Still on a hiatus but....

I've just stayed up till late making CD mixes. R&B, Hiplife, Hilife.... the last one i made was on a 80min blank CD and took quite a while. Anyway the thing that has caused me to come out of this my self-imposed blog-exile is this....

While the CD was being made, i decided 5 mins was too long to sit in fron of the PC and do nothing so i went to lie down in the couch... then i started thinking about the wierdest thing: I'm 19 years old. Most of the time I think i'm invincible. I'm beyond death. The only thing about dieing that scares me is that i might see myself dieing. But then i just began to think.... what if i went to bed one day and didnt wake up.... not ill or anything... and at this age. Damn..... I know i enjoy life too much. I swear i'll do everything to come back.

It's something..... i should even be thinking about tihs. Help me! Isnt it ironic that my first post of the year is about death? when after all this transformation i should be talking about a new beginnig? Let's just imagine i didnt post this.

PS: I'm still on a hiatus.... but i just had to put this down. See you guys soon... maybe a week from now... maybe two. But definitely before the month's over I'll be back. Love you all

Genesis... Genesis... Genesis...

I'm baaaaaack! and "I'm about to picasso some new shit for y'all muthafuckas"

Those were the first words Busta Rhymes uttered on his last album Genesis.

So just like my fav artiste Busta... after the Extinction Level Event of being hacked and the Anarchy of moving servers, I'm about to picasso.... u know the rest.

In case u're as blind as a bat, the layout of the site has changed. More significant, you should have realised that http://faf.ghanaba.net/ doesnt work anymore and that I'm calling mysite dot.FAF. That's because I registered a new domain www.dotfaf.com. Even though the new domain redirects to www.dotfaf.com it is an intelligent redirection. What i mean is when you do this: www.dotfaf.com/v2 you'll be redirected to this level and u wont get a Four-Oh-Four. Though by the design and functionality of my 404 page u'll wish it did give an error

Still for the technically minded.... take a look at my links. They're in .phtml and .faf extensions. Yup... i think i know enough php now to maintain my whole site in it. And arent the .faf extensions to go with the new domain just nifty? huh arent they? Good thing though about php is that i dont have to write code as many times. I'm not gonna spoil the mood by going too technical on the first post "post-apocalypse" so i'm gonna shut up here.

BTW.... just in case u're wondering where all my navigation links are. Take a look to the left.. aha.... hold ur mouse over the buttons... it'll tell you where u're going. I know it's all messed up in Netscape but who gives a flying fuck? Still sticking by my guns... IE Rocks.. NOTscape sucks!

Now you better sign something on here... There's the questbook, the graffiti, the mailbag form... Just shitloads of stuff.

dot.FAF >> Blah Blah Blog.

Piling on the Pounds

Yeah I'm piling on some pounds... and i dont mean those that make ur pocket heavy and gets u hoochies everywhere u turn. I've been trying to get some flesh on these bones for sometime so i cud probably work out or somethin. Now I found an easy [and cheap] way to do it.

Sunil @Monoux College introduced me to fish 'n' chips with mayonaise about three weeks ago and since then I've gained 1st. That's like 5kg... well thereabouts. So junkfood does work! I'm looking to gaining probably 2stones more, then i'll start pumpin these biceps.

*That pic was taken in late '99 when i weighed about 65kg ie. 10stone. Now I'm 11st.... almost 70kg.

The Bible: The Oldest Chainletter?

This is another one of those times when i get all philosphical [and boring?] about things. Just last week, i made a mistake of being caught in the middle of a Bible meeting at college.

I was having a chat with Fidele in one of the lecture rooms when the Bible meeting began. She's a regular member and though i cuda jusdt walked off, I sat thru it. Why? Just wanted to remind myself of the reason why i "loathe" in any place where they bombard you with so many far fetched storis in a space on an hour and expect you to belive every single one of 'em

Anyway, as you probably have heard a dozen times before, that's not what this entry is about. It's about how much the bible is like a chain letter.

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Emma Haawiritn

She's this Ghanaian girl in my Economics class. I dunno if she's a friend or not. She's more of an "intellectual sparring partner". She likes debating and i like arguing so we hardly have a conversation without someone saying "I know where you're coming from but...". If you've been reading my journal for a while, you'll know i like saying/doing things that draw a lot of criticism. She knows it but then falls for it every single time.

Anyway, I think she was kindda disappointed when she saw on my website that i'd been keeping a journal for almost a year and didnt mention her anywhere. Yeah ... well.

