tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78971770802746719782024-03-05T14:17:53.300-08:00CrackerJackGot mind-blowing creativity? Here's your window!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-504175988477394532015-01-25T12:46:00.001-08:002015-01-25T12:49:24.007-08:00Radisson Blu Lagos Temporarily Shuts down for Renovation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a bid to continue its unrivaled world class services to its customers and retain its standards, 5-star, water-front Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, has temporarily suspended operations to conduct extensive renovation of its facilities.</div>
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According to an official statement by Anchorage Leisures Limited, owners of the hotel, the extensive renovation of its facilities will “cover areas such as power generation, cooling system as well as other critical equipment”. “The magnitude of the renovation work has however necessitated shutting down of business operations for the duration of the renovation”, the statement further stated.</div>
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The Management of Anchorage Leisures Limited has also noted that even though the renovation activities have led to disengagement of staff given the required duration for the renovation, it will abide by all contractual terms by ensuring payment of all that is due to the staff. They further explained that unfortunately, the magnitude of this renovation work has compelled a total shut down of business activities.</div>
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The Management of Anchorage Leisures has however assured its numerous guests in Nigeria and across the world that Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, will re-open with increased focus on delivery of superior quality service. </div>
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Anchorage Leisures Limited was founded to promote hospitality, tourism and culture through active participation and strategic partnerships with global leaders in hospitality industry. Anchorage Leisures is the owner of the 170-room, 5-star Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.</div>
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excitement over this look-book! It is every bit creative, ingenious, retro,
stylish and above all vintage!</span></div>
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the 10th! SOV CEO Chinedu Obiano describes the brand as "creative, a
treasure trove and the perfect destination for all true vintage lovers, and
others with an eye for timeless, eccentric, one-of-a-kind stylish pieces."</span></div>
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theme of burnt orange and a vintage monochrome layout, the Look-book features a
timeless collection of sophisticated vintage blouses and jackets, exclusive
cocktail vintage dresses, stylish retro dresses, colorful; eccentric vintage
blazers and bold retro prints. Check SOV out on <a href="http://www.soulorangevintage.blogspot.com./">www.soulorangevintage.blogspot.com.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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look-book has been named by its style and personality. The best part is that
all these amazing pieces and a lot more are up for grabs. Pure, undiluted
creativity! Want to reach SOV?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figures of speech, choice of language, grammatical structure and
plot; yum! A reader’s delight! It is no longer the synopsis of Ayodele
Arowosegbe’s Crimson Clouds is whetting my appetite already. </span></div>
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the same lonely road on a dark night, an unlikely relationship is birthed. Sparks
fly and the strong emotions created are nurtured into an intense, but fragile
romance. But can this delicate love survive the tempest it is destined to be
thrown into?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crimson Clouds is a rollercoaster ride into the world of deceit,
power, crime, politics and relationships. It is the story of two people who
decide to fight for their right to love each other against all odds. In the
process, they find themselves on a quest for justice and become the hope of a
nation that wishes to bring evil-doers to justice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is simple in its depiction of corruption and injustice in a
rapidly changing society. It also takes a look at the way these realities have
influenced the interaction of this society with western societies, especially
Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While written with a political nuance and a plot that progresses
fast, ‘Crimson clouds’ is ultimately a love story that explores love as it
rises above difficult circumstances and triumphs in a world, turned upside down
by greed and injustice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can grab a copy at Litcaf, E center, Yaba. It should also be available on Konga
before the end of January. There will be a Crimson Cloud book chat on the 11<sup>th</sup>
of January at Litcaf E center Yaba. So all the literary heads, come let’s talk
Crimson Clouds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-23369184910896876992015-01-04T12:32:00.000-08:002015-01-04T13:16:44.721-08:00SAVIOR by Best Okoduwa<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4AX2-LQ8xg" width="480"></iframe><br />
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blessed Nation Nigeria in the right direction lies in our hands. Yes, it’s
quite convenient to point fingers at our leaders who quite honestly deserve
every bit of it and maybe even some of those fingers poked in their eyes </span><br />
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also strongly believe in our collective responsibility as a people to take our
nation from where it is to where we want to be which is why this SAVIOR trailer
called my name. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div>
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whose passion and desire for change is so contagious it makes me want to do
something, the movie also is an awakening to the consciousness of the power we wield
as a people to turn this sinking ship around not just for us but for our
children; born and unborn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAVIOR is a short-film that aims to change Nigerians, especially
the youth to consciously participate in the leadership selection process which
is the election process in Nigeria. It emphasizes on the inevitable essence of
voting. The actual story mirrors the life of an average Nigerian young couple
and how the event of bad governance and leadership destroyed their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Written and directed by Best Okoduwa, REDARK Media and
Ruggedboots were partners in its production. It features fast rising and award
winning Judith Audu, Stan Nze, Lord Frank, Bukky Aluko, Aaron Sunday and a host
of others. It will be released free on-line on or before 20th of January 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-62285337395554159242014-10-24T06:30:00.000-07:002014-10-24T06:30:30.777-07:00Horn free Lagos Possible?<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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a wonderful friend, Enitan Odetayo thought to share her thoughts on a Lagos
without horns. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
first time I heard of the horn-free day initiative, I had some doubts in mind;
will it work, will the motorists cooperate (since they are the major
stakeholder in this situation), will it last the test of time? All these
questions kept running through my mind but I reflected that anything is just
possible after all Oshodi is a testimony of this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
D-Day, 15th of October, arrived with so much buzz and anticipation for a truly
Horn-Free Lagos. I set out for work and got into the car, it took us (driver
and I) sometime to realize that there was less horn honking. Although by this
time, the driver had already horned once. But interestingly, it felt a bit
different that morning because I had to get used to less horn. Not to say that
people did not horn but it was minimal in the route I took the entire day and I
had already started nursing the feeling that this initiative is here for good
and to stay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To
my surprise, the days after did not get any better because it felt like nothing
happened on the 15<sup>th</sup> and people had gone back to their usual driving
lifestyle. I asked myself if the day had any impact at all on drivers. I spoke
to my friends that drive in Lagos and their response was that survival on Lagos
road requires the use of horn hence, there can hardly be a completely horn-free
Lagos but they drive in other countries in a proper way and obey the traffic
laws.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">My
conclusion is this, the initiative can work but the message needs to be
reinforced with educating drivers to horn less and drive better. So in response
to my question, it’s actually possible to have a horn-free Lagos but it
requires much work because change is constant but gradual. This initiative
requires behavioral change by becoming sub-conscious in the minds of drivers.
From government to citizens like you and I, there must be 100% involvement to
make Lagos a better place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play our part in this success story! I’d love to know your views.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up racks, sorting through boxes of endless vintage pieces, cleaning tables and
chairs on an empty stomach yet a broad smile on my face, this was me last
Sunday. It was Soul Orange Vintage’s first exhibition at the Mente de Moda
fair. This is beginning to seem like a combination of Greek and French; let me
explain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Soul Orange Vintage is
a collector and retailer of pure vintage and vintage inspired pieces. They comb
the country and the world collecting vintage pieces for vintage lovers. Vintage
clothes are clothes, glamorous clothes that were made from the 1940s to the 1980s while vintage
inspired clothes are clothes modeled after vintage clothes. I hope this throws
light on your understanding.</span><br />
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Moda? Mente de Moda is a trade fair organized by the Bang and Kosher Company
for retailers of all sorts to market their products to willing buyers. So what
you have is this marketplace of happy sellers and buyers. There is something about the Mente de Moda crowd, they are
young, quirky, stylish, weird (in a good way), got the right amount of attitude
and have this feel-good energy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So yes, this was Soul
Orange Vintage’s first time at the fair and it was amazing! The Soul Orange
stand was buzzing with customers testing and of course purchasing fabulous
pieces off the racks. My smile broadened every time customers left with their
SOV bags and smiles on their faces and yeah, a thank-you chocolate bar as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Mente de Moda fair
is truly inspiring for me because what I see is a bunch of young, resilient and
hard working people who have embraced entrepreneurship and are drawing their
own silver linings through very niche and unique markets driven by passion. Oh wait;
I haven’t said who I am in all of this. Well, my sister owns Soul Orange
Vintage. Let me rephrase, my sister who sent her Law degree and MBA membership
on a long vacation is the CEO of Soul Orange Vintage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By the way, you can
contact Soul Orange Vintage for amazing pieces at very affordable prices:
07088812736, 08062232087; <a href="mailto:soulorangevintage@gmail.com">soulorangevintage@gmail.com</a>;
insta:@soulorangevintage; BB: 7E1CB05A; www.facebook.com/soulorangevintage.</span></div>
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been? Busy week? Mine’s been super busy and guess what; I can’t guarantee next
week will be any less busy. However, I’ve got a remedy to help you relax,
soothe your nerves, mesmerize your senses and calm you soul. The best part is that it’s free! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If music be the food of the soul,
neo-soul is the chef’s masterpiece. This Saturday, <b>June 28, 2014, </b>from <b>6 p.m.
at Bogobiri (9 Maitama Sule Street, off Awolowo Way, Ikoyi),</b> we serve sumptuous
courses of soulful music in a beautiful evening of sounds and feeling;
deliciously powerful music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This neo soul night features some
of the best of Nigeria’s soulful voices: Modele, Ruby, Aramide, Nayosoul,
NanaAisha, Bemyoda, PC and Objazz all lined up to bring the very best of
classic and contemporary soul music to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was sometime in 2005. We had no
worries, and no fears. In our eyes, we were the kings of the world and we made
the rules. Life in Uniport had a lot of
troubles, but as long as we stuck together, we were untouchable. People often
thought that there had to be something behind our surefootedness. We were cocky
and confident. We often went places and did thing we shouldn’t have done, not
because we were ‘blended’ or connected but because we were blissfully ignorant.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I remember when Chinedu (not the real
Chinedu, the other one) brought those AIESEC forms for us to join the group. We
laughed and teased him. It wasn’t until he told us about the travelling that we
got interested. What did we have to lose? All we had to do was go for the
conference, ignore the so called plenaries and catch our trips. The next
conference was just a few days away, in Zaria, Kaduna state. For those of us
who had never been to the north, this was a golden opportunity. Stanley and I
signed on and convinced Danikeyz, Uche and Chinedu (the real one) to come with
us. Hassan was already a member. Mikky was sceptical.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I remember the trip perfectly. It was
the day Liverpool played AC Milan in the Champions League final. We got lost on
the way and spent about 16 hours travelling from Port-Harcourt to Kaduna. By
the time we got to the hotel, Liverpool had equalized and the penalty shootout
was about to start. Danikeyz (he was a rapper then… lol!), fell in love with
Liverpool that night. You see, every event in a football fan’s life can be
linked to one football game or the other if you think properly. And some people
say it’s just a game! Ha! The Zaria conference was a blast! Four full days of
learning (yes, we actually got around to learning a few things) and fun. By the
time we returned, we were drained from having so much fun. Mikky wished he had
come with us, so there was no way he was missing the next one. This time, it
was back home in Lagos; Badagry, to be precise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fresher, crazier and more prepared. As the conference kicked off, Stan and I
made our way out of the hotel. He was showing me the town where he spent his
secondary school years when we saw a bike with two white girls heading in our
direction. As it zoomed past, the girls turned to us and yelled; ‘Hey AIESEC!
