ok so i've finally gotten around to using this blogger thing lol. i wont lie its pure laziness (coupled with the fact that nothing interesting has been happening) that has caused me to not use this. This is suppose to be my medium to update my friends back in the US and elsewhere about my move and adjustment to life back in Naija (Nigeria).so now i've offically moved to Lagos so i can say my "adventures" are about to begin.
But my gosh its been a HUGE adjustment, the 1st 2weeks i was depressed! i miss everything about america, the food, the people,my friends, ELECTRICITY!! but most of all my shows lol i'm still tryna figure out how i'll watch the season premiere of ugly betty and grey's anatomy on the ABC's website lol. But with time am slowly adjusting, i keep telling myself that loads of other people have done it so i need to "man-up" and thug it out like the rest of 'em lol. But this i my 1st time living in Lagos and lemme tell coming from my dry but beloved Warri, this is a Freaking jungle and not for the faint of heart.
on Monday,my first day venturing put alone in a taxi in the crazy island traffic, some guy tried to mugg me of 2000 naira! he came to the window and was like "gimme 2000 naira" and i'm like for wat? and he like dont u know who i am?? at this point i'm pertified (sp??) and looking in my bag for money, but the cab driver scares him off and he goes away. then the drivers yelling at me for wanting to give him the money, and i'm like i love my life way to much for a lousy 2000naira. but all my friends and family have been clowning me cos the guy didnt have a gun and i was shaking lol my aunt whose a police woman said i shoulda scoped him to see if he had any weapons and used my pen and basically stab him!!! i was like wat??? thats a tad too gansta for me.
anyway my cousin went with me on tuesday and wednesday to do some running around so i'm getting the hang of this lagos madness; and i cant believe that people are everyday struggling to join this chaos maybe i'll get use to it and love it also i dunno. today i'm resting cos its too darn hot to be sitting in traffic.
But my biggest frustration has been waiting for this stupid NYSC camp to start so i can resume work. I'm mad i rushed back and only to get here to wait, so now the new date is October 15th and am praying to God that it doesnt change. its so annoying that i have a job but cant work as an official staff until i have completed this one year service. so this is my warning to all of u tryna work in Naija please do ur NYSC and get it out the way. if u have money to "arrange it" please do so,so once u move back u know ur earning ur proper salary and not a corpers salary which is peanuts. anyway i've learned to no be mad and just know this is just my stepping stone to greater thiings.
but the best part bout been home is seeing my brothers, their so grown! i'm the oldest but shortest in the house lol. the baby Buks (he's 18 so not really a baby) is the tallest in the house at 6'5 or sth. he is leaving tomorrow to Canada to start college( my mama is gonna cry lol). the 22yr old is in Abuja today for a job interview( i'm praying for u twiggy) and the one right after me, Junior is at home.
its been funny hanging out with them cos they crack me up, btw the 3 of them and the househelp called Godstime( yes thats her name,i laff everytime i call her)..i've been in stitches. thats how i was able to get over the boredom that was gonna kill me in Warri. I have no friends left there, they are all in Lagos and Port Harcourt and most of em are married. yeah my aunts and uncles have all been bugging me about when am i gonna get married? am like when God sends me a husband! lol i swear they think theres a "husband tree" out there and am refusing to pluck from it...geezz
well thats all in a nutshell of wats new with me so far i'll be back later
