Some assassinations in history that shook the world
31st of December 2021
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Assassination has always been a part of human history from the early political days. So many human right activists and political leaders have been assassinated either because they had a lot of enemies or their idea was simply beyond the understanding of their opposes. Below is a list of some important people in history who were assassinated while in their fight for human freedoms and liberty.
**1. Ngo Dinh Diem**
Source https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngo-Dinh-Diem
As the first president of South Vietnam, Diem was steadfastly anti-communist, this earned him United States support. However when the U.S. discovered Zine was massacring Buddhists he lost that support, he was captured and assassinated on November 2nd 1963 during a coup d’état in what proved to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. More Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem
**2. Harvey Milk**
Source https://www.biography.com/.amp/activist/harvey-milk
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in California and that's why some consider his death a hate crime. However, Dan White apparently pulled the trigger on Milk on November 27th 1978 because of a work dispute.
Dianne Feinstein announced the murders to a stunned public stating; “*As president of the board of supervisors, it is my duty to make this announcement both mayor Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed”.* *source* http://www.back2stonewall.com/2021/11/lgbt-history-nov-27-1978-harvey-milk-assassinated.html
Riots erupted when White was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter due to diminished capacity and a great period of upheaval continued.
Harvey Milk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk
3. Anwar Sadat
Source https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anwar-Sadat
Anwar Sadat won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to broker the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, but that accord was controversial among Arab countries.
During a celebration in Cairo on October 6, 1981, Sadat was shot and killed because of it by a group that included Khalid Islambouli and some of Sadat's own soldiers. Middle East diplomacy was never the same afterwards.
Anwar's nephew Talaat El Sadat later said, "The president thought the killers were part of the show when they approached the stands firing, so he stood saluting them". Assassination of Anwar Sadat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat
**4. Mahatma Gandhi**
Source https://www.india.com/festivals-events/here-are-10-inspirational-quotes-from-mahatma-gandhi-to-help-you-live-life-to-the-fullest-4054057/amp/
Mahatma Gandhi spent his life as a symbol of peace but on January 30th 1948 he died as a victim of violence. After multiple assassination attempts against Gandhi, it was Hindu extremists Nathuram Godse who fired the fatal shots.
Following his death Gandhi's teachings served as inspiration for future activists like Martin Luther King jr. to use non-violence as a means to an end.
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi
**5. Martin Luther King jr.**
Source https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr
As he spoke to a crowd in Memphis Tennessee on April 3rd 1968, it seemed that Dr. King knew what was coming. His words were; “I may not get that with you but I want you to know the night that we ever people will get to the promised land”.
The next day the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner was shot and killed by James Earl Ray as he stood on the balcony of his hotel room. King's death widened the gap between whites and blacks caused riots and spurred the expansion of radical African-American movements like the Black Panthers. source https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
*This list is subjective and is simply written based on research and is not a depiction of accuracy in history events. There are many more assassinations in history that shook the world. I kept this list short by ommiting certain events such as the assassination of J.F Kennedy, Muritala Mohammed, Malcolm X, and many more.*
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10 Historical events that changed the world
3oth of December 2021
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World History has always been fascinating and surprising, no wonder history will always be taught in schools and colleges. Unfortunately our college teachers teach history in a very boring way and uninteresting way hence making us lose interest in what really matters. Here are some amazing historical events which I have gathered based on research with the hope that you'd enjoy reading them.
Come along and let's have some fun with history.
**1. Athenian Democracy**
Source http://www.greanvillepost.com/2017/03/30/governing-smaller-americas/
In 507 BC an Athenian leader introduced the system of Demokratia or “rule by the people”. Whilst a democratic system translate to equality, in 5th century Greece the only people permitted to vote were male citizens over the age of 18 who had completed their military training. According to the leaders women children and slaves were not classified as citizens and therefore could not vote.
A famous Athenian once stated; “*it is true that we are called a democracy for the administration is in the hands of the many and not the few with equal justice to all alike in their private disputes*”. **source** http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/education/thucydides.html#:~:text=a%20democracy%2C%20for%20the%20administration%20is%20in%20the,to%20the%20public%20service%2C%20not%20as%20a%20matter
So in Athens a direct democracy developed in which new laws were not passed and old laws were not changed without all eligible citizens voting.
After the Peloponnesian war which was between Athens and Sparta, this form of government seized to continue. Whilst this democratic system only lasted about two hundred years it was the first known democracy in the world and is therefore a noteworthy contribution to the modern world.
More Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy
**2. Gutenberg's printing press**
Source http://vrworld.com/2014/08/17/week-history-gutenbergs-bible/
At first glance it might not seem like an invention that changed the world but the 1430’s invention of the printing press proved to be revolutionary. Although woodblock printing had already been invented. it was a tedious method that involved carving individual letters and words and so this method did not catch on.
In fact most of the writings and drawings before the invention of the printing press were painstakingly done by hand so in the 15th century Gutenberg made letters and symbols out of metals and made an ink using linseed oil and salt. He soon developed a printing press where books were mass-produced.
In the year 1454 Gutenberg used his printing press for commercial use and printed many books for the church including the 42 line Bible also known as the Gutenberg Bible. Whilst the public initially frowned upon the new invention, people soon learn that this cost effective and time-effective printing press was beneficial. source https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mcdonald/incunabula/gutenberg/
Although this method of inking metal blocks and rolling a sheet of paper over the letters is not used in this century, Gutenberg's invention has definitely paved the way for us and therefore serves as a significant historical event.
**3. The Abolition of slavery**
Source https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slavery-Abolition-Act
On the 25th of March 1807 an act for the abolition of the slave trade was passed in the United Kingdom which was introduced by Charles James Fox. This abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, the act itself prohibited British ships being involved with the trade of slaves and made it illegal to transport enslaved people. Fines were given out if slaves were found to be carried on ships and so captains would sometimes dump slaves overboard when they saw Navy ships in sight. It wasn't until 1833 that slavery became illegal.
After the slavery abolition act was passed, Thomas Clarkson a leading campaign against the slavery trade boarded a slave ship called “fly” and wrote; “*the sight of the rooms below and of the gratings above filled me both with melancholy and horror. I found soon afterwards a fire of indignation kindling within me*”. **source** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(1772_ship) https://www.academia.edu/37536419/Abolition_of_the_Triangle_Trade
He also produced drawings as evidence of the barbaric system of human cargo. Surprisingly, John Newton who was a former slave trader and owner later wrote the very famous song amazing grace.
The slave trade act being passed was a very important event in history as it recognized human beings as being equal.
**4. The Birth of Christianity**
Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQYUznr8atw
According to the Bible in the year 4 BC, Jesus was born in Bethlehem. I'm sure you're familiar with this story.
Mary was found pregnant through the Holy Spirit, so Jesus was born in a manger in a stable. Shepherds heard about this news from angels that a saviour was born and so they also came to see Jesus. Three wise men followed a star that signalled the birth of the King, bringing with them gold frankincense and myrrh.
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, the event itself is recorded in the Gospels of Matthews, Mark and Luke. It was a significant event as it marked Jesus's entry into his public ministry which began in approximately 27 AD.
In 30 AD Jesus was crucified on the cross outside of Jerusalem under the orders of a Roman prefect called Pontius Pilate. According to the Bible Jesus was laid in a tomb and on the third day he rolled the stone away and was resurrected. From there the Bible is filled with hundreds of stories about Jesus doing good in the world, healing the blind and the crippled, turning stones into bread and water into wine so it’s no question that the Bible and birth of Christianity is a controversial topic. So whether you believe it or not it's an incredible story and one for the books literally.
**5. The Cold War**
Source https://www.accordingtophillips.com/the-early-cold-war.html
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War and went from 1945 to 1991. Despite being allies during the war, the two strongest country left standing were the Soviet Union- a communist country and the United States a democratic country. Both sides were vying for dominance, the Soviets started to impose communism on other countries.
In 1947 Harry Truman the US president decided that America would support Greece and Turkey in fighting the Soviets attempts to become communist countries.
So why is it actually called the Cold War? Well despite the US and Soviet Union distrusting each other, they were never fighting in a direct hot war until 1991. Now Germany became divided into two countries; East Germany which became a communist country and West Germany which was democratic.
In 1961 a barrier was built to prevent people from leaving East Germany. After barbed wire was unsuccessful in keeping people up, a 12 feet high and 4 feet wide concrete wall was built, in fact guard towers were placed along the wall and guards were ordered to shoot anyone trying to escape.
Finally in 1987 Ronald Reagan the President of the United States at the time order the Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall. After the wall was tore down in 1990 Germany was officially reunified as a single country. **source** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
**6. The Black Death**
Source https://www.ranker.com/list/bubonic-plague-body-collector-facts/genevieve-carlton
The black death was one of the most catastrophic pandemics in history. While numbers are not definite, there was an estimated 75 to 200 million deaths in Europe. Clearly, without the proper vaccinations and poor hygiene, this disease spread like wildfire.
So how did it all begin? After twelve ships travelled through the Black Sea, they arrived in Europe- Rats and humans carrying with them the deadly disease. In 14th century Europe it was perfect breeding ground for the Black Plague, poor hygiene, dirty streets, infected fleas and rats all meant that the disease was carried through to city after city.
So what exactly was it like having the Black Death? It was a horrible painful disease with black swellings forming in the victims groin, neck and armpits which oozed out blood and pus. Symptoms also involved chills, headache, fever, pain, shock and weakness. It usually took two to seven days for the victim to die which was often a slow and painful experience.
Nowadays it is referred to as the Bubonic plague and most patients will get the proper treatment to be healed. source https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/plague-faq
But how do people react to this rampaging disease in the 14th century? Well people closed their homes, burnt down houses and even whole cities but most of the time it was futile. The black plague killed animals such as chickens, cows, sheep, goat, and pigs.
It was so contagious that doctors didn't want to see patients, shopkeepers didn't want to attend to customers, and priests didn't wanted prayer over the dying. Many people were convinced that the black death was a punishment from God as though thousands of Jews were massacred in the years 1348 and 1349. The Black Plague had finished its outbreak in the 1350’s but it remains one of the world's deadliest and most devastating pandemics in history.
**7. Apollo 11**
Source https://openloadmovies.cam/movies/apollo-11-2019-watch-full-movie/
On July 20 1969, the space flight Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon. The crew onboard Apollo 11 were Neil Armstrong the commander, Buzz Aldrin the lunar module pilot and Michael Collins the command module pilot.
In 1961 the President of the United States John. F. Kennedy said in a speech addressing the US Congress; “*before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth*”.
This goal was well and truly achieved but there are still sceptics who are convinced that NASA conducted a hoax.
The mission to the moon and back took exactly eight days, three hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds. The landing of the Apollo 11 is such a significant event that you're probably so familiar with the phrase “that's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind”. However, during a 30th anniversary for Apollo 11, Armstrong claimed that he had actually said “that's one small step for a man”. Whatever he said is a phrase that would go down in history.
**8. The Industrial Revolution**
Source https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/industrial-revolution
It was a period of time from the 18th to the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes where rural areas in Europe and America became industrialized. Before this time people living in rural societies generally farmed and grew their own food, made their own clothes and made their tools by hand. When new and effective machines were invented, this caused a lot of people to be out of work.
Sir Richard Arkwright invented the spinning machine that turned raw cotton into thread, the steam engine was also developed by a man named Thomas Newcomen in the year 1712 which proved to be integral to transportation. Soon steam powered ships were being used to transport goods and materials. In addition, in 1866 a telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic which allowed for more effective communication.
But what was the quality of life like for people living amongst this revolution? Job opportunities opened up for people and factory produced goods were developed and sold thereby raising the living standards. However, factory conditions were poor with the profit seeming to be more important than health and safety.
People also wanted to move to the city closer to their work, and so cities became overpopulated and there was a shortage of accommodation. Streets became littered with rubbish and black smoke from factories filled the air. This became perfect conditions for diseases to spread such as cholera, typhus, smallpox and dysentery. Nevertheless, the Industrial Revolution was a pivotal time in history that introduced a whole range of manufactured products.
Industrial revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
**9. World War 1**
Source https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/battlefield-war-game-first-world-war
World war 1- also known as the Great war. There’s a lot that can be said about World War 1 but let's just keep it simple. The war itself occurred between 1914 and 1918, and resulted in millions of casualties and deaths.
So what actually caused World War 1 to start? Well, one of the main events that ignited the Great War was the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The assassination was carried out by a terrorist group called “the Black hair”, although it seems quite dramatic that one person's death resulted in a global war, but this is actually what happened following the assassination- Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia then defended Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia in the hope to protect Austria, France declared war on Germany to protect Russia, Germany invaded Belgium and so Britain declared war on Germany.
Now we can see with the virtual demonstration the countries which were allies with each other, if only all the countries were allies the war wouldn't have happened, but this is just how it started.
So who actually fought? Basically, there were two main groups- the Allied powers France, Russia, Britain and later the U.S. against the Central Powers- Germany. Austria, The Turkish Empire and Bulgaria. Finally, after four years of conflict the war ceased on November 11, 1918. The treaty of Versailles was signed which entered the war between Germany and the Allied powers.
World war 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_i
10. World war 2
Source https://www.reference.com/history/president-during-world-war-ii-aea11bcdf256101c
The second world war occurred between 1939 and 1945, it was so widespread across the world that 30 countries and 100 million people were directly involved with the conflict.