We’re going to the beach! Stan and I couldn’t believe our luck. We called the
other guys and soon were all in Badagry beach looking for the girls. Did we
find them? Yes we did, and it was worth the effort. One of them was Minnie. She
was beautiful, blonde haired, and had the body of an African woman. We bonded instantly.
Minnie was so cool that we completely forgot about the other girl. By the time
we were done we were covered from head to toe with sand and salt-water, but we
enjoyed it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When we returned to the conference, we
were infamous. We were the Uniport boys that took the white girls to the beach.
They were looking for ways to kick us out but we stuck to our guns. We weren’t
done yet. We took a break, ate, bathed and met up at the bar. Minnie was truly
Swedish. She drank beer like a true descendant of the Vikings. She taught us
how to do a toast in her language. She even teased Uche about how his name
sounded like a chant by warriors about to go to war. Uche! Uche! Uche! She
yelled, pumping her fist in the air. It was hilarious. She said he didn’t think
she would meet people like us here. She had been in a village in Abeokuta for
the last three months, fetching water from wells and eating Amala like no man’s
business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That night, Danikeyz and Mikky finally
arrived. They had lost their way and almost ended up in Benin Republic. The
crew was complete, along with our new honorary member. We kept the same
schedule on the second day, and then the third. But then there was a twist. I
had forgotten to take the hotel room keys out of my pocket before jumping into
the sea-water. By the time we were ready to leave, I realized that it was lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When we returned to the hotel, the
conference organizers couldn’t hide their delight at seeing us in a bind. They
chuckled as they explained that all costs would be borne by us, including
punitive fees. We spoke to the hotel management and they revealed to us that we
would have to pay a total of N50K! Now that surely wasn’t going to happen. We
simply went back to the final party of the conference. It was on that last
night that I finally made my move. While dancing, I grabbed Minnie by the hand
and took her to a quiet, secluded place. I told her that I just had to take
this chance to kiss her because I didn’t want to leave Badagry wondering what could
have happened. As we stood there, face to face, I felt that maybe I had been a
bit forward. But I thought there was a connection between us. I just had to
know if she thought so too. Thankfully, she did. We kissed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You might be asking how we got out of
Badagry without paying the fine. Well, after all the partying, we went to the
back of our hotel room which was on the first floor of the building. Hassan
climbed up to the balcony and opened the lock (don’t ask me how). We all
followed, climbing like a bunch of Ninjas in a Kung Fu movie. By dawn we were
out of the room and out of the hotel. Goodbye Badagry!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That wasn’t the last we saw of Minnie.
In 2006, she came all the way to Port-Harcourt to see us. She stayed with us
for two weeks. We really got to know each other and I found out just how
amazing this girl was. She had a way of connecting with everybody. She never
looked down on anyone. She was really cool. Never in a bad mood. She would walk
into a room and scream Lucky my man! (yeah, that’s my name) and her infectious
spirit would fill up the place. I remember back in Badagry when we were driving
back to the hotel. She looked at all the run-down homes and the rustic ambience
and said that it was beautiful. I looked around and I just didn’t see what
beauty she was talking about. I guess beauty to me meant sophistication, but
she saw things differently. There was nothing superficial about Minnie. That
girl loved Nigeria more than most of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After Uniport, Minnie stayed in touch.
She would usually shuttle different countries, but no matter where she went,
Nigeria was like her home. Whenever she was around, we would hang out and catch
up. At one point she was staying with a boyfriend in G.R.A. She then settled in
Nigeria, got married and had a baby. It was no surprise, Minnie was a Nigerian
at heart. Soon after, she moved back to Sweden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Minnie’s list of travel destinations
included The UK, South Africa and Kenya. In all those places she had the same
effect on other that she had on us. Minnie was the first person that told me
that I could write. It was after Hassan died (that’s another story altogether).
I had problems dealing with losing someone I had seen only a few minutes before
he got hit by a car. To ease the grief, I put it all in writing. She was the
only one that got to see what I wrote. Amidst tears of grief, she told me I
should consider writing as a career. I’ll never forget that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How was I supposed to know that I would
be writing to ease the grief of losing Minnie only a few years later? Minnie
had settled back in Sweden and had a baby girl. But the marriage hit the rocks
after a couple of years. They divorced and her ex returned to Nigeria. In
January 2014, she showed me pictures of her cute little girl. She told me she
would be in Lagos in a few months but in the back of my mind in knew I would be
unable to see her. It was a very busy time in my life. She came and left after
two weeks. I didn’t even call to say hi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A couple of days later Daniel (he’s not
a rapper anymore) called with the horrific news that Minnie had been found murdered
in her flat in Sweden. Apparently, she had been killed by someone suspected to
be her ex-husband. Her young daughter was in the house when it happened.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> I still can’t believe this. Does death deliberately seek
out the kindest of souls? Is misfortune the fate of the good? How could
somebody kill our Minnie in such a brutal way? It just doesn’t make any sense!
Minnie’s death has been hard to swallow. As I write, hundreds of her friends
and family from all over the world are feeling the same kick in the teeth that
I feel. Death has robbed us of someone we were all glad to have in our lives.
Minnie has taken a little bit of us with her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yesterday and saw X-men. I was gripped till the movie was over. I had often
wondered why we did not have our own version of super hero movies, animation,
cartoons or comics. One rooted in the Nigerian culture and rich folklore such
as</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Sango</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> the god of thunder, </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Oya</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> the goddess of lightening and </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ogun</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> the god of iron; there are lots
more. But guess what, not long after that that movie; I had stumbled on this
amazing online comic site called Akaraka. Akaraka is an online bingo weekly comic
owned by Afrinolly. I t is written by the talented writer Okorafor Obi and
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in Igbo Language. The Journey will show how courage, friendship, trust and
believing in yourself and your friends can get you through the most difficult
situations and that no matter what people say or how hard you feel things are,
with hard work and dedication, you can rewrite your fate and control your
destiny. Ahmadioha, the head god, has declared war on demigods: the children
borne of uncommon sexual affair between gods and humans. The demigods are
unwanted by both humans and the gods, making their gifts a curse to them. But
three demigods, Somto, Ebuka, and Awulika seek to change that fate. What caused
the war? How will they escape? Are the gods right? Follow this tale of destiny,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When did our children become mere figures?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When did 234 represent the lives of our young ones? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When did our future turn to past?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">234 or 274, we want answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring back all of them: dead and captured<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Release them! Release them all! Release our own!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You are definitely not part of us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s why you haunt us down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stealing from us from dusk to dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Masked faces, cowardly killers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Education is the gateway to self- discovery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our light out of the looming dark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet you claim its robbery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How dare you dare us to learn?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We know better to cower under your oppression<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We don’t seek direction from blind fools!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though your decaying blood-spills pollute our air,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We would breathe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though the fleeing dust aroused by your intrusion
disturb our vision<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are not without vision<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the midst of the cries of our disvirgined flowers
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We hear a tearing sound of your miserable defeat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our victories, your losses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The forced water -burst of the undue pregnant one
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We used to cry that death was man’s greatest foe,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cowards!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All you are capable of is stealing the wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet you yourselves are not sure of tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What an irony of the hopeless killing Hope to obtain
<i>hope.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You could have raped the bodies of our future home
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But you cannot come near their souls nor kidnap
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your doom comes faster than it is said<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When you will be raped and ripped of your undeserved
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And every pint of blood of tens of thousands you
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Would be squeezed from you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Blood for blood, flesh for flesh, virginity for your
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even mercy will turn red at your mention<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Who gave you birth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whose breast milked you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What calamity has she bred?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You were not meant to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Leave them alone leave us alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fly away as far as you can monstrous freaks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Frankenstein’s is better than you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the land of the living not cemeteries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would declare my freedom and still allow <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the fresh breeze to play on my visage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And though what I hear has left me with no ears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet will I not stir<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would listen with my spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to the melodies that faith proclaim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For when next you strike <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your strokes will wither<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When they come down on the peaceful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They will become wasted <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dispersing back to their senders as missiles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For we are not without Help<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His rod and staff, they comfort us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He is a shield and a hedge around us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He’s our spokesperson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He would turn your strategies into a joke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And maim your name <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For with your acts, you have declared yourselves
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And denied the existence of God…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That was the day you failed!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You boast of omnipresent abilities;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the one who existed before existence will strike
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You take the ones He made for His pleasure?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You have dug your graves!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">EDUCATION has come to stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Sun has strengthened its shine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The day just began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If there is one ability I wish I had, it is to
dance and I mean really dance! This will explain why I stalked this Maltina
Dance All Season 2 winner till I got an interview. When Celine is on the floor,
it’s like fire on the dance floor but even more fascinating is how she can in
one swift move switch from being fire to a swan …now that’s a true dancer. There’s
no stopping Celine; find out what she’s been up to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%;">T</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">he first time you hit
our screens was with your amazing family at the Maltina Dance All Season 2
which you won. Is it okay to say dancing for you is genetic?<br />
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(Laughs) to be frank it is, I know it's a cliche for everyone to say "I
started dancing since I was five" or it runs in my family but trust me I
remember when I started I was little and in Nursery school, I got that groove
from my dad and mum and my eldest sister even though some of my family members
can't really dance.<br />
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Maltina dance all?</b><br />
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After I won I decided to improve my skills so I went to Society For the
Performing Arts in Nigeria-SPAN where I trained for 2 years and I started
working as an instructor and now I am in Charge of the Dance Academy. I got
certified in Latin and Ballroom (American style) actually the first female in
Nigeria and now I have gotten both Bronze and Silver in International style. I
am hoping to get up to Gold and become an examiner/judge in that field. I've
been training tirelessly in and outside Nigeria to become a teacher a better
dancer/performer and alongside a choreographer. </span></span></div>
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<b>I wish I could dance! You're so awesome!
