab Sudanese but the situation hasn't changed if African leaders can sanction these Sudanese people a lot of things there will change, how can they these African leaders championing a unified government, champion a cause when one of the key disasters facing Africa cannot even be smoothed out.
They didn't even speak about Zimbabwe and the nonsense Mugabe is turning that country into.
You cannot eat your cake and have it too. Deal with the present problems and maybe then we will condone a talk about unification which brings the question...who would have been the first leader of the United States of Africa, Col. Gaddafi...LOL I mean he calls himself the soldier for Africa, well he is a terrorist, we shouldn't allow terrorist to propose a unification because you know what that means, it means a Jihad. Personally I love Africa and I don't want to be displaced because some crazy fanatic that wont even allow democracy in his own country proposes a unification that threatens the well being of my family.

I am here in the USA studying to make my country great like the USA not for some madman to broker an idea and destroy everything I stand for...liberté,égalité , fraternité something Col Gaddafi and his yeomen do not know.
The road to recovery does not start until we can remove the leeches on our skin, when people like Gaddafi, Mugabe, and those wicked Sudanese Arabs are gone, then we can talk.
PS I don't support a United States of Africa, never will. Thank you Yaradua for stalling because the next time this topic is approached someone will get a piece of my mind.