Moving Back .......

 Moving back to Nigeria has been crazy!!!!

This country is still messed up! I have been back for a couple of months now and it’s been with mixed feelings. Mixed feelings because Nigeria hasn’t changed a bit from what it used to be and also because I miss that Chinese shop where I buy Chinese regularly. If you dare try to buy Chinese in Naija, one will have to pay through the nose for it. It’s all good sha ....I improvise with normal rice and stew.

One good thing about moving back home is the fact that I’m closer to my family. I also have this inner peace of having my own home and I can gradually plan my life. The bad part of moving back home stems from the fact that more people are on your case and trust Nigerians, they think they know what next step you have to take whether it is what you want or not. I got this strange call from a guy who felt I should just go and do a phd straight because I have a UK masters. Na so e easy? This guy was really on my case, he kept pushing me back and forth until I categorically told him a phd isn’t what you just jump into, it is a research process and one must have sustained interest. Well, things are taking shape gradually. Employment is still a big issue but I have seen it all since I got back. From working in Lekki to struggling with traffic and waking up at 3am to get to work early enough, it’s been really crazy. I will share my work experience in Lekki via another post soon enough. Let’s hope I have finally appeased the gods that have prevented me from blogging.

I have missed folks here! What have you guys been up to?

So Far .....

I just can't count the number of times I have come to this blog with the hope of pouring out my thoughts like never before. I really can't come out with my thoughts because I know loads of people(those who have somehow linked the real me to this blog) sneak here to see or know what's been going on in my life (as if there's anything interesting *smirks*). Times like this, I really wish I had remained anonymous! I still admire my new found 'crush' who despite all threats has refused to come out of the anonymous world. You may be wondering if i'm crazy right? Don't mind me, I always have a virtual crush at one point or the other *hehehehehe*.

So much for this UK life .......

Three years and still counting .....

I have done some crazy things and made some crazy decisions in the last few months or let's just say in 2012. I have even started doing some crazy hairstyle and working on having the perfect David Beckham dress sense and style . I'm a huge a David Beckham fan. I also think watching too much football and seeing different hairstyles on footballers is seriously affecting me.

I think I am enjoying what life has to offer now.

Open Letter to Naijalines

Dear Naijalines,

It's been quite a while Egbon. I haven't heard from you in a while and I trust all is well.....

I must admit that I don't usually blog like I used to do, not because of lack of things to write about but the zeal and muse to write just seems to have disappeared. However, I come here quite often to do the usual blog rounds and I must confess, to see what my naughty friends like T.Notes has been up to in recent times and catch up on the identities of the latest girls admiring his writing. (LOL!).

Egbon, I also snoop around your blog even though I don't often drop comments like before. Some few days back, I was dropping by as usual and noticed that your blog has been turned into a 'CIA' blog whereby one has to be invited before one can read the contents.

What exactly do I have to do to become an elite member or reader of your new blog????






Your 'Aburo'( Am I still in that position?)

2011 ...............

2011

Terrible mistakes were made

Wrong decisions were made

Got carried away a lot of times

Things were at a standstill

Along the line

Things got back in line

Doors were opened

Mistakes were rectified

Made more enemies

Just for things to be right

No regrets whatsoever

I forge ahead without regrets

A better entity evolved

The peace came back and covered all pains

Pains were relieved

2012 

Will be better

Major steps will be taken

Joy will be fully restored

Racism is still here ........

Racism is definitely still here in the UK......

After spending about two years here, I think I got my first full dose of racism at work and I'm so pissed about it that I'm taking it up with the management. I understand that the typical uneducated British hates immigrants because they think we are the ones causing problems for their economy and their social amenities. I really don't blame them, our quest for a better life has pushed us as immigrants to share in their country's so called wealth. Are they even wealthy now with all these economic predictions they may be heading back into another recession?

The UK has really got immigration issues and in solving it, they are going about it the wrong way. While other countries like Australia and Canada are opening up their borders for skilled workers, the UK is closing theirs against skilled workers. Why should I even blame them, my country- Nigeria has refused over the years to be creative with their wealth and in the nearest future, I don't think it will.

At the end of the day, not all that glitters is gold in any country one finds himself!

WORDS .....

Words are like fire
It could be used to destroy
Words have destroyed a lot
Words seem like fire
Words that seem to act on their own
Without understanding the full implications
Words may be the best weapon to free the pains
The pains will forever be there when the words can no longer find wings

The words of fire will be quenched soon
The smoke will gather
The ruins will remain

Looking back
The fire should have remained as smoke!!!

UK Pains.... 1

When a full-blooded young man like me makes what I call a kind of sojourn into the UK without essential back-up such as the presence of the one you love and left back home to keep you in check, one is bound to stray in this country a few times. Over the last two years, I have had my temptations. I have been able to deal with some of these temptations adequately but I have also fallen by the wayside a few times. You can judge me as much as you like but I must confess living in the UK has been one of the most difficult times of my life.

I look back and think I shouldn't have fallen the few times I fell but I have learnt so many lessons that can't ever be learnt from books. I have realized you can't ever let a certain hurt get out of your mind or heart by trying to use someone or something to recover from that hurt. It will only end up blowing up in your face and you end up getting hurt the more.

This may just be the right place to talk about the sojourns of young men like me in their late 20s who think temptations in a place like this can be avoided if you stay focused but it's not always like that when the real situations prop up .....

To men like myself and my good friend and brother T.Notes who is more prone to temptations (lol ...true talk though) ...... God be with us!!!!