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• September 02, 2009
• 22:35

  The next step...one step at a time

   » ‎ Rose among Thorns
  div align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"We all get to that bridge/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Which we have to cross/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Make that journey/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"To get to the other side/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"/span/divbr /div align="center"span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"We all get to that crossing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"Where we have to make a choice/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"That will determine our future/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"Alter the course of our destiny/span/divdiv align="center"/divbr /div align="center"div align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"We all get to that bridge/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"When we know we have to cross/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"We all get to that crossing /span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"When we know we have to make that choice/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/span/divbr /div align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I have gotten to my bridge/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I have gotten to my crossing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"But instead of crossing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"And instead of choosing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I am stalling, buying time/span/divbr /div align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"But instead of crossing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"And instead of choosing/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I am sitting scared /span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Afraid of what happens/span/divdiv align="center"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"When I actually cross/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;" and choose/span/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5714029844287098794-9024565867358212139?l=midgiechic.blogspot.com'//div

• 21:34

  Kayobi Notting Hill Carnival 2009 Rundown

   » ‎ GHANA HYPE
  Notting Hill Carnival 2009 - Our Entrancebr /br /div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009OurEntrance#slideshow/5376841699634409826" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no/iframe/diva href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009OurEntrance#slideshow/5376841699634409826" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" //a/divbr / br /The Crowds Appear - Kayobi gets Pappedbr /div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009TheCrowdsAppearKayobiGetsPapped#slideshow/5376842536561076194" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no/iframe/diva href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009TheCrowdsAppearKayobiGetsPapped#slideshow/5376842536561076194" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" //a/divbr /br /Its just a ROUTINE check - or is it - I think police slowed down carnival a bit too muchbr /br /div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009ItsJustAROUTINECheckREALLY#slideshow/5376844706655913090" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no/iframe/diva href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009ItsJustAROUTINECheckREALLY#slideshow/5376844706655913090" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" //a/divbr /br /br /Kayobi gets more love br /div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009KayobiGetMoreLove#slideshow/5376845074107881346" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no/iframe/diva href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009KayobiGetMoreLove#slideshow/5376845074107881346" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" //a/divbr /br /br /African Massive Follow the Ghana FLOAT br /div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009GhanaMassive#slideshow/5376846811611222674" frameBorder=0 scrolling=no/iframe/diva href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" //aa href="http://picasaweb.google.com/boateng.kwabena/NottingHillCarnival2009GhanaMassive#slideshow/5376846811611222674" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" //a/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23215306-4841039174128096146?l=ghanahype.blogspot.com' alt='' //div pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q-PidUmuBzZykrvRszn8x6he2xM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q-PidUmuBzZykrvRszn8x6he2xM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q-PidUmuBzZykrvRszn8x6he2xM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q-PidUmuBzZykrvRszn8x6he2xM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/gWFT/~4/4e_gVi62bys" height="1" width="1"/

• 17:07

  Free Wi-Fi Hotspots In Accra.

