tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42326259189254013772024-03-05T23:39:38.687+01:00 IFEOMA NWAWEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-23863106556384773242018-03-01T22:15:00.001+01:002018-03-01T22:17:52.843+01:00TAKING STOCK: FEBRUARY<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tired of Nigeria and how this country is wicked to her own. First Chibok Girls now Dapchi. The way the President's office act like they are not aware of what is going on in the country. Are newspapers now expensive? Can Aso-rock no longer afford it? If that is the issue can they tell us, so we know to send help their way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Why is Lagos smelling?For someone like me with almost dead olfactory nerves, Lagos is really bad. Why are we acting like it is normal to have heaps of refuse at designated bus-stops? And the solution is this mess is giving workers, green jumpsuits and oversized jungle boots, and those fancy trash bags; what is really going on? Put the whole country in rice, before we decide if we will throw the entire thing away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But Nigeria is not really mine, I belong with Trubae.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Celebrated: Valentine alone again, disappointed but not surprised. Et tu nun-hood? A matchmaking account followed me today on IG. God is that you? Do you want me to outsource this searching thing? Do let me know in our next correspondence, sir. Best regards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Realizing: that I let the tiniest things upset me; a danfo driver could upset me and I will be thrown off balance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Speaking: it into the atmosphere that I want a car because tired of danfo.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Danfo conductors behave like insurance people. In a hurry to collect your coins until it is time to ask for your due (change) and they start giving you unnecessary attitude.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Finished: Atoke's book and I am full of joy for my girl. Could have been a lot better tho but for a first book, it was good work.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Currently reading: Luvvie's I am Judging You and cackling because Luvvie is all shades of funny, plus Luvvie be spitting out truths tho.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Judging: myself for not meeting my adult education goals for the month of February.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I am even owing assignments and I wonder how professional students do it like you have a PhD? How? You must really be superhuman. It is days like this I have mixed feelings about CU, one of our core values was lifelong learning and seeing how not great I am at gaining new knowledge? I am ready to throw in the towel because tired.org.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Wondering: when I will finally make out time to see Black Panther especially as I have watched all interviews featuring the cast, liked all posts with the Wakanda pose</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I know Kilmonger said 'Is this your King?'</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I am also aware that Mbaku said 'Are you done?' </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Loving this interview of Monique on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiRxOb9ucvZAhWLK1AKHXxyAxMQyCkIKTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJpvC3j9Qxus&usg=AOvVaw0-FohD0yNKrs1Wfd0JgXwL" target="_blank">The Breakfast Club</a>. I liked how she and her husband could articulate their thoughts. The way she kept referring to the crew in terms of endearment as she was dragged them. Mo did have a point and while a great majority of the world do not think she is handling it well, I think we should let her be. Can I side eye all of you, who keep saying if you won't get a seat at the table, create your table? Keep quiet, wood is expensive, not everyone can afford it. Did you hear her talk about how she has been blackballed because she calls people out for being trash and they have branded her 'difficult'?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The thing with writing taking stock posts is that sometimes you
forget the highlights of the month, well for me at least, so I end up taking
stock for the week that just passed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This month I decided to be more
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hi *<s>good person who still
reads my <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.1" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">blog</span></span> even
though I am inconsistent AF</s> * Guys!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Do I say Happy New Year or do I
carry on like nothing happened? Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now that, that is out of the
way, how are you? If fine, glory be to God. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">2018 started and I hit the
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Well, not really, I decided that
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Feeling</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">:
grateful for people who read blogs and go out of their way to send in a word of
encouragement to remind you that you are not talking to yourself. Thank you,
Oreva.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Trying: </b>my hands at difficult things this year, because the people doing it don't have two heads. Maybe they do. But I won't find out if I don't try, right?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Finished:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Sarah <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.5" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Ladipo</span></span> <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.6" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Manyika's</span></span> In
Dependence. Beautiful book. I like how it captured interracial relationships
and feminism. It made me realize how far we have come as a people with respect
to race. And that thing about love not being enough, sometimes it is true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Making:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> peace with the fact that <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.7" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Taiye</span></span> <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.8" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Selasi's</span></span> Ghana
Must Go was not written for me. It will find its real owner but it’s not me.
But I will keep trying because money exchanged hand before I got that book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Celebrating:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Valentine by myself next month but
because self-care I have <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.9" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">pre</span></span>-ordered <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.10" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Atoke's</span></span> +234 An Awkward guide to being Nigerian from <a href="https://rhbooks.com.ng/" target="_blank">Roving Heights</a> and it will be shipped in today.
I am expectant because all <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.11" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Atoke</span></span> does is do good work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Looking:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> at my life and wondering when I will
be able to afford nice things from clothes, hair, books, and another
degree. I know I am supposed to trust rhe process but why is it taking so long though?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Exchanging:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> P<span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.12" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">interest</span> ideas
with my friend, <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.13" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">Layo</span></span> as
we plan her wedding. Did I tell you I got proposed to? Well to be her Chief
bridesmaid. I am excited!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Eating</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.14" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">agbalumo</span></span> and wondering how long we have
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wondering: </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">when January will end. January is really
that visitor that comes to your house and overstays her welcome. She shows up
10am and you are happy to welcome her, give her breakfast and at 2pm when you
are serving lunch she is still there, sitting pretty telling you to change channels because there is Jenifa's Diary marathon on Rok TV. At 5pm, you want to go for house
fellowship and she still wants to come along. Fellowship is over and instead of
stopping the next <span style="background: yellow;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":dg.15" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1">okada</span></span> and
hopping on it she insists on coming home to tell the kids bye bye
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Don't forget to leave a comment. They make me happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-12095092795929953352017-09-05T17:44:00.000+01:002017-09-05T17:52:25.301+01:00LAGOS LIVING: SALLAH HOLIDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi Guys!!<br />
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How you doing? (in Wendy's voice)<br />
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How was your holiday? It was much needed, right?<br />
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Well as usual I planned to sit at home and tweet but we thank God for friends who want to chop your money (side eye Ebuka) so they force you out lest it be said that you are an <i>akagum</i>. This is a post for another day.<br />
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Well so on Friday, I went to Eko market, with new month salary comes new necessities, a call to slay. Am I right or am I right?<br />
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I came out at my bus stop and there were two buses both calling out to passengers and I decided to take the second one, maybe because it had more passengers compared to the first and anyone who knows a thing about jumping <i>danfos</i> in Lagos knows that entering empty buses is a way to waste your time. The driver will stop at places that are not even bus stops because potential passenger.<br />
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We approach <i>Jakande </i>and the conductor asks Lady with the baby sitted by my side where she was dropping off as he thought she wanted to play a fast one on him. And true <i>danfo</i> passenger behaviour she eyed him and ignored him.<br />
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Of course, conductor is used to this bad behaviour.<br />
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We are approaching <i>Jakande</i> first gate and she shouts, ' First gate <i>owa</i> o!'<br />
But the driver is still speeding, now all the passengers have started shouting,' Driver <i>owa</i>!'<br />
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He stops at Salem bus stop and the lady is insisting that Conductor must give her money to get another bus to take her back.<br />
Conductor offers her 20naira and she is infuriated because she felt he actually did it on purpose by not calling her bus stop.<br />
Curses are exchanged, male trousers dragged.<br />
Passengers decide to gather 50 naira so we can keep it moving to CMS.<br />
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I would have sworn that was the end until I heard voices raised again. The passenger in the front seat with the driver was accusing him of ignoring the woman on purpose. Driver is explaining himself and he says he called three different bus stops and nobody answered him.<br />
Passenger still insists he is a wicked man.<br />
Driver is mad, he parks the bus at <i>Chisco</i> and comes down from the car. He insists the passenger in front must come down so he can teach him a lesson for bearing false witness (his exact words, I thought that sentence was reserved for Sunday school to be honest).<br />
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The police man in our bus (also in front) comes down to stop the fight before it goes out of hand, but driver insists that exchanging words in not enough.<br />
He says,' Come down let me beat you like a man and teach you a lesson'<br />
I almost died of laughter because its not everyday you discover that the way to beat women is different from the way to beat men.<br />
After all is said and done, shirts are torn (driver and passenger's), heads did not roll.<br />
Just Nigerian men swearing they are more than they are. Lmao.<br />
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Passenger is upset. He keeps shouting,' You tore my shirt. Do I know you? I will deal with you when I get to <i>Lekki</i>. You don't know me'.<br />
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We arrive at <i>Lekki</i> and passenger comes down and walks to the drivers side and tells him to come down. I am thinking its about to go down. Blood will be shed.<br />
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Policeman tries to do damage control. He tells the driver to keep moving but there is a thin line between deafness and anger.<br />
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They start fighting and Policeman is taking pictures/making videos, I don't know to what end.<br />
They finished the disappointing tussle and we all get back into the bus.<br />
Next thing policeman tells a passenger that he must delete the video he made. Guy says he won't because policeman also made a video and he didnt see the problem.<br />
Igbo business man by side tells Guys to delete the video make e for no cause quarrel. Guy gives a speech about his rights. Igbo business man leaves him and continues with his life.<br />
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We are approaching Bonny Camp and my sister calls me to ask my location as she has arrived CMS and I tell her I will see you in 15 minutes time.<br />
Then the most dramatic thing happened, instead of the driver to make a right turn at Bonny Camp, he makes a violent curve at Bonny Cantonment headed towards Ahmadu Bello Way.<br />
Everybody is livid, they insist they want to get down.<br />
Baba heads for the door and Policeman opens the front seat and pushes him back inside.<br />
Baba is till trying to force his way out and Driver is telling him to calm down, that he has no reason to be scared.<br />
Policeman is not here for the pep talk, He shouts,'My friend move this car'.<br />
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Is this what a hostile takeover feels like?<br />
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I am obviously upset because not only was the conductor owing me 800 naira, I wasn't dressed for prison.<br />
