To Boyet, Maybe your nickname is an unfamiliar sound to those people who are keen enough in observing of what they hear and putting meaning on it. In China, most particularly the Fokienese speaking people of Xiamen, and the dominant ethnic group of Taiwan, they give meaning to characters they’re unfamiliar with like; Boyet, your […]
Carbon Offsetting
<div> </div> <p> </p> <div> </div> <p> </p> <p>“Be a hero! Save the world from global warming!” reads a Google ad on a webpage about carbon offsetting. As much as we might all like to think of it that simply, the reality is it’s just a little more complex. Carbon offsetting is basically the process of reducing the net […]
20 Year War
<p><font size="2"> <p>All these obsessed, overstressed men, made a mess of our US then,</p> <p>say they’ll test them, but you don’t press them,</p> <p>Our shared expressions are we detest them.</p> <p>They spread their hatred, nothing is sacred,</p> <p>Your leading our own troops to combat naked.</p> <p>They take orders from their commander,</p> <p>but the words he […]
The Enemy Within
<p><font size="2"> <p>All these obsessed, overstressed men, made a mess of our US then,</p> <p>say they’ll test them, but you don’t press them,</p> <p>Our shared expressions are we detest them.</p> <p>They spread their hatred, nothing is sacred,</p> <p>Your leading our own troops to combat naked.</p> <p>They take orders from their commander,</p> <p>but the words he […]
Get out of debt in 5 easy steps
STEP 1 FACE THE TRUTH Be honest about your finances. So often we end up in debt by ignoring bills, pretending that next month’s pay will cover what’s coming in… you know the tricks. If you are serious about getting out of debt the first step is to drop the excuses and the lies and […]
Lagos: A city under siege
This piece cost me three thousand naira to write and a lecture from the street school of experience. My car had displayed a niggling problem for a while, deciding to flat-line in the most unbelievable places for no reason at all, so my mechanic, Martin (in Lagos, they make house calls) and I decided […]