tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79467440808800415952024-03-05T12:16:22.152+01:00No Bother, No Brother, No Border.Speaking for the ones who have no means to or are too scared to try...ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-47116806641334640642018-08-30T04:23:00.001+01:002018-08-30T04:23:13.670+01:00LOVING THE SOUND OF YOUR OWN VOICE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I swear I have been in meetings where the only thing on my mind is that these people just love their own DAMN voices...<br />
"How does it sound to my hearing? Oh, let me vary the timbre and see how it sounds...yipee! Does it make people sleep and how soon before they hit dream land?<br />
Yay! it works..."<br />
Sometimes I feel like this when I visit some blogs...some folks just love to see their gibberish on print.<br />
Of course, during those moments of self doubt which plagues even the best of us all, I also find myself wondering " Are they gonna feel me on this?"<br />
Ah well...<br />
Having gotten that off my mind, lemme say "Howdy" ( especially knowing that no one will probably read this anyways.)<br />
Lol..</div>
ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-71672332242915538132014-02-24T19:12:00.002+01:002014-02-25T14:00:09.772+01:00Heartbreak in 770XX<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<a name="more"></a>...Just like in any other city <br>
Much like any other being <br>
Much like varying shades of pity <br>
Love really is just a thing <br>
<br>
Whether you let him into your kitty <br>
Wholly bare yourself to the feeling <br>
Or stay aloof like a kitten <br>
Love is still a cryptic thing <br>
<br>
Gidi or this funny town Houston <br>
By any name, a rose is a-rose-ing <br>
Life'll torment our deepest lusting <br>
'S long as we learn, we're living <br>
<br>
-ManCee<br>
(240214) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Response to Leggy's post below:</div>
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<a href="http://leggy-freda.blogspot.com/2014/01/everything-i-know-about-heartbreak-i.html" target="_blank">http://leggy-freda.blogspot.com/2014/01/everything-i-know-about-heartbreak-i.html</a><a href="http://leggy-freda.blogspot.com/2014/01/everything-i-know-about-heartbreak-i.html"></a></div>
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<i>(written as a post for http://the3six5ng.wordpress.com) </i><br />
<br />
AM, zero four fifty five<br />
A new day has arrived<br />
Internal time things connive<br />
Nagging me worse than a wive<br />
Eyes fiery from sleep deprive<br />
Fibre by fibre, the body lights its fire<br />
<br />
Like yesterday I awake<br />
Thanks mumbled to the sky Sheikh<br />
Steak, pancake, which shall I make<br />
Each thought waking with a headache<br />
Today, somehow seems like yesterday<br />
i thought as I exhaled<br />
hot water my back to bake<br />
As thoughts turn to filenames and delivery dates<br />
<br />
Today I’ll do something new<br />
Board the bus for a different view<br />
Cool. My ennui perhaps to undo<br />
Headphones on to a new tune<br />
weave my way in school lines like a corkscrew<br />
The last yards my bus to pursue<br />
Tiny seat next to a tattoo-ee to makedo<br />
Today starts off all anew<br />
But yesterday seems its preview<br />
<br />
I thought wryly with a smirk<br />
‘Surprise’! It’s the same office clerk<br />
Perky smile and things blowing me a peck<br />
The people are nice and its good teamwork<br />
My sleeves are rolled to get that bonus perk<br />
Remind them I’m damn good at this brainwork<br />
Work before pecks, not here to shirk<br />
I do my bit to get us that fat extra perk<br />
<br />
Present cogitations and presentations<br />
Deadlines met, signatures on parchments</div>
The day is done and young. And like rodents<br />
<div class="im">
We all scurry off in complex movements<br />
Each to his own and present vestments<br />
<br />
I’d probably run into Miss Irene<br />
Next door neighbour dense as concrete<br />
Half nude bad titjob swaying like on heat<br />
Quick pleasantries and bolt like an athlete<br />
<br />
Back in my crib, seated in my favorite seat<br />
Finish this poem and send it off quick<br />
Order dinner and some sweet treat<br />
I’d think Naija and hear her rush-hour streets<br />
I miss the heat, the loud street beats<br />
I miss being just like the next guy<br />
Charcoal face not darker than usual</div>
No daily attempt to prove my meat<br />
<div class="im">
<br />
Something tells me tomorrow may be same<br />
Perhaps tomorrow I’ll finally be sane<br />
Sane enough to go back to naija.</div>
Or be grateful for what I have here<br />
And with hope, plan for another day.<br />
<br />
-ManCee</div>
ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-23723973069016039962013-04-19T15:27:00.000+01:002013-04-19T15:27:02.461+01:00SILENT LIKE THE "dotcom"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:12 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Knock Knock!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:12 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">who be dat?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:19 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Na ya neighbor</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wan borrow salt</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:21 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Market don close? Ehn Papa Nduka?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:31 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But e too far</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don put rice for fire
already</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:37 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:39 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I go give you 3 seed of salt</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:46 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shuo!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You harsh o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sisi Clara, ask yasef...</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Wetin Jesus go
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">haba!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:-O</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:47 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 seed na 3 cups na? you no go sukool?:P</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:49 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Three cups?! Haba...</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You dey try abuse me? Say
I no fit go buy salt?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shuo!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Na wah to you o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:50 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as market too far, I wan help your ministry of cooking</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:50 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mba</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Na wetin I ask you make
you do</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(all dis gehls of
nowadays sef, mtscheew)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:54 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">see hep wey I wan hep you o</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I tire these today man sef</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]8:55 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just gimme enoff salt
for d concoction rice wey dey fire, biko</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">8:56 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you sure say no be Ila-asepo you dey cook</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]9:02 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">chei!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From saying I no fit buy
salt</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">now you dey call me
blind?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:-O</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor B]</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #858585;">9:04 AM</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Goudy Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blind ke!</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #858585; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neighbor A]9:04 AM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I no sabi rice from
okra, ehn?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-60107635476882066082013-03-15T03:21:00.000+01:002013-03-17T17:20:19.555+01:00AIRING MY MIND<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So many things in this life seem to be competing for one's sanity.<br />
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From love matter, to hate matters.<br />
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Money or the lack thereof...tis funny how opposites can have the same harrowing effect on your mind. Then I learnt that the same parts of the brain interpret pain and pleasure...that's why some folks can derive pleasure from other people or their own pain. Hmmm<br />
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I have had moods and swings so bad that I did infact feel quite unwell.<br />
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Someone told me to decide on a reason for my existence. I liked the thought till it dawned on me that that was silly...I didn't make my life so what do I know about the 'why' I'm here? Whats that supposed to be? 'Reverse Engineering'? Mtscheew.<br />
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The closest I've gone to reverse engineering my self, life and head is to ensure that I remain sane as much as the definition for that allows. <br />
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To keep from going completely mad, I had to settle and agree with myself on some immutable facts, chief of which was that everything was exactly as I allow myself to perceive it...thence commenced years of setting the datum. What is normal? I discovered that I was a very capable individual though I routinely doubted myself. I spent years researching and asking questions of others. From why do you think we are here to how long is considered 'normal' in love making (true story).<br />
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Something I do...
