Yin & Yang

Another June 21st and I am alive and kicking. THANK YOU LORD!

I turned 27 today; still haven't gotten around to learning how to drive. The excuse is when I had the time, I had no money and now that I have the money, I have no time. Ironic!

Extremely high point of the last year; I have a job; Hurrah!

Low point: Are you there God\? It's me, Tetekai.

Furthest of my mind the thought of you play

Warmest of my heart love of you incinerate

Clutching arms wrap in tight embrace

Swiftest feet swing me on dance

Spin a yin

Add a yang

Balance

Songstress alive

Music arise

Make laughter abound

POP!

6th March; Wat Hup?

Ghana is celebrating 54 years of post independence and my nephew, AJ, is 10 years today. Hurray!!!
God bless you, Ghana.
God bless you, AJ (Pancakes next we meet) and I know there is cake with your name written on it. Enjoy.

Okay, so how many know there are three stanzas to Ghana's National Anthem, after all, most people know the words of the first stanza. Below are all the stanzas and in case you want to know the tune go to this link

The Ghanaian National Anthem

God bless our homeland Ghana,

And make our nation great and strong,

Bold to defend forever

The cause of Freedom and of Right.

Fill our hearts with true humility

Make us cherish fearless honesty,

And help us to resist oppressors' rule

With all our will and might forevermore.

Hail to thy name, O Ghana

To thee we make our solemn vow;

Steadfast to build together

A nation strong in Unity;

With our gifts of mind and strength of arm,

Whether night or day, in the midst of storm,

In every need whate'er the call may be,

To serve thee, Ghana, now and evermore.

Raise high the flag of Ghana,

And one with Africa advance;

Black star of hope and honor,

To all who thirst for liberty;

Where the banner of Ghana freely flies,

May the way to freedom truly lie

Arise, arise, O sons of Ghanaland,

And under God march on forevermore.

I will be at the Ghana International Trade Fair at 4pm (GMT) spotting a black t-shirt with this design. Look out for me if you happen to be there. :)

A Wonderful Discovery; My Special Blend Of Forgetfulness

Off to 3 Matthews we go and I am 7 and a half years old. As usual, we heard the stories about our new class teacher, Ms. Addico, or was it Mrs. Addico?, she was strict, and had her spectacles perched on her nose while peeking over the lenses.

For each new class we got promoted to, we were given a list of books to get before school reopens. The standard text books and stationary appeared, then I noticed a new item; a story book. Just that, a story book; no title, nothing. My parents got me The Dog and the Hognobs (or something like that; I remember a dog and some hog thingy) I won't bore you with the story, but the dog, the farmer and his wife survived, can't say the same about the hognobs though. :)

The first term started in our new class, 3 Matthews (oh, the other class was 3 Marks) with introductions all around. We got the new time table and with it an understanding of why the story book, siesta time had changed to Library time. We exchanged books when we were done with our own. We started writing essays under a new subject, Comprehension. Comprehension was not really my forte in spite my reading of almost all the books the 55 members of the class had brought. At the end of the term, a damming remark from my teacher got me all messed up; spelling is good but comprehension is poor. During the vac, before the start of the second term, a visit from Cecilia, a classmate, changed me forever. Cecilia's elder sister was going to take her to the library everyday until school reopened and she wanted to know if I would like to join them.(of course!) I went to the Ghana Library Board in Accra, and I fell in love.
Oh? What? I fell in love with BOOKS! I have been reading ever since. (Check my handbag when you meet me, I either have a hard book or reading off from my phone) I read anything and everything I could get my hands on, and still do. I visited the library twice a week, taking two books at a time (I was given the extra card because I was visiting the library almost everyday). When I ran out of books in the library (I think I was in junior high then), I was given the books from the Library's book club, even though I was not a member. I was in senior high when I was given the nod to use the adult's library (that is the name we kids gave to the library wing with huge books where only adults visited). My stay there was not long because there were no chairs and I had only one library card as opposed to the two I had at the Children's Library. My best friend then had a card that allowed her to use the private library; you get to take twenty five books at a time and keep it for a month. Guess what? I used it more than she did. I visited the new community library in my neighbour; finished with the books there. The US Embassy library had some pretty serious stuff; there I discovered books on Linux operating system and a whole lot of science stuff. My dad took up membership at the British Council Library (when it still existed) and give me the cards to use; three cards for kid books, three for adult books and another three for movies. I discovered Dr. Who.(Remember Dr. Who?)

One thing I won't forget, that in 3 Matthews, for the first time, I forgot my own birthday.

Next week: 4 Alpha

Special Threat @ 2 Lilies

Sorry about not posting this yesterday. It was due to circumstances beyond my control.

Two Lilies; the other class was 2 Roses, seemed uneventful compared to subsequent classes. Dare we make noise in class when our teacher steps out, we were made to lay our heads on our desks and receive strokes from the thin wispy cane our teacher always wended. I bet you that cane hurt more its heavy counterpart. I don't recall lessons in class 2; I remember the breaks for lunch because they were sometime we all looked forward to. Our teacher had a perpetual frown on her face and when she smiled, which was rare, she face lights up.

It wasn't all dreary in 2 Lilies. One day, just a few minutes before we closed for the day, a message came for one of my classmates, Ben Q. It was his 8th year birthday and a cake was brought to the class for the celebration and that wasn't all, a huge Coca-cola truck had entered the school premises. You guessed it!. Cola drinks for the whole school! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaai.

That day, we had fun. The whole school was in an uproar. Our teacher was initially against the idea of cutting the cake in the class but I think the other teachers convinced her to let us celebrate in the class. She kind of dulled the day for us but it was still fun.

Let me tell you this, Ben Q did not receive any beatings from our teacher till the week ended (lucky fellow); not even when his name got written down for talking.

One good thing that came out of this?, it sparked off a wave of birthday celebrations, which had me eating all sorts of cake, in the class, but never to the degree of Ben Q's. A Coca-cola truck in school? top that!

Next week: Forgetfulness and a Wonderful Discovery.

Another Mile

As the seasons turn, may your core values remain constant,
As time goes by, may you never loss sight of the One to whom you owe the most,
Desires, dreams, needs, wants,
They change.
Don't ever let disappointments influence your focus.
The mountain is big,
Your pickaxe is small,
Keep chipping away, a bit at a time
That is your purpose.
Do not faint; do not loss guard,
The road seems long and weary,
Keep at it.
Whatever your hands find doing,
Do it as if for God, not man.
HaPpY BiRThdaY, dear me.

Today is my birthday. So another year has gone by and I did not get around to learning how to drive. Still on the frame of things to do before the next milestone; learn how to drive. Oh, my age? I turned 26 today. Guess I should start searching for greys. I like grey hair. I will tell you when I discover one. Happy Birthday to me and God's purpose for me be accomplished by me before I expire. Amen.

* 3 DAYS
 I support 1 GOAL with zero goal for the opposing team. LOL..