El-Clasico: The Revival Of FC Barcelona
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Xavi Hernandez and his entire coaching Barcelona staff would have been forgiven for licking their lips after seeing Real Madrid's lineup for the much anticipated El Clasico. Such was the humiliation his young team gave Madrid. The gulf in class was evident for large parts of the match. That miracle Los Blancos, would have been hoping for by halftime, was always never happening. Never..
They were four goals up by 53 minutes, and surprisingly, it was still counting, yeah it was. With no intention to hurt ay real fans, this was a mediocre display from the team, except for the excellent Thibaut Cortouis, who made the score line more decent with his brilliant stops.
I have always made it a point bantering Chelsea and Barcelona, and sincerely this has made me speechless. The madrid players need to realise this is totally unacceptable, not at a thirteen time European champion.
I am by no means a madrid supporter, and so it isn't in any way dissapointing or painful. @HappyBoywould have been smiling all day. I saw a status update where he lamented his team not getting a fifth, they really should have won by 6+ goals.
Nobody could have envisaged this about five months ago at Barcelona, they were a team in disaster. So how did they pull their way through in less than six months, something Manchester United club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was tasked with doing but failed. Let's have a look:
1. Electing Joan Laporta
It is no secret that the one man who was responsible for the leaving of Lionel Messi and Barcelona's bankruptcy was former president Josep Maria Bartomeu, he spent a lot of money bringing in expensive players that barely delivered on the pitch, speaking of Phillipe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele, although the latter has been in sensational form of late, but the former two have both been sold out.
Joan Laporta's election though has steadied the ship, and right now he has the supporters of the Barcelona faithfuls, and they all appear to be moving in the right direction.
2. The Hiring Of Xavi Hernandez
Even though, the Barcelona legend began his coaching career only in 2021 at Al Sadd, a Qatar club, barcelona handed the reins over to him on a three year initial deal. He has been pivotal to their revival, unarguably than anyone else. He has restored the club's winning mentality, getting them to play like the Old Pep Guardiola days. Truthfully, he is a worthy heir to Guardiola's throne.
3. Smart Transfer Business
Barcelona are currently in debt like I previously mentioned, but yet they have managed to get a lot of good players into their groups, whilst maintaining a small budget. They managed to sign the likes of Ferran Torres, Pierre Aubameyang, and Adama Traore. Even Dani Alves has returned.
4. The Rise Of Homegrown Talents
Barcelona are starting to reap the rewards of their youth academy and scouting system. Pablo Gavi looks like a special type of player, Ronald Araujo was excellent against madrid, and even got on the score sheet.
5. Improved Team Leadership
Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, and Dani Alves have all had significant roles to play in Barcelona's revival and they have managed this through their leadership and mentorship qualities.
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**CONCLUSION**
Certainly, time will tell of how truly Barcelona have been revived, cos madrid perhaps gave them a helping hand. Carlo Ancelotti, the madrid boss, took some tactical decisions that were pure mistakes. Deploying Luka Modric as a false nine, not addressing the frequently overlapping run of Dembele amongst others. Even madrid talisman Karim Benzema was unfit for the tie.
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Forge Ahead, Do Not Give Up!!
Happy weekend to you all. I hope the vagaries of the weather has not had a negative effect on you. I actually saw a woman yesterday who sat under one of the shops that led to the route to where I live, shivering, I guess the cold might have been too much for her, cos it was still raining.
I had to get into the rain, it isn't advisable cos a few times have done this, I ended up having a really bad headache, but as at the time of writing, I am all fine and free of any kind of aching.
Well, as the bold inscription on the title connotes, I know of many cases of people giving up halfway through in their various careers, claiming they just couldn't give it a go any longer, and that they are just weary, and painfully, about three of them have been swept away by the clutches of death. Two, due to sucide, and the other over-thinking.
Clearly, their stay on the planet wasn't up, but they decided to give up because of the fact that they had been through a lot of troubles and worst of all, those terrible experiences of failure wasn't ready to leave anytime soon, they didn't only give up on success, they gave in to failure. They didn't only give up on themselves, they gave up on the world, they gave up the ghost.
