In The Cyber Cafe

Its no more news now that the petrol prices have been officially increased to N75. What a beffiting gift from our beloved president? The challenges ahead for the incoming administration are so many. Did not leave the university campus this weekend. Trying to refocus myself to take advantage of opportunities that surround me. Lets pray for the peace of Nigeria.

The handover has come and gone and things seem to be getting back to normal. The petrol prices in Port Harcourt are still on the high side with long queues. The DPR officials are going round to enforce the N75 a litre. The weather is most times sunny with the rains appearing either late at night or early in the morning. Its been a while since I went to church which is well inside the hustle and bustle of the metropolis; hopefully I should be there this weekend.

Before I knew what was happening; it was like I was perceiving something. Was it the beans I ate or the cough medicine I had been consuming previously? The bottom line is that my colleagues get confused when an easterly wind blows. What a chemical weapon I have built. Went to church for rehearsals and decided to try it out; it was no use as the anti defense systems were too strong. After a series of releases, I gave up the exercises and concentrated on singing my lines. Isn't this world a funny place?

This weekend has been very interesting. Port Harcourt was held to a standstill as Asari Dokubo arrived; his boys ensured that everyone was turned into a spectator. They blocked a number of roads causing traffic hold up. I got Petrol for N120 and considered myself quite lucky. Feeling very funny; might have to take some malaria treatment. The weather has been very erratic, mostly sunny in the day time with heavy rains towards the evenings.

At last the "Mother of All Strikes" has begun; I mean Enough is Enough. The same old politicians have started squandering our resources, starting from where OBJ left off. The worse part is the gullibility of the common man even those that say they are educated. O the wickedness of a weak mind. The looters have increased their salary by 150% and yet say the common man should be deprived of his 15% and still bear with the new government. By the way there is nothing new about this government because their modus operandi is still the same. Illegality is the other of the day and the people continue to suffer and smile.

When I woke up on Sunday morning, I discovered that the NLC strike had been called off. They claim that there is an agreement in writing by the president not to increase prices in the next one year. A lot of people are disappointed and sorry for embarking on the strike as they feel labour should have counted all the costs. Personally, its irrelevant and that is because we did not observe any effects of strike here in Port Harcourt.

Little by little, the pressure was building and instead of letting the steam out I was trying so hard to forget it. How monkey go dey work? Baboon chop steady come dey mess pollute everywhere. I will have to start speaking up and out so that an explosion does not happen. Petrol is still N100 a litre and mediocrity abounds. My mom once said that poor people spend most of their cash on clothes and then have a poor quality diet.

The University campus is very full today; no thanks to the termination of the nationwide strike by university lecturers. So many people everywhere. Went to the Bank today and did not bother to enter because from far I could see  the crowd. There was this group around the ATM machine and a queue to enter true the security door. The weather has been very fair and my mood has been cool.

When last did you encounter a time waster? I refer to particular human beings who waste your time whenever you meet. Last Sunday afternoon I happened to come across one of my acquaintances who wanted to "JOB" me. He tried to sell me a Car deck which was not original; now I knew I should have put my foot down and insisted in the negative but then the deal looked cool. He claimed to be better than my consultant so I let him and then it was "Lights Out" The guy almost permanently ruined my car audio system and in the end I had to run back to my good old consultant who then replaced most of the fuses that had been burned up in the process. This whole ordeal lasted for more than 7 hours.

There was quite a heavy downpour here in the university mid morning which seems to be localized. I am learning new things every day; today I have learned to always give people the benefit of doubt and not judge them. In every way, at all times, I'll do the right thing in view of my understanding at that particular time. This life is an interesting classroom and I love learning

How my car key got broken inside the lock on the drivers door is not more alarming than the discovery of the broken spare inside a bag in my room. In either case, i had to give the car another round of attention; no wonder a friend of mine called it my wife.  The weather was very unpredictable and by evening it was cold and the rains were adequate.

Talk of the devil; petrol is suddenly missing overnight in Port Harcourt. My mom had to queue up to buy at N90 up from N70. What is this country turning to? The roads are ever so bad and the season is not helping matters. The government by the way I don't know what they are doing.

Decided to leave the cyber cafe and go to the barbers quite early. The time was about 8.15am and there was already a queue there. There were barbers saloons around the cyber cafe but I choose to pay N60 to and from this particular one because of his excellence and really I have never been disappointed.  While having a haircut which costs N100 a guy entered in accompanied by a lady which is unusual. I wonder if the guy has an inferiority complex or perhaps the lady feels insecure. On my way home another funny sight, a man in his late 60s on his way home in his car parks and decides to urinate on the roadside. I started wondering because his house was not very far from there.

The level of gun running in Port Harcourt is at an all time high. It has never been this bad before. From the normal hotspots  e.g Borikiri, Abonnema wharf to Mile 1 fllyover area with the headquarters at Education Bus Stop it is now spreading to Transamadi - Artilery area, Government House Junction, Wimpey junction - Ikwerre road axis, Rumola flyover then Ozuoba junction with two communiites; Ogbakiri and Ozuoba having some cult war. How did it get to this?

Some people have been shouting at the top of their voices in unknown tongues since midnight and some dogs decided to join the prayer meeting. Port Harcourt is gradually returning to normal. The curfew has ceased to be of any effect in the University campus; so human and vehicular traffic has been on the increase. Church activities has been reduced to weekends only; hallelujah.

AIDS is killing Africa; so says the late abami eda. The rate at which married men are getting  it from outside and dishing it out inside is unbelievably increasingly efficient but that its a story for another day. Its no more news now that there are no good roads in Nigeria and we have a government in power. Good girls are still in short supply and there are many, many.