   » ‎ Accra Conscious Forever
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAIkdpRgAT4/SqBpxk5QtnI/AAAAAAAAAjk/32DKIW5okAI/s1600-h/wi-fi.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAIkdpRgAT4/SqBpxk5QtnI/AAAAAAAAAjk/32DKIW5okAI/s400/wi-fi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377414255518725746" //abr /span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I read Rebecca Wanjiku’s [my Kiswahili blogger friend in Nairobi] post on “Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Locations in Nairobi” and I just felt like doing same for Accra. When MakerFaireAfrica ‘09 was in session from the 14th to 16th August at the KACE-AITI, most of the Wi-Fi’s weren't working well despite their three internet services around. Heard, the national provider been Vodafone was down. Well, this only happens in [Ogyakrom] Ghana. br /br /I have a problem here though. ---Ghanaians and the word FREE---. Hmmmmmm. Whenever a Ghanaian [most I have encountered] hears, something is for free in Ghana, he/she jumps at it first before thinking about the clauses attached. br /br /I have been a busy-go-buddy since returning to Accra two years ago. I would probably say; I define “WEB-A-HOLIC”... Every minute of my time spent on the internet is more valuable to me than to be out there doing other non-beneficial stuffs. I have more friends all over the world and can't stay connected with them through snail mail, telephone conversations etc...etc... Therefore, the internet is surely my best tool/place for connecting with everyone out there. No wonder, I have 1000+ friends on FaceBook. br /br /Lately, a lot of social events have been going on on-line but the need for physical meet-ups is becoming more necessary than before. For instance, Ghana Blogging members usually meet virtually for un-conferences and discussions about the future of blogging in Ghana through a mailing list but recently, there is the need for physical meet-ups. br /br /While physical meetings are going on; we also take into consideration our members who by some [reasons] couldn't make it and would like to still participate by hosting a conference on Skype where they share ideas and also contribute to whatever is been discussed.. br /br /I haven't really roamed Accra that much to know more about the various Hotspot locations but the list below should help start for now. br //spanstrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /Coconut Groove Regency Hotel/span/strongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /Yesterday, I was at a GISPA meeting at the Coconut Groove Regency Hotel around the Sankara Overpass and was stunned. YES... I was very stunned at what I saw. I was about a fourth of the way through downloading an episode of Dirty Sexy Money, and it took me about 5mins to finish it (using uTorrent). I saw max speeds of 2MB (big B) per second, and it hovered at about 900KBps for most of the download. From what I gathered it's free and anybody or group of people looking for such an environment could come there for any social events; be it meet-ups, provided they shall buy drinks/foods whiles there. If anybody gets the chance, they should check it out. br //spanstrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /RATING: ****/span/strongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /br //spanstrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Protea Hotel - Accra./span/strongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /Located in Accra's wealthiest and most exclusive suburb called East Legon, this hotel offers a whole lot more than just FREE Wi-Fi. It's actually got a notice of "Free Wi-Fi Zone" just at the main reception and the restaurant. If you looking at watching a Rugby game and enjoying some surfing for free, just try it and let me know your review.br /br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"strongRATING: ****/strong/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /br /.Smoothies [Smoothys] Pubbr /This place is located on the Oxford Street in Osu, right opposite Compu-Ghana Ltd and a few minutes’ walk from Papaye. It’s been and is still the best place for any social event. Ghana blogging members have actually adopted this place for their monthly meet-ups until another location comes up. This place suits most members because of proximity, space and as usual FREE Wi-Fi [if you don’t agree, well it’s your own kpalava].br /Ayesha Haruna Attah had a book reading and the launching of her African Writer’s Series book at this same place. Though it was packed, everything went on well. Ghana Developers Community would be holding their first meet-up at this same venue on 4th September. Would be seeking people’s views and comments about it though.br /br /RATING: ***br /br /.Venus Restaurantbr /Located in the area of the former US Embassy and the plush Citizen Kofi Nite club in Osu, very close to Danquah Circle, you can have a very nice meal and still use their free Wi-Fi... I really enjoyed it there when Ghana blogging members had their July meet-ups there. The internet gets real SLOW when too many free-surfers are connected but its pretty fast.br /br /RATING: ***br /br /.Novotel Hotelbr /For some reasons, I like it here. Anytime, I am in the Central Business district of Accra where this hotel is located and I have to respond to nature’s call. I look no further than here. Nobody cares to ask, what you doing here or whatsoever. They have a cool environment and friendly staffs. FREE Wi-Fi is accessible here, quality is a bit hit and miss, patience is a helpful virtue. DNS takes time to resolve but when it does eventually, its super fast. Best days would be Wednesdays and Fridays. Un-booked meet-ups not really allowed. Maybe, would have to look more into that.br /br /RATING: ***br /br /.Holiday Inn Hotelbr /Last Christmas, I was at Holiday Inn Hotel located at Airport City not very from the Kotoka International Airport and the Silver Star Tower to provide some form of IT support for a visiting Civil Engineer. I was actually recommended to him by an Engineer friend at my former company, Dizengoff Ghana Limited. I enjoyed the free use of internet without any interruption. The speed was pretty cool, no interferences. Download speed was off the hook. I don't think I disliked anything in particular at the hotel except for the fact that, the security officers were a bit hostile from the beginning.br //spanstrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /RATING: ***/span/strongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br /br /.Legassi Gardens-Serviced Apartments.br /Legassi Gardens-Serviced Apartments. Located around the Addis Avenue, Pokuase Station Residential Area, offers Free Wi-Fi access. Wi-Fi in Lobby and Restaurant. Internet Speed; quite better than a couple I have paid for. Try it out of you live close.br /br /RATING: ***br /br /The following are [Pre-paid Wi-Fi Zones] I came across while compiling this list.br /br /.- BusyInternet used to offer Free Wi-Fi service at their Liquide Bar until people started abusing it. Currently, BusyInternet runs a Pre-paid Wi-Fi Service at their main HQ on the Ring Road and all other BusyInternet Hotspots in Accra. You can located the rest in Tema community 6, Accra Mall and also at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra...br //spanpspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;".- Captain’s Hotspot.-: Evelyn House, Ogbojo Down Town, South Legon br /.- Jefkings Hotel Adenta, Accra.-: 300m Off the Adenta Police post towards Dodowa, Adentabr /.- KNUST Guest House; OSU.-: KNUST Guest House. OSU near Country Kitchenbr /.- La Beach Hotel WiFi. -: La Pleasure Beach Resort , Accra. [Pre-paid wi-fi]br /.- Rocky Café (Retelgy Ltd). -: 100 Meters from American House, East Legonbr /br /If you have other places you have visited and experienced their Wi fi, please leave a comment and will benefit all others interested./span/ppspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Thanks for passing through and don't forget your comments, feedbacks and criticisms are always welcome.br //span/pspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5948459444912602771-1941590213813678654?l=accraconsciousforever.blogspot.com'//div