How do you do it??</b><br />
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I just feel the music from within and allow my body to move! I get lost in
it. I'm very expressive so that's where I unleash my whole being! You can
call it my happiest moment. So it's natural.<br />
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<b>What do you think about Nigeria's dance
industry?</b><br />
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It's growing and I am so happy, people/organizations are becoming more
supportive and interested. We just need more exposure because there are still
some misconception about dance which I believe will be addressed! As dancers we
need to set the record straight for the next generation, get good training and
develop our natural skills.<br />
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<b>Who are some of the dancers you admire
locally and internationally?</b><br />
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I admire Ice Nweke, Buddy Agedah, Ikem Ohia, Cyril Nwosa, Michael Oseghale,
Chukwuma Onye, Michael Omani, Peter James, Dayo Liadi, Frank Konwea, Anthony
Offiong, Uche Onah, Wisdom Ojije, Lovette Otegbola, Kaffy, Lilian Yeri for
Nigerians. Foreign dancers: Sarah Boulos, Diane Jarmolow, Joanna Leunis
and Michael Malitowski, Karina Smirnoff, yulia Zagoruychenko, Ina Nalbandian,
Derek Hough, Izabella Lewandowski, Bree Watson, Chelsea Hightower, Tytus
Bergstrom and Li Wen Ang etc my list is endless but these are a few....</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We are actually at 1
Abuja street off first avenue, Banana Island Ikoyi, but will soon move to our
community centre in Lagos Island. we offer a variety of classes; Music and
dance both professionally and socially and Drama.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I performed in UBA CEO
awards with ik Osakioduwa, Nollywood awards, Omawumi's album launch, CoolFm
Praise Jam, Maltina DanceAll Finale, YA Salsa congress in Michigan, Nite of
Salseros in Ghana, International World Dance day in Abuja, Eye of the Tiger; a
stage production by Dance and Art Alive, Love is the show; stage production by
I-Xtreme, Practice Night in Beirut, Lebanon, DARC Festival in France, Dance
Mastery Camp in Las Vegas.... these and much more that I can’t remember. </span></span></div>
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<b> How do you unwind?</b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Believe me it’s really
funny, I love animation a lot, so I just sit and watch my favorite animation
series like Naruto, One Piece.... i am actually laughing. Since i don't have
time to really hangout as much I want but you know when I travel to Port
Harcourt or outside the country I sleep a lot and shop too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh yes, I love pictures
even though I didn't get the chance to model but I’m looking at doing that and
also acting and presenting which is my second love.<br />
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while dancing? </b><br />
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Oh yeah, I actually missed my steps.. lol. It happens though but trust me it
hurts when you are actually the lead.</span></span></div>
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Some people can dance and some just can't! What's the trick?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> It’s a gift, while
some are blessed with it naturally others are not. They actually have to work a
lot to get there. On the other hand it’s a thing of the mind. If you believe
you can, then you can.<br />
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<b>Is your super fit figure owed to your
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blessed with that in my family, dance enhances it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ukalina Celine Opuwari
for Facebook; @chakrapink for both Twitter and Instagram.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">BIO-ETHICS is a very
good topic for a great discussion any day any time. Getting your friends to
talk about the human person sets you into a plethora of challenging assertions
and difficult choices especially between morality and what is achievable. Try
doing it sometimes, it really is a great topic. Anyways, we discussed about the
human person, the human body and the respect they deserved. We discussed the
right and wrong of what people do to their body and moral justification for
them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Nudity was one of the
major themes for discussion and you are either for or against indecent exposure
of the body especially the cleavage. Choices on how to do this differ from
people and they also determine limits/extent to which they expose. One thing I
have seen commonly is that many people package this ‘attraction’ by pushing it
up and popping it out. And trust me, they get the attention of everyone. No
matter how hard you try to lower your gaze, you will still notice them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It is without doubt
that this has been a weapon for some women over the years when they try to achieve
something</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">; be it the social (night) workers, or desperate employee or seeking
employment, it is seen as a tool. And guess what - it works many
times. Nature now seems to be a saving grace.
Even people that were not favoured by nature tend to find their way around it.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pippa Middleton</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pippa Middleton got
popular because she pushed it all up and popped it out down there. A lot of
people valued the packaging and decided it will be right to have something like
that. Every Sexy celebrity irrespective of gender have at points in their life
pushed out all they have been endowed with and got known for it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So I ask, why can’t young
people with potentials, skills and attitudes push all they have up and pop it
out? A lot of people complain today that it is very hard to get employed or run
a small scale business in the country. You hear complains like it’s too hard to
get a job or get loans for starting capitals on business ideas but you can’t
blame the bank or the investors if they don’t see a future for your idea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There is a great demand
for innovations, creative ideas, technology, expertise e.t.c in the labour
market and you cannot get employed when you have nothing to offer. Day in day
out, people come up with interesting business ideas and great innovations but
lack the disposition to deliver. This is always discovered by potential
investors and employers.<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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There is a difference
between having a good idea and being able to influence decisions with your
ideas. Getting employed or starting a business requires that major stakeholders
have an idea of what they are dealing with. This is done by communication. It
is about packaging a message for an audience just to share meaning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This is about finding
out what it is you can PUSH UP, package and pop out. There are simple ways to
that, first and most important understand yourself. Each and every one of us is
born with personal rhythms like our finger prints. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Our
rhythm is spiritual, physical and mental in nature.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
It is the driving force of our existence and it is the pattern through which we
give meaning into our own lives. It is </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">controlled and measured flow usually produced by an ordered
arrangement of differing elements of our lives. If you don’t know who you are,
then you are not ready to be taken serious. Knowing who you are helps you
identify your major selling points, sellable personalities that you possess. It
also helps you to develop yourself personally and identify where you fit in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We face challenges face in realizing our dreams, our
reactions to people, trying to fit into our immediate environment, voluntarily
changing our own rhythm to fit that of other people, all these are part of our
rhythmic changes which we have to encounter, however, having the right tools is
what gets you out there eventually. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personal branding is important to our lives. This is what
gives meaning and purpose to our rhythms. From your name, to your smile, your
confidence, your intelligence, depth of knowledge, sense of fashion, setting
trends etc. are what makes up your genetic order. It is how you are perceived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People have different ways of identifying you; it can be
your actual identity, what you really are. If you are tall, they see that you
are tall and perceived you as a tall person. If you are intelligent, people can
see through it and perceive you as intelligent. All your visual attributes that
people can see are your actual identity. Making it perfect for your goals is
key.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What people say about you is key! A lot of people don’t
necessarily interact with you before they form perceptions. First impressions
sometimes do last longer. Be ever ready to meet different people with different
attitude and character. Your disposition towards them goes a long way in
developing a personal brand for yourself. Humility, honesty, confidence and
sometimes humor are powerful personal tools to have all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-88090174079981419342014-02-28T02:53:00.002-08:002014-02-28T04:48:00.738-08:00Meet the Man Behind the Strings- Clef Nite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">There is something about a man who knows how to play
strings and make beautiful music. Every time I listen to Clef Nite, I feel like
I have discovered a treasure at the bottom of the chest. That feeling of
trapping lightening in a bottle and nobody knows about it yet, that’s how I
feel. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The only difference is that Clef Nite who is also P Square's guitarist is well recognized even beyond the
shores of Nigeria as he conquers the world with his music one note at a time.
Now that’s creativity. Meet the man behind the strings- Clef Nite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I
have always been fascinated about the guitar even though I don't know how to
play it. When and how did you learn to play the guitar?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">My knowledge about the guitar has been fascinating
to me too. I guess I would just say I grew up playing the guitar. Can’t
actually remember when exactly I started.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It
could have been anything else, why music?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> I ask myself same question too, I never
really saw life in doing any other else asides music. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>How did your family feel about your choice of music as a career?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">At first, they were skeptical about it. They wanted
to make sure it was my actual calling and as soon as they got that, they have
ever been my number one fans. My music goes from them first to any other
person.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>How long ago did you start music?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Well, I would say all my life but I professionally
started as a musician in 2000 when I got in the University of Nigeria Nsukka as
a diploma student.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">What
would you call your kind of music?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Internationally, my style will be graded under the
World Music Genre but i normally call my style Afropop.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>What are some of your popular tracks?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I have one of my singles "Ntughari
Ntughari" thats my favorite and everyone seems to like it. I also have a
love song "Nwanyi Oma" most girls like that too.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>What inspires you when you write your songs?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Well, most of my songs are all about the
human life and its consciousness. Some part of it makes my inspiration but a
major part of my inspiration comes from God. He is always the first source.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Even
roses have thorns. What would you say your biggest challenge as a musical
talent is?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I would say one of my biggest challenges is having
so many fake people around me. People that are after something else but try to
make it look like the love and support you. That really hurts a lot because I
trust these people to get things done and they end up messing everything up.