A mix of visualization, positive thoughts and reinforcement;<br />
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I call it 'airing my mind'. I imagine opening the doors and windows to my mind for cross ventilation and let the breeze carry the 'yama yama' away. Sounds simple but it effing works.
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When I feel I'm thinking too much, I do a technique I 'invented' which I call a thought-loop. Simple technique. I tell myself to think about nothing, then ask myself to think about that, THEN ask myself what I'm thinking about...the answer? I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about which is that I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about which is that I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about etc etc....the end answer to that is "I'm thinking of nothing".<br />
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Those two help and have kept me sane. Now I do them without even 'thinking'. Like my mind knows when to switch to "auto", as part of the 'System maintenance protocol'.<br />
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One of my new ogas said they should nickname me "Smiley" coz I'm always smiling. I laughed out loud and patted myself on the back. Those tortuous years waging my private battles have indeed paid off. I made it. (But what of the many who didn't/ will not...)<br />
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I'm still here today with gratitude to The Most High as proof that we can rise above our personal deamons. I do understand that some of us do need more help than others to stay sane...but i5t is achievable.<br />
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From being tormented by the multitude, I emerged from my ashes as a voice for the multitude. The flesh and blood of the multitude.<br />
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:-)<br />
Safe.<br />
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-ManCee </div>
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ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-2247764672492325722013-02-08T01:57:00.000+01:002013-02-08T01:57:15.589+01:00Ol boi, na wah...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So its 2013 now now?<br />
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The way time flies ehn...e go make you hala say "ol boi, na wah".<br />
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Cant believe I posted twice in 2012! I sincerely wish I can say this year will get more posts...<br />
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The last I was here, I was ranting about Lagos and its travails...this year, I find myself away from Las Gidi and now in Uncle Sam's country. I guess tyis a case of 'mind what you wish for'. <br />
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Dis 'Man-Must-Wack' thin's wey just dey move man pikin all over the globe. Hmm, okay o...<br />
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The cold for here ehn! Na die!<br />
See as your guy dey wear clothe sleep call am pyjamas. Me wey if i wan sleep well for naija, na to undress yakata for my 7x7. For here, I no dey gree open window sef. As I dey pick car to buy, na heated seat and steering wheel top my list. I dey even leave on Tommy overcoat inside car as emergency personal protective equipment.<br />
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As a correct opportunist na, I say as I find myself for here for like a year so, I must tour their whole country building my picture cache. Na im I follow go mardi gras o. The only mistake I made was not making enough friends who dey shaq make dem for fit follow go. I felt quite alone there...everyone was drinking/ had drunk/was drunk...it was almost boring feeling like the only sober person in a whole town.<br />
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Seeing all the people together, one could not help noticing some facts; OYIBO PEOPLE CAN FAT, latinos can fine sha, black people can get yansh (chei!) plus swag plus attitude and if only whites had yansh dem for overfine pass.<br />
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Oh make I no forget this gossip...as I dey waka go my hotel around 2am, na im I hear two oyibo women dey yarn dey giggle for my back. I look around, na only the three of us dey the street. Cold dey mama me so I hide hand inside trouser. Apparently that action drew my pants tighter. As the two women dey giggle like so, I come take style listen to their talk. Dem dey talk about my yansh(!). I say shuo! ignored dem dey waka dey go...<br />
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One of dem come call out say "Hello sir, yeah its you we are talking about. Dont you just walk on by like you cant hear us... we are saying thats a real nice arse you've got there".<br />
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Ol boi, my inner jaw drop. Na im I begin laff sotay. I stop, pointed at them in turn "You ladies are drunk", I said. The other one shake im head and said "yes we are, but even if I wasnt drunk...I'd still wanna tap that arse". I was so shocked I just resume my laff jejely.<br />
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As I shook my head laughing and walking away, they called after me..."if you are looking for us, we'll be at the waffle house...!"<br />
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Ol boi... "na real wah".<br />
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ps: Wishing you a fulfilling new year and may all your plans and planning make sense.<br />
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-ManCee</div>
ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-19917212014465398812012-06-26T08:03:00.001+01:002012-06-26T08:03:40.299+01:00Memoirs Of a Lagos Returnee (Part 1)<p>Fact: I do not like lagos.<br>
Fact: Lagos is just like jand/yankee...good enough to visit, not as much to live in<br>
Fact: I do not like lagos.</p>
<p>So I was away from lagos. For about two years. No it wasnt my first time living outside the state, but contrasting that with the other times...this time I actually had fun.</p>
<p>I could and did dictate my own terms, I could and did choose my affiliates and associates. In other words, I was king of my own hill- albeit small.</p>
<p>Fast forward many months after 'returning', I'm in hospital typing this. My 'yansh' (excuse my french) has been poked ever so often I think I might need the services of some 'vulcanizer' dude. <br>
So wetin bring my "hole-y butt" to this den of white clad eggheads with weird earphones and scantily clad pretty nurses with legs that make you want to feign a headache? Hmmm, na 'malaria' o!</p>
<p>My brother! So I suddenly developed a chill in the office, put on a winter coat (seriously) but no relief. I went upnto the balcony and stayed in the sun but my fingers still felt like they were laced with liquid nitrogen. It was either that I was developing powers akin to Sub-Zero's or something was wrong. Then it hit me- I have a fever!</p>