• 16:58

  Lust

   » ‎ 20sAvVy

  Lust

  Wanton, Hungry

  Yearning, Longing, Desiring

  Lust is powerful

  Covetousness

  

• 16:34

  Ghanaian Insults Yo Momma Never Taught You

   » ‎ dotFAF.com

  For a lot of people, learning a new language means learning to throw a few insults at someone and giving up when they cant transfer their favourite English insult to said language. For instance, many Nigerians tend to learn to say "eti sen" and "kwasia" when looking to learn some Twi.

  Esi posted an entry recently on her blog about Ghanaian insults and the comments section of that post has taken on a life of its own.

  Interestingly enough the tag line on her blog is "What your momma never told you about Ghana". With the sort of insults being thrown around, I doubt yo momma ever told you about these.

  You would obviously expect a little bit of a slant towards Akan insults but it does seem like Ghanaians don't mind borrowing insults from other languages and making it theirs.

  Here's a look a sample of insults contributed by a certain Faf in the comments section:

  gyimi-gyimi
  gbili gbili
  gbemi adwoa!
  baa ye nfɛflɛ
  to ji bo?
  breddey fool/bleddey fool
  sorsket
  ...
  

  Dont be afraid to have a look-see at what others are saying over there

  I'll now leave you with a certain someone making the "thumbs up" sign which in some Ghanaian circles can be an insult at someone's mother if pointed in their direction. Careful who you point that thing at.

  

• 16:01

  Retro Ghana Movie Art hits the big time in imagination and reach

   » ‎ Holli's ramblings
  I’ve always been amazed/intrigued/amused by the roadside posters in Ghana. These enterprising artists advertise their work with the most kitsch drawings… It’s not uncommon to see a slightly asymmetrical Osama Bin Laden, raising a toast (with a local Star Beer in hand), to George Bush and Kenny Rogers… all portrayed in oil colours on the canvas of a 6 foot plywood board…br /br /I also discovered a few years ago, during my work with artisans in Ghana, that the A HREF="http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_barbersign_ghana.html"typical barbershop signs/A, made by these same artists, had become quite popular in some art circles in the USA and Europe. a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6XClbetpI/AAAAAAAABEI/rghwpTKNd6Y/s1600-h/3803293487_56a06e8d6f.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6XClbetpI/AAAAAAAABEI/rghwpTKNd6Y/s400/3803293487_56a06e8d6f.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376901075789854354" //abr /I even bought my son one when we redecorated his room, but having grown up in Accra for the majority of his life, he didn’t appreciate the kitsch factor and thought it stupid to pluck a badly drawn painting of three guys with various geometric hair designs up on his wall… so the idea was scrapped… but I digress. These paintings can be found online, selling for between $200-$400 each!!br /br /Today I learned another industry has embraced the art of our beloved Ghanaian roadside painters… the movie industry! Look out Hollywood – here comes vintage Ghanaian movie posters – advertising so much more than the original film intended… The history as explained in my source site:br /br /“In the 1980s “mobile cinema” operators in Ghana traveled from town to town creating temporary cinemas by hooking up a TV and VCR onto a portable generator and playing the films for the public.br /br /Artists were hired to paint large posters of the films for promotion, and were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies. The “mobile cinema” began to decline in the mid-nineties due to greater availability of television and video; as a result the painted film posters were substituted for less interesting/artistic posters produced on photocopied paper.”br /br /On this great A HREF="http://assemblyman-eph.blogspot.com/2009/08/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana.html"art appreciation blog/A, I found an article that explained the history of the posters, and when I looked further I found many sites that have been selling these unique bits of Ghanaian 80’s popular culture – again, averaging $200 each, despite their raggedy condition.br /br /Here are a couple examples – I also found the ‘real’ movie posters for the films.. quite the artistic license I must say!!!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6X8zBoVJI/AAAAAAAABEQ/JeLSJlpom3w/s1600-h/3804590793_69b5d1d75c_b.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6X8zBoVJI/AAAAAAAABEQ/JeLSJlpom3w/s400/3804590793_69b5d1d75c_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376902075871941778" //abr /br /You gotta love the head in the field eating someone's amputated arm... oh, and the red bugs coming out of the lday's head. I just can't figure out why she's only in a bra?! And the main guy there looks like a bad cross between Beetlejuice and Freddie Kruger! :)br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YJrRdRdI/AAAAAAAABEY/U2HOX6P0lKo/s1600-h/Childrenofthecorn3.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YJrRdRdI/AAAAAAAABEY/U2HOX6P0lKo/s400/Childrenofthecorn3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376902297129141714" //abr /br /The real poster is just so dull in comparison!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YYLgUavI/AAAAAAAABEg/GLzn8mepPH4/s1600-h/3805426772_331aacc089_b.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YYLgUavI/AAAAAAAABEg/GLzn8mepPH4/s400/3805426772_331aacc089_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376902546299579122" //abr /br /With this one, it appears the artist may have seen the actual poster, but decided to localize it - Bond and his female companion have become browner.. but I can't make out what the huge red fish is for?!! Then there is the issue of tenses - the spy obviously still loves this girl!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YhyQoj4I/AAAAAAAABEo/jDZ-twym-yI/s1600-h/spy_who_loved_me.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DnXDQGcPK04/Sp6YhyQoj4I/AAAAAAAABEo/jDZ-twym-yI/s400/spy_who_loved_me.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376902711321595778" //abr /br /I bet Bond never knew he was a black star in rural Ghana!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8851511451028936152-8861148588127882736?l=hollisramblings.blogspot.com'//div

