What will it be like,
To wear your shoes for a day?
Are they nice comfy Converse,
Killer heels, Loake, boots, flip flops?
A day in your shoes,
Will you have a good day?
Happy, carefree, pretense,
Salt, sloth, sleuth.
How will it smell like?,
Your shoes.
Like feet, death,
Aromatic, odourless.
Should we switch shoes,
Will it be a perfect fit,
Just right,
Tight,
Loose?
A day in your shoes;
Heaven or hell?
Showing posts with label Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Change. Show all posts
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Chips are Falling in Place
So it is official. I received the acceptance of my resignation today from the human resource manager. Three days before my birthday, I will not be part of the formally employed but I will not be unemployed either. 18th June is my last day. Hurray!!! The chips have fallen in place. I will be working on a project with a friend and it is all hush, hush. Shooooooooo! (in a whisper). LOL.
I have always suspected I am living my life again
Things happen that I find oddly familiar
It is all coincidence, I tell myself.
Staying on will be familiar
Leaving, uncertain, but right.
I made a decision last week and it felt right to implement it.
The chips were falling in place.
The decision to leave could have turned to a decision to stay
Because my next role would have been bigger than what I perform now
And I will be struck forever (literally)
So though I hate to disappoint you, my sister's friend
I need to go.
So the count down is on: 17 DAYS
I have always suspected I am living my life again
Things happen that I find oddly familiar
It is all coincidence, I tell myself.
Staying on will be familiar
Leaving, uncertain, but right.
I made a decision last week and it felt right to implement it.
The chips were falling in place.
The decision to leave could have turned to a decision to stay
Because my next role would have been bigger than what I perform now
And I will be struck forever (literally)
So though I hate to disappoint you, my sister's friend
I need to go.
So the count down is on: 17 DAYS
Friday, January 29, 2010
Obtuse Change
"Mepawoky3w, eye ahi?", i ask. "5000 ooo", the seller responds. "Ah, 5000 cedis anaa 5000 ghana cedis", i inquire. "Sika dada no", "Fofro no dia me ho anoo", she replies. Has this scenario happened to you before? Or maybe you board a trotro and you don't know the fare to the place you are going; you ask the mate, "Mate, how much to [insert palace]"; the mate answers "3, 5". Ah, what kind of money is '3, 5'. The mate meant 35 pesewas.
The number of times this has happened to me is numerous. It has been three years since the re-denomination and yet some Ghanaians still speak about money using the old currency. It is so confusing
Why after three years are people still talking about money in terms of the old currency? Don't they understand the new currency? If they do, why the reluctance to use the new terms for the money? Are the new terms too much of a mouthful? We can always shorten the term; say 20p instead of 20pesewas and 1cedi instead of 1 ghana cedis.
Tell me your adventures with the pesewas and the ghana cedis.
The number of times this has happened to me is numerous. It has been three years since the re-denomination and yet some Ghanaians still speak about money using the old currency. It is so confusing
Why after three years are people still talking about money in terms of the old currency? Don't they understand the new currency? If they do, why the reluctance to use the new terms for the money? Are the new terms too much of a mouthful? We can always shorten the term; say 20p instead of 20pesewas and 1cedi instead of 1 ghana cedis.
Tell me your adventures with the pesewas and the ghana cedis.
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