May 2012
9 posts
Sometimes it is in the simplest moments - for me, staring at an old black and white photograph of my brother - that we find peace.
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Of men and canines
It is often said that dogs are Man’s best friend. But I think here in the West, the canine-human relationship has gone beyond the simple stage of just friendship, it’s now at a level of worship. Yes, folks, worship. I sincerely think that people worship their dogs in this part of the world.
Ok fine. So maybe people don’t actually worship their dogs in the sense ofclosing their...
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“Whoever loves money never has money enough;
whoever loves wealth is never...”
– King Solomon, Ecclesiastes 5:10
We human beings - yes, including myself - are an incredibly hypocritical bunch.
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On Cultural Identity
Even though I live in Canada, and have done so for the past two years, I am Nigerian (very Nigerian). I was born and raised on the West side of the Dark Continent. My Nigerian-ness is one of the pieces of my identity that I cling to the tightest. I place it in my heart, in the centre of my left ventricle; so as long as my heart is beating those West African vibes are coursing through my veins...
April 2012
8 posts
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The Sun and I
Depending on when I sleep, sunrise is either rather pretty or rather annoying. If I go to bed at a decent time, fall asleep, then wake up the next day to the sun climbing its way up in the sky, then sure, sunrise is rather pretty. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that sunrise is beautiful.
BUT (there’s always a but in these posts isn’t there?) if - due to the combined effects of...
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“I’m coming to America, but I aint playin football with you folks...”
– Sway (British rapper)
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水。νερό. su. tubig. l'eau. المياه. WATER
In 7 different languages. I used google translate so pardon me if you actually speak one of those languages and it read “Robot-eating unicorn” instead of water.
Today I took some time to think about water and I realized that it really is a wonderful substance. H2O was probably the first (and for some, the only) chemical formula you learnt in school. I still sometimes say “I need...
Tales of The late night commuter
“NOOOOOOO!”
It was 1 AM. And I screamed that out as I walked through Don Mills station, because I realised my iPod music device technology thingy had suddenly died (ok, I didn’t actually scream. It was more like a pseudo-scream. You know? The type where you firmly shut your eyes, clench your fists and open your mouth to let out a scream, but then you remember that it’s one...
March 2012
7 posts
Yesterday evening...
As I walked into my apartment building, so did this other gentleman (yes, I said gentleman. Not necessarily because he was a gentleman, but because ‘gentleman’ is a word in the English dictionary and I chose to use it. Problem?).
I was listening to music through my headphones, he was carrying an enormous box of cereal in one hand and baby diapers in the other. I smiled at him, like I...
When it comes down to it, most of our fears can be defeated - or at least severely wounded - by just thinking logically.
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And at the end of the day we discover - to our humbling dismay - that we are only human.
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Today I went to the clinic for a rendezvous with the doctor. While I waited in the Room-Where-People-Wait, I saw a little girl reading a book of stories with her mother, who was patiently and eagerly trying to teach her the words and ideas expressed in the book: “What happens when the bee stings the frog?”, she asked her little angel. While this was happening a very old lady dependent...
February 2012
10 posts
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“Lies are edible. Tasty, almost. They only become toxic when we realize what they...”
– Judah Osagie
Time to take off the mask
We’re always thinking. A million and one thoughts are constantly dancing inside our heads, so how is it that we manage to maintain such straight faces? I think that If there’s one thing we’re all good at, one talent we’re all born with, one gift we’ve all been presented with, that one skill we’ve all mastered: it’s the ability to mask our emotions, to...
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:'(
On my way back from school the other day, I saw a girl crying on the bus. Tears, closely followed by black makeup, ran down the entire length of her cheek.
Sometimes I wonder, why do we cry? I mean, I certainly understand why we can be sad, but I just don’t get why that sadness is expressed through tears. If you think about it, it’s really really…random. How on earth did water...
Is It Just A Number?
It’s funny how young people keep wishing they were older and old people keep wishing they were younger. Is anyone ever comfortable with how old they are? Is there an optimum age, where people’s satisfaction levels peak? Someone wise once told me that “Middle age doesn’t exist”. Well, chronologically it does. If I divided the average life expectancy of a given...
Experience has taught me time and time again not to judge an individual by the colour of their skin. But when it comes to apples, I’m pretty racist.
I just can’t stand green apples.
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Every single human being who lives and exists in this world is influenced by the society around them. There’s no escaping it. Unless you were in solitary confinement. But we both know, most excellent reader, that anyone who remains isolated from all human contact for long enough will eventually start to see and converse with unicorns (which I hear is not as pretty as Cartoon Network makes it...
January 2012
19 posts
Anonymous asked: If you had to summarize yourself, what would you say? Who are you?
The clock in my room seems to tick ten times louder when I know I should be going to sleep.
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went...”
– George Orwell
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“Today You are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive, who is Youer...”
– Dr Seuss
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It’s a good thing for the mind to be engaged. It’s wonderful to be occupied with creative and wonderful things. And it’s wonderful to use words repeatedly, to repeat them over and over and over and over again. That’s wonderful. Pardon me, most excellent reader, for my “lack of substance” in the past few sentences, but this post is actually born out of...
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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with...”
– Galileo Galilei
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For the sake of your happiness, do not compare yourself to other people. If your experiences on this wonderful but chaotic planet are anything similar to mine, then such comparisons usually only make you discontent with what you have and unsatisfied with who you are.
I’ve not been privileged enough to meet a human being that has absolutely no faults, but I’ve also never met anyone...
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