UNILAG toilets, oh no this can't be true

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When you are in situation that you're pressed to use the restroom nothing in the world makes any sense to you until you do needful.

“The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish.”  - Thomas Lynch. Now I understand why he said these words.

The usual examination tension or the anxiety of not sure of what questions will come out might be the reason of my being pressed which lead to my visit to the rest room at that just concluded post graduate's entrance examination or it's just nature call in the prestigious University of Lagos.

I do everything within my human capacities to avoid visiting public toilet especially in naija, but how do one explain it when your whole body is total tensed because you've not written any qualifying exams in years.

The class in which this university is place amongst its peers in Nigeria will give anybody the confidence that this public institution will be different from any other in the system, but alas I was dead wrong.

Rest rooms are suppose to be a place to find convenience and freshening up if need be. 

Public toilets in this part of the world are places you don't go except you are ready to visit a gynecologist after using them, the ladies are worse with littered tissues papers, sanitary towels and blood stains which are used to mess it up and it makes you want throw up.

The Unilag toilets especially the one closed to New Hall was well structured from outside, seeing this gave me a relief that it will be different from the normal toilets one is used to, but getting in was a total eyesore.

Reading For this holy month of Ramadan.

Al-Quran for the month of August.

To all my family members, friends and associates that are Muslims I wish you all the very best in this holy month of "Ramadan" and may Allah accept all our prayers and reward us greatly in this world and the hereafter.

In the spirit of the sacred month I've decided to read the holy book Al-Quran Kareem. If you are not a Muslim you might not understand the bond of Muslims reading the Quran at this great moment.

Quran was revealed to Mohammed(saw) in the month of Ramadan. I'm sure you propably do not know about this!  It is the month of Ramadan that the Qur'an was revealed as a guidance for mankind, clear proofs giving guidance, and the Criterion (for distinguishing right and wrong). So whoever of you witnesses this month, let him fast it.” [2:185]

Now I'm sure you know why my attachment with the book I call by many names but my favourite of them are "the constitution and guide of life" is huge.

Reading of Quran is done by most Muslims, it is done quietly and with the best of rhythms and tones. Some people finish reading the whole Quran in few days while some finished it once within the one month of Ramadan. I but I hope I can do it twice considering my busy schedule insha Allah.

But sometime I wonder, do people reflect on what they read? or are they just reading for reading sake? These questions keep bothering me because of the level of violence going on in norther region of Nigeria, the level of corruption at all government levels and our individual lives, the unfriendly manners with which we disrespect our fellow human beings in the name of class, religion and our wealth . But this topic will be for another day insha Allah.

My reason and passion for reading the Quran is that it covers all areas of life like social values and etiquette, marital, economy, health, politics and many more areas of life you can think of.

Some of the areas which keep me on my toes of being good to all I come across in life whether black or white, be it Muslims, Christians, Pagans, Hindus or Jews, short or tall, male or female, young or old are texts which Allah has used to call us to order as believers of faith to treat all men equally.

Respect for Human Life

"Do not kill yourselves, for verily Allah has been to you most merciful" -Quran 4:29

" Take no life which Allah has made sacred" -Quran 6:51

Human Dignity

"Now indeed, we have conferred dignity on all the children of Adam, and borne them over land and sea, and provided for them sustenance out of the good things of life, and favoured them far above most our creation" -Quran 17:70 

Freedom of  Choice and Religion

"There is no compulsion in religion, truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore whoever rejects Satan (and what he calls to) and believes in Allah, he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handhold, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing and Knowing" -Quran 2:256

Cleanliness

"Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves" -(2:222)

Equity of All

"O men! Behold, We have created you all of a male and a female, and have made you into nations and tribes,

Justice to Orphans

"You shall hand over to the orphans their rightful properties. Do not substitute the bad for the good, and do not consume their properties by combining them with yours. This would be a gross injustice" -4:2

Women's Inheritance Rights

"The men get a share of what the parents and the relatives leave behind. The women too shall get a share of what the parents and relatives leave behind. Whether it is a small or a large inheritance, (the women must get) a definite share" - 4-7

Murder, Suicide, and Illicit Gains Prohibited 

"O you who believe, do not consume each others' properties illicitly— only mutually acceptable transactions are permitted. You shall not kill yourselves. GOD is Merciful towards you" -4:29

Law of Human Existence

You shall worship GOD alone—do not associate anything with Him. You shall regard the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, the related neighbor, the unrelated neighbor, the close associate, the traveling alien, and your servants. GOD does not like the arrogant showoffs.

