Happy birthday babes...

Hi Guys...

Yaaaay...wanna take time out to celebrate a sister, friend, confidant, banker, loaner-of-funds-to-cashstrapped-brother, mother, daughter and all round one-of-a-kind-human-being....my lovely sister Ugochi aka Mama Somto.

She had her birthday yesterday and suffice to say, she's just the best sister anyone could ever have. Very down to earth and as real as they come, Ugo is a no nonsense woman who can dish out ass kicking advice and at the same time go to any length to make sure she sorts you out. Can't count the number of times she's helped all of we guys out of sticky situations without batting an eyelid. She's also funny, witty and very caring.

She's constantly reminding us of stuff we'd have normally missed, birthdays to remember, calls to make and other personal family stuff to sort out. Thank God for her, she's the one who most regularly checks up on the folks,ensures they have what they need, checks up on Meme and Chimuanya (My other little sisters) and as our collective banker,makes sure we guys get the bills!!lol.

Don't get me wrong o...she get her own crase for head too. She can be very short tempered sometimes and if she's not in the mood, meen, just avoid her altogether.

She's our own little mummy and since she's the only girl, we in turn make sure she's treated special and i'm very sure i can say, we'd gladly do anything for her.

She's married to Declan and has a wonderful son Somto a.k.a destroyer of the Universe, a.k.a Alexander the great.

So here's a toast to you sweetie....wanna wish you the best of it all - long life, Good health, love, blessings, God's favour, guidance and protection and generally, all the finer things of life!!!

Forgetful Jones

Morning people...Okey here again.

Seriously speaking, what would we do without our mobile phones?

Sometimes i just don't understand myself anymore. How can you wake up by 5.00 am, brush, shower, dress up without any drama,get prepared to leave the house early in order to avoid traffic, get into Susie and drive off without any stress... only to pass third mainland happily, get to Osborne and find out that i've left all my phones back in the house.

Its baffling.

I debated several times whether to just find where to turn and start heading back. Then i consider just how bad the traffic will be later on coupled with the fact that i have roughly about 10 litres of black market fuel in my tank which i managed to scrape by with yesterday. I'm sooo mad at myself, i literally don't know what to do.
So i say to myself, fuck it, you can survive one day without your phones right?

I continue on to the office only for my mind to start bringing up theories of who might be trying to reach me now and all the messages i was going to miss!!...i almost start panicking again and nearly turn Susie back. But once again i steel my resolve and banish all negative thoughts on whether i can actually stay away from my phones for a day.

I drive on and now i'm on Lekki Expressway when i notice that Oando filling station is selling fuel (as always) with virtually nobody in the station!!! Sharp sharp, i drive in there and thank my stars that i have my ATM card with me. I fill Susie's tanks (a record for me) and drive out. I'm so happy to have enough fuel that instantly my mind starts to drift to whom i can call up to spend a pleasant friday night with and where to hang out. Then i remember my phone-less situation and my mind drops!! For all i know, Zee could be trying to reach me right now or how will i be able to get in touch with anyone!!!! AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!.

It's so tempting to just turn back and head back home only for my sensible minion to remind me that i will most likely regret making that sort of decision. What with Lagos traffic and all the attendant stress of being late to work and all. *sigh*. I'll just have to take the jonesing like a man and survive somehow.

Please tell me o...how did we survive before we had mobile phones and what does it tell of the quality of our lives now that we cannot stay away from the accursed things???

Zee

Hallos peoples

Just an update on the radio station babe....we've finally met and yeah...she's all that!!!

Zemaye (Zee) is beautiful, and intelligent, though she looks a bit spoilt sha...one of those big shot babes with plenty going on for her. In local parlance, one of those chicks wey no send you message...lol.

We had our first date at Shoprite last weekend and suffice to say, it all went very well.

Let's see how this goes...

Hello Baby girl..

Hello everyone...

Ahhhh...forgive me, i haven't introduced you all to my beautiful, one and only lollipop niece (for now)... Miss Ifeoma Gemma Ibemere

She's just about seven months old, cute as a button, and can make your heart melt just looking at her. What is this thing about beautiful baby girls that makes you want to just fall in love with them at first sight???

Yeah, yeah, i'm a biased uncle i know but seriously, she seems to be cuter than almost all of them out there. She's the first baby i've seen that instinctively knows how to swipe a smartphone, doesn't cry, is not that fussy, and can eat for the whole of Africa!!!

Boo boo is Uche's first child, and even though i'm not quite sure how the choice of name "Gemma" came about...(I'm guessing they probably went through a book of baby names and chose a very unlikely one) it kinda suits her perfectly.Judge for yourselves...

Grow and Shine my love...Uncle loves you muchos!!!

The Singleton chronicles

Hi guys...Okey here.

Been a while.....

Whats been up? Nothing much, just work work and more work.

I'm probably having a bad case of writer's block where nothing comes to mind to blog about. Anyway, i've been on this babe's case for a while now...funny enough, we haven't technically met, but..it's complicated jare..

Here's what happened.

I just tune in one thursday evening to Smooth fm and they have a program for singles called "single n smooth" going on.I 'm listening in and this lady with a lovely voice calls in and wants to meet guys. she talks a bit about herself and states who she's looking for.
I have airtime to spare and since I'm always one to help damsels in distress, i take a chance and call in.

The line goes through immediately. I'm in shock because that never ever happens!

I'm live on air, so i rally round, switch on the charm and speak to the presenter Jumoke. To cut a long story short, about four other guys call in as well hoping to meet the babe but after everything she chooses to meet me!!!

It's head swelling of course for me and we exchange emails through the presenter. I'm licking my chops in delight.

We start corresponding via emails the next day and Zee (Zemaye) sounds like a cool person. This goes on for days.....turns into weeks....finally nearly two months pass and she has stylishly refused to go on a date, give me her number or make any inclination to meet.

This is all despite many efforts on my part.

It's not only funny but it's getting irritating. I mean, for fuck's sake, you were the one who went on air to try and meet new people, you finally do and then you bail out. Jeez!

To be fair to her, she did give me her BB pin but nothing else.....i consulted the oracle of google since i had her full name and got very little useful information. I know a bit about her seeing as we've exchanged close to seventy emails but still it's puzzling.

All i know is that she's a PA to someone who works in Dangote group, she travels a bit, is very reserved and loves her couch.

*sigh* You can't win them all.



ps: i stumbled on an article later on that probably captures her mindset perfectly. lol....its enlightening.

http://thenakedconvos.com/tales-by-moonlight-the-singleton-chronicles/