Weekend at Coop Villa…

Ok! Its Wednesday night and my weekend just ended. I'm finally back in my small room listening to Shania Twain again.. Derz absolutely no energy in this house and what can I do? #shrug! Anywho, I had a fun-fun weekend. Since I intend to close with shout-outs, I think I should say sorry to @akinfals who missed out on all the fun and had to create his own trips on the mainland

FRIDAY
Ok, weekend started at 10:30 on Friday night - no, we didn't go to any club or anything like that jor.. While I'd followed the driver to g'and pick my cousin from Bowen, my guy, @opelarny had seen his folks off to the airport. We were both tired, fagged out and we needed some spectacular to go out that night.

From Lere, we headed to Unilag, made a quick stop and then headed straight to Lekki. We were trying to get some connects with @dapobali but the P wasn't sure jor. Bali said there was a Pool party in Lekki. When we pinged @olumurewa, baba said Pool Party was in Ikoyi -toh… We sha arranged to meet Murray at Tanterlizers in Lekki. We hooked up at 12:30 but after like 10 minutes of tracking, we decided to go home jor… Murray headed to Ikoyi, we headed home. 
We got home around 1:15 or so.., around 1:30, we headed out again - We went to track @EniBaller. My guy wanted to club but omoh, ginjah was lacking o! He sha blessed us with a botttle of Spanish wine and we headed home. Lani made Spaghetti for dinner and we enjoyed the chaol with the wine.. By 2:30, boys were asleep mehn.
 

SATURDAY

I really can't remember when we woke up o… but we were out by 9:30 sha. Lani wanted to cut his hair. So, we went to the barber. My guy did some Ricky Rozay sturvings with his beards.. I had a regular cut jor - "who sai". From the salon, we stopped off at @feyi_tee's crib. His popsy was supposed to travel but the trip wasn't a sure thing yet.. After chilling there for a lil bit, we went to pick Ayobammy.

Ayobammy was kind enough to make breakfast for three hungry boys… It was bread and egg sha.. We really just chilled, drank some wine and had some laughs.

Ayobammy making Breakfast

3:00 - We headed out to Fun Turf. @temmytwenny was back in the radar. My guy had gone to Redemption Camp for prayers. Omoh, July 2011 must be a reality O! #dontdull. Omoh, the journey from Ajah to Lekki Phase 1 lasted close to two hours o! We got there sha. Temmy was there with his cousin Skido and mehn, make I no lie, it was rather dullin O! We sha told people on BBM and twitter that it was bubbling - abeg make dem quick come make we suffer 2geda.

By this time, boys were already on code. The regular CU people were there, Santi, CJ Rozay, Fowode, Ahmed, Bali, Toye… ee'rybody sha. Mr Sule( @umarsule) was there too. We just chilled jor. While the soccer went on, we went up into the bar and chilled for a lil bit. Olisa of Beat FM was there. The guy just kacked by himself on one table - he was unapproachable o! #lowkey - his swag was too much. We saw Saucekid as we left bar- We hailed and he hailed back. Nice 1.I hailed TPN and @exschoolnerd too… just said hi for a lil bit.

Ya, @nin_dimaj was there too with a couple of friends.. Everyone was rili just chilling. 
7:00pm - We decided to go to Wine Bar in Ikoyi but we changed our minds and headed to Palms. Traffic was 

really bad but we came through, got our liquor and headed to the eatries there. I really can't remember the one we went to and they told us a plate of rice and chicken was 1400…ahan! Say wetin happen? Boys had to deliberate o! Then @dapobali hooked us up with his Mega Plaza connects.

8:15pm - En route Mega Plaza. The journey to Mega Plaza was smooth. ilike V.I at night mehn. Yeah! I think it was @Onosa that spotted the Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe in the parking lot. Omoh, see boys touching the car to tap anointing - make we sef fit buy that kind car one day.

Food-court chillin : Mr. Ben hooked us up with some rad rad meals like this o! Chai! By the time we were through, everyone was full and we all finished our food ( I hardly ever finish my food). The chaol was actually the highlight of the night. Y'all should try it out some time.

