THIS GIRL SEF....

This girl sef would not kill me. I'll call her Tana for the purpose of this post. When she started work in January she could barely converse in English language but now she's improved a lot. When she speaks Yoruba she sounds like egun (she's actually one). I like her for one thing; she takes care of my 15 months old lil woman so well that I’ve heard a lot of testimonies of her good behavior towards her. Being a working mom and the one that lives in Lagos for that matter, Tana is my lil woman’s playmate, sister amongst other things, so I wasn't surprised that "nana" ( Tana) is the next word lil woman could pronounce after "Memmy" (Mummy) and "Deddy" (Daddy).

However, my fear about this nana is that she is not schooled nor lettered, she just speaks whatever form of English that she could express herself in without worrying about its correctness or not. I pray my lil woman won't pick her bad English oh 'cos her niece that is a little above 3 years has been picking some wrong words from "nana". My lil woman’s niece mum complained to me some weeks back that "nana" had influenced her dotta's spoken English, I made light of the issue and told her right away that the nana is trying despite the fact that she's not lettered but deep down in me, I’m worried for my lil woman. To be honest nana’s pronunciation of some words like “lemove it” (remove it), “bling it” (bring it), “nothing blin my hand” (nothing is in my hand) etc gives me worry about my lil woman.

OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

The rate at which school fees is going now, I cannot help but to think its the best form of family planning. When you remember the exorbitant school fees you'll  have to pay you will call yourselves to order. The funny thing about these schools is that they all claim to have "high standard", they give tedious assignment to little kids and their parents would end up doing it for them (A way to justify the high school fees, i can't be fooled, na today) They give a 5-6year old an assignment that would require them surf the net, tell me, how many of these kids truly know how to move around the Internet, the parent after a busy day instead of going home to rest ends up racking his/her head on how to go about the assignment.

 

The one that inform this post is a friend's son's  school, the lil' man is about 3 years old and the boy was given a note home to bring an Ethiopian meal to school that they are teaching them African meals, (tell me how a boy who barely knows how to pronounce his name would know how to pronounce Ethiopian meal let alone remember) when my friend hinted me over the phone  i was like shuo! when dem never finish to eat naija meals (All na to proof "high /international standard" oh) these schools tends to psyche us up to have this kind of feeling that my child(ren) school is of international standard.  There's also this school in my neighbourhood, a friend of mine was asking if i know the school and i  was yes i do and she went on to tell me how they teach the kids German and Spanish and that she really likes the school bla bla.... so i then ask her if she understands any of the two languages so she can continue teaching the kids, she said no i just shook my head.... back to the main gist...   I then asked my friend the type of meal she'll make for her lil' man  (someone you have to pacify before he eats the normal food he's used to) then my friend goes on to say:

My Friend:   Is there any African country wey no dey eat bread?

Me:  the country no dey map

My Friend: Any one wey no dey eat pasta?

Me: None that i know of

My friend : Thanks ore (friend), i have a clue on what to make already. I'll make Indomie garnish with Ugwu, Egg and other things i can think of. Ethiopian meal here we go.

I just scatter laugh over the phone and say "sharp girl".

That takes me back to my growing days, i didn't attend a very "expensive school", my parents had five of us and didn't have to break the bank to send us to good schools and by His Grace my siblings and I are not doing badly in our various world but these days i think School fees is a better family planning oh.

I keep wondering what our education system is turning to, in my days, the best schools you have around are the FGC's, Air force, Command, Navy, State Model Schools to mention a few but  a parent at this age and time would not dream of taking his/her child(ren) to any of these schools because the schools have all became a shadow of what they represented in the past. And to say the least the "very good school" are no where to move close to due to what you'll have to cough out as school fees, the one that made me laugh was this one. i won't mention the name of the school though, application form to signify interest alone is 20k so i leave you to imagine what the school fees itself would be.

Enough of my rumblings jare, all i pray for is that God should bless Me in other to be able send my kids to the best school around not minding the cost because in actually fact "Good Education in itself is not Cheap".