First of all how did world war 2 begin? Well, it all began with a very infamous man named Adolf Hitler, he led a political group called the National Socialists or more commonly referred to now as the Nazis. As the leader Hitler chose to seize land from nearby countries, the main event that caused the war to begin was the German invasion of Poland.
On the third of September 1939, the Prime Minister of Britain Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany. Hitler refused to abort his invasion of Poland and so France also declared war on Germany. In 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan signed the tripartite pact thereby creating the axis alliance, they were fighting against the allies which basically included the rest of the world.
In 1941 Japan bombed the US Navy and Pearl Harbour, and so the United States became heavily involved in the War from the years 1941 to 1945. Jews were murdered in one of the largest genocides in history. source https://pearlharbor.org/losses-pearl-harbor/
In addition to the 6 million Jews killed, communists, Jehovah's Witnesses, people with disabilities, Soviet prisoners of war, Catholics, Polish people, homosexuals and gypsies were also victims. The Jews were relocated to concentration camps where they would do hard labour in poor conditions and many people were killed in large gas chambers.
In May of 1945, Germany finally surrendered after Hitler had committed suicide thus resulting In the end of the second world war.
World war 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
*This list is written based on personal research and may not necessarily be the top 10 historical events that changed the world. I could not include every single historical event but simply highlighted a few out of the many events in history. Some important events that were omitted includes the rise of the Roman Empire, the birth of Islam, the Reformation, 911 attacks, the American Revolution and so on.*
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My Struggles before noise.cash and read.cash; I'm forever grateful
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I'm grateful for a lot of things especially for everything I've been through this year, a lot of struggles, trials, mistakes, steps taken due to frustration, lessons learnt, and many more. It was a really bumpy ride- a ride where I almost gave up at some point but had to keep pushing because giving up would have caused a lot more damage than what had already been done. Irrespective of the troubles and trails, I found myself stronger than ever and came out victorious.
I went through a lot of this year while in the process of making ends meet and attaining financial freedom to a degree, I made terrible mistakes, got ripped of hard earned money, I borrowed money at some point so I could invest in certain businesses which I thought were the real deal but unfortunately it all went down the drain and I got into a mess much faster than I expected. I at some point some a major breakthrough coming and thought it was the real deal hence had to take loans to invest in those *too good to be true businesses. I was being sceptical but it was a* go hard or go home *because too many things were already at stake at this point and I just hard to try the only means available without doing a proper research.*
This business failed me and it turned out to be a scam, money was invested and the website closed down barely five days after its launch. The website was shut down and domain was deleted hence there was no evidence of the existence of any such site in the first place. My heart was literally in my mouth because I thought things were going to get better at this point but it turned out to be the opposite. I was in debts because I had taken a loan out of confidence, I was so sure it wasn't going down the drain but the creators of the platform had a greater plans (they had run away with a lot of investors money, they were fraudsters). This was a lot to deal with because I was in a lot of debt and had no means of paying back, I had no source of income, there was nobody I could call and I found myself alone in a lot of mess. All these was March/ April, barely nine months ago.
I was in a lot of mess but didn't give up and continued to seek for a way out when coincidentally I decided to stay in the Physics Lab on a Friday and got into a discussion with a colleague concerning various businesses on the internet and how majority of them are scams, we talked about a lot of things and surprisingly he mentioned that he has got a platform where you get paid in BCH for simply interacting and bla bla, this caught my attention, I requested for the name of the website and he called it **noise.cash.** I opened it immediately and began surfing, connected my BCH address from trust wallet and began receiving tips immediately. Though it was a little amount of money yet I was so happy because I knew there would be chance for improvement. I barely made up to $0.5 on my first day but I decided I was going to take it serious until I attain that much needed success or at least enough money to pay off my debts so I could be free. That was how my noise.cash journey began in the month of April (April ending precisely).
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I took a loan to pay back an existing loan and began to grind both day and night on noise.cash so I could meet up with the new loan at hand; while my room mate slept at night I found myself grinding hard from 12 am till 6 am every night on noise while also spending the whole day on the platform. It was days and weeks of sleepless nights but I didn't mind as long as I was gonna be taken out of the mess I was into, my health diminished and my blood pressure was constantly high but I kept telling myself to keep on pushing- it was all a matter of faith. Three weeks into noise.cash and I already had a solid stand, I began to earn $2 everyday which amounted to $60 after 30 days, it may seem small but made it much easier for me hence I was able to pay off the debt of the first month. This sleepless nights continued until I was able to pay off three months of debt by simply interacting and replying to every post I came across. I couldn't spend any of the earnings on myself but I was happy because I was able to pay off my debts without any sort of embarrassment. The debts were the only thing that mattered to me, debts of over 50,000 Naira but I was able to clear them all thanks to noise.cash.
The struggles may not be expressed in my words but I went through a lot, the struggles didn't reflect in my academic performance or in my inter-personal relationship with colleagues or room mates in school but there was a lot going on deep down in my heart which I couldn't tell anyone. I didn't rest during the day, neither n did I rest at night just so I could meet up with my daily target and monthly target as well. Noise.cash saved me from embarrassment and I forever will be grateful.
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This is my noise.cash and read.cash story and I'm glad to write it because my struggles were crowned with amazing success.
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Unbelievable historical events that actually happened
28th of December 2021
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History is boring to some of us and that is because our teachers wants us to know both the important and unimportant stuffs, especially the boring stuff. History is more than just dates and policies, there are some really interesting and weird events that has happened in history which your teachers wouldn't tell you about probably because they also have no idea that history could be this interesting
Join me in this adventure and we'd find out how amazing history could be.
1. Albert Einstein was almost president
Source https://www.biography.com/.amp/news/albert-einstein-iq
Isreal officially became a nation on the 14th of May 1948, since then the national legislature of Israel elects Israel's president who serves it's one-seven year term.
Surprisingly, the title of the second president of Isreal nearly went to Albert Einstein in 1952. Einstein who although Jewish was not an Israeli citizen. Still the government offered him the presidency but Einstein politely declined.
He felt he was not qualified enough to lead a nation, he decided that the combination of his old Age (73 at the time), terrible people skills and inexperience would hinder him from serving efficiently.
2. 6th century global cooling
Source https://www.history.com/.amp/news/536-volcanic-eruption-fog-eclipse-worst-year
The year 536 CE was a dark time for the world literally. Historical documents from the 6th century describes a dark veil over the sky between Europe and part of Asia. Various records describes the bluish fog over China and summers full of frost and snow in European regions.
Researchers refer to this as the 536 event and it's not clear what caused these events to occur. These events lasted for about 18 months, bringing out cold temperatures, drought, famine and so on.
In Europe about 1/10th of the population was decimated while 80% of Chinese population perished from starvation.
Experts theorized that a massive Volcanic eruption caused the events or perhaps it was the result of a comet hitting the earth.
536 event https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536&ved=2ahUKEwjfj6Ha-IX1AhUS_BQKHRvxDDMQFnoECAkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Bhkzn0-1OgnTHypEu_owr
3. The Dancing plague
Source https://www.historynet.com/the-dancing-plague-of-1518-historys-oddest-epidemic.htm
Dancing all the time doesn't sound like a terrible illness but the dancing plague of 1518 ended up causing a lot of misfortune. The pandemic began in Strasbourg which is now known as France.
About 400 people showed signs of the disease which involved them dancing nonstop for days. Many people collapsed and passed away due to stroke, exhaustion and other causes.
The outbreak began with one woman and the majority of those infected later on were all females. This outbreak occurred in a few other regions of western Europe as well.
One explanation said the fungus in the weed was to blame while other experts think it must have been stress induced psychosis- people in these areas were often living in rough conditions, prone to starvation and disease, it makes sense that the stress and their quality of living caused such hysteria.
4. Exterminate the cat
Source https://museumhack.com/black-cats-black-death/
Pope Gregory IX served as pope in 1227 until his passing in 1241. One of the things people know him best for was his view of cats. Pope Gregrory IX declared that cats were involved in devil worship and witchcraft, and he called to have them all exterminated in 1233.
This depleted population of cats is believed to have allowed rats and mice to thrive therefore spreading the Black death more effectively.
Black death https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death&ved=2ahUKEwjuiNbPhIb1AhUG1BoKHSGaCWsQmhN6BAgJEAI&usg=AOvVaw3fGGR5KvvGPuRo39lhMyy0
5. Animals in court
Source https://www.pinterest.com/pin/546131892295369157/
The above image is a perfection depiction of the title "animal in court" but it's not what you think- animals didn't take over the court of law. Here is what happened;
The first animal cruelty conviction occurred in 1822 at the trial of Bill Burns. Burns a British citizen was found beating his donkey and was taken to court. Prosecutor Richard Martin brought Burns's donkey to court as if to testify against it's owner.
That year the UK parliament passed the cruel treatment of cattle act. This law was enacted to prevent the cruel and improper treatment of cattle which includes animals such as Ox, cows, sheeps, and other cattle.
Tha parliament later created cruelty to animals acts 1849 because they forgot to include bulls in the original law.
Source- Cruel treatment of Cattle act 1822 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruel_Treatment_of_Cattle_Act_1822&ved=2ahUKEwiT17jKhYb1AhWxyIUKHYvsBgwQFnoECAQQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1FM_RW7meawAwp_Ifg5lm3
*There are so many events in history that serves as a marvel for those who are interested in past events. If you could go back in history to experience one of these events first hand; which would it be?*
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My very different Christmas
27th of December 2021
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I didn't realise yesterday was boxing day until a few minutes ago when I finally woke up from sleep. It shouldn't be surprising that I'm still on bed by 9.48 am, I'm still recuperating and this process is a gradual one. I've been grounded on bed since the 24th such that that entire festivities and celebration simply passed me by. Waking up this morning and being fully conscious of todays date, I came to the sudden realisation that I have missed a lot- no Christmas celebration for me, no boxing day celebration, no Christmas chicken and goodies, nothing but needles and syringe as my own version of Christmas goodies.
The nurses at the hospital were my version of Santa, after all I've been there since the 24th. There was the super caring nurse whom I intended to flirt with on WhatsApp after my discharge from the hospital. I intended to ask for her name and number but coincidentally she was no where to be found when it was time for me to leave. I requested for her from some random nurse but it sould seem she went a far distance and wouldnt be coming back soon if I had waited another ten minutes, I needed to go home as quickly hence I had to pass- we'd meet some other time (evil laughter haahaha).
My right hand has been swollen ever since the needles for passing body fluids were removed, it was initially painless but really swollen, it wasnt a bother because I knew it wouldn't last. My guess was right, my hand is gradually approaching its initial size but unfortunately I've begun to experience intense pain, I can hardly move my hand in any special way without experiencing pain. On observation I realised the veins have become swollen and weird looking hence I had to get iced block last night so I could massage them since I couldn't take the pain anymore.
Applying the iced blocks felt weird but it was better than the pain I was going through, my hands were freezing but the veins were behaving themselves and the pain was gradually diminishing. It felt like the paradox of having to sacrifice a greater pain for a lesser one and I had no choice but to comply since I needed my hands back as quickly because I need them to type on that laptop in order to write those long and boring articles.
The pain in my write hand still wzoata but I'm simply struggling with it until the veins go back to its initial size and all things pain related is kaboomed completely. What matters is that I'm alive and I can function properly once again and without requiring assistance from a doctor or a super nice nurse with whom I wanna flirt with (just kidding, I don't so such).
I'm home alone once again; they've al gone for their usual Christmas/ post-Christmas escapades while I'm here alone with my self as usual; staring st my phone screen while searching for what isn't lost on the internet. The internet is my best friend, my Samsung devices are my best pals, and my laptop is my girlfriend- what else could I possibly ask for?
Though I couldn't celebrate Christmas like everyone else yet I'd choose to drop a random christmas song here as it's being sung in my mind. Song title- Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
*"Rudolph the red nosed reindeer has a very shiny nose and if you ever saw him you would even say it glows"*
*"All of the other reminders used to laugh and call him names"*
*"They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games"...*
*And bla bla... . It's called a christmas song yet we're singing about a reindeer and it's shiny nose. What a confused generation....hahahaha....*
*Merry Christmas!*
Hospitalized on a Christmas
26th of December 2021
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Christmas was very different for me this year, I anticipated that I was going to be in door all day while on bed and really truly this came true unfortunately not exactly as expected. I was on bed all day and all night but it was all thanks to being sick. I mean there is a difference between voluntarily staying on bed and staying on bed forcefully due to sickness- you may argue that staying on bed is staying on bed but not while you're losing your mind and occasionally feeling like you're floating off your body (yes, it was that bad). I knew I wasn't going to die but it felt like it at some point.
It started from midnight of the 24th, I had begun to feel feverish and simultaneously cold, I initially shook it off as a stress reaction but one hour into this weird feeling I began to realise that it was a malaria symptom because it expanded into a striking knee pain and back pain. Those are my malaria symptoms hash-tag I've been bitten by a lot of mosquitoes lately and those blood sucking monsters are simply inevitable.
