The World As it Spins

Poem dedicated to my unborn daughter ***** If I had a daughter I'd name her Joella I'd not cut her hair and I'd not Pierce her ears I'd take her along wherever I go I'd be proud of her and I'll let her know

I can see the dawn breaking. Something tells me a lot of good things are going to happen to me in rapid succession. I feel alive and success bound. First of all NooW magazine is back and better! See @NOOWmag for more details. I see this going beyond the frontiers of my imagination. Secondly, I might just feature on a music project. Details are not clear yet, I may contribute in writing capacity or vocals or feature as a rapper. It's thrilling. I'm vibrating here at the thought it. Finally, I'm officially single and unattached. I've been through it all; this is the rise of the phoenix. More blog posts will follow. Blessings.

*I posted this on Facebook last year, just thought you should read it here too. Back in my undergraduate days, there was this Pawpaw that caught me eye. Hanging on a Pawpaw 'tree' a few metres from my front window it was the first thing I saw as I walked off to school in the cold lonely mornings and when I returned at dusk it was the first thing I looked out for. She lifted my tired spirits in no small measure. My Pawpaw was not yet ripe but I knew it was just a matter of time, soon I'll gladly harvest it. My Pawpaw. I considered it my Pawpaw because I was in pole position to lay claims to ownership, I had the right of first refusal . Hell, she's hanging a few metres from my door post, just within reach. I patiently watched as my Pawpaw grew big and acquired the curviness ripening Pawpaws put on while it slowly wore this new coat of yellow that indicated good health . "Ahh" , I thought thoughts of having this Pawpaw all to myself and wrung my hands in p...

Yes? No? A few weeks back Caleb asked me if I've heard the songs Are You What You Want To Be? and Ask Yourself by Foster The People. The way he put it appeared to me like: Are You What You Want To Be? Ask Yourself. This sent me on a thoughtful journey. Sure I want to be a lot of things, but am I there yet? Saying I'm what I want to be will mean this is the life I've been dreaming of and waiting for, and this is not it. However an important question to ask is "Am I on track to becoming what I want to be?" Becoming successful is a journey, hence you may not be what you dream of being but hell yes you could be well on track to being it. Any difference between 'what' and 'who' you are? Well, who you are remains largely constant till you die (this is your personality). What you are depends on external factors, and require hard work + good fortune to become. What you are is your station in life at a particular time. So are you where you want to be o...

This year I have learnt to patiently wait for what belongs to me to come to me. I finished school late last year and I was expecting to go for my mandatory national service in March, but due to some unknown reasons (elections maybe) the service time was shifted to May. After a gruelling 5 month wait registration for the May batch opened (it opened in April). With plenty joy and optimism I ran to go and register, only to be hit back with an error message saying my name was not in the NYSC database. What the hell?!!!  Why me? Ok, it was not just me in the predicament, it happened that due to the typical Nigerian administrative sloppiness, our department in school didn't submit our names to the university council for approval for NYSC on time. This meant that we'd have to wait for the next batch. And when was the next batch? Nobody knew. It is one thing to wait for something when you know when it's coming and it's different ball game when you are waiting for something th...

In commemoration of the coming World Environment Day, here's an article by 'Tolu Ajobiewe Climate Change: A Nigerian Narrative Writers, story tellers, singers, researchers and analysts have provided in recent times tales and accounts of climate change, bearing and bringing forward facts, assumptions, opinions, predictions and projections of the unseen tomorrow as much as climate change is concerned. This narrative however, draws from the stream of knowledge and pool of facts provided hitherto. But before proceeding with my tale on climate change: the Nigerian perspective, allow me woo you with these descriptions. Climate change refers to an increase in average global temperatures. Wikipedia described climate change as a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e. decades to millions of years). In other words, climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time va...

I'm also an artist! So yesterday I was feeling a burst of creativity, I got my pc pulled out out Adobe FW and this is what came out. He he he I feel proud to share this with y'all. Before I go. We all know what Easter is all about? Right? Uh No? OK here goes. This weekend we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus. Who died to give us life.