GAIN FROM THIS....

I'm not the author of this but when i read it, i consider sharing it so we all could learn a thing or two from it. So enjoy.....

A Couple have been married for 5 years now. They have a 2 year old daughter. Like any couple they have their ups and downs, that's life. One day just after they had a fight over their differences of opinion, the wife went shopping at the local mall, where she bumped into her ex-boyfriend from varsity.

After a chit-chat, she discovered he was doing well for himself in business. They exchanged numbers. From that day on, they started talking daily over the phone. Plans were made to meet, but where, when? That's when the ex-boyfriend came up with a plan that they should meet in Cape Town to spend a week together.

The ex-boyfriend would organize everything; the plane tickets and a nice beach holiday resort for them to enjoy. She would have to lie to her husband, saying she is going to a conference in Cape Town for a week.. Her husband took her to the airport on Sunday evening. 2 hours later she was met in Cape Town by her ex-boyfriend who had arranged a very romantic evening with her.

After the romantic evening they went back to the resort, made love without a condom, of course they have known each other for a very long time. For the next 5 days they had a wonderful time jollying / quad biking, up the mountain in the cable car, swimming and sun bathing etc, wining and dining at the Capes top cafe's and restaurants, something she had rarely done with her husband. They enjoyed everything money could buy, until she left on Saturday afternoon back to Johannesburg They used different flights to avoid being seen together (you know people talk). She was waiting in the airport for her husband to fetch her, when she received a call from her ex-boyfriend, who told her he was HIV-positive and that it was not a co-incidence when they met at the mall.. The reason why he infected her with the disease was because he was jealous of the family she has and the beautiful woman she had become and the fact that he was financially successful but he is not happy because he knows that he is dying.

At that moment she just stood there and froze; thinking about what to do, as it was already too late to take anti-retroviral. She could lay a charge against him; it would only expose her for cheating on her husband. That's when she took a taxi to her best friend's house. She told her friend everything that had happened and ask for advice. The friend advised her to come clean with her husband, tell the truth, she has just lost everything and has nothing more to lose.

She then phoned her husband and explained every thing. To my surprise, the husband picked his wife from her friend's house; he sat down with her and told her how much he loves her and reminded her of the vows he took at church and that it was a terrible mistake she has made, which unfortunately she has to pay for it with her life. He told her that he is never going to leave her, he has forgiven her and will stick by her side no matter what happens.

Now she stays in another bedroom and he shares his bedroom with their daughter. What is currently happening is, the wife is terribly sick and might die at anytime. He told me this because he was asking me for prayer support, because he believes that a group of friends praying together, the stronger the prayer might be.

The other reason was that I should let you all know of such happenings as a warning to anyone contemplating cheating, to weigh up if it's worth it! As I sit and think about this experience, I thought to my self: why him?But I can not seem to come up with an answer. Then there is a lesson here;" You never know what you've got until....

"The morale of the story is? As people, we tend to undermine those who love us for a moment's pleasure (we are never aware when we are loved).We keep on chasing waterfalls rather than sticking to the rivers, where we can swim with ease. To all my brothers and sisters, love the one you are with... ..

GOOD LAUGH!!!

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous.They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually

The mother sent the 8 year old in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Do you know where God is, son?"
T...he boy's mouth dropped open,:/ but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open:s .
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God?! Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed>:O , "WHERE is GOD?!"
The boy screamed & bolted from the room, ran directly home & dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened?"
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time!:'( " "GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!"

LONG TIME!

Its been a while peeps, I've been so busy at work and i wonder what qualifies me as a blogger.I just started and I've been flouting the laws (May be the award got into my head lol :)) ) Cos i noticed the award was the last thing i blogged about. Its been over two months and i haven't breezed in to even say hi. I certainly missed you guys so much and can't wait to be fully back with my blogs ville family. I've got several things to blog about i hope i won't lose memory of them. I promise I'll be fully back and better sometime soon. I sincerely appreciate The Real world that ask after me while i was away "thanks a bunch sis" i know you got my back and i got yours too.
TO BE BACK SOON! WATCH OUT!!!

