Fishing @ Banana Island

 

A Work week can get really hectic here, and all you can do when you get back home is get some grub in, watch some TV, Touch base with friends and family on Facebook and Skype and hit the sack. Wake up in the morning and head back to work. The week runs by so quick here, much faster than normal. It's a good thing we have great food when we get back home. A nice residence to go back to, and television without advertisements.

Ruben, Kenjie, Andreas and I head out to this jetty at Banana Island to fish. Fishing is something I have taken too. Quiet and very relaxing with country music playing in the background from my Nokia E71. After a few times there and a few catches of Cat Fish and Tilapia, we made Saturday mornings our picnic day.

 

One day we marinated Pork chops, barbequed them at 5 in the morning and headed of to our fishing spot. We are the only ones at the spot always which gives us all the quietness we need. Concentrate on the Fish and nothing else says, Ruben. He is having a field day and is extremely excited about fishing. We start planning right from Monday morning J. We pack Soda, Kenjie brings in Hot Coffee and fried fish as well. Egg's and Bagun (Philipino delicacy made of shrimp paste). Ruben's bringing us a lot more when he comes back from Christmas.

 

With our stomach full and fish in the ice box, we head home. We have not gotten to eating the fish we caught yet, but have given it a great deal of thought. Some day we might.

First Day at Work

First day at work was eventful in its own way. My Boss gave me a tour of the place. Our CTO was warm, welcoming and shared his insights into living in Nigeria. I was then introduced to the team and shown to my desk. Computer in place, we dove right into understanding existing processes and procedures. Oby, was of great helping me understand the setup.

Drove back to the residence for lunch with Ruben & Kenjie. Both of whom I now know, are as mischievous as can be.

Damien, our cook has lunch hot and ready on the table. Salad, chicken and rice was a welcoming sight. However I eventually found out, It was going to be a daily affair.

After lunch, we stopped at Goodies for Coffee and Cake. A neat Lebanese supermarket with a bakery attached to it. The coffee and chocolate cake has also become a affair now. J Keeps us awake!

Headed back to work, thereafter and right into a Monday afternoon meeting. It was an enlightening meeting on the company's quality driven mode of operations. Headed downstairs for some fresh air and conversation with Ruben & Chuck who kept feeding me on their experiences at Lagos thus far.

Thankfully I am in good hands here at Lagos. God has been good!

It was good to head back home, get into shorts and chill. Excited and looking to the morrow, I went to bed. Thankfully my phone has an alarm, without which It would be impossible to wake up on time.

I will have to stop here, or my alarm for tomorrow morning would be futile. I have a lot of catching up to do on this blog, will write more as soon as I can.