Tuesday, 4 March, 2008 by Omo Nyja.

I’m back in Everett now. Got back from Nigeria on Sunday afternoon. The two weeks I spent at home were great… It was crazy hot and NEPA (or PHCN if you’re picky) was so useless they might have as well not existed. The entire time I was there, we were running the generator. We probably had power for about 24 (non-consecutive) hours during my time there and when there was power, the voltage was only a fraction of what it should have been… but even with all that, I had a wonderful time. I didn’t have to work for two weeks, which was great. But more importantly, it was the first time in almost 9 years that my entire family was together… I had to take the opportunity to get a new family photo taken (the previous one was about 15 years old)… All in all, it was a wonderful holiday. Pity it had to end… I’ll probably write at least one more post about my trip in the next few days. Watch for that and pictures (on facebook)…

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Saturday, 16 February, 2008 by Omo Nyja.

that I get to go home! Yup, I’m on my way to Nigeria in a couple of hours… my whole family is gonna be there… first time we’ve all been together since 1999!!!!

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Thursday, 3 January, 2008 by Omo Nyja.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_situation_in_nigeria

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Wednesday, 2 January, 2008 by Omo Nyja.

Eku odun tuntun!!!
Bon année!!!
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!!!
新年好 !!!
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!!!
Glückliches neues Jahr!!!
Nuovo anno felice!!!
새해 복 많이 받으세요!!!
Ano novo feliz!!!
С новым годом!!!

Just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!

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Friday, 28 December, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

“I couldn’t find London on a map if they didn’t have the names of the countries. I swear to God. I don’t know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I know (Washington Redskins linebacker) London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him. That’s the closest thing I know to London. He’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London. I’m sure that’s a coincidental name.”

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Friday, 14 December, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

After months of suffering. I’m finally free. It was a long hard battle with many unexpected obstacles, but I made it through. For a while, I decided that I would accept defeat and live under oppression. Something was awoken in me this week and I decided to fight. I called in for some reinforcements and prepared for battle. My initial attacks were quickly rebuffed. I got up again and went back into battle… armed with my secret weapon, which surprisingly, I had with me from the beginning. Even with this great weapon, I had some challenges. Unexpected attacks from the side left me blind for a while. But I overcame them in the end… and with a final click, I was running Windows XP once more!!! Vista is defeated… for now at least.

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Tuesday, 27 November, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

… my entire family is on facebook?

My mom recently joined facebook. By doing that, she completed the feat. When I joined facebook a couple years ago, it was a networking site for college students in the US. It was opened to the general public a while ago and since then, there has been an explosion in membership. I actually know of one other family that is on facebook, but if you’d told me I could message my parents on facebook one year ago, I’d have called you crazy…  Funny old world isn’t it?

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Saturday, 24 November, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

A couple of days ago, I read an article that seemed to me like it should have been in the comedy section. The mighty Birmingham City offered Marcelo Lippi a chance to become their new manager. With a record this season of 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses Birmingham sit in 15 place in the premier league table. Their long time manager, Steve Bruce, recently left to take up a job at fellow strugglers Wigan Athletic. Bruce will probably say that he left the job because of uncertainty about a pending takeover and the effect that would have on the future of his job and the club as a whole.

Now, why would a man who masterminded a World Cup victory for the Italian National team last summer, want to put himself in this sort of job? Lippi politely declined the offer, but I believe he should feel a little insulted. The Birmingham board came out to say that they are ambitious and would like to get a manager of Lippi’s calibre but come on, let be realistic here, who could they possibly get?

To me, it’s the equivalent of asking Bill Clinton to run for mayor in a little farm town in Kansas! The sort of thing that only happens in movies!

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Friday, 12 October, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

The world ‘Islam’ means “…submission, or the total surrender of oneself
to God.” If you asked any religious person if this sounds like a good thing,
they’d more than likely say yes. Yet, in the world today, most people are of
the belief that Islam and Muslims are evil. They seem to associate
everything that is even vaguely related to this faith with terror. We’ve all
seen the pictures or videos of men who say they are Muslims, committing acts
that are at best worthy of condemnation. Why do these people speak for the
millions of Muslims around the world? Why do the actions of the few cause so
many problems for the many.

I grew up in Nigeria, in a Christian home and I am a Christian. I had the
opportunity to be in close quarters with Muslims for most of my life…
observing, they’re customs and beliefs from not so far away. I would be
first to tell you that Muslims would probably be more willing to do things
in the name of God. To me, that is not a bad thing. One of the things I
admire about the religion of Islam is that for the most part, they have
specific rules on how to practice their faith. They pray at a specific time
and in a specific way for example. Some may say that this is somewhat
robotic, but how is it any different from the hymn singing and creed reading
practiced in some churches. In the end, these actions are between us and the
God we believe in and worship. We all believe we are in the right faith so
questioning the method of our worship is almost like an attack on our
souls… but I digress… The point I was trying to make was that Muslims
are raised with strict rules to govern their faith. I think it’s safe to
assume that as children, many of them don’t really understand the
significance of what they do, but do them anyway. I would like to believe
that as they mature in their faith, that they begin to realize the full
value of their customs. Nevertheless, there must be some of the mindset
left, even in adults and it would definitely be easier to convince someone
to commit terrible acts for their faith, even though this is almost never
the case.

In world history, more wars have been fought, and more people have died in
the name of God. It’s obvious to me that most, if not all of the wars do not
have the approval of God. At one point in history, people killed in the name
of Christianity. I have had the opportunity to be in close quarters with
Muslims most of my life and in my eyes, their no better or worse than us
Christians. Like us, they take their religion serious and from time to time,
they stumble in their religious walk. So why does the world condemn them so
much?

I know it must be hard to separate the Osama’s of the world from other
Muslims, like the people I met at a mosque in Redmond WA earlier this week,
who were very hospitable, amicable and respectful of my faith as I was of
theirs, but I believe that demarcation must be made. Hatred only begets
hatred. If we try to understand other people and their chosen way of life,
we might do a better job of living together.

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Thursday, 11 October, 2007 by Omo Nyja.

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