• 14:53

  Colourful Bantama Evenings

   » ‎ ANTI-RHYTHM
  In the heart of Kumasi lies Ghana’s bistro capital. Bantama hosts a daily night carnival. After dusk, shops close, shop fronts clear, and seats and tables are set. Bars and pubs open. Drink and meat freely flow. Men and women pour into the streets in brightly coloured clothes. br /br /We espied a guy in a custard-coloured suit and hat, and another all in scarlet. Many a young man streaks a medium, white towel out of his back pocket, almost scything the street. Many a woman spikes school-rules, short, natural hair. They leave their inflated bosoms fairly out to treat, and swim from sidewalk to sidewalk in miniskirts or hugging jeans. The more mature males don hats from far-flung cultures. br /br /We were touring for the famous British Pub. Legend has all the city capos haunting it at night. We cruised through many connecting streets. We did not find the pub. I asked a kebab boy. For “British Pub” he heard “Spar”. Between horror and suppressed snicker, I did not resist the urge to ask if he had Cane-Rat kebab. br /br /A cabbie stopped to help. He acquired a fatuous frown, and said he did not know the “Parrrrrrr”. We sullenly settled for the “Soul Bar”. It did not have half the soul its name promised. It is a hatchery for fat, blood-sucking mozzies, and a flower/sewer garden.br /br /Bantama is a street. Bantama is a scene. Bantama is a curious crowd. Bantama is musical. Bantama is the heartbeat of Kumasi at night. The name “Bantama” suffers from the ugliness of English spelling. I gather it should properly be spelt something like Baantoma.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7564356874518161776-7709154432186440912?l=antirhythm.blogspot.com'//div

• 14:20

  The Curious Case of Ghana's National Identification System

   » ‎ Accra by Day & Night
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp6bWzOr52I/AAAAAAAACSc/JRSDfSTAQE4/s1600-h/IMG_1005.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp6bWzOr52I/AAAAAAAACSc/JRSDfSTAQE4/s400/IMG_1005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376905821138184034" //abr /Websites without regular updates are far from impressive these days. Especially when they are national agencies. So, I cannot help but wonder what is happening with Ghana's national identification system. To read on its very a href="http://www.niaghana.gov.gh/newsdetail.php?recordID=15"rudimentary website/a that the mass registration has NOT been suspended is great to read...br /br /...but not so great if that was in January 2009!br /br /The public's still at a loss to what's happening!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7721211204232795790?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div

