Thursday Morning

Could there be a better way to start your day on a Thursday without joining Area Mama on Top Morning. The unique thing about every Thursday on Top Morning is that we get greet our fellow Nigerians in our dialect and give a proverb in our dialect as well.
The traffic updates that came in today revealed that there was an easy flow of traffic in places like: Lekki, Ogijo, Lagos Island, Abule Egba, Agege, Berger, Akute and Alakuko; and the weather was chilly. While the traffic in Yaba, Agric, alapere, Isheri, Egbeda, Ikorodu, Agiliti, Marina, Ota, and Ojo barracks was quite heavy. The weather was a bit chilly in these areas as well.
After the Area Show, we entered the Yarn-Free Zone. This morning, as always, it was with a difference. We had it the Classic Fairytale way. There were songs from Beauty and the Beast; and the little Mermaid. Could there have been a better way to dig it on a Thursday morning? When we left the Zone, Tosyn gave some information about Cobratnet’s U-go. It is a facility that provides fast internet access with other added benefits.
For Top 9 Moments today, Aramide brought some news about a Sudanese woman who was facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public. She was charged with immodest dressing and this is not uncommon in Sudan but she decided to stand up to contest the law. She even wore the same green slacks that got her arrested when she went to the court. A 7-year old boy in Utah took his father’s car and went for a joyride to avoid Sunday trip to Church with his parents. Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have launched a 10-year Web search deal to challenge market leader Google but stopped short of combining other advertising businesses. On the sport scene, Michael Phelps has broken another record after being beaten by Paul Biedermann in the 200-metre butterfly. This time, his new record is even more amazing than his gold medal-winning time of 1:52:03 at the Beijing Olympics. Maria Sharapova has also been reported to have reached the third round of the Bank of the West Classic with a 6-1-6-2 win over Nadia Petrova in California.
After the Top 9 Moments, it was just proverbs, proverbs and more hilarious proverbs in different languages. As much as she would have loved to stay back and have fun, she just had to sign out at 10:56 am.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.
30/07/09