Cheers to you..2013

Mosheho?! long time no write eh? I believed my last post here was titled "Calm before the storm" and Oooh what a storm it has been. The umbrella is forcing to cover me from the storm but i am beating my chest like Shaka the Zulu. hahahaa. Still strapped to the great elephant menti gyae....(i just saw Mawuli Dake roll his eyes...( novi am i lying? careful your eyes do not pop out) I still cant believe how it turned out. Let me explain that statement before my online "husband"  Dumevi intentionally goes to misquote me somewhere( grin). I am over it because really until anything contrary Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan has spoken. But for me as at 6th December, I was clear in my mind that the issues that had rocked the fabric of common sense were major determinants in choosing leadership this year. I thought (my mistake again )that the country was ready to do away with petty stuff and focus on vision. But idey bi (twisting mouth k3k3...But you really must give it to us,  Ghana has the craziest elections ever. Anyways I have my new resolution ready. Ummm I don't really do new year resolutions because I always break them afterwards but this one I am keeping close to my chest...here goes. My new year resolution is idey bi k3k3 which translates in my dictionary as each one for himself, Onyankopon for us all. Lovely right?! 

Whirlwind December. Long story short,  my president elect is on vacation in South Africa and if my memory serves me well is expected tomorrow, the opposition leader ( William is sure troublesome..love him to bits) is in court seeking to nullify( is that the right legal term) the presidential results whilst contesting about 30 parliamentary seats and the rest of us are waiting for the new year. There is generally calm in Ghana though we are washed with lots of unsavory words on tv and especially radio with a few online weirdos but generally it is well.  Umm personally I thank the heavens those lame( very lame for emphasis) peace songs are over. Yes we want peace but some folks were behaving as if we were eating bullets and drinking grenades. The songs were lame and I wondered why the editorial policies of the television stations did not apply then. 

Good-evening ooo belated Merry Christmas ooo. Afei sese na obiara w) cash tise Bill Gates. Ok i will confess I am at home. I awkwardly and quite dramatically got stood up on a fine evening as this. (face in palm) my fault anyways i made no plan B or C , talk about complete bummer. I have shrugged it off already though. Nothing sugar popcorn and TV cannot fix. Accra Mall is a bore but their popcorn is divine....but to the person who stood me up ummm Idey  bi k3k3 is applying here to.

Well you are spending time with me. Yes you who took a few minutes to read my last post. Yippie!!!

This is my last for this year ( because seriously i do not see any serious action till next year). I dedicate it to my 5000 plus friends on Facebook, the over 1000 people who subscribe to my posts there as well as my 90 followers on Twitter ( I really don't find Twitter interesting...I know I know but haha but I have linked my accounts ie Facebook and Twitter so it makes up for something right) and also to the over 1000 followers on my Facebook business page and the plenty plenty people who read my blog...typos and all. Whew. How do you deal with the typos again?! Lord knows I cringe and shrink in my seat each time I am brave enough to re-read. 

All I want to say is THANK YOU. MEDAASE. AKPE. 

I have met fantastic people, some of you I have had the chance to meet, some of you I have the privilege to  put voices to the faces and some of you I have had the privilege to call members of my family. Let me say it here and now that my real name is NaaBia. I thought it was cute at first but seriously some of you can't keep asking me if NaaBia is really my name. Secondly please it is very rude to say chick or shoddy wassup? not cool. A hello or a hi is a nice way to start the conversation. No I am not giving you dos and dont's, it is just that sometimes I ignore you completely because of these small things. 

Before I end, I wish all the good values of life in the year 2013 for everyone especially we the young adults. Whatever is true, whatever is pure, whatever is just, whatever is right. Let us renew ourselves and embrace hard-work and not rely on recycled motivation pamphlets. Let us renew ourselves and learn to respect, let us renew ourselves and learn not to lie, steal or malign just for the benefits of here and now. Let us renew ourselves and learn not to take undue advantage of people, let us learn to renew ourselves and not envy unduly, let us renew our minds and learn that God is the only one you must look up to. Mankind will give you story and in the end leave you lonely( R2Bees)

I hope to hear all the happy New Years from you on Tuesday.  Don't worry one day one day, I will find Donald Trump and he will organize a party for us. Oooh don't worry he is too known like me, when we meet he will have no choice but adore me. Lol.