<p>Sharply sharply, I trotted down to the company clinic, doc asked me if I was okay. Honestly, I thought this was sarcastic and I wanted to answer in equal measure and jump on his desk singing "I feeeeeel good", James Brown style. All I could manage was a lame imitation of Maintain's "I catch cold". </p>
<p>Some blood work later, the verdict was one of africa's most common yet worst killer- malaria.</p>
<p>I was let off that day, a friend drove me home but I was back 2 days later for an overnight stint with a diagnoses of increased parasite activity in my blood! Doc said I missed a chance of it developing into 'cerebral malaria'! Hmmmm</p>
<p>A week later after I was discharged, I got a carton of baygon insecticide and sprayed the whole house...next morning, I was greeted with the sight of the most dead mosquitoes I have ever seen in my entire life.</p>
<p>For those in naija right now, abeg with the flooding everywhere...install mosquitoe nets and spray your home with insecticides. For those outside naija, remind your people back home to. Or better still, send money home to buy some.</p>
<p>Safe.</p>
<p>-ManCee</p>
<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.6</div>ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-65385909869730986872012-04-27T06:09:00.001+01:002012-04-27T06:09:13.114+01:00NO BE TODAY...<p>No be today wey we know say people too like money and folks who appear to have it. No be today we know say babes think they can smell money on a person...no be today we know say they can.<br> <br/> Or can they?<br> <br/> Another Bach Eve, and of course...my boys book another fancy club/hotel, block book their rooms and block the streets with their fancy cars. No be today. <br> <br/> The bus loads of chics roll up, all clad (or not) in various apparels and at different stages of undress to join in send off this soon to be wed to his own version of marriage-bliss or curse, we can only wish him well.<br> <br/> As usual, there are other fellas from other organizations there, who though they have less funds to philander with represent nonetheless with comparable swagger...and to the females with bulging and calculating eyes...there is no difference.<br> <br/> Of note was this particular dude, he was dancing with almost all the fine and 'gifted' chics. Grinding, grinning and obviously having the time of his life. No sooner do you see him and some chic in a corner smooching and exchanging numbers, than you'd see him with another repeating the same ritual. Someone pointed him out and we couldnt quite place who he was affiliated to...but hey!<br> <br/> While nursing my diet coke by the bar, I found him by my side taking a break and remarked on how he was quite the ladies man. He laughed and said " Baba, if only I was half of what you guys are, dem for hear am". He had been telling the girls he was another 'Oyel Big Boi' and tales of his many brushes and narrow escapes with MEND et al and of course the ladies were lapping it up and licking his 'kini' (he swears by this) believing they were snaring a big fish. <br> <br/> According to him, "Afteral, why else do you think these chics willingly come to Bach Eves and parties of big boys? To catch a big fish. Simple"<br> <br/> On what he'll do when later they find out? Oh, thats easy...he'll throw it back at them for being shallow if the only reason they wanted him was because they thought he had more money than they thought he did. And of course, ' He go don already chop, numerous times by then!'</p> <br/> <p>No be today wey we know say people too like money and folks who appear to have it. No be today we know say babes think they can smell money on a person...no be today we know say they can.<br> <br/> Or can they?<br> <br/> -ManCee</p> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4</div>ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-35648348569495262322011-12-28T14:05:00.000+01:002011-12-28T14:11:48.412+01:00THIS THING IS HARD JOR...There was a time when i couldn't imagine not being on blogger for a week. These days, tis hard to actually be on blogger at least once in a month.<br /><br />When i think about my blogger history, the why i started it and what it helped me with and ALL the wonderfully correct peeps i was opportuned to meet on blogger...i almost feel like a friend was telling me she felt about church; <br /><br />She said when she was yet unmarried, she had a lot of time to spend in church. Moreover, all the people who were "her type" were there in church as she had always been a church girl herself. Fast forward 10years later, she has a family to look after; a husband and 2 toddlers and my friend was fretting that she no longer had time to be so so involved in church activities. According to her, the preacher man was insinuating that because they all now had what they wanted, they have neglected God and "His work".<br /><br />I laughed and noted to her how the preacher man was just being either a selfish something something or just couldn't see beyond his pious nose. God would definitely expect these hardworking women to spend more time taking care of their homes which is the bedrock of the faith and the society in general. Perhaps Preacher Man should focus on the unmarried "youth" and let married folks be responsible devouts.. As opposed to just being devouts.<br /><br />Same way, I like to think Blogsville will understand my absence and not chalk it down to another ingrate that came, took and disappeared. I am doing my part in encouraging more new folks to blog even if I can't make the time like I would love to. <br />Man, tis hard balancing this with the responsibilities life and work have thrusted on me. But I'm confident that y'all understand that ManCee can't forget you, even when I don't remember.<br /><br />Compliments of the season.<br /><br />Stay smiling<br />-ManCeeManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-45749121667112761802011-11-01T10:09:00.000+01:002011-11-01T10:10:09.448+01:00TAMING A CWY BABYPally1: I want to come back home oooooooo:'(<br />ManCee: Who chase you b4?<br />Pally1: Me ;;)<br />ManCee: So....<br />Like I said before...<br />"QUIT WHINING":|<br />Pally1: :*cwying* I'll whine all I want<br />ManCee: Cwy cwy baby :p<br />Pally1: Leeme o ehen<br />ManCee: Cwy cwy baby<br />Na you go taya<br />When you taya<br />You no go cwy again.<br />Pally1: ROFL<br />ManCee: *chuckle*<br />Pally1: A cwy poem, ROFL<br />ManCee: Lol<br />As old as I can remember....<br />My mum used to chant it for my lil sis<br />Pally1: Lol<br />Never heard it. She was a cwy baby like me?<br />ManCee: Chic cwied for next to no reason. Wakes cwying sef. I swear up till primary schl o<br />Pally1: Lol. Is she the last born?<br />ManCee: Till my mama cured her<br />ManCee: No o...<br />Pally1: Wht did she do?<br />ManCee: Oh! One of those early-morning-wake-up-cwying-sessions....I heard sounds that resembled drum beating...<br />Actually, the sound woke me..<br />Pally1: What was the sound?<br />ManCee: I heard my sister voice...Man of the house, I sprung to action...<br />With speed to make Clark Kent green..I sped to the corridor<br />Pally1: Lol<br />ManCee: With speed to make Bruce Wayne cower I pieced together the puzzle...