Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Life: Lagos - the Preview

By way of apology for the long absence, I am putting up the skeleton notes I took during my recent first-time time trip to Lagos. This way, I get to show that I am still alive (in spite of my suddenly quite corporate existence) and you get a preview of my next post, as well as a glimpse into my writing process. It's not the best process in the world, but who knows? Maybe you'll learn something.

... or more likely, you'll get in touch with much-needed suggestions on how to improve my god-awful writing. That's after you've finished throwing tomatoes at me.

Here goes:

  • Sh*t: no driver, no credit and the taxi drivers look ready to pounce
  • Radio: better music, better range... Nigerian R&B... Asha!... the accents though??!?!!
  • On Near Death Experiences: driving in Lagos (even from passenger seat), backlights (or the lack thereof)
  • Sprawling
  • Rain and stagnant water
  • Okatas
  • Refuse! Everywhere! Damn!
  • Glamour, parties and the Bambuddha
  • The Sea! The Sea! You didn't tell me you live next to the Sea!??!?!?!?!!? *Slap*
  • Zakitos: not the King... the God of Small Chops
  • Wealth, Art & Ghana's illiteracy

... and there you have it. Let's see. Give me until tomorrow to flesh it out.

2 comments:

  1. i'm teased into waiting...

    can't wait...

    and

    enjoy!

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  2. oh my days, is it bad that we have the same writing strategy???

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