All the male restrooms in Heathrow airport have condoms dispensers. This really has me scratching my head since the only place I usually see them is in night club restrooms which makes sense since a bunch of hooking up goes on at night clubs. So now I have this impression that somewhere in Heathrow there is a bunch of debauchery going on and I'm not a part of it. It must be the first class lounges...

If you ask a British bartender for a 'Long Island Iced Tea', don't be surprised if he responds "We don't serve tea at the bar, twit!"

It seems I've picked up homophobia by osmosis while in the United States. I kept finding it weird that men could be seen holding hands together either for emphasis in a conversation or while walking without being seen as 'gay' in Nigeria. Similarly having guys sleep in the same bed also gave me a similar vibe. I can't believe I'm getting culture shock from my home country.

Do you know who cleans the streets of Lagos & Abuja? The street sweepers, literally. I was freaked out to see people with brooms sweeping the sides of the roads in both Abuja and Lagos without the luxury of safety cones. My memory fails me as to whether this is an improvement from not having street sweepers from a few years ago or this was just the status quo.

Soft drinks sold in plastic bottles seems to be gaining popularity in Lagos & Abuja. Back in the day it was all about the glass bottles, which were always redeemed by people. In fact, the price of a bottle of beer or a soft drink always assumed you'd be returning a bottle as well. It took me a while to get used to the 'wastefulness' in the United States where people just threw away the bottles. Of course, there were other places where the wastefulness surprised me as well when I first got here such as using paper towels instead of wash rags or styrofoam silverware & plates instead of reusable plastic ones at fast food places. Now it's the other way around. After doing the dishes at my mom's I was confused to not find paper towels nearby. I am becoming so American...

Thanks to a ban on external imports of various consumer goods we now get Heineken and Five Alive brewed locally.  Awesome!!!