Before

After

Onosa had to bail just before the food arrived coz his dad called him so he missed out. Bali was supposed head out with us for the night so we followed him home so he could park his car at home. At 11:00 we were still in Bali's house o! Thaz where the ginjah for the night died.

From V.I, we went to VGC. Joshua had told us there was a P there. Omoh, the thing wasn't rocking at all O! Dude promised us a bottle of wine as we finally decided to head home around 12. Now it was me, Lani and Temmy in the house. Saturday was a 6.5 day...

SUNDAY.
Lani wanted us to go to church but he was the last to wake up. We all got up around 10. Around 10:30, we went out to Ajah to buy bread and onions and all those breakfast ingredients. We picked up Feyi and headed home.

Temmy made a breakfast special. We had bread, fried eggs, baked beans and sausage. We didn't eat till around 1 sha. 
After breakfast, we decided on our movement for the day - There was the reunion at Oniru, House P in Ajah and we were going 2 pick Bali and either eat out or see a movie.

We headed out around 5. First stop was the house P. Boys were already on some Russian Beer and things. The party wasn't really rocking but we had to be back. We'd decided to invite people over to the house the next day and there were definitely chicks here..

While buying fuel just after VGC gate, Joshua called that he'd come through with the wine. He dropped it off, planned to hook-up the next day and he was out.

Next Stop-------->Oniru. We got to Oniru around 6:30. We entered the beach and found the reunion crew. These guys were already wasted. Thankfully, Eghosa (@shalomjare) was just heading in. He told me the fine fine babes had just left. I hailed Fisayo and Timilehin and just chilled with Eghosa. By the way, Eghosa came with a car full of babes o! Baba no dey dull.

Lani & Eghosa

While at Oniru, we arranged to hook up with Bali and Murray. Thankfully, they got there almost at the same time. We'd originally decided to go to the Palms but mehn, there was some new Ginjah directing us to Magodo. Apparently there was a barbeque party going on there. #lowkey. The gist on BBM was that it was bubbling so… En route Magodo it was O!

Murray's ginjah is absolutely on a 90% something and it shows in his driving. Our Picanto had nothing on his Wrangler o! Temmy stays in Magodo so he led the way to the P! Everyone was there again… the whole CU crew - Tolani, Yaya, Wannie, Santi, Adesulu, Okusi, Senator Crown… We hung out for a bit and chilled.

Next Stop was Bungalows V.I - Omoh, that zones na for the big boys O!... We had a few drinks and left. Murray dropped Bali at home while we headed to Ajah.

On our way home we bought plantain and Temmy made Spag and plantain for dinner. Sunday was rad.. 8.0

MONDAY

We woke up late as usual. We did our daily round of morning outings. First stop was at one babe, Ella's crib. We couldn't make it back for her party yesterday and she was obviously pissed. We sha made her promise she was gon come later in the day. From there, we bought booze for the day. Temmy & Lani didn't allow me buy my code so… #shrug. 
Around 1:30, Lani and I went to pick a babe up from Ayobammy's estate so we dropped by and hung with Ayobammy for a lil bit. On our way outta the estate, Feyi came thru and went on to pick up another babe. We hooked up later at home. Temmy made lunch. I no get the kind liver wey dem get for nobs360 so I'll just skip to the evening part.

Lani woke me up around 8 and told me we were going out. One lens of my glasses got lost in the shower. We sha left the house around 9. We just chilled at the VGC park. SommyB came through and hung out for a bit. Monday night was our earliest night in..We got home around midnight and made Macaroni…. It had been a crazy crazy crazy day. #justleaveitlikethat.

TUESDAY
Didn't follow the guys out on the early morning Ajah waka waka… just stayed in and was chatting with Ayobammy. 

Nkem came with her friend Taiwo and hung out with us. They made lunch. Feyi came through with some booze and my favryt Sprite. After yesterday, I just stuck to my Sprite o! Lani and Bali went to pick up Bali's babe from her crib. They had to take her back though, her mum was acting up.

