IT'S HECTIC BEING THE BOSS

i never knew that being the boss is such a hard work. you get to be the eyes, ears, mouth...heck the whole head of the place. The ball is now in your court, you are now the deciding factor whether you'll fail or succeed. you get to spend extra-extra hours at work (i even bring my kids to work after school; they do their homework in the office and all.

it's Saturday and here i am in the office with my kids....i use candies and all that to bribe them from whining but trust kids they still need their space to jump around. i take comfort in the fact that this is just the starting period that things will stabilize with time but when?? only God can tell.

i don't even have a social life anymore, its just work, work, and more work. Thank God for facebook and yahoo at least i can still be in touch with some friends.

I'm not complaining cos im enjoying every bit of it. it's my work and I'M THE BOSS :)

AT LAST

I am sooo happy, after months and months of planning and working i will officially be opening my very own CyberLaundry outfit this weekend. This is a dream come through for me. I am so excited because i get to be my own BOSS. Yep! i called it quit with my former employers....stress was no more worth it.

I can now watch my kids grow and at the same time work....NOW WHO'S THE GIRL??
I must say i am savouring every moment of my new found freedom.

Will give you all the jist of the opening party.....better watch this space :)

Ciao!!

After a long while

My peeps i have not forgotten y'all at blogville. i have a huge project taking my time. i promise when I'm through which is very very soon I'll continue to be faithful to my blog.
A lot of water has gone under the bridge since the last time i wrote and i can assure you that when I'm done with my project I'll tell y'all about it.

cheers!

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Today the world mourns the death of a legend of our time, Michael Jackson. Unofficial reports says that he died of cardiac arrest but we wont know yet until the autopsy is carried out.
it is a great loss that at only 50yr,the prime of his life, he would just pass on like that.

His death brings to mind the mortality of man. only a few years ago he was so full of life and his music was sang all over the world; one will think that such a person is larger than 'death'.
even if we all know that he will die some day but you never get to prepare for such thing. And to think that he was preparing for a comeback tour makes it all the more sadder.

i pray that God will grant his entire family the fortitude to bear the great loss. Amen

Rest in Peace Michael.

Notable Quotes

Today I'll share some notables quotes that i've come across that really inspired me at one point or the other. Here goes:
Good health isn't anything, but without it everything counts for nothing.
You can build a house but a home must grow.
It is a terrible burden, having nothing to do.
No one can make you inferior without your consent.
Always act as if your acts are seen.
It is very easy to spend other people's money.
Only the man who is ready to help has the right to critcise.
Don't suppose; endeavour to know.
Prosperity makes friends; adversity tests them.
Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
One is never too old to unlearn bad habits.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need more.
It is not lack of love but lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

A twist betwixt two.

i want to write at the same time i don't want to write. i am feeling kinda low today. i know writing always brings out the best in me but somehow today is different. i have been contemplating for some minutes now if i should just shut down my PC and go do something else..........but what else can i do when the thing i love the most i don't want to do?????????

Sometimes in life one finds himself in a crossroad; should you take the step and keep going or should you just say to hell and walk away? Does time actually heal a broken heart? Can a mother truly forgive the killer of her child?? Can a person that was raped (male or female) really live a normal life..............So many life's questions but no answer.

well like i said i am feeling under the weather so i don't know if I'm making any sense. i am going to take a hot bath and pamper myself a little; that will surely bring a smile to my soul.

Finding time

hi y'all, i have been very busy with a pet project so no much time to blog.
Will find time to write soon.
Ciao!

5 of my fave things

Today I'll be talking about 5 of my best products in recent times so sit back, relax and happy reading:

1. Mama Lemon washing up liquid: i will describe this product in a sentence: goodbye morning fresh, hellooow MAMA!
2.Hollandia Custard: The attraction is in the flavour. i mean the banana flavour is so strong its almost addictive....and the taste....hmmmm heavenly.
3. Ice Tea: i am a self confessed ice tea addict. i don't care who the manufacturer is be it chi or C-way as long as it is ice tea, I'll buy it.
4. Snickers Chocolate Bar: i have had two teeth pulled but it wont stop me from having a snicker bar....yep, it's that bad.
5. Nivea Body lotion: Two words for this one: Miracle worker. A song readily comes to mind for this product.... God bless the day i found you.... sorry guys that's how far i can go as per lyrics wise but I'm sure you pretty much got it.

Feel free to take exceptions and of course tell me why. But hey you know as always, everyone is entitled to my opinion:)

Ciao!

