This seemed like the slowest week ever! Thank goodness it's over. It's christmas time which means tons of family and friends are coming home for the holidays. Can't wait to see the BF and the rest of the girlies. I really wanna host a holiday party... any ideas/suggestions for me??
~CharlieCran~
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
31 Days To Reset My Life
It seems like every couple of months I have a not-so-nervous breakdown where I re-evaluate my life (or at least try to); what I'm doing, what I should be doing, what's in my savings account blah..blah..blah.. and I always end up with the same results: Nothing!!! I feel like someone on a carousel and I desperately wanna get off.
Ms Pearl told me about this '31 Days to Reset Your Life Challenge' and i signed up for it. For the next 30 days, I'll be involved in some exercises to help rediscover my passion and purpose in life (which i desperately need), get clearer goals for the new year, create a map for my ideal life and try new things outside my comfort zone (eer?)
My Mantra for this exercise was initially a line from John Legend's song ''If You're Out There'' which says * The future started yesterday and we're already late* But I've changed it. Now its * Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?*
I can't wait to find out.
~CharlieCran~
Ms Pearl told me about this '31 Days to Reset Your Life Challenge' and i signed up for it. For the next 30 days, I'll be involved in some exercises to help rediscover my passion and purpose in life (which i desperately need), get clearer goals for the new year, create a map for my ideal life and try new things outside my comfort zone (eer?)
My Mantra for this exercise was initially a line from John Legend's song ''If You're Out There'' which says * The future started yesterday and we're already late* But I've changed it. Now its * Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?*
I can't wait to find out.
~CharlieCran~
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Vacation Time!
I love taking time out to spend with myself, this is something I've been doing for a couple of years and i love it. I get to reflect, learn some more about myself and be quiet cause sometimes, you just gotta be quiet.
Anyways, I had the opportunity of spending some alone time for a week....in Dubai!!!! It was awesome and a well needed vacation. I was there for a week but I wish I could have stayed longer. Dubai is such a gorgeous city I can't wait to go with my girls.
I really enjoyed being a tourist and exploring the city completely on my own. Like my friend; Ms. Pearl did during our U.K vacay earlier this year, I took some notes.
1. I noticed not a lot of women worked... (their hubby's must be rich)
2. Shoes? Who wears those? Everyone wore sandals or slippers. Being the shoe addict that I am, best believe I noticed that.
3. They really take the ''for ladies and children only'' seriously. On the buses and trains, there are sections for just ladies and children. I witnessed a man (tourist, of course) standing in 'our' section, some lady called him out so fast I was embarrassed for him. I wonder how the youths socialize. Hmmm
4. Unlike Lagos, Nigeria or Atlanta, Ga..Cobb County to be exact, where were the policemen? Non-existent!!! I saw some security guards but they ain't real police (JK!!!) Then again, Dubai is one of the safest cities in the world so maybe that's why?!
5. If you think the ladies in SATC2 that were wearing the fabulous clothes underneath their hijab were just for the movie, you're so wrong! These Arabs are too fly!!! From their raybans to Louis Vuitton purses to Louboutins, these women definitely had it going on.
Before I knew it my one week was over and I was on the plane home. If you need a place to visit, you definitely want to discover Dubai.
Here are some pictures from my trip.
This is the Burj Khalifa. The tallest building in the world. I got to get up to the 124th floor which is the highest they will let tourists.
Anyways, I had the opportunity of spending some alone time for a week....in Dubai!!!! It was awesome and a well needed vacation. I was there for a week but I wish I could have stayed longer. Dubai is such a gorgeous city I can't wait to go with my girls.
I really enjoyed being a tourist and exploring the city completely on my own. Like my friend; Ms. Pearl did during our U.K vacay earlier this year, I took some notes.
1. I noticed not a lot of women worked... (their hubby's must be rich)
2. Shoes? Who wears those? Everyone wore sandals or slippers. Being the shoe addict that I am, best believe I noticed that.
