Carbon Footprint

i haven't been writing here for long. i dont have an excuse. i guess i've been just lazy or too involved in other stuff. i just had to write today because of certain new developments. my car all of a sudden developed some issues, well not all of a sudden, i guess i've been lucky. funny today of all days it just had to act up majorly...i was going to buy my first bicycle since becoming and adult seems the car didn't like the idea so it did all it could to stop me.but it didn't succeed. tomorrow i'm packaging it off to the mechanic and i'll climb on my brand new bicycle and hit the road. the car helped in transporting the bicycle back home and i thank it for that.


anyway, i get home and i find that i couldn't use the pump i bought. it put in me in a fix though because i wanted to test run the bike within the safety of my environs before hitting main stream. i wasn't sure i was still able to balance on two wheels. i had little choice so i took off rolling the bike to the closest pump station. as i passed the estate gate the guards where like 'ah you are not carrying your car today ?' i grinned at them pushing my brand new ride (its a ride too!).

i got the pump got the tires pumped. the area had a big compound so i decided to do a test run. i shook a little but with every turn of the wheel i got more stable. a little fela on his on bike breezed past me and i cycled to catch up. him on his small bike , me on my big one. then off to a friend's i cycled learning about the bike as i rode along. the biggest lesson i learnt is that the higher gears make the pedals tougher to turn but you make better pace. at lower gears you do so many revolutions and the bike doesn't move an inch.

i think its good enough time to start preparing for london (assuming they get the next olympic hosting rights). i could probably be the first nigerian to win gold in cycling. yes laugh but that's how it usually starts..with a laugh and then the 'wow'!

sorry this narration has been largely about my new bicycle but i am currently doing some research on the interesting names of the 'chop bars' in the tema region. as soon as i am done with that research i shall publish. i can't complete this without discussing customer service here in ghana. my dstv subscription ran out and i went to the bank to make payment. by the next day i got a call from a customer service personell from multichoice. he asked if i was who i am and then said they have seen my payment whether i would like them to activate the subscription immediately. i was stumped. this is not 'bad belle' but in naija when my dstv subscription ran out some one had to go to their office to physically ask them to reconnect even after i had paid online.

aha this will not be complete without telling of my trip to the famous elmina castle in cape coast. there with a group of colleagues we were taken on a tour of the castle that held human cargo ready for export to europe and the americas. we got to see a small gate which despite my build (ok so i'm a little fatter than some of you know me to be) i wouldn't pass through it. it was called the gate of no return. it was really small width wise and could hardly pass me. we got to know that the human cargo was kept for months without adequate food so that they could become slim enough to through the gate. there where a couple of other things in which only the imagination ( how much you can stretch it) that would help one come to terms with what took place. anyway i won't spoil your fun by telling you all about it. you have to visit for yourself and see it. if you want a visual tour go here elmina castle