I Know What I Did This Christmas......

I got a lot of cooking done!!! Actually, I got a lot more baking done than cooking. Unfortunately, my camera was misbehaving so I couldn't record the instructional video I had intended this to be.  At the last minute, I found an old camera and got a few shots of my yule log.  So, to make my readers hungry and to get some of you...

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Amor

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Most Troublesome Network......

There's a turf war currently ongoing in the country and unlike in most others, this isn't about drugs or prostitution.  It's a TELECOM war, my dears and some generals are taking the piss in their desperate bid to claim customers and eat into our meagre salaries.Last Thursday, I was sitting in my office when this number (054-430-2037)...

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The Adventures of Ginger Rayne Maxen.......

Naughty Ginger stole some fish Silly Ginger got his dish Dessert was best served with a bone in his teeth That he couldn't dislodge with his hands nor his feet So Mama Daixy called the vet Together they chased down the frightened pet Fished the bone out from mouth agape Finally let him make his escape Now Ginger lies curled up on...

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Pray Tell.....

Christina Nana Araba Asamoah.......Why does death doll out          Sorrow            Pain               Abject Misery?Is it lunacy to want to shout;        ...

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Silky Smooth & Sexy......

My mop broke.  That's my excuse for being at shoprite at 8:30pm on a saturday evening.  If you've met me, you'll know that I dislike the mall with a passion and try to avoid it as much as possible.  Sadly, it's the one place I will visit when I need something like a self-squeezing mop or foreign foodstuffs I won't find at my local market.So yeah, my mop broke and I chose to go get a new one on account of I needed...

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Mob Mentality: It Can Lead to Fail

Time: 3amDate: 31st March, 2011Location: Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex B, University of GhanaEvent: Apprehend a female thief and show her what's what.Thursday had me busy at work. I ignored the internet and there's no radio in my office so I missed the debates. The evening saw me having the time of my life at the Labadi Beach Hotel with my family...

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Rain Rain Go Away.....

Image via WikipediaThunder Scares meLightning tooAll I want to beIs curled up beside you~Daixy~Waking up to the roar of thunder and flash of lightning, I'm suddenly reminded of the scene from "The Sound of Music" where Maria sings and dances with the children about "My Favourite things" and not feeling "So Bad". Well, Maria was a nun. ...

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Relish

Image via WikipediaStolen KissesBeneath a moonlit gazeTender CaressesEffecting a stuporous dazeHeated wordsCarelessly whispered in an earOf passion and promised loveA body’d desire to hearSecret LettersThat bare the soulGifts; of food and trinketsIntended to showWhat’s written in boldAcross the heart“I love you”And“I’ll never depart”Ah,...

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Corrupt Conductors Conniving to Cheat!...

Image by acameronhuff via FlickrSo last weekend, Obed Sarpong of "Ready to Chew" gave me a copy of Ayi Kwei Armah's "The Beautiful Ones are not yet Born.  In the beginning chapter, a corrupt conductor confesses, albeit subconsciously to cheating his passengers.  I was successfully grossed out in that chapter (and the following...

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The Ghanaian Engine That...

Turned Lil' Miz Daixy Into a Giggling Idiot.So a couple of Months ago, my buddy Tetekai over at Lyrix Chronicles wrote about "Wanting a TsooTsoo Train".  She bemoaned the lack of what we've come to recognise as a "proper train".  Thanks to our childhood books and cartoons/movies, a lot of us (myself inclusive) seem to think of...

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