If one can't reading the Arabic quran, just go for the transliterated, translated or the audio version of it. Enjoy the best of quranic reading this glorious month.

I ask myself if we do these and many others stated law in the Quran, are we going to ever have wars, hunger, injustice and corruption. Allah know best.

As I go back to the reading of my Quran, I encourage you to read it with or without Ramadan.

Ramadan Mubarak!

Ideal Muslimah

My second book for this month is titled “The Ideal Muslimah”

“Ideal according to Webster dictionary is defined as a mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc, Muslimah in Arabic is Muslim Woman”. From this I know that the title will be more meaningful to my non-Muslim readers.

The book is authored by Dr. Muhammad Ali-al-Hashimi, it was originally written in Arabic and was later translated to English by Nasirudin al-Khattab.

It’s a 534 pages book with 10 thought striking chapters. The book is written in simple English that can be easily understood by any class of literates, it has Arabic worlds used in some part but the good thing is that the meanings were later given at the end of the book’s chapters.

      The following topics were treated in it:      

1.      The Muslim woman and her Lord

2.      The Muslim woman and her own self

3.      The Muslim woman and her parents

4.      The Muslim woman and her husband

5.      The Muslim woman and her children

6.      The Muslim woman and her sons and daughter-in-laws

7.      The Muslim woman and her relatives

8.      The Muslim woman and neighbours

9.      The Muslim woman and her friends and sisters in Islam

10.  The Muslim woman and her community or society

What more areas of our lives were not touched in here? Honestly I can’t think of any for now.

 For any serious Muslim wife and bride to be, this is a kind of bye law that you must get to support your knowledge of the Quran and Hadith of the prophet in your journey to womanhood.

Not until I read Ideal Muslimah that I realized what Islam stands for and the role of women in this contemporary age. Just read these, I ‘m sure you will be amazed at the level of civilization in the religion we all think is backward in modern times…….

Her body

Moderation in food and drink, “eat and drink: but waste not the excess, for Allah loves not the waster.”  -page 128

She takes care of her mouth, teeth and her hair.

The intelligent Muslim woman takes care of her mouth, for no one should ever have to smell an unpleasant odour coming out of it. She checks her teeth and visits the dentist at least once a year. –page 133 

Narrated by Abu Hurayah that Allah messenger said “whoever has hair, let him look after it properly.” -Page 135

She exercise regularly

“The Muslim woman does not forget to maintain her physical fitness and energy by following healthy practice recommended by Islam.” –page 129

Good appearance

She presents herself a pleasant appearance to her husband, children, muhram relatives and other Muslim women and people feel comfortable with her. She does not put them off with an ugly and untidy appearance.

Who has forbidden the beautiful (gift) of Allah, which He has produced for His servants, and the things, cleans and pure, (which He has provided for sustenance?,,,,, (Quran 7: 32)

She never stops reading and studying

The Muslim woman does not let her household duties and the burdens of motherhood prevent her from reading widely, because she understands that reading is the source which will supply her mind with nourishment and knowledge which it needs in order to flourish and grow.” -Page 153

She sits wherever she finds room in a gathering

A refined Muslim woman does not force her way through the group of women who are sitting, or push them aside in order to force them to make a space for her. This is in accordance with the teaching of the prophet (SAW) which he taught his companions to adopt when they joined his gathering.

Jabir ibn Samurah said, “When we came to the prophet, we would sit wherever we found room –page 406.

The volume might want to discourage you especially those who are not ardent readers but trust me I’m sure after the first few pages you’ll not want to drop it until the last page.  Guess what? It might be a survival guide for people like me, it can also be giving as gift for any Muslim bride or family you love.

Every woman should have this in her library.  if  you don’t have one, please start building it because you will be amaze at the level you will get within a year.

I’m sure some people might be asking if I’m bias about my reading or if I only read Islamic books, but wait a minute I read all sort of books ranging from biography, autobiography, parenting, gardening, cooking, management and etiquette building, I mean any book that caught my imagination and fascination. 

To my other folks from other religion I will read Christian marital books soon just stay glue and constantly check on my reviews on the page. A la prochaine!

You are simply not alone

Love Loneliness Syndrome (LLS), you are simply not alone on this.

You are not just alone in this worry of loneliness, everybody around you are asking you when will you marry? Each year when you celebrate your birthday, 70 percent of the prayers and wishes you get are based on “by this time next year you will be celebrated and it shall be in your husband house”.

