WHY YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THE ONIONS IN YOUR LIFE

Today is one of those days.I'm not talking about countdown to New Year. (I secretly have a beef for those who make us do that countdown. Please it's my beef not yours)Today, when I got back from getting fuel, something hit 🎯 me. Life is in layers. Some would say phases...

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GRA WHAT? GRATITUDE!!!

This year has been all shades of great.What makes great to be great? It the highs and lows, the strengths and weakness, the failings and the winnings, the storms and the sun.  One of the things I learned via experience is gratitude. Don't get me wrong, I've...

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WOULD YOU JUST ASK?

Segun stepped out of his bedroom. It was almost 11 am. He wasn't one to wake up so late but his trip from Ibadan to Jos wore him out. He was still tired and sleepy but he didn't want his cousin's family to think he was a lazy sloth which was his grandmother's way of referring...

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WHO DO YOU HAVE, WHO HAS YOU?

I think somethings should crossover to the age to come.One of such is a movie, yes, Lord of the rings is it's name (argue with your keypad). 😂😆Right now, I'm watching The Return of the King.I'll be drawing my point from two scenes: Faramair and the other men were...

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THIS THING CALLED UBUNTU

I see, I saw!I'm an Ubuntu person. For example, it takes a community to groom a child not just dad and mum.I'm beginning to grasp the power of community. It can make you.Or mar you.When you're in community, you can be sure that someone will always be there for you....

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DO YOUR PART NOW

"He's dead!!!"That's all I heard.I was shocked😲... actually mortified."Who?" "Nepa" said my mum.Silence"Bolanle, are you there?""Ye...yes" I stuttered"Wo da gbo uhun mo fo bei"  she asked if I heard what she said in Ondo dialect."Mr. Aiyegbokiki abi""Yes" she...

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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

I shot myself.It's day 3 of September and I've shot myself twice.This life ehn!!! No wonder Yoruba people say afi suru meaning let's be patient.So to what happened...Someone offended me twice in two days. For each time I was going to point out this fact to the...

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DO YOUR DO

My ears hurt...Or should I say ache.The reason? There's a church beside my house.It's not their Ahuja speaker that's my problem this time. It's the people on the mic 🎤.You see, they have few members but I'll be magnanimous enough to place them around 30 people. I...

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YOU GO WOUND

I've learned something.Scratch that...I've relearned something.Or rather somethings. 1. We are all small. We occupy a small part in this world.Actually, it isn't small; it's minute.Let me repeat: you occupy a minute part among all things that exist.So drop your shoulders...

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MY INTENTIONAL MILLION LITTLE MIRACLES

As usual, I begin my posts without a title. After considering it like the sway of a pendulum clock, it's drops into my mind. For some reason I couldn't pull this off. I'm determined to go ahead with this write up anyway. I've been privileged to experience...

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CHANGE YOUR PARADE FROM THE BLUES

One day I woke up feeling blue.I mean really blue, as deep and as strong as royal blue 🔵 is (I'm sure royal blue will forgive me use of her because, I love this rich color). Anyway, I had different thoughts visit me from different ages. I'm not talking of nice...

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LIFE IS A BEESH

You know what they say about life?It's a b*tch. Life na beesh I swear, see my finger on my tongue, and on the floor and now I'm pointing it towards the sky. (That was how to swear in the 90's) There's this funny lady I watch, her name is kie_kie.She's a wonderful...

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God no go shame us 2

I've had a long day. You see, my fam and I spent a better part of the month getting a place.  It's not beans o, I mean getting the right place (which includes the right atmosphere and every other right thing) can be taxing.However, as difficult as it is...

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WHATCHU SAY?

There are movies I love. I can watch them again and again and again. I love Lord of the Rings. I'm a die-hard fan.Don't be surprised if I'm watching it on my dying bed.So the battle of Helm's Deep is over. Gandalf, Aragorn, Theoden, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, Pippin and...

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IS IGNORANCE BLISS?

Today, I went for a traditional wedding and it was fun. (I specially enjoyed watching the groom who was dancing in slo-mo. I wished I could record it) I was chatting with a few friends afterwards and they told me of the spiritual atmosphere at a wedding they attended...

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THE GREATEST SCAM IN LIFE

I went to the clinic today now I'm a bona fide oju igo as we yab or make fun of people in Yoruba. (It's just a playful way people call those who use glasses).So this man who was attending to me asked me about what I do. I told him I'm a writer and he asked if it pays bills....

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GOD NO GO SHAME US

There's this funny guy I watch on social media. I don't know what I like the most about him: his silliness, his wittiness or the f*ck s*it he says at the end. I honestly don't know.However, I was watching him a few minutes ago and I realized that the whole world should be saying...

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ENJOY YOUR POISON

Everyone loves a good life. Biko, if you find someone that doesn't, let me know.However, this life no balance as there are many sides to life. Some get to enjoy the good sides, some enjoy a few fair sides and there are some people who are stuck with the down sides.Those with...

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THE FORETELLING

  Joanna walked briskly as she tried to get a cab to take her home before she left for Tina’s house for the night. Tina was her classmate who was helping her with statistics, a course she was taking this semester. The course was as tough as a badger’s skin but Tina...

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Lessons I learned in 2020: Emotionalism, a faster killer than heart attack

Social media can sometimes be mad o (as we say here in Naija). Someone posts a story and bam everyone is captured so the story trends because people react emotionally to the post.Here are good examples of what I mean1. There was skit I watched from Mr. freaky freaky. A lady...

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