After all, everyone looks at you like you are the cause of the problem. But we
all learn every day though. It doesn't happy that often again.</span></div>
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<b>You are currently studying music in Boston, Massachusetts how has that
helped your music career?</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I would say that has been one of the biggest
landmark achievements in my life. It has really placed me in the right
consciousness of my music. I think I am on the right track now and will have no
excuse not be successful. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>Who are your models?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">This could be a hard question sometimes because I
listen to a lot of styles and I love them too. I have a lot of role models on
different things or aspects in my music. Well I call people like Nneka,
Joanelle Monae, Eryka Badu, P Square India Arie and so many of them.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>What other musicians do you admire?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A lot of them like Beyonce, Jill Scott, Gloria
Estefan, Shakira, P Square, Tu face, Lauryn Hill, Nneka, Ayo and so many of
them.</span></div>
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<b>Your music is so amazing! When would you start putting yourself out there
more; especially to Nigerians?</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Well I know I have been delaying for sometime but
the good news now is I am working with my new pr team now to extend my new
single coming out soon to the Nigerian audience exclusively so very soon I will
be in every body's face.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>What's the big picture for Clef Nite?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Well my goal in life as a musician is to be life
changer and a big source of good inspiration to the new and young generation.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>Got any advice for budding artistes?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Yes, I would say this to everybody hoping to come
out or debut as a musician, do not let what you see distract you from your
vision in life. If you do not have a vision I think you will need to start from
there first. Always ask for God's help and favor in everything you do because
we can try everything to succeed but without God's grace we not moving
anywhere. In as much as people do not want to believe this, our talents are
like a seed we plant in ground and expect it to grow. We can do every necessary
thing that needs to be done to make it grow but that doesn't mean it will grow.
There are things we can't control in life like the sun and rain that will make
our seeds grow it is al based on the grace of God. So if you leave his grace
you are just wasting a precious life time. So stick to God he has it all.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<b>Hobbies?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love playing video games, watching life performances from my role models I also
like cycling and driving long distances.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Put God first in everything you do and you will be
super successful </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Listen to Clef Nite's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93LUfBArTc" target="_blank">Ntughari Ntughari</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">When I first met Charles Nwishienyi, it was obvious he was up
to something great. It puzzled me though, how someone that great with the
pencil would fancy the stethoscope; yes he was studying veterinary medicine.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> I
thought by the time the stress of UNN drowned him, he was going to forget how
to draw but even now a certified vet doctor, I am still blown away by every
drawing he creates. Now, this is what I call creativity. I decided to have a
chat with Charles. Meet Charles Nwishienyi the founder of The Impala Artitude.
Support Nigerian creativity!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">When did you start drawing?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I pretty much started drawing as a kid with drawings of
chairs and trees as homework. Secondary school saw me graduate to still life
drawing and abstract paintings. Portraits came up much later in 2009, my 200
level in the university.
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Some of my friends believe I should abandon pencil portraits
for oil paintings (that is where the money is-they say). I can easily combine
both, but I always feel rewarded when clients smile in awe at the
transformation of their coloured photographs into lovely pencil drawn replicas.
A client was so impressed, she suspected I photocopied her picture and framed
it. She didn't believe I could make such a beautiful work with “just ordinary
pencil.” For me, pencil portraits are less stressful, can be drawn almost
anywhere and packed up easily. I love to imagine how people will look in</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">black and white.
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face?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I'd say it depends-on how soon the client needs the portrait,
but I love to take my time. My record time for completing a portrait from
scratch to framing is 6 hours, and about half of the time was spent on the face
I was given the picture in the evening and the client expected it ready the
next day! It turned out awesome. Other times, it could take me hours or
days...so, it depends.
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I bet you studied fine arts in
school?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">No. I studied Veterinary Medicine in UNN. I am a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine.
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Why not?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Okay, I was taught fine arts in JSS1-JSS3-like most other
people. After that brief spell I chose to become a science student in the</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="background: white;">senior classes. From
SSS1, I kept practicing on my own on a do-it-yourself basis. 5 years later
(2009), I was bold enough to draw a portrait. Vivian, my course mate bought it.
I was spurred by the confidence instilled by her patronage and support from
friends, family and course mates. I would usually bring my portraits to hang in
the class for all to see. So I combined my arts with veterinary medicine and
excelled at both. I successfully killed two birds with a stone.
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">What is your favourite drawing
ever? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Wow, big question. When I started on portraits, I was scared
of using darker shades because I was scared of obscuring the real profile. My
friend, Jessica came with her picture for me to draw. It was a moonfaced
silhouette photo where half of her favourites and clothes were visible while
the rest blended with the dark background-as if someone was half peeping from a
dark room. The whole picture was predominantly black! Naturally, I was</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="background: white;">reluctant to accept
but she challenged me to see how good I was....and I was glad I did it. Her
portrait gives me confidence whenever i look at it.i know i am getting
better.
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Keywords when drawing?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Inspiration, comfort and music (Yanni, Sade Adu).
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Vet or art? What is the big picture
for you?
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Both of course. If I survived the 6 grueling years of vet
professional training and still had time to improve on my drawings in tandem
without affecting my grades negatively, then I surely will not stop now. I plan
to further my art career by taking formal training courses in an art
school or academy. I have an art student tutoring me on oil painting.
Presently, I have two students who i am helping perfect their pencil drawing
skills and they are improving at a fast pace. By the grace of God, the number
will increase soon as well as my clientele</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">base. These motivated the conception of THE
IMPALA ARTITUDE. I have gotten the basic knowledge of the veterinary profession
and will build up on it too. Success comes with a price of hardwork,
determination and Divine favour, so I’d surely avail myself to every
opportunity. In the future, portraits and artworks with my signature engraved
on them will adorn the walls of homes, posh offices and numerous art galleries.
The seed has been planted. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span></b></div>
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sat in the dark cold room which smelt of cigarettes; sheets which had the
stench of sweat and strangely enough, fried plantains. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was going to be imprinted in her head forever; she didn't like her "second
first" to be this way. She wanted her "second first" to be like
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<a name='more'></a>She wanted the spark, the spontaneous unplanned passion
which she watched in the movies. She wanted the uncontrollable urge not to want
to stop. She wanted a place which smelt like summer morning in Paris or at
least somewhere with scented air and clean sheets. <o:p></o:p><br />
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heavy breathing and the constant touching by Harry didn't make it any easier,
neither did recalling that she wasn't ready help either that she was forced
into it by Harry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was someone she was sure she was in love with. Why couldn't he be different?
Why couldn't he be like the novels she read or the movies she watched? This
wasn't her happy ending. Tara felt betrayed; everyone lied! She wanted her day
back. She wanted her thought of Harry back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go back a few weeks <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all began with when she returned to school. Harry was actually a gentleman; he
called her, spent most of the day with her, sent her text messages during lectures.
He even made her feel she was more important; even his educational growth. She
ignored most of the text at first because they all started with the word
"girlfriend" which made her stomach have butterflies tying in knots
with excitement. Tara knew he was a distraction she couldn't afford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first date was at the popular restaurant in school. They were lots of people
there, Eka inclusive. He had kissed her in front of everyone and though it was
more of a cliché and made her uncomfortable. She felt special and felt envied
by every girl in the restaurant; she was queen at that moment. She never wanted
it to go away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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invited her over to his house one afternoon when they were lucky to have a
lecture free day. She was excited and couldn't sleep all night. She woke up
early though she wasn't one used to dressing-up. She wore what she considered
her most fashionable outfit: a tight denim pair of trousers -which took her
what seemed like forever to get into and a blouse Eka had bullied her into
buying when they were still friends. It was transparent behind and she felt it
was sexy enough to show her skin but not too suggestive to say she was ready
for sex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a bit discouraged at first when she arrived Harry's. He lived in a three
bedroom flat with two other guys occupying the other two rooms, which wasn't
discouraging but the mere fact that she recognized one of the guys in the flat
as a rumored rapist. She was worried that this company could ruin "her
Harry". Harry was quick to dismiss knowing them personally; passing them
off more as acquaintances than as friends or flat mates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the room there was food gotten from a fast food restaurant including juice and
a bottle of dry gin. Tara felt a mixture of affection and repulsion. For though
it was thoughtful for him to have realized that she might be hungry and gotten
her food, the thought that he would be into drinking gave her repulsion toward
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wasn't that Tara was an angel; it was more because the first time she was ever
touched by a man, it was her Uncle's brother-in-law. He seemed to have bathed
in alcohol; worse it was this same brand which Harry had in his room. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the early part of the date was spent in silence. Slow rap music in the
background, which Tara hoped she could change to Celine Dion or Mariah Carey.
Like Harry read her mind, he put a compact disc which had love songs many of
which Tara loved. He listened to her when they spoke; Tara felt blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eating, he made a move to kiss Tara. Her mind told her she was going to move away
in time for him not to kiss her, but her body disobeyed that thought. Her body
gravitated toward him like he was a bright light and she was an insect
hypnotized to be drawn to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kiss felt electrifying; Harry dragged Tara closer to him. She could feel parts
of him were firm and they poked at her in an uncomfortable manner. But before
she could get her head back to the point where she should complain, she was on
her back and he was on her. His lips ran down to her neck, just as his hands
traveled with nervous shimmers upward from her waist through to her stomach.
Just as he was about to get to her breasts, she couldn't explain but she
suddenly saw a flash of her cousin giggling. It was a huge turn off. Tara got
her senses back in an instant and she held his hands from going any further.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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could see the disappointment in Harry's face; even she tried to kiss him to
apologize and he stopped her. She felt like he was slipping away, but she felt
she needed to keep her stance. After a while of silence, Harry starts again.