• 14:04

  Reliving InterCo through Old School Gyama Songs

   » ‎ Wo se Ekyir...
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But there is one aspect of life in secondary school that I can't get over. That I absolutely loved, and that I keep remembering. br / br /InterCo. br / br /Back in the day, I was an athlete. Not a fantastic athlete but an athlete nonetheless. Which means I got to go to all the InterCo, and Super-Zonals and Regionals. I even got to go to GSTS one time and saw my oldest friend, Acidic. Best fun ever. br / br /One of the great things about interco is that it came with the chance to see the Cape school boys. Adisco, Augusco, Kwabotwe and all the others. Which was awesome. I mean, which gey hey girl didn't want to see boys!? Even if they were only chop-box boys as we used to call them in those days. My fondest memory of those times is of abandoning the Gey Hey squad to go shee gyama with the Augusco boys. Gosh, what fun! br / br /I remember feeling so gbesh all dressed up in the athletic jerseys, powdered faces, reeking of cheap perfume, and scarfing my hair with bandanas from Kwabotwe. In 1999, bandanas were the in thing. If a guy wanted to speak with a girl, all he had to do was offer a bandana. I had Kwabotwe, Augusco and Adisco bandanas but I loved to wear the Kwabotwe one the best because together with the yellow and green from Gey hey, it was like being draped with our national colors. br / br /Now a big part of InterCo is the gyama that goes with it. And I wasn't part of the gyama squad (yes, people, gey hey had a gyama squad), but I was always excited to join in the fun. br //div br /Even had favorites. br / br /So here are two of my favorites. br / br /1. What a mighty school gey hey br /What a mighty school gey hey br /Holy bow before us br /Kwabotwe adore us br /What a mighty school gey hey br / br /2. Augusco w’a we o br /Augusco w’a we o br /Kwabotwe w’edi first br /Adisco w’edi second br /Augusco w’awe o br / br /Here's the translation for the non-twi speakers. br / br /Augusco placed last br /Augusco placed last br /Kwabotwe placed first br /Adisco placed second br /Augusco placed last. br / br /I know y'all are dying to come out with your interco stories and favorite gyama songs and how Motowners pose like they're dadabee and all, so go crazy:) *rubs hands in glee* br / br /Adisco, you there? Augusco, Odadees, Accra Aca, Rosec, HolyCo, ManSite, Abugiss, Motown, Pojoss, Amanfoo, Labone, RONEDROSS, Kwabotwe, St Louis, Opoku Ware, GSTS, Swesco, Winnesec, Apam Secondary, Likpe Secondary, Fiasec, Bogoso Secondary, Kumasi High, HotCass, Ketasco, Tadisco, Mawuli, St Francis Xavier, Petersco, HEPPS, BIHECO, St. Pauls, Kimbu, Agiss, Merries, Gey Hey, Akosec, Porter Girls, Ola, SOS-HGIC, Tarsco, GIS, Tamasco, Lincoln, St Johns, Osu Presec, Ghanass, Wenchi Secondary, Koforidua Sec Tech, O'Reilly, Where you at? Come out with your Gyama! br / br /ps: Is it true that in Motown, only the kamkpe girls did athletics? 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mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} /style ![endif]--span style=";font-family:quot;;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-US"ɛ/spanspan style=";font-family:quot;;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-US"ɛp/spanspan style=";font-family:quot;;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-US"ɛ/span (aka dadabee) girls would never run or play hockey or so anything physical? Ei peoples! br / br /photo: me in a gyama moment at Ashale-Botwe after the Ghana-US game, Summer 2006. br / br /div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30097786-8293577833845135094?l=maameous.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WoSeEkyir/~4/wIzFqeJ07hY" height="1" width="1"/

• 13:12

  Arlecchino

   » ‎ I HEART ACCRA
  This week although I've been busy preparing all the wonderful changes and additions we've got coming I did take the time out (finally) to check out Arlecchino (meaning harlequin), the new Italian ice cream parlour on Cantonments road (Oxford street), Osu. Loved the ice cream and the olive pastry was delish too. Looking forward to trying some of their other sweet treats.
  Check them out when you get the chance..

• 10:49

  Lets be honest...

   » ‎ tHe fLiRt FiLeS
  We are all gathered here in the presence of God and man to join these people in holy matrimony. We know they have been sleeping together in secret but now they can do it with the knowledge of everyone. And as marriage is holy, at least in theory, I put it forth that if there is anyone in this gathering who has a valid reason why these two should not be joined, speak now or forever hold your peace. Anyone ...... Is there anyone .....? C'mon, he must have slept with some of you? Someone.... ? Anyone .... ? I know someone here has slept with her too? Well, I guess they were all one night stands.br /br /Moving on swiftly. Mr Groom, do you take this woman as your lawfully wedded bride, to love to cherish and to hold, to listen to her whinning halfway through the night, always suck up to his father, to always lose an argument or else..., to listen to unending lies about her having a headache when you really need to release steam, put up with PMS... sometime faked... till death do you part? (I do?.....)br /br /Very well. And do you Miss Bride, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love to cherish and to hold. To cook for, clean up after, give up watching soaps and anything interesting when there is football, find the toilet seat up everytime, Clean pee of it, take care fo kids alone, house his in laws, cook tea for his friends during any important game for all the days of your life? (I do? .... ) Well then, I pronounce you husband and wife. What God has joined, let no man, neighbour, handsome workmate, barmaid, beer brand, ex's, in-laws, milkman, shamba-boy, driver or sexy secretary put asunder. You may kiss the bride...br /br /Now THAT I call honesty!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5223434364008564510-5086660786178903651?l=flirtfiles.blogspot.com' alt='' //div

• 10:14

  Additional Note on Children's Rights

   » ‎ MAKOLA LAW
  The Best Interest Principle
  
  Ghanaian law stipulates that in all matters involving the custody, upbringing, education, care, health, discipline etc, of the child, the best interest of the child is paramount. It is certainly not in the best interest of a child to cut off her education just because she got pregnant.

