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ROAD TRIP TO TEXAS

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So, last month I took one of those once in a while road trips, I drove to the south from California, it was a 27hr drive to Texas. I had friends to see, actually old classmates and it was fun to see them again. Also my cousin who had just recently moved to Houston. So the route was Tracy The rental car Ford Focus . Los Angeles Financial District night view Cactus in Arizona The border between New Mexico and El Paso Texas In Houston on the way to Sugarland. Still in Houston looking out of the window from the passenger's side. Backroad going to Richmond Texas, looks like those roads on the expressway in Nigerian movies. Wazobia, my lifesaver, about 40mins from the house but i shopped here like i had not seen Naija food in ages. ST Louis Sugar, business partner with garri since long time ago. It actually costs more than regular sugar in the grocery store. El Paso Texas, where the freeway has this co

Baby's Age

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I grew up in the time when a child's age was calculated in years. I moved to the United States in my late teens and realized that it was calculated in months until it sounded too much, anything past 24 months is already a pet peeve for me. Why cant you simply say the child is 2? Some say "my daughter is 29 months" i really don't have time to count. Maybe i should tell you my age in months, about 360 months, does that sound appropriate, will your math immediately kick in or would i have to hand you a calculator?I guess i would just look stupid saying so, A lady brought her cute little son to my job,he related well with me and was very observant, i asked  ME:How old is he? WOMAN: He is 17 months There was an awkward silence as i tried to do the mental math in my grey cells which are no longer math accurate, (after college my math skills only applied to counting money) ME: A year and five months. WOMAN: Is that 17 months? I gave her the look, the one tha

TWENTY NINE FREEBIE

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Hello Everyone. My book of short stories is going a free download  October 13th 2014 from 12am - midnight It was published on March 29th last year, a few days after my 29th birthday, hence the name. If you have a kindle or any kindle related apps feel free to download it. There are about 10 unique stories in there I want to give everyone the opportunity of reading it. Please don't forget to share with your friends, enemies and families. Please leave a review let me know what you all think. THE BOOK TWENTY NINE BY LOLA OSENI .

CONVERSATION WITH MY SAMSUNG GALAXY

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Samsung Galaxy has some very interesting answer to some questions, I was bored and asked my phone some wuestions to get responses and here are the screen shots