After she read the stuff though... she's specifically told me not to mention her.... but i am anyways. I dunno how much she meant it but maybe it's some reverse psychology to get me to mention her on my journal, and i've fallen for it.

Something i have to say though; I think she doesnt like me that much 'cos i asked her this:

"Emma, if you had a friend that i liked, would you put in a good word for me?"

Well... umm... i almost regret asking that. She said something akin to:

"I'll tell her the truth. I'll advise her not to go out with you."
You're thinking she was kidding? Nah she wasnt... and i'm glad she doesnt have any friends i like... yet ;)

Anyway, she comes to my site... i think it's often now. Then she fishes out for the "bad-words" i use... then tries to gimme a hard time for it. I pretend to care. I remember once giving her access to my blogger interface and letting her edit a phrase with the F-word in it.... then changed it back as soon as she left. he he.

Now maybe, just to find out how much she meant "Dont mention me in your journal", I'll go fish out a pic of her and post it here so u guys can rate it. And then you'll hear in a week that someone shot me.

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UPDATED: Names have been changed to protect her privacy Amma Ntiriwaah5

Encouraging College Resource Misuse

Like any Blogger, I'm obsessed with visitor and referrer stats. First thing i do when i get online is check ma mail, then spend the next hour or so looking at referrer and visitor stats. Finding out why people link to me and what they say about me.

Recently i've noticed a lot of visitors coming from a proxy at george-monoux.ac.uk. That is my college's proxy. I'm guessing my free advertising on college boards is paying off with more visitors. Every chance i get, i "grafitti" my link on a board. Yeah I'm gagging for it, but isnt it why anyone keps an online journal? To get people to come read it?

And oh... almost forgot... somewhere last week i got the chance to look at someone surfing my site without them knowing i was there. I was in the computer room and somethin quickly went past my eye. I thought... "That design looks familiar". Yup it was mine... so i sat back down and watched these two girls i've never seen before reading posts and giggling about stuff... Damn it felt GOOD. ;)

So they arent exactly using the college resources as intended... but what the heck?!

Who wants to be Faf?

I've been getting a lotta stick from people concerning my writing stuff about my life and especially about posting my passport details. The main thing people talke about is that someone will assume my identity. Well goddluck whoever you are. I need someone to be me for a change to know how miserable it is being me. So here comes the question again... "Who the fuck wants to be Faf?! Huh? Who wants to be me?"

I mean if u're gonna assume an identity... wudnt you rather the person wis British or European or American so you can gain something from it? Only thing you'll get by being me is get called an "African Monkey". And being checked for "bush meat" at Heathrow airport. You still wanna be me?

Lazy Blogger, I am.

Well, as BrownAangel already said, i'm less prolific at posting and she's getting a lil' pissed off. It's probably because i'm spending less time offline. Another reason is that since this version is new and it's sadly hosted on the GhanaBa.net domain, i'm not rushing into posting stuff and have to spend lotsa time checking if all links are working alright.

Of course i can also blame it on your [the visitors] reluctance to post comments and sign my guestbook. I started updating a few weeks ago and i've already got more than a thousand hits... yeah read ma lips: WAN-THARW-ZEND. So where are the comments to show? Where are the guesbook entries to show? The least you can do is to make it worth ma while keeping the site. Of course BrownAangel is all over the comments i'll admit that.

Another reason might be cos I've got some more favorite blogs to read. I added a few in the right panel. The one that keeps me going for more is BubbleButt's Bubble. I'm used to making people laugh... but she's so funny she makes me laugh for a change.

You're Happy, I'm Happy...

So I've been away for just a day and there are that many comments huh? Good. But i still wish you guys will go easy on the whole passport flash thing. I'm repping Ghana here, people. No one actually said anything abt the fact that the [red][gold][green] bars are represented in the flash and preload the flash and change the images when u hover on them.

Anyway... i see mimi's dun some grafitti on the site and Slew's come back and thinks she's outta place. Slew, u're not... why dont u carry on posting stuff. The same password u had @ Blogger. Login and put something here. Talking abt people feeling outta place... where's Awareness? You used to hound my ass if i forgot to post every few days.

Losing track of time

I cant seem to know which day it is any more. I feel so outta place in the world... Everything moves so fast but not as fast as i want. I keep asking... "what's today's date?"... and then when i need the date in five minute's time... i ask again. I'm always staring @ my watch. Anyone know what might be wrong with me? Uh huh... and I cant remember [or rather cant be bothered] about holidays. This whole easter thing doesnt mean anything to me anymore... i'll just stay in doing nothing... sleep and probably try making some buttons for my site.