• 4:54

  Ashesi Campus Groundbreaking in Berekuso

   » ‎ Rain in Africa
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fLH5BoGNg7w/Sp1ZXmDZXkI/AAAAAAAADCM/0XUT1814zLQ/s1600-h/Picture+167.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fLH5BoGNg7w/Sp1ZXmDZXkI/AAAAAAAADCM/0XUT1814zLQ/s400/Picture+167.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376551792036896322" //a On Saturday, I was fortunate to experience the groundbreaking - or sod-cutting - of the new a href="http://ashesi.edu.gh/"Ashesi University/a Campus in Berekuso, up in the Akuapim Hills in Ghana. This beautiful hill lies about an hour drive north of Accra and was breezy and green on this joyous day.br /br /The university which is currently housed in a residential area in down-town Accra, hopes on this campus extend its student population from 400 to 600 and of course provide a less distracting and more beautiful environment.br /br /The ceremony came off to a bit of a late start, but that was lucky since the townfolk of Berekuso had to climb the steep hill by foot and arrived just in time for the chiefs' arrival. I can safely say all of Berekuso town were there, small and big, clad in gold, colorful cloths or in school uniform.br /br /The whole experience was wonderful, but I think the most touching part of the day was when the chief explained how welcome the university was by telling us that a residential developer had inquired about purchasing that very hill for a project. br /blockquote- But we would rather have an educational institution here in Berekuso./blockquotebr /Or maybe the most emotional part was when we cheered for Patric Awuah, the founder of the University during the presentation of dignitaries. And then his mother was introduced and the crowd went from loud cheer to complete euphoria!(Gotta love the Ghanaian mother-centered culture!)br /br /Other articles on this event were written by a href="http://ashesifriends.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/ashesi-breaks-ground-on-new-campus-in-berkuso-ghana/"Friends of Ashesi/a/a href="http://h177870wp.setupmyblog.com/?p=113"Todd Warren/a, a href="http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/200908/25539.php"Peace FM/a, and the official version a href="http://ashesi.edu.gh/NEWS/NEWS/2009_NEWS/2009_Jul_news.html#Goundbreaking"here/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20734927-2692180439961968865?l=nonjeneregretterien.blogspot.com'//div

• 2:35

  Interview: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

   » ‎ Wherever I Lay My Hat...
  (To Crystal, Emmanuel and Esi: thanks for the encouragement.)
  
  I owe this one to Twitter.
  
  First thing in the morning, journalists in the Joy FM newsroom scramble for newspapers, trawl through Ghanaweb or call up their contacts for stories (don't worry: I don't think I just gave away any big trade secrets). Seeing as everyone has those media covered, I make it a point to be that strange guy who goes online. I ran a search for 'Ghana' on Twitter and came across  a tweet about Ladysmith Black Mambazo doing a benefit concert for Ghanaian kids. Yes, it was in Washington... but it was for Ghanaian kids and that was enough to make the story relevant to a local audience. I found who their press agent was from their website and sent them an email, asking if I could interview a band member. By evening, she'd gotten back to me and the answer was 'yes'. Isn't the internet fantastic?
  
  Anyway, here's the interview:
  
  
  
  LADYSMITH.mp3 -
  
  Sadly, we didn't air the interview in the end. It was my fault, really. Although my heart was in the right place, there were several things wrong with the report.
  
  For one, it was too long. Although there are moves to change this, Joy News is somewhat politics-driven. It's unfortunately what our listeners respond to the most. I was very dismayed the other day when more listeners responded to a story on political clashes in Agbogbloshie than the news that half of the nation's young BECE applicants had failed, but that's just the way it is. As such, there was no way Joy was going to give 3.25 precious minutes of Newsnight to a general entertainment story vaguely linked to Ghana. In the end, I trimmed the fat off and we played a brief excerpt from the report as a smaller news item.
  
  Secondly, Paul Simon. Much as 'Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes' is a great song, I gave too much prominence to it for a song on which the group mainly sing backup.  And it was a little too loud. In my defense, it was one of the first reports I ever did for Joy. I'm still pretty proud of it.
  
  After all, I did get to interview someone from a group I dig.

• 2:29

  True Essence of Blogging Anonymity....!!! What are they?

