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Six weird facts about me (6)

Mama Junkyard tagged me.

-Post six weird facts/habits about yourself. These cannot be used against you later on.
-At the bottom name the six people you will tag next.
-Leave them a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged and to read your blog

I saw an Optician when I was 15. I came out with glasses and was amazed at how crystal clear life should have been. I had spent the last 15 years with blurred vision and didn’t even notice. I refuse to wear contacts; the idea of my hand touching my eyeballs is not welcomed.

Never bought tapes. Tapes were only used to dub music from RayPower 100. The first CD single I brought was Jagged Edge’s Gotta be from A Jagged Era. The first album was Kci & Jojo’s Love Always. I can’t even stand the album. Although I did use some of the song lyrics in a few love letters I wrote. I know. I used to write love letters. I appreciate you can’t and refuse to imagine this but please work with him here.

I got my driving licence when I was 18. I can count the number of times I have driven a car.

Please don’t give me Titus (Mackerel) with/without water. I would rather enter the ground and be buried alive. I have eaten enough Titus to last me a lifetime and now it makes me sick (literally).

I didn’t know David Hasselhoff existed until recently. It seemed I committed a great crime when I told somebody.

In an ideal world, I would love to be a Naija moive star.

Who’s next: Obi, Toritseju, Mona, Monef

— An email written by a Citigroup intern, Lucy Gao is currently doing rounds in the city. She sent an email inviting friends to her 21st Birthday party, a Champagne Reception at the Ritz. The email contained detailed instructions. The funniest, “the more upper-class you dress, the less likely you shall be denied entry. (2)

— Zimbabwe, a nation of millionaires who can’t afford to buy anything: “I went to pay some local taxes the other day and it took over an hour for them to count out the Z$41 million I owed. It’s crazy.” But some changes are been made, “zero to hero“. #

— Naija Airways; If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request, we can arrange to turn them off! #

Nigerian ad on CNN (0)

Has anyone else seen this ad featuring Obasanjo on CNN? It is supposed to promote the tourism industry in Nigeria. I have not seen it but reviews particularly from local newspapers in Nigeria are pleading that the ad be stopped.

Due to low quality I hear (it seems I can do better), even the fruits and vegetables are off-putting. Perhaps a few jobless actors/models should have been hired rather than the president for the ad shoot - every little helps.

if (2)

If…
(with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)^#

If you can keep your shares when all about you
Are selling theirs, and telling you “Sell too”.
If you can trust your savvy when all doubt you,
But with your postings make them nervous too.

If you can wait, and hold, with real devotion,
And being ridiculed just not respond.
If you feel safe to keep the shares you’ve chosen,
And shrug away all thoughts of being wrong.

If you can find the strength to watch your profit
Erode from all the stocks and shares you’ ve bought.
If you stay calm and keep your fingers off it -
Forget the “rules of trading” you’ve been taught.

If you can see no economic blunders,
If you can turn your back upon the bears,
If you are really sure your shares are wonders,
You simply have to keep, and ramp, those shares.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With watching Markets fall and traders run,
You’ll put your earnings and life-savings in it,
And, which is more, you’ll soon be broke, my son.

^#This adapted peom was posted in Shares Forum. The original “If” by Rudyard Kipling can be found here.

— How Does Fat Kill Thee?. #

— Exit Strategy; How to leave Iraq in three simple steps. #

— Monarch sacks Prime Minister by SMS text #