<br />There was my beloved sister cowering in a corner<br />Pally1: Oya na... *skipping impatiently from side to side*<br />ManCee: Next to her my dear mother. My sister's face was dotted with surprise.. My mother's with satisfaction<br />Pally1: Lol. What did she do? What did she do?<br />ManCee: The lil girl was trying to get away from the Physical Education Masters holder + educator in front of her..<br />ManCee: With the next raising of the bigger female's hand...I dashed forward ...Grabbed her hand, came in between the two.. "Mummy, what did she do? Why are you beating her like so..?!<br />And my mum who is one of the most balanced persons I know shrugged and answered...'Nothing'<br />... 'NOTHING'?!<br />Pally1: Lol<br />ManCee: Omg, where is her husband?<br />Where is the man who married this female?!<br />Pally1: She was just beating her for nothing!:O<br />ManCee: Her marbles are definitely missing more than a few<br />The unthinkable<br />The abomination!<br />Pally1: Lol<br />ManCee: Walking away to continue her morning chores, she continued...<br />"Everytime she cwies and ppl ask me why, I always say 'I don't know' "<br />But now if they do, I'll tell them I beat her.<br />Pally1: what did she do?<br />ManCee: I swear to you by the unfailing mental well being of that dear woman till date and the incredulity of my beloved sister's sustained healing till date...<br />The I-will-beat-you-before-you-have-a-chance-to-cry prognosis WORKED!<br />Our house never heard the early-morning-wake-up-cwyings again,<br />Pally1: ROFL<br />ManCee: But mama's thumping was heard at other times, for different erring child-members of the household who decided to give her a reason to remember the biblical saying that...<br />"In the heart of a child is madness. 'Pashan' (yoruba for cane) will remove it" O:)<br />And look how great we turned out. :D<br />Pally1: Lol<br />Yeah, it works all the time<br />God bless our mothers :)<br />ManCee: *Amen * may our kids be able to eventually say same for us.<br />Pally1: Lol. Amen oooo!ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-69429296326933206502011-09-26T01:49:00.001+01:002011-09-26T01:49:00.120+01:00A HAUNTED MINDA haunted man<br />By the stillbirth pains<br />Of dreams unfulfilled/ unforgotten<br />Preyed on<br />By the truism of desire<br />And the veracity of failure<br />Humbled beneath his quivering feet<br />(Forced into) hiding in the twines of self doubt<br />Solace seeking in the shadow of the past<br />Cowering before the promise of the future<br />Camouflaging in strength and resolve<br />Face as uncompromising as flint<br />Heart as vulnerable as butter<br />Body torn between either extreme<br />Head reeling in aching formulae<br />-formulations to predict happiness<br />Intelligent theories that miss the obvious truth<br />The transparent truth taught in nurseries<br />"One bad fruit don't spoil the whole bunch"<br />Not every soul can really be saved<br />'Life' happens to even the best of us<br /><br />The journey is long; the trip is hard<br />The man who lasts is the man who is<br />The redemption song is a self sung one<br />Mental slavery and emancipation<br />For none but ourself can free our own mind<br />With no fraternity with failures of the past<br />No fear of the luminousity of the future<br />Chasing down each dream with resolve steely<br />With swords of desire, driving through each<br />A need for fresh air, to be, to breathe<br />To be happy, find fulfillment, and to live<br />And cease to be <br />'A haunted man'.<br /><br />-ManCee<br /><br />-0159 300811<br />B,O.CManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-70143562129945531872011-08-12T18:36:00.002+01:002011-08-12T18:36:01.232+01:00SUPER VILLAINI sit here by the sunset<br />With memories by the score<br />Of the love I gave but never got<br />But I gave my all<br />Much more than I've got<br />Still I end up folorn<br /><br />O daughters of Eve<br />Offsprings of the garden love<br />You who worm into our core<br />Partake of our store<br />Fly off by the light of dawn<br />And leave our heart with a bore<br /><br />Perhaps there's nought like love<br />Perhaps tis a tool, vamps for<br />-I hesitate to say whore<br />Oh! Spare me the gore<br />And with a gun just rob<br />Than spin me mushy folklore<br />That hurts the more<br />When you leave us null<br />Dour, sour<br />And of heart poor.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">(something from the archives)</span>ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-6809719430671515912011-08-05T01:26:00.002+01:002011-08-05T01:26:00.886+01:00My PrivilegeIts a privilege<br /><br />Music fills the infinite between two souls, they say<br />The songs we share remind me of you<br />The burden of each day is lightened when I hear you laugh<br />Then the morning becomes more than just another day...<br />But another chance to look at life with a smile<br />And believe that indeed and of a truth<br />Life is a gift<br />We earn the privilege by enjoying it.<br />I am privileged to have had you in mine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(I miss you old friend,<br />Fleeting as it was, our time<br />You I can not forget-<br />-Even when I do not remember...)ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-53709404479404946722011-07-29T17:47:00.001+01:002011-07-29T17:50:00.204+01:00For a day…I don’t think I can pass for “cuddly”, I’m better as “Cuddler”.<br /><br />6 foot 2, muscular build (these days, most of the time), lets face it…it’ll be quite a search finding a female big enough to cuddle me.<br />Part of the reality of MY world…I have to be the ‘designated cuddler’. I don’t mind most times…but today, I WANT TO BE CUDDLED.<br /><br />And in my psyche, I’m more of a giver than receiver (- my ‘selfishness’ was acquired )<br /><br />Am I lonely? Maybe, dunno…<br />Horny? Doubt it, but dunno…<br /><br />I want to be held and rocked. Almost like I want to be a child again.<br /><br />No, I don’t want to be irresponsible and stupid, just want to be… a child.<br /><br />Have someone, a female, fawn over me. No, not my mother *rolling my eyes*, it is important that I’m also attracted physically to this ‘someone’. Else it all wont work. My mind wont be able to let go and let “MAN Cee” slip away.<br /><br />I want to feel someone coo in my ears, feel Another’s warmth on my arms, nest in the cradle of someone’s care, rest my head on some ample bosom, sense a female hustle and bustle about my flat while I lay back and placid with a hot cocoa, curled up listening to soothing music. Someone to take care of ME, today. This weekend?<br /><br />If only there was a “Dial-A-Cuddler”. *sigh*<br /><br />I’m so used to being there for people, taking care of everyone, solving their problems , listening, being big brother, son, mentor, advisor, consultant, engineer, goto person etc. SH*T! ManCee is tired! I feel like I’ve given so much and I need a refill. I want to have no cares for a while…mine nor others’.<br /><br />Maybe I’m just weary. Maybe I just need a break from myself. Maybe I’m losing it. Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about.