   » ‎ Accra Conscious Forever
  div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAIkdpRgAT4/Sp3YEsvV-nI/AAAAAAAAAjM/QFbwweDQiAI/s1600-h/anonymity2.jpg.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAIkdpRgAT4/Sp3YEsvV-nI/AAAAAAAAAjM/QFbwweDQiAI/s320/anonymity2.jpg.bmp" //a/divspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"span style="'font-family:"Are you blogger? Are you a Writer? Are you able to construct a sentence that makes sense to someone after all? Do you have the desire to pen down your thoughts on paper/website for others to read? What type of blog are you keeping?/spanspan style="'font-family:" How do you see anonymity on the internet? /spanspan style="'font-family:"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"/span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"span style="'font-family:"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"/span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"span style="'font-family:"Several people have several reasons for starting and keeping various categories of blogs. Most bloggers maintain blogs because it gives them an opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions on issues of particular concern to them eg. travel, fashion, entertainment, everyday live, photos and many...(at least that is what they say anyway)./spanspan style="'font-family:"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"Those would be personal blogs! There are a different category of blogs however- most of which I find a lot of these days- the ones which companies and organizations use to inform clients, users or general consumers about new products, services, and (would you believe) provide support./spanspan style="'font-family:"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"br //span/spanpspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"span style="'font-family:"Yap! Yap...!!! You read right. Nowadays it is common practice for companies to provide support through blogs. So all in all, blogs are useful to just about everyone, even the corporates./span/span/ppspan style="'font-family:"span style="color:#0b5394;"bstrikespan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"But what is the true essence of a blog?/span/strike/b/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/span/pspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I was engaged in a conversation with a friend this afternoon on the same issue [/spanspan style="color:#0b5394;"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"what is the true essence of a blog/span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"?]. According to my her [Sedinam], "the true essence of a blog is simple - /spanspan style="color:#0b5394;"bstrikespan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"PARTICIPATION/span/strike/b/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"". She seems to be of the opinion that the contributions and input of readers is "what makes a blog-a-blog"./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Well said, Sedinam! I couldn't agree more./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"In my candid opinion, the reason why people even start blogs in the first place is to satisfy that somewhat involuntary need for association (or mingle if you will) - Similar to what social network platforms provide. I remember a friend also saying, he's blogging to be able to get noticed in the social and entertainment scene. Nice one, man..!!!/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"WAIT A MINUTE...!!!  A blog is a social networking platform. Am I correct?/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Let's face it, Human beings really are social beings- even the so called "/spanispan style="color:#0b5394;"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Introverts/span/span/ispan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"" like yours truly. Haahaahaah.. :D/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"The more I think about this, the more exciting it becomes. Another thing that came up during my 3 hours chatting with her was the reason(s) for the low rate of "participation" in blogs and anonymous on the internet./span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Do Ghanaian bloggers practice anonymity? Is there an issue with that in this part of the world.?Anonymity is a cornerstone of the internet. The internet with its anonymity is an aid for whistle-blowers everywhere. I don't see what is to be gained by losing anonymity. What difference does it make if the person is really called /spanstrongemspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Kofi Tamale /span/em/strongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"instead of pretending to be called /spanemstrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Kofi Tamale/span/strong/em? I don't know them, and never will, apart from their contributions under that name.span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"Personally, I use the same username [/spanspan style="color:#0b5394;"strikestrongspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"ghanablogger10/span/strong/strike/span] across the net but (obviously) I use my real name for work and other business relateds.span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanI don't want someone from my work-life "googling" my name and finding my posts on Porn, gaming, religion or politics; not because I don't stand by those comments, but because I don't want someone to jump to conclusions about me without having the opportunity to defend myself. As someone else said, readers are anonymous. I say things online that are perfectly within the rules in those fora but which would be unacceptable in a work setting, where discussion of sensitive topics (e.g. religion and ethnicity) is not generally allowed.span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I'm not ashamed of what I write, but I want to be able to write it without fear of negative repercussions./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"This is where we differed slightly in opinions. Sedinam, on the one hand, seems to think that people only contribute to a blog when they find the particular topic(s) being discussed interesting./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I, on the other hand was of the view that it's not necessarily the topics that matter, but the fact that people just do not want to come out of their shells and "speak their minds"- so to speak./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"To somewhat buttress my theory, I cited this very blog platform as an example, where there are blogs discussing a wide variety of issues, some with well over 20 posts, and over a 200 views, but still CANNOT average a comment per post. People spend time to write-out their thoughts and no one cares to comment on it. I find this really; something paapaa.. [sounding a typical Ghanaian]/span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"So how do you get people to comment in blogs then? She asked away./span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"I think one should be willing to read and comment in other people's blogs, before one can expect anyone to comment in theirs. Anyway, this is one issue which can be discussed forever. I think I'd raise this on some other platforms as well./span/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;" /span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"/spanspan style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"br //span/spanspan style="'font-family:"span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"But I'm really quite curious to hear what other bloggers and YOU reading this article now think.. Let me know, what you think.. Comments, Feedbacks, Criticisms are always welcome. /span/spanbr /br /script type="text/javascript"br /var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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• 0:48

  More Fears of a Parent-To-Be

   » ‎ dotFAF.com

  The multitude of tests I mentioned in my post on Down's Syndrome were far from my mind last Sunday while I lay sprawled on the pavement in Tottenham.