Womanhood

I was going through some books my hubby downloaded from the net and found this wonderful piece on woman that i just have to share:

What a woman really is, nobody knows, least of all herself.

To see a woman as she really is, one must see her with her baby. For

It is curious, but it is true, that not even before the passionate and

accepted lover to whom she has utterly devoted herself can a woman bare

her heart as can she to her baby. Perhaps we may go so far as to say that

Motherhood always partially eclipses wife-hood:

When the child comes, the man stands aside for It is not within the capability of man to evoke or to develop the totality of woman. There are feminine potentialities he is powerless to awake. There is a portion of womanliness always hidden from him. To her baby alone she opens the innermost recesses of her soul. For him she wears no masks, affect no accent, plays no part. Even her features take on a different and unique expression before the offspring of her womb.

Never is she more womanly, never so strong, never so quite, never so self-contained, never so completely herself, and never so beautify when bending over her helpless infant child. And naturally: for say what one will:

Motherhood is the goal of Womanhood and howsoever she comes by it, a woman’s burthen is always to her “That Holy Thing".

No one knows what a woman is like till she is a mother. In other words motherhood reveals womanhood and be it remembered there be childless women—both spinsters and wives—who could mother mankind in their bosoms. Such women wield great influence. For many a mere man there is has owed his all to a motherly woman.

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday to every one out there.
Not in the writing mood today so thot i should just hola to my peeps.
Have a good one.
Ciao!

Scam

I was rudely interrupted by a scam SMS this afternoon. These our brothers have taken the scam to another level, so today i decided to expose them for who they are.....OLE (thieves).
the SMS was supposedly from MTN and it goes like this:
Congratulations you have won N1 Million from the treasure hunt. Go to http://luckywinners.t35.com to claim your prize today. Your winning code is C48793.
i was in my mischievous mood today so i decided to play them a fool. i took my laptop and logged on to the site and of course after filling in my code the 419ners went straight to the point to ask for all my details from account number to ATM number and every thing you can think of.
i wanted to play their game so for name i filled in OLOSI OLORIBURUKU, for e-mail i filled thief-thief @yahoo.com, Acct no: 12345678910, ATM code: 0000 and on and on. After i have finished filling in i clicked sent and the idiots took my details and blanked out..... satisfied that they have caught another 'mugu' (fool).
i can just picture the look on their faces when they discover that they have been scammed HA!!
Can you imagine them sending me something about MTN treasure hunt when the game was over ages ago. Anyway had fun playing them at their game.
Have a wonderful week ahead.

Road Trip

hey guys, i know i have not been around for sometime, well i took a well deserved vacation and decided to travel...get this...BY ROAD...to Lagos. i didn't find it funny at all. Not only was the bus driver sooo rude, the road was incredibly bad. At the end of the day we spent like 12hours on the road instead of 8. Anyway i had a lovely time catching up with old friends and family members but i dont think i'll travel by road for a long time to come. i'll stick to air thank you.
The governor in Lagos is really trying. i mean turning the city around the way he has done is pretty amazing. i know he still has a lot to do but if other governors could emulate him Nigeria will be a lot better place to live in.
Don't worry i wasn't paid by Fashola to advertise Lagos but it's good commending a job well done instead of talking about only the bad stuff all the time.

Meg in case your reading don't be scared to comment i wont bite you, just tell me how you feel:)
Ciao!

No Clue

I am actually in want of what to write, so i guess I'll just write as I'm led:
It's raining cats and dogs outside..... have you ever wondered why it is described as cats and dogs?? why not horse and bulls or cows and???? whatever.
The kids are resuming tomorrow....crap!! another bout of extra early waking up, preparing breakfast and lunch together, sorting out extra clothes for Mimi, ironing, the list is endless. i think i need a help. You hardly get a good help these days..... believe me I've had my fair share of helps, after i got to help number 7 i stopped counting. One stayed for as little as 3 days and decided she was done, her excuse?.....she was seeing her baby brother in the dream and decided it was a sign to go back home.
do you know that in some culture you practically pay the help's 'bride price' before you can take her. i mean her people will tell you to pay all sorts and at the end of the day she can decide not to even stay for up to a week. After so many tries i have thrown in the towel.....yep, no more helps for me. i'd rather invest in gadgets that'll help in the house like washing machine, vacuum cleaner
dishwasher et al. These make life much more easier and less complicated i'd say.
i think the girls have tired themselves out and have slept off; I'm not hearing any noise from their room. i have to go check on them and then call it a night. Ciao!!