<br /><br />Maybe I just want to be a …’child for a day.’<br /><br />-ManCeeManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-33777866387292021242011-07-12T11:54:00.004+01:002011-07-12T12:04:54.053+01:00FEMALE :(PHOBIA or :)PHILIAMy friend said to be wary of women, I absent mindedly asked 'why?'<br /><br />"WHY?!" he thundered...<br /><br />"Because the woman is the only creature on the earth today that was not made DIRECTLY from the ground (earth). There is virtually no information as to how she was created. All we are told is that God took a rib, went away, and came back with a woman. How he did it, we do not know.<br /><br />In Gen chapter 6, Angels came down from heaven because of the woman. In the new testament, Paul advises Christians to FLEE forni……<br /><br />We can stand against demons, Stand against the powers of darkness and Resist the devil; But when it comes to the woman you are advised to run… not walk, not cast or bind but run"<br /><br /><br />Okay, I'm still laughing...<br /><br />Then I remembered a colleague who said "The best way to defeat a temptation is to 'fall for it'. Then it ceases to be a temptation, rather, something in the past."<br /><br />Both make sense in their twisted ways, and the question boils down to...<br /><br />"TO DO or NOT TO DO"<br /><br />Ladies, should we fear una?<br />==============================================<br />Hello Blogsville, <br />I've missed y'all pieces.<br />Forgive my silence, forgive even more my absence...for you(pl) are always with me.<br /> -ManCeeManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-47590289962995073132011-03-08T09:23:00.000+01:002013-05-02T17:18:25.455+01:00The I'm too hot syndrome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So there's this fella from way back who all his life had been a church boy, became a church 'bro', was many times an executive on his Campus fellowship board etc etc<br />
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Guy finished with school and NYSC and landed a real swell job with schlumberger ( for those who don't know, that's a really sweet job right there). Went abroad on a 6month training, had a car and apartment all set up in like light speed quick. In short, guy was no longer am 'average' dude. <br />
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However, my guy never had a girlfriend before. Not even a 'sister' from college days. He was effing timid when it came to lady things. Sure he fancied a few ladies in school..but that was it. None of them ever got to know of it. So my guy has been eyeing a particular chic in church ( equally a church girl) and finally -with our encouragement- steps up to her to ask her to be his girlfriend. The girl agreed within a short while. Drop dead gorgeous good churchy damsel, most definitely a virgin and all thÉ works. <br />
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Then bobo -all by himself- has an epiphany. If this girl who is the envy of all bros could jell for him so quickly, no no no; if HE could get the girl with so little effort, then that means he's just an ugly duckling who has always been a swan all aloÑg! To test his theory, he broke up with Pweety and went after another...same result! <br />
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...And thus was a monster born.<br />
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Fast foward a year later, dude is a confirmed ladies man. Babes calling in left right and centre. He confessed to have done a threesome at least thrice! Nice right!? When we met again, he tried to impress me with his 'awesome' statistics. <br />
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I laughed at his juvenile rantings and educated him on "Mancee's Law of Universal Averageness". WÍthout the high soundiÑg words, it just says we are all the same. Some haters have said it derives from Biblical Solomon's "Nothing new under the sun". By implication, you actually don't have a truly unique and exclusive thought; someone else is thinking your exact same thoughts somewhere else. No don't confuse this with alternate dimension crap...it aint the same. <br />
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Anyways, in this case; ever woken up someday and told yourself that IF someone were to grab you and beg you for sex that day, you'd happily oblige? Well, at least one other person is thinking same. So while you wait for 'someone' to make the move, 'someone' is ...wait for it... Waiting/hoping/ wishing that YOU would make the move. Lastline? No one gets laid- unless someone actually does the required action- ASK. <br />
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So, as a 'player' and or 'slut' (gender irrelevant), when you think you've 'scored', you have only met with your other 'Thought-Sharer/peer'. NÓ big deal. You still aint all that.If you 'score' often...you are just meeting people who share your thought and have been waiting for the offer.<br />
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We all aint all that. We are all the same...<br />
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-Mancee :D<br />
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ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-33384703193008592992011-02-19T09:18:00.001+01:002011-02-19T09:21:03.697+01:00Arrangee..sorta!So, my older cousin called me up last night. 'Go to my fb page, look for a certain chic called (say) 'Helen'. Check out her page and call me back'. <br /><br />I sighed, the matchmakers wont let up would they? I did as instructed, chic had a sorta poem that started out well and sorta grew so effusive while trying to be vague that i wouldn't have given it a good grade. I read the almost equally effusive comments and wondered if people still understood poetry at all. I wanted to leave a short 'critique' but I had to be 'friends'. *sigh*<br /><br />She has like 4 blog pages (2 on wordpress, 2 on blogger) last updated in 2009-all on the same day. The one that had the most had just 2 entries.<br /><br />Called bros back. He rants off her biodata, I'm trying to put together a profile of her in my head. I tell bros about the other chic i just met, not too much details just a heads-up thing. He says to at least be friends with the nu girl and just check her out. I'm chuckling, but the need to comment on the girls's lengthy 'poem' becomes overwhelming...so I log back on, ask to be fB friends and left a personal msg that I read her 'poem' and have some comment to add.<br /><br />What do I have to lose?If she adds me, I get to have fun poking fun at her, and she may just learn a thing or two. If not *yawn*, back to my ps3 baby....<br />Perhaps I'm really outta my mind.ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-6661888685487862902011-02-10T20:01:00.003+01:002011-02-10T20:08:49.942+01:00perhaps...I met someone.<br /><br />Friend of a friend's wife<br /><br />At a friend's wedding where I was the compere<br /><br />Been seeing her for a couple of weeks<br /><br />It would appear she thinks I'm all that<br /><br />I maintain my aloofness like she's just there<br /><br />She knows my story and doesnt mind<br /><br />I like her and she seems 'my kind'<br /><br />I'm wondering if I'm outta my mind.