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My life legit flashed before me. Does that mean I will become an ex-con? How do I integrate back into society? What if the prison lead in my cell makes advances at me? If I was interrogated would I give up the ghost because I couldn't bear the torture? The mosquitoes; would they be kind to me? Hella questions.<br />
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Well we got to Barbeach police station and Policeman told us, we could all go except from Guy.<br />
Drviver says Conductor should settle us or put us in a bus. We stand for a while and still cant find a bus or keke.<br />
One Keke stops and Conductor says he will pay 50 naira per person. Keke Driver is not interested in this bargain so he says,'All of you, out'.<br />
Another Keke stops, I call Conductor to come and pay, he feigns deafness. I tell Keke Driver2 to keep it moving, I will pay. Let me be done with the madness the day had to offer.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0Nigeria9.081999 8.675277000000051-6.8584030000000009 -12.066910499999949 25.022401000000002 29.417464500000051tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-3876512684567399472017-08-08T16:35:00.002+01:002017-08-08T18:11:10.193+01:00A DOSE OF MALE COURAGEThis is a rant.<br />
Some weeks ago I received this message from a young man that used to work as a mover at my former place of work.<br />
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<b><i>"Hi, is me Monday. Incase you nid a husband I am fully ready to marry u, or u no a lady dat nids a husband, pls send her my number. Thank you"</i></b>.<br />
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My first reaction was shock, then a state of being upset, then anger, then shock again. Because we are/were not cool like that. Because it was late at night, 9:32pm for Christs sake!!<br />
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So what is really bringing that leg? Why will an unemployed man that spells need as nid think we have a future together? Why will a man who has no self respect enough to spell his name starting with capital letter think we have a foreseeable future? How are you unemployed and the only tbing on your mind is how to loose a woman from her shackles of singledom? ask again what actually brought that leg?<br />
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Few weeks after this situation , I started noticing some young men just sitting at my busstop and they were always catcalling me (I think they do that for every thing in skirt that passes.<br />
Its the usual 'heyss fine girl', 'You no go answer me'.<br />
After going through this for 3 days I was visibly irritated, because it doesnt make sense that you scream 'Hey sexy' to every woman that passes everyday. There has to be some form of ambition you have, this can't be all really, or is it?<br />
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Seeing that I was unflattered and uninterested, these ones started shouting, 'See as she dey carry face, she no even happy say man dey look am', 'Why you no marry yourself?'<br />
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At this stage, I am visibly in shock. These ones must be drunk on something, male entitlement perhaps? Can I have a sip? It feels like that is the way ahead in this life.<br />
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Because that is the only reason why a man who is nowhere on my level (I said what I said) sent me a marriage proposal via text and why touts with no ambition think I should be excited that they glanced at me.<br />
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For some reason men think all they get to bring to the table is the thing between their legs and we are good to go, forgetting that an entire industry has been built to boycott them (Hi, Ann Summers).<br />
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I think religious organizations and Tyler Perry should take this<b> L</b> for the monsters they have emboldened. With messages talking about <i>'How a woman is nothing without a man because she can't turn on her generator by herself by 7pm' to organising prayer meetings to break the curse of singledom in your family lineage to pastors acting like humility belongs to a particular gender.</i> I could go on and on. Women do not need your saving, they don't need to be saved. They will be fine with or without a man.<br />
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But I feel that is the only reason why a man who was constantly badgering me to get him a job has the nerves to think he was doing me a favour because the Nigerian woman is nothing without a man even if he is a joke. Any man will do init?<br />
Well, I am uninterested.<br />
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See my grieviance, I see men I like who may be not see me as a romantic partner for reasons best known to them which may include social class disparity and that is okay. I just ask myself, what do I do to get to that level? That is me respecting myself.<br />
But no, a man that still sags wants to come and stain my white. The nerve. How dare you?<br />
Please maintain your lane with the devil, not today.<br />
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Don't forget to leave a comment. They make me happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-85733070555246039152017-08-05T19:59:00.003+01:002017-08-08T16:50:28.181+01:00DRIVING LESSONS WITH MR SURU<div class="MsoNormal">
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A lot has happened in my life in the past few months, let me
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<li>I turned 25 on the last day of April. Guess who is few years away from being called a
woman of substance and virtue at a Nigerian wedding as the MC directs me to the
high table? This one!! I will soon be dropping nuggets for these younggins and
start addressing them as ‘children of nowadays’. What a time to be alive!</li>
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<li>I changed jobs in April and I had a variety of emotions running through my head. I didn't know how to react to the news. I was happy at first then the panic came. I was thinking 'Is this the right move?'. Let's just call it the fear of the unknown. At first I was concerned about fitting in but these days I don't care anymore about that, I am just happy that it feels less awkward now. I guess I am some moments away from feeling like this is home. Poco a poco.</li>
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<li>I fixed my nails: I have an entire post on this. I have mixed feeling about false nails. They are so pretty but for a first time fixer I hated how it messed up with my real nails. But I also hate painting my real nails and it gets chipped in 2days if I decide not to wash plates or clothes. My friend advised that I tell my nail person to use nail glue as its kinder to my real nails ( I didn't know it was a thing). Now that this is off my list, I might as well fix false lashes and complain after or just invest in a good mascara. Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. </li>
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<li>I am learning how to drive in old age and I don’t like it
and this is what this post is about. While I save up for driving school, my cousin advised
that I take driving lessons from her driver considering the fact that most
Nigerians actually learn how to drive
informally. I think this is great as I like driving with Mr Suru and he is the King of banter. But what I can't take away from Mr Suru is the fact that he is a terrible teacher. Our lessons start like this:</li>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>:Madam <i>Oya on motor, work don start like this.</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">(I struggle to put my legs on the clutch and thottle then he says, <i>'Madam e be like say you dey forget something quick quick'.)</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Me</b>: Side eye 😒😒😒</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Me</b>: Stops car abruptly</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>:<i>Madam if you do am like this for express you go spoil person car and na English una go dey speak, una go come cause traffic come cause traffic for road. Oya start am again</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Me</b>: Starts car and stops abruptly at his order again</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>: <i>Madam, this thing no be power power, na brain work. Madam you don forget again, but you go school nah? Me wey no go school, I sabi drive, why you no learn this thing.</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>: <i>Shebi you sabi drive bicycle? Na the same thing. </i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Me</b>: <i>Mr Suru how you go talk say na the same thing? You don see where person use bicycle jam person?</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>:<i>Even plane sef na the same thing, e no hard. </i></span><span style="text-align: center;"><i>Madam when you dey enter danfo dey siddon for front dey look driver.</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Me</b>: <i>But danfo no dey get key</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Mr Suru</b>: <i>E no mean na the same thing</i></span><br />
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On one fateful day Mr Suru thought I was ready for the highways and convinced me to enter Lekki expressway. Lets just say my brain froze and I was a mess and we all know Lagos drivers have litttle or no patience for my kind. They were honking their horns, danfo drivers were throwing <i>waka</i> at me like it was Frisbee. I was just happy I was brave enough to park by the side of the road and have Mr Suru take over.</div>
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I look forward to driving, there is this sense of responsibility and independence that comes with it but other than that I think driving is stress and its better to be driven, I am so in love with the Oga Madam life. I also think manual cars need to go, it doesn't have to be this stressful moving from point A to B. </div>
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Whenever I finish my classes, I am sweating and hungry which is interesting because it takes a lot to get me to sweat. Remember that time I walked from Lekki to Falomo, I did not sweat but all that hand movement and stepping on breaks has me breaking out in fluids.<br />
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Few days after the my cousin encouraged me to drive her automatic car from the supermarket to our house (a short distance) and I got to the front of the gate and almost bashed her car and I was shook.<br />
Shook because I could have just destoyed her car, Shook because gbese. Ah!!<br />
Since that day I have not gone near a car except I will be driven.<br />
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I went driving school hunting and I think its quite pricey (42-50k) and it doesn't even come with drivers license so I need recommendations. Help!!!<br />
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Hi Guys!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is no excuse for my inconsistency with this column, so
I will just apologise. I am sorry, because to who much is given much is
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So far so good, a lot has happened, one scandal here another
there. There is no time to recover from one, then you get dished another.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And to be honest, I love it!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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What is the life of a blogger if there is no chaos to
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So this week I decided to not dash anyone L or W, because
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<li>#5KBae</li>
<li>Kemi Olunloyo an David Ibiyeomie</li>
<li>Stephanie Otobo, Dr Lizzy and Apostle Suleman</li>
<li>Lagos State Government</li>
<li>Dino Melaye</li>
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<b>#5KBAE</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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This is not news, but if you are not aware let me give a
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Somewhere on Ibadan twitter a guy with the twitter handle
@PabloAyodeji was mad furious because he asked a girl out on a date and after the date she refused to be in a relationship with him.<br />
In fewer words he was mad because she she said no after he ‘spent’ on her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Imagine someone calling you a broke ass hugry bitch because he spent #1,900 on you. I am actually hurt.</div>
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Babe enters the place. No insults, nothing, she gives a breakdown of their
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She literally snatched my receding hairline. Girl!!! How did you even get his account number?<o:p></o:p></div>
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And she did not say anything again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brands have jumped on the trend and they are rewarding the babe, because not every time be the bigger person sometimes clap back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I am so happy Pablo tweeted that, because it shows how
entitled the average Nigerian man is when they buy you stuff. Dude actually made a
thread because a woman said no, what if he now took her to Four Points.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Going on a date is like going for an audition, you didn’t
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Here is to women who are tired of men that come with their pre-installed
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<b>KEMI OLULOYO AND PASTOR IBIYEOMIE</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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So Ms Kemi has a reputation of slandering people and most
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Well this time around she came for Pastor Ibiyomie and she
expected him to respond on the pulpit but Baba was not having it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He sent his people to meet her people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And everyone is going on and about how Jesus forgave us our sins. I call BS.</div>
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David Ibiyeomie aint Jesus, and beyond that, we should hold people accountable. If you decide to defame someone don't be mad if they choose to come at you with the law.</div>
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You know why talk is cheap, people like Kemi Olunloyo should not be engaged.</div>
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If the pastor wants to exercise his right as a victim seeking redress, he has done nothing wrong and there is no injustice here.</div>
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<b>THE SULEMANS</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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I am all for holding leaders (pastors and politicians) accountable.