Think Big

This is the title of a book i read so many years ago. it made a huge impression on me and i want to share some thoughts from the book................

- as long as you are satisfied that you have done your best, then that is all you have to do.
- the best way to please yourself is to know you've done the best for yourself that you can do.
- clothing is not important, houses, cars and bank account - none of these things are important. You know what is important? Knowledge and hard work - the abilities that allow you to acquire those things.
- ......if someone take all the cars, money and houses from you you can have it back if you have the appropriate knowledge and learn to use it. But if they take away your knowledge and your willingness to give your best, you have automatically lost everything that is important....and you won't get them back.
- recognize your talent, use them appropriately and chose a field that uses those talents, you will rise to the top of your field.
In case you are interested in reading the whole book it is written by Dr. Ben Carson.
Tara!!

Quote of the day

‘I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.’
—Maya Angelou

STILL REMINISCING

Life doesnt always turn out the way we envisaged. As a child growing up, the whole world was at my fingertips (or so i thought). i had so many dreams and expectations on how my life will turn out. i remember telling my french teacher i will get married at 25years...as if.
When you are young you feel you can remote control your life; you say something and God help anyone who would say otherwise.

it still amazes me how our physical body grow and mature but leaving the little girl or boy inside. Truly, i am still the little girl i was when i was eight. i still want someone to catch me when i fly, i still want to dance in the rain......just writing about this brings so much sweet memories. i miss day dreaming about the future, how my husband will look like, how many kids i'll have and on. i have achieved all these and im thankful to God that they turned out great.
one thing i know i dont miss is going to primary school. i was a victim of bulling so i dont want to be back there.
i love being independent and being my own person so i guess every stage of life has its good and bad.

A tribute to my mum

I took this piece from my unpublished memoir :
in this life you have to force yourself to be content with what you have at any particular time and strive to better your lot. if you go about being envious of others you'll live a most miserable life. make the most of what you have and people will see the jewel in you.
my mother used to say every disappointment is a blessing and even if it isn't she'll force it to become a blessing for her.

some years back, my mum was very ill and doctors could not diagnose what the problem was, i was still a child then but i never forgot her confession; day and night mum kept muttering to her self 'i will not die'. Now that I'm older I've come to understand the power of our words. it was those words that actually kept her alive. she is over 60yrs and still waxing stronger.

my mother has always been a strong willed person; she can never apologize to a wrong because she doesn't think that she can do wrong. much as i detest that, i see a whole lot of her in me.
To people that are not close to me they think I'm all so sweet and gullible but people that know the real me know that I'm far from that. i can be so sweet and all but I'm nothing near gullible.
Life has taught me to expect anything from people because when you come right down to it people will be what they are...humans.

There are some things that i just don't understand in this life and i probably will not understand it in this lifetime; for instance, how can a man raise his hands on his wife or any woman for that matter; how can someone hate himself to the point of committing suicide; how can a man be gay what with all the fine sistas out there; how can someone be without being in love or at least having a crush on someone; how can someone not want to have a child.....the list goes on and on

Back To School

im sure at one time in our life we didnt like going to school and we just loved hols with a passion. well i was no1 in that dept at school. so today felt like one of those days after the long w/end.
work was a drag today. came home and my kids decided that mum needed a massage and massage they gave me. needless to say that at the end of the session i was covered from head to toe in dusting powder. it was hilarious but i had to allow them have their way. yea call me a sucker, couldnt stay without them for long so i had to go and pick them up from their granners.
im wondering now how to get the powder off my hair for work tomorrow.
im kind of distracted because my house is like a viewing center for the match btw chelsea and liverpool and the atmosphere is so tense because my in-law & hubby are chelsea fans and liverpool is gaining lead by 2 goals to nil. they have been offering unsolicited advise for chealsea since the game started!..... wait a minute Drogba just scored for chelsea! my house is in a frenzy right now....drinks are beginning to come out now:). i better go and play the perfect hostess and you guessed right, partake in the drinking frenzy . Wow Alex something just scored again this is geetting too good for me to miss. Tara!

Another Honeymoon

Hi y'all, im feeling like a newly wed again and im loving every bit of it.
After church, i sent my kids over to their granners so hubby and i can have quality time together and boy it is worth it. i have not felt this sexy for....... lets just say a while now. i wish i can have the heart to leave them there until the hol is over but i know myself after sometime now i'll start missing them. oh well, for now im having a ball with hubby.
sorry everyone i cant write for long, my prince charming is waiting.............

happy Good Friday

Happy Good Friday. i'm always in a good mood on Fridays especially the ones that is a public hols:) Those days of feeling under the weather are gone thankfully.