Everyday passes without a sign of a beau anywhere round the corner and are you begin to search your mind if you have done anything wrong to anybody or your ancestors are against you or maybe you’re not just destined to find love. You mother will also let you realize is not good for a lady to be to choosy, every time people see you in friends’ wedding aso ebi they will pray for you that "laipe laijina ti e naa de" -sooner than expected yours shall be the next”.

My gal you are not alone in this because thousand of young women around the globe are in this club of sans beaus especially in Nigeria where marriage is seen as a pride and societal insurance for women, many young women of marriageable age are also going through heartbreaks, loneliness and no man to call their sweetheart or babies. You must learn to enjoy your spinsterhood while it last without losing your values and your integrity.

My sister, I will simply suggest that you look beyond your loneliness and brace up so that you prepare yourself to be a better wife material that any man who deserves a queen will die to have you because you can be generational changer that will inspire if not everyone at least your child(ren) unborn, what all my grammar is simply telling you is that add consideration amount of value to your person.

You think why is she sounding like a counselor or a motivator, maybe I should let you know that I was also jilted close to marriage in a relationship of five years, I had my own fair share of lonely moments which after some months I had to figure out what I needed to do to in order to hold my head up in bracing up to the challenges. So I faced the monster called Love Loneliness Syndrome (LLS).

It was a journey that I lived with for more than 4years, when I looked back to that path I keep asking myself how and how do I coped without landing in a psycho home. Whoever tells you that is a smooth race on a smooth path is probably not telling you an honest truth.

At this moment, self pity will naturally sets in and it's energy sapping that no human being needs because being rejected by people you loved are not 100 percent your fault, every being human deserves to be happy on earth I guess that’s what God destined for His creatures especially people who have lost loved ones through death or rejection.

You need to take a break and stop blaming yourself for this rough journey you are threading, take a holistic look and come up with a strategy which will makes you not hold on to your past to destroy your bright future. Look at you past critical so that it can help leapfrog you to your desired future.

 Below are some of the techniques which have helped to redefine and reshape personae for my desire new future, it maybe good and helpful if your try some of these techniques. All of them might not work for you but be rest assured that at least one or two of these will, all you need to do is to tailor it to your situation.

1.       Get a job because if you’re out of job you are like a prisoner confined to a four wall of a room with no control of her own life and destiny.

2.       Further your education, it is generally accepted that education is a sunlight and ray of hope to a dark vision.

3.       Travel because if you enjoy seeing nature at its best just like me, you will see how nature can charm you and bring you back from your lost hope. Also travelling make you see the other side of life and you will probably thank God for the gift of life which alone is worth more than any love that can be given by any human being. 

4.       Follow an intensive physical improvement plan, do exercise and release the tension. Believe it or not your tension level has risen beyond imagination and you need to release them so that you do not go down beyond your crashed level now.

5.       Read more and keep yourself better informed, knowledge is power and it keeps your at an advantage vintage position that add class to your panache.

6.       Seek psychological counseling if need be it might in your church, synagogue, monastery  and mosque or from professional psychologist because they are most like more experienced than you are and with bank of knowledge you most likely cannot go wrong if yield to their valuable advice. 

7.       Make new friends from both sexes, true friends are worth more than diamond or platinum. They are very valuable, trust me no money can buy them because they will always be there for you.

8.       Rediscover your talents, those thing you’ve always loved to do or thing that you wished when you have the time that you will do. This is the time to channel your energy back into them so that you can become a better person and much better at them.

9.       Become a volunteer, there is happiness when you help other especially does who do not have. When you give unconditional love to people who cannot afford to pay you back in cash or kind, it gives the givers piece of mind which is what you currently need. 

10.   Remember the house of worship of your choice, the word of God is ever soothing and they are balm you need to help you heal your broken heart. 

11.   Love as if you’re never being hurt, one day it will surely pay off but be firm so as not to exchange love for your body because it can be very tricky and when you loss at both end it can suicidal most time.

12.   Love God unconditional because He is the only one that can give you agape love, just leave your life for God you can never underestimate the soothing and healing power of God.

13.   My beloved gal, create you own happiness because you deserve to be happy. Any man that doesn’t merit you to have you as a queen does not deserve to make you cry.

 

With much love from this end, my gal your man and prince charming is around the corner just be very vigilant, take things easy and be calm. I can only say I can’t wait to have your wedding invitation, congratulations in advance!