Amazing Thots: GUESS WHAT!

Amazing Thots: GUESS WHAT!: " Guess What! Amazing Thots got an award...Hurrayyyyyyy!!!So delighted when I got an alert on my phone that i had been a..."

GUESS WHAT!

 

Guess What! Amazing Thots got an award...Hurrayyyyyyy!!!

So delighted when I got an alert on my phone that i had been awarded the 'One Lovely Blog Award' by Remiroy. That's so humbling and encouraging sugar, thanks a bunch (catch my kisses).
The rules thus are:

1. Link back to the blogger who gave you the award (Done)
2. I have to tell you seven facts about me you don't know (Done)

3. Pass the awards along to as many as fifteen blogs I have found recently (will do)

4. Notify the bloggers of their awards.

Now to the 7 facts you might not know about me:

1. I love looking good (and u know looking good costs u some good change.I know i need to work harder to live my dream)  Get me a pair hair bow & you'll make my day.

2. I can be mischievous, unassuming, and sarcastic atimes ( one bad part of me i''m seriously praying to God to help me CHANGE! Guess what, i just love ME!

3. Hypocrites disgusts me, i just can't stand them. Lies, oh arrrrggghhhhh!

4. I am FRIENDLY. (I 've got testimonies on this from several people) 

5. I just cant have enough of my daughter (before nko?)

6. I love my career but the pay isn't encouraging. ( Looking for a job in a good industry like oil and gas telecoms etc, i know you'll say the grass always greener at the other end. Keep your advice pls! (hope that doesn't sound rude, trust u know i don't mean to be rude, will share my 1st cheque with u when i get my dream job)

7. On my soft side (love or romance or whatever u choose to call it.) still on a discovery road. (even after a child you'll say, i marvel at myself atimes).

.....and now the Oscars goes to: 

1. http://omoteedlaw.blogspot.com/

2.http://atilola.blogspot.com/

3.http://outoftoyinshead.blogspot.com/
4.http://africiwrite.blogspot.com
5.http://memoirsofanewlywednaijabride.blogspot.com

Off to notify the winners.

Amazing Thots: HEALTH SERVICE WORKERS

Amazing Thots: HEALTH SERVICE WORKERS: "I really need to hear people's opinion on this, especially on our Health Service Workers, i mean the ones that administer oral polio, vitami..."

HEALTH SERVICE WORKERS

I really need to hear people's opinion on this, especially on our Health Service Workers, i mean the ones that administer oral polio, vitamin A, booster, measles etc that hawks from street to street, house to house  knocking on your door asking,  permit me to say it in their way ( e gba abere aje sara fun omo yin) "give your baby immunization.

Now to the main gist, I use a Gen. Hospital for immunization for my baby (since the private hospitals vaccines cannot be trusted) so I went to the General Hospital with my MIL and my 9 months old daughter to get her immunized against measles. On getting to the hospital, right there at the entrance we met these women usually in their green apron uniform requesting that how old is my baby, innocently i told them "she is 9 months old" since i don't think there's any issue with the question being asked, the next thing i heard is that " bring her ( now the woman was beaming with smiles) let give her oral polio and measles injection". Again i said that's why we are here at the hospital and that since we are already here there is no point in you people giving her the dosage.  In my mind i was wondering are these people alright? How on earth would  you think would i give my baby to you to give injection moreover that i am in the hospital already. I just told the woman speaking to me that "I'll be back with the baby" that she should give me some minutes. That was how we escaped oh.

