the week in a nutshell

Monday through Wednesday was spent at the new Silverbird Mall helping my boys (Bola, Sam, Kizzy & Deji) out with the network infrastructure of the complex as i didn't wanna lay idle thanks to Abuja Connect even if i wasn't getting paid for it, i still enjoyed it. Had lunch @ Kizzy's place and later went to the wine shop for some liquor in the system. Crashed @ zone 4 as i had to see BJ early in the morning unfortunately my hopes were dashed as the man no just wan understand my condition.

Thursday morning, Seyi n his pops head to Ilorin for his bro's induction, he left his car for me without fuel...what on hell am i supposed to do with it? piss in the tank?...lol. Stayed at home most of the day tho.

Had a shitty day on Friday due to some domestic issues i rather not talk about but for those who know me very well, i hardly let shit get to me. I decided to go bowling with Akin, DInjo, Kachi, Debola and two other chics i just met (Ope & Tope)hoping to go clubbing after that, by the way i won the game and Dinjo came last....lol. We ended up going home after the game as all the ladies were not properly gingered for an all night activity no thanks to Kachi. Ended up talking on the phone all night with a whole bunch of friends who were celebrating with Kunbi my lil sis on her birthday and wished i was there.

Got up like 9ish on Saturday and myself, Dinjo and Abdul decided to go and see Lola @ the hospital as she had a serious asthma attack,we met Ife aka fairy God mother there. We dropped Ife at home after trying to cheer Lola up, need i say we did a great job. We headed straight to Wuse Market for shopping which took longer as the traffic was crazy. Got back to Woodcrest and we started cooking Lunch with the aid of Fairy God Mother after which we had a sumptuous meal. Decided to go chill with AK later in the evening at his Shop and later headed home.

Spent some time with Susan and KC cracking them up with jokes till we got tired. chilling like a super villain in my room with Hassan snoring when i drift off thinking about a lot of things when it hit me "i haven't had alcohol this weekend!" to top that i didn't go out on a Friday night. Strange it might seem to me but i find it a little bit relaxing as i didn't expend energy @ the club and didn't go to the wine shop for my usual friday night shayo b4 i hit the clubs.

So i'm in my room and it's almost 3am and i can't sleep.....anyways make i dey run find something do online....ciao

2 Weeks After Kigali

Back in Nigeria and the deployment is yet to kick off due to an unforeseen constraint, the Nigerian Customs . The Customs have refused to grant a tax waiver for our 100 XO’s as they are not tax exempt goods (TIA). We tried explaining the laptops were a donation from the OLPC Foundation but they were not willing to budge on the tax.

We are not the only Nigerian team in this quagmire as each team is required to pay the sum of N346,074.05 (three hundred and forty six thousand, seventy four Naira and five Kobo) which is about $2308 for the 100 XO’s. This we didn’t budget for and we have spent the bulk of our budget on the trip to Kigali and Internet connectivity for the school. We have tried many avenues to get the waiver but to no avail. Nia Lewis has gotten in touch with DHL so as to resolve this issue asap. The Niger State Ministry of Science & Technology through its Director of ICT, Engineer Abubakar Y. Salisu has also tried his best to get a waiver for the team but he’s been hitting road blocks in the process.

What has the team been doing so far? Chilling i guess and getting familiar with our individuals XO’s. We also took a trip to the deployment school to talk to the teachers and resolve power issues. I haven’t been able to blog as my old laptop finally packed up and i am stuck with using my XO for most of my cyber activities which ain’t comfortable considering the amount of things i do online.

Hope this customs issue is resolved by Monday so we can start already.