Happy birthday Esther!

 So this is an excited me writing this!!!!!!!!

Well, since it’s a special celebration going on for a year….it’s not belated.

Happy birthday again and again!!!!

There’s so much to say that I wonder where to even start.

I celebrate the awesome woman you were, are and will be.

I rejoice at the lady who has been through so much and yet always comes out standing tall…like a cat you always land on your feet.

Maybe our worries might seem like “21^st century troubles” but they’re real all the same and I always admire the way you handle what life throws at you.

For me, you’ve been there…….as a study partner, a voice of reason, a sounding board, a ready ear and many other things too numerous to count and I celebrate you. Thank you. We pray for many more years of love, laughter and joy to come.

And I see you do so well with others as well…..as Esther you are very loyal, generous and the practical friend who is always handy to have around because she always knows what to do.

I pray that you continue to grow into the woman our Creator made you to be and that He keeps taking you from height to height.

May He wipe every tear and fill you with joy unspeakable every day of your life.

May your times of sorrow only serve as a means to emphasize your times of joy and laughter.

May you fulfil every word He has spoken about you and may you continue to be a blessing!

Cheers! The best is yet to be!

Angela Azumah Alu, Legon

Goodbye to Eni Ghana procurement

I will miss you greatly!
I learnt about procurement; the ins and outs of bids and tenders.
I learnt about working in a multi cultural environment.
I worked with sweet D, diplomatic Mubarak, elegant Eva, bubbly and frank Esther, "ke parler" Lucia, suave Kwabena, hardworking Adam and chief Saviz.
Thank you Esther for the lifts to and from home.
Thank you Eva for being my to go to person for most things.
Thank you Kwabena for the lifts to "spanner junction" and all the interesting perspectives
Thank you Adam, my fast eating fufu mate. Goat teeth can't kill our love for fufu.
Thank you Mubarak for the lifts to spanner junction and for the clarifications provided when needed.
Thank you Mama D for being the best co-ordinator a girl could have, for all the reminders to happy yourself.

Thank you Lucia for a tiny bite of Italy.
Thank you Saviz for everything.

Thank you Projects....Giuseppe, John,  my Cape 3 mate, Cosmos and Pepsi.

Thank you Vendor Management...Emmanuella, Frieda, Ndachie and Kumi.

Thank you Nana for being a friend.

Thank you Anthonio for the opportunity.

Thank you ENI Ghana.

I hope meet again someday!

Angela Azumah Alu

14/08/15, Airport

Deadlines

Deadlines, deadlines

We need them; we hate them

We can't do without them

When you're on the other side, waiting

you wish they'd hurry up already

When you're the one with the deadline

You wish you had more time

Deadlines, deadlines

We can't do without them

In everything they're ubiquitous

They provide a measure of productivity

Which in many ways directly influences income

And even our reputation

So as deadlines are odious, they're necessary

Deadlines, deadlines

Such a simple word, abi

But so pregnant with meaning

So very applicable to daily life

And of course such a good subject for a poem

for my dear friend Dormenyo

who always has deadlines to meet!

Angela Azumah Alu, 6/11/14, Accra

On the stairs

On the stairs 

Confidences are shared

Deep thoughts are exchanged

Dreams are spoken

Life is lived

On the stairs

The sky's the limit

No problem is too great to be solved

God hears and He speaks

on the stairs

On the stairs

Hearts may be broken

Dreams may be shattered

Disappointments may happen

But life goes on

On the stairs

Friendship remains

When all else is gone

When all is said and done

Friendship is king

(The stairs are an actual location in Tema Community Two. This poem celebrates a friendship that survived a dating relationship.)