They allowed themselves to be derailed by failure, they gave up. They failed to know that it is a crime to commit suicide, the most painful part of the story was that I actually thought I managed to convince them. One happened in 2019, six months ago was the other, and now the third happened yesterday.
It has made me crestfallen and even the most happiest soul in me has giving in to melancholy. I am actually just grasping it, I am just coming to the realization, I failed woefully on three good occasions. I couldn't convince them and make them see reasons never to give up. It hurts!!.
Well, this served as the inspiration to this article and I hope even though I failed thrice, I do get to help anyone who is going through issues like this and has that opportunity to read this.
*"Have you ever happened to be in such a type of situation before, if Yes, how did you console yourself off that guilt. If No, do you think I deserve the blame for their deaths...."*
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**FORGE AHEAD, DO NOT GIVE UP!!**
A young Ukraine born Atalanta midfielder, Ruslan Malinovskiy, was recently speaking in an interview, where he was asked of how he became a dead ball specialist and a brilliant long range shooter of the ball, and he went on to explain that, during the early days of his career, he always suffered terrible Anterior Cruciate Ligament Damage to his left leg, and this was one of the toughest moments of his life.
But instead of feeling down, he worked his way to perfection and was told the only way to avoid the frequent injury was by training his left leg, he was always shooting with his left foot from long range in training practices.
Therefore, in a bid to strengthen his leg, he honed his shooting skills. He turned the negativity of injury into his best asset. Isn't that remarkable.....?. And it is no understatement to say he is the best long range shooter in Italy and even the world as a whole right now.
In recent times though, he has been facing the toughest moments of his life, due to the invasion of Russia on his native Ukraine and instead of being heartbroken, he has continued to be exceptional on the field, single handedly driving Atalanta to the Europa League Quarter Finals with two well taken goals in the first leg against Bayer Leverkusen.
**CONCLUSION**
I therefore use this very moment to urge you never to give up, inspire of whatever challenges you might be facing. Continue to persevere, Do not be derailed and I assure you the future is bright.
Forge ahead, cos that road to success is ahead, just endure. Common, you can do this. Oh yes, you can.
You have to go through certain challenges to get to the top, so that when you do, you will know how tough it was getting there and you wouldn't just behave anyhow when you do.
**AUTHOR'S MESSAGE**
Howdy Folks!!. Hope you guys went for the Sunday service in your respective churches. I want you all to know that though weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning, according to my brother @FashTioluwa
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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, STAY SAFE, AND BLESSED. I REMAIN MICHAELBCH. UNTIL NEXT TIME GOOD BYE....
When Good Karma Strikes...
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Karma has long been regarded as the best payback humans can get for their good or evil deeds. Karma has a unique pattern of working and it doesn't notify anyone whenever it is ready to strike. It works unexpectedly and that's the sole reason why many feel it's quite reasonable to be of good behaviours, so that when it comes around, it rewards the good acts.
Many feel compelled to do good simply because of the fear of Karma, whereas in the real sense, doing good should be part and parcel of people.
There was a particular lady that was stranded after her car broke up in the middle of the road on her way to a conference meeting at a particular hotel. She had repeatedly tried her luck and on each occasions, it turned out futile.
While she remained rooted to the spot and was trying the unavailable phone number of her automobile mechanic, a certain man walked past her and looking back and seeing the woman's situation, he returned to help.
The woman wanted to run at first, but seeing the cool headed nature of the man coupled with the fact that he was only trying to help, she gave him a chance. The man soon discovered the fault and before they both knew what was happening, he was done repairing.
The woman was short of words, and she apologized for being a little bit rude to the man earlier, and she then offered to give him a ride after discovering the man was going to somehow the same area she was heading.
The man although politely refused the woman's "show of gesture" and went on to tell the woman that he rendered help for the woman not because he wanted anything in return but because he felt compassionate and he knows Karma would pay him in his own coin.
"*You should also do good and be of help to people too, when you do, karma would someday locate and bless you more than your own imagination".* He concluded and left the scene.
The more than surprised woman, also left for her meeting, when she got to the hotel, she met a pregnant hotel attendant, she felt pity for her, and when she remembered the words of the man, she dipped her hand into her bag, brought out her chequebook and wrote a cheque of # 5million naira and handed it over to the lady, when she saw its content, she was over joyous and when she started to thank the woman, but the woman responded and quoted the exact same words of the man.