3. They really take the ''for ladies and children only'' seriously. On the buses and trains, there are sections for just ladies and children. I witnessed a man (tourist, of course) standing in 'our' section, some lady called him out so fast I was embarrassed for him. I wonder how the youths socialize. Hmmm
4. Unlike Lagos, Nigeria or Atlanta, Ga..Cobb County to be exact, where were the policemen? Non-existent!!! I saw some security guards but they ain't real police (JK!!!) Then again, Dubai is one of the safest cities in the world so maybe that's why?!
5. If you think the ladies in SATC2 that were wearing the fabulous clothes underneath their hijab were just for the movie, you're so wrong! These Arabs are too fly!!! From their raybans to Louis Vuitton purses to Louboutins, these women definitely had it going on.
Before I knew it my one week was over and I was on the plane home. If you need a place to visit, you definitely want to discover Dubai.
Here are some pictures from my trip.
This is the Burj Khalifa. The tallest building in the world. I got to get up to the 124th floor which is the highest they will let tourists.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Welcome To My World
As I rummage through the heap of my clothes on the bed in the dark and the heat, I silently curse the day I decided that moving back to Lagos was a good idea. This doesn't make any sense. There is no reason as to why I'm sweating buckets literally seconds after getting outta the shower. *sigh* It's only 6:15a.m....I shouldn't start the day complaining.
I recently moved to Lagos after living out of the country for a few years. 70 days to be precise. I've been out of my comfort zone for 70days. When the option of moving back to Lagos was brought to me, I was very excited cause I was fed up of being homesick and broke and moving back home to me meant: No skipping of meals..unless I wanted to and a constant inflow of money from the parents. (So naive) I refused to think about the lack of electricity, water, security, good roads, laws, peace of mind...I can go on...
I was told I moved back at the wrong time (This is from a 'lagosian' apparently, there are particular seasons to move back home) I moved back when everyone was home for the holidays so all we were concerned about was partying, going out, weddings, beach days and all the fun stuff you do while you're on vacation. The only difference was, I wasn't on vacation..my mind was.
So January comes around which means the holiday is over for everyone. Out-of-towner's start to head back to their countries and lagosians start to head back to work. Where does that leave me? Home alone with no light and no life. How did this happen?
Fast forward to a couple of weeks later to Corporate Nigeria CharlieCran! *Yay* So now I have a job working in a bank.(I have tonsss of stories about that too) Treasury Dept $$$$ and that's pretty much the only thing I currently love about being here...BUT..I'm willing and prepared to have an open mind and try to make the best of my hopefully limited time here... I've had some good times and some bad times but I'm hoping and praying it gets better.
~CharlieCran~
I recently moved to Lagos after living out of the country for a few years. 70 days to be precise. I've been out of my comfort zone for 70days. When the option of moving back to Lagos was brought to me, I was very excited cause I was fed up of being homesick and broke and moving back home to me meant: No skipping of meals..unless I wanted to and a constant inflow of money from the parents. (So naive) I refused to think about the lack of electricity, water, security, good roads, laws, peace of mind...I can go on...
I was told I moved back at the wrong time (This is from a 'lagosian' apparently, there are particular seasons to move back home) I moved back when everyone was home for the holidays so all we were concerned about was partying, going out, weddings, beach days and all the fun stuff you do while you're on vacation. The only difference was, I wasn't on vacation..my mind was.
So January comes around which means the holiday is over for everyone. Out-of-towner's start to head back to their countries and lagosians start to head back to work. Where does that leave me? Home alone with no light and no life. How did this happen?
Fast forward to a couple of weeks later to Corporate Nigeria CharlieCran! *Yay* So now I have a job working in a bank.(I have tonsss of stories about that too) Treasury Dept $$$$ and that's pretty much the only thing I currently love about being here...BUT..I'm willing and prepared to have an open mind and try to make the best of my hopefully limited time here... I've had some good times and some bad times but I'm hoping and praying it gets better.
~CharlieCran~
I'm Back!!
Hey Bloggers,
Wow...I've been gone a while!!! So much has happened in the past couple of months. I moved back home... home being Nigeria. I moved in December and it's been a real adventure since. So...I decided to share my new life with you. Hopefully I can keep this up!!!
Wow...I've been gone a while!!! So much has happened in the past couple of months. I moved back home... home being Nigeria. I moved in December and it's been a real adventure since. So...I decided to share my new life with you. Hopefully I can keep this up!!!
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