Any one using a General Hospital would be quite familiar with their modus operandi i.e. how they operate, especially if you get your baby immunized there, you have to be there early enough to submit your card and wait endlessly for the Nurses to come ( Nurses at GH their gist will make another topic) and when they do, they waste your time by doing their own thing before shifting to do the"health talk" that most of the time makes no sense to me in particular because they keep repeating almost the same thing over and over again. I had to leave my daughter and MIL at the hospital to run to work when i noticed it seemed like it will take almost the whole day for the nurses to get to work, imagine everywhere was still very dry at 8:00am!

Now back to the health service workers/hawkers issue, those people can actually be a pain in the neck. Imagine oh, they went to a friend's house and actually administer their so called vaccines for my Friend's child while the mother was away at work. And to make matter worse the gullible nanny at home with the baby couldn't tell exactly the particular the thing the baby was immunized for. I happen to have gone home with my friend on the day of this incident, on getting to home (my friend's place) after the exchange of the usual welcome pleasantries the nanny then told my friend about the immunization that was administered to the son and bla bla bla... that's how my friend started raking oh, i had to in my own wisdom calm her down. In my mind i was wondering how i would have reacted if it was me, perhaps i would have gone gaga. My friend was angry at the nanny because she couldn't tell precisely the type of vaccine the baby was given. She couldn't tell if it was booster or polio. I was very angry at the nanny's negligent behaviour myself, her excuse was that she couldn't reach my friend on the phone to ask her if she should allow them give the baby the immunization  but i couldn't possibly show my own anger. I just had to console my friend that nothing would happen her baby. 

My worry now is, why would these health service workers administer immunization in the absence of the baby's mother that can give them detailed information about the health/stage of the baby. Its so annoying because they come to you in a very harmless way and persuade you to allow them give your baby their so called immunization.

Another annoying/funny incidence is the one that happened on my way to work, i was at the bus stop waiting for my bus and again i saw one of the green apron uniform women, in my mind i was laughing that these people sef, only for this woman to accost another woman taking her daughter to school and ask her" has your daughter been immunized? Na so i scatter laugh oh!

Amazing Thots: Testimony!!!

Amazing Thots: Testimony!!!: "Usually on my way to work every morning, i listen to Inspiration FM 92.3. I love the radio station so much that a day without it seems like ..."

Testimony!!!

Usually on my way to work every morning, i listen to Inspiration FM 92.3. I love the radio station so much that a day without it seems like there's something wrong. I enjoy the call in programme, where callers will request that Dan Foster calls their loved ones, I also relish where people call in to share their testimony. I was really moved with this particular one and i decided to share on this platform.
There is this woman that the radio presenter (Dan) called this particular morning, and the conversation goes thus:
Dan: Hey! Congratulations on your new baby!

The Woman: (Not sure who the caller is ) Thanks

Dan: U had your first baby at 49.

The Woman:Yes that's correct and who are u?

Dan: I'm Dan Foster, U're on a life radio.

The Woman: (chuckles).OK listening...

Dan: I want u to share your testimony and encourage other women out there.

The Woman: (and she goes thus): like every other woman out there i desire to have a baby i can call my own, but i decided that i wasn't going to have my baby until i get married, i got married at 37, quite late, so having a baby all along was not an issue for me, i had to wait till i get married before i have my baby. After my wedding,  i was expecting to get pregnant but the baby won't come. I had issues in that marriage (she says again that's a story for another day) the marriage was not working, i had to leave, may be God does not want me to have an issue in the marriage. Then this one, My husband and i have been believing God for a baby and we kept waiting on God. Suddenly my period just stopped flowing, i told my husband and we went to see the doctor who after examination said i have reached my MENOPAUSE, and look at me I'm believing God for a baby. The doctor said no cause for alarm that we can still try IVF, we did that, it failed the first time, the second time we had to use somebody else's egg, it failed still. All along my husband kept reassuring me that all is well and i kept telling him as long as God lives that I will have my own baby. I told my husband that i want to have my child before age 50 and he said with God all things are possible.