The hotel attendant, after the woman had left, still was not herself and decided to phone her husband, guess who the husband was.... Exactly, the man that helped the woman moments before.
This is a pure story that thoroughly illustrates the work of Karma. The man got an immediate payback, but maybe sometimes, Karma doesn't strike immediately, but if your hands are clean of evil, then you would always be rest assured that no matter how long "Good Karma will pay back, but how early, we never can know.
**AUTHOR'S MESSAGE**
Howdy friends, It's another weekend, we must have been quite busy throughout the week with our different activities, and it being here couldn't have come at a better time. Stay Safe, blessed, relaxed, hydrated, eat and exercise well and what's more.... Do not involve yourself in any war related issue, and only pray for peace and tranquility.
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WRITER: MICHAELBCH
MARCH 18TH, 2022
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Meet My Newest Girlfriend From Another Planet: Guess Who..... Rusty!!
Disclaimer: This writer was in high spirits writing this and therefore, it might contain weird words and statements, they are borne out of excitement, happiness and pure love, and therefore no offence should be taken.
I just couldn't bear the urge, I resisted, but maybe I tried. It was so nice going through a bunch of my articles and seeing that name ***THE RANDOM REWARDER.*** Sometimes it's that easy, sometimes that's the upliftment you need. Sometimes that's just it, it really is!
When you've had a really bad day and all you just wanted to do was have a great night rest, and somebody disturbed your sleep and you felt like yelling. It was that urge, that urge telling you somewhere to write. All of a sudden, your body and soul just started to click. You couldn't resist, the need to assist, you flew up from your bed and made way for the door, took up your phone and started to write. Your hands started to super accelerate, your mind was totally in a world of its own, your brains suddenly had mouths and began to shout *"Come On".*
You felt that ginger, you felt that feeling, it was a surge of motivation, what's more...You couldn't even describe them. All you ever wanted to do was write and write, write till you moved the world, write till you moved mountains, write like wild-fire, write till the whole world started chanting your name, write and influence lives, all your thoughts centered on saving a life. One part of you was saying *"Somebody needs this" .*
You suddenly developed a reflex ten times faster than normal, you suddenly felt like you were THE FLASH. You suddenly knew you might blame yourselves for the rest of your lives if you failed to write. Your connection had a crazy problem and had trouble loading in time. The website crashed and your heart sank, sank like a plane crashed. You probably wouldn't forgive yourselves if you didn't do this.
Then everything started to click, and man, you were all done in a couple of minutes. You felt satisfied, suddenly that pressure evaporated as if it had been boiling all along. You made sure to read again and again, you corrected all errors due to over-speeding. You had dreamt of being the best and you wanted those dreams fulfilled.
Before you could say "***Jackie*** ***Stephenson*****"**, you were through writing, and you hit that button **" Publish"** and oops your article was done. Instead of sleeping you chose to engage, you chose to comment on a few posts and man you commented your daily minimum of 25 articles. Then you were finally taken away by the boat of sleep, off you both went, like on a mission of no return.....
But, barely few minutes the helmsman stopped rolling the wheels and your boat came to a sudden halt. You then chose to check your article to see if anyone visited, on getting there you simply saw none, you were so downcast.
It was only twenty minutes, you consoled yourself. But minutes turned hours, and the morning came, the night did also, but you saw the red light not, it refused to come up, but nobody cared. Everyone else had moved, you were probably caught up in another world, and you had not even a drop of hope.
Almost Breathtakingly, someone tapped you from the back, and it was your little sister. She muttered something you couldn't understand, but you actually didn't hear. Speaking well, she finally said *"Oh Bro, I used up your data subscription the night before,". I forgot to tell you".*
What!!, that means the information you had been checking was obsolete and outdated. You ran out to get a recharge card, but oops, it wasn't morning yet. You managed to get a recharge using the last balance you had on your Bitcoin wallet, and checking your article, you were simply flabbergasted. Lost for words. You weren't expecting that *"What"!!.* you shouted, so much that your shouts woke up everybody in your estate, even those that were famous for sleeping like a log of wood.
