DADDY SORRY EHN!PELE.....

Hello happy people!Now I’m so sorry it took me a long while to update my blog which I would have last week but I was as busy as the way that leads to hell plus I badly bruised my leg over the weekend and its just healing.I initially wanted to blog about my business ideas and my fraustration about the nigerian enviroment(I’m an entrepreneur,remember?) but I just finished reading a biography on Frederick Douglas(FD) and I’m moved by a wave of compassion to blog about the sorrow,tears and blood of the black slaves under their white masters.FD,born in 1818,was a slave who taught himself to read and write afterwhich he cames across many books(including the bible,works of cato,ceasar,Washington e.t.c) that made him understand that:-

1) all men are equal and God loves everyone(the whites made them believe they were a superior race)

2) slavery is not good(though there were laws in some states in the US especially in the south that legalised slavery)

3) there are some free states especially in the north e.g New York(slavery was illegal there,FD was even shocked some whites did not like slavery there and they conducted enough anti-slavery campaigns)

With this little piece of insightful information he ran away from his master(after another failed attempt which he was miraculously speared) to NY where he joined anti-slavery campaigners and from there there was no stopping him.He made friends all over America and Europe(though he was still legally a slave!)campaigned for Abraham Lincoln(cos he was also against slavery) After abe got elected,he pressured him to pass a bill into law that would legally free all slaves I America—which abe did!

Are you in the UK and you think you are suffering because you keep 3jobs?(aba!y now,u won kill urself?) you need to see what our fathers went thorugh!The book was really illuminating on the subject of slavery.According to their laws(constitutional law ooo!can u imagine!)blacks were not seen as humans but as properties.Hence,if a slve master possessed a “property” he could do ANYTHING he liked to “it”—including rape,murder e.t.c

Do you know many bastards(which were rejected) were born to this slavemasters thorugh rape but the black female could not find justice anywhere just because the law said she belonged to him

Do you know if any slave ever got rebellious or he is feeling like one superman he wants to fight for freedom he would be sent to a “slave breaker” that specialises in torture--their own kind of mosaic(Israeli SSS)

Do you know the masters allowed their slave to do enough “xtra-curricular” activities like singing,fishing,drinking to stupor e.t.c but if any dared learn to read let alone write he was flogged 39horsewhips and sold to the south where he would surely die due to HARDLABOUR in the cotton and sugar plantation!This was recurrent throughout the book,they didn’t want blacks to read,they believed if the blacks could read they would know the truth and eventually rebel.So I’m thinking to myself “Is education really that important?”

Our fathers were subjected to a lot of inhumane degradation and labour but I really cant say all that’s why yahoo boys and 419ers would tell you they are collecting back the wages for their fathers labour!Anywais 2wrongs don’t make a right sha!

APRIL FOOL!

April fools day started in 16th century in france and began to spread like wildfire because of the joblessness of people like you(LOL).I'd like you to fill me in on the craziest april fool you ever experienced but in the meantime listen to mine.The place was panes house dormitory,King's college around 3am.Everyone was asleep except some 6 lousy boys who had april "foolish" intentions.4boys positioned themselves at the 4corners of the dormitory whiile one stood in the middle of the dorm and the last stood at the door.They all had cigarette lighters and insecticides then they switched off all the lights.They "put their lighters up",aligned it infront of the insecticides and pressed the insecticides.The product of the "chemical reaction" was a flame!Simultaenously and continously they shouted at the top of their voices "fire!fire!"
Omo,who won die,see stampeding.All I could remember was waking up,hearing everyone shouting and running,I couldn't even see anything except the flames cos my eyes were not yet cleared.We even ran into the flame cos the dude at the door of the dorm directed the flame at us as we try to run out of the dorm!It was crazy.Kai!Next thing we just heard some lousy dudes laughing out loud and saying "april fool!april fool!"
Anywais,april fool day could also have bad consequences cos attimes you deliver a message to someone and maybe the person finds it shocking or hard to believes,the dude just takes it as april fool.Lemme give ya an example,I know this yahoo boi that had perfected his scam--advance fee fraud.He promised $12,000(salary) to chess teachers who were willing to pay him $1,100 for work permit in nigeria but the bad thing is that he sent the emails to his potential maga's unknowingly on april 1.We the maga's saw the mail,they ALL did not take the mail seriously(they didn't even know it was a scam) and replied him "APRIL FOOL" and this yahoo boi had spent almost $1000 setting up the scam(you know it costs money to setup some of the scams) Another one was a snake that escaped from it boxs in a google office in NY.An alert was sent out but they all thought it was april fool!ThankGod no one got hurt!