Special tribute to Ambassador of Peace

This month I've decided to read two books. I'm doing this to honour a man I've seen for over two decades on Nigerian television without any scandal (I guess our today's stars must learn a lesson from this great man). Ambassador Chief Segun Olushola, mni,OFR, was a man of many parts, he was a teacher, an actor, a director,  an ambassador and a humanitarian. He meant different things to so many people.

For my parents' contemporaries who watched him emerge as an actor, director and producer of class, they have a lot to say about his artistic panache and the roles he played in the rested popular soap opera The Village Headmaster aired n NTA in the 80’s. For me and some of my contemporaries, we can confidently say that he was an advocate of African refugees.

                                                        He was the founder of African Refugees Foundation- AREF.

The book titled “Segun Olushola The Real Village Headmaster” was given to me by the author -Mr Akin Iroko who I worked with briefly, he was a consultant on a DFID program of which my organization was a benefactor. Ambassador Olusegun on the other hand was the honourary president of my organization. Mr. Iroko gladly gave me a complimentary copy of the book for my library.

The book has 10 chapters and 131pages. It touched on the following areas, his early beginning, his career, the zenith of his life, his ambassadorial sojourn to Ethiopia, his achievements as a diplomat, his philanthropic service to African Refugees which led to the establishment of AREF.

The book also touched on his family life, his marriage to Elsie Olusola (Sisi Clara) the screen goddess of The Village Headmaster, their children, her death, his remarriage to his first girlfriend after the demise of Elsie and his adopted children. The history of television in Nigeria’s post-independent era was also not left out.

 There were so many memorable areas that I love in the book, but I will share two of those parts I cherished.

 On page 106, he said, “A culture of peace must begin with a deliberate educational project that would inculcate the primary values of democracy at the grassroots. This is a confirmation of a level of ignorance at the grassroots which only education can cure.”

 Chief Olushola delivering a public lecture on Akin Iroko’s fiftieth birthday on the subject of coping with culture, communication and change said:

“In order to confront the problems of the year 2000 – Nigerians must construct a culture of social, culture science and material technology based on the tradition of the past…..

 The BBC is not iron or steel-

  It is people and ideas
  It is doing so very well for Britain
  It cannot do as well for Nigeria
  It is capable of harming Nigeria
  The English Language is not neutral-
  It possesses an inherent bias against the Nigerian people
  It is a burden which must be tolerated, not accepted
  Wherever goes the wig and gown-
  There goes the coat and tie
  -and the only way is out.
  For none of these are simply functional –
  And all of them are symbols-
  Communication and culture reminders of
  Nigeria’s painful past.
  In the tradition of one of Nigeria’s illustrious ancestors, they are boycottable and should be     boycotted….
  So Nigeria is not an island.
  It is as well that Nigeria is not a refuse dump.

 If the youth and youthful must dance disco, let them create the music from the traditions of Bata-koto, Atilogwu and ata dabai, and other varieties of musical idioms.

Coping with culture, communication and change without creativity is being a passenger.”

 As I finished typing this speech, I couldn’t but wonder how big Ambassador’s creativity repertoire was.

 Mrs. Ibidun Allison (Amebo of The village Headmaster) just gave me my answer, when she described Chief Segun Olushola in this book as “reliable and talented in every field”.

On this note, I join many of his numerous fans across the world to say that he will be truly missed and the thought of finding another Olusola brought William Shakesphere to my mind “ All the world is a stage and all men are merely players…”

 For sure I know, I will read this book all over again.

Ajanaka, Ambassador of PEACE

I am a Yoruba girl and proud of my people, culture and Language. we are general known for our powerful use of words. Ajanaku in yoruba is known as an Elephant, according to a popular adage in my tribe that says "Ajanaku kooja mo ri kan firi taba rerin kala rerin’’ -The passing by of an elephant(Ajanaku) is beyond something not to be noticed, if you see an elephant simply acknowledge it's an  elephant.

I asked myself how do you qualify this great man who he is a man you can't just but notice especially in the areas of lives he touched.

From acting, to producing, to peace mission and refugees advocacy.

Ambassador Chief Segun Olusola, was committed to mother earth recently. As I remember this great man, I know he had left an artistic legacy that no one can fill in Nigeria.

In a tribute to Chief Olushola by Steve James of Dance Guild of Nigeria (GOND), he said "As an actor, he played so many roles on this physical stage called world. As a father, he fathered all that came across him. As a driver, he drove many peoples' dreams and visions to fruition. As a sculptor, he carved so many destines from designations to destinations. As a playwright, he wrote numerous names and curriculum vitae of many artistes in gold. Finally, as a dancer, he danced gracefully with kings, for kings and like a king".

