i think sometimes, that this country generally suffers from a collective ability to just stop doing the same silly things again and again...how can the Nigerian government release another 15 billion naira for electricity generation? shouldn't we just use the money to import cheap generators from china and share out to the poor masses to generate their own power? the only thing we ever hear about the electricity sector is more investment: we're still trying to achieve 6,000 Mega watts since 1999 and more people are moving to lagos and abuja daily and almost every single person i know has a generator (even my barber) so really, do we need any more lost funds? then again, why is it always when elections are close by that government suddenly remembers the "ailing" power sector? i wonder...
which reminds me just to say out loud that generators actually emit carbon monoxide. before you roll your eyes like "yeah, yeah, we know", my proclamation stems from a story i heard on the radio this week of two boys who were found dead in their madams hairdressing salon the next morning after a night locked in with the generator on. carbon monoxide and its effects are something that I was taught in primary 4 (thank goodness for private school education of the time), so i still struggle to understand how people would put on a tiny chinese generator (the worst kind) and shut all the doors to their house and go to sleep. my wonder really isn't why they go to sleep, but more of why they expected to wake up from that sleep. As a reminder, and a first time lesson for all of you that went to less than savoury primary schools, carbon monoxide makes you feel sleepy and then it slowly sweetly chokes you to death. if some neighbour insists on placing his generator right behind your window at night and thats the only source of your ventilation (trust lagos houses), please insist they move it some place else. i need you all alive to keep reading my blog. lol.
on the entertainment front, has anyone listened to lady gaga's album? now i understand why will smith hasn't stopped lip synching the words "pah pah pah poker face" since he plug the sound into his ears. she's really good...and her videos are even better. a lil raunchy (for all my christian peeps out there), but really good entertainment-wise. don't get me started on why nigerian music video directors (with the sole exception of p-square's and goldie's directors) don't watch these nice music videos and replicate the dance moves that keep people glued for the 4 minutes that a music video is on...i guess thats too much to ask. i intend to do a full review of keri hilson's album later today so watch out for that in case you haven't purchased it already.
till i find something else worth moaning about, see you around peeps.
which reminds me just to say out loud that generators actually emit carbon monoxide. before you roll your eyes like "yeah, yeah, we know", my proclamation stems from a story i heard on the radio this week of two boys who were found dead in their madams hairdressing salon the next morning after a night locked in with the generator on. carbon monoxide and its effects are something that I was taught in primary 4 (thank goodness for private school education of the time), so i still struggle to understand how people would put on a tiny chinese generator (the worst kind) and shut all the doors to their house and go to sleep. my wonder really isn't why they go to sleep, but more of why they expected to wake up from that sleep. As a reminder, and a first time lesson for all of you that went to less than savoury primary schools, carbon monoxide makes you feel sleepy and then it slowly sweetly chokes you to death. if some neighbour insists on placing his generator right behind your window at night and thats the only source of your ventilation (trust lagos houses), please insist they move it some place else. i need you all alive to keep reading my blog. lol.
on the entertainment front, has anyone listened to lady gaga's album? now i understand why will smith hasn't stopped lip synching the words "pah pah pah poker face" since he plug the sound into his ears. she's really good...and her videos are even better. a lil raunchy (for all my christian peeps out there), but really good entertainment-wise. don't get me started on why nigerian music video directors (with the sole exception of p-square's and goldie's directors) don't watch these nice music videos and replicate the dance moves that keep people glued for the 4 minutes that a music video is on...i guess thats too much to ask. i intend to do a full review of keri hilson's album later today so watch out for that in case you haven't purchased it already.
till i find something else worth moaning about, see you around peeps.
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