Then these fierce looking faces from everywhere started knocking on your door, they wanted to skin you alive for your moment of craziness, they all looked like zombies.
Opening the door, you commanded silence and said *"MEET MY NEWEST GIRLFRIEND RUSTY, HE REWARDED ME WITH A MILLION BUCKS".....*
Hearing this, they all took turns for a compensation and you were like, "*no qualms, am freaking rich now, thanks to my girlfriend from another planet......"*
THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO READ MY SHORT STORY. STAY BLESSED AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT REST...
YOURS SINCERELY
MICHAELBCH....
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DATE:MARCH 17TH,2022
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The Call Of Awakening
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Awake! Awake! From your sleep. You son of the mighty, come out from the pits and embrace my light. how long shall you live in darkness don't you know the devil is holding you in bondage. This is not the man I created says the lord of host.. I made you in my image to show forth my glory, but the devil your adversary has blinded your mind from seeing the YOU I created, you are so precious to me my heart burns with grief see you living a fake life.
All the immoral lifestyles (sexual immorality, cybercrimes, gambling smoking, unclean relationship, dirty Jobs dirty relationships, seeking power from the powerless, hatred, indecent dressing, occultism, drug abuse, fighting, kidnapping, lust etc) are all but fake. The Devil give you as an exchange for your soul, he is the father of lies, he lied to you that nobody cares about you, he knows this path leads to destruction. He is jealous of the glory I bestowed on you when I made you.
Don't you know you are the apple of my eyes ? Don't you know how much I love you ?. There's a glory and a treasure I planned in you the day you were created. The accuser of brethren is aware of this, that is the main reason he is after your life. Life is a journey, surely as the Bible says, there is an end, and there is an expectation of God upon every man.
There is an assignment here for you, you are not a chance happening, God was intentional about your life, background notwithstanding. Where you end your life lies in your hand, your decision will determine your destination. The Bible says there's a way which seems right to a man but the end thereof are the ways of death (Proverbs 14: 22).
The way of death seems pleasant and pleasurable at the beginning but the end is destruction. While the way that leads to life is very is narrow and rough but at the end is eternal life. If you make yourself a friend of this world you become an enemy of God just as the Bible says the life of a man is not determined in the amount of what he possesses. Naked we come naked we shall all return. That latest cars and wears you are so desperate to have will end in this world.
The world is not your friend, the system is corrupted, the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God should shine upon them (2 Corinthians 4:4). The devil has successfully manipulated the mind of them which believe not, by calling light darkness and darkness light, evil good and good evil, what appears to be pleasurable is a trap set by the devil to perform his craft. His main objective is to steal, kill and destroy, he is always ready to give you anything in exchange for your soul.
How long shall you continue in darkness what if the owner of your soul requests for it now, Where will you be after this life ? Where will you end your journey ? How will you spend your eternity, now is the time to make a decision, the grace is still available.
The Clarion Call is sounding once again, the savior is beckoning on you, rise up you son of the Mighty, take my yoke and come to me and I will give you rest, I the Lord will restore to you all you have lost. My burden is easy and My yoke is light. I stand by the door of your heart and knock, if you will open to me, I will come in and make my home with you.
Don't be afraid to take a bold step and make thie confession below now, tomorrow may be too late !!!.
*Lord Jesus, I confess my sins before you, forgive and cleanse me of my transgressions, please save my soul I accept you today as my Lord and personal saviour, write my name in the book of life and give me your Holy Spirit. In Jesus name I pray..... Amen.... Congratulations.*
I hope you find this write up useful ....
