It has been a hazy couple of years, and like a dripping faucet, the energy I usually derive from putting my thoughts into words has leaked away into the great unknown. What joy is there in sharing my most intimate thoughts with strangers? Is there a point in us humans simply being curious about what is happening in other people’s lives? No matter the color of your skin, or the society that...
At this point, I should give you a bit of background information on how I got to that point. My earliest memory of getting interested in technology was in early 1993 and I had just witnessed my dad bring a huge device out of our stereo system. I was so upset I began to cry, telling him how he had damaged the equipment (I loved listening to the radio); unfazed, unfazed, he coupled the stereo as it...
There are no self-made human beings anywhere; we are all products of the people in our lives, a reflection of who they are. Often, we turn out, just like the people closest to us, and we perpetuate, or, if possible, re-invent ourselves to chart a new course. I would like to thank some of those people who shared their knowledge with me. Sometime in December of the year 2000, my friend Bukola told...
I remember rapping in primary school for Uncle Sola, my teacher, who also raps. We would rap together, and he would let me have the second verse after he took the first verse. Somehow, we would rehearse every day during break time and sometimes after school hours. It got to a point, he told me, that if I practiced and got so good, he would take me to the United States of America. I was about nine...
Newton’s Second Law of Motion says, “The rate of change of Momentum is directly proportional to the force applied”. This implies that to get to the point where you can achieve your goals, you will have to work very hard at the beginning. Remember Newton’s First Law, you are starting from Zero. The force of inertia (the reluctance to leave a state of rest) is your biggest...
I want to tell you a story, and in the next couple of minutes, I would appreciate it if you could lend me your undivided attention. I promise to return it with interest.A child was born in an urban area in the heart of Lagos State almost 3 decades ago, attended about 5 primary schools, finally obtained the first school leaving certificate, and from there on to just 1 secondary school. Being a...
Its been almost 9 months since my last post and looking back now, I had been drifting gradually from writing and focused more on joining the race that over 2 million individuals before me had run faithfully.I was born on a cool Saturday morning somewhere in Lagos Nigeria, back when the military junta was making a comeback and the Naira was stronger than the US Dollar (yes, that time existed in...
#ChildNotBride was the major rallying cry over the weekend and it brought to the fore, our innate feelings of love and compassion for our fellow humans, especially our children. Let us borrow a leaf from the reaction generated by this debased form of thinking (inferred or not) and extend that same anger to the paraplegic educational system, the hostile business environment, the derogatory lyrics...
#OccupyNigeria #FuelSubsidy #ABSURAPE #ALUU4 #MUBI #BOKOHARAM #PLANECRASH #FESTACRAPE #UNBOMBING #KIDNAPPING #PILEUPS #BUILDINGCOLLAPSE #FIREDISASTER It is evident that we live in a broken world and nothing we do will fix the predicament we the inhabitants find ourselves because we ourselves are imperfect and there is no way we can create a perfect system out of an imperfect mind. The mere fact...