The back pain got worse and it felt like it was going to break at some point, my knee felt the same way. I managed to push through till morning, by this time I had a very striking headache and could hardly lift my head, neither could I do things on my own. Had to send to semd someone to the pharmacy to get me some medications as prescribed by the doctor I contacted via phone call. My voice was barely audible but was understandable.
I took those medications after which I called someone to come give me a ride to the hospital; it was a really bumpy ride as my eyes were closed through most of the journey and was losing my mind due to the bad roads- potholes and all.
Long story short; I got hospitalized, was at the hospital from the 24th, took those body fluids throughout the night (it was more than one) and injections inclusive. Those needles just had to pierce my skin and were inevitable because I was beginning to lose my mind, I couldn't control my thoughts anymore, I was weak and tired, could barely lift myself off the bed and my vision was blurry.
I at some point thought I was going to die but I'm glad I didn't. I wasn't discharged until afternoon of the 25th which was yesterday; and I'm glad to be alive. After I was discharged i thought I was already as string as I should be and decided to take a walk out of the hospital ward in a bid to stretch my legs but the earth began to shake underneath and my vision couldn't be explained. I had to tell ine of the nurses to help me back to my bed as I wasn't fully strong yet.
Basically my christmas was spent in the hospital but who am I to complain. I'm grateful instead, grateful to be alive, grateful to witness another Christmas, grateful to be of sound health once again and grateful to be able to do things on my own once more and without assistance.
I barely ate anything throughout yesterday as my appetite was equivalent to zero and can hardly taste anything either, my mouth tastes like thise hospital fluids hence eating anything is quite irritating especially when I attempt to drink water. Hence I've been quenching my thirst by taking malt drinks whenever the need arises.
It's a sunday already and everyone is gone to church, but had to stay back as I'm not strong enough to go through the stress plus the noise isn't going to be good for me atleast for now. Since it's gonna be me alone, I took a ride to the nearest eatery and bough fried/jollof rice with chicken and ice-cream since that's the only thing I'm craving at the moment. Thiugh I may not be able to eat it due to my "taste buds gone wrong" but I'd like to satisfy my curiosity.
Coincidentally I got to the eatery just few minutes ago, and while trying to place my order I looked outside the eatery and saw people gathered, decided to find out what was wrong and realised it was a fire. The diesel generator of the eatery had caught fire and the people outside were trying to call the attention of the people indoor; I picked up my phones and ran out of the building while disregarding the fact that I wasn't even strong enough to run. After all there is still something called adrenaline.
The fire was put out all thanks to some brave peeps with a four extinguisher, I simply watched from a distance because I don't see myself being a hero in a situation like this. The fire was quenched as quickly as it started and everyone were back to their normal businesses.
I'm glad to be alive; I didn't die via malaria and neither did I die via a fire accident. I'm so grateful to God for sparing my live and I'm so grateful to everyone both here on read.cash and everyone else out there that wished me sound health and constantly checked on me. I love you all!
Toddles!
I have been hospitalized since yesterday, been extremely sick. Those body fluids had to go through me. I never imagined Christmas eve and Christmas would be spent in the hospital. Regardless of how weird this may seem, I'm glad to be alive.
I have always been sick since my childhood and this sickness cannot be explained, I used to get sick much more than every other kid my age, I expected it would stop as an adult but it's the opposite.
I just wanna say that I miss interacting with you all, I miss you all. I will be back soon; definitely not today and may not be tomorrow either but I'd be back as soon as I'm perfectly fine.
I'm still at the hospital but hoping to be discharged today so I can enjoy Christmas at home, even if I'd be on bed all day, it's much better being in the hospital.
It's Christmas eve already; today was stressful
24th of December 2021
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This is barely one minute into the new day and I cannot but write about my excitement regarding the coming of Christmas. I couldn't write yesterday because I got really busy with Christmas preparations plus I actually went to the mall with sister and some peeps to see the new spiderman movie; spiderman no way home. It was a really exciting movie which I will not talk about because I do not intend to give spoilers but I must say that it didn't live up to the hype.
I had some fun, saw a movie, played some games and enjoyed myself altogether. I eventually left few minutes past 7 am tonface the traffic. The mall was a really long journey from my house hence I spent about three hours or thereabout in traffic before finally getting to my destination. I got home about a few minutes past 10 pm, feeling exhausted, super tired and everything that describes stress in its entirety.
I'm feeling good and at the same time extremely tired. I do not intend to talk about the fun and bla bla because I'm so tired to even think but I simply had to write because I do not feel good each time I skip writing even just for a day.
It's few minutes past 12 am already, it's Christmas Eve and I'm lookin gidrwars tithe much awaited day.. I've been anticipating this day since the beginning of the year; Christmas day. Though I may not be going anywhere but I intend to have some fun by staying indoor all through while sipping on my favourite drinks in the dinner hall.
Guess what; my favourite drink is water, it may seem weird but it is what it is. It's the healthiest drink one could ever ask for. My taste buds simply do not align with other drinks except malt and yogurt because those are healthy substances with unique tastes. Plus my health doesn't allow me take carbonated drinks like coca-cola, Pepsi, mountain dew and yada yada if I intend to live a long life.
Altogether yesterday the 23rd was fun and I know the 24th will be even more fun. I gues I'd invite girlfriend over so we could have some fun (it's not what you're thinking). Girlfriend= friens that is a girl hence shouldn't be mistaken for "lover" as I've got none.
My eyes are closing already and it's time firnme to end this write up. Merry Christmas and have as much fun as you want.
Will write about my visit to the mall some other time, for now I'm super tired and I sinoly need to rest so I could have the strength to write another article by day break.
This article may not make any real sense but I'm glad you wouldn't judge me. I'm simply tired and want to write something before I fall asleep. Thanks for the understanding.
Toddles!
Extremely dangerous places for Christmas tourism
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It's barely three days to Christmas, I and a lot of people out there can hardly stand the wait. We are getting ready to get out bags packed and have some fun by exploring various places in our region and around the world (for those who can afford it) in a bid to have some fun.
While trying to have some fun we should also remember to stay safe in this festive period by doing a proper research of the kind of places we visit if we intend to enjoy this Christmas without casualties.
On reading @CryptoNag's post yesterday on the 10 most dangerous places in the world, I decided to do a little bit of research and discovered that there are so many tourist attraction centres that are extremely dangerous and I think should be avoided for our own safety.
In lieu of this, I'm writing my own list of the most dangerous tourist attractions in the world in a bid to make sure exploration enthusiasts among us do not risk their lives while trying to have some fun.
1. Hawaii Volcano
Source https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/9/30/us-hawaii-kilauea-volcano-erupts
In Hawaii you can hike or bike up volcanoes it's a great way to sight see and get some exercise but unfortunately volcanoes can also kill you. Most think the biggest danger from volcanoes is the lava but that is not always the case.
In 2007 the National park service had to temporarily shut down the bicycle tour due to three deaths and various injuries that occurred within a year. The three deaths were die to woke losing control of their bike on the challenging downhill trip. But People standing on solid ground without bikes have died as well.
Various deaths and injuries have been caused as a results of what is known as lava haze or laze which are volcanic gases which can swamp areas quickly during period of high wind. It is a combination of Hydrochloroc acid, Carbon dioxide, and Hydrogen Sulphide which is something you do not want to breathe in especially if you have a respiration problem like me. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laze_(geology)&ved=2ahUKEwiGv4P37fb0AhVQ14UKHQaMBaQQmhN6BAgJEAI&usg=AOvVaw1beCJk4nuuduoaAH4M7mqh
2. Devil's Pool, Zambia
Source https://www.spiritedpursuit.com/blog/visiting-the-devils-pool-at-victoria-falls
This name is enough to keep us away but if you insist on visiting there a plaque nearby that says "***he came for a visit and stayed forever***".
The Devil's pool was named to honour one of the more than 20 people who have died in Devil's pool in Zambia. It has been described as the ultimate infinity pool and it allows tourists to swim right on the edge and look out over one pf the biggest water falls in the world- Victoria falls. It is twice the height of Niagara falls.
You can only swim in Devil's pool usually between September and December when the dry season reduces water levels and current enough for the pool to be accessible.
The most famous death at Devil's pool was that of a heroic tour guide whi managed to save a tourist who had started to fall but then fell over himself.
If you consider going to Victoria falls, I'd suggest you only watch from a safe distance.
3. Valley of Death, Russia
Source https://austria-forum.org/af/Geography/Asia/Russia/Special_Information/Death_Valley_Kamchatka
Thanks to nearby Volcano in Kikhpinych, the valley of death has a concentration of toxic gas that accumulates in the valley's lowlands without wins to blow it away.
This toxic lake of gas kills local plants and animals. If you ever went there you would first experience dizziness, a fever and chills then you would probably die.
According to legends it was first discovered in the 1930's by two hunters who found it scattered with the bodies of dead animals and devoid of paint life. They fled after getting a headache but since their stories have been told adventure seekers have journeyed into the valley- many of whom never returned.
4. Yosemite Half Dome
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Dome
The Half Dome is a huge granite dome in Yosemite national park, California. It's a famous rock formation in the park and it's easy to see how it got its name- one side of the half dome is a sheer rock face and the other three sides are round and smooth. The Crest is 4737 feet above the valley floor.
It would be totally harmless if people would just leave it alone unfortunately people prefer dangerous fun. The Yosemite search and rescue team responds to about a 100 incidents each year from dehydration to much more serious issues.
It may look easy but a lot of people fall to their death while hiking up the trail of the half dome. The last 400 feet is almost vertical hence cables must be used to complete the trail. This is not for the faint at heart.
5. Mount Hua Shan
Source https://www.chinadiscovery.com/shaanxi/mount-huashan.html
The mount Hua shan trail isn't worthy to be called a trail since it's just planks bolted to the side of the mountain. You hook yourself to an iron chain that runs along the side of the mountain during the trip.
There aren't any planks in some parts of the trail and you just have to step on divots that have been carved into the rocks.
There are no official death statistics because the Chinese government has decided to keep it a secret but a lot of people die there every year according to rumour.
"***There goes five dangerous places you do not want to visit this Christmas. It is a time of celebration, a time to have fun but in a safe way. If you like to have dangerous fun then consider this a motivation but if you intend to not ris your life then stay away from the above places this Christmas.***
***Merry Christmas!***
***Toddles!***
Four days to Christmas; I can't stand the wait
**21st of December 2021**
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Four days to Christmas and I can no longer stand the wait, I can't wait for the fun and excitement of that day, can't for the sun to rise on the 25th, can't wait to smell christmas in the air, can't wait to catch some fun on this special day, neither can I wait to see jump up in excitement.
I don't know if I'm the only person that feels this way but this month feels linger then the previous months of this year, in fact it feels linger than the entire January to November. I guess the Christmas anticipation has really gotten into me that I have lost sense of time and all I want is to wake up one morning to see that it's the 25th of December.
I wanna wake up to the merry Christmas cries here and there, I wanna wake up to see peeps celebrating, I wanna see children in their colour filled outfits running here and there while having fun in their own way. I want to hear the loud music that wouldn't be stopped irrespective of how much I complain, I wama see a lot of people in our house and hear the noise that accompanies this crowd.
Though I hate the crowd and the noise yet it's always memorable and seems like fun after the moment is passed. Though I'd end up spending most of my time in my room away from visitors and the crowds and all things socializing yet it's memorable bevaise it's Christmas.
I feel like a kid that has been waiting for Santa since the beginning of the year and has been trying his best to be good for the sake of Santa's list. I feel like I've been good but can't last because Christmas is taking too long and Santa may change his mind about me if I make a mistake of being bad. I feel like a kid craving for candy placed at the top most shelf where hands cannot reach.
I feel Christmas should last more than one day because the day ends as quickly as it begins henxe making the fun end as quickly as it begins; I sometimes feel like Christmas doesn't come quickly but ends too quickly. Almost like that day deliberately decides to torture us by passing too quickly as compared to other days.
A ransom Christmas song comes to mind as o write this;l, a song from Alvin and the chipmunks which refers to the fact that Christmas is taking too much time and I cant stand the wait anymore. I don't know the full lyrics but my favourite part gues thus;
"***Christmas christmastime is here***
***time for toys and time for cheers***
***We can hardly stand the wait pls Christmas don't be late***"
"***Want a plane that loops the loop***
***Me I want a hula-hoop***
***We've been good but we can't last please Christmas don't be late***".
If Christmas doesn't come quickly I may lose my already fragile mind and it would take the real Santa himself to mend me.
I wish you all a merry Christmas in advance; don't worry too much, have fun this season and don't think too much about your inability to achieve your goals for the year 2021. What matters is that you're alive, healthy and with leave of mind.
Enjoy Christmas with family and ne happy always because happiness is free.
Toddles!
Christmas plans; nothing special
20th of December 2021
Christmas is just five days away and I can no longer stand the wait, though I do not have special plans, I'm simply gonna be home all day while seeing my favourite movies and listening to my favourite UK rap songs. What matters most is that I'm going to be indoor with family and I'm going to be happy. Regardless of the buying here and there, having fun out doors and the Christmas galore, what matters most is happiness.
I'm anticipating this day to see how it's all going to turn out because I sometimes feel like my purpose is to observe the infinite loop of events to see how it turns out in each case.