They go on kissing for a while and before she knew what was going on his hands
were on her breast. She gets a flash of her past in the hands of her uncle's
brother in law and she pushed him off like he was a nightmare. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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frustration grew on Harry's face. This was not going to end without an
explanation why she behaved that way. Tara wasn't ready to tell anyone else
this story after Eka's betrayal neither was she willing to go further. This was
definitely not going her way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-61140081333827429692014-01-17T05:30:00.000-08:002014-01-17T05:32:48.191-08:00The Unjust Misrepresentation of Tara Episode 5<div class="MsoNormal">
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She spent most of it on the phone with Harry and not listening to her aunts and
uncles telling her to speak her language even though they knew how horrible she
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laugh; something she wasn't sure he could do in person. But thinking about
seeing him in person, brought both an uncomfortable combination of excitement
and nervousness. Everyone had come to know them as a couple back in school
after that incident in class. Though it wasn't official, Tara hoped he would
ask her but tried her best to keep her feelings to herself.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br />
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morning duties by her loving but strict aunt. She had cleaned the house, washed
clothes, and was just about to head out to the market with one of her
overzealous cousins when her phone rang. It was Harry! She was sure he was just
checking up on her as he did every morning.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br />
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prepared in her mind. She felt her heart leap with excitement and she was
scared that she was going to lose her countenance and so she tried to hide her
face from her cousin who had come to know Harry from reading Tara's messages
and going through her phone without her knowledge.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br />
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herself and her excitement back. It seemed like the cousin's over enthusiasm
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jealousy. She felt it might have been the best possible scenario for everyone
in school to know she was dating the most admired guy on campus. Then again she
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cousin who was excited to hear the rest of the story. Tara thought to herself;
she was in too deep. He was the first guy she was having feelings about. She
wasn't sure she was ready for this. And sincerely, she didn't care!</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><o:p></o:p></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-48160184183440692522014-01-17T05:14:00.003-08:002014-01-17T06:31:07.855-08:00Meet the Best man for the Job Best Okoduwa<h2>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Just 20 minutes with Best Okoduwa and you know </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> met a resilient and passionate Director whose eyes are set on the prize. His raw and undeterred passion despite all odds, definitely make you want to juice out some of his inspiration. I did just that in this interview with best. Read up his exciting interview.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You are a publicist, director, script writer and a director. Had you always wanted to be in the arts?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Publicity, PR was what introduced me into the entertainment Scene way back; started as a lower subordinate to the Main Publicist at The AMEN awards 2004. Always been a writer from high school... Started writing plays for school and church and amazingly my first Drama script ever was what I later transformed to the now famous series on TV KARMA... I fell in love with directing; I love the creative turns; the beauty of bringing abstract visuals to Live and most importantly; I have been on many film sets and wasn't quite thrill as to how the directors interprete my script and nothing can be done because in the end the Director is Omega! Hence I decided to create a platform for me that will see me do my thing and of course differently; and Boom! That ambition that made me a film director now flamed up!</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You must be Superman! How do you manage to throw all these into a nice juggle?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Well a couple of friends tease me with the saying; JACK OF ALL; MASTER OF ALL. For me I think it was a discovery process; started with the opportunity I got (publicist) to be where I wanna be (Entertainment) and slowly I began to develop all my other talents and make use of them in harmony to achieve one goal! and Frankly I've quite a CV for all these branches of my career</span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">What's the biggest challenge of being Best Okoduwa?</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The biggest Challenge being Best Okoduwa is Being Best Okoduwa...trust me if I start on this I'll end up with a massive Script.</span><br /><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Y<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ou have been working on a lot recently including bad brilliance. Tell us about bad brilliance<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bad Brilliance was my first selfless project. It’s a youth empowerment project which aims at educating the Nigerian youth about the danger of computer fraud and related vices (Scam) on a broadscale, persuade them to desist from it and channel that equal energy, sometimes less into positive hustle. Bad Brilliance also aims at repositioning Nigeria's international image; We are not Fraud; they need to hear it from us and one of the many contents and tools I'm using to drive this initiative is BAD BRILLIANCE; The Series; an interesting one that will start airing February 2014.</span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Karma", "Yes I don’t", it's getting hard to keep track. What else have you been working on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Karma is a TV Series too whose spot light is on the typical young adults and conventional vices/crime as its affects an entire Family system. I scripted and directed. Now airing on TV. As at the time of this interview I'm filming the Season3.</span> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">YES I DON'T is a Feature Length Movie I scripted and directed; a small bit shot in Sierra-Leone. This project features Van Vicker, Judith Audu, Ireti Osayemi, Obiwon, Lord Frank and more; should be hitting cinemas sometime in 2014. I'm presently working on a Feature Length Film with my UK based Producer Friend Dami-Ann; a Romantic Comedy you should look out for.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> <b>You have a project that took you to Sierra Leone for over a month. What project was that and when should we expect to see it?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yes Sierra-Leone was for the SWITCH project; a feature length film that tells domestic violence from a unique angle. Features; Yemi Blaq, Ufoma Ejenobor, Kiera Hewatch, Lord Frank and several A-list Sierra-Leonean actors. I also scripted and Directed Switch.</span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Is there any Progressive process without both constructive and Destructive Criticism? I Identify with Nollywood; this industry is a gift to Nigeria and I very much acknowledge the huge growth within the last 5yrs</span><br /><br /><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">What's the greatest satisfaction in doing what you do?</span></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Great satisfaction from the feeling of approaching fulfillment. Living and working my Passion</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Frankly: I can't quit directing. Extreme case; will take a break to go amass the budget for several film projects and it won't take very long before I'm back to my first Love</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">When we start talking most Influential film maker in the world; when we start talking intercontinental Investments and establishments then we are talking the Big Picture for Best Okoduwa</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Inspiration is GOD; my Background (whenever I look back I don't want to stop), my Dreams (Whenever I Look ahead; I fire ON).</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-92183383976758137212014-01-11T03:11:00.000-08:002014-01-11T03:50:19.539-08:00How to Make Money as a Freelance Writer<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Multiple income streams never hurt anyone. As
a matter of fact, we should have more than one income source. Are you a professional writer or is writing
just a hobby? You can convert your writing skills to cash by writing for people
and organizations that need your services. It could be script writing,
proposals, speeches, etc. This would no doubt become another income stream for
you. You however have to be careful not to chew more than you can swallow so
that your different jobs do not suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So, how do you start up as a freelance
writer? Here are some useful tips that could start you down that path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really know how to write:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Writing might seem like one of the easiest professions to hop on but
this is not true. Many people think writing is just about putting out their
opinions. It however goes beyond this as you have to ensure that your
grammatical structure, tenses, spellings, logical flow and many more technical
elements are correct. If you are not sure about how good your writing is, have
a professional read it and honestly give you an opinion. Whatever the case,
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several types of writing. It could be business, script, fashion, documentary,
social network and several more. You have to decide which you are strongest at
and develop those skills. A good writer might be able to attempt all of these,
if put through properly. You however have your interests and should stick to
them. Hence, choose the types of writing you’re most comfortable with and improve
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We live in the age of new media where the next person to credit your account
for a job might just be a click away. Having a large network never hurt anyone.
Take advantage of your social media platforms like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter
to make valuable contacts relevant to the services you offer. Be very polite
and professional when sending potential clients emails about what you do. Also
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your comfort zone might just be what you need. Take advantage of the internet
to search potential organizations or individuals you might able to offer your
services. For instance, it could be the contact of a magazine. You never know
when they are scouting freelance writers. In my experience as a writer for
Genevieve magazine, I can tell you sometimes we needed writers urgently but
just </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> find them. So take the initiative!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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After you have made the decision to write freelance, talk to friends and
acquaintances about it. You never know who they are connected to or have
dealings with. Don’t stop telling people. You can also advertise your service
on their blogs. You should also make friends with other freelance writers. They
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reputable job sites, and social network groups:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> There are several
reputable job sites and groups that advertise jobs which often include writing
jobs. </span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;">Ensure you get daily email updates of their activities so that you’re right on time to open the door when that comes knocking. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Avoid certain sites that make offers that seem too good to be true. There are
many time-wasting sites like such. Here’s a little secret you </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">shouldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> tell anyone. Join “Lagos
Business Club” on Linkedin and get active! Feel free to advertise your services
there as well. It is a very useful group. Also go to the “job” section of
Linkedin and subscribe for daily alerts. You should also follow @channelnneka
on Twitter as I would be posting openings I come across.</span></span></span></div>
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Compass newspaper</span>, has a knack and a natural talent for creativity. This
artist who has no problems using his brushes also is a movie producer, director
and actor. Check out Chuka’s newest art collection <b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Memoirs of a
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-83600050456181705432013-12-22T13:49:00.001-08:002013-12-22T13:49:25.368-08:00The Unjust Misrepresentation of Tara (Episode 4)<h2>
<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Unjust
Misrepresentation of Tara (Episode 4)</span></b></h2>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Written
by Obi Difu @Obiokoroa4</span></i></b></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tale 4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Travelling Mindset</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It was a year since her 'break-up' with Gbenga and the loss of her
friendship with Eka. Tara was back to being alone. Being the lone ranger she
was once called till Eka forced her into being friends. She relinquished the
solitude; she accepted the cruel unfairness of fate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tara was now more lost in her thoughts than in the reality that stood
before her. She ignored </span></div>
<a name='more'></a>the gestures made at her by Eka's new click of bimbos.
She always gazed out of class thinking what had she done wrong that day. It had
been a year. She should let go. If only her heart accepted the message passed
across by her mind.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Eka had uncharacteristically told everyone most things Tara told her in
secret. Her life, her past, her family, her rape. Eka was her solace; the one
person she felt she could tell anything. Her vault of secrets. Sadly, those
locks swung open easily. Tara would never trust anyone with her secrets again.