EASTER MONDAY---JESUS WALKS!

Yes Jesus is alive!HE died on easter Friday and resurrected on easter Sunday.KANYE WEST said “we could rap about anything except Jesus,that means guns,sex,lies,video tapes but if I talk bout God my record won’t get played!”.He was trying to say we give attention to anything except God and Jesus so I need your attention on this post.

Some peeps say there is no life after death,I want you to know man is a tripartite being—man is actually a spirit(not this body we carry around) with a soul(our mind) contained in a body(our passport to operate on earth).When our heart stops pumping blood and our body dies(our passport here on earth expires) therefore the real us(our spirit) leaves earth and has to live somewhere—that’s where life after death comes in!

So even after the physical death we still continue to live!Whether it’ll be in heaven or hell would be judged by our actions and lifestyle on earth.The heart of this post is to make us conscious of the fact we are REALLY spirits!When we realise this the next question is “do I takecare of the real me?”We wake up,have our bath(clean our body),eat(feed our body)wear clothes(cover our body)go to work to earn money(to sustain our body)have sex(give pleasures to our body)e.t.c….

Everything we do with our time here on earth is to sustain our body which is not the real us while neglecting our spirit(the real us)We are investing most in the wrong thing!The bible says “man shall not live by bread alone but by everyword that proceeds out of the mouth of God(the word of God)” This means it’s ONLY the word of God that can make our spirit live,without him our spirit is dead! And we would wind up in hell!How often do u read your bible everyday?How well do u obey God?Do you flee fornication and wordliness?Jesus is the word of God and its only through him we can live.How well do you know Jesus?……..CAN U BOAST JESUS KNOWS YOU AS A FRIEND?Don't ignore these questions,you maybe joking with hell!Jesus wants to hear from you,just talk to him…..EVERYDAY!

KAI!....I HAVE SUFFERED!

You wouldnt believe what happened to me.....ok,feb9 was my x's birthday,feb10 was my girlfriend's birthday,feb14 was vals and as if that wasnt enoughfeb25 was my baby's birthday(his name is tommy,he is my fav lil cousin)I bought'em all gifts.My account was the beast of burden,rightnow its on red alert!I'm so broke.....as i dey now I dey humble,I just dey go jejely.I met a girl lastweek monday,we chatted,exchanged numbers n as we were bout2depart she said "ah seun,my birthday is on saturday" I interrupted "funny enough,my birthday is a day b4 yours what are you getting me?".......mchweeee.....nonsense,Amadioha fire you!God punish you!.....u don see maga abi?......lol......
I'm so broke i havent paid for my monthly internet subscription,i had to browse yesterday at a cyber cafe on my way home from school.I had a thousand naira left on me,I bought a ticket for an hour for 150naira and I collected my balance of 850naira or so I thought!As I strolled home after browsing I branched a road side kiosk to purchase a 750naira recharge card.I collected the card,loaded the credit on my phone,dipped my hand in my back pocket to pay but it was empty so I checked my wallet,alas! there was no money!(this is the part in 9ja movies where they play a soundtrack.....gen gen!.....)
I said to myself "seun,you have torn your shirt"(its a slang of mine meaning seun you have fucked up!) The woman saw my countenance and knew I had no money,she just quietly stood up,bentdown,picked up a stick on the road,sat down and began to caress the stick!(its was a sinister move that told me "I'll break your head if you tell me any story".......KAI! I suffered,I really dont know how to finish the story but I believe you have an idea............

MIKEL OBI-ASA?

Do we remember the controversy that surrounded the signing of Nigeria’s soccer prodigy John Mikel Obi?Mikel was initially signed to Man.utd before Chelsea finally bought him for a whopping 16million pounds.There was a dispute to who actually owned him,he had 2 different jerseys for 2 different clubs,for a couple of months Mikel was missing-he was not in the country neither was he at his norwegian club,there was an unsettled dust in the minds of nigerians!The same way I feel right now has I hold in my hands 2 different recently released albums of Asa,with literarily the same songs on both but released under 2 different record labels-kevin lucciano’s questionmark records and Iyke da don entertainment.
Asa’s former record label is questionmark but word on the street is Streetmonks,D’accord,Asa e.t.c have a feud with Kevin because his management did not fulfill some parts of their contract so they all left questionmark and created their own management to promote their works.When Asa was asked on hiptv what ensured between her and questionmark,“Asa the pacifist” said her contract with questionmark has lapsed(I knew she was lying…lol)Anyways I believe the album themed Asa released under Iyke da don entertainment is her authorized album while questionmark’s was illegally released by Kevin to sabotage the sales of Asa and probably to make money out of it(that’s my opinion ooo or what do you think?)
I know D’banj is original,creative,high on adrelalin,stylish,sexy and probably your favorite Nigerian artiste but I must say Asa is my favorite.Finally we have a contemporary Nigerian artiste who is leaving the cocoon of hip hop and RnB into a foray of another genre of music!Finally we have someone so natural,whose lyrics are edifying and thought provoking(most artiste want to look gangster and are making tracks about parties,shaking booties and money,aren’t they tired?) Asa whose real name is Bukola Elemide and producer is Cobhams Asuquo(my roommate in King’s College) is deep,spiritual and richly talented….gushh I love her guitar!She plays what I call local rock and her 11 tracker album is the next best thing after Craig David’s born to do it(I’m yet to skip a track while listening to her album)Word on the street is her album is making impressive sales,at the store where I bought her album they had just 2 copies left whereas Psquare’s gameover was still about 16 in number left on the shelf.I just hope the profits reflects in her account somehow!