TOPIC:THE CALL OF AWAKENING
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 16TH, 2022
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Dear Diary
*Dear Diary,*
*I know I am deserving of all the slaps in the world, cos it's being a long time since I last wrote to you, and I have no excuse to give as regards that. I grew so fond of you and I made sure never to miss a night, but sadly the world revolved past us and here we are. I am so sorry I haven't written to you in ages, and that doesn't mean I forgot about you or care less about you, but it's of no use being secretive, I admit to going in search of better companions, and forgot about the true and only one I had.*
*I allowed life to get in the way of our relationship. But maybe I don't deserve to be blamed here, life gave me a blip of what the other side was like, life ruined our bond, life should be blamed, not me, please.... You aren't accepting my excuse...At least look me in the face rather than backing me.... Alright. let me explain better.*
*A lot has changed, I remembered having a friend called you and the good times we shared together came to my memories, they did!. We were bests of friends and we couldn't do without each other. Like I said, a lot changed, this guy has grown really tall, perhaps a little bit matured, he has so many girlfriends than before and couldn't remember that real girlfriend that will never jilt him, that girlfriend that loves him a lot even past his own imaginations. I'm Sorry. I am...*
*Well, a lot of has changed, but my likes and dislikes hasn't one bit, I still have Rice and Plantain as my favorite food, I still watch football, I am still an ardent United Supporter, I am still a student, I am as cheerful as always, I am still a little bit introvertive, I still like being neat, I am still as inquisitive as ever, still humble, loving, kind and generous.*
*I still fight for the truth and I always will. I still like walking late at night, you warned me about this, but I guess I need some more warning and a little lesson. I still hangout with a few friends, and I am as friendly as ever.*
*I forgot to tell you though, I recently met this Blogging site called Read Cash and have had a magnificent stay, I still love being a peacemaker, cos they will forever be called children of God. I still like watching movies too, although my love for this, has taken a little downward trajectory, I still like behaving like a flirt, although I ain't. hahaha. Please don't judge me*
*Life has been a rollercoaster friend, sometimes unfair, it showed me the other side, the other side I wasn't even aware existed back then when we used to get along. I guess maybe cos I bought a new phone then, made me completely ignore you, maybe it made me think you were boring.*
*I was* *wrong and five years on, am beginning to miss that attention you gave me, you were always ready to listen to my pains, of course you never complained. You comforted me when I was in tears, you did. You made me who I am, you built and moulded me to become the best......... couldn't reciprocate the love you showed.*
*I told you a lot of confidential secrets, and you never for once spilled them out, you kept your lock intact, you never for once allowed an intruder in, you were as calm as a dove, you instilled in me different meaningful lifestyles. .*
*You had a solution for every problem I had, you thought me to be brave and courageous, you thought me to always be myself and never imitate people. You told me to be always honest, you made me the guy I had become. You wanted the very best of me.*
*You always gave me a good advice, you thought me to always be contented with whatever I had even if it was little, you told me I could become anything in life, you told me all I needed was to be focused, you were my confidant.*
*You were like a mentor to me and I always looked up to you, you made me know there was light after darkness, you told me to keep pushing in life and never relent.*
*Whenever I brought home good grades from high school as my examination report, you always told me that I could do better. You set my feet to the path of righteousness, you told to shun all that was the devil and that of his cohorts. You told me to always tell the truth no matter the situation I was. You're the best friend I could ever have hoped for, but where did it all go wrong......*
*Perhaps it was destiny, and my remembering you today again is also it. I admit to missing you.*
*I apologize once again and I promise to make it up to you my dearest friend. Love you...*
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WRITER:MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 15TH,2022
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Saved By The Grace...
Hello beautiful souls!! How are you all doing ?. It is a pleasant evening and the beginning of a new week, no more "Thank God it's the Weekend", [TGIW]. It's another spectacular opportunity for everyone of us to make our dreams come true, another opportunity to rectify our wrongdoings, another opportunity to awaken that beast in us and be the best.
Few hours ago, I was reading @Ellen-he post, where she narrated that she woke up one morning and thought it was 5am, and left for the bus stop to catch a bus, but on getting there, she saw no one and checking her phone it was only 3am. She then went on to say, she was terrified,and wondered what her parents would have thought if they knew, to which I made a comment that my next article would be a narration of my experience on something similar that happened to me also few years back, so here we are....
**What An Experience...**
I am a kind of person that always stick to what I believe in, I don't like the good side A and also like bad side B. All I am saying in essence is that I am always devoted to any cause whatsoever that I believe in, I am not the type that has feelings for the dark side.
So, because of this, I loved going to church programmes, I rarely miss them, cos I have the believe that God is the supreme being and the most high and so he deserves to be worshipped and praised. Which makes me a very devoted worshipper.
My Experience is divided into two parts;The first one that I didn't learn from, then the second one which made me learn, cos I was only saved by the grace...