In Nigeria it’s easy to call a politician to order, but call a pastor out and
everyone is quoting, ’Touch not my anointed’.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me share some good news with you, are you aware that if
your pastor is called out for doing something wrong, it’s not an attack on God?
It's people trying to address an issue, it's saying because of your posioton as a leader you should know better. It’s not even about him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So that is why the theatrics is a little confusing. From
Apostle calling Stephanie’s mom to his church and saying,’ I forgive your
daughter’. But you and I know that came from a place of arrogance. What was
that all about? Then telling his members to knock themselves if they believed
that story.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dude what is there not to believe? We have screenshotted
evidence but that’s not the issue right now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Can I address Dr. Lizzy’s music video? I just want to give
this family a standing ovation for props. Did you see that video? Why are they
both wearing turtle necks in that video? Is Nigeria no longer hot? Dr. was
chasing Apostle in the midst of foliage, best clap back ever.</div>
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I will have this charade over 3 years of waiting for a
robust response.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But you married people are enjoying sha! You will act a fool and someone will make a music video dedicated to you.<br />
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Stephanie, Stephanie Stephanie. Girl!! wyd? Like you are
really milking this publicity thing, but I will like to address your wig, what
inspired that ugly braided pink wig? You must have felt you were Nicki Minaj,
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Why are you acting like the victim? Did Apostle really say
he will marry you? Girl, if you say you had an affair with him, that I will
believe, but to tell me that a Nigerian pastor with some level of fame told you
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It’s okay that you are hurt, but stop with the interviews,
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I have an issue with this government, its their cut the head behaviour when there is a slight headache, you do realise you can use paracetamol to take care of this situation.</div>
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LSG in recent times has made it a point of duty to put the people of Otodo Gbame under stress, they have constantly sent members of the armed forces to send these ones away from their homes and I think its the worst kind of injustice.</div>
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I get it, they don't fit into the Lagos mega city vision, but I hate that they have not created an alternative for them. As you have sent these ones away from their homes, what is the plan?</div>
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I hate how the government treats poor people. These people are victims of a system that was supposed to protect them.</div>
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Let me tell you this for free, whatever happens make sure you don't end up poor in Nigeria. The Nigerian life has no value (that motivational speaker lied), then imagine your life being laden with poverty?</div>
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Dino is everything wrong with Nigeria. I will just leave it here, because his matter will fill a whole foolscap sheet. If he is not abusing his wife, he is disrespecting Remi Tinubu, he is behaving like a money miss road or just being an all round halfwit.<br />
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Chude: So introduce yourselves. Why did you come?<br />
Ifeoma: I realised that I have a destination addiction.At a certain stage in my life, I swore that I was sad because I didn't have enough money. Now I am just a little above the poverty line, I can offset some of my bills and I am still not happy.<br />
I turn 25 in two months and I can't remember what I did with my youth.I spent it worrying for this future.<br />
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Apart from being a Chude <a href="http://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/12/my-experience-at-platform-young.html" target="_blank">fan girl</a>, when he announced that he would be holding a Joy masterclass, I found it interesting.<br />
It was not the usual 'How To Enlarge Your Territory 2017 conference', 'How To Be A Queen And Make Your Husband A King', 'Dear Young Wife'.<br />
Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I tire.<br />
Joy is a subject matter that is unfamiliar. Its hardly discussed, so I was inquisitive, what did Chude have to say?<br />
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The class was slated for 10am, we kicked off at 10:30, and I felt that was really impressive as Lagosians have a reputation for African time, they cannot actually believe it when you say you will start on time.<br />
Chude says send a message to your family members and tell them you will be busy for the next 6 hours.<br />
Me: Say what?<br />
One will think that after practising detachment from mobile phones at CU, I would be fine, but nope, I had withdrawal symptoms.<br />
Oyedepo just shook his head.<br />
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So after 6 hours of opening up, getting engaged, drinking in all that was said, these were the lessons I learnt.<br />
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<b>1. This life is too big for it to be just about you</b>: In other words, the world does not revolve around your bottom. Ifeoma, look at your life outside. I can be such a whiny baby, when things don't go as planned, always thinking,'why is my case always different?',<br />
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<b>2. Have an abundance mentality</b>: There is enough for everyone. Yes, it is a dog eat dog world but not everyone is a dog. Someones door does not have to close for your door to be open.<br />
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<b>3. Human beings are good</b>: This struck me because I can be a very cynical person, now that I can reflect, I wonder why. In my 24 years on earth, I have never been betrayed or any of those dramatic backstabbing encounters that people talk about, so I wonder where I got that attitude from.<br />
Cynicism is not wisdom, cynicism makes you lose hope in humanity. Most times we are suspicious of people because easier, because letting people in may be putting ourselves up for disappointment<br />
Human beings are good. Are there bad people, yes, but they are a minority with great media coverage.<br />
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<b>4. Why do we have to pepper them</b>? Why do we seek external validation?<br />
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<b>5. Practise a life of detachment</b>: Detachment makes pain bearable, it means when you mourn, you mourn with hope. We practised this by dropping our phones, which is actually child's play when I think of it.An attachment is anything we can't let go of. It's anything we have allowed to control us. It could come in form of a parent, a relationship, a friendship.<br />
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We must never treat an impermanent situation as a permanent one. Nothing is permanent no matter how we would love that reality.<br />
This hit home as Chude used me as an example.<br />
Chude: Nwawe, do you think your mother will still love you, if you wake up one day and decide that you love women?<br />
Me: *blank stare*<br />
Chude: You don't know, but you have to know that she can decide to turn her back on you, because your choices threatens everything she believes in. And you have to be okay with that. You can mourn her as it should be, but you should be able to move on<br />
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<b>6. Don't deny your sadness</b>: Embrace it. Yes, I know the Instagram posts say 'Choose happy', they lied. You will burn out if you ignore your sadness.<br />
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<b>7. You can live your life and love at the same thing</b>: This was my 'church agbasa' moment. For some reason, I was made to believe that you have to 'live your life' first before you find love. You can do both together, as love is set up to make your life better not take from it.<br />
My mind went back to the man I refused to date because I wanted to focus (<i>he pronounced egg as hegg, so it made that decision easier</i>) on my studies. All that focus and I still graduated with a 2:1.<br />
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Few weeks ago, my friend and I were talking and I broke down in overwhelming tears. I was tired of everything, my life was not where I wanted it to be. I didn't think I was goals. I thought what is this life if you are not really 'giving them'? So why are now here?<br />
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Then after the class, it hit me, I was so self absorbed that I had forgotten how to be grateful for my blessings. It had skipped my mind that I may not be living my dreams, but this reality was not awful and that doesn't mean there is no space for improvement. It means that while I am where I am, I can still build joy.<br />
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So thank you Chude, for giving of yourself, your time, your energy, your wealth of knowledge (I got drowned in depth, no jokes). Who talks for 6 hours? Thank you for not holding back. Thank you for listening. Thank you for saying, I don't know when you didn't.<br />
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Thank you to The Preneur Centre, Lekki for giving us your space so this class could happen.<br />
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Then my class participants, thank you for being so open, and for sharing your experiences. I hope you found that which you sought.<br />
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Remain woke in Joy!!<br />
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On today's winners and losers, I will be reminding you that Nigeria doesn't care for you, so lets all find every opportunity to live the Nigerian dream.<br />
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Just in case you are not aware, the Nigerian dream is to move to Canada and allow cold kill you, better to die in snow than without light.<br />
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That is why these 'I am a King in my country' people make me chuckle. What is this royalty you speak of? What is glorious about a 56 year old baby? Don't sell me that 'Nigeria has potential' dream.<br />
Not today, Satan.<br />
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Nigeria shocks you back to reality, you go to church on Sunday and your pastor makes you feel like the world revolves around your bumbum, he tells you how God thinks you are the best thing since red velvet. Service ends and you witness your first hit and run, then you are trying to reconcile what was said on the pulpit to what you just saw. It doesn't add up.<br />
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That's why Eric Arubayi's death pained me a lot. I didn't know that young man, but nobody can tell me that was God's plan. He died because of someones greed. In a sane society, someone would have been dragged to court. What am I even saying? In a sane society, this will not happen, because companies will rather do the right thing than pay compensation fees.<br />
But in this shit hole, someone bribed his way to bring in fake drugs and someone has died and because we are a people that leave things to God and forbid all bad omens, this will repeat itself.<br />
We know this story because its Eric, what about the people who have lost their lives and we don't know their stories because the spotlight is not on them?<br />
May the dead rest.<br />
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<b>1. Nigeria</b></div>
For constantly letting her citizens down. Because of Eric, because God had no hand in this. Because we do not realise the urgency of a system that works.<br />
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<b>2. Andrew Yakubu</b></div>
If you missed the story, I will summarise it. Andrew Yakubu stole money and built a house for it and put it in a fireproof safe and put it in an air conditioned room. Is that not madness? Its one thing to take our money and put in a Swiss bank but to build a house for it in the place you took the money from is quite bold. I used quite wrongly. That was very bold.<br />