I'm going to be having my own version of fun but I don't consider it anything special; going to the cinema has already been planned with girlfriend (friend that is a girl), we'd be seeing spiderman far from home on Thursday along with my younger sister, after which we'd go to some luxury eatery to pass time. I'm considering a roller coaster ride but I do not intend to risk my life in the name of having fun- accidents happen and kaboom.. the fun ends as quickly as it began.
I'm going to be soemding those BCH on a lot of things this period, I've been saving them for too long but not anymore. I mean what's the point of saving if you wouldn't get to spend them at some point. Life is so short that one moment you're here and the next you're gone hence it's better to savor the moment, savouring thos moment for me includes spending those BCH on things I'm interested in; new clothes, food and drinks, travels and exploration, movies, dinner nights and lots more.
If I don't send it someone else will after I'm gone.
Do not get the wrong message; I'm not against savings or hodling those BCH, I'm a vigsupoirter of hodling as I'm a big supporter of the BCH community and the club 1BCH. Point is- **sometimes** we just need to do things randomly without thinking too much since it's a once in a year thing, we worked do hard to earn that money so we should also hae fun when spending it, we should be able to spend it on less serious things such as travels, exploration, hanging out with friends, going to the movies and bla bla..
I'd be going to the cimema Thursday which is the 23rd, 24th would be a relaxation day, the 25th would be simply a church day with Christmas carol programme. I wouldn't like to go out on the 25th because places would be crowded, too occupied and body contact is something I'm always trying to avoid. Hence my outing would be on the 26th.
I guess I'd be going to the mall- watch some VR movies (virtual reality), do karaoke, play some VR games as well and do some show off by playing Mortal Kombat publicly in a bid to raise my already raised ego....haha..
Altogether on gonna be having fun without holding back, after all it's Christmas and Christmas is meant to be enjoyed.
I'm considering getting some comic books to keep myself busy on Christmas day as well but I got no idea if I'd be able to get from any store close to me. I do not want to order it online as it's always too expensive and sometimes comes with damages.
Merry Christmas!
Weirdest night ever; I hate vigils
Last night was one of the nights where I felt like running away; running away forever because of one thing; a vigil in my uncle's church. They mentioned yesterday morning that they'd be going for a vigil last night and from that moment I knew I wanted to run away because I hate being awake late night while stressing myself with the stand up and sit down process called praise and worship, prayer session. The stress is not the problem but my health does not allow me to stress myself especially at midnight when my heart is meant to be resting.
Stating to my uncle that I'd stay home alone would simply prove how much of a prodigal son I am. I know I'm a prodigal son but I'd rather not show it as I intend to be seen with the highest prospects possible; a self confident, and independent young man capable of self responsibility and yada yada... I have no idea of this makes any sense but I like to refer myself as such.
I had to cooperate with everyone and played along with the vigil thing without complaining, deep down I wanted to run away and perhaps come back on Saturday but ideas weren't popping into my head; I tried to figure out a place to go such that I'd come back late night and stay home alone but ideas were so far from me that I had no choice but to comply.
The vigil began much earlier than expected, we left home few minutes past 10 pm, got to the church 10. 30 pm or so and surprisingly the vigil had already begun... I at this moment knew it was going to be the longest vigil of my life. The usual time for vigil was usually 11 pm to 2 am but this vigil lasted much longer. Twas a 10 to 3 vigil, in fact 3.30 am consodering that had to do some form of anointing service after the while thing which took even extra time.
I've always been conscious of my health since a very long time ago henxe irrespective of the fact that there were a lot of people there l, I sat down most of the time. I didnt care if eyes are gonna be on me or not after all it wasny health and not theirs. And nobody had a strand of right to even ask me to stand up or he or she was gonna receive the middle finger. Yeah, I can be that nice- the middle finger will suffice if you know what I mean.
I joined the program while sitting through most of it and occasionally stood up where necessary while making sure I didn't over do it. At some point we were all asked to come to the podium for special prayers, at this point I knew I couldn't escape but did as everyone did.
It was going well until suddenly I couldn't breathe properly anymore, I tried to shake it off but it kept coming back and my while body was feeling weird, my hands were shaking and I had to run out of the church so I could get some fresh air which made me feel better. It turned out that the fact that people were gathered at a spot was totally against what my body could take, I was trying to avoid being touched and st the same time it was getting stuffy hence my body had to react by causing an inconvenience in my breathing as a self defence mechanism.
I had to run out of the church at the moment where it felt like I was about to pass out; I told myself I won't die tonight and really truly I didn't all thanks to my instinct and my self consciousness about not dying.
I felt better afterwards and didn't enter the church until we were told to go back to our seats after which I didn't join the program anymore but simply sat still till the end as I was having a striking headache caused by my inability to breathe few minutes earlier.
Vigil ended about 3.30 am and kaboom; that was it. We left for home and by few minutes to 4 am we were already home. I slept in the car about 5 times before we finally got home after which I landed on my bed and didn't wake up until fee minutes past 9 am.
***Alas...I survived; no more vigil till the year runs out, in the case if any, I'd definitely not be attending as I intend to not die from lack of sleep hash-tag hypertension.***
BCH: bitcoincash:qrkg0cufqt2c6pxf0fdre4gm8h6nej5vucxpg29j6h
***Toddles!***
Being chased by a Lion; not a story
Last night's dream I guess was a result of the horror movie I watched while on bed before sleeping off; it was nothing special but was all about me being chased like a Lion, a zoo-escaped Lion, we all all know how dangerous and life threatening that can be since you cannot over power it or outrun it; lucky scenario would be to run into a building or a car or something really high like a tree provided the Lion isn't capable of climbing, which I'm really sure it isn't capable of doing.
In this dream I was being caused by a Lion, this lion was on the loose, we all know know how dreams work; the lion was chasing everyone randomly but it's my dream which means I'm the only real person and the rest are nothing but brain developed constructs as the brain doesn't like to feel lonely in this world hence creates a matrix like situation where other people exist but as computer programs who cannot do beyond their programming or they'd be cancelled out.
I like to view dreams like I'm the only independent construct, independent on a program unlike other characters whose actions have been designed to go a specific way, thus makimg me the only person capable of making actual and non-programmable decisions.
Speaking of programming; I feel like this Lion was simply a program that was inserted into this matrix but designed such that it wouldn't provide me with a real sense of danger but entertain me on a subconscious level; point is it wasn't really fun while I was inserted but waking up and remembering this dreams feels much more fun considering I was at the peak of the game and my survival instincts were really high.
As for Survival instincts; this dream may have been designed in one direction which is "***for me to survive***", for me to escape it all while simultaneously watching other people being devoured by this "danger"; after all these people aren't real but dream constructs for the purpose of my entertainment.
I have no idea why I'm saying all these but the plan was to talk about the dream and it's synopsis but nature has greater plans- I refer it a synopsis because it feels like a movie that is still in production under an undisclosed studio- this studio is my mind.
I remember struggling with some guys that were about to take our shelter away from us; feels like a zombie movie where everyone is trying to be safe and some group of baddies come out of nowhere and decide to take your shelter away from you with force without considering sharing simply because they possess weapons and wouldn't mind sending you to the danger.
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This shelter wasn't an actual shelter but was a still operational car which we found (we = I and three other survivors); we found a car at the middle of the Lion chase and decided to hop in as a safety measure, all windows were wound up, doors were about to be closed when the passenger side door got stuck and couldn't be firmly closed. It was a lady sitting right there hence the expected "***I'm not strong enough***" rant from a lady came through (they never fail to disappoint).
The sitting arrangement was; a male driver, a lady on passenger side, while I sat at the back seat with a random lady. The threat was closing in fast and coincidentally some baddies were right there also trying to pull the door open as they intended to over-power us in a bid to collect the vehicle and chase themselves.
Hey this is my dream hence I can't be the loser; I instantly jumped to the front seat and pulles the door towards myself with all the strength within me, after which the lock knob was hit and we sped off with maximum speed; I didn't look backwards to check but I'm pretty sure they must have been eaten alive; human barbeque at its finest. We could have shared you know; but their programming says "***you just have to struggle and get eaten in the process****".*
I guess the dream director wanted it that way and who am I to oppose the overall writing of the matrix. I suddenly feel like "the one", I feel like Neo, I feel like Mr. Anderson from the matrix movie- the saviour, the protector, the one, with influence both in the real world and the dream world.
This isn't the story of the dream; consider this post production and sneak peek. I wanted to write exactly how the dream went but my brain wanted to write it differently hence the improvisation.
***Woke up with heart beating super fast but escaped the threat I did, after all it's my dream and the main character doesn't die in his own movie except in spevual cases which doesn't apply to me.***
***Toddles!***
Early morning depression and feeling of worthlessness
Today is one of those days where I wake up feeling like I do not belong to the world; I feel like an outcast, I feel lonely, and feel like there is something I should be doing that I'm not. I feel like I'm not wanted and simply forcing myself to adapt. Waking up this morning feels weird; I didn't want to step out of the room as I didnt sent to be seen, I felt like something was wrong, like I had done something wrong and simply didn't want to communicate with or come across anyone, I simply didn't want to be seen. I feel like this many times for no reason at all and I'm beginning to think I require therapy.
I've been running away from therapy for so long, I keep assuring myself everything will be olay but it turns out that my mood simply fluctuates without reason. It's really weird because I could wake up today feelimg good while I'd wake tomorrow feeling awful and unwanted. I have no idea why this happens but I mostly feel like something is wrong somewhere and I'm simply forcing myself to blend with the world.
I mostly feel like this world isn't for me, perhaps I belong somewhere else, somewhere better, somewhere without people, somewhere isolated, somewhere silent, somewhere without words to describe its level perfection. I've got no idea of this perfect place exists but I intend to find out.
You may find this weird but I feel like going to the hospital, I haven't been there in a long time, I feel like taking those body fluids, I want those needles to pierce my skin, I want to be there once more; it's like a perfect opportunity to be alone and away from the noise of the world..a private ward would be a nice starting point....
I feel like I'm beginning to lose my mind and have got no idea how to control my thoughts as my thoughts are beginning room control me.. I need a therapist. I'm losing my mind and I can't help it.
I'm still trying hard to understand human nature and how people get excited over little things, from my childhood my parents have always complained that I'm hardly impressed by anything, almost like my expectation has always been too high; when other kids rejoice when a "***long time no see***" family member arrives, I'm sinply ***indifferent*** and say the causal hello like nothing happened.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/F78hJAQpa7I
***"I feel worthless, my life feels like a shipwreck"***
With time I realise that I'm hardly excited by anything, receiving Christmas gifts from anyone isn't exciting, being my own santa isn't exciting as well; I only got myself those things out of logic because I "***need***" them; they are ***needs*** and not ***wants***. I mostly put on a charade in a bid to show some appreciation when ever something is done for me by someone, but in real life I'm not really excited because I think the part of the brain responsible for "***excitement***" is asleep.
I tried to be happy so many times but it just doesn't work; happiness is tough, I can only pretend to be happy but no matter what I do or get for myself, I simply cannot grasp a single strand of happiness. Out there I feel like the happiest person on earth as I'm very good at acting and faking it but down there nothing excites me I'm only trying my best to react based on the logic of "***act like everyone else so you wouldn't seem like an alien***".
In the end there's no such thing as happiness, happiness is simply an illusion we create for ourselves in a bid to escape the cruelty of life by fixing our eyes on material things which are nothing but vanity. In the end we all are nothing but pretenders; no one is really happy but all putting on a charade.
***I feel terrible today; I feel like I should run away from it all, I feel worthless and feel like I don't belong here; I simply want to be alone and feel like I've interacted too much with my cousins, and family members with whom I stay. Im beginning to feel worthless, this has resulted in depression and I think I simply need a break; I need isolation, I need to be alone.***
***Toddles!***
Not so horror movies for a Wednesday
There's only one thing on my mind this morning; I wanna see movies and lots of movies like I did on Saturday. I'm currently on the second installment of the movie "***fear street***", I've seen ***fear street part one-1974*** which is the first instalment, but watched ***fear street part two-1666 quarter way*** last night before girlfriend's call came in (***girlfriend = female friend***), I seriously wanted to hang up as my movie night was being interrupted but decided to be nice, answered the call and began to fall asleep somewhere between (***hey, she wasn't boring- fell asleep because I was simply tired***).
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/m3pfOQKgVAM
***"What can I say; I'm looking for some fun in something called movies"***
I remember mentioning that my cousin selected three random movies for me; the first was the ***8th night,*** an extremely boring korean movie without a direction, in fact it shouldn't be classified as horror because there's no scare, no blood, no gore and no motivation- an elementary school horror would have been much better because children could be better actors in a situation of proper mentorship. I feel the movie could have done better but it was a total waste of time for me. Time wasted on it cannot be taken back; unfortunately.
***Image source*** https://netflixable.com/brazil/81457374/the-8th-night-2021
***"The 8th night; an extremely boring movie, time wasted cannot be taken back"***
***Second suggested movie*** was ***Oxygen***; a very interesting movie about a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic chamber with no memory of who she is; her oxygen is running out fast and no help seems to be coming hence has to work with the AI assigned to her in a bid to make it out alive before she dies of asphyxiation. This movie didn't disappoint but got me glued throughout, I paused the movie each time I wanted to blink as I didn't intend to miss any detail (practically impossible). It's a must watch if you're a movie lover.