Remember i told you about the new relief staff, well it turns out that her husband is not only cheating on her but beating her as well. so yesterday, we initiated her into the sista's chatroom and gave her a lesson or two on how to stand on her grounds. i mean, this is a sista with assets; she has the 3 bs ( for the uninitiated, the 3 b stands for black, beautiful and brainy) and one no-gooder is just somewhere pounding on her like she's worthless.

the first thing we did was to give her advice on her to empower herself. i mean gone are those days when a woman's place is in the kitchen. she has to take control of her life and rebuild her self confidence then she can take it from there.

at the end of the day, she resolved to leave the bastard, that wasnt part of our advise though but she said that they have been living apart for two years now and all the while the guy has been living with his girlfriend while she has been hanging unto a marriage that is already in the gutters for the 'children's sake'.

mistake no 1 never hang unto a marriage for the children's sake. be there for your sake because there will come a time when the kids will be all grown up and leave the house then what would you do?? by then you would be old and grey and your whole life would have been spent on 'the children'. Like i've always said life is for living, loving and laughing. there's no point in being all bitter and resentful all your life just because of another human being.

now dont get me wrong, im not an advocate of divorce but when every thing has failed and the man is out there enjoying his life with another woman what should a woman do?

Today is good friday, we should take time to reflect on what Jesus did for us at the cross.

have a beautiful long weekend. lol.

SLOPPY MONDAY

You may be wondering what's with the title, well that is how i feel today. this is one of those days you wish will just go away and never, ever come back. it reminds me of a song's lyrics 'everything that could go wrong all went wrong at one time, so much pressure fell on me i thought i was going to loose my mind'.
i didnt feel like having any contact, just wanted to be on my own. my kids couldnt understand why i was being so grumpy and i couldnt explain to them without yelling at them.
maybe its the mood swing or PMS but whatever it is i sure dont want it.
today was uneventful at the office, i was pretty much on my own and i think the gals understood.
i thought writing this blog will bring out the spark in me but its just not doing it.
im off to bed now. hope tomorrow will be cheery.
ciao!

THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY

Sorry guys, no time to write yesterday. i was feeling a bit down and we all know that one can not write down anything meaningfully when the mind and body are not in tune with each other. anyway, took today off to rest and also attend my kids interhouse sports.
this is what i have been missing as a working mother. i really had a nice time cheering mimi. i want my kids to have fond memories of their growing up years just as i did. i resolved there and then that i would do everything within my capacity to always be there for them no matter what.
i am feeling a bit drowsy so i think i'll call it a night.

APRIL FOOL'S DAY

Hi guys, Happy April fools day. were you fooled today, please write in and tell me how you were fooled or was it the other way round. i was on my guard today and i sure wasnt fooled by any one.
if you ever want to fool any one go to my dad. he always got fooled by us and funny enough it was with the same line. i remeber my growing up years (not that im old though, i can still do heans and T-Shirt and still look drop dead gorgeous) did i hear you say dream on:), anyway back to my story, my siblings and i use to fight for who would get him firstand the line used to be 'dad, come quic your four tyres are down! and you will see him rushing out to see how he can manage the situation so as not to go late to work. we always had a good laugh when we finally them him that he had just been april fooled. he would promise not to be caught the next year but he always fell prey.
growing up was fun. we had pure and unadulterated fun. im still in contact with most of my childhood friends even had to go to facebook to contact some. yep! it was that good.
a new relief staff came in today for the lady that went on maternity, boy is she one bitter cookie. i bet sha has had her fair share of the world. ut keep your eyes wide open because i'll definitely get her scoop in our chat room.
trying to concentrate but me lil' lots want their mum so super mum to the rescue.....

Adult life can be so serious. we are faced with many life changeing and sometime threatening decisions and we are expected to act fast. it's even more difficult when you are a sista; society expect so much from us that we literally walk on our toes for the rest of our lives. my mother is always drumming it into my head whenever im in my rebellous mood 'i didnt train you to be like this o' she always.
i feel the African setting is particularly tough on women. you are expected to be at your husband's beck and call, be a super mum, your in-laws nko, forget it. well they can all bite me because im not in for that. i do things my way. as far as im concerned im the main event, the show stopper (apologies to Shawn Micheals of WWE).
my pastor always says life is meant for living, loving and laughing. i like the laughing part.
am i being a philosopher queen today? that's the joy of writing, well in this case typing, your thoughts can take you to places you didnt even intend to go to.

here's wishing all the wonderful mums out there a happy belated mothers day. i think every day is mother's day because we rule the world!

had some visitors this evening. so fagged out playing hostess. must go to bed.