That's quite audacious. Dude was too sure our crappy laws will not reach him.<br />
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Nothing annoys me like people who are obsessed with sex, relationships in a third world country. You don't have basic electricity, people are dying because of fake drugs, our education curriculum is a mess but a woman's vagina and sexuality is what you have chosen to get a headache for. Pray, tell, why have you decided to be vacuous.<br />
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Let me get to the gist, Reno drops his wisdom nuggets once a week and I think he should stop, This week's nugget got under the people's skin, he swore he was promoting chastity, but you see everyone was tired. We know how the conversation for chastity starts, the speaker swears he is talking to both men and women, but we know how it ends, women end up at the receiving end.<br />
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If you want to preach chastity, by all means take over the pulpit, but you will not objectify women and describe them as products with broken seals.<br />
Why are men so obsessed with women and their orifices? Why are their so many thought pieces on how women should live their lives? Please face the thing between your legs.<br />
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<b>4. James Ibori and his Deltans:</b></div>
It takes a level of madness to see the person who robbed you and still give them a standing ovation.<br />
It also takes a level of boldness to be caught in the act and you have the nerves to play word pun.<br />
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I was arrested for money laundering. I am not a thief- James Ibori, 2017<br />
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What I don't get are the people who support him and say at least, he built the road to his village, even if he stole.<br />
How do I say it? He had no business touching that money, I don't care that he gave everyone in your family scholarship to study Agric Economics.<br />
We need to stop justifying theft by public office holders, they have no business touching the state or country's money.<br />
For crying out loud, these people are paid way too much!!<br />
These people don't care for us, we need to stop making excuses for them.<br />
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<b>5. The Nigerian Police</b></div>
Audu Maikori was picked up for making 'inciting comments' on social media. He later claimed that the information he spread was false and he apologised.<br />
But I have questions, why is the Nigerian police so quick to pick up Audu but they have not been able to arrest these terrorists that claim to be herdsmen. Why?<br />
But you chattered plane ticket to carry Audu to Abuja from Lagos.<br />
Let me just leave this matter like salad.<br />
The good news is that he has been released, so thank God for the gift that is socil media.<br />
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Because some people still have sense and we must not allow the people mentioned above to block their shine<br />
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<b>1. Professor Yemi Osinbajo</b></div>
PYO is that temp who takes over the job for a while and becomes the superstar and HR is wondering why have we not made him a full time staff? As we are all aware the President has left the country because of health issues and PYO is just busy earning his pay, he got to time to die.<br />
He has visited more states that Oga has done in 2 years. I want to<br />
But now that I think of it, the bar has been set so low that an Acting President doing Ajala work is what we are hailing.<br />
But still, well done sir.<br />
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<b>2. Adele:</b></div>
Because its not every time that you win album of the year.<br />
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<b>3. Beyonce</b></div>
Because she is the real mama d mama, because she is nobody's mate.<br />
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<b>4. The people at #SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls</b></div>
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Beginning of the year, the price of sanitary pads went high and there was the argument of distributing sanitary pads for free as women don't have control over menstration as against distributing condoms for free.</div>
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As this discussion was happening, Nigerians exposed their ignorance. Do you know someone said since pad was too expensive, why don't we take tissues or clothing materials as an alternative?</div>
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I am not even making this up, that legit dropped out of someone's mouth and he was very bold about it. Nothing puts me off balance like audacity with a touch of ignorance.</div>
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It was for this reason that this initiative kicked off, alot of persons donated to the cause and during the week their representatives went to a school at Ijora to distribute the items and the were also sensitized.</div>
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I just felt that was amazing and such initiatives such be encouraged.<br />
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Okay guys, I will drop my pen in this basket of love (I promise you that line was not because of Valentine)</div>
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I decided to start a new column this year, where I do a
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This idea came on one of those days I planned to meet up
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That date did not happen because life happens, so I decided
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follow through with the protest, but I will celebrate little victories like
pushing for the protest. TuFace has some level of success, so I know he will be
fine whether or not he pushed for the protest. It takes a level of selflessness
to do this. That is why I will be addressing the idiots at the back in the
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Let me tell you about Gordons, his only claim to fame is
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So imagine my shock when he calls 2face an illiterate and
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It is one thing to say I am not protesting because I am not interested,
but to say I think the convener is stupid because he is not doing it the way
people before him have done it is just stupid. You see someone who is using his
platform to ask questions because things are not working and you are saying ‘Enter
studio and release another redemption song’. How many songs of freedom do we
really need, before we go to the streets? <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you will not put in work, don’t tell someone that is
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What I ultimately found disgusting was the apology after. I
don’t get it. How do I say this? You can’t be a clod this minute and the next
day you are Solomon the wise. No. sir. A leopard does not change its spots even
Bobriskyy’s cream will not fix that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>2. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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He should have left it there. When asked about the forex
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Is that someone that is normal? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The political class in Nigeria is very dismissive of the
Nigerian citizen. During the elections, you see them ready to roll on the
ground so you can step on them, they come enticing people with bags of rice and
low quality T-shirt. After the elections, you can’t even get them to select their,
ministers, they won’t even address you directly, and then when you complain
their media aides say you are still in election mode.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2019 is coming and I pray we make better decisions. I pray
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Well, some members of the military police, I am not ready
for the ‘not all’ brigade to sweep in and tell me,’ Oh, my uncle is in the military
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Have you seen the video of a handicapped man getting
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Can we talk about how members of the Armed Forces are
constantly harassing the citizens they have sworn to protect? This happens over
and over and nobody talks about it names, batch numbers, ranks are not
mentioned. The news refers to them as ‘Members of the military police’. I am
sure this case will die a natural death, it will end up being one of those
things. I really hope it does. I really hope that man finds justice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What is the price of a Nigerian life? Why are we so
inhumane? When did we lose our humanity? Why are we so quick to teach people
who have ‘erred’ a lesson? It’s like we forgot our empathy at home, and God
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I have noticed in recent times that when people decide to
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This upsets me because I don't think neologism came this far
for you to appropriate the wrong meaning to words. I think the word you are
looking for is rude, mannerless, ill-mannered, and disrespectful. I can go on and
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Chris Brown, SouljaBoy and Karrueche Tran.</div>
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Chris Brown is that ex-boyfriend that will come to your
wedding and raise his hands when the pastor says,' If you have anything against
this couple, raise your hands or forever hold your peace'.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He is that ex-boyfriend that will show up at your wedding
and tip the waiters so they can keep the win and small chops coming but will
still go out and describe your wedding as 'that wedding wey food no reach our
side'.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chris Brown is the SI unit for fuckboyism.</div>
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Ifeoma: Why did you leave Peter?</div>
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Chidinma: He had ChrisBrownny traits. He always looked fr reasons to insult his ex.</div>
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Case in point: Karrueche Tran. I never noticed she was
beautiful until he left her, her edges are laid, her coconut oil is working,
melanin popping, and style on fleek.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every time this lady takes one step forward, Chris Brown and
his audacity will show up and say she is what she is because of him, especially
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Chris Brown came to excrete on her IG page, because another man liked her picture.</div>
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But what upsets me is how people say,' OMG!! LMAOOOO!!! Chis
Breezy is so savage for that! He really came for her!! What?!! Karrueche needs
to go right now'.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am disgusted.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Case Study 2<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ugly Boy and The Girl that ran away through the bathroom
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Girl meets Guy on social media, she thinks he is a pretty
boy so she agrees to see the new Star wars movie, but is disappointed because
he is not actually pretty, he is real life image is the many pictures you take
that never make it to the gram so you click delete.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So because human respect is too mainstream, she leaves him
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Like she couldn't have lied, faked a heart attack? I don't
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Why didn't she wait for the end of the movie and give the ‘you
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Nobody deserves this type of truthfulness. No, honesty is
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Because I am the aunty that acts as a voice of reason, when
you are about to tow the path of folly, I am here to tell you that you are not
a savage you are disrespectful. Do better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am here to tell you that what you call pettiness is just
home training that they forced you to collect but you said no.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2016 has been one helluva year, it started colorless for me and it became bland and next thing I know I see colours everywhere.<br />