Not as long as she recalled the name Eka.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"You think too much"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">At first Tara thought it was an imagination, she could swear no one
spoke to her. Worse off it was the voice of a guy. There had to be a mistake,
he wasn't speaking to her, whoever he was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"You know it is polite to acknowledge a person speaking to
you."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Finally Tara looked to see who exactly spoke to her. It was Harry, the
guy who every girl in class talked about behind his back, the guy who every
girl would want to know. Here he was talking to her, the one girl who could
care less if he looked like a cheap clone of Denzel Washington or if he had the
build of an athlete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"What?" Tara tried to sound genuinely confused without being
rude.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"I asked why you think too much."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"Because I am a student and that is what we do. We think about
school, family, friends, money."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"Half of the things you mentioned are meant for your parents to
worry about. Not you"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"You should be paying attention in class." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tara took a dramatic pause to allow him believe she doesn't know his name.
He smiled politely and for that minute, a part of her which she wasn't used to
felt weak and uncertain. This was new to her, but she shook off the thought in
her mind and stared on almost with no emotion like she expected an answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"Harry. My name is Harry, and yours is Wandoo."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"Only family calls me Wandoo. And you dear Harry are not
family"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He laughed. Harry was not discouraged by her attempts to push him away;
he was confident in himself, this was something she wasn't used to with guys
her age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The lecturer shot a cold evil look towards Tara and Harry and just then
she realized he had laughed loud enough for the whole class to hear. Everyone
looked at them and immediately there was an ocean of whispers. Tara caught Eka
looking at her for a few seconds before making a face popularly known as 'yimu'
and turned her attention back to the lecturer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tara knew Eka was itching to know why Harry was talking to her but
because of her new click, she would not be able to ask her. Tara almost once
again forgot that Harry was still talking to her. He had to touch her on her
shoulder for her to notice the paper he had written something on: How about we
ditch this lecture?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She looked at him like he was crazy, but his face was more convincing
than a politician running for re-election. She wrote the biggest NO she could
possibly write on the paper. He smirked and put his hands over her shoulder.
She shrugged to get the hand off, and it didn't work. She then used her own
hands to try and take his hands over to his side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The lecturer caught a hold of the drama and he was having no more of it.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"You two, leave the class at once! Go practice your love
elsewhere"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"I am sorry sir; it is my entire fault" Harry said boldly,
trying to defend Tara "She is trying to concentrate and I am trying to get
her phone number"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The whole class erupted in laughter. Tara kept her eyes on Eka who tried
not to look back and laugh. She was also captivated by Harry's bravery. He
slowly walked out of the class room, much to the hailing of the entire
classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After the lecturer left the class, she walked out to many people talking
about her and Harry. For once she was no longer the former Eka's friend with a
troubled childhood. She was the girl the most desirable guy wanted. She was the
one Harry sorts after.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"Do you feel I have earned calling you Wandoo now?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Harry spoke from behind her. He had been waiting for her to be done with
her lectures. She found it flattering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"It cannot be that easy."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">"I guess I would have to work harder"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Once again she felt something she had never felt before in her heart.
This was going to be trouble, she knew it, she liked it.</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To be
continued…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-40669506743515961632013-12-22T13:37:00.002-08:002013-12-22T13:39:15.565-08:00The Thief<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn2eJAj5IIww2rsbCE-LgwyVG0Q6gvcpZqjSGGtymosHHALtx0Yn6Gg0GNxcxrKCQjcItUCGnwZ74nWunirPgPbevo4egKOQ5nncubdc4cajqr3DEhreEZpUcP8Y2n2ayE2E6lEU_HiDq/s1600/thief+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn2eJAj5IIww2rsbCE-LgwyVG0Q6gvcpZqjSGGtymosHHALtx0Yn6Gg0GNxcxrKCQjcItUCGnwZ74nWunirPgPbevo4egKOQ5nncubdc4cajqr3DEhreEZpUcP8Y2n2ayE2E6lEU_HiDq/s1600/thief+love.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://psu.com/">source:psu.com</a></td></tr>
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<h2>
<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Thief</span></b></h2>
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<h3>
<b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Written by Darbie Onugha</span></i></b></h3>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
had a nightmare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">That
a thief sneaked in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">While
the rest of the world slept<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
stole the meaning of love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
happened one night many years ago<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
<a name='more'></a><br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Before
that, just before nightfall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A
daddy had put his hands over a little girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
he whispered ‘I love you’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
snuggled close, fearless<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For
the meaning had not been stolen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
knew he was saying that he would protect her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">That
he would pray for her and provide for her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
could look up to him and put her hand in his<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A
courting couple parted ways<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Just
a few hours before the thief crept into town<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Jack walked Miss. Jill up to her doorstep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
with a goodnight kiss he said, ‘I love you’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
said it back, words heavy with meaning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
meaning the thief would soon steal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
was saying, ‘I will care for you alone and I will give to you’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
was saying, ‘I will be kind-hearted and I will be kind-worded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They
understood it, not more had to be said as he walked back to his car<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Over
the news, the president had a speech to make<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
talked about a new project<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
would make life easier, costs lighter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
would ensure the citizens were happier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
the future of the nation would look brighter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
ended his speech with a promise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
would work harder and earnestly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For
the love of the nation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
families crowded around television sets believed him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They
knew he was a patriot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">His
love would certainly drive his actions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Then
they turned the lights out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
was bed time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
world fell asleep, asleep in my dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Only
I could see the thief move stealthily<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Why
couldn’t they wake? He sought to take something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
only took one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
meaning; he stole the meaning of the word love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In
my dream they woke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To
a world where there was love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A
‘love’ that had been robbed of its meaning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Soon
after<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Daddy
stretched his hand to his little girl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
said I ‘love’ you with his lips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But
his hands abused<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">His
baby girl did not understand why love would hurt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Especially
when daddy was smiling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Maybe,
just maybe that was love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Miss.
Jill woke up Mrs. Jack<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Jack infuriated her with every breath he took<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So
she called him a fool to his face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
only remained because she loved him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">His
money was an integral part of him, the part she loved most<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Jack loved Mrs. Jack; he loved Miss Daisy too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
was such a dainty thing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She
smelled so good when she welcomed him on Thursday after work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">How
he loved her, his love for her made him take and take and take<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
couldn’t get enough of his dainty Daisy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
Mr. Jack was such a careful man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">His
love for Mrs. Jack made him careful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A
flagrant display of his faithfulness would be insulting to her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tsk
tsk not a sign of love; not cool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Morning
dawned in the government house<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
the funds were released to commence the project<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All
protocols observed, the first check was signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
money began the untraceable journey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
went different places<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But
a lot of it went somewhere far away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To
an unknown account, operated by someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Someone
who lived in the government house<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Of
course the lives of the citizens were better for it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
members of the first family are citizens aren’t they?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Oh
how he loved the nation this President<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He
would approve another project soon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To
make up for this one that was unsuccessful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a promise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this happened in my nightmare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This
love did horrible things<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
love that wasn’t really love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
as I felt my day dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
caught a glimpse of the thief that stole the true meaning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">That
was why I woke up shouting,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Give
us the true meaning of love back!!!’</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Written by Tobe
Osigwe @ikolondigbo </span></i></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
know of a certain handsome friend whose charming look has made him the cynosure
of all eyes and every young ladies dream. The way and manner this young man
conducts himself with unassuming poise and panache, his impeccable dress sense,
stylish hair cut and his confidence, earned him the sobriquet; Perfect
Gentleman or PGM as he is fondly called. Well, if </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">this is the definition of a
perfect gentleman then I believe that any of us will become one in not too far
possible time if we put our mind to it. But alas, I doubt if that is all the
requirements. I believe one can become a gentleman with the above features but
being a gentleman with the adjective ‘perfect’ calls for more discipline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
live in a world that celebrates the outward appearance more than the inward
virtues of a man. No thanks to the media that has helped to entrench such a base
and shortchanged world view. More often than not the media magnify a
personality who has succeeded in hiding his character flaws from the dull eyes
of the public as an accomplished individual. The supposed fellow may be an
individual who might not even have the balls to look himself in the mirror, or
sleep comfortably at night without being haunted by his hidden inanities. An individual
whom close friends and families might not even dare to vouch for but cluster
around such fellow because of the crumbs they can eat off him. This is the bane
of our world; a world that cares about the outward personality than inward
character.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On
the contrary, I know of a certain man who is more than just a media creation. I
reiterate, I know of a certain man who is more than just media hype. He is more
than myths and legends but even if he is, the fable about him worth’s the time
spent yearly in listening to it told over and over again. I know of a certain
man whom one can reliably call a perfect gentleman and dare the critics and
pundits to prove otherwise. I know of a certain man whom I can refer to as an
epitome of a perfect gentleman without having an inner feeling of being a
sycophant or playing to the gallery. And I can authoritatively refer to this
certain man as a perfect gentleman because that is the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
hold this to be true because it was evident in his life. He had all the powers
but still appeared powerless to the extent that it cost him his life. As a team
leader he made sure that everybody is served and satisfied first. As a judge he
refused to judge or condemn the guilty even when it was obvious that the lady
was a seasoned prostitute. He saw strength in a tax collector that others
referred to as thief and made a treasurer out of a man that loves money and
eventually betrayed him for same. Many a lady flocked around him but he never
frolicked or took advantage of one. He refused to acquire a palace befitting of
his status as the only son of a living deity. With him, there was no class,
colour bar segregation or mundane feeling of superiority. For once, his status
never got into his head neither did he rub it into the eye of anybody that he
was a special breed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If
being a perfect gentleman is not about being a man of your words then I guess
this certain man is not one. But if being one is about showing sincere
compassion, loving without expecting to receive back, giving not out of
abundance but out of importance, forgiving friends, enemies, Judases and
critics that deserved not to be forgiven then this certain man is surely a
perfect gentleman. If one, a prince at that, can willfully succumb to the shame
of being spat on, flogged publicly for being crimeless, arraigned with renowned
thieves without cursing, swearing or fighting back-despite having the power to
send down fire to consume his accusers- then this certain man named Jesus
Christ is no doubt a perfect gentleman. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">However,
if we unanimously agree that he is, I will humbly appeal to us that the
knowledge of him being a perfect gentleman is of no use if we fail to strive
for those virtues he exemplified. If all we do is to crucify innocent and
hapless chicken, turkey, goats, cows and all what not every Christmas season,
without striving to be a perfect gentleman then we have succeeded in making
mockery of his lifestyle. We have succeeded in saying; it does no good being a
perfect gentleman. I believe the best way of saying thank you to this human
enigma called Jesus Christ is to live a humble life of love and not to wear the
toga boldly emblazoned “am a Christian”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Finally,
as we celebrate another Christmas I enjoin all to drop the outward personality label
that we hold so dear as Christians, religious activities and dogmas that make
people see us as a Christian but leave a deep hole in our heart begging to be
filled. Rather let us mould that inward character trait of Jesus that brings
satisfaction to the heart first, to GOD and to our neighbours. A true perfect
gentleman is a person of sound character.
