As you lay your bed...

finally, the big day. whilst most people were going about their churchly duties, i was moving into my my new home. for the first time, i'm enjoying being a bachelor (something i've been since i was 17). i went to get home stuff. i also discovered the dangers of furnishing your own place. i bought two fans! well i had this great idea that an industrial fan will really blow some good air. it does but the noise is terrible, no wonder they call it industrial fan. you cant here its whirring admist the noise of machines. well i couldn't stand it so i went to get another smaller soundproof one. well i guess that's one of the casualties so far.

i bought buckets, hand towels, an ironing board, hangers, bamboo curtains. yeah the bamboo curtains i discovered i couldn't hang them after all. the manual is designed such that people will feed so i have to find someone who can. i draped them nevertheless over the living room windows, gives me the privacy i need. the other rooms dont have curtains yet so i draped some bedsheets i bought over those. i decided to camp out in the living room. placed a mattress on the floor laid the bed and i have my work table, dining table and sleeping bed all in one. until the furniture and the accessories TV etal come in, i'll be spending my days this way.

let's talk about the house a little more. its got the lawn(i have to find someone to cut the grass). its got a porch for the car. the fence is white and metallic ( picket fences are white and wooden right?). the kitchen i think is the center of attraction because its easily the biggest room in the house. its got eight wall drawers and about a similar number lower ones. i cant figure out what i'm going to put in all of that. the kitchen produced its first ever (since i moved in) microwave meal. its so cool eating in your own kitchen. ( i recommend everyone try it ).

i finally got to fulfill a life long fantasy today. for all the those who are familiar with the thermocool advert of way back. 'you call them beautiful, we call them thermocool!' or something of that nature. remember how the fridge was always stacked? well i did some stacking and though i dont quite get the thermocool effect but what i get is pretty admirable. make your own judgements.
everything doesn't show in the picture, there's water on the upper level and there's a chicken part there as well. i wanted to emphasize the apples so some of you wont think i indulge in only sugar. the drinks are actually for visitors. i only sip before and after every meal. true.

tomorrow i'm going to don my jogging gear and go check out the neighborhood. it looks a very ideal place for jogging. and i've been since lagging on my exercises. some cute doctor back in the home country recommended i get more exercise , i'll oblige her. not because she's cute though but because doctors are often right.

well well well, i have to put this part too. i saw another side of Ghana today. it all started with the news. some lady brings in her boyfriend and some other guy into her matrimonial home, closes the door and tells the husband to say his last prayers. the two guys then pounce on the poor man with cutlasses he screams for help and they run off. the two guys are now wanted men by the police. i was like wow so there's crime here after all. a couple of minutes later,( i was driving) some guys speed by driving very carelessly and i was like really so there's rough driving here too. not too long afterwards some police men overtook me apparently they were hot on the tail of the guys. the guys drove a jeep and the police a land rover jeep. the motorists coming in the opposite directions were using hand signals to show which way the culprits where headed. it was interesting , the public were actually helping the police!

i don't know if the police ever caught up with them. i wonder what their crime could have been? running a red light? then my attention was drawn to the radio once more, people were being asked to make a report if they have ever been treated badly by the police or if the have any complaints about the police. it was the human rights commission or ministry sponsoring the ad. police, that's another thing i can't seem to see around here very much. yes i see one or two at the toll gates, i've seen a couple looking for 'egunje' (noticeably they come in a taxi, its always parked somewhere and they carry no arms, and are not threatening). but this was only twice. aside from that i haven't seen many policemen around. i wonder where they are.

i've seen traffic cops though. some direct traffic in the very busy round abouts but where there are lights they just sit by the side on their 'lastma-like' bikes and i guess wait for traffic offenders. some long wait i presume because obeying traffic is a second nature here. then i did see the military directing traffic around their cantonment. some military lady in dark shades. more about shades. seems its the norm here. ladies and guys wear all manner of shades , some outlandish , some funny, some very big. they seem to love shades around these parts maybe its the sun. its rather hot here , if you are caught out without a fan.