I know everyone has said one thing or the other about this year, but somehow God came through for me.<br />
The soundtrack to my life this year was Intentional by Travis Greene. I realized that everything happens for a purpose and God is intentional about the happenings of my life.<br />
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I have decided to share the lessons I learnt this year and I hope it causes you to reflect and appreciate the little things around you.<br />
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1. Open your mouth: On one of the days when penury became overwhelming, I spoke to my friend randomly, he had just moved in to Lagos, I said I needed a job as a home tutor in case he knew anyone. Few days later, a lady calls me and tells me she needs my service. Not only did my account balance upgrade, I found a friend. Good people, keep talking you never just know.<br />
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2. Put your money where your mouth is: I wrote <a href="https://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/03/my-soundcity-auditions.html" target="_blank">here</a> about how I have had the dream of becoming an On-Air-Personality, an opportunity for a radio masterclass came and it came with a fee so I decided to pay. I actually don't like spending money, it gives me headache that's probably why I am always engaging in giveaways. So paying for this was a big deal, but there comes a time in your life when you know that to prove you are passionate about something you will need to let go of some money.<br />
That was one of my best decisions of 2016. The masterclass came with a 4day internship opportunity and just last week, I spoke on air. I almost fainted, guys. I shared this testimony with every friend.<br />
Like that wasn't enough, I get to keep my weekend internship after my 4 days at 99.3FM.<br />
My point? As you journey through life, the things that you want may not come on a platter of gold, you may need to give something.<br />
My point? As you journey through life, the things that you want may not come on a platter of gold, you may need to give something.<br />
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3. We have angels disguised as human beings in our midst: This year <a href="https://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/05/my-asa-live-in-lagos-experience.html" target="_blank">Asa</a> decided to bless us with her talent, I couldn't afford it and I did what I know how to do best, tweet the randomest things.<br />
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Few weeks later, the most beautiful lady named Arit, steps into my dms offering to pay for my ticket. She even apologises for not getting me VIP. Who does that?<br />
Don't lose your faith in humanity yet.<br />
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4. Kindness is so underrated: This year I became woke as it relates to kindness and basic human respect.I feel like we don't treat people right enough, we claim to be nice but most times we show kindness to our squad, I feel like we can do better extend this kindness and respect too anyone as long as he or she is breathing. That's why I worry for us, and we are so concerned with raising smart kids, we forget to teach them the basics. Its in how we treat the people we think we are 'better' than, its in how we dehumanise the village (hosehelps, drivers, gatemen, cleaners etc) who make our lives easier.<br />
We act like they should be blamed for their present condition. Do better.<br />
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5. Get your Lean In tribe: I know the internet likes to scream about how you don't need nobody, how you are fabulous all by yourself. I have heard and I call BS on that. I think it's important that you find your tribe, your personal <i>otimkpus</i> that will go tell it on the mountain about how amazing you are, not because you can't shout but because you have shouted enough and you don't mind the extra voices. I am lucky to be friends with the people I am friends with, they truly are the best souls.<br />
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6. Family is everything: Everyone says this and for some reason I always wave it aside and say,'Well, that's how it should be'. But in the past one week I understood the truth in that statement. An opportunity to change jobs (a less paying one at that because I felt I could do so much more) and they supported me all the way.<br />
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My dad actually offered to pay the difference, he didn't have to do it to be honest, but offering to do it for me was proof that they have my back.<br />
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7. Volunteering is everything: My entire time in school, I had never heard of volunteering. I understood getting holiday jobs, but the concept of working for free and your reward being fulfilment, I didnt get it. Last year I heard Chude speak at an event and he mentioned something about volunteering and I ran with it. Its the best thing that happened to me. Did you know I got my current job by volunteering? If you have free time, you should consider it.<br />
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8. Send the elevator back down: I wrote about my <a href="https://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/12/my-experience-at-platform-young.html" target="_blank">YPB </a>experience and to be honest its really a story of people sending the elevator down. As you grow you will have people coming behind you, I hope you take out time to teach them the ropes.<br />
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So did 2016 show you pepper, did you use it to make peppersoup? Let me know.<br />
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Have a beautiful 2017!<br />
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me. It was such an underwhelming year for me, well maybe not really, maybe I am
exaggerating how bad the year was. Yes, Ifeoma you are exaggerating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So on Wednesday we set out to The Covenant Place, Iganmu for
registration. Everything was so wonderful, the attention to detail was
impeccable, and we had these fancy folders, notepads, and name tags. I was just
like et tu Nigeria? So this whole thing was organized by Nigerians for
Nigerians? What? <o:p></o:p></div>
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We had coaster buses come to pick us up, we were given
jollof rice and barbeque chicken (the popping kind, for someone who is a white
rice enthusiast, that jollof hit the right spot) and off we moved to
Christopher’s University, Mowe, Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fam, we were treated like royalty!!! I am not even
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At UniChris we met with the Vice Chancellor and just like every
Nigerian intellectual he had to give a speech, if not how will we know he is a
Prof?<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were divided into rooms and I had the best roommates, I
called us the #PepperDem Squad, we were constantly serving face and slaying if
I say so myself. But those girls were everything.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our general classes were always interactive, that is why the
lawyers in the building did not let us rest. Why can’t lawyers just stay in a
place without showing themselves? But I get them, if I had a law degree, I will
go round speaking spri spri too. So it’s all good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was in the Creative/Media stream, best guys to be honest.
They had a lot of energy. Until it was time for our project defense. You see
when you have too many creative people in one place, that’s trouble waiting to
happen. I have an engineering background so everything is just funny to watch.
But I have nothing but love for that group.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">There
is hope for Nigeria. See I am not ‘boboing’ you, I am not a very
optimistic person about Nigeria. I am actually unlearning my pessimism
towards Nigeria, so let me explain this newly found optimism. You know any
gathering with Nigerians is characterized with theft, fights and do you
know who I am? I stayed in a place for five days and everyone was just
jolly. We have good people in this country, don't give up.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<li class="MsoNormal"> Get
involved. I am guilty of this. I am unnecessarily self-righteous when it
comes to politics. My countenance is always,' Ah! These corrupt
politicians, bla bla bla'. That’s why I have not been able to get angry at
Buhari, that's probably why Hilary is not president because some people
felt,'Ooh, they are all bad guys'. Democracy is an imperfect system, and it’s
not designed to make everybody happy, but you will be happier knowing that
you performed your civic duties to the best of your ability.<o:p></o:p></li>
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is key. That was my take home from that meeting. Every speaker spoke about
the power of focus and it wasn't even planned. I learnt that a life
without focus will make you spread yourself thin as you can't give your
100% to different interests.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Unlearn
your nos. Bask in the euphoria that you are born in this interesting time.
nothing is actually impossible. We actually take our privileges for granted.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">At
each point of your life, it will be required of you to give back to the
ones coming after you. I hope you take it. I just want to thank all our
facilitators and the organizers of this event, they are the real super
heroes, and Superman can’t actually sit with them. Huge thanks to Pst.
Poju, Chika Nwobi, Ayokunnu Ojeniyi, Bayo Owolabi, Kunle Fadiora, Kunbi
Adesoye, Mayokun, Tayo, Akonam, Yemi, Abiola, Maurice Igugu and our volunteers.
Thank you for all you do and all you did. It’s my prayer that the good
Lord rewards you.</li>
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<li>Who started this no new friends foolishness? Yes to old friends, but yes to increasing your tribe of good people. Its okay to make new friends its not a frivolous act.You are not an isolated unit connect with people not because you may need them in future but because apart from being resources that are human first.<br /></li>
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you do in your lifetime leave this Lagos. May it not be written on your epitaph,' There lies a girl that lived her whole life in Lagos'. That will be the greatest tragedy. When I got to Oyingbo after the
bus dropped us at Iganmu, I realized that Lagos is mad, but you have to
let Lagos know that she is not the only one that can run mad. The air is
different here, I am not even joking. <o:p></o:p></li>
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realized how much I like people serving me. Wow. I want to talk about the
food we got served every day. Brethren, it was the meal fit for gods. Every
meal hit the right spots. It’s not everyday people slay meals for a large
number of people.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Guys, this is where I draw the curtain. I am ready for 2016
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-85670203521094523942016-11-11T16:14:00.001+01:002016-11-16T18:28:24.999+01:00I AM WITH HER<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">As I slept on the 8th of
November, 2016, I expected to wake up to a</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="background: white;">Hilary Clinton win. It was only right.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">I am a woman's woman. But I am not one of those
women that will support women just for the sake of women, there is something
patronizing about that. Hilary’s message was right and beyond that, she was way
too qualified.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">So imagine my frustration when I realized that
he won, I cried. I</span> <span style="background: white;">cried out of
frustration because to be honest, I needed that win too. I almost felt like
there was now winning for the woman. It felt like no matter how hard we tried,
the ‘it’s a man’s world message’ is still a popular one. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Look at the man who preached hate and
fear all through his campaign,</span> <span style="background: white;">serial
divorcee, misogynist, and bigot, tax evader I could go on and on. Then Hilary
had one sin and somehow it was unforgiveable.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">They tore at that woman, she couldn’t just win.
