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Thats africa for you right there in your face. If you cant help your own national who will you assist? Its like helping a stranger before your own child, thats life!

People have to consider body chemistry and taste too when selecting a perfume. I have taken people's advice on certain frangrances only to realise they didnt really go well with me. For instance, Coco Chanel is a classic frangrance, but I didnt like it all while it may be the best choice for someone else. Other frangrances react with your sweat hence chemistry reaction,

The best time to smell different frangrances (if you have time) is evening, something too do with the smelling glands.

As the saying goes "Another man's meat is another's poison".

I have 2 (two) questions?

1.What is the role of african missions abroad?

2. Has anyone seen the Naija Visa office in New York?

The reason I am asking these questions is that, I was shocked at the mannerism of the 'some' of the staff. Talk of slamming the phone in your ear, transferring your call to a filled up mail box(its been filled for the last 3 months), listening to a recorded msg "We currently closed , office hours are 9:30am, "(Meanwhile the time is way past 10:00am), people have you seen the Visa reception? Come on! I was not expecting Ikea furniture but not those beat up tables and chairs, its worse off, not even a computer, not for pose but to update the applicants' information, in short create a proper database. The guy at the counter has to give you these paper tickets with numbers, point at you to come to the window, staples your passport over 5 times, pricking these permanent holes and tells you to come in 48 hours at 9:30am.

People, I go there at 9:30 on the dot (meanwhile thinking this is the US, I am getting out of that place in a short time), What!what? I was told 'the boss is not in and the passport in in his office'. I give the guy some 30 minutes and nothing, I flip out, telling him not to waste my time as I have to get back to work. Coming back to what I said eailer, no proper data organization, computer people, computer with basic Word or Spreadsheets. I cant judge the embassy' budget but there are cheap P.Cs even at garage sells or pick up one on the street, esp. in Manhattan -there are rich folks.

I guess as the saying goings, 'Not all that glitters is gold' esp. after been mislead by the big beautiful marble building saying "Federal Govt of Naija".