Lazy Blogger

I AM SUCH A LAZY BLOGGER!

Good God Almighty! To all my fellow bloggers out there who update like four times a week I just wanna say I hail y'all. You guys are either the hardest working neo-journalists and exhibitionists or the most amazing bunch of layabouts ever to come out of Nige.

I'm being somewhat humorous and somewhat sarcastic with a little bit of jealousy thrown in. I mean seriously c'mon. I can barely get in a post a week and some folk just seem to post from their minds! Just think "publish post" and its there.

Ok but honestly I've been busy (almost typed "busty" there for a sec... lol) what with moving and all. But really, that's no excuse. And it's not as if life has not served up enough topics to blog about either.

Just the other day, I was backstage at a show in Lagos watching the Mo' Hits crew do their thing, and I agree with Bumight about Wande Coal's anointing being used up, and later 9ice was up. How that boy wears his jeans ass-down without them falling around his ankles I'll never know. Did I blog about that? No. I just dey see tins but I no dey report am here again.

Also, I was in an office at a government parastatal and I met with the this-of-that to discuss this and that and the silly bloke began to ask me what was in it for him if it got passed.

Hehn??! Me? Give you a cut out of my own sweat and blood? For nothing. I was too tired to be nice so I just played dumb, set my phone to record our conversation and asked him to be clear about what he wanted. I missed the really juicy parts but I still have enough to mess him up. Ideas on what to do with my "evidence" anyone?

But again... I didn't blog about it. See laziness.

I just reviewed my posts and can't find the last time I consecutively posted with pictures. Plus, my blog has been looking a bit stale in my eyes. Need to spice it up y'know and update my blogroll. Jeez, its like cleaning house or renovating. It brings out the procrastinator in me.



Another thing, I'm wondering if anyone out there feels some kind of blogger-peer-pressure to be current, sexy, have multiple comments on banal posts (no diss intended to anyone) etc etc? Cause I think until I finally settle down to get me one of them starcomms internet whatchamacllits, I'll never be regular with my gists.

I am definitely in a PHCN-induced mood. For an explanation read Blog all Day & Night.

My Blog of the Week: Naijaleta for the ever-increasing buzz he's been generating. Ahmed, 'na Abuja yanzu fa.

KD to ABJ (2)

Ok! I'm here. I'm in Abuja. Not as a visitor but as a resident. And like many first-time residents, I'm putting up with a relative. Putting up sounds better than squatting right?

Anyhow... I had barely arrived when I recognized a change in my mindset; I no longer appreciated the lack of okada bikes like I used to.

When I still had my car, the idea of okada being off Abuja's streets was a very welcome move by el-Mallam (more on him in a bit). It meant I could freely drive without expecting to crash into a bike with no other warning but a brief blur in my peripheral vision. But I couldn't help wishing for an okada the other day.

I went from area 7 to the GTBank branch at area 3 to send some money to my wife. Now normally, it would only take a few minutes for her to be able to pick it up. Unfortunately this time, even efter a long wait at an ATM, it still hadn't reflected in her account. So I had to make a return trip meaning I had to spend 200bucks on a cab round trip again only to be told it was posted just minutes before i walked through the bank metal detectors.

Total amount spent: 450bucks. Total amount I would have spent in KD: 150bucks! And I've only been here three days... that's not funny at all. Mistakes involving physical movement can be so painful to your wallet here.

For example, I wandered around looking for a decent cafe and wandered in and out of a few that had no facilities for laptop use. I then had to leave the last one after overhearing a guy asking someone over the phone that they would need to send money to process a visa and other documents ahead of the "all states governors meeting" tomorrow. No way I'm gonna start hanging out with yahoo boys in EFCC territory.

So anyway, I call a buddy to show me a decent cafe, but we cross wires and while I took a Keke Napep to his house and he drives over to pick me up. Money wasted? 80bucks. Now I'm in a 200buck an hour hotel cafe. Jeez!

On el-Mallam, a friend of mine bumped into him on a staircase the other day at his office. Men, the guy has been humbled. You would almost not notice him without the old entourage of police escorts and all the old FCT Ministerial paraphernalia. Apparently, el-Mallam is a QS and has his ofice in the same building of the company that cornered majority of the contracts in ABJ. Coincidence? Not in Naija. Word is they fronted for him big-time but who can prove it right?

Summary of my gist is that ABJ is taking some getting used to, but it sure beats Lagos on the traffic front.

L8rs


PS My boys Soul Quest are on course to win the African Regional Finals of the Malta Guinness Street Dance Contest. I hear their main competition is probably the crew from Ghana. But Ghana already won the Apprentice Africa so methinks thats enough for now. Right?

KD to ABJ

Wow. Been so busy. Headed to Abuja to start planning my relocation (yep... I'm leaving KD City), then hopped a plane to Lag to catch my boys Soul Quest win the national Malta Guinness Street Dance Contest. Then back to Abj to negotiate terms with a few govt farts then to KD to rest in my lady's arms.

Relocation is a funny thing. I've lived in one town for most of my life but I've traveled a bit. I'm wondering what it'll be like returning to visit KD. I mean... its not like I'm leaving Nige or anything. I'm asking myself useless questions like: will a trip back to KD feel like a visit or like a homecoming? Will I love it or hate it? Well whatever!

Funnier thing is my boss at my old work-place hasn't got a clue I'm about to drop the big 'I RESIGN'. Not bothered much since it's a govt office. Anyhooo...

Anyone got any tips for a brother, Y'know like things to pack (or not to pack) etc, whether to change my car license plate from KD to ABJ, whether to pack a few more face towels or buy a BS detector for all the phonies in Abuja. Just holla at me.

Cheers

ps Much love to House of Nodza (you've a special place in my heart as the first person to link to my blog mmmuah!)

What the... just checked your site $150 for a bag!? Hope my wife doesn't read this ;-)

A Nigerian Obama

This post is in reponse to one by Naijaleta. it started off as a comment on his blog but it got so big I decided not to just leave it as a comment. Hope Ahmed Babatunde Chibuzor won't mind.

Naijaleta's post reminded me of an article by Simon Kolawole of ThisDay newspapers. He referred to a trip where he listened to one of the top men overseeing the transformation in Doha (I think) outline their lofty plans and so on. He then observed that it wasn't the plans that impressed him but the fact that the fellow kept punctuating every line with the phrase "according to the vision of our leaders" like it was some kind of mantra.

When are we going to have an Obama whose vision dwarfs his achievements and experience? When are we going to have an Obama whose ability to eloquently motivate his followers draws the young and old to the challenge of changing a reluctant system?

We had an opportunity a while back to elect a visionary. Obasanjo robbed us of it. I personally believe Nigeria has its best opportunity in Donald Duke (p.s. he's from a minority tribe). The guy had a team, a dream and a plan. His was an in-depth analysis of our nation and its problems. He had laid out solutions waiting for implementation. Then he was usurped by an ill-prepared sub with a 7-point agenda.

My only consolation is that he's still young enough to contest even if Yar'Adua wangles another 4years out of the political powers that be. As for Clinton, I think the way she put Obama under pressure to adopt her as his running mate on a night when she should have been gracious and allowed the man his moment shows her as somewhat mean, selfish and (dare I say it?) b*$#@y.

She's constrained because the American political climate would never tolerate a party shift by someone of her stature. If she'd been Nigerian, she'd probably have switched parties yesterday.