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How do I get to birmingham from abuja(last week of Oct) without breaking the bank(150k max)Emirates is charging 220 and its just Lagos route. BA does not go to Birmingham direct but the economy I saw for that period to heathrow is €499,but am trying to avoid the coach travel,saw Lufthansa (170k)on wakanow site but couldn't find it on the airline site when I checked myself.
Dear frequent flyers,please enlighten me on the best way to go about this. thx in anticipation!!

Bump!!someone please assist.thanks.

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@Ajanlekoko,
Good of you and am loving the positive mindset but permit me this rant, "Where on earth did you get the BMI tool that calculated 95kg on a 5'7 frame as 29.9"its actually 32+ which is in the obese category.sorry to burst your bubble,but I wish I could lay my hands on this BMI tool so I can get a 24.9 reading for once.I wish!!Lol.
Do you have kids?

@General House,
Happy new month,may the lord continue to show us his mercy,shower us with his love and protection and also grant our heart desires, Amen
For all the good wishes and love when I was feeling poorly and also for every other time I say Merci beaucoup,God bless you all.
I renewed my "on/off affair" with JM this morning and like
a typ
ical woman that has been ignored for a long period, was s
he "Pissed" to see me.Lol

@Ajanekoko,Welcome to the thread, 10kg by december is both do able and sane. What do you weigh at the moment and does your schedule permit "Planned" exercise??!

@PA&ML
When we see the results of "work" we put it in,its a pleasurable feeling right??!what a rush.Enjoy, ML,the Lord is your might.

Hi All,
Hope you are all doing well!!I have been nursing feverish feelings since last week, just finished self medicating with coartem(exercised on saturday but couldn't get into the thick of things) but the feeling hasn't disappeared yet, will stretch my "rest" till the end of this week! Ciao.

@All,
I used d Gt mastercard in both birmingham & london to draw GBP virtually on a daily basis during my 10 day stay between 5th & 14th of this month and without fail it dispenses within some few seconds. The only drawback is that it gives just 100k{including the 1O00 naira charge}at every cash transaction.

[b]Am back home,came in two days ago,am still jetlagged and resting! will fill you guys in later.ciao.[/b]

HG,
How are you??!!

Barbie&123,
I am not happy with you guys at all,you both know am green,informed you i was coming so i could get pointers and you guys did not tell me anything about TAX REFUND FORMS,now am stuck with running from one store to the other in order to get the forms,some receipts are even missing sef
My family friend said i could do it all at the airport but a Nigerian lady i met on the high street said all must be at the store,redeem yourselves and speak up.

agabaI23:
Not a bad day sha. Worked out well.
How una dey? Make una take am easy with lasagne, pizza and the ultimate oily fish and chips

Monsieur,
Ca va,seems the impasse is over ,wish i could avoid all the grease and grime but starvation is the only other option as our peeps that we are staying with take special delight in eating all of the above,and since we aren't paying hotel bills or buying supplies we no get option but to get constipated and bloated with smiles,
What is surreal to me is that they are all of normal shapes [the children included]with no evidence of the kind of foods they eat,
Make the rioters enter house make we enjoy our holiday in birmingham,since london now a no go area,
Ciao

Tolulop001:
LOL! @ Modath, babs!

first time i experienced that summer thingie it was so weird, i'd go out to the shops at 7pm (unknowingly) and they would all be closed!

pls try oh! i added about 3kg on a 2 week stay in the UK, it was not funny

its so easy to pile on the pounds, what with chocolate and crisps and all things evil!

have a great time!

You are in the spirit,i still marvel that 9 pm is just like 5-6 p.m naija weather,its crazy and surreal.

@General house and our newbie PA 1982,===good day and welcome.

mightlove:
@modath dear, thanks. enjoy your summer holiday.i trust you went with your skipping rope so i wont be surprised to hear you tell us you lost 0.5 or even 1kg when you return.

@Mightlove,
Hi, I am going to disappoint you by confessing that the only healthy thing i've been doing is walking the HIGH STREET,refusing CRISPS,ICE CREAM and carbonated drinks [never liked sugar,so its a non issue] in every form but FISH and CHIPS,LASAGNE,PIES,PIZZA e.t.c are all that seem to be available here save Rice and poundo yam, i believe the only reason people in this place aren't morbidly obese is cos you have to walk around a lot. I average about 2 1/2 hours daily,get my weight training from rifling through the racks and carrying around bags and packages but i sincerely dont think i'll go back home the way i came but its all good cos i intend to have a good time.ONE LIFE MY SIS,ONE LIFE!!

@Barbie girl,
How body,i saw James Cameron in Bull's Ring Birmingham high street this afternoon but missed getting a picture with him cos my hussy was forming big boy and wouldn't wait for me!!!

@General house,
Hope you are all doing o.k,?
@Mightlove dearie,keep on keeping on
@Tolu,good that have been good while away,i am being  as bad as i can possibly be!

babs2011:
@Modath: enjoy your hols dear. Hopefully you'll catch some of the nice weather we're having at the moment.

