childhood days!

I believe we all have many memories of our childhood(between ages 4 and 10) and hopefully most of them are good ones.

I was having a conversation with some colleagues some time back and we happen to relate to some events from our childhood. We were talking about our favorite dishes. One said he liked "Ga kenkey" more than other foods. I told him didn't really like kenkey; atleast not as much as I did when I was very young.

Then I told him of how when I was younger me and my family would eat hot kenkey in the morning. I remember how before it was even 8am, my mum would buy kenkey and "freshly fried fish" for breakfast(by the way, I am a Ga, so that should give you some context). She'd put the fried fish and grounded peper into a separate plate, then two balls of kenkey into the other plate. We would then huddle around these two plates and eat together: my parents, my two sisters and myself. I remember that it was my dad who almost always started eating first, maybe because the kenkey was very hot and he was the only who could handle it.lol :-).

I remember he (my dad) would take little "blows" of hot kenkey and stick them on the edge of the plate for me and my sisters so that we could eat without geeting burned by the hot dish. I remember that sometimes my mum or dad will actually declare who the "little blow" belonged to...can you imagine? Well they had good reason to do so because I'd have taken all the "little blows" not caring about my sisters. Those were fun days man!!!

I like to think that little things from my childhood has made me a much better person. And just thinking about it makes me appreciate my childhood so much. I will also like to say my parents did a good job for doing those things, eventhough they were unaware of the impact of these activities on us all.

So...
Do you remember your childhood days?Does it bring you good feelings?Do you think the way our parents raised us has made us better persons? What do you remember specifically?Do you think you'll have an environment that reflected your childhood days with your husband/wife and kids?

And...
Do you rememeber the days we bought "wakyee" in leaves? Or bought iced water in cups? Do you remember the "alokoto", "tsakele","panpanaa" and "piloloo"?What about the infamous "mummy and daddy"?Who were usually: "mummy", "daddy", or the "children"? Do share your story.

Till the next time I think out loud
I will be thinking!

charley charley

It has been some time since I last posted anything on my blog!
But i Don't know what to write.

I want to write something...
I want post something new...
I want to write on a topic or subject matter that is relevant...
I want to write on something that makes sense...
On something that makes a difference...
Something someone would be glad they spent their time reading...
It has to make a point...
It must inform...
Or it must entertain...
Maybe even both; entertain and inform...

CROSS ROADS!
What do I write about?
Should it be personal rants?
Should it be a re-post of other materials I may have read?
Should it be something of my imagination,made up?
Or should it be about...?
I am not sure yet!

I will decide though...sooner than later I hope.
And it will be good.
And it will keep getting better...

So
What do you think I should write about?
Technology, science, history, philosophy, social issues?
Let me know what you prefer.

Till I think out loud again,
I'll keep thinking...

what's in a 'guy name'?

When I was in SSS, my seniors thought it'd be 'cool' to give me the name HIGH MORAL! The reason:I looked like a senior who'd completed the school.hmmmm...if you know anything about Ghanaian SSS,when a 'name' is given to you, you don't have a choice to keep it or not, you just kept it(more like the naming ceremony done for us when we are babies!).For some reason also I kept the 'name'; I wrote it on my books...

When I got into the university, my room mates thought it'd 'better' to give me another name.So once again I was 'named' (more like re-named) DJ Nii. lol...reason: I had a collection of CD's and on one of the CD's a track reminded one of my room mates of a girl he'd 'lost' to another guy(poor fella!). This kinda made him hate the song(in a light mannered way though...we laughed at him as you can imagine, and he was really cool about it).
So for some reason or another, DJ Nii stayed till I finished Uni.

Post uni and currently, a colleague of mine thought it'll be more befitting to call me SPLIPPERY! hahahaha. reason: I seemed like a reserved person yet I seemed to be popular with the girls(which is not true...maybe a little true).lol

So!
What 'guy name' do you think I should use? which one do you like most? Is there a need for a 'guy name' at all? Why do we feel compelled to give names to ourselves and to others?

Hmmm, actually I don't mind any of the 'guy names' at all, depending on the name a friend uses, I can know how long the person has known me.

So tell me, what was your 'guy name' when your were in school? Do you still use this name? What were the circumstances under which you 'got' this name?

Till next time when I think out loud,
Be all you can be!