But if after all these grandiose gerrymandering with words, you want a
concise definition of an attitude of a Perfect Gentleman, then I will refer you
to Philippians 2 verse 3-6;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> “<i>Don’t
do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be
humble towards one another, always considering others better than yourself.
Look out for one another’s interest, not just for your own. The attitude you
should have is the one that Jesus Christ had: He always had the nature of GOD
but he did not think that by force he should remain equal with GOD”. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">May
GOD open our eyes of understanding. Happy
Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tobe
Osigwe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-82585665513893077382013-12-13T07:31:00.000-08:002013-12-13T07:31:12.622-08:00The Unjust Misrepresentation of Tara (Episode 3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Written
by Obi Difu @Obiokoroa4<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tale 3: The Thin Between Unanswered
Question and a Lie<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara’s face was cold, she had
no expression on her face. Eka was remorseful and had her puppy face up, but
she was sure it was not because of her regrets at the way she handled it but
because Phil was there before her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gbenga tried to sneak a hug
from Tara, she was having none of it. She rebuked him faster than </span></div>
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superstitious Nigerian rebukes a bad news. Gbenga tried to smile about it,
while Phil held Eka, pulling her, as soft as possible, to the side; a few
meters away from Gbenga and Tara.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Tara what is going on?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“What is going on?! What did
you tell Phil we did last night?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I told him you agreed to be my
girlfriend na”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Really? So why does Eka have
the impression that we had sex at the place we met yesterday”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“O my! Come on Tara…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gbenga tried to hold her hand,
she withdrew further. Her voice was loud and she wanted it that way, she tried
to make it loud enough for Phil and Eka to hear her rage. Gbenga on the other
hand tried to speak under his breath. She was not going to give him the chance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“…I would never say something
that didn’t happen”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though she looked straight at
Gbenga, she could tell the attention of both Eka and Phil were on them. She
could see Phil’s anger at Eka, his rage was pure, this confrontation would not
only vindicate her, it would destroy her friend’s relationship. She was wise
enough to know that much, but she was too deep in to back out. In a bid to
vindicate herself, she would have to destroy her friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You didn’t answer my question
Gbenga!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I just said…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You just said ‘I would never
say something that didn’t happen’. That isn’t an answer Gbenga” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“It is…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I see now. You are trying to
twist your words such that you would tell me what I want to hear and allow Phil
believe what he wants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“There is a thin line between
an unanswered question and a lie Gbenga and you crossed it, care to tell me
which side you are on?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Tara come on. We can talk
about this somewhere more private…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Why? So you can tell them we
had make up sex?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gbenga’s eyes were blood red
with rage, she almost felt it was directed at her till he shot an evil glance at
an equally raging Phil and an over remorseful Eka. Phil forcefully shoved Eka
and the two began walking away. Tara had to clarify; she had to do it so Eka
would hear. Her time was short, her friend would most likely lose her
boyfriend, and she wouldn’t lose her dignity along with it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Gbenga I want you to answer
this question to the hearing of your friend. DID YOU HAVE SEX WITH ME?!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“NO! WE DIDN’T! ARE YOU HAPPY
NOW?!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Victory! The bitter taste of
victory; one which came at the detriment of a friend. Tara at that point felt
both the uplift of the burdened slander on her image and the heart breaking
realization that she just might have lost her best friend. Tara turned to get
an apology from Eka, but the bitter sting of realizing your selfishness shot
Tara in the head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eka stood, hands to her face,
clenched her jaw, almost falling to the ground, Phil walked away,
simultaneously in the opposite direction to which Gbenga went. Four people were
hurt that day, no victories were won.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara got to Eka just before her
fair almost spotless knees hit the ground. She held her friend and tried to
bring her friend back up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You know the difference
between an unanswered question and a lie?” Eka said out of sorts “One kept us
as friends, the other made me lose everything”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara just then realized she
hadn’t proved anything to anyone. If anything she had lost her friend. From
that day, she realized questioning a guy might not be the best approach. She
would never openly confront a guy again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have been slapping me for over an hour now. Each time I try</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">to say something I get another slap. I am sure I
don’t deserve this</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">but they must think otherwise. This large woman
has been screaming</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">since she asked me to pay for the rice, beans
and kpomo I bought. Theo</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">had told me this morning that when I got to the
stall all I had to do</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">was place an order then eat then ask how much it
costs then ask what</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">work I could quickly do in exchange for the food.
It all seemed so</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">simple and plain to me. Even goats with common
sense can figure out</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">that I was being honest. ..... Another slap and I
can barely hear my</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">own thoughts. It all seems noisier since this
last slap.... I can</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">barely hear the question but I remember my name
is Josiah.... at least</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">that’s what Theo told me.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I got here about an hour ago. When I walked in, I
remember I was</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">welcome by the scent of boiling pepper sauce and
the fresh fish and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">bush meat. I asked what they had on their menu
and the special for the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">day-- Theo says when you ask those questions
they become less</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">suspicious of your ability to pay for the meal. He
stressed that its</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">only insiders with inside information that can
ask that type of</span> <span style="background: white;">question.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I am trying to regain my senses at least all
five of them.... let me</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">try. I can see the large woman tying and untying
and re-tying her</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">wrapper. I can also see the girl that raised the
alarm when I said I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">can work in the stall to pay for the meal. I can
imagine my English</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">teacher in our grammar school being proud of me
when I use the word</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">meal instead of food but what will Brenda
think of me now if she</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">walked past?</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Yes, there is a girl in the center of my story--
Brenda-- I am sure I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">can think about her now at least before the next
slap lands on my</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">run-way face. ..... Another slap! I can still
think. I can still see</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Brenda walk into our class. she was the
assistant class prefect and I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">was just like any other boy that dreamed of
talking to her and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">listening to her just say anything or try to
catch a glimpse of her</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">smile in your general direction. If only you
knew Brenda, you will</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">agree with me that I am right about her-- I
promised myself the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">morning I left our town that I will make Brenda
proud of me all the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">time, but maybe not today. I still feel hungry.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I am checking for my sense of smell-- there are
so many mouth</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">odors around me here. Can’t they just stop
speaking this their quick</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">language that keeps me pondering and wondering
if they will kill me</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">when they are ready. ‘I went to school o’! I
heard myself say so</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">before the last slap I remember hit me from
behind my ears. I am sure</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">it came from my blind spot, a dark spot. But
strange as it seems, this</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">is the first time I have ever gotten so many
people around me since I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">got into this Lagos. Yes these people are all
loners but they are also</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">quick to rise in defense of anyone being abused.
At least someone is</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">slapping me on behalf of the large woman then
someone should also come</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">to my rescue but no one seems to be here. By the
way I have also</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">stopped believing in the existence of divine
beings. Hunger was the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">first lesson I learnt, then came the next fruit
of the spirit</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">--long-suffering. I expected this to be just a
quick re-fresher cause</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">but this seems to be a full and long drawn
semester.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I told you I went to school. I aint joking o!