Ghanaian President And Asantehene To Go Trotting??

Well what can i say than [sigh]?

Tell you wot, if it has said April 1st instead, I'da thought it was a big joke they were playing on us. I cant picture a President and a King running alongside each other... You see the pot-bellies? C'omn... try harder and you'll see them wobbling. I hope they get the Ex-Prez to run too. What do you think Bubbles?

Ghana To Allow Dual-Nationality?

Apparently they're gonna allow it soon. That wud be real cool. That means I dont have to give up my Ghanian nationality and can still get a British one when i get round to it. And then I'll create a new flash intro with both passports merged... then I'll sit back and listen to the whiners.

First Chat-Lingo Literate Serial Killer

Not only does this "serial killer" have a sense of humor but he also knows how to talk Chatroom Talk.

It looks like this person [or persons] have killed two people already... Both Asians. At one of the crime scenes, the killer(s) grafittied "BURN LOL". Now all my Asian friends out there... when you go out next time in and around London and someone comes up to you and asks you "A/S/L/?", you should seriously think of calling the cops.

TTYL, Faf

U.G.L.Y... U Aint Got No Alibi, U Ugly!

Sorry to be pumpin so much info from the newspapers but I cudnt stop laughing when i read this:

Those idiots, how dare they suggest that bald, impotent men dont deseve beautiful women!! :)

"Geddit?" Nah.... Say it again.

Sometimes when my friends make jokes and i dont get it, it feels kindda wierd. I can either blame it on their not havin told it right or me not having the British sense of humor. I do get the computer geek ones strangely. Like this one i saw a character wearing on one of the episodes of The Simpsons:

But i can never get that one about "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" and any variations of it though. Anyone out wanna tell me about it?

Now about the Brit jokes, I've already spent two years in London ... now what else do i have to do?

Yeah, You Can Kiss Her BubbleButt, Or Can They?

Hey Bubbles. Told you i was gonna make some buttons for u didnt I? Well I hope you like them. You didnt gimme a theme so i used my own initiative. I hope I can kiss your BubbleButt too.

I know i wont have to mail 'em to you cos u're here a lot. Just save 'em to whereever you want and use 'em. Sadly i havent made any for myself cos i cudnt come up with anything witty enuff. All i cud think of was "dotfaf" but surely that's not gonna make anyone click 'em will it?

BTW Bubbles, check out the Ghanaian colors at the edge of the buttons. Slick huh? [Grins Like a Fool] .... which i am.

I Guess I Shd Engage In Pleasantries.....

Errr since i am not addressing only FAF and i'm addressing all y'all, i'll be shy and brief, but don't think i'm always gonna be like that!!! If i have a shitty day, you will all feel the shit, if i had a luvly day(F) you'll feel it too, if i got some good luvin ...ahem ...u will know. Anyway, peace out! -

A New Member

That's officially 3 people now who can post on Dot.FAF. Marian of course hasnt posted anything since way back . Anyway. BrownAngel was doing so well commenting on the site that i decided to let her have a go at publishing too. The previous post was hers. You know her style of writing from the comments section so you'll know when she posts somethin. If you cant tell... just look @ the Posted by thing at the bottom

Queenmother Elizabeth Dead

I guess i cant go on without mentioning the Old Lady's dead. For those of you confused, it's NOT the Queen. It's the Queen's mum. Died yesterday afternoon. Nuff said.

Thanks, whoever you are

Someone bought me a book from my wishlist and "forgot" to add their name and details. Thank you, whoever you are. I'm supposing it's a birthday present... albeit a few days early. Just so you know i got it, it was Skipping Christmasby John Grisham.

If anyone else wishes to be generous... their welcome. Grisham has two more books out and they;re both on my wishlist. Less than £10, so take a look [here]

Asswipes 'R' Us

I went with ma mum the last time she went shopping. Not clothers or anything like it. Just groceries among other things. Anyway i cudnt believe how much of a fuss she made about what "brand" of toilet paper to buy. For god's sake, it's asswipe! Meaning xactly as it's name suggests. You wipe your ASS wid it.

Now i can remember just a few years [2 yrs] ago, back in the boarding house in Ghana when no one wud bother wasting their money on T-Roll. What are newspapers for? What are other people's marked assignment sheets for? What were the answer sheets returned from the previous term's exams for?

Can you list any more items than can serve as asswipes where you're from? I know some people in Ghana use corn husks, thus giving a whole new meaning to to asswipe. Any more i should know about?