**The initial Ordeal**
It was Saturday evening and I arrived home pretty late from class. I was all stressed out, and waited for the electricity to come on, cos I was using an electric cooker. Few minutes after ten, no show. It was unusual and I was so famished, I checked my phone and saw it had only 5 %. I started to panic. I asked my neighbor if they had been light in the afternoon and he said yes, so why is it not coming on now when I badly needed it.
Two minutes after Eleven, no show still. I decided to go out, although it was pretty late, I didn't care. Luckily, I bought something to eat and I was okay and went to sleep.
About 5am I woke up, had my bath and dressed up for church, cos my church was far, I set on and was trekking. I noticed I didn't meet anyone on the road, and checking my phone to see if my guess about the time was right, I saw it was dead. I continued walking, hoping that it would soon be the morning. It was a one hour walk, and I loved walking cos it made me exercise my body and the path to the church was so straight forward.
I realized something was wrong, cos it should have been the morning, and it wasn't. When I got to church and knocked on the door, I got no reply. Usually, I was always early to arrive at the church, only second to the pastor and whenever I knocked, he always opened up. I knocked three times, and got no response. I then went to the back of the church where the pastor's house was. I knocked on the gate and I heard a voice from afar. Three minutes later, he opened up and was shocked.
He called out my name and I responded, he then asked what the matter was.
*Pastor: What happened Brother Michael Me: Nothing pastor, I came to church. Pastor: Didn't you check the time. Me: My phone was dead, the Time is 6am. Pastor: Check for yourself [showing me his phone].*
I was dumfounded, it was 3:23, that means I was coming to church in the middle of the night.
*Pastor: Please, always be sure of the time you are coming to church, thank God nothing happened to you on your way..... Me: Okay sir, am so sorry*
Throughout that day, I was still surprised, but thankful to God.
I wouldn't want to make this a long one, in order not to bore you guys. I promise to share the other experience to you. Thanks for your time. Stay Blessed.
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Football Thrills...
Hey everyone !! . I am so delighted today, probably because my weekend was interesting.....What's more thrilling than football...?. Well to me probably nothing. It is indeed an incredible experience watching football, reading and staying informed on the latest stories, and all this helps serve as a means of forgetting my sorrows cos it puts a smile on my face. Yeah, Football is exciting...
A lot of people might actually have different ways by which they are inspired, a lot of people have different means of entertainment, some might claim seeing a movie, listening to music, dancing, singing, and lots more, but for this guy it's football.
When I wake up early in the morning, I make sure to say my morning prayers cos that should be everyone's number one priority. Then after doing this, I pick up my phone to get myself aquainted with the various football talking points.
Honestly speaking, I find it quite difficult to not learn of football a day. I explore lots of football sites, ranging from Flashscore, BBC Sports, Marca, Goal News, Sky sports to Talksport, Soccer24, Dailypost and lots more.
Pardon my manners readers, it's just an interest, probably developing into an addiction, and I guess whatever it is a person likes is what the person will always stay informed about, hence my knowledge of various sports news site.
I actually feel it makes me know those things going on all over the globe. Therefore, as my love for football wore on, my love for reading also aggrandized. I love reading magazines and newspapers. I subscribed to newsletters of other football sites too and every morning I get tons of notifications on my Electronic Mail account, and I am rarely short of what to read.
One interesting thing I noticed though is that my spoken and written english improved drastically, I was learning lots of new words everyday and its various construction methods. I learnt so many logics and concords of english through this....
So it wasn't a surprise to me seeing myself so current on various football stories, I also had this brilliant brain that I could report well what happened in a football match from the start of the match up until the final whistle. Such was the level I was on.
I could report in such a way that would make my audience think he was reliving the match again, I could even fair better than the so called "In studio journalists and pundits".
As is my usual custom, I walked up to some fellow friends of mine and reported the football match between my boyhood club Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs at Old Trafford, Manchester.