Barbie girl,
How are you doing??' ''NICE WEATHER'' indeed!  :-Xkindly explain to me why am wearing three layers of clothing indoors   and i am told this is nicest its been in a while and for the love of God why is it still this bright at 8:10p.m. ?? I woke up yesterday and started scrambling around cos it was sunny[still chilly] only to find out it was quarter to six!!! me i tire ooo.
Minus all of these minor hiccups,am enjoying the scenery and SHOPPING.

Hi All,
Happy new month,hope you are all having it good. i will be taking a few weeks off,will try not to do any kind of damage to myself
I will post if i am able to do so,ciao.

Hi All,
Hope everyone is doing o.k?!,seems morale is a bit low in the house!I know it can get boring and bothersome to always try to keep on the straight and narrow but the end will always justify the means.
I've dropped down to the 75-76kg swing.My backache is almost completely gone too. Yippee.

@Flawless diva,
Welcome,but i couldn't make head or tails of your "Post",i understand it is hip to write in shorthand but your lingo is too "much" for the oldies here,could you possibly repost it in layman terms,

babs2011:
Hiya peeps i'm back  !

I've been away to the motherland, good old naija.  Enjoyed my time there immensely, was there for my bros wedding. Hoping to get back into the swing of things this week. Not stepped on the scales to see the damage yet lol. May do that tmrw morning 

oh and well done Tolu on the weight loss. That must be a real boost for you. Pls believe it girl!

Barbie girl,chop alone get fat alone ,you show for town and you go under the radar, me sef go soon miss as i dey show for your end next week.

@Mightlove,way to go.lets shred together,i have been neglecting JM for about a week now ,i do miss her ''I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DIE''.

Affordable is a relative and dynamic term,a gramme is N7,200 as at today 25th Aug,and a showing bling could weigh up to 8-10grammes.
Don't fret though you'd definitely get something less showy like 3-5 grammes.

Wey my people.

Thanks respondents. We don't live in lagos which is the main reason I wanted to make it all online arrangement cos I don't want to put anyone out lest they begin to have ideas. We have decided to make it an all emirates affairs. They are going to make all the arrangements,
But the customer service helpline's response to inquiry takes too long though,you hold on for ages till someone takes pity on you.

@Siena,Omo T, et al,
Kindly advise,

@In House Gurus,
I am back again,my spouse and i booked an Emirates flight to London transiting through Dubai on both legs of the journey with the intention of spending 5days in Dubai on the return leg of our journey,we thoroughly researched before making our booking. i was trying to download the form for the Emirates ONLINE visa application some minutes ago only to look closely at the countries that are ELIGIBLE for this service;what i thought was NIGERIA is actually "NIGER".
Now we've booked more than the max 96 hrs transit visa eligibility ,what do we do, people who are knowledgeable about this should please help me unravel this puzzle. I am at my wits end,

dannywest:
@blink182 & @modath Please what is the procedure for buying at the bank?
Please let me know here or mail me ricoenoro@yahoo.com
What Bank, what do I present to them etc etc. I use about $1000 a month in running my business and its really been painful buying at this exhorbitant rates from the black market.

Bros,sorry if my statement was misleading,i am not a biz person,i am a traveler[presented my ticket and valid visa] and bought the USD4,000 allocation.

mightlove:
hi all.
I have been on awol but i am now back.
the last time i made any post here was early this year (february).
@modath, hourglass, gen buhari, i am glad i still met you all here.Welcome to all of you who joined after i stopped being active. How are you all doing? I have read quite a number of your posts and am so impressed.

@ejadamen: congratulations on the birth of your baby. hope to see you back here soon.

@Romeo: where art thou?

I feel sooooooooo ashamed of myself but i have dusted myself and gotten back up. While i was on awol, i tried my best to exercise and eat right but couldn't sustain that, I wasn't regular at all.
It truly pays to be on a forum like this.
I have a gym membership and have been going to the gym since monday and hope to be consistent.
I will go to the gym mons-fridays before i go to the office and work out at home on saturdays. Sundays will be my rest days.
From today i will post my logs (food and exercise).

WELCOME BACK

manifest1:
How much are the Abokis buying today?

As at yesterday at zone 4 Abuja the abokis were buying 163-165 and selling 166-167,GBP was 270-272 buying and 275 selling, Euro too was at a ridiculous price. I bought at the bank USD 154.93 and GBP 249.47

@ALL,
Hi,hope you are all doing greathave a nice day.

tjaft:
hello everyone, i don't do all those exercise to lose weight all i do is to be mindful of what i eat i it works for me and the result is superb.all i do is take my normal breakfast, eat the normal lunch then at night,i will either dwell on fruits or vegetables and protein and i run away from all carbohydrates.and lastly i take a whole lot of water.

Welcome and congrats on finding what works for YOU but i need to ask a question "Do you intend to avoid Carbs forever"? or is it only at night that you "dwell" on fruits,veggies and protein.?

My peeps,
Hope you are all doing great. Activities on this thread was sort of So So last week,hopefully we'd get renewed and revitalised this week.
Take care all.