After we'd waited for Lani and Bali for over two hours, we got worried and started calling. Omoh, guys refused to tell us what was up o! Feyi had to go too… his mum needed him to take her somewhere.. **some parts missing**

Eventually, Lani told us what was really up. There'd been an accident and they were at the Mechanic's tryna fix up the cars. Nkem and Taiwo had to go so we had the driver wire up the Prado. He first dropped us at the mechanic workshop and then went to drop off Nkem and Taiwo.

Thankfully, there were no lights lost - 5k settled all the wahala.

While we waited for the cars to be patched up, Joju brought us some Efo Riro on her way back from cooking lessons.. Nice babe.

We got back home from the mechanic around 9 and just headed to the kitchen. We ate rice and vegetable. After the whole accident there didn't seem to be ginjah to go out.

Around 10, we sha decided we were going out. We all went to shower and by 11:05, we were hustling to buy fuel at the only open filling station in the area.

We headed straight to Mega Plaza food court and added their Suya to our menu this time. The food was as good as ever. 
We left Mega Plaza and headed to another hang out joint in V.I ** some text missing here - again** We went back to Mega Plaza and then Ikoyi before finally heading home around 2:30. I've obviously left out a lot of detail. Bite Me!

All in all, thank God for safety & journey mercies. We were night crawlers, throughout. Thanks to Lani & his folks for everything, crib, cars.. We always had Nepa, Gen or Inverter. Thanks to all the chicks that came through & cooked for us… and the others that I decided not 2 mention.


Murray, SommyB, Onosa, Akatu, Joshua, Jibola, Lolu. Thanks for coming through
Feyi, Bali, Twenny, Lani (@0si & @akinfals in absentia) - One love. #nohomo

 

Heart Out

Ever loved someone who was too blind to see, too selfish to care, and too numb to feel?
But you still loved them anyway. 
Because love is like an annoying kid. You can't but hear it whine. Even though you really want to throw it out the window or pretend like it doesn't exist, there is a part of you that wants to do everything in your power to cater to its needs. 
You really can't push it away. 
No matter how hard you try its always there, ready to bite you in the ass if you give too much to it, or willing to slap you in the face if you dont give it enough.It sucks to love, but then again it is what man does.
So I guess it sucks to be human, too. Nah, it doesn't

Chasing Pavements

So I was passing through blogger and I saw this and thought I should share...  

"At some point you will realize that you have done too much for someone, that the only next possible step to do is to stop. Leave them alone. Walk away. It’s not like you’re giving up, and it’s not like you shouldn’t try. It’s just that you have to draw the line of determination from desperation. What is truly yours will eventually be yours, and what is not, no matter how hard you try, will never be." #thatisall #gbam

 

Word!

So I saw this on the blog of a distant friend and I thought I should share

At some point you will realize that you have done too much for someone, that the only next possible step to do is to stop. Leave them alone. Walk away. It’s not like you’re giving up, and it’s not like you shouldn’t try. It’s just that you have to draw the line of determination from desperation. What is truly yours will eventually be yours, and what is not, no matter how hard you try, will never be.

Random Sturvz Done By People Our Age….

Here's just a couple of things said and acted out by folks our age.. Enjoy.. 

1. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.  

2. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk. 
 
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
 
4. Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook are people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?
 
5. Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in Nigeria did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft. 
 
6. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it. 
 
7. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
 
8. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.  

9. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
 
10. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
 
11. Was learning cursive really necessary?
 
12. Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
 
13. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
 
14. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
 
15. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
 
16. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.
 
17. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. #justsaying
 
18. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever. (I haven't washed the jeans I'm wearing since maybe July 2008).
 
19. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
 
20. Bad decisions make good stories.
 
21. Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
 
22. Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
 
23. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
 
24. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
 
25. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are absolutely going 2 fall over after leaning your chair back a little too far.
 
26. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
 
27. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
 
28. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
 
29. I hate leaving my hostel confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
 
30. When I meet a "new" girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
 
31. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
 
32. Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles…
 
33. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
 
34. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
 
35. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

Rules of Engagement - Lagos Driving 101.