This hunger thing is</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">serious. It motivated Charles to marry Diana and
divorce her then</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">marry the other woman that look older than his
mother then stay with</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">her. It is the same hunger that drove those
military boys out of the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">barracks into the streets in search of greener
khakis. It is the same</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">hunger that made me walk into this town
determined to make it or die</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">and be returned home as someone who tried to
make some difference even</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">if I try and fail at least they will know that I
tried.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The slapping seems to have past and they are
settling down. Wait......</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">another slap..... I can see her ask me if I am
okay. She looked not</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">like Brenda but like my mother. She murmured
something about paying</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">for my food and warning me never to do it again
if I intended to live</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">long. I kind of missed being the center of all
attention for some time</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">but it seems even death doesn’t stop this Lagos
people from doing what</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">they had set out that day to do.</span><br />
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hungry and I now have my head pounding with this headache.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">I can still remember that Theo also said that if
anything goes wrong</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">or if I sense I am in danger that I should run. It
just hit me now,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Theo is really not a bad person but he believes
he has answers to all</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the questions and problems that I could possibly
have in my head and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">according to him-- my heart.</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="background: white;">Theo says my heart will kill me and continue
beating for itself. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">still don’t understand Theo but he is right
about one thing-- this</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Lagos people are kind. They might kill you but
they won’t let you die</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">just like that. At least you will have a story
to tell when you get to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the other side -that is for those of you who
believe in another life</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">beyond this. For me this Lagos is enough.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Theo and I go way back. When we were in
secondary school Theo couldn’t</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">spell his four letter name and I kept mocking
him ‘it’s so simple’. The</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">same phrase he had used to inform me about life
in Lagos after I lined</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">up in front of Brenda’s mother shop to make that
phone call to Theo</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">before he invited me to this big city. This Lagos.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I have also cost Theo a lot sha! I remember how I
made him lose his</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">first job as a marketer. I remember I used to be
school smart but this</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">life is just meant for people like Theo. this
hustling.... another big</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">word I will be sure baba grammar would have been
proud of. I was the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">best in my class. Theo is the best in Lagos
life. Theo told me I could</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">join his company and get money everyday just
like that- it’s so simple</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">he told me, just use your brain! That we had
slept well into the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">morning when Theo woke me that it was time for
work. I came out</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">dressed in my supposed white looking shirt and
bell trousers. This had</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">to be the day. I also had on my shoes. Former
black now something</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">looking like black- blackish. Theo asked me if I
was comfortable and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the answer was yes!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">He stopped off at a UAC depot and I was coming
in with him when he</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">told me to wait a bit. He went in and like
everyone else he came out</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">with two caramel looking cartons. All taped up
and smelling fresh. He</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">said to me. This is where we start work today,
we are middlemen here.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">We carry this merchandise, this Gala and we sell
to those who need to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">have it. Simple. I felt it couldn’t be so bad
after-all. But I was</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">quick to learn this was no easy task. First was
the need to listen</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">like a mother for the slightest whim from her
baby and here the master</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">call was a hiss ‘sissssisssissi’ followed by a
yell GALA! That was the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">call and the race begins. I saw Theo bolt away. His
rubber slippers making the slapping sounds on the asphalt ground. He had his
carton</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">with one hand. His change or people balance on
the other, the flap of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the now opened Gala carton covered a good part
of his vision so he</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">paired just slightly above to get a glimpse of
the prospective buyer</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">and the other eye was used to monitor traffic
especially the never</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">stopping okadas.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Middleman was a good term to describe this
trade at least we were the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">middlemen between the depot people and our
customers. We are the boys</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">who stand between cars moving quickly right in
the middle of the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">express road or freeway to sell our products. My
turn to sell finally</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">came. It was from a taxi colored yellow that the
hiss came from. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">heard it first. I hear well. The traffic was
just gaining momentum. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">was sure I could do this. Is it not me, Josiah
the best in English,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">best in economics and best in biology. Yes I
can- I remember the Obama</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">posters in our village. I also remember I
thought he was running for</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">our local government election which was later
cancelled. Nonetheless I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">can!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I took ginger steps towards the direction of the
taxi then I heard</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Theo scream behind me ‘no waka o, take off’ so I
broke out running. My</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">blackish shoes knocking hard on the earth, the
bell trousers were in</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">my way. I felt the heat inch closer to me in my
whitish shirt. I was</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">almost there. I didn’t see the okada coming on
the one way road. We</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">collided, I fell. I remembered those American
rugby posters in pa</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Chindi’s beer parlour where whitemen came to
drink in the evening</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">before the kidnapping became more rampant in our
town.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I felt nothing at first then I saw the blood run
through my side and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">my head hurt badly. My shoes were off and my
head hurt badly. I saw</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">someone run past me and say yes ma, how many you
wan buy. Nothing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">stopped this town permanently they only paused
for a while then</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">returned to the Lagos life. Theo came up to me
and said ‘how will I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">pay for this gala now, see all the ones that are
torn, are you blind, </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">didn’t you see the okada coming?’</span><br />
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also made Theo lose his accommodation. It was a one room place</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">nothing fancy just efficient space. The landlord
had barged in that</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">morning demanding for his rent. One month rent. We
didn’t have money so</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">he took the Sony DVD player in the room as
collateral. Theo said ‘he</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">take am hold something’. We were in room 5. Theo’s
first neighbour was</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">a quiet smallish looking guy that barely said
anything to anyone. We</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">hired the guns from him and the cutlass no
machete as well. The rules</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">were simple we pay buy the hour as we go. One hour
was 1,000 naira each</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">for the equipments. If we get caught we should
never call his name or</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">he will find us and kill us. We were allowed to
have it as long as we</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">wanted but the pay had to be complete on return.
I asked him how we</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">were to use them and Theo told me our mission
was two-fold.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Return the visit to our landlord- reclaim the DVD
and collect from him</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">money for the house rent. it was so simple. We
get in, make them</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">scared, get the money and move on. We made it
into his house just down</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the road in about 10 minutes. Theo made some
very strange sounds from</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">behind his cloth make-shift mask. He was
carrying the gun. He ordered</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">everyone to lie down which they did. I saw the DVD
player on the table</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">and tool it. We called on the landlord to go and
get the money which</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">he did. we were almost done when I saw her. She
was just like Brenda--</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">she was the landlord’s first daughter. I moved
closer to where she lay</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">down. I wasn’t going to hurt her but I just
wanted to see her face and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">her breasts.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Theo shouted in that his newly acquired Rambo
voice- ‘Scorpion be</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">still’! I yelled out ‘Theo where is the scorpion’?
Theo felt so bad</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">caused I even jumped on the cushion chair and
asked again ‘Theo wey</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the scorpion?’ Theo was disappointed. The
landlord said from where he</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">lay down- Theo is that you? ‘Just wait till I
stand up’? It was then</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">it hit me that Theo was being creative by not
calling out my name. He</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">called me Scorpion not that there was a real
scorpion in the house. We</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">ran for it or rather Theo ran I followed him.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">We haven’t sleep in four days because we couldn’t
return to the house</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">without paying for the equipment and the
landlord knew it was us. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">have caused Theo his gala job now his
accommodation. I feel lost now.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">I was returning to where we had agreed to meet
in oshodi after I had</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">breakfast which now also included a fairly good
beating from this</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Lagos people. I am really tired. but as I
approach the junction I saw</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the landlord’s hat, he was slapping Theo while
two police officers</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">held Theo’s hands. my eyes met with Theo’s. He
shouted out to me as I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">ignorantly kept heading towards him. --
‘scorpion take off’ he yelled</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">again and this time I got the message.</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="background: white;">I turned round and began to run. no shoes, no
shirt, no trouser, no</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">bag, nothing at all could stop me. I heard the
police officer shouting</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">‘ole’ ‘ole’ ‘stop him’. but today was different,
I kept running and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">ducking and running. I didn’t feel exhausted as I
normally would. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">wasn’t sure where I was running to but I kept
running. I crossed the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">road, ran past the police station and the
hospital and the bank and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">past the street lights, past the BRT terminal,
past the small illegal</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">markets buy the road side, past the pure water
sellers and past the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">pedestrians, past the sign that says welcome to
Igbeyin adun street. I</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">felt free, I felt different, I felt new, I felt
welcome, I felt like a</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Lagosian.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497971672068735532noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897177080274671978.post-42329351988761926562013-12-06T07:36:00.000-08:002013-12-06T07:36:31.686-08:00The Unjust Misrepresentation of Tara (Episode 2)<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tale 2: It’s not About You, it’s About Me<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"How could you trade your virginity for a box of
valentine day chocolates?!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eka's words were loud and not filtered. It echoed around the
girls' dormitory and just as the not mistaken theme song to the NTA 9'o clock
news draws attention of parent's to the TV, Eka's words drew the whole
attention of the female dorm to the conversation between herself and Tara.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Eka are you on something?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"This isn't going to work Tara; you can't pretend to be
the Miss I-don't- care –about- boys anymore"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Eka, I didn't lose my virginity over a box of
chocolates. Where did you get that?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara liked to believe herself a logical person, who tried
her best to solve everything as calmly as possible; especially, with all the
girls in the dorm coming towards them both. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Ah so Miss I don't like boys was even cheaper than tom
tom"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A voice from the crowd threw an unjust criticism at Tara,
everyone burst into a row of mocking laughter. Eka's face was as still as
steel. She wasn't giving up and Tara realized this wasn't some silly prank by
Eka on everyone. Though she was a prankster, this was something she held
vengefully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Eka, can we go somewhere and figure out what is
wrong?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Why? If the whole boys hostel already know about you
and Gbenga's hot romantic rendezvous last night, why do the girls have to be
left out?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"What?! Gbenga?! Hot romantic?!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara was about to break into laughter, now she believed it
was one of Eka's pranks. She was going to tell Eka that she had finally agreed
to date Gbenga and that she was willing to give the whole 'romance' stuff a try
because Eka had talked her into it. This was all some silly game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Eka! Come on! You advised me to say yes to him"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Yes to date him not sleep with him!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Sorry, what?!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"O! Miss Phonetics strikes again! This isn't time for
one of your Yankee phonetics o! Better start speaking that Festac pidgin you
grew up with"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Madam Eka, I did not sleep with anyone. Even if I did
how is that betraying you?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Because, it is not about you Tara. The world doesn't
revolve around you Miss Wandoo Tara Aghedo, or should I say 'wan do'. Now that
you have gone and had sex with Gbenga, I am now being threatened by Phil to
either have sex with him or we will break up."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"O my Lord Eka! How naïve are you? Who can have sex in
that garden behind the library?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"She will know na! She be pro." Another girl spoke
from the crowd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara ignored the idiotic amebo; walked closer to her best
friend, tried to hold her by the shoulder but Eka shrugged her off and moved
backward slowly. Eka was having a dilemma and it was all for a false rumor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"How about we go see Gbenga and ask him to clarify this
story?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"He would lie to protect you. He told Phil and asked
Phil to promise not to tell me. But Phil told me this morning; that you both
did it last night"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Look at me Eka, it's me, Tara. Just give me a chance
to show you it is all a lie" Tara reasoned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eka was calmer, her venting and anger which clogged her
sense of reasoning had diminished. Tara held her by the hands and they both
walked out of the hostel together. Most of the girls dispersed, but one or two
followed them, Tara didn't care, all she cared about was clearing her name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Eka, have you forgotten all I have told you about
me?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"I. Tara, I can't lose Phil. I am going to marry
him"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"I know Eka, but you can recall I am not a virgin. I
was molested as a child. I told you this a long time ago and you told me that
was why I didn't believe in romance and love"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"O my, Tara, I forgot! But is that why you slept with
Gbenga easily?!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"For Christ sakes Eka I didn't sleep with that bastard!
I just told him yes, I will date him"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Hello girlfriend."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like an answered prayer, Gbenga and Phil were before Tara
and Eka, she was going to settle this, she would settle this now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
be continued…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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