After a while, i started feeling strange in my body and i told my husband and we decided to go to the hospital, lo and behold after examination and the tests the doctor confirmed that I'm 3 months pregnant, we were astonished. We were very happy and we kept planning for the baby. Then i told God that i wanted a Boy and do not want a Cesarean operation that i want a Natural Delivery. To cut the long story short, God granted my wishes, exactly on Dec 10, 2010 i had my healthy baby boy through natural delivery and we're both fine.
Dan: (In his usual self went gaga) Glory to God, this is great! Glory to God!
The conversation continues...

And for me all along as i was listening, tears of joy was just flowing down my eyes, and i blurted out IT CAN ONLY BE GOD! For a 49 year old woman to conceive after menopause and still have a Supernatural Childbirth Delivery! I say it again IT CAN ONLY BE GOD.
This is to encourage every woman out there seeking for the fruit of the womb, that my God is ABLE, only if U will TRUST Him and be firm in your Faith. He did it in the time past and He will always do it over again.

JEHOVAH REIGNS!!!

SEVERAL

I have a brief to write , i'm a lawyer by profession (I can hear So what! Kini big deal) and I've been wondering where to actually start from 'cos i don't have full information of the things i'm to write on. I tried convincing boss yesterday about how unnecessary it is to go ahead with it but he wouldn't hear any of my explanation ( though i think he just needed to justify the "pay" he would be getting from the client). Now I'm faced with the challenges of having to put something reasonable down  even though I'm not in the mood for any serious work.

I decided to talk to a senior colleague to help out but she has successfully confused me the more leaving me hanging in the air and boss needs a draft TODAY! Hmmmmn. I love my job but ain't in the mood for any serious work today, how do i bail out of here.... form sick or what...

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

I'm sure everyone is familiar with the word, for some of us the word does not really make any meaning anymore 'cos we end up not being faithful/loyal to our resolutions. For me i decided a long time ago i wasn't going to do any more resolution(s) but would try to improve on every aspect of my life that needs improvements.

This year i decided to be more spiritual ( mind you that does not mean I wasn't before oh) i just wanted to be more involved in the things of God than i used to.  So i decided that  my daily devotion is the very first thing i would be doing in the morning when i get to work, so far I've been faithful to it and I've been blessed by so doing but i think its too early to judge myself after all  we're just a few days into the 2nd month of the year. I ask God for Grace to enable me continue in this manner so my heart would be filled with His word  at all times. 

RETREAT

For the very first time since hubby and I got married, we have'nt spent a night apart ( i know u 'll want to now how old the union is, we're still very new in it we are just 16 months old, so e still de shack us!) safe and except when i was at the hospital to have our princess. Now a retreat from hubby's office has decided to take hubby away from home for a few days. (the bed would be boring) Actually, hubby said i could come along if i wanted to and i'll be going to work from there but i'm like do i have to go through that stress since he would be back home soon. Eventually, hubby and i agreed we would spend  the weekend together at the hotel (retreat centre). Really looking forward to that.(*winks*) I've actually missed the times alone with hubby since the arrival of our princess and at the same time, we could not have imagined how boring our lives would be without her. she's a handful. I never see man like hubby before oh, guess what! he was suggesting that i bring princess along when coming on friday and i was like FOR WHAT NOW? the guy said he could not imagine us spending a night together without princess. I was like shuo! na so e dey be?  (Mind u all that was going  on in my head was" what then is the essence of staying out, we can as well spend the weekend at  home and safe some good cash"). I just said ok 'cos I don't want to appear like an uncaring mum. How interesting a weekend outside our home "alone" would be is a gist for another day.

PS: Pardon my inadequacies. i'm a rookie blogger.

Even Me!

Can't really believe I'm blogging, I've read lots of things written by great minds and I'm motivated to scribble somethings down. Lets see how it goes, you'll have to pardon my inadequacies, still learning the ropes... Hun! Still pondering on things to write about but wait a minute... I think i should free style 'cos that will enable me to be ME!
Watch out for this SPACE..Would be back soon after this time out!