Mid-Week Review

Hi everyone, I am really sorry for not updating for the past few days. Right now I am in a state of distrust, My manager just resigned cos in her words she got a better job in a rival firm. The amazing twist to this gist is the fact that when this people in the "financial services" and " Investment Banking" industry talk about the firm they work for and how they like it , you will think that they did like to work in the same comapany forever, the funny thing is that most of them never spend more than two years in the same firm. they are always jumping around, 2 yrs at Lehman, 8 months at UBS, 1 year at Credit Suisse, Consultancy role at Goldman Sachs , etc., that within a spate of 10 years they would have worked in all the firms on Wall Street. Precisely my Manager has worked in 4 already. The only reason why I will miss my manager as you can guess, is the fact that she never gives me to much work to deliver and lest I forget, I will miss those "happy hours", they are so much fun that sometimes we will live a Bar thinking that we should be on our way home, and then someone on my team will tell us about a new Bar he or she discovered recently and off we go again. The only reason why I like this Corporate America is becauase of its flatness, meaning when a team goes out together you will never be able to tell who the boss is or who the junior staffers are. I almost forgot to tell you about the send-off outing we had for my manager last night, it was off the hook, about 25 of us from my group were at this lively bar from 7pm till Midnight, and guess what? we were all back at work by 8am this morning.

I will leave you with a naija joke someone shared with me.

LAGOS DRIVING QUIZ:

Answers are in italic.

1. What is the most important part of any car (or any moving vehicle)?

a.)tires

b.)brakes

c.) steering wheel

d.) air conditioning

e.) horn

2. Which of the following is not acceptable in a traffic jam?

a.) driving (NOT "passing") in the 'opposite-direction-traffic-lane'

b.) making a 2 lane highway into 4 lanes

c.) hitting the vehicle on your left with your hand

d.) having the passenger on the right hit the vehicle on their right with your hand

e.) none of the above...they are all acceptable

2.What is another name for a pedestrian?

Risktaker

3. How much space do you leave between your car and the cars on your left and right side.?

Minimum space to leave: 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) Maximum space to leave: If the driver's left hand can not touch the car to his/her left, then there is too much space in between the cars. The same applies for a passenger on the right and the car to the right.

4. Who is at fault in a collision?

a.) the driver who changes lanes without using the signal or leaving enough room to merge.

b.) the driver who gets hit because he/she didn't honk loudly when the driver above started getting into his/her lane.

5. Which of the following are you LEAST likely to see on the road as you are driving?

a.) A child selling items

b.) The elderly selling items

c.) Motorcycles zipping in and out of traffic

d.) People fighting

e.) Someone in a vehicle smiling and relaxed

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