quirky

Nothing is valueless; it is first in our perception. We view items as we perceive them to be. The number zero has been given no value in society, even the grandest of scholars sees this oval wonder as ‘Nothingness’; but what if zero was not added to one would we ever have ten? Or to nine, would we ever have ninety? It means zero itself has value, although hidden, its value elevates the single to a platform of relevance. The more we add zero, the more we add value to whatsoever it is attached to. Like latent heat, its influence might not be seen, but it boils and evaporates water. That influence that can change a state from one level to another—from one form to another. I’d like to think of when God called out from nothing, the earth there was nothing but that nothing had potential to birth what we see today. He did not create the fishes as you may think; he just called it out from the water. All this while, who knew H 2 O had in it capacity for fishes; what about the air...

Have you ever tried to talk with a person online and you say something but they perceive it as another thing? Case of caring gone wrong? I remember telling one cold girl (opposite of hot is cold), that I loved her and she took it personal and was ranting on how boys lead girls on that they do not want to spend the rest of their lives with bla, bla, bla…yen, yen, yen… in my church mind, I was just spraying the love of Christ like a Gucci perfume all over her Dm not knowing she thought I was shooting shot. I also remember talking to a superior and he said something and I replied “Okay sir”. He felt I was insulting him and wasn’t paying attention. Why do these things happen? They happen because communication has certain elements that make it concrete; things like tone, body language and gestures, method of delivery and choice of words. All these are important fragments that engage the five senses of your audience and help them understand completely what is being said. Before l...

This would be really short and blunt; I guess? Well, you know that scenario when you think the brother likes you and you are catching feelings that no one is throwing? You have turned to Courtios.😒 Or you are that brother that when you come around ladies, all of them would start acting weird, all of them would begin to catch feelings like someone released a pheromone bomb and it’s making all of them come on!🔥 The truth is that it is normal for two people of opposite sex (or in some very cold climate, same sex😌) to be attracted to themselves. It is very normal. Now that we have movements for everything, let me say this; guys and girls who don’t feel any sexual drive for anyone; you guys are normal too; right? Everything is normal…okay. Moving on, you are that Ronaldo kinda guy and you are that Courtios (Real Madrid’s new keeper that left Chelsea) kinda girl and you want to really figure out what is going on? Well, I have a list of compiled reasons, they are thi...

One night in my Hostel while at Abia State University, one of my protégés came to sleep with me in my room. My room is normally crowded, because everyone wants to be around star boy.😎 He was sleeping like Jonah in the belly of Titus and snoring like an old OX fan; me I couldn’t even grab some shut-eye, why? Our friendly neighborhood “mosquies”. These ones flew in from Germany; they had chainsaw like proboscis (that long thing in their mouth) and they flew with military precision; it was like they knew when I was about to sleep and they attacked anytime my eyes was shutting. To my surprise, they didn’t attack this fellow that was in gear four. Ah-ah! What kind of Ojoro is this one? Why would I suffer like this? Snoring plus mosquito bite?😱😱 Well, I think I have an answer to this. Just like you reject certain food (like close-up and grilled Okra soup), mosquitoes also have their favourite blood types to feed on. They need your blood to develop fertile egg...

I attended Abia state university and I entered with high hopes. I saw American movies and felt those were the norms; the norms I was going to meet in the Nigerian school system—How I thought whatever happened in America applied here was amazing— and Abia state University for that matter? We all know the rude shock our school system gives us; how that we learn with manuals that our lecturers lecturer used and passed down to him like some holy relic; how that we can't  hear the lecturer  because the hall is too full, or that, we  can't possibly pass exams because we can't relate with what they are teaching (which the lecturers don't care about), and have lost all enthusiasm and motivation to even put the effort to read before the exams.  Let's not talk about the dilapidated buildings and lab equipment that make it almost impossible to be a science student, at best what you become is a glorified chemist, mixing things you don't know its use. All these ...

I was sitting, as I watched him sleep as nothing had happened. Earlier he just narrated to me his episodes with women. He smoothly told me with a smile on his face — sometimes a very buoyant grin escaped the side of his face — how he flexed and fiddled with lassies — some discerning, others weren't.   I asked questions, he answered without restrain, without a single iota of remorse, for him it was an odyssey he was worthy of.  He was relishing every moment, as he garnished his tale with his occasional quips, the sound of it released an acerbic emotional concoction. It ebbed my spirit into an abysmal corridor full of thorns and thistles: thoughts — “did I create this monster? Or did I awaken it?” Because I too have had a taste of it, but this time I was both chef and customer. He served and I ate, I served and he ate — we both satiated our appetites in lustful moans and unsettled cravings. We would come back for more. Bit by bit he layered his plan to wh...