<br /><br /><br />-ManCeeManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-46824774010642249922011-01-13T23:28:00.004+01:002011-01-26T11:53:42.292+01:00MY BUCKET LIST (TOP TEN)1) Be Happy<br /><br />2) Skydive<br /><br />3) Bungee jump<br /><br />4) Make out in the cinemas<br /><br />5) Float a company<br /><br />6) Secure a wife who loves my wowoh self totally<br /><br />7) Have kids I can do 'chop knuckle' with<br /><br />8) Ski on the swiss alps<br /><br />9) Go on a 14 days boat cruise<br /><br />10) Go scuba diving<br /><br />...Put a safari trip somewhere in there :)<br /><br />Pretty crowded top ten right? And the plan is to DO THEM ALL. Especially while I'm young and can still enjo the trips.<br /><br />I better start now shay. I know and I'm sooo on it. The dream chasing starts with 2011, My year of ...<br />*wink*<br /><br />-ManceeManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-84751939868858132412011-01-09T23:27:00.002+01:002011-01-09T23:51:07.269+01:002011, My year of...New year's eve...I watched in a semi daze as folks bustled by, smiles on their faces and you could hear the laughter in their voces. I paused to wonder what the excitement was all about...its just another day, then the night and yet another day. Sure, we call it a new year but its just a repetition of the same orbital journey round the sun. Remembering that the earth has been doing the same thing for thousands of years (or millions depending on who you are listening to)...I just cant help but wonder at our inate ability to take common place events and magnify them into festivities and label them as culture.<br /><br />Well, I guess it all serves as anchors for our collective and individual sanities...something to look forward to. Hmmm!<br /><br />The folks trooping to places of worship sure wont necessarily be better people, the ones in front of the big screen at home aint any better.<br /><br />I opted for the 42"inch screen, watching the preacher man by broadband and trying to will my heart into the mood. My visiting friends would hear nothing of it..."We must go to church". *sigh* <br /><br />What difference does it make anyways? we are still going to be watching a screen ( with worse resolution and comfort) due to overcrowding at the church from folks like us who endeavor to attend at least 3x a year...Easter, Christmas and New yrs eve.<br /><br />The preacher declares the year a year of.....(insert any fancy sounding phrase of your choice that means more money, really). There were the annoying fireworks ...a few mugging incidents too. Next morning, all the car stickers from different churches all mean the same to me; 'unlimited success', 'outstanding breakthrough', 'unequalled favour'. 'supernatural prosperity'. These things are almost as humorous as some church names. Guess its the same folks behind it all.<br /><br />NO!<br />I wont be a cynic this year. Well, not entirely. lol<br />A friend made me write my "top ten" bucket list- I intend to chase them.<br /><br />2009 WAS MY WORST YEAR EVER.<br />2010 can be penned as my questionning and healing year<br /><br />Mancee...welcome to 2011, My year of possibilities, dream chasing and actualising.<br /><br />Oh!...and a fulfilling new year to you all. *Hugs*ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-78511520594158262672010-09-13T12:40:00.000+01:002010-09-14T00:23:46.693+01:00The Joseph in Me<span style="font-style:italic;">(I wrote this a very long while ago and recently found it during a cleaning spate. Thought I'd share it with y'all)</span><br /><br />Its a new month and yah dah yah dah, the year is running to an end ...again. *sigh*.<br /><div> </div><br /><div>So I'm thinking, People always say 'may your wishes come true', come to think of it-I never wrote dow my wishes before. Now I'll embrace the cloak of anonymity and attempt to...</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I have a dream...</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I want to be rich (Duh!?) I want to retire at forty.</div><br /><div>I want o be known as a philantropic business man. I want to use part of my business proceeds for charity. Since , sometimes I doubt the operandi of most NGOs (confessions, confessions) I'll probably start one and have another business arm act as its funds-generator. It'll most likely be skewed towards education/ personal develpment.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I want to marry (OMG, cant believe I'm writing that). Not just for the sake of marriage, but for the companionship. I have great great friends and family (well, most are) but there's always that thingy missing that I think we've all been programmed to seek in the marriage institution. I dont know yet if actual marriage will be good for me, but I want to have that special someone by my side soothing me and vice versa. :-)</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Kids? Not sure. Maybe one maybe two. No more. Love those tiny people but I'm allergic to a prolonged exposure. Especially, when they start squirming and pooing and screaming the heavens down. Then you'll understand why God gave them the boot from yonder and sent them here as part of our continuing punishment (lol). I'd love to see mine grow up and be successful, focussed individuals who'd do much better than I would.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I'd like to have an educational institution. Teaching both formal and informal stuff. As formal as a structured curriculum school for kids and as informal as a grooming school for ladies (and interested guys). I have this vision of my 70th birthday and so many peeps I've touched would be in attendance.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I'd love to have sex at least 4 times a week. why are you surprised? tis too small or too much? I like to believe that its mid way. I'd like to quickly add that this doesnt mean if I exhaust my sex credit say by tuesday then no show again till next week. No ma'am. Fact is, I'd like it like every day. Before or after (damn! during) breakfast. But I hear women cant sustain as much of it as men can??? or is it just a marriage malady for women?