We'll miss the man that carried his irukere gracefully.

Erin wo......... ......The elephant succumbs
Ajanaku sun bi oke..... and slumbers like a mountain

Ambassador of peace rest in peace!

Awin

Strange but many of its eaters do not know is English name........

Shelled Tamarind

Many people love this sweet fruit but the irony is that many of its eaters like me do not know is English name.

I have asked many people what the English name is and many people have also asked me, but our answers remain the same at all time "funny enough you know I don't the English name".

Trust me, now I have a brief history about our favorite fruit "Awin".

Un-shelled Tamarind

 Dialium indum, the velvet tamarind, is a tall,tropical fruit bearing tree. It is found to grow in dense savannah forests, shadowy canyons and gallery forests and it can be found in countries like senegal, Nigeria and Ghana.

Velvet tamarind  s knowin as Yoyi, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Nigeria where it is known as Awin in Yoruba, Icheku in Igbo and Tsamiyar kurm in Hausa.

The flavor of the fruit is similar to tamarind, where it derives its English name. So now that you know the name, when next you're asked just go ahead, feel cool and say "Tamarind"

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Tamarind Tree

Pay and Park

Ikeja Mall, Shoprite

After my evening class, my friends and I decided to get into shoprite to get something to fill our stomachs before calling it a day. Driving into the Ikeja shopping mall(Shoprite), we found that their were no car park security personnel at sight to control vehicular movement within the premise.

You know what?  it is not that they are on strike but i heard they were removed from post because shop owners protested that they will lose customers if shoprite charges for parking slots.

But shoprite is not the only place in Lagos where customers are charged for parking without much consideration to their plight.

General Hospital Ikeja 

General Hospital Ikeja, Lagos, also charges three hundred naira per entrance before you can park your vehicle.

 How does it feel to come and check patients and you have to pay to get your parking slot.

Whistle Blowers!

Nigerian customers must learn to voice out when faced with bad service.....just my thoughts. 

Service delivery is not totally new in Nigeria, but the concept of customer is king and adhering to the statement is a big issue which most service providers in Nigeria have not come to terms with.

From telecommunication to banking, aviation, eateries and transportation, business owners treat employees and customers like they are bothering them or they are doing them favours. Prompt service delivery is not given adequate attention, customer representative agents of companies are not properly trained to attend to the needs of their customers and where they are trained, they do no just bother to put their knowledge in practice.

In hotels, airports and eateries, customers are left with no option than to use untidy toilets and attended to by frown faces attendants whose smiling faces are probably left at home.  Sometime menus are served stale and most time a customer might be shouted-down by the company representative. When services are totally unacceptable, bold and outspoken customers who point this out will ordinary not get sorry because the word sorry is like a golden egg which is worth more than a million. 

The irony of this is that consumer protection agencies which are to protect aggrieved customers are not doing enough, the customer is also not too keen to press further on any charges because our court processes are too slow and tiring even for those who are ready to press further.

The tragedy of two weeks ago brought this up and the question keep striking my mind is that who will be the whistleblower for reporting bad services and ethical dilemma. Reading from different quarters and different customers who had boarded the plane before the unfortunate crash stated that landing was a major problem for the plane in question. 

The governor of Akwa Ibom state Goodwill Akpabio also added his voice to the issue because he flew the same plane from Lagos to Akwa Ibom three weeks earlier and he also experienced the same problem.

If all we’ve heard is true which we can’t confirm now until the result of the findings of the black box is out, this has shown clearly that bad service and cutting corners in businesses does not pay anybody (customers and business owners alike) because a stitch in time saves nine.

How long do we continue to rant and rave about a system when we do not learn to blow the whistle when we are confronted with a system that has failed to deliver on its promises, should we blame a system which refuses to give us value for our money or we should blame employees who choose to keep mute for the fear of losing their jobs, the system that has not made adequate provision to protect whistleblowers or should we blame customers for not boycotting companies that treat them like slaves when they are the kings that uphold the existence of such business ventures.

All these answers can only be answered by the time we have a compressive report of what happened with the Dana plane that crashed in Iju-Ishaga and killed almost 200 people and destroyed over 1billion naira worth of properties.

One Long week, Too many tears

Life is most times full of irony but one major lesson I've learnt  this past few days is to sincerely show absolute love to people that matter most in my life.