She is judged for her personal choices (something as flimsy as keeping her
maiden name) She is still judged for</span> <span style="background: white;">Bill's
affair. She is blamed for his cheating, maybe if she was a</span> <span style="background: white;">Stepford wife, he wouldn't have cheated. She is judged
for staying</span> <span style="background: white;">with a husband that cheated,
they say she is not strong enough. She was even judged for being too prepared.</span><br />
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to bend, appeal to society, and be likeable. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">You know how you ask people the 'What are you
bringing to the table'</span> <span style="background: white;">question? Hilary
is the fucking table and I hate that she had to try</span> <span style="background: white;">so hard to appeal to the larger populace.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">I am forced to ask when the woman will win.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lady said she didn't vote Hilary because the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="background: white;">job of the president was not a woman's job.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Another said women are hormonal, that she could
start a war, if she</span> <span style="background: white;">was having a mood
swing, like all wars in the past have not been caused</span> <span style="background: white;">by men.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">So you see my disgust when I hear people deny
how prevalent gender</span> <span style="background: white;">inequality is? It
exists. Damn it! It exists.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">So if you wonder why feminists are always angry it’s
because as a woman</span> <span style="background: white;">in most cases, that’s
enough for you to be disqualified, your</span> <span style="background: white;">qualifications
will never be enough, your values may never be enough, but as a man all
you have to do is show up, sometimes with no plan,</span> <span style="background: white;">but just show up.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">It gets more annoying because women don't even
understand our need for</span> <span style="background: white;">liberation.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">And by God, I am fucking tired. I am tired of
explaining to people</span> <span style="background: white;">that nobody is kind
to women, that she is placed on an annoyingly high</span> <span style="background: white;">pedestal and people can’t wait for her to fall.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">This was very important for me, It would have
been to beyond nice to</span> <span style="background: white;">see someone like
me representing power, especially someone who</span> <span style="background: white;">preaches values I believe in. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">But we move!!I am grateful to Senator Hilary
Rodham Clinton for</span> <span style="background: white;">placing a massive
crack on that glass ceiling, one of these days,</span> <span style="background: white;">sooner than we expect that ceiling will be broken. History will be</span>
<span style="background: white;">kind to you. You are a rock star!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was beyond gender bias, but I am also aware there were times when gender came
to play. Maybe if Trump was female he may have still won, but I am sticking with the facts I have on ground and not what ifs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Realizing</b>: that taking stock is making me a lazy blogger, but it gives me the opportunity to blog once a month.<br />
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<b>Taking</b>: a fast off social media and surprised at how terribly I did. I decided to get off social media because I felt it was too much of a distraction. I started by deleting Instagram and Twitter off my <a href="http://latestphones.com.ng/" target="_blank">phone</a> hoping that things would change. But I realized that social media or not, I am not a very good time manager.<br />
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<b>Happy</b>: with how far the feminist movement has come. Few years ago, rape jokes were lolled at, but these days the feminist police is watching day and night. I think social media has helped with this movement.<br />
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<b>Bookmarking</b>: this <a href="https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/10/must-read-chimamanda-adichies-new-piece-dear-ijeawele-or-a-feminist-manifesto-in-fifteen-suggestions/" target="_blank">post</a> by Chimamanda Adichie. I was legit screaming, as I read through it. I had conversations with my friends, we argued, we shouted, then we decided to agree to disagree.<br />
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<b>Excited</b>: about the return of some of the Chibok girls. That news brought so much joy in my heart. The day the Chibok girls were kidnapped, I was in my final year, that day was our elite set dinner. It was terribly organized, I had planned to go back to my hall and rant on twitter. I logged on and saw the news, my problems were not that big anymore. I could live with not getting jollof at an event, I don't think the parents could deal with their new reality.<br />
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<b>Fascinated</b>: by the Pentatonix crew. Have you heard their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ" target="_blank">Hallelujah</a> cover? I almost cried. Then their own original work, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjdfjrtf1Q" target="_blank">That's Christmas to me</a>, amazing!!<br />
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<b>Hoping</b>: Ms. Hilary wins the US elections on the 8th of November.<br />
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<b>Looking</b>: forward to Christmas and all the joy it brings.<br />
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<b>In Awe</b>: of Ellen DeGeneres. She really is the GOAT!<br />
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<b>Making</b>: plans to seen the genius Lupita Nyongo and David Oyelowo on Queen of Katwe.<br />
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<b>Expecting</b>: good news this month. Pray for me, guys!!<br />
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<b>Wondering</b>: where I can get brown powder with a budget of #2,000. My sister says I am joking. I am surprised. Is makeup now for the rich? I am stressed just thinking of it.<br />
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<b>Laughing</b>: out loud because of Falz. Have you heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGwpj-I_ypk" target="_blank">Regards to your Mumsi</a>. The way he says Waawu!!<br />
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<b>Drinking</b>: Wilson's Lemonade at the moment<br />
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<b>Wishing</b>: you all a blissful November. Flourish, good people!!<br />
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<b>Realizing</b>: how much of a commitment phobe I am. I know last month I said I was going to make taking stock a monthly routine, but for some reason this month I wasn't feeling up to it. I told myself that it was already late. So this is me making a conscious effort to be a better blogger.<br />
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<b>Excited</b>: about my new LA Girl pro concealer. This year, my new year resolution was to learn how to draw my eyebrows, since I wasn't gifted that from birth. I was using Milani concealer and lets just say we were not meant for each other and I couldn't let go because the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know.<br />
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<b>Loving</b>: the off shoulder trend. I think its the best thing in fashion this year. You can't even tell me otherwise. Yours truly even jumped on the trend, because why not?<br />
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<b>Upset</b>: because my sister's friend gt scammed by IG fraudsters that pose as retailers. Its more annoying because the scammer can't even spell. Like that wasn't enough the scammer apologised for scamming her. If that is not madness ,I don't know again.<br />
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<b>Wondering</b>: why I am always hungry, especially today. We have a new person in our office canteen and she served my food reckless, I was living lavi da loca on rice. I was in jollof rice heaven. Two hours later, I am hungry again and getting grumpy. Do I need to deworm? Now that I think of it, that lady's madam will not find her generousity funny.<br />
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<b>Excited</b>: about the turn my jewelry business is taking. I am so happy, I am gaining loyalty from customers, I won't trade it for anything. Gracias.<br />
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<b>Feeling</b>: like my life is all together because my edges are laid, my eyebrows now have good and bad days which is a good thing considering the fact that they had their worst days before. I am in a good place.<br />
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<b>Smiling</b>: at the random 2000 naira I saw in my wallet. If that is not rich people behavior, I don't know what that is. I am an upcoming rich person and I think I am getting good at it.<br />
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<b>Getting</b>: tired of the many events specially tailored for the 'woman'. I feel like I am getting choked, let me not lie. Its not that I don't want to be a successful women, but we know how these things go, they start by saying how you have to measure up to the woman in Proverbs 31, how to be humble, to be meek, cheerful at all times, these are good qualities by the way, but I don't know why people think its gender specific. Then they badger yoou about how you are the boss at home but you are a second class citizen at home. Please tell me I am not the only one who has had these thoughts?<br />
Maybe I feel like nobody is carrying the men along and the gap between the male and the female gender is getting too wide, so women are advancing and have to keep apologising.<br />
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<b>Grateful:</b> for eko market. That place is gold, you can't tell me nothing, just peep my Giuseppe Zanotti.<br />
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<b>Laughing</b>: at this <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankUgo_/status/780779083525423104" target="_blank">video</a> and this <a href="https://twitter.com/CGBPosts/status/772549925473181696" target="_blank">one</a>.<br />
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<b>In awe</b>: of Maraji's talent. Its amazing how the internet is helping to bridge gaps, it gives you your own platform. What a time to be alive!!<br />
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<b>Thinking</b>: of a skin care routine and wondering when the rashes on my face plan to go. Are they planing to stay until I have a car? How rude.<br />
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<b>Off:</b> to church for weekly service, you can watch live at www.thispresenthouse.org/watch-online<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">' If your bae is a broke azz. delete his number'</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">When I saw Bobriskyy was
gaining some form of recognition on Snapchat, I was happy for him. I told a
friend to tell a friend about The Bob. Once on twitter, I asked Arit why she
had not considered having him on The Crunch, she said her show had some
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">To be honest I felt an
interview with Bobriskyy will drive the LGBT conversation we have refused to
have as a nation. A conversation that had been cut short with the 14 year jail
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bashing Bobriskyy for denying his sexual orientation. Was he supposed to
announce on TV that he was gay? Why do we act like we are oblivious to the
country we live in? Was Bobriskyy supposed to be himself just so his 'fans' can
be happy? Please help me understand.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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questions were intrusive. You should have seen my shock when I saw
Bobriskyy's interview with Adesuwa Onyenokwe and Pulse TV. Adesuwa was just all over
him, what she was interested in doing was checking his nails, fondling his
boobs, placing her hands on his knees. To what end please? The disrespect.
