All of my thoughts

"I dey learn for where you dey!" In Nigerian English speak, that is pidgin, this statement is one of the very many that you hear on a continuous basis. I was walking home with a friend from school and met another friend and went on to introduce the both of them. Both of them are instrumentalists and my friend whom I'll represent with the letter A, was quite enthusiastic to meet my other friend whom I'll call B. B kept trying to downplay his abilities and kept saying "no, I don't play any instruments o, she's just joking." It was downright annoying and I had to tell him so. We have assumed this false modesty or should I call it a prideful humility. It is quite prevalent among the Nigerian youth, we lie about or downplay our abilities because we don't want to seem like we are boastful? or talented? or arrogant? Why exactly do we do this? I find it annoying that people who are obviously talented have this annoyingly, falsely shy smile😬😬 on th...

"Oh my God, you've grown fat!" That statement was the first thing most people said to me when they saw me for the first time after school resumed. I laughed it off the first few times, but then it started to get old, and annoying😡😠😬. Yes, I was home for 5 months and thereabouts, I added a bit of weight, it doesn't mean my IQ dropped! Oh, and some other people were more blunt than most and stated that they liked the way my hips filled out 😱😱😱. Nice, but I like to think that I am admired for more than just my body size and shape 😆 and I think that a lot of us, both sexes inclusive, like to think so. Society has magnified abs and long limbs and beautiful fingers and cross bow 💋 and curvy hips and big, perky boobs above common sense and politeness. Are all of these things wrong? No, nobody wants flabby arms and potbellies, but the moment that we begin to expect more from a person's physical appearance than their mental prowess, then we have begun to cause a ...

"Abeg, give me 1k."  That was what my friend said when she saw me last Thursday at my faculty. She had called me earlier, inquiring as to where I was, and she came to meet me. So, imagine my amusement when she comes and says "Abeg, give me 1k"😁😁.  So, good friend that I am, I asked her what she wanted it for, and that was how I entered the Loom and Bloom train! 😇😂😂 Hilarious, right? I am not a money schemer or ponzi scheme fanatic, no offense to persons who are 😋, but this one sounded so good. I didn't have to work on referrals, the other group members would do it😎, I just had to pay and wait to cash out! Ah, 8k in 24hours, who turns that down? I paid the money and entered the group o. And a day later, my enthusiasm died and I quit 😇.  Many people have said that Loom is a ponzi scheme, that it will crash and affect the persons at the bottom of the pyramid😬😢, others flood their status daily with pictures of them cashing out, others still are indi...