Busy, busy, busy is what i'll use to describe today. i didnt even know when it was time to go home. got home to discover that mimi wasnt feeling fine. had to take care of her showering her with all the TLC she can get. of course her sister was full of jealousy and rage so i had to squeeze some time in for her too.
was too exhausted after they went to bed. sorry im not my usual self today, i just dont take it well when any of my kids are down so i'll pass for tonight.

Had a beautiful time at church today. stopped by thereafter at an eatery for lunch. i always look forwad to days like this because i wont have to make lunch when we get home and besides everyone will be too tired and full and the kids will go straight to bed without all their antics.
i dont have the luxury of taking a nap, in fact my body has grown an immunity to afternoon nap, there's always something to do around the house.
work tomorrow, so had to get my stuff and the kids stuff ready for the week. they have just one week to go before vacation, i cant wait.
spent the rest of my evening just chilling and watching tv with my family.
see y'all tomorrow.

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Saturday, 28th March '09

I wish there was more than 24hrs in a day. Someone once said that if you sleep like a baby then you dont have one, how true. i have a walking alarm clock in the person of my 2 yr old daughther, whose name by the way is Anita. she has this annoying habit of coming into the room and giving me a painful 'tap'. her lines are depending on her needs....mum, i'm hungry (her favourite), mum water, hot, wee...the list is endless. talk about persistance, she can be on your case for as long as you decide to ignore her.

so today is water day and i prepared before hand tp put a bottle of water beside my bed just in case. when she came into the room and 'tapped' me severally, she eventually saw the water and started drinking. i was feeling really cool that i have finally got her when she started gaggling and splashing the water all over me. who says little children are innocent?? funny enough she doesnt even disturb her dad one bit hmm...

after spending half the morning cleaning and washing; i went to the market only to come back home to meet the house up side down. apperently, the kids invited the neighbours kids when i was out and they had a blast. i have resolved that i am definitely taking the little rascals to their grannies this hols.....DEFINITELY!!

Friday, 27th March 09

TGIF. i'll be using this acronym a lot so GET USED TO IT! The irony of it all is that i cant be a stay at home mum. for you grannies out there this is just a nice way of saying 'House wife'.the gals basically spent today planning for the weekend; we were comparing notes so no one will be left out of the weekly buy.
i think today is a good day to introduce y'all to my gal pals. we are 4 in number, all mothers (why do you think we have so much in common).
Gal Pal no. 1 - i'll call her mother Theresa ....MT for short. she likes playing mother to everyone just because she came before everyone else.
GP 2 - Mrs Macho - the cliche what a man can do a woman can do better was coined out just for her.
GP3 - Dodgy Jane(DJ) - she is nice and sweet but its easier to get through the eye of a needle than to get a straight forward answer from her. and of course moi who you already know by now. i wonder what you think about me? well, think no more.....i'm the type of person that thinks that everyone is subject to my opinion, which of course is the best come to think of it.
yes! you guess right im already in the friday mood.
got home feeling on top of the world. i bet if there was a trophy for the best wife in the world i will win it today. gave hubby everything he wanted and i mean everything. as for the kids i kinda put them in the background for a change. Nighty nite.

Thursday,26th March '09

One more day to freedom! had some customers come to the office for inspection. everyone was running helter skelter to get the place up & running.

wonders shall never end, shaggy came into the office all suited up......needless to say that he looked like a cricket; we had a good laugh though but i would have loved to tell him to stick to his good 'ol jeans and shirt.

at the end of the day the customers were happy with all the 'effizi' (stunt) we pulled.

on my way back to the house i was dreaming of a nice soak in the bath but i know it is all wishful thinking. little miss 2 yr old needed her mum and mimi my older daughter couldnt wait to tell me all the happenings at school today so super mum to the rescue.

hubby was home early so he helped out with some chores.

10:30pm so so tired sign out.