***Image source*** https://www.playinone.com/folkplay/oxygen-%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99-netflix-review/?amp=1
***"Oxygen movie is a must watch, except you've got issues with closed spaces; hash-tag claustrophobia"....***
Cousin suggested ***Aftermath*** as well but I couldn't get the movie on my usual movies websites, I guess I'd have to wait much longer before seeing that movie; I'd keep it at the back of my mind or perhaps in front.
***Image source*** https://www.heavenofhorror.com/reviews/aftermath-netflix/
***"I got no idea what this movie is about, I intend to watch go in blindly like I did with the others, unfortunately it isn't available on my usual movie download websites"....***
All movies suggested by cousin are 2021 movies; classified as horror but I'm not impressed considering I'm looking for some blood, gore and scare but I don't seem to be getting anything close to my desire. Hey I'm not a psychopath, I'm simply trying to entertain myself.
Apart from beeping myself busy with the fear street franchise, I'm considering seeing a 2020 horror movie titled "***don't listen***". Synopsis from Netflix says; ***"After the strange death of his young son at their new home, Daniel hears a ghostly plea for help, spurring him to seek out a renowned paranormal expert".***
***Image source*** https://www.heavenofhorror.com/reviews/dont-listen-netflix-horror-voces/
***"I sincerely hope this meets up to expectation as I do not intend to waste my time like I don't with the 8th night"....***
I need something to spike my almost dead heart rate; something scary, something violent as I'm hardly scared by anything and I need something to make me excited.
***Feel free to suggest an horror movie for me and I'd sincerely appreciate it.***
***Dear*** @Jinifer***; I know you are a movie watcher and you've got a lot of movies up your sleeve; kindly suggest the best movies on your list, and "love you forever I will".***
***Toddles***
Three weeks without glasses; vision improvement
I think my vision is getting better; compared to before where I put on my glasses all the time, and all through the day regardless of whether I'm indoor or not, I recently discovered that I've not been having my glasses as much as I used to. For the past three weeks I've not been having my glasses except when I intend to step out of the house which hardly happens except on Sunday where I'd have to go to church plus the usual weekend escapades.
I didn't realise this until this morning when I was on video call with girlfriend (friend that is a girl); I suddenly realised I wasn't putting on my glasses and had to reach for it just few inches away from me. It was at this moment I realised that I haven't really used my glasses in three weeks yet there's been no complain so far regarding a refractive error or the inability to focus on written words.
In fact I spend most of my time on my smartphones, I'm always exposed to blue light from the screen while either writing, reading charts, making researches, flirting with babes on WhatsApp or Telegram and the icxasional flirting here on read.cash with @Theblackdoll and yada yada, yet there's been no complain and I didn't even notice I've not been using my glasses, which means my eye has gotten better without informing me and may still get even better.
Speaking of flirting; I haven't spoken with my crush @Ayane-chan in a very long time hence I think tomorrow would be a perfect time to try out my flirting skills once more provided she'd be available to pick my calls on Telegram (I'm not a flirt; just kidding). Hey Ayane, if you're reading this, you should know that if I never come to the Philippines I'd come looking for you.
Back to track; speaking of my glasses and my ability to see even better without glasses, it's actually surprising for me considering I actually use my glasses all the time and fall asleep with it on my face on most nights, hence not using it die three weeks straight is amazing. Though I think I can do without it at the moment, yet I can't ignore the fact that I'm still photo-phobic hence I must use my glasses once I intend to step out of the house it's gonna be really inconvenient for me. I sometimes feel like the world is too bright for me hence my glasses is slightly tinted in a bid to reduce the intensity of light hitting my eyes. I don't think photophobia can ever get better hence I'd have to stick to my glasses much longer. Plus I look really cool with glasses and peeps would hardly recognise me out there because they're already used to seeing me with glasses on- I'd look totally weird and different such that I'd begin to re-introduce myself (just kidding).
I guess @HappyBoy should try to take off his glasses to see the world with his eyes perhaps he would see things differently and who knows, his sight may already be slightly better than it previously was.. just saying as I don't know anything but simply speculating.
I suspect that my role model; sir Mr.@Pantera may be using glasses as well considering he does a lot of research and it takes him a lot of time to write those crypto-perfect articles. Regardless of whether he has a defect or not, glasses are required to block out those blue light since he'd definitively be spending a lot of time behind the computer screen. Another speculation which I know nothing about.
***I think I gotta go to the optician to run another test pretty soon so I can know exactly how improved my has become....***
***Irony of life; my vision is getting better but my heat resistance is getting worse- I sinxerely hope I wouldn't experience another episode of hallucination due to the heat or I'd simply wait till morning, pack my things and run away from this country never to return. The Artic looks like a nice starting point.***
***Toddles!***
Heat and hallucination; I'm losing my mind
Last night was a mess; I was literally dying on my bed due to the heat which my body couldn't adapt to. In fact the power supply company deserves an award for deciding to cut off power just when I needed it most; I mean I could have died last night due to my poor heat resistance- my body couldn't take it anymore which therefore resulted in hallucination. It's almost like I already predicted this was going to happen
I didn't really understand what was happening but I know I slept off while power supply was still available, suddenly woke up about one hour later and the room was nothing but super hot, I realized I already had a message on my smartphone which was on the floor beside my bed, I replied the message with the words "**I feel extremely tired**". I'm still trying to understand why I typed those words but I got zero idea how it happened. I mean, I consciously typed those words but for reasons unknown.
The hallucination story is a really weird one; replied my message and next thing is my vision became blurry, I began to see things that are not there and my body simultaneously felt very heavy. Never experienced this before hence I didn't know what to think. I know I wasn't dreaming as I was fully conscious, tried standing from bed but it was the toughest thing ever, my breathing was altered at some point and my imagination began to go here and there as I was no longer in control of what I was thinking. No matter how hard I tried to convince myself that I was hallucinating, it was too much for my already fragile mind to grasp.
I was seeing things and hearing voices; these voices were really loud and uncontrollable, I later realised they were my thoughts but really loud and without direction. I remember that hours before bed I was thinking about CBDC and E-Naira and how I intend to write a long list of articles aimed at talking about the central bank's incompetence and inability to understand cryptocurrency; these thoughts kept coming to my head and all I could hear was the words "CBDC", "cryptocurrency", and some weird words which were really inconsistent and meaningless to my hearing- almost like chants in horror movies.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/pTUCMqXCOrk
***"I began to hallucinate; I saw things that were not there and hard voices which didn't exist. I'm not crazy, it was a result of the heat"...***
I was beginning to lose my mind at this point and felt like it was due to the fact that I haven't used my hypertension medication in a long time- I felt like my body was reacting to the absence of those medications, at the same time I didn't know what to think... it was a really weird experience almost like my own body was trying to kill me.
The hallucination didn't stop and went on for about one hour until I finally fell asleep and saw myself being chased by a monster in a random horror movie; the monster rips your face off and...based on what I saw it do to other peeps, I realised it would be best if I ran; this nightmare didn't end until I woke up for no reason.
On waking up I realised that 0ower had been restored, and the cool breeze of the fan was responsible for snapping me out of the matrix my brain was caught in.
I remember replying a message on my phone and dropped it back on the floor but woke up and realised my phone was beside me on bed and no longer on the floor; I guess I must have done certain things during hallucination which I cannot remember. I looked at the time and it was a few minutes past 2am.
The hallucination and nightmare ended as soon as the heat was eliminated hence bringing me to the conclusion that my heat resistance is getting worse.
***Hey; I'm not crazy, neither do I have a mental disorder, the hear simply made me go crazy because I handneve a very fragile mind....***
***I had to do a little bit of Google search*** regarding heat and hallucination and realised they are related in a situation of extreme heat; last might was a situation of extreme heat hence I think I need therapy. Surprisingly, I didn't really have difficulty in breathing unlike in other situations where the heat wasn't even up to half of that experienced last night.
***It's only surprising that I hallucinated a lot of things,my thoughts were uncontrollable and things were really upside down in my brain...***
***Hospital here I come!***
***I wrote a*** ***short post*** ***on noise.cash*** regarding this and a virtual friend mentioned something which caught my attention as we already discussed having poor heat resistance about two weeks back, where she mentioned having the same issue including difficulty in breathing as well.. https://noise.cash/post/134k29xr
***"Her response to my post regarding my poor heat resistance".***
***Surprisingly I began writing this and received a surprise from someone special; my dear*** @bmjc98***; she gifted article with $5... I sincerely appreciate it.***
***She's such a darling.. I got of kisses for you.. I could wrote a 1000 word article while singing her praise and explaining how wonderful she has been since I joined this platform.***
***Thanks to*** @Mictorrani ***for the sponsorship renewal; you're appreviated as well.***
***Toddles!***
12 days to Christmas; wrong weather
I'm a very confused person right now; it's twelve days to Christmas and there's no change in the weather; no winter, no harmattan, no cold and sweaters but excess of heat. I'm so so confused; perhaps I'm on the wrong planet cos' this is totally abnormal, the christmas season is normally accompanied with cold, dryness of air (harmattan or something...), the early morning chills where you'd have to wear double shirts and a sweater due to the cold, cold but enjoyable weather. We don't have snow but the harmattan is meant to be our own version of the christmas weather called winter; unfortunately it's quite the opposite this Year I've got absolutely no idea why this is happening. Who or what is to blame- climate change? I've got absolutely no idea.
***Image source*** https://unsplash.com/photos/ZVhm6rEKEX8
***"Wrong weather for Christmas, sorry..."***
I was literally swimming in my own seat last night as the quantity of heat last night was so much that I couldn't take it anymore; I was literally on a red hot planet (mars as we may know it), was losing my mind and would have hit hallucination if only the temperature had increased slightly. I don't understand how weird this keeps getting but I'm a very confused person right now. What country am I anyway? Mercury? Maybe.
***Christmas Anticipation***
Speaking of Christmas; I already mentioned how I intend to be my own santa since the month of September; I mentioned I'm gonna be getting myself a new samsung smartphone and a violin, I recently added a Laptop to this list as it would help with writing my articles, influence my research to a very high degree, and give me a better view of those crypto charts for proper analysis which constantly make me lose my already fragile mind.
***I'm looking forward to going to the movies***, I'm super excited for ***Spiderman- no way home*** and the fourth installment of the matrix movie - ***Matrix: Resurrection.*** I'm so excited because I've seen more than enough trailers which already shows how good these movies are going to be. My guts are never wrong; unlike the nonsense movie ***Shang-chi and the legend of the ten wedding rings.***
***Considering taking my cousins to the zoo provided the lion doesn't escapewhile we're in;*** it's a not too far distance from the house but surprisingly they've never been there hence I'd I'd spending those BCH on really weird things, after all it's Christmas and it's only once in a year. I don't even wanna talk about budget autorization to budget disappearance.
***Christmas wishlist activated***
Two out of my christmas wishlist have been fulfilled; all thanks to me, myself and I- ***my very own Santa..***
***my new Samsung device*** already came though, was delivered to my doorstep two wednesdays ago ***(ordered from jumia.com)***.
***A new hp laptop*** has been ordered and paid for; been on its way since last thursday and will get to my region on the 16th of December which is barely four days from now; all thanks to me once again. Looking forward to receiving it so I could activate my game mode on mortal kombat and All things Batman related, need for speed will come in handy. I ***forgot to order a mouse and bluetooth gamepad but will do that as soon as it arrives.***
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/RcNvt5n6maY
***"My Christmas wishlist to myself (I'm my own santa)"......***
***The violin*** has not been ordered yet, I haven't decided when and how I'm gonna be getting it but I'm considering waiting till January bedire ordering in a bid to lonot expenses and not spend too much.
T'was a lot of money altogether since I'm not as rich as @jane or @bmjc98; I'm all about satisfying myself hence I wouldn't care how much it's gonna cost in total.
***A random Christmas song from my infinite list of Christmas songs;***
*****"Jingle bells Jingle bells, Jingle all the way"*****
*****"Oh what fun it is to ride a one horse open sleigh"*****
*****"Jingle bells Jingle bells, Jingle all the way"*****
*****"Oh what fun it is to ride a one horse open sleigh"*****
***"Christmas is coming yet the weather isn't indicative; I sincerely hope the world doesn't end on Christmas day"***
***Toddles!***
Uncle's rant was a saving grace from writer's block- not baiting
I sincerely cannot believe that writers block held me down so badly that I totally had nothing to write since the early hours of the day up till this moment. Apart from the fact that it's a sunday and I had to go to church really early, my brain has been so empty and with zero ideas, almost like a switch has been lost up there or perhaps a connecton error in my brain's internet of things. This me simply forcing myself to let out something in a bid to defeat the voice telling me ***"do not write today, take a break and have some fun" .*** Yes, there's a voice up there telling me to not write, as much as I badly wanna listen to that voice, another part of me reminds me that my ***"yes to writing everyday"*** vow still exists and I do not intend to break this vow except in special cases where I fall sick or I had to do something really important that got me hooked throughout the day, and this something of importance must be of very high priority, and the highest level of priority that exists in the universe of priorities.
***Cousin's academic dysfunction***
Surprisingly my uncle came into my room just now complaining about my cousin and how he doesn't study but spends too much time on his phone while making flimsy excuses of research; I had to agree with my uncle and added fuel to the fire by ***suggesting that his phone be seized,*** while also mentioning that his phone is the major problem as I've observed that he spends time doing nothing but chatting on WhatsApp and Messenger which is basically unprofitable for him.