Like that wasn't enough, the tacky interview with Pulse TV and he was been
questioned about his sexual experience with bae, they wanted to know if
sex was painful. The nerve! It’s one thing to ask about an adult's sexual
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I decided to take stock this month , till the rest of the year. I will be taking a leaf out of Sharon from thisisess.com's book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Reading</b>: There was a country by Chinua Achebe. Layo and I decided to start our book club last month and that was supposed to be our first book. Let's just say we failed even before we started, but we don't back down, so we will continue this month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Looking</b>: forward to my face beat this month with Funmi of @arewamakeoverz.</span></div>
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If you follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/miss_nwawe" target="_blank">twitter</a> (I don't know why you are not though), almost everyday I have something to say about my yellow <a href="https://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2015/12/danfo-chronicles.html" target="_blank">bus experience</a>,from the lovers sharing ube to LASTMA seizing the bus (how do you seize a whole bus though?) How can one person be that powerful?<br />
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I think I am done. I think the universe should reward me with a car. I know I sound entitled but please allow me.<br />
In this post I state my reasons and I explain them to the best of my ability.<br />
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1. Because I have paid my dues. By God, I have paid my dues. I have patronized all public transportation mediums, from molues to keke to okada to BRT to danfo you name it.<br />
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2. Because I am tired. Of angry danfo drivers. Of passengers. Of annoying LASTMA officials that seize buses. Of being scared of falling out of a keke.<br />
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3. Because I just want to complain about fuel scarcity. I like to have an opinion about everything, whenever this doesn't happen, I start to feel left behind. Its like the world is giving me the silent treatment and nothing pisses me of more than that.<br />
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4. Because I am tired of complaining about only tailors and hairdressers. I need to add Muniru the vulcanizer guy to that list of let me downs. </div>
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I want to talk about engine oil, overheating, how my ac dey chop fuel,how my mechanic is a scam etc.<br />
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5. Because I want to tell a misbehaving driver,' i get your type for house',just to piss him off because I can. Now that I think of it, i think I need to have a man fest before I can say that.<br />
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6. Because I want to rock shorts. I like shorts let me not lie. I like dresses that are above the knee. But Lagos people are one kain, you can wear shorts and one person without home training will say, 'why didn't you just wear pant?'<br />
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7. Because I hate rain: Rainy season is the worst and I hate the uncertainty that comes with especially since I moved to the Lekki Ajah axis. You can go out and it will just drizzle, by the time you get to your house, you will need the services of a speed boat. I kidn't.<br />
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8. I think that's the only reason why I don't know how to walk on heels. I hear strutting on heels is a necessary skill for greatness and the danfo life has been militating against my acquiring that skill. Am I supposed to be strutting on heels to Obalende and back? Pleas don't tell me to carry slippers in my bag, I don't want to hear.<br />
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So if you are part of the yellow bus tribe and in a hurry to bid the gang goodbye,what are your reasons?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-89302772502686106612016-07-04T13:39:00.000+01:002016-11-15T23:18:15.519+01:00STAY WOKE!We are in the age of political correctness.<br />
Everyone stays woke.<br />
You can't say anything without it being over analysed by strange persons.<br />
Its a good thing and a bad thing.<br />
It means people are not careless with their utterances.<br />
You can't afford to be a closet tribalist or homophobe or an overly religious person, you will be found out.<br />
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For me there is a particular grey area in this correctness and its in the area of religion.<br />
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1. On twitter someone shared a lady's testimony. Her son was born autistic, schools wouldn't accept him because they didn't have the facilities to cater for a special needs child. Just like the average Nigerian mom she ran from pillar to post, church to church and nothing happened. After a while, she got tired of praying for his healing and started started praying for the boy's death, for her it was easier to mourn a dead child than deal with the burden of taking care of a special needs child. Some how God did it, one day he opened his mouth and spoke and today he is 18.<br />
Its at this point that the church should say Amen right?<br />
But woke people said no.<br />
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They said she should have used that time to educate herself about autism.<br />
They may be right, but my point is the miracle happened right?<br />
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2. We have all been in church when someone comes to share a testimony of how he survived an accident and the other people in the vehicle died but God kept him.<br />
I have seen in recent times that those testimonies don't sit well with people online.<br />
They consider it insensitive. They say does that mean that God wasn't watching the other people?<br />
And I may see reason with them, that doesn't mean I agree with them.<br />
So if i get involved in an accident am I just supposed to be looking at God and ask Him questions like,'Why you no try save those people?'<br />
I don't know, this one is not adding up for me.<br />
To be honest I won't survive an accident and keep shut about it, I will go tell it on the mountains, over the hills,everywhere!! I could have been dead and I am not, I won't keep calm.<br />
Its sad that the other persons lost their lives, I can't explain why God would save a person and take another, but I don't think its my business. I am aware that life happens, I am aware that it could have been me, that's why I will loud it.<br />
When God delivers you from evil, you can choose to keep quiet, but don't censor my reaction.<br />
So tell me, are you team testimony or team gbenu e dake?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In my previous posts I shared about how my <a href="http://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/03/my-soundcity-auditions.html" target="_blank">auditions</a> went and how disappointing that day was for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well I took a first step in conquering my fears and gave my first speech at my Toastmasters club.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Toastmasters is a club set up for communication and leadership development.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My club meets twice a month at 5th Floor, Atlantic House, 234 Solomon Louis Close, Victoria Island, Lagos (just behind the Silverbird galleria).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are in the neighborhood, you can drop by or check the Toastmasters <a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/" target="_blank">website</a> for a club near you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So this is my first speech, its titled,' Things I have learnt in overcoming fear'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope its worth your time.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the short time I have known myself I have always wanted to be in front, out there giving my opinions (solicited or unsolicited) on several issues, so the career path for me was to be an On- Air- Personality.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know if its just me but I love conversation, I live for it, I am naturally endeared to people who </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">make magic when they speak, maybe </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">that's why I have attended Toastmasters for the past 4 months or more, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">just in awe of everyone who has put themselves out their unashamed of</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ridicule.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Thing is this behavior of cheering people doing things, who dare to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">show up regardless of whether they were good enough didn't start </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">today. In school I decided to join the public speaking class made</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">available on the EDS platform and all I did was cheer people on. I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">might have as well being paid for it.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Then overtime I got tired of the career I had built in cheer leading, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I realized that those persons who had the nerves to give a speech </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">weren't necessarily the best, so I kept saying if an opportunity came</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I would take it, but opportunities came and I never took it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Now that I think of it, there is a lesson to be learnt: Decisions are </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">made by people who show up, they are not necessarily pros but the most </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">skillful,talented or successful, but they get rewarded because they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">show up. No one ever gets rewarded for being a cheerleader or for</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">being a "booer".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I got tired of being the one who cheered on, it was unhealthy for me</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">because I spent time berating myself, it was getting to the point of</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">self hate.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Recently I went for an audition at Soundcity FM folks my body failed </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">me, I opened my mouth and nothing came out. I was so close to getting </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">a shot at my dream job and fear had reared its ugly head and held me </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">back.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It hit me, fear would be my greatest undoing, it would chew me and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">spit me out like a cow chewing the cud.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have come to realize that fear just like love, anger is an emotion </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and its a very valid one, it only becomes a challenge when it holds </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">you back from that which you want.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">I can be a shy person in unfamiliar territory but who isn't? Does that mean my dream of being an OAP is not valid? No!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">The Greek orator, Demosthenes stuttered and his life long dream was to be a notable speaker, he left fear aside, grew his potential and his persistence paid off.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;">He lived his dream and became the greatest orator of the ancient world.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I don't want to brag, but if I do say so myself, I like to believe I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">am gold, I think I am all that, but I am in my unrefined stage and no one likes unrefined, so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">that why I am here, to add beauty to this awesomeness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">*drops mic like Obama*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">*applause everywhere, next thing standing ovation, curtains fall*</span><br />
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So what do you guys think? I did well innit? You people can see that I can be deep too, not every time laugh sometimes drop nuggets of life.<br />
If you are fighting fear what steps have you taken to overcome it?<br />
Let me know in the comment section.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-42392763731714343802016-05-03T15:03:00.001+01:002016-11-15T23:18:15.453+01:00MY 'ASA LIVE IN LAGOS' EXPERIENCE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I fell in love with Asa in 2007 when Dan Foster was still at Cool FM.<br />
I dare you to hate Asa when Dan was on air. He won't even let you breath. The only time he didn't play her songs was during Sunday Praise jam.<br />
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I heard Fire on the mountain first then Bibanke and 360 made me fall in love with the person, Asa.<br />
Over the years Asa has dropped good music, with her you don't fear that she will go commercial. Asa has stayed true and remained commercial.<br />
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You should have seen how excited I was the minute I found out Asa was coming to Lagos, then how sad I was when I found out I couldn't afford it, then how elated I was when someone out of the blues offered to pay for me, it was the best birthday gift I could have gotten.<br />
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The day before the concert I had started learning all my lyrics, just to be sure I still remembered.<br />
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I feared that the event would not start on time,as all Lagos events are.<br />
So I asked her on IG and she promised that the show would start on time and gates will be locked by 8:30pm (She doesn't care if you bought ticket,you will not disrespect her by coming late)<br />
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Asa is an accurate timekeeper, she showed us that its possible the event started 7: 45 and by 8pm Isaac Geralds had finished his wonderful performance.<br />
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After we had Kaline and her choreographers/back up singers let's just say they enjoyed their performance themselves.<br />
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Then we had Falana perform My Favorite Things from The sound of Music and her own song 'Gbo ti e'. That babe is fire!!!<br />