Wednesday, 25th March 09

Today is one of those days i dont feel like getting up in the morning. it must have been the heavy food i ate last night. i even got to work a little late and as usual shaggy was there to remind me to leave my house earlier. i felt like telling him to take his job and shove it where the sun dont shine.
nothing much to do; just generally went with the flow. you know the saying that time flies when you are busy , well today is the complete opposite.
went straight to church from the office. church is the only place and time i could be me, not a wife, mother or PA just ME and damn it feels good. funny how a woman's life changes after she gets married and have kids. to your husband you are honey or whatever pet name he calls you, to the kids you are mum and to others you are mrs....... what happened to my birth name for goodness sake. and dont get me started with the state of origin where you are expected to put the state your husband is from.
i have always rebelled with this that i insist on my colleagues calling me by my NAME (emphasy mine). and i still fill in my original state of origin. but lets be serious it says state of ORIGIN for crying out loud.
was still in the rebel mood when we got home so i practically told hubby to take care of the kids and went straight to bed. Ha!!

Tuesday, 24th March '09

'Mummy, my teacher said you should make my hair'......that's my older daughter speaking. i felt like telling her to tell the vixen to mind her bloody business but i know better. kids have tremendous memories; she'll tell her teacher exactly what i said word for word.

Today is typing day. had loads of reports to prepare. oh i crave for a massage right now. Had to sneek out to the general office for the latest 'news'........did i hear you say gossip?? we, the office gals labelled the general office our chat room, there's no current affair that you wont get there. i bet CNN officials will be envious because we get our news 'on the spot'.

Traffic home wasn't so bad. i was early enough to help my kids with home work and played with them and just generally be mummy. Hubby is complaining again that i dont give him enough attention. he says i put the kids first before him. maybe i do but right now the last thing i want is to have an argument so i just sweet talked him and the rest is history.

OLUOLA'S DIARY

This is to all the SISTAS who know a good read when they see one. ENJOY

Monday 23rd March '09.
it's already Monday morning! just my luck, i didnt get round to fixing my kids hair, shopping for the week & cooking.oh well, i'll find time to fix them into the week's schedule.
mondays are usually busy in the office what with my over bearing boss who expects the moon from me......i think he fancies me though.....YULK! the thought of it gives me the creeps. enough of shaggy (that's my boss by the way) and of course it's not his real name, i still want my job thank you.
was practically out of the office all day submitting tenders, checking on customers & shopping of course. i'll like to see the shopping part as the perk of the job. got back just enough to tidy up for the next day & off i go.
finally got home after 2 hrs of traffic. no time to change, straight to the kitchen to fix dinner. the kids were trying all the tricks in the world to get my attention but no can do for now mummy is too busy. where is a good hand when you need one??
oh great! its 9:30am, finally got round to cooking, feeding & sending the kids to bed. thankfully, no homework today. i have just enough time to eat & bath before going to bed. just when i was about to say nighty nite guess who came tugging for a little TLC.........

CLASSIC NOVELS/BOOKS IN AFRICA

HI EVERYONE,

THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN INAUGURAL POST. IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME YOU'D HAVE THE PLEASURE OF GOING ON ADVENTURE TRIPS INTO RHAPSODY OF THOUGHTS OR MIND JOURNIES AS EXPRESSED BY AN EVERYDAY WOMAN. SO JUST RELAX AND GET READY FOR AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME...

OLUOLA IS MY NAME. I AND MY TEAM ARE DOING A RESEARCH/PROJECT ON AFRICA CLASSIC NOVELS/BOOKS WITH SPECIAL EMPHANCY ON BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. THE RESEARCH IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THESE COUNTRIES ALONE, WE ARE OPEN TO RESEARCH FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CONTINENT.

WE FEEL WE SHOULD INVOLVE EVERYBODY IN THE DIASPORA SINCE PUBLIC OPINION GIVES WEIGHT, TO A LARGE EXTENT, TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR FINDINGS.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TELL US YOUR 5 BEST NOVELS/BOOKS OF AFRICA ORIGIN AND ALSO ANALYSE ONE OF THEM NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE ANALYSIS WOULD BE.

A QUESTION CAME TO MY THOUGHT THOUGH! PLS WHO KNOWS FROM WHAT YEAR A BOOK IS PLACED IN PUBLIC DOMAIN IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA? WE KNOW FROM OUR FINDINGS THAT ANY BOOK WRITTEN BEFORE 1923 IN U.S.A IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN .

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

ON A LIGHTER MOOD, HOW IS OBAMA RATING SO FAR? POST YOUR RATINGS ON A SCALE OF 1-10.

LET DO IT TOGETHER,

OLUOLA