***Image source*** https://unsplash.com/photos/_M-DrbiNFa4
***"Cousin isn't taking his studies serious; unfortunately medicine isn't for the lazy".***
My cousin claims ***he wants to study medicine*** yet doesn't study but acts like he knows it all;unfortunately the university system is unlike the system in high school where you could fail exams without consequences. There's something called carry-over and excess of it means an advise to withdraw option would be given. Let's hope it doesn't get to this considering his admission into the university is still an uncertainty.
I asked him over 20 questions in high school physics but couldn't answer none, same with biology and chemistry yet he claims he knows it all. Always making excuses, hardly reads 10 minutes per day but spends too much time on his phone while claiming to research unknown topics.
The University exam here in Nigeria; JAMB ***(joint admission and matriculation board)*** would be scheduled for March or April 2022, barely three months considering December is already at its end, yet he doesn't know up to 1/10 (one-tenth) of the approved syllabus- ***what a shame! Well, those that have come before him have written the exam about five to six times before gaining admission hence he wouldn't be the first; sometimes first hand experience is the best way to learn.***
Enough of my cousin's ***Academic Jabberwocky***; it's his life anyway and I'm simply a passerby- maybe my purpose in life is simply to observe where it all ends and interfering would cause a disruption in the time space continuum.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/Vt1UqZPfddM
***"Uncle's rant is a perfect definition of a saving grace hence giving me something to write about, worship he deserves, as depicted above"....***
Atleast I was able to write something all thanks to my uncle's rants about my cousin's unseriousness. He uses me as an example for them each time, especially the fact that I lost both parents and yet was able to achieve a lot both financially and academically without allowing this loss hold me back ***(I'm a stubborn brat, I know).***
I actually do not like it whenever my uncle uses me as an example in a bid to motivate his children, it's embarrassing especially when he des it limited the presence of his wife (I don't want her to hate me hashtag comparison isn't a good thing). ***My uncle doesn't understand that I'm simply stubborn*** and whoever decides to live like me ***would commit suicide early in life considering I'm a very depressed person but with happiness written all over (I'm a good pretender).***
***All thanks to uncle's rants, I was able to write something thus fulfilling my "yes to everyday challenge"... his rant came at the right time andnl was a saving grace; he deserves some BCH but obviously wouldn't understand it considering he's old school. I do hope he doesn't see this or I'm toast.***
***Toddles!***
Horror Movie Saturday
Hello read cash fam! I do hope you're enjoying your weekend already. It's a Saturday (obviously) and I'm gonna be having as much fun as I can by keeping myself busy with movies; not drama, romance, sci-fi, or comedy but my favourite genre- Horror. I realise I haven't had time to see movies for some time due to being busy busy busy, in fact my middle name is now "***busy***" thus making me "***kristoffer the busy quincy***"- a nice name I've got for myself init.
Waking up this morning feels good, I slept really early for the first time in a very long time, was chatting with girlfriend *(female friend not lover)* when ***I closed my eye for only five minutes, opened my eye and it was already few minutes past 6 am***; signs that the world will end faster than we can imagine. I feel like there's someone somewhere hitting the "***fast forward***" button whenever we're asleep thus making us approach world's end faster than we should.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/atsUqIm3wxo
***"It's a Saturday for horror movies and no hold backs"...***
Woke up feeling good and decided I'm gonna give myself a rest, gonna take time away from those candle sticks and crypto trading, I'm gonna be muting my notifications from my telegram signals, gonna be putting off my internet connection and would do nothing but entertain myself via Horror movies as chosen by my cousin. Already told my cousin about my plan to keep myself busy hence I gave him a list of Horror movies and asked him to pick three random titles from the list which I'm gonna see, after which he'd pick another three and we proceed hence....
Google did most of the work, with a simple search key word ***"best horror movie to watch 2021"*** and the rest was history as seen in below image;
***Image source*** https://www.google.com/search?q=best+horror+movie+to+watch+2021&client=ms-android-samsung-gj-rev1&sxsrf=AOaemvLzjqXGdncKaeBLaF1R7kDnJDASvg%3A1639129078448&ei=9h-zYdOPGoSqa7ixlqgI&oq=best+horror+movie+to+watch+2021&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIICAAQFhAKEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjoHCAAQRxCwA0oECEEYAFCFCljwEmCeGGgAcAJ4AYABggqIAYAckgEJNC0xLjAuMi4xmAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#wxpd=browse:true
***"Surprisingly Army of thieves which isn't a horror movie is on this list, it's only a heist movie and a prequel to the horror movie Army of the dead which"...***
***Movie list below;***
***Army of the dead***
***Night book***
***The 8th night***
***Things heard and seen***
***Blood red sky***
***Fear street part one: 1994***
***Boomika***
***Oxygen***
***A classic horror story***
***Aftermath***
***The Manor***
***There's someone inside your house*** ... and so on...
I sent this list to my cousin and he picked ***"Oxygen", "8th Night", and "Aftermath"...*** which I'm gonna be downloading in few minutes and will go off the internet as soon as I begin watching.
*I could easily check the synopsis for each of these movies on the internet but I'd choose to go in blindly without having any idea what's going on or what's about to happen. It would be more fun that way I guess....*
At the time of writing I'm listening to one of my favourite songs on repeat, a song titled ***"Verdansk"*** by ***british rapper Dave*** while simultaneously downloading the first movie on my cousins list ***"Oxygen".***
*I do hope these movies meet up with my expectations as I need something really scary but it's been disappointment so far in the world of horror movies. American horror doesn't really deliver the needed blood and gore as that's what I am actually interested in seeing. Unlike Japanese horror where nothing is censored and all things horror are shown without holding back.*
***I gotta go get ice-cream, plantain chips and loads of goodies which I'm gonna munch on while seeing these movies... I guess I'd have to call girlfriend to bring them as I'm too lazy to step out of the house.***
***I'm inviting my friends here on read.cash to join my movie Saturday; the sitting arrangement would be*** @Lucifer01***,*** @GarrethGrey07***,*** @Success.1***,*** @CoquiCoin***,*** @Bloghound***, while my crush*** @Theblackdoll ***would sit by my left, and my number one crush*** @bmjc98 ***would sit at my right while the occasional flirting may come through during the movie (just kidding)...***
***Toodles!***
R.I.P to both parents; coincidentally it's my convocation today
Yo peeps! So.... I'm not a prodigal son but it's been ten years already and I'm not one to dwell on the past especially regarding the death of a loved one hence I simply choose to let it slide like it's nothing because in the real sense it's actually nothing considering the time interval between then and now.
*What exactly am I talking about? It's quite simple; today is the 10th of December- coincidentally* ***today makes it ten years since my Dad got kaboomed from this plane of existence, ten years ago- the 10th of December in the year 2011.***
I remember how quickly it happened, it was like ***"an action movie where the main character was killed off; viewers got displeased and hated the director forever for not letting things go in the direction they wanted".*** One moment he was with us and the next he was no more; we were all anticipating Christmas in a big way, it was meant to be the best christmas ever the following Christmas (es) was meant to be even better considering our financial status- I mean we didn't have everything like people thought but we had enough and sometimes more than enough that we were envied here and there and so many wanted to be like us.... we were the perfect family
Oh...those good old days passed by so fast, now it's all memories and nothing more.
***I still remember my Dad's face but barely considering it's a face I haven't seen in ten years, I do not intend to remind myself by stating at his picture because it's basically pointless. In fact I do not think we have any of his pictures anymore for complicated reasons which I do not intend to explain.***
***Image source*** https://unsplash.com/photos/1PtM6b85sdw
***"Death is reflective of the fact that life itself is pointless and we'd never catch the wind no matter how hard we try".***
How quickly time flies; the dead is forgotten much faster than expected, he died, promises were made by his Brothers- "***do not worry we're gonna stand by you and bla bla***" all lies spoken from the tip of their tongue just to make themselves look special and big. Time showed us how filthy and pathetic they were; story for another day.
***Filthy coincidence***
It's 10 years today since Dad left coincidentally ***today is also the convocation ceremony of my university- my convocation***; I'm officially a graduate from the department of Physics and Electronics. Weird sh*t is my school is located at Ondo state but I'm currently in lagos (Lagos sweet home) as I do not intend to attend. No amount of force in the universe can force me into attending this weird ceremony because I consider it pointless and an absolute waste of time for me. I already told my colleague @Success.1 I wouldn't be attending, he should go take some pictures and have some fun, meet a hookup babe and make out maybe....
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/LLfRMRT-9AY
***"It's my convocation today but will not attend, it's just a one day thing and doesn't matter"..***
I only intend to point out the filthy coincidence of my convocation with the ten years yada yada of my Dad. ***His wife (my mom) also passed away six years after- the 17th of December 2017 hence it would be four Years since her passing in seven days time***. What a sad world of filthy coincidence... one moment you're happy and the next you're trying to relax then you simply get caught in a war, an unending war of nothingness.
***Rest in peace Mom and Dad; I want to forget your face, I want to forget you existed, I'm tired of seeing them in my dreams- I want to forget you ever existed because it's pointless remembering as we're never going to meet again.***
***Life in the end is nothing but fleeting, transient and an infinite amount of events leading to nothingness.***
If @Lucifer01 was here we'd do play the PC version of cricket since he mentioned it in his article yesterday, while I'd show @Olasquare who's boss by circling the finish line twice before he even gets a chance to begin (Need for speed).
I wanna take @bmjc98 to the beach for celebration and as a special form of thank you to her (just me and you)- I hope her boyfriend wouldnt get jealous; don't worry I'm a gentle man.
***Toddles***!
Keeping myself busy enough to not think about suicide; let's hope it works..
In a bid to make life more interesting, atleast more interesting than what it is at the moment; I decided to keep myself busy with my usual horror comics such as Daphne Byrne and All things horror as provided by Hill house comics, a subsidiary of the regular DC (I feel like I've mentioned this already or I'm caught in a loop once more). Regardless of whether I've mentioned it or not, point is; I've got some real sh*t up my sleeves- for instance as a Big batman fan I'm gonna be spending long hours playing ***Arkham Knight on christmas day***, it's one of my favourite Batman games and looking forward to installing it as soon as my laptop arrives via the cargo from the UK.
***Batman and Mortal kombat***
Funny thing is I almost forgot I ordered a laptop from over there (it's not like the money is so much that I didn't remember spending but it's simply complicated) until my sister called yesterday asking if I needed anything special installed on it before she sends it over; I couldn't think of nothing else but ***Arkham Knight and Mortal Kombat 11*** unfortunately she's a very indoor person hence doesn't know any game store in her region- the most annoying thing ever. Had to look for a download link for Arkham Knight which was required about 40gb+ of data, unfortunately she's not as tech savvy (I wanted to punch her face via WhatsApp at this point); chrome kept cancelling the download but she didnt know how to ***deactivate Defender Antivirus protection*** and was too lazy to try. I sent her the instructions which she did but ***google*** ***chrome*** still wasn't cooperating due to the system's default security measures. My very lazy sister was already tired of the zero stress hence decided to use the default browser- MSN or something, a very useless browser the download began but took forever while giving a download time of ***1 day left for download to complete.*** I at this point completely lost it and asked her to forget it, the back up plan is to wait till the laptop gets here which would be approximately seven days via cargo- I'd have to wait till the 17th of Decemver which is next week Friday or so...
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/X6QffKLwyoQ
***"I'm all about having some fun via PC games; long hours of Batman and Mortal Kombat will keep me busy enough to no longer think of suicide".***
*This wait feels like forever as I can't wait to place my hands on that laptop and pass time by playing games such as* ***Injustice, Mortal Kombat, Arkham Knight, Naruto ultimate Ninja storm and yada yada, and maybe even do some fact time with my long time no see Japanese side chicks whom I met on the language exchange app hello talk..***
***Japanese ladies are so so beautif..... I'd rather not talk about this.***
*I'd be getting game pads, and all things gaming instruments to improve my gaming experience- VR-goggles should come in handy.*
***In the business of satisfying myself***
For the past few days I don't feel like taking anything else but ice-cream, in lieu of this I already contacted one of my few (***was tempted to write many but that would be a lie***) female friends (***the daddy long legs***), asked her to get me ice-cream and friend rice while coming over but this wouldn't be until next week Monday or Tuesday as she'd be busy during the weekends and I'm too lazy to step out of the house to get these things myself.
***Of course I'm the laziest introvert in existence hence stepping out of the house requires about one week preparation after which I'd have to recharge my social batteries for another two weeks or more...***
*I'm basically trying to keep myself busy in a bid to maintainnmy sanity and not think about the complexity of life, it's lack of meaning.*
***Thanks to*** @bmjc98 ***for reviving my Christmas spirit...you're forever loved.***
***Thanks to*** @HappyBoy ***for checking on me via call and text, thanks to*** @Olasquare ***for the encouragement as well..***
***Toddles!***
Christmas spirit revived; thanks to @bmjc98
The past few days have been especially weird, things happened so fast that I can hardly pin-point a reason for each events; looks like everything happened spontaneously, and so fast that it's difficult to decide if a certain string of event was yesterday or the day after. The fragile construct of time is simple passing me by without a linearity in its pattern- almost like time has begun to flow without direction and all events are taking place simultaneously; a paradox I cannot and will never understand. All I know is I'm alive and have got no idea what has been happening in the past few days; I'm simply flowing with the passage of time and flowing with the string of events that follow suit.