</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I'd love to have a mate who'll be my best friend (Yep! we'll demote the boyz). Who'd let me be the man in the home and not contest the sceptre. I would listen to her, gist with her...all the time. I'd ask after her dreams + career and help to make them work. I'd love for her to be someone concerned about her body and how she looks-NO she doesnt have to be an Agbani nor a botox addict. No ma'am, just need you to be a clean, tidy, industrious woman. I'd love for her to be FORGIVING; leave the hurt and pleasures of past boyfriends and relationships behind her and let us be newbies with each other. I'd love to give her a treat 'just because' and I'd bask in the joy of her near childish glee at my offerings. I'd like for her to 'spoil me' with correct home-cooked food and I promise to lick my fingers at every meal. I'd LOVE for her NOT to be a troublesome person. Who even if there is a 'valid' arguement to be had, would weigh the damage it could to 'us' and balance it with her love for drama/ need to vent. Someone who'd leave her parents' attitude to each other (good and bad) alone and lets write ours, afresh. I'm beginning to feel like I'm asking for an Extra-Terrestial .lol. Religion? Not sure. I want a good person-I've painfully found out this doesnt depend on religion</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Tis funny. I feel like the others are well within my grasp and ability save for the part of a wife. She could be all Lovey-Dovey till marriage only to become a BIATCH. Heck She may even refuse me sex as 'punishment'. That'll be horrible. Or worse, she just opens up and wouldnt participate in the sextivity. That brings me to my last wish "to never have a reason to nor actually sleep with another person after the 'I do' "</div>ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-91320650838974569932010-08-20T10:03:00.000+01:002010-08-22T09:52:13.371+01:00BLAME BOREDOM<span style="font-style:italic;">This is a product of a very boring morning meeting (and an iPhone 3GS that makes typing fun), so forgive the obvious 'joblessness' that is the mainframe of this train of thought.<br /></span><br /><br />I hate being lied to, especially when they are obvious lies that I feel insult my intelligence. ONLY exception to this rule is IF you are Steven Spielberg, John Woo etc and I have paid you my money and relegated my thinking facilities to the back ground and have prepared to be lied to on the big screen.<br /><br />However, this morning for some reasons, these repressed memories come now to haunt me-for example, see Transformers (still one of the best tribute to the geek community, of which I'm a proud member. Thank you). It goes against most theories and realities of physics for those huge machine goons to 'transform' and become cars, trucks etc.<br />That said, Transformers 2 is a disgrace. A blatant disregard for and blasphemy against the lofty worship of science by those damn heretic commerce fanatics. Why would you bring such concept as 'the fallen' into a decent geek flick. I mean although sci fi and magic vids are similar in the portrayal of the impossible but there is a reason some of us will NEVER touch any of the Harry Potter defilements; sci-fi attempts to give some credible explanation for it's conjectures beyond some childish incoherent babble of 'abracadabra' and 'whooosh'. Tah! <br /><br />Those heretics literally brought their mysticism corruption into an otherwise decent pillar of geeky fantasy. C'mon!!! <br />Transformer 2 and all associated merchandise should be withdrawn and discontinued as an Attempt at Restitution. And of course, such violations of the rational science inclined mind naturally leads one to start finding the many hidden fault lines in the green-eyed director's creation. An undeniable one being the fine chic-I choose to not remember her name- in spite of going through ALL the fireworks alive (!!!!!), she still managed to look hot and like she just stepped out of an intensive 24hr make up session. Come on, man. Did Mammon, your green-backed god put you in such a hurry to reap heaps of greens from us all that you let such 'obvious-ities' slip through your otherwise capable minds?<br /><br />Well, that's what happens when you directors -who are high priests of the Order of the Geek decamp and defile yourselves with the droppings from the table of those sloven, vile green eyed Abominations.<br />Do not under estimate the power and reach of science and the geeks who genuflect at her altars, better issue us an unreserved apology ... Emmm, any chance of a free ticket to the premiere of Transformers 3? *wide toothy grin*ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-36194592151260099712010-08-08T10:11:00.000+01:002010-08-08T21:05:38.746+01:00YOUAs more time passes<br />And thoughts of you dear one<br />bloom mindlessly in my mind<br /><br />I will reach out to you<br />across the expanse<br />this expanse<br />Thoughts of you will soar<br />taking up wings<br />and floating into the blue sky<br />changing to kisses<br />and gently floating to your side<br />to bring me to you<br />in a cloud of dreams<br />to alight softly on your pillow<br />and sing you sweet lullabies<br /><br /><br />I'll take your hands in mine<br />look in your eyes through their lids<br /><br /><br />I will stroke your face softly<br />lightly twist your hair round my fingers<br />Watch you while you beauty-sleep<br />And as the morning comes<br />Leave a box of kisses on your pillow<br />Each to melt in your mouth<br />And whisper in your ears dear<br />'My voice is my camouflage,<br />I am always right beside you"<br /><br /><br />How lovely your smile<br />Ever seems, to me,<br />instilling warmth and love.<br />Dancing sunbeams<br />Inside my heart.<br /><br />-ManCee 00:18; 03052010ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946744080880041595.post-80482272740635983992010-08-02T23:48:00.001+01:002010-08-02T23:48:38.196+01:00IF I SAY IT, I'LL BE DAMNED...<br /><br />Every one has them I think, that bros who left for greener pastures a long time ago and hasnt been home in a long while yes there are the occasional ones who always keep in touch and everyone agrees that he is an 'okay' guy. Bros Emeka was that for us. Because he was such a correct guy, we were all constantly asking ' my bros, when r you taking a wife?'<br />He would laugh and say 'soon , my dear'. it was now the twelfth year.<br />We were not blood relations but you'd never know. I got to know him through his younger brother 'Cosmos'. We were his errand boys. If he needed something done in naija, it was either Cosmos or me- and he always settled well. These side runs helped fuel our adventures in 'womanism'.<br />Then came the day bro Emeka called and said he wanted to come rendezvous with a certain damsel he met in Germany while she came on vacation and they've been talking ever since. He said the relationship has been on for 3 months. He had not told anyone about her -not even us his boys-so as not to raise false hopes. We were elated.<br />On his arrival date, we were there to pick him up. At the hotel, he 'settled' us and asked us to disappear. We didn't see for a fortnight-only on phone. We were dying to meet this chic that had caught bros like so. <br />Cosmos said she had better be fine, I said better not have an accent.<br />Bro Emeka asked us to show after 2 weeks to meet her. I went but Cosmos couldnt get away from school. I got there early but she had to go run an errand. I teased bro 'E' endlessly when he told us this may be 'The One'- so well behaved, so decent. By the time she arrived we were all pretty gay from the many green and brown bottles stagerring about on the ruged floor. A gentle knock on the door and in walked unarguably one of the drop dead gorgeous girls I had laid eyes on yet. I momentarily oscillated between lust, envy, joy. When she opened her full lips to say 'good morning' in accentless english, I settled for lust. When bros 'E' mentioned me as 'his personal person' and her hazel eyes lighted up in glee, my emotions moved to envy. God knows I lingered on the hand shake. When she moved past me to hug bros, her Perf did a number on my head, catching a glimpse of her boobs from my higher height didn't help a bit. When I sighted the bump behind her as she leaned in to peck bros 'E', it was with my last will power that my member didnot come erect. I choked on my saliva and had to excuse myself to the gents. Damn! That girl was fine. Well , I blame my reaction on the alcohol.