Driving Test

How long is a driving test supposed to take?20 mins, 10mins, 5mins or 30secs. Mine took 30secs and u're right. I failed it. Even I could not believe it, after all these years of dangerous driving in Lagos. I failed a driving test.

The experience was weird, it felt like my US embassy apointment in Nigeria when I applied for my visa. Can you can imagine how unnerving it is to watch people goof for two straight hours? One chick could not even start her car, one guy showed up with a 1950 lincoln that was stuttering and making so nuch noise, it could barely start.When it was my turn, I drove right through the red light. That was the end.

On the Brooklyn Bridge

Yeah, that is where I was standing in that pix. I decided to walk the Brooklyn bridge the very first time I set my eyes on it. It is soo big and so beautiful. Anyway, it took me two years to finally get to it......I am a woman, what can I do?
Lo and behold, the day finally arrived . I jumped into my sneakers and hit the subway so I could start from the city end of the bridge and walk to Brooklyn. It was beautiful, loved it, loved walking it and decided I will probably do this again and again. All the way over to Brooklyn I walked; looking at the cars below, the Manhattan Bridge and the skyline I have seen too many times in the movies. I arrived at the other end feeling, that was not bad at all. It felt so good I had to take the Manhattan bridge right after.
Well, halfway through MB I realized it was a bad idea. I guess MB was not built for lazy pedestrians like me, I saw very few people. The trains passed noisely and the cars were too far on the other side to be seen. Got to the Manhattan end of the bridge in one piece and needed a fix really bad. I will leave you to wonder about that.......................

What a week!!

This week turned out to be very interesting.

I tried two new salad recipes: Couscous salad - very delicious and exciting, the word is "tangy".
Potato Salad - could barely pass the screening; it will probably turn out better the next time.
I also made teriyaki chicken for the first time.
Meanwhile, the house-hunt is still on at full speed, it's kind of fun but it is a lot of leg work.
I spoke with about 25 agents and saw at least 12 apartments. Foggerritt!!! I have seen all sorts: small closets, no closets, a room that cannot fit a twin bed, rooms with no windows and the worst of them all, railroad apartments. Yeah, that is what they call them. If you have never seen one, you've probably not looked for an apartment in NY. Very scary. It makes me wonder what is more difficult in the life of an adult; finding a spouse or finding a decent apartment in NY.
After a long week, I can begin to feel the light at the end of the tunnel although I can't see it yet.

One thing I love about summer in NY is street fairs, it's just so much fun going around and looking at all sorts of things you never see anywhere else or maybe you will see in Chinatown if you get lucky. Last week, I found a beautiful set of jewelry made of glass from Milan, simply priceless.
Did I mention the food you get to buy while you're looking? I call it "bad food", it just tastes better because it's a street fair.
Anyway, spent the better part of today waiting for Salvation Army since I could not get anything less than a six hour window. Needless to say, it is almost midnight and I am still waiting. Unbelievable.

A bad movie and a good movie

I realized seeing a bad movie and a good movie kinda leaves you with the same feeling. ..provided you did not go to the theatre and you have seen both before.
I decided to see two movies I have seen before, both of them had Brad Pitt. Snatch was soo bad it was funny; Brad acted Mickey, a pikey that never learns or more like never stays down. All the other casts had a common line "I hate Pikeys". At the end of the movie, I found myself repeating the line. Not sure if it was because it felt so good or I did not like the pikeys either.
Someone needs to teach Guy Ritchie how to do it right.
The other movie had my favorite girl; Miss Jolie.....It can only be Mr and Mrs Smith. Makes me wonder if a marriage could really be like that. My favorite part is still when he asked her how many people she has taken down and she answered 312, he was soo shocked...maybe the number made her more of a killer than him or it was just an ego thingy. I wonder if they can still do a movie together. That was way too cool.

First time blogger

I am attempting to blog for the first time, and it is not so bad. I never started because I thought I will draw a blank once I open the page. But guess it is different when it is your lovable computer that you never put down anyway.
So, the gist is we are trying to find an apartment in NYC that is nice, clean, affordable and close to the city but would not break our pockets. I found out this week that trying to get an apartment like that is rocket science. Or maybe it is just the time of the year, even the moving company goes 'it is soo competitive', you have to schedule it now. I wondered what I was supposed to with that detail, probably what I am doing now....blog it.