  No I hadn't been on a binge drinking session as the press will have you believe all of us in the UK do during the weekend. I had simply tripped and fallen, banging my already dodgy shoulder in the process.

  I'd managed to "mangle" my shoulder playing American Football with the younger boys while on holiday but as always wasn't too keen on going to the hospital or for that matter taking any painkillers for it. [Painkillers are for mere mortals]

  I'd figured it hurt the most when I tried to put my arm behind me and simply avoided putting it there unless it was absolutely necessary [itchy back, scrubbing back etc]

  Anyway, so this bank holiday Sunday, Efuwa and I decided to take a trip up to North London to go see my mum, sister and the nieces. Somewhere between leaving my mum's and going back to the Tube station, I managed to find myself facedown and briefly unwilling to get up too soon for fear of finding myself unable to get up.

  

  Other than the fears of something physical happening to your child even before it's made it into this world, it's these sort of external fears I was thinking about. What if something happened to me? What if something happened to Ef? Again I try not to dwell on each of those too much when they do pop up in my mind... but boy do they pop up and more often than I'd wish!

  Since the last time I talked about fears I've had some of my own blood drawn and been briefly acquainted with another one of those bogeymen that will want to scare you in these times. I won't go into too much detail here but I woke up on Monday a last week not knowing anything about Thalassemia and by the Wednesday I'd read too much about it than I cared to know. Thankfully we've been cleared.

  It's not all serious stuff all the time either. For instance, before you have kids it's very easy to look at others and pass judgement. Easy to plan how you will raise them; No swearing, no tantrums in shopping malls, teach them respect like you were, no way they wont speak Ghanaian languages. You almost plot their lives out in front of you from birth till they're ready to leave the nest.

  You know you want to make a statement right from the name you give to them right up to the kind of person they'll bring home to introduce to you.

  But sometimes it hits you and you get the feeling you might be thinking too far ahead;
  What if you lost your job?
  Suddenly the money you make/saved just isn't enough

  You realise you speak too much English at home and wonder how you're going to get your child to speak the Ghanaian language when you're not speaking it as much as you think you are.

  You look around you and see a lot of mess around you with young people not showing any respect to their elders and you wonder whether it's a good place to raise them.

  All this anxiety about whether you'd be a good parent and this is in a situation when everything had been planned to a t. [I wonder what those teenagers that pregnant/make someone pregnant feel like!]

  In person I'm not so open about such things and other than here you're very unlikely to get much insight into how this mind of mine works. I don't usually tell people about such things because the drop the usual clichés; oh don't worry you'll be a great father. In fact people say it so much that it loses it's touch and meaning.

  In the same sense that I believe I want to be a good parent to child, I cant wait to be actually given a chance to prove myself but in the mean time, I'll just be on the look out for all of these little things that I think could catch you unawares and make you a not-so-great-parent afterall.

  In other news, Efuwa claims Konkontibaa has started kicking and moving around. I choose not to believe her until I've felt it myself. This child surely is not one to deprive their daddy of being party to such things for so long. Hey Konkontibaa, apparently you can hear us now... And the inside joke is that you understand us and disapprove of any not-so-kosher things we say, so here goes: hold the next kicking session for when Daddy is around.

  PS: I finally did succumb to the fear of probably walking around with a broken shoulder and went to the hospital to get it checked out. It's a torn ligament and it will take its time to heal... especially now that I've gone and banged it around.

• 0:12

  The Smarts

   » ‎ In My Eyes
  I learnt the hard way
  The all in, none out plain way
  That love is not for the faint hearted
  Once you're in you often wonder what it is you've started
  But that's just the way of the smarts
  
  I used to think I'd never get to the end of this road
  I listened but didn't believe all the stories I was told
  They said it pays to kiss the toads
  All those stories of old...
  I guess those were the words of the smarts
  
  I once heard love hurts
  But every drop of pain it's usually worth
  So I followed the path
  Didn't want to make the same mistakes
  I needed to know the difference between what was real and what was fake
  
  Some days I thought I would just die
  Had me convinced this whole love thing was one big lie
  So I shut off my heart and started using my eyes
  I vowed I'd never make those mistakes again
  Just another sad story of the smarts...
  
  This love thing is something of an art
  To go through it and never lose heart
  The beginning is always sweet, that's always how it starts
  Just another story of the smarts
  
  Use your head girl not your heart
  Use your head girl not your heart
  It's just another simple story of the smarts.
  Just another smart story of the smarts
  Just common sense really
  Another story of the smarts.
  0:01-0:0802.09.09

• 0:00

  "Let my people go"

   » ‎ Ato Kwamena Dadzie Latest Blog Articles
  I would hate to go to jail. However, if I really need to give up my freedoms for a stint in jail, I hope I will not just be picked up and thrown there without trial and conviction. Sadly, thatrsquo;s what is happening to thousands of Ghanaians across the country. ...