Another Year Nearly Gone

Hello good people!

I personally can not believe how quickly this year 2015 has gone!

Its less than a month to Christmas! Wow!

I thank God for this gift of life, in good health.

No I don't have everything I  WANT but you only need to watch the news to know how better off you are to be alive.

Where do I even start from? 

The Paris killings?

The bombings and random shootings?

The plane crashes? 

Road accidents? Either while you are walking or driving?

God I am very grateful o.

Ok Christmas is about a month away, which means a new year is round the corner.

Any plans yet? 

I can already think of a lot of plans.

Big one is I want to give more in 2016!

I don't know how or where but I know I want to be a blessing to a lot more people.

Home or abroad, I am very open to suggestions,

I don't just mean money, it could be skills, time, experience or anything that is needed.

So please feel free to lets know if you know any one or organisation that could use a little help

If I can not help, I can always refer you to people that might.

#Gratefulfor2015

Super Rich Nigerians now on Same Spending League as Chinese and Russian Millionaires in London

It is official and in the news, Nigerians are now rubbing shoulders with Chinese and Russian Millionaires in the London

I was at work "jejely" (Quietly) Minding my own business when I saw my colleague reading a news and in the headline was "Nigerian". I was very quick to ask, what now.....another bashing for Nigerians eh!

Only to realize it was dailymail.co.uk reporting that "Nigerians get mouth o"

In my mind I was thinking na today! its not a new thing now. 

I remember when I was in Uni and we heard from an Asian landlord that a set  of newly built luxury flats were bought  cash down by Nigerians for their children studying there. I mean, no mortgage or loan, for at least 2 bedroom luxury flat in the 3rd Largest city in the UK.

Anyway back to this article of Nigerians showing off in London.

The article was about a program that aired tonight, so I quickly messaged hubby to please record it for me as I was still at work.

To say I was surprised was an understatement.

Ah Nigerian people can party and show OFF! 

They are now using luxury places in London for their wedding.

 I mean using Kensington palace for your wedding! The official residence of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  They will soon start renting Buckingham Palace.

It is no longer Euro or Dollar spending countries, they have gone for one of the highest currency spending countries in the world ( Pounds Sterling) 

The people wey get champagne sef dey share am but the wedding planner Elizabeth Aisien  said, no o, not at Nigerian parties. Every one has a bottle of champagne to themselves. I mean a bottle each for about 3000 guests.  You can do the maths, that is over £150,000 just on champagnes (about 46 million naira) Ok now.....

There was even take home bags with luxury gifts in them!   I mean £5000 (1.5 million naira) watches, just as a thank you for attending a wedding!  Oh yes please :)

Ok it is not a big deal when it happens in Nigeria but now in the UK, in Pounds! It is a big deal

Tatler (British high class fashion and lifestyle magazine) said every third pound  spent in Harrods is spent by a Nigerian. I am sure you know what Harrods is all about?

It is all about luxury shopping. When I say Luxury I mean mega luxury.

                                               

If you dress down too much they won't let you in. If you turn up there in ripped jeans and slippers, don't bother going near the door, they will not let you in.

The dress code for CUSTOMERS is smart casual. 

That is how posh it is.

 

So that is where Nigerians roll. 

Me I don't have a problem o, as long as the money was made legitimately.

If you made your money, you need to spend it yourself. You can't take it to the grave with you na.

As you can imagine, people will be running their mouths about why the UK government is still sending foreign aids to Nigeria when they are this rich.

Little do they know that the Nigerians that can afford this kinda luxury are very very small as in 0.000000000000001 percent.

The fact that there are rich people in Nigeria also does not mean that there is no problem in the country. Aren't there rich people in the UK, are there no problems here? 

Plus the British government will not stops sending it because they know what they get in return. 

Of course from Oil, minerals, precious stones, metals and other kinds of businesses they run in Nigeria.

Oh well, their cup of tea.

you can watch the program yourself  here channel 5 on demand

Eamonn & Ruth: How The Other Half Lives,   9pm, Channel 5

I look forward to watching the rest of it.

Manners, Etiquettes and Manners

Hi peeps.

I have come again with my rants.

What is wrong with people?
Whatever happened to good manners?

When someone sees you and says hello especially in this part of the world, shouldn't you just answer?
And then find out if or how you know them.

This is why sometimes I don't blame the oyinbos for their fake smile, at least they smile at you even if they don't mean it.

I am the one for being courteous.

If someone sees you and smiles at you or goes a step further to say hello.  It is only fair you say hello back to them. That is the least you can do now.....abi is that too much to ask.

I use to tell off young people from church just because of this "hello/ hi "issue.

We are Christians right? if someone comes to church for the first time and you bump into them at the shopping mall later after service and you blank them like you have never seen the before!

what does that say about you?