I was anticipating christmas at some point until it suddenly dawned on me that we were in nothing but an unending loop of nothingness hence this anticipation became equivalent to zero and another episode of depression came through. This depression is reflective of the fact that I I gotten tired of this matrix and I'm beginning to lose my mind.
As mentioned by @Olasquare in his last article depression is not always about money; not many people understand this, they think depression comes out of the inability to get an essential need or due to a certain level of poverty and yada yada but it's not exactly so. Depression is a fragile construct which can never be understood, hits you with full force and drains every form of happiness and motivation to remain alive. I do not intend to point out the complexities of depression as I'm no expert on these things and have got no idea how depression works- ***I'm simply a person whose best friend's name begins with a letter "D" for Depression.***
***Back to the christmas spirit***
I was no longer anticipating Christmas and all things funfair had been eliminated from my mind since the beginning of this week, in fact life itself became tiring and I wanted to kaboom out of it in a flash so I could sing the ***hallelujah chorus with the Angels*** provided I wasn't sent to hell for committing suicide. The only problem is; girl friends and side chicks may not exist in higher planes hence I had to change my mind, plus support from friends made me re-think my decision.
I appreciate a special friend as well-@Lucifer01, his words as quoted below:
***"I would go there and slap you if you ever try to hurt yourself. Told you, you are a family guy. Act like a responsible family member"***
Decided to not die anymore as I do not intend to ***get slapped with a hammer in the after-life*** by lucifer himself. Thanks man- you're the Boss.
***Support from not-friends as well*** is also appreciated, pretenders whose names I wouldn't mention- weird peeps who requested for my number so they could speak to me either via WhatsApp or phone call but eventually didn't do neither due to the fact that their care was simply at the tip of their tongue and simply put on a charade out of their misplaced sense of self righteousness in order to be seen as caring among their group of friends in their so-called whatsapp group chat which is owned by a person who aims for nothing more than self glorification and an undeserved sense of entitlement to respect due to being bullied as a kid and lacking proper parenting.
I'm simply passing by and writing as my heart says..... I wouldn't go further.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/7QuEYNRNUeA
***"Regardless of fake peeps here and there, My christmas spirit was initially dead but came back yesterday all thanks to my dear friend MJ....."***
***The Christmas spirit according to*** @bmjc98
While reading through my notification yesterday evening, I came across Mj's post where she mentioned she was giving her favourite peeps presents for christmas and luckily I was tagged among the luckyfriends to get a Christmas present. I was initially sceptical and unmotivated until I decided to check it out and kaboom...it was too good to be true.
I saw what she had in store for @PVMihalache, it was really convincing, saw her plans for other peeps as well until.it eventually got to my turn which made me excited as I was anxious to see what I was gonna be getting.
The below screenshot explains it all; read through while I flex my typing fingers...
***Image source*** https://read.cash/@bmjc98/theperfectgift2021-a-special-gift-from-me-to-you-023dc49c
***"@bmjc98's gift to me, too good to be true but I never doubted it until........"***
I was so excited that I instantly took a screenshot for proof so I could show it so someone, @HappyBoy maybe, I already thought about where I could go for the vacation and the three people that could tag along- I dbt of I have up to three real friends except on socials..thinkimg about all these was so exciting that my Christmas spirit woke up as quickly as they had died.
I decided to read the article once more in a bid to clear my doubt until ***I realised that it was nothing more than a virtual Christmas gift which wouldnt go beyond the pages of read.cash......***
@bmjc98 ***is such a genius; thanks for making me feel happy though it was only temporary and for that moment only, yet I sincerely appreciate your effort in ensuring I smile once again..***
***Toddles!***
Help; have I been poisoned..
I feel like I've been poisoned; I've been on another plane of existence since yesterday, my stomach hurts like crazy in a way I've never felt in my entire life. It was initially negligible from the early hours of yesterday but as time passed it began to get worse and now there are no words to describe this word pain I'm going. Pain hot really terrible that girlfriendhad to follow up on my health at midnight by constantly calling and asking if I feel any better; according to her- sleep on your stomach and you'd feel better, yeah, it worked- I felt better at some point and eventually slept off but as soon as she called about two hours later the pain continued and sleep became far from me. ***(Girlfriend = friend that is a girl).***
I know I've not been poisoned but If I intend to commit suicide, it has to be deliberate and not someone else doing it for me. I mean- I didn't inform anyone in the house about my plans to transcend to higher planes of existence, neither did anyone of them read my "***goodbye forever***" article, I'm pretty sure because they do not know I write on this platform, neither do they know anything about read.cash and the BCH community.
Hence if anyone has poisoned me then it's probably out of hatred and jealousy and killing me would be basically pointless- why would anyone even think of such; I'm a poor boy without any possession to inherit after I'm gone, my 12 word phrase is written nowhere but in my brain ***(yes, I memorized it)*** and there's nothing special about my BCH earnings, nothing but a few dollars which I doubt would be enough to live a happy life, my clothes wouldn't size anyone unless you intend to donate it to an orphanage which would be useless for whoever intends to take my life.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/l-8rhhUpuyM
***"Mercenary for poisoning and all things murder related"...***
Instead of attempting to poison me, you could simply stab me in my sleep which makes things even easier but there is only one problem- I hardly sleep, the moment you touch my door knob from the opposite direction my eyes would be wide open and your plans would be foiled before you even get a chance to get into my room- too many reasons I can't be killed easily unless I deliberately choose to end my own life.
Thanks to @Olasquare, @bmjc98, @carolinacardoza, @Theblackdoll, @GarrethGrey07, @Lucifer01, and yada yada...I'm being motivated to not end my own life but find a way to enjoy it; in fact ***I remembered a long time hobby of mine which I abandoned*** due to being busy and all- I used to be a religious comic book reader; a big follower of all released Batman comics and all things horror such as Daphne Byrne, doll house family and Sandman universe where we have Constantine and Lucifer- all subsidiaries of DC comics.
I've begun to follow up those comics once more in a bid to see if I'd find interest in life once again, hence if I die suddenly it should be known that it is not a result of suicide but murder.
***To the hospital I will go***
*At the time of writing; I can't take this pain anymore- I didn't poison myself, maybe someone did, maybe it's a filthy coincidence (I have no idea) but to the hospital I will go; I gotta find out what's wrong, I gotta get myself treated as quickly as possible and I need to get better so I could find a reason to live.*
Comic books exist but it's not a good enough reason to live, it's simply entertainment; the act of giving and helping people in need also exists but giving to the needy hardly makes me feel better, especially since they'd only apprevaite you while you're there and say sh*t about you as soon as you turn your back.
***I'm still trying to find my niche in this world, and niché I will find in due time...***
***Hospital here I come; those needles will eventually pierce my skin; I got no choice but to comply since I intend to not die.***
***Toddles!***
Life is meaningless; life is vanity
Life can really be weird; one moment no one cares and the next you decide to take your own life in something called suicide and the next they suddenly care about you and begin to motivate you regarding the need to live on, push forward and the need to keep on living. They say life is good but what if the after life is better; I see peeps giving me the "***stay strong***" motivational speech and "***do not leave***" words of encouragement but in the end you'd be back to how it all started within one or two days because life is so lonely that the bitter truth is ***you only have yourself.***
I received a lot of motivational talks and encouragement in my comment section regarding my intention to move to a higher plane of existence, an obviously better place without pain, suffering, poverty, depression and all things "***I am bothered about this and that***". Those words of encouragement are highly appreciated but I'm in doubt regarding whether any of those words are actually meant or just for show. After all we're all complete strangers and we're only linked by read.cash and the BCH community, we've never met and we never will. Thus begging the question ***"will I be missed when I eventually ascend to higher planes?"*** The answer is obviously a "No" and I do not intend to explain.
I'm tired of this infinite loop called life- life is monotonous, we basically do the same thing over and over which makes me go crazy yet I see some say life is enjoyable; I mean how do you enjoy living in a loop- doing the same thing over and over all day and all year long without losing your sanity. I find it hard to comprehend this anomaly no matter how hard I try thus resulting in depression because life in itself is basically pointless.
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***"Life is basically pointless and without a direction, nothing but an infinite loop of nonsense"....***
We live, eat, sleep, wake, reproduce, die and the following generation repeats the same process over and over; generations come and go yet the loop continues. In ***the end life nothing but a loop of meaningless events*** which we do not have the ability to question because we are programmed not to ask the question of "***what's the point of existence of we'd still die, isn't it pointless?***". The moment we break the program and begin to ask questions about our existence then depression comes in the need to be put out of your mystery begins to set in.
I don't know if I'm the only one that feels this way but this loop is killing me and I can't take it anymore; it may be a result of having a very fragile mind which breaks easily- I mean I don't know anything I'm just speculating but I concluded a long time ago that life in itself is meaningless and without direction. One moment things are going as planned, and the next you have no idea what you're doing because the word "***haywire***" becomes your Bestfriend and there's no escaping this conjecture.
Regardless of wealth or positioning, we all are going to leave this mortal body at some point hence all acquired possessions and positions will be left behind and rendered meaningless. If we're still going to leave it all someday then what's the point of chasing the wind in an attempt to catch what we wouldn't be able to grasp for so long.
Life is tiring and I do not intend to explain further; no matter how hard I try, the right words to explain this conjecture simply doesn't exist...
I'm considering ascension but have received too many messages asking me to not think about cutting this life short; it's tough to decide I'd to listen or not but the greater question would be ***"what do they have to offer in the case where I choose to keep on living, would they be there for me in difficult times?"***
***A greater question nobody would be willing to answer with sincerity.***
***Toddles!***
I quit it all; goodbye forever
I have once again begun to exhibit withdrawal behaviour; I no longer talk to my cousins like i used to when I got here, the past few days has been all about about me playing ***"leave me alone"*** and staying in my room all day without having to interact with anyone.
I don't feel like interacting, I don't feel like taking to anyone, neither do I need anyone's company- I mostly act like I'm asleep whenever I hear footsteps approaching my room because I do not want to open my mouth to any discussion because it basically bores me and drains my spirit.
I was initially excited to be here but all of a sudden I'm beginning to withdraw from everyone once again and the initial excitement has diminished to near zero; I do hope it wouldn't die completely.
I have no idea why I'm beginning to feel this way but I'm beginning to think I have over socialized hence my social batteries are dead and requires recharging; nothing sounds funny, nothing tastes funny, nothing seems funny anymore; except my favourite food which tastes funny and doesn't nice anymore.
Everything has gotten boring, even life itself has begun to get boring; I want up early morning and I see myself living a life without a purpose, it's nothing but dryness and boredom- I constantly feel like something is missing but can't figure out this missing piece of me. I feel like this piece left me a long time ago but didn't come to my notice until it became too late.
With time I realised that nothing can make you happy; not money, clothes, materials, smartphones, food, fun, clubbing, girls and whatchamacallit- even BCH will not make you happy. In the end happiness is only transient, happiness is fleeting, happiness is nothing but an illusion which we create so we could continue living this life of vanity. After all we do nothing more but ***eat-sleep-wake-repeat*** which is reflective of the fact that our lives are caught in an unending loop of events created by someone out there- a creator maybe or a programmer who ***inserts us into this matrix.***
I hear people say the words "I woke up happy, I woke up feeling good, I woke up feeling this and that" but it's quite the opposite for me; I can hardly tell how I feel, I'm hardly excited by anything and it's all stale as soon as I open my eyes to a new day.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/c82WpNI6A-o
***"Life is transient, life is fleeting, life isnkeaningless, life is an illusion"...***
Life is monotonous and has become tiring- I'm considering quitting everything; I want to quit talking to everyone, I want to quit all social media, quit posting on read.cash, quit short posts on noise, I wanna uninstall whatsapp and telegram, I uninstalled instagram since 2019, and considering ending this life altogether as it's no longer meaningful. I want to quit everything.
I've stayed strong for so long but I can no li get continue in this illusion called "life", I want out of the "matrix', I want to go to a better place with peace and tranquility; goodbye everyone, goodbye friends on this platform, I love you all... good bye @HappyBoy, @CoquiCoin, @Olasquare, @bmjc98, @Lucifer01, @GarrethGrey07, @FarmGirl, my crush @Ayane-chan, @Theblackdoll, @George_Dee, @Bloghound, @Oikawa and so on....I can't mention all names but I wanna say thanks to you all for making my stay on this platform enjoyable.. @Pichi28 thanks for everything.....
***Life is now stale and I can no longer continue with the illusion of happiness.... goodbye forever.***
***Will donate all my BCH earnings to those that need it more than I do and will fly to higher planes of existence without pain and depression...***
***Toddles!***
Writer's block and @theblackdoll's perfection
My writer's block is mostly reflective of the fact that I have gone through more than enough stress in the previous day and in past days thus gradually accumulating till it becomes imminent and all things ***writing skills and ability to think properly*** becomes absolutely far from me. As much as I wanted to publish an article really nearly today, my brain wanted the opposite- been awake since few minutes past 6 am and everything within me simply wanted to pick up that keyboard and begin typing out my heart but in turned out they there is nothing in my heart to be typed, it's all full of emptiness, tiredness, scrambled thoughts and stress from the previous day.