So it's been a while since I had time to blog. There were like nine tests in 3 days and things have been a lil hectic. So here's a lil somthng somthng 2 laff off.

1. When in doubt, accelerate! 
2. Be prepared to ram anything stopping you wearing uniform in Lagos (Police, Traffic warden, FRSC, 
Kai brigade, Fire brigade, VIO, LASTMA, LAMATA, LASWA, even LAWMA sef)  
3. If you get caught by any chance, DO NOT allow them to enter your car, if they happen to get in DO NOT drive from that spot (vere off traffic & settle 5 hundred bucks), and if they don't agree, form calling your uncle who is in the army (believe me it always works), never follow them to ANY sort of office except you wanna pay X10. 
4. Never give police or VIO your original particulars (whether expired or up to date) 
5. Danfo drivers believe they are immortal. NEVER yield to the temptation to teach them otherwise.   
6. Okada riders have a pact with suicide, avoid them like a plaque 
7. Avoid BRT buses in all ramifications, they have NO brakes 
8. Taxi cabs (oko asewo) should always have the right of way, all of them have been driving in Lagos for 25yrs. 9. Never, ever, stop for a pedestrian unless he flings himself under the wheels of your car.  
10. The first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it. Survival of the fittest you may say!  
11. Learn to swerve abruptly. In Lagos , potholes (and sometimes car-holes) are put in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and shock absorbers,( I saw one man fishing in one of the potholes last week). 
12. Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork, except you want to spend ur whole saturday @ the panel beater's place. 
13. Morning rush-hours are equivalent to Lagos grand prix (who gets to the junction first) 
14. There is no such thing as a short-cut during rush-hour traffic in Lagos . Everybody might be inclined to take that 'short-cut'.
15. When asking for directions, always ask at least 3 people. Lagosians ALWAYS claim to know every inch of the city – even areas they've never been to.  
16. Use extreme caution when pulling into service lanes. Service lanes are not for breaking down the traffic, but for speeding, especially during rush hour. 
17. Never use directional signals, since they only confound and distract other Lagos drivers, who are not used to them.  
18. Similarly, never attempt to give hand signals. Lagos drivers, unused to such courtesies, will think you are making obscene gestures to them. This could be very bad for you in Lagos .  
19. Hazard lights (popularly called "double pointer") is not, (as commonly supposed) used to indicate a hazard. It is a warning to you that he is a bonafide Lagos driver, he's headed 'straight' and as such, will not stop under any circumstance. Take him extremely seriously especially if he backs it up with a continuous blast from his "horn". 
20. At any given time, do not stand on the zebra crossing expecting traffic to yield to you, or else you will have to explain to the on coming traffic whether you look like a zebra.  
21. If you have to use the Lekki Expressway and you're not there by 4:00pm, just forget it. You're going to spend at least three hours on that road.   
22. Once in the Lekki traffic, feel free to make friends, arrange meetings and even chyke babes. Generally, engage in PWD- Pinging While Driving.  
23. Speed limits are arbitrary figures posted only to make you feel guilty.  
24. Remember that the goal of every driver is to get there first by whatever means necessary.  
25. In Las Gidi every spot is a potential bus stop. FRSC and LASTMA know that too. It is in their constitution. 26. Above all, keep moving. Even with a flat tire!!!  

HORNING IN LAGOS 
- 'Horn' when someone executes a dangerous manoeuvre.
- 'Horn' when you're about to move off.
- 'Horn' when you're about to overtake.
- 'Horn' when someone is about to overtake you.
- 'Horn' when turning into a road.
- 'Horn' when emerging from a road.
- 'Horn' back when someone horns at you. It's considered good etiquette.
- 'Horn' when you hear a chorus of horns. Don't worry if you don't know what all the 'horning' is about.
- 'Horn' when you're happy.
- 'Horn' to the beat when you're playing music in your car.

Good luck, as you expeditiously navigate through Lagos