<br />At the carpark, I asked if we could call her 'Eve' for short. She objected rather quickly and added that she had an emotional attachment to her name, thank you. Bros asked me to take Evelyn's number and pass on to Cosmos. He wanted us to take care of any of her needs and treat her like we would him. <br />I met Cosmos later on and noticed a fleeting frown on Cosmos' face as he stored her number. I was way too tipsy to trust my own senses anyways so I let it fly. <br /> <br />On the way home, Cos was really quiet and I had to ask what was up. 'Nothing' he said. <br />My phone rang at about 2am, 'damn midnight calls', I muttered as I cursed beneath my breath. <br />'Hello?'<br />'what if bros 'E' is making a mistake?'<br />'pardon? Cosmos what are you on about?'<br /> 'what if bros 'E' is making a mistake? What if Evelyn is not the one '<br />'Look Cos, you need to go to bed. I expect you to be happy for bros and not dreaming up some nonsense. I hung up the phone. This Cosmos can be annoying sometimes sha. <br />5am, a persistent car horn woke me up. I looked down from my room window in the PG hall-it was Cosmos. 'Ol boy, you well so? It's effing 5am!'. 'Sorry man, but I can't sleep. I need to talk to you. I'm dead serious'. <br />I slipped into my robe and went to sit in his car. <br />Turns out Cos had Evelyn's number saved under his 'Escort group'- girls from all walks who get called up and referred from man to man, friend to friend under the direction of a pimp. I refused to believe that 'angel' I met could be a call girl. <br />'Cos, this is big!'<br />'Evelyn na ashawo; codenamed 'Eve'. AND she comes highly recommended too-that's why I saved her number'. Often the girls would hand out their numbers to satisfied clients in a bid to cut off the pimp's share for a future date. <br /><br />How do we prove this without sounding like jealous idiots? How can we best save our dear bros from this? If we talk-wahala. If we no talk - na katakata. <br /><br />We parted ways with a charge to find a good plot to expose this imposter to dear bros Emeka. Later that afternoon we met again to finalize plans. Cos made the call and the trap was in place. <br /><br />Cosmos called bros 'E' and after congratulating him on Evelyn told him that there is this chic he had been with for a while too and would want bros E to meet later that week. A date was fixed-bros E would tell Evelyn told not to show that day but the next, thus freeing her up. Next we made a trip to the pimp's and looked through his albums for the one named 'Eve'. It was our dear Evelyn true true in an effing sexy pose. 'I'm going to love this' said Cos rubbing his hands together. I smacked the stupid boy on the head. We wanted her for Thursday night. Pimp master asked if she was to 'service' us both. Surprised i stammered ' she does that too?!' ' Sure, this is one of my top girls, kinky sex is her forte; how would you want it , anal, oral, toys, name it... But it'll cost you. We ordered the 'full bouquet'. Pimp Master gave his assurances. <br /><br />Thursday, De Ritz Hotel, we drove in with bros E. When bros E asked why an hotel, Cos dismissed it casually saying 'bros, you know me now; effizy must follow'. We all laughed. drinks were ordered while we waited for Eve. Cos mentioned that he hadn't told his babe that she was meeting his older brother; it was meant to be a surprise you see...so bros E will wait in the bedroom till we knock on the door. <br />Ten minutes to D-time, bros E and I moved into the bedroom, he couldn't help giggling. You boys have really grown o. We laughed. I shut the door. <br /><br />A subtle conspiratory knock on the main door and in walked Eve looking even more delicious than before. Cos did not waste time in undressing her and sucking hard on her erect nipples while she moaned loudly. <br />On hearing the moan, I excused myself from bros and skittered out to hear Eve ask where the other person was. Cos had her back to me. I took her from behind, I inhaled her hair smell deeply while running my fingers round her pubic. I inserted a finger there and felt the silky wetness. She moaned again without so mush as opening her eyes. Cos gently led her to the sofa while I continued to knead that butt. We had her kneel on the sofa while he went behind the sofa and she took his hardness in her mouth and was slurping away. I eased up her short dress and eased out my thing. Slipped on a sheath and entered that pinkiness from behind. I rammed into her mercilessly and her stiffled groans turned me on extra. I was so so excited from the whole play, the thought of bros E in the next room with African magic, the thick phat ass of his babe gliding over my member, her soft low moans as she sucked Cos and rammed back into me in perfect sync was too much. I came in an explosion of grunts and shivered out my last drops while squeezing her boobs hard. I noticed Cos with his head thrown back broaching nirvana too. <br /><br />While they concluded their final lap, I pulled up my pants, wiped some sweat and went to get bros E<br /><br />He could not believe it. There was Evelyn, his angel, sucking his younger brother's phallus. <br /><br />"EVE!!! What are you doing with my brother's wee-wee?!"<br /><br />'wee-wee?' this bros has got to be kidding me. If not for the all round bad situation, I for laugh till I orgasm again. <br /><br />Without leaving her 'suck toy', she turned her glazed eyes to see bros E and upon recognition, hurriedly withdrew her mouth. This action made a sucking sound that made bros E shiver. He continued shivering in a spot and. I saw the blood drain from his face. I ran to him and helped him to a seat. He never took his eyes off Eve/ Evelyn. <br />Bros, we present to you 'Evil Eve'. <br />*************************************<br />Of course he didn't marry her. He went back to Germany and came back 2 years later with a white wife. <br />Did he forgive them? Of course, they were his boys now and saved him from a lifelong error. (of course, they had our own trip. And for free too)<br />They however, had to go to the pimp and explain that the girl was apparently seeing their bros who they were organising her for; only for them to make the discovery in the heat of passion and she couldn't deliver on the full service ordered.The 10%pimp down payment was lost. But after all considered, it was the freaking bestest cheapest 'service' ever.<br /><br />Cos is now married with children. And the story teller was a taximan I hired for a day trip.<br /><br />-Mancee. ManCeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081251904710795616noreply@blogger.com6