ME,MYSELF AND I

Ladies and gentlemen,welcome to my first of a seasonal series of blogs which will mirror my adolescence and the rest of my youth(maybe by the time I’m 60 I would have lost all tangible trace of youth and vigour,so till then….enjoy my blog).Allow me to introduce me.I’m all that you read about in that lil description box you see on the left with the picture of Denzel Washington on top!(you wish) But before I became “the prince” I was a “frog a damsel had to kiss”,so let me introduce you to the naïve,gawky,wobble,inferiority complexed Mr nobody I was!
Inherently I possess a deep and emotional soul,liberal and versatile views and interest ranging from arts and culture to science and technology,ice man age to the age of the 5th generation computers,an inspiring ambitious(emphasis on the ambitious) innovative introvert(emphasis also on the introvert) yet I crave self expression,a fabulous social status(what a paradox!) and I love adventures.I once trekked for a tiring 3HOURS 30MINUTES from my school King’s College Annex on the Island through Carter and Eko bridge to my crib in Surulere not because I didn’t have a driver to come pick me up in school but because I hungered to do something “different” and crazily sick.Talking about adventures,I robbed a top Nigerian bank(name withheld) without a gun,as a matter of fact without any weapon or accomplice whatsoever!I know it sounds too good to be true,mo de mope e kola-I know u don’t have tribal marks(a Yoruba slang for not being gullible)but I did do it twice!TWICE!(you need to know all the evil ingenuity,caution and perfection it entailed but its a story for another day)I’m not proud of the “feat” but that was a moment in my life when I had lost all sense of dignity and pride,”lived on the fast lane” and I just wanted to display my creativity and feed my “Christopher Columbus” spirit on conquests albeit the conduit was erroneous and perilous and I deeply regret ever doing that(I have resolved in my heart to return the same amount of money I stole from the bank one way or the other when I have that kind of money-I know you think I’m nuts!)
Despite all my inherent capabilities and adrelanin rushing through me I had difficulty expressing myself –With all my ambition to hold the 1st position in my class I never was amongst the first 40students(out of 100) throughout secondary school,with all the vivacious spirit in me seeking an outlet through adventure I never had the guts to ask a girl out!I was a KC boy who never had a QC chic.GUshhh!can u imagine!(my head needs to be washed by a prophet) I was dead shy,lacked social and human relation skills,suffered grossly from low self esteem,KAI!My psyche was battered by inferiority complex,I walked with my head down and followed the crowd.Don’t let me bore you with my pathetic past,its just I believed so much in me yet “me” was not anything to be proud of.I reflect on my adolescence and there’s nothing to brag of except I never ever engaged in examination malpractice and I was a member of one of the socialite cliques in my set who always stood up for me(Nnamdi,Abebe,Bogus,Tobi,Obeef,Madam peggy you guys rock!)asides that,nothing crazy kool,vivacious,grand or achievement of enviable standards.
But the only reason I like my past(which I think surpasses every reason I shouldn’t ) is by the time I “arrive” I would have proven like Abraham Lincoln that one’s ugly and feeble past has little or no hold on one’s success.My story will again establish the golden words “champions are made not born.”I would have proven to myself that man can reinvent himself.The simple command written on the temple of Apollo in Delphi ,Greece-“Know thyself” has been my watchword.for the past 3years I have engaged in transformation and a journey of self discovery which has been fun,fulfilling,insightful and adventurous.I would like to water your appetite and quicken your curiosity by not telling you what I have reinvented myself into but has you continually read my blogs an image of the new me would permeate your beautiful minds.Once again ladies and gentlemen you are welcome to my world,hope you enjoyed your read.