Cheers to you and the year 2013.

Ps. Eishh 7th January 2013 the umbrellas will not be easy at the swearing in. K3k3 land is sure 

interesting.

The Calm Before The Storm..

Yesterday was amazeballs. I danced my way from the Children's park in Accra right up to the Akuafo Park at the University of Ghana. My body aches like hell. I seriously do not remember the last time i danced like that. Covers face...today too i had to sit in at a meeting so guess what high heels. I have squeezed my face into a polite pimple. But i don't regret any of it. By the way who ever brought Azonto dance steps you deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Yesterday i mastered the "boxing move". Bronya wei di33 menye easy koraa. Grin. Good afternoon everybody.

For the past two days, I have walked to my junction (not to far from my house, about 7 minutes give or take) to catch a cab to work. I have been car- less and very annoyed about it. I have had to wake up extra early in order not be "attacked" by the horrible traffic and charged silly for that as well. I will admit, i was so upset on Wednesday urgggh i woke up too early i could not even do my short snooze from 6:00- 6:10 (please do not laugh, those ten minutes are the sweetest in the morning). And on top of it all, i had to walk. Walking is good, Lord knows i need to lose some weight but weight loss is the last thing on my mind. Even this minute i am thinking of how i can get Papa'a pizza and grilled chicken. How can you see grilled chicken with all the trimmings and then opt for salad. ah awerhosem. Please i am not a food-ian, i am just enjoying the "free" gifts Odomankoma has given us. haha.

Back to subject..... today's walk was different, today my walk had a certain calmness. With each step i took, i reflected on soo many things. I even stopped to laugh at some point. Do not worry after a while i thought i was crazy myself. The memories just kept flashing in my head, from the swearing-in drama of RIP Oga Prez Mills to last minute tape of candidate H.E Mahama on "free air chasers". It sure has been a ride( you agree?)...a ride where everything has been possible. I will certainly not forget 2012...whatever the outcome of the national election. If your excuse is that they are all the same, that is the lazy approach to dealing with life. And I am sorry but you have to grow up. Ummm if you still say you are a floating voter, then i hope you drown. How long can you stay floating. Yaabr3 mo.

No politics on this post today. I have done plenty campaigning soo much soo that (is that correct english) the name Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo is finished in my mouth. When i want to mention his name , my lips begin to twist JDM style and how long can i be twisting my mouth like that? Grin. But seriously. Just go out and vote tomorrow. Yes especially you my dear youth( i mean proper youth not the age induced grey hair by force type). Go and vote. Simple.
Be clear with all the procedures, be clear in your mind the way you want this country to be led and be very aware that in all this you do have the power to make a difference. We must begin especially to show as young people that we have come off age. If you promise, and you willingly do not deliver, we will vote/boot you out like no man's business. Nobody should be allowed to enjoy our sweat inspired taxes and stick their tongue out at us with invisible results ala nomenclature. Moko aya ne moko aba. Trust me that is the only way to make them sit up.

But for me most importantly, let the victory tomorrow not be an endorsement of gross disrespect and sheer envy. Because it is not right for young men and women to frame, concoct and malign elderly men because of a  promise of a government position, a house and a car. It is not right and let us not pretend for a minute that for the past four years alot of things that challenge common sense has become the norm. If you are a young person who has been brought up in a home and not a house, dosed heavily with values of respect, truth, dedication to hard work, Godliness(not forced)humility(not forced), discipline, true friendships.... let the victory of tomorrow's election reflect exactly that. As young people we cannot endorse this disgraceful lifestyle. We cannot allow that indecent trait to dwell in us. You can agree to disagree without humiliating a person and attacking his or her reputation. Think about it and vote with lots of purpose.

I am in my office at Ringway Estates. I am calm. I am waiting patiently to vote.....then for the results.(you should see my smile)

My calm before the storm.