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Afterwards Bez performed Zuciya Daya and Stupid song, he reminded us of why we loved him. See Bez has grown, was it not yesterday he was doing radio tour for his first single and Matse was asking him how often he washes his boxers?<br />
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Then Rachel Kerr ended the supporting parts session with 'All of you' and 'Hold my hand'.<br />
We took a 20 minutes break and Asa came to shut it down!!!<br />
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She perfomed songs off her Asha, Beautiful Imperfection and Bed of Stone albums.<br />
She took us down memory lane with Awe, Satan be Gone, Eyo, New Year, Situation, Bed of Stone, The Way I feel, Maybe, Society, The One that never comes,Dead again ( I was actually stabbing when singing along to this song),Preacher Mn, Fire on the mountain, Bibanke, Halo and 360 was performed with Cobhams, So beautiful, Bimpe, Jailer, Bamidele and she rounded up with Why can't we.<br />
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Asa performed for 2 hours, you should have seen her, she knew her stiff, she even plays a trumpet, she is so carefree in her dancing. She engaged us all.She gave her all on that stage.<br />
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I got weak just in awe. It was a spiritual experience for me, no jokes. I sang, I clapped, lifted my hands.<br />
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I was happy that I wasn't the only one who felt this way about Asa, I loved sharing this experience with the good people of Lagos. You should have seen us singing Fire on the Mountain with joy chanting like onward Asa soldiers then she sang Bibanke and we all lost it.<br />
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Saying the Asa Live in Lagos concert was good is an understatement, that's like giving her no credit.<br />
I left that show and couldn't pick up the rest of my life the next day, I am not even exaggerating.<br />
Asa schooled concert promoters and events planners, she taught them that keeping to time is actually not old fashioned. She schooled musicians, she made them know that 15-20 minutes-dj-play-track-one life gotta end.<br />
Asa defies all odds and teaches that good music is here to stay.<br />
She teaches that staying true to yourself is not mainstream, it has always been the better alternative.<br />
Asa is what gods are made of. Asa is a god! Asa is not Amadioha's mate, they are not on the same level. Asa is legendary!<br />
Asa will be timeless!<br />
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Don't forget to leave a comment. They make me happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-46348581084311907922016-05-03T10:27:00.002+01:002016-11-15T23:18:15.466+01:00TAKING STOCK: APRIL RECAP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You remember I started this thing of having goals for the month last month, If you missed it check <a href="http://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/04/happy-april.html" target="_blank">here</a>?<br />
So I have come to give myself a review, then I decide if I get a pat on the back or nothing.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d1216; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px;">“Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.” ~ Andy Andrews</span></blockquote>
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<a name='more'></a>So these are the things I planned to do in April:<br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Masturdating: I actually did this, I went for Asa's concert alone so yay,me!! I don't know how to explain it, masturdating is good but I don't know if its something I will keep practicing, nothing beats hanging out with your crew at times.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Learn to drive:I didn't start my driving lessons for some reason there was always a good enough to postpone it.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Give my first speech: I gave my first speech!!! I also got a standing ovation!! What?!! I was extremely happy with myself, my club members were impressed by my speech, my evaluator said I inspired her. So because I want to go round sharing inspiration, I will share my Icebreaker speech in my next post.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Kick off my business; I kicked off my jewelry business, Its so exciting for me, sales has been good. I am working on something so that I get to sell online. I should do a giveaway one of these days. So if you need affordable jewelry, you know who to come to, right?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Read: I read two books this month. Yes, I know I could have done better.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Make use of the recipes I collect: I failed woefully at this one. I even forgot that I made such a goal.</li>
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April is my favorite month, well its my birthday month so its only right.<br />
But beyond that, April is the beginning of second quarter of the year, so you get to re-evaluate your life again.<br />
So what did you plan to do at the beginning of this year and have not, you might want to go back to your drawing board and re-strategize.<br />
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So these are my goals for the month and I will explain why its so important for me.<br />
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<li>Masturdating: I am getting old, way too old and I just realized I don't have memories. I hardly go out, even with people, so I want to start this thing where I take myself out, a stroll to the boli lady close to TPH, see movies alone. I don't know, anything!</li>
<li>Learn to drive: My only experience of driving is the race car and bike I drove at DreamWorld Africana. Everyone says I have to learn how to drive now, so I don't drive in old age. Well, old age is upon me but drive I will.</li>
<li>Give my first speech: I joined toastmasters beginning of the year to help with my love-hate relationship with public speaking that I spoke about <a href="https://ifeomanwawe.blogspot.com.ng/2016/03/my-soundcity-auditions.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I have started working on that speech and I will be giving it on the third Saturday of April. If you struggle with public speaking or you just want to improve, look for a toastmasters club around you and join, plus there are really cool people to connect with in those meetings.</li>
<li>Kick off my business; I want to start my jewelry business, since I love jewelry so much, its not out of line if I sell right? Plus there is the need to have different streams of income,. I am really excited about that project.</li>
<li>Read: I have been feeling overwhelmed and mentally lazy this year, so this is me making a conscious effort to increase my knowledge base and treat my mind right.</li>
<li>Make use of the recipes I collect: I went to visit my parents during the holiday and my dad said I looked skinny, I don't know who to believe because Dumebi came from nowhere and said I was fat, but I choose to believe my dad because,positive vibes. If I love food so much at least I should like to prepare it right? I want to invite my friends to my house and they won't be bring their own food because of the fear I won't cook for them.So the goal this month is to try and fall in love with cooking and make use of the recipes I constantly collect, there should be something interesting about fire, spices and vegetables.If it doesn't work out,at least, you all know I tried.</li>
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So there you go, that's my goal for April, whats yours?<br />
Have a beautiful weekend ahead!<br />
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Don't forget to leave a comment. They make me happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-53775448226495331572016-03-24T18:50:00.002+01:002017-02-10T16:16:20.364+01:00MY SOUNDCITY AUDITIONS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJ7qVS666ehF8IKVRvjd2luaUdRj9qz6HvwjV1X-5RgsjP8QqSsXJQJNynDBw2sGx7N4hEdaSj-3ON4VvXY-PloK9cwqQsFPpEJR-UvId9HD0C_EKgdv8TLwHPUypEedkPVgQ5Zp4YfA/s1600/IMG_20160320_090920%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJ7qVS666ehF8IKVRvjd2luaUdRj9qz6HvwjV1X-5RgsjP8QqSsXJQJNynDBw2sGx7N4hEdaSj-3ON4VvXY-PloK9cwqQsFPpEJR-UvId9HD0C_EKgdv8TLwHPUypEedkPVgQ5Zp4YfA/s200/IMG_20160320_090920%255B1%255D.jpg" width="150" /></a>You know how you see those funny project fame videos and you tag all your friends and you all choke on your howls and you ask what was he/she thinking?<br />
See gbabge,that thing can happen to anybody.<br />
Nobody is immune<br />
It happened to me this Tuesday.<br />
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For the past 4-5 years the dream was to be an OAP, I didn't know how, I didn't know if it was going to be a forever thing.I just knew that I wanted it to be stated in my life's timeline that I played music and connected with the beautiful people of Lagos using radio as my platform.<br />
So last week Friday, Banke tags me in an IG post. It happens that Soundcity is starting a new radio station and they will be needing the services of aspiring OAPs.<br />
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I wanted to unlook, pretend like I didn't see it. But I know myself I will constantly blame myself after I didn't attend the auditions.<br />
See I have been disappointed in time past and that is me putting it lightly<br />
For someone who loves radio like I do, I find it ironic that when its time to put my best feet forward, I just freeze.<br />
So I go for the auditions on Saturday and I hear its been moved to Tuesday.<br />
So on Tuesday, I show up with an orange cowl neck top, a pleated print gathered skirt and a freaking brooch! I looked like freaking Audrey Hepburn.<br />
How do I explain this? Lagos aspiring OAPs hardly wear normal clothes, its either ripped jeans, fancy Bruno Mars hats, dashikis, hipster clothing, anything to make you look like a rebel. A brooch is the final touch of up tightness, I was dressed for church!<br />
I am just there thinking these people will see through me and realize I am an opinionated grumpy elder trapped in a young lady's body. I don't think that's who they are looking for.<br />
I didn't tell any of my friends about the auditions. I am learning this thing of being my number one cheerleader.<br />
I give myself the pep talk,'You can do it','Do it Afraid!,'Its your year of Yes!','You are lion, go and roar','You are God's first offspring, so you are a god, go and flourish'.<br />
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But I am not a strong woman, so I fall like a pack of whot cards. I panic and I call Layo.<br />
It happened that the script that I am to read out has a disclaimer saying that the auditions will be filmed. You can understand why I panicked right?<br />
Now its my turn to go in and charm the pants off the judges. I introduce myself and he says, 'Ifeoma, I can't hear you'.<br />
What!! I am the loudest person I know, how is it that the one time I need my body t work a certain way, it fails me.<br />
I am disappointed! At this point I can't look at myself anymore.<br />
Its my turn to read my script and all I said was,'Hello Lagos! Thank you for choosing SoundCity 98.5FM' and he says,'Next!'<br />
I can swear that he gave the other persons an extra 10 seconds.<br />
Next thing I hear is thank you for coming.<br />
I move to the video section to tell Nigeria why I should be Lagos' new voice.<br />
Fam!!I flopped. It just occurred to me that my hair may have been scruffy while I was talking. Like if you are going to mess up I should have looked good while doing it, innit? I said whatever I had to say and I ended my speech with 'Thank you!' I may have even done the kneeling down gesture.<br />
Thank you? Really? What are you? 6? Is it a Christmas grotto? Was I making a request to my mummy and daddy?<br />
After the shoot, it hits me my parents came all the way from Delta state to make a better life for themselves and I pay them back by going on National TV to be cut short while reading my script and I do so without any indication of fleekness?<br />
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What an underwhelming experience.<br />
Sigh.<br />
So I am writing this epistle, so you all know before time.<br />
In case you see any video on Instagram that is out to make a mockery of me, please don't be useless, don't tag your friends, don't use that crying and laughing smiley, just let the video die a natural death<br />
I don't think I am asking for too much.<br />
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Don't forget to leave a comment. They make me happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863019280916680600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232625918925401377.post-6670200800540977552016-03-16T18:06:00.000+01:002017-02-10T16:32:10.062+01:00MY SIN IS COOLER THAN YOURSFor an overly religious nation, Nigeria constantly disappoints.<br />
Its not the religiosity that irks me alone, its the audacity the arrogance attached to it.<br />
Anyone will do anything inhumane because doesn't like it.<br />
Like He sent them to bring sanity to an insane world.<br />
I saw the picture of a man who was killed because he was caught having sex con-sensually with another man (his partners property was burnt). No,he wasn't raping me.<br />
Did I hear you say but the Bible says this and that about homosexuals?<br />
Did that same Bible not say,'Do not kill', 'Love your neighbors as Christ loves the church' or you developed amnesia?<br />
I know what the Bible says about homosexuality. I also know that killing is a sin and a crime. I also know that jungle justice is against the law of the land.<br />
How dare you, declare someone unfit to live because you don't agree with his way of life.<br />
You can't go about inflicting pain, ending lives of people because God 'hates' it. Did He beg you? What are you? Class monitor for people living in sin? Special assistant on issues relating to homosexual matters.<br />
This great affinity we have taken for the 'my sin is cooler than yours' game is disgusting.<br />
If I take a poll of the persons who were involved in that mob violence, I am too sure we had rapists, serial cheaters, armed robbers, liars, fornicators, drug users, child molesters, bullies,etc among them. But because righteous indignation they believe they are better than a gay man.<br />
I am tired of people who are quick to quote the Bible when it 'favors' their argument ( Do you know that a senator used the Bible as his point of reference, when the #GEObill was passed, when you see that man give him a knock).<br />
Nations are not built on religious inclinations, the reason why a law should be passed shouldn't be because the Bible says in so, so, so ( I see I have digressed).<br />
Beyond God, its a bridge on human rights and dignity.<br />
How is it that your politicians fuck you up every time and you turn a blind eye, how is that a child is raped and I can't get this type of anger, but man and man say they want to 'know' themselves and you send him to meet his maker?<br />
Tueh!<br />
Do you realize that 300,000 children die from malaria annually or that 13 million persons suffer from malnutrition and hunger? And you choose to focus on two people that are not hurting anybody.<br />
Our priorities are misplaced, we keep focusing on the wrong things and it will be the death of us.<br />
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