That level of stress where you sleep for 10 hours straight yet it would feel like you've only slept for two minutes thus waking up exhausted and with a brain that says "***no to writing***"; a very non- cooperative brain at it's finest.
I want to write about yesterday's stress and my inability to breathe properly at some point due to exposure to a very negligible amount of heat and dust which wouldn't harm anyone but me due to lungs hypersensitivity and whatever my cardiologist chooses to call it; after all I've not been there in over six months and....I'd rather not talk about this...
Writer's block is Man's greatest enemy; it takes away your high level of productivity and leaves you with ***nothing but the ability to chase cars like a dog without an idea of what to do if you eventually caught one.*** It has left me with nothing but the ability to beat around the Bush while teyingbhard to emdorebthe article reaches a minimum of four minutes read so I could successfully hit the publish button.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/F3ig12CrnGo
***"If I were to write in the old fashioned way, the above picture would be a perfect representation of the outcome- too many squeezed sheets with zero productivity"***
I sometimes wish I had a special brain like my crush @Theblackdoll; she writes horror stories like it's a walk in the park; perfectly written stories that I sometimes wonder if she's secretly a Hollywood director masquerading as a mother, and husband and friend while simultaneously writing on read.cash in a I'd to lead a normal life away from the celebrity lifestyle. I sometimes think about her gifts, her talent, her style of writing and the fact that those horror stories keep on coming everyday while maintaining the quality of the stories and getting better at it everyday.
***She must secretly be a goddess; taking care of family all day long and still having time to write this amazing stories is an embodiment of perfection; she's superman, Batman and wonder woman in one person. In fact she's the entire justice league in one body.***
***Image source*** https://unsplash.com/photos/FNPmCdk3-Xk
***"The blackdoll is a goddess with the ability to wrote without thinking; a gift I want as well if only she'd be willing to share"***
If only I could meet her in person then maybe she'd teach me exactly how she does it, and writer's block would be as far away from me as possible; I'm taking the next available flight to India- will get to the airport and begin to request for theblackdoll until they lead her to me..haha haha....(it doesn't work that way).
My typing fingers are beginning to hurt and my ability to think is diminishing as time passes; 9.46 pm at the time of writing and I didn't meet up with my "***publish an article before 9 am challenge***", this is really annoying, I can't blame nobody but the stress I had to go through yesterday.
***Today is a Monday but I'd totally skip work so I could relax and regain that lost strength; those hypertension medications are stating st meon the dining table but I'd skip them for later. They taste terrible and I don't wanna begin my day with a horrible taste in my mouth.***
***I do hope you're enjoying your day wherever you are; have fun, don't hold yourself back and rest when you can.***
***Toddles!***
Superman embodiment of heroism versus a stressful day
I initially wanted to write my own version of my favourite DC hero while stylishly opposing @Lucifan 's idea of marketing superman to be an embodiment of perfection and immortality; an idea which I constantly argue with.... I mean @lucifan is my friend in real life and we will always argue about the fact that Batman will beat superman all day- an argument we will never end till eternity as it's one of the few things we will never agree upon.
Reading his article on his ***superman product placement*** got inspired me to point out the conjectures in his syllogism but it turned out that I'm too tired to even start with him tonight.
Hey lucifan, if you're reading this; I'd call you by exactly 10.30 pm via WhatsApp and explain to you why Batman will beat Superman while explaining that Superman Prime one million is considered else-world in the DC universe but a part of a non-canon universe in a bid to explore more possibilities of an invulnerable superman.
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/r-enAOPw8Rs
***"Me shouting at my friend Lucifan over the phone while stating that Batman is better than superman".***
Whoever is reading this shouldn't get the wrong idea; I'm a big Superman fan, in fact I love superman so much that I enjoy watching Batman beat him each time they get in a fight (sarcasm).. Batman wins all day and I wouldn't like to get started hashtag I'm super tired and just got in from the Sunday stress hence this is simply a stylish way of informing lucifan that we will have an unending argument tonight, tomorrow and the day after; ***be prepared.***
***A very stressful day***
Today is one of those days where I wish I could just run away from everything; it's few minutes past 9 pm amd we just got home from a church event; this special programme has been on for the past 5 days with today being the 6th and the last; I've been avoiding this program since it began on Tuesday but it turned out that I had no choice but to attend since the entire family would be attending and refusing to tag along would make me a prodigal son. Though deep down I'd always be a prodigal son but it's best not to show it atleast not to my uncle since I'm currently in his house- his house, his rules and whatchamacallit, after all I'm only here on a visit and this visit has become longer than a normal visitor would normally stay- been here for about three weeks now and I'm beginning to feel like I've been here since forever hence withdrawal behavior has begin to set in as usual and I hardly communicate with my cousins anymore, I simply want to be left alone.....story of my life.
Back to track; after arremdimg my church which ends its Service by 11 pm, I had to join my uncle in his church which ends few minutes after 12, though I didn't go in- I sinoly sat outside while munching on chocolate cookies and a bottle of water (the most healthy drink ever). The wait was enjoyable until the service was over and my uncle had to wait extra hours for the usual meetings and random scribbling into their record books which I know nothing about. I got tired and simultaneously frustrated as we didn't leave for home until few minutes to 2 pm which was really annoying because we were still gonna attend the programme mentioned above which was to begin by 4 pm until 8 pm or something.
By the time we got home I was so tired that I slept from few minutes past 2 until past 3; just about one hour after which I had breakfast-lunch together and we kaboomed to the 4'o clock program. I felt like running away or pretending to be sick because I was so tired and needed sleep; my body is not designed for this stress but I've got no choice since I do not intend to tell my uncle about my health issues and how I'm meant to avoid stress if I intend to live a healthy life.
I hardly participated in the events of the program due to tiredness and eventually inhaled dust when people were dancing here and there; it's an open field with sand here and there hence inhaling dust was inevitable irrespective of how hard I tried.
*The program ended few minutes past 8pm but I was exhausted****, my lungs were filled with dust that I had a little difficulty in breathing on my way home while we were in the car;*** *had to tell my cousins to whine down the window even more so I could breathe fresh air in a bid to feel better but it got worse.*
***Just got home few minutes past 9 pm and first thing I did was to go for my medications; it's not what you're thinking- I'm not asthmatic but I'm allergic to dust and heat hence difficulty in breathing in both cases... I'm hypertensive by the way.***
I gotta shut-down now in a process called sleep because I need as much rest as humanly possible; I do hope your Sunday wasn't as stressful and as breath-taking as mine (***my breath was literally taken***).
Dear @Lucifer01; I sincerely hope you're a big Batman fan, I'm hoping you wouldn't support @Lucifan's superman product placement in his ***DC superhero write-up*** simply because he has a similar username... I mean don't we all love the Masked Vigilante, the watchful protector, the dark knight, the Batman.
**Dear @lucifan ; it turns out that we are meant to do this forever; the Batman vs superman argument as we've always done- now yo u brought it to read.cash and I'm ready to argue all year long till Quasar dies...haha...haha...(evil laughter).**
***Toddles!***
Lonely Saturday and anime (mushi-shi)....
Today has been today-ish; I mean there is no other word that can be used to describe the complexity of the day. Been home alone since the early hours of the day, 18.47 at the time of writing and I'm still one alone- though girlfriend kept me company via phone call yet it can't be compared to an actual company as I was still all alone, the virtual world was simply a compensation, I believe the proper word should be "distraction". (Girlfriend = friend that is a girl, not lover- I got none).
As mentioned in some articles back, I'm currently at my uncles', been here for about three weeks now and simply cooling off for a little time until I resume my act of being busy once more. Back to today's story, the entire family went out really early but I decided to be the prodigal son and stayed behind; not entirely my fault but the point is- they went for a church program which I guess they were already accustomed to attending on every first saturday of the month or something (I don't know anything about the program, I'm just speculating). I guess they completely forgot there was a visitor in their midst hence didn't say nothing about the program until this morning- they were all dressed and by few minutes past 8 am I kaboomed from my room and realised my cousins were getting dressed, my uncle was all dressed and ***his wife was still doing the usual ladies dressing up which takes forever***
I was surprised by the fact that everyone was all dressed, this was when my uncle realised they didn't inform me about the church program they intended to attend; then he was like "since we didn't inform you beforehand and time is far spent I guess you're gonna be staying at home".... ***joy filled my heart at this point*** because going out was never part of the agenda; in fact it's a Saturday I wanna sleep for longer, I wanna relax, I wanna be left alone, and in a flash my dream had come true, ***I had the entire house to myself and thoughts of invitimg about two out of my many crushes filled my heart (just kidding, I ain't got no crush).***
***Lead image*** https://unsplash.com/photos/Nv-vx3kUR2A
***"Home alone with anime as my companion"***
I was glad I didn't get to go with them because I need just one thing and that is "***rest***", I've not been sleeping very well lately, not been relaxing like I should and today brought that perfect opportunity to my doorstep; an opportunity I utilized properly. Though I didn't sleep during the day yet it was absolutely stress free and watched about four episodes of a really interesting anime with title ***"mushi-shi".***
The anime ***Mushi-shi*** is written and illustrated by ***Yuki Urushibara*** ; "the world of Mushishi is infested with ancient creatures called 'mushi', which are sort of like supernatural parasites without a definite form but could look like anything imaginable and unimaginable. It's bqsicallt about a young Man named Ginko who travels from village to village while exorcising Mushi and freeing people from various diseases caused by these weird creatures.
***Image source*** https://theflame.unishanoi.org/entertainment/2015/11/08/mushishi-anime-review/
***"Ginko- the main character, a mushi-shi in the anime of same name"***
The plot could be more than this but I've only seen episode one to three and that's what I can decipher so far. Though episode one was a bit different but no spoilers; check it out yourself if you're an anime lover. @Jinifer would definitely love this.
Though I was home alone yet I didn't feel alone as I had my anime to keep me company all through the day plus girl friend's call (***friend that is a girl***) was a saving grace from boredom.
*Just few minutes back I received a message from Elder sis; my order has been delivered to her door step hence she would be sending my laptop to Nigeria in the coming week and would be getting it latest by 17th of December- it feels like meat year for me but I'd have to be patient. It's an HP bla bla bla version; I'm not obsessed with gadgets hence I do not care about its model or whatchamacallit provided it can perform its intended function.*
The only thing I observed was 164gb, Pentium, 10 hours battery and yada yada...what exactly does all this mean? I have no idea...
***Today was today-ish but I got to relax as I wanted. If only tomorrow was another Saturday; a grateful man I'd be as I need another version of rest similar to today's....***
***Toddles!***
Infinite loop of "happy new year"...
I find it hard to believe that it's already the third of December; within the twinkle of an eye the year has ended as quickly as it begun. Just yesterday we shouted "happy new year" in excitement, "goodbye to 2020 and welcome 2021" we all said on the 1st of January. Now the year is about to end and history is about to repeat itself once more; a history that will continually repeat itself till the world ends.
Generations upon generations will come and go while this cycle of celebration will continue; the new year anticipation will continually be a tradition, the fire crackers and sparks in the air, decorations and new year themed desserts in luxurious restaurants, spending time with friends and family, and bla bla will forever be a part of human history- an unending loop of events which we cannot break from, almost like we've been programmed to do this forever. Thus begging the question "what's the purpose of life?"
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***"What exactly is our purpose of existence?"***
We've gotten so used to living our daily lives in a loop of unending events that we forget to ask ourselves the question of "why do I exist, why do I do what I do, why are we made, where do we come from and what's the point of life?".
I sometimes ponder on these things; what if I'm only a simulation and I'm meant to do the same thing over and over till my programming expires? I often consider life as being basically an infinite loop of ***eat- sleep-wake-repeat***. Though you may argue that it's much more complicated but all things human is basically based on the ***eat-sleep-wake-repeat*** pattern.
In fact our daily activities of work here and there in a bid to make ends meet is solely based on the concept of trying to increase our finance so we can have enough to ***eat*** and a nice place to lay our heads in something called ***sleep*** while ***wake***-ing up to a brand new day to repeat the same process every single day.
Reproduction exists as part of this cycle; we fall in love, mate and produce new offspring who are also subject to this unending loop called life without questioning the purpose of our existence.
Life is actually enjoyable until we begin to ask questions about our purpose, are we simply a simulation under a controlled environment and death is simply a removal or a change of one or more of the programming elements? What if we're simply super intelligent robots but designed in a way that we wouldn't be able to question our reality or existence because a robot is not meant to know it is a robot, and death is simply af a removal of our batteries by our designer the moment he notices a slight anomaly in our intelligence and our ability to question reality up to an atomic level.
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***"What if we're all robots designed to not notice"***
Questioning our purpose of existence is actually pointless since the universe isn't ready to provide answers hence we can only soevukatenbut nobody really knows anything about existentialism and it's fundamental purpose...
*We're gradually approaching a mew year which makes me constantly question if we are meant to do this forever; shout the happy new year thing on the first of January and merry Christmas on the 25th of December; makes me wonder if we humans aren't actually programmed to do this forever.*
***Just my random thoughts that makes no sense as usual....***
***Toddles!***
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