Next week you pick up the mic and lead people to worship but see them after church and act like you have never seen the before.

Before you say han han you can't know or recognize everyone in church, i am talking about a small church so you have no excuse, and when they stop to say hello to you, it is a big shame if you don't answer.

Your character is not Christ like.

It does not hurt to say hello to someone especially if they are LOOKING AT YOU or SMILING at you.

Some of you will be complaining you don't have a man/woman.

Stay there o, if you are not approachable no one will want to talk to you.

Duh!

And if people say hello to you too, smile and answer.

It is just simple good manners, learn to say Hello and Hi, it will not kill you.

Road Rage and Naked Cyclists

So I was watching a TV program the other day called "Road Rage".

Its  was a documentary about issues between Car Drivers, Bus Drivers, Lorry Driver, Cyclists, Bikers and of course Pedestrians.....simply put, all road users

Now as a driver myself, I get really angry when I have to manouvre round bikers and cyclists.

If  hubby is ever in  the car, Oh dear! He basically screams....baby watch that cyclist like I can't see. And then I get a lecture on how a little nudge can knock them off their bicycles and kill them bla bla bla. Need I say, when he is driving, oh well you can imagine, he gives them lots of space.

I get angry with them because I think if you are a road user, you should obey the rules. That is all I want.  Its really never that straightforward is it?

Some cyclists are so unruly and it really really winds me up. Stay on the cycle lane if there is one, otherwise  if I stop at a traffic light, I expect you to do the same, If i stop at a Zebra crossing, you should do the same! but guess what. Some of them don't  or should I say loads. :(

Worse of all, some of them put their lives at risk. I mean why would any cyclist on a bicycle try and out run a huge lorry that God know how much they weigh? A lot of them get killed that way and sadly others still don't learn.

Ok picture this, a lorry was turning left into a road and a cyclist was going straight ahead, how on earth was the lorry driver supposed to see the cyclist? its bad enough that your bicycle is small, every vehicle have blind spots! lorries have blind spots too! They won't see you when you are there! duh!

Anyways, back to the program.
So lots of cyclists got on their bicycles NAKED. As in completely Naked......Ladies with their tits out in the open and guys with their balls hanging out.....eeeeewwww.

Here is a picture I found online, I didn't record the program, would have taken stills.

There are loads more on the worldwideweb :)

Anyway, it was more hilarious when a middle aged woman was interviewed and she was proper angry.

Apparently she just had a knee operation and needed to get somewhere pretty quickly but the naked cyclists are in the way.
She was really really p***d off and said the protest was more annoying because all the men had small  "willies"

That was hilarious.


My point is, I pay road tax and i did driving tests (theory and practical) If I am obeying traffic rules there is no reason why you should not.
If you are not going to do the same, don't bother getting on the road. Get on the bus!


Rant over

Phew Its August!

I can't believe how quickly time flies.

Its been 2 full months since i last blogged, that is ages ago.



Not much has happened since then, just work work work.

Woman must survive now abi how them dey talk am?

But really i can't believe how quickly this year has gone. It seems like yesterday when we welcomed 2015 but now its 139 days to Christmas!

I am glad time is moving very fast. I just wish i had more money and time to go on more holidays!

Talk about priorities.

These things are important you know :)

What do ladies mean by God fearing man?

If you ask any/most single lady/ladies what they look for most in a man they would like to marry.

Guess what always comes tops on the list?

God fearing man ;)

So I  got asked this question by a man 

"What do ladies mean by "God fearing man"?

A man that goes to church? Tongue speaking, spirit filled and  the rest of it? 

A man that is not tongue speaking but has good morals, maybe not a frequent church goer? 

A man that is  christian in the background, but treats people right and treats you like a queen? 

You can interpret it in so many different ways.

What do you  mean by "God fearing man"?

Welcome again General Buhari

I know its been a while, busy is an understatement, I have been mega busy.  Woman must chop na. Apologies for being away for so long. Blame my job ;)

Anyway, while I have been away, Nigeria's new president has resumed office,  YaY!

Most of us are expecting lots from President Buhari and during his inaugural speech, he has kinda put us all in our place by saying "he belongs to everyone but he belongs to no one".  That statement left a lot of Nigerians asking questions on what he meant. Oh well, lets leave that to your imaginations.

I am sincerely hoping and praying his tenure will be good for Nigeria. Only because I want  to return to Nigeria. ( errrm, some people may disagree....lol)

I hope people will support him too rather than witch hunt him sha.

All the best President Buhari



Oh Metro newspaper ( Free daily newspaper in the UK) published a wrong picture of Buhari the other day.....I mean that is just disgraceful.
I think they should write an official apology article  with the correct picture of our new president, don't you?