Sunday June 3, 2012 started like any other Sundays, no light to enjoy my weekend to the fullest, all I had was my old friend (I mean my mum), she is fun to be with but will sometimes not allow you enjoy your quite sleep because of the song from her transistor radio.

If she is not gisting with you, she will gladly be relaying events as they unfold on her radio to you, sometimes I enjoy it and most time I just want to be left alone to enjoy my quite moment on my maracana stadium (my bed) which is usually my comfort zone.

After my lunch and prayer, I decided to just quietly retire to my zone when I heard her knock on my door, reluctantly I asked her in and as usually she said with a sad face that it was just reported that a plane crashed in Lagos with 50 people on board, I’m quite sure the shock did not give her the courage to listen well to the exact number.

Within 20 minutes of this shocking news which has put me into a jumble, calls started coming from everywhere and from everyone I know asking with concern to know my where about, I also sent out call to my colleagues to also find out where they were. After 45 minutes we had comprehensive news from radio Lagos given the figures at 183 people on board.

In my state of confusion I wondered, how will one explain calamity of this magnitude on a nation, families and friends just in a day. I do not have any direct relations with people on board but I’m quite sure I will have a friends/friends or friends’ friend who will probably have a family member, friends or colleagues.

As a nation we have witnessed so many of this crashes in the past without appropriate investigation from the authority saddled with such responsibility, oh my God how do you console a family who lost 6 people in a day in to this unfortunate incident – this is just too much too bear.

Not only this crash, on Thursday Ibadan expressway also witnessed a major accident where it was reported that more than hundreds of people lost their life and vehicles. No thanks to petrol tankers whose trucks gutted fire, also that weekend Boko Haram struck and killed over 20 people. Why do we deliberately shed blood and kill beautiful and innocent people that we can’t create? Will God be ever happy with us?

 As I write this I remember Dr. Livi Ajunoma and his rested program on Nigeria Television Authority “Livi Ajonuma Live on NTA” his charming aura on his program then is what I can’t forget in an hurry, the picture of the air hostesses I saw made my heart bleeds. Are this wonderful people all gone? 

What more can I say than to say NCAA and federal government should do all within their power to get to the root of this so that Nigerians will see flying as the safety option of transportation, the familyiesof the all people on DANA air on that unfaithfully Sunday get adequate compensation without delay and the Iju-Ishaga residents who life’s and properties were affected should also get adequate attention and compensation.

To all the little angels, adorable grannies, beautiful brothers and sisters and to Vivian the bride to be but never was, I say may God grant you all eternal rest and peace. Amen!

My journey to blogging!

Writing is a passion  I am about developing, because I'm surrounded by professional and freelance journalists. I think am beginning to somehow think like them, every picture or event is seen as a tool for good story that could make any editor want to use such  for their killer leadlines or for keep as they say "story for dry days- when town go dry", when they will be digging and snuffing for anything to write about so as to keep to the deadline of the mad room.

But I can not just go on blabbing about my going into this profession which I now see as a passion hopefully will turn it into a profession someday without raising my hat for my friends and my ogas’ "my bosses" my Neighbour “Ogbuife” I am sure he knows himself, Olabimpe and Mr. Oji- the big one, who have in one way or the other inspired me to unscrew this talent in me "did I just say talent" OMG am beginning to sound like one of these guys.

Never mind I will try my best to come up with things that are of great interest to me, ranging from love, education, entertainment, religion, food, tourism and travels, inspirational gist, politics but I beg of you never tell the politicians in my country because "I no want wahala o" I don't know if I am qualified to talk about politics but I will try as much as possible to just talk about the icing of it if not the cake itself. Friends, I hope you will enjoy my company.

Agriculture will also be examined as it affects my nation, its negligence, I adore the colour of nature every time, because it brings absolute peace to my soul, the green revolution is also big around the world now. Someday I hope to be a farmer if they will allow me to acquire the quantity of land that will cater for my kind of farming without throwing the land use act at my face, I am sure they would have amended this before my sojourn into the agricultural sector.  I hope this won’t be one of my wishful thinking!

Before I will let you go, I am sure this won't be complete if I don't talk about the headache of falling in love on this medium occasionally, my girlfriends will love the lashing we will be given out to the guys out there. My guys please don’t be angry with me am sure without such gists it is never going to be complete.

Hopefully, we will rock this together, Bienvenue a tous!

Note: your comments are highly welcome.