*" It was a brilliant evening at Old Trafford, the fans were buzzing and the atmosphere was amazing. The players came together to show support for Ukraine in light of Russia's recent attacks. The referee blew the whistle for Kick off and the players all took a knee as a showing of kicking against racism in sports". I stopped, then continued seeing my listeners were glued to their seats and I have their their full attention.*
*"There was a sense of inevitability in the crowd due to United's awesome start to the game and indeed after twelve minutes, they took the lead after a glorious flick from Fred to the path of the returning Cristiano Ronaldo, and from 25 yards out, hammered a shot that left the goalkeeper stretching, and indeed it was One nil, United. Ronaldo rolled back the years. The home fans went into a frenzy".*
*" On thirty five minutes though Spurs captain Harry Kane slotted home a penalty to draw the game level after a handball in the area by United's left back Telles. The joy of drawing level for the visiting fans was again shortlived as Ronaldo again scored, albeit a tap in from Jadon Sancho's square pass. HT 2-1".*
*" United continued their dominance in the second half as Ronaldo looked very lively, but unlucky defending led to an own goal from out of form and constantly scrutinised Manchester United cluh captain Harry Maguire In the 72nd minute".*
*" Nine minutes later, Ronaldo had the final say as the Greatest Of All Time(G.O.A.T) scored the 59th hat-trick of his glittering career after netting from Alex Telles corner kick delivery with a trademark and thumping header". "Ronaldo also became the highest goal scorer in football history with 807 goals." " What a way to silence his critics, and that's why he remains the very best".*
*"Indeed, Football is thrilling and exciting" .* Admitted my Friend John....
Curtain Falls!!. Thanks for your time..
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TOPIC: FOOTBALL THRILLS β½
DATE: MARCH 13TH, 2022
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Love At First Sight
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*I was honestly in love with her pretty face, and I just couldn't help but gaze..... Although she'd her head up in space, it was like a fantasy, a duel or even a race... I probably concluded and thought that perhaps astrology was the case.................. Sincerely if I was to be fair and open minded, she'd me overthinking my pace. Hurry up my dear baby girl and dunnot forget to make sure you tie up your lace. Run as fast as you can, by estimation, it's just a hundred metres to my place............ And I assure you, I will make sure to give you a classical and a deafening chase......... Right before your eyes, behold your very own lost and forgotten mace......... Technically, it all seemed like an intense feeling of emotions and deep affection..... Or more or less a discrete kind of passionate and unexplainable injection. But yet I was given a whopping rejection, all because I wanted an iota of affection. Not even at least helped or assisted by one of the craziest recipe of reception....... Or by that feeling of seeing her mouth in motion.*
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*Lonely and starring down at the floor.. Gosh, I wondered if this was love........... Even if it was, was it this sour...............? Perhaps it had its hand clothed in a glove. And it wasn't even revealing its own flaw. Damn, your smiles made me feel like saying that word "Cheese"........................ Exactly, I really wanted to but I was taking aback by the glowing of your skin.. I had wandered around & seen across the perimeter of the globe ladies upon ladies. But hadn't seen one that could possibly match you in terms of beauty.................... Sincerely yours had something that remained to me a mystery........................... Even though you appeared noble and your looks weren't any bit creepy............... I had seen across the breadth and width of the universe birds upon birds............. But the gorgeous beauty of your peacock was past what I could explain..................... I summoned up courage and manned up, but damn my voice I couldn't even train. And because of this I decided to stay all day very much on my own lane.................... To avoid crossing yours cos it might well end up giving me pain.*
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*Thank goodness the love and affection I developed had started to wane................... Aw common, I wasn't able to do that cos I smelled a beautiful, typical traditional rose, actually it was your scent................ Looking plainly into your eyes I couldn't help but believe you were that God sent.... I could give up all I had even If it meant me sacrificing my house rent...................... Actually I hadn't paid that in a month....... I had searched and searched for that princess, but it was all to no avail............... But right now, it appeared as though a magic wand had finally lifted off that veil. Up I got, seemingly ready to give it a go.... I was ready to give that modicum of fear that was in me a life long show................... Then I finally mustered the confidence and walked up to you feeling like the heir. The heir to the throne of your luscious and gold looking hair............................... Surprisingly you treated me into a nice welcome and I could sense the flair.......... The flair in your voice........................ Thoughtfully,it was just melodious............ Better than the bests of chorus.............. Urged on by my soft spot for J.J maxidus... We dived into the waters, swimming like it was actually going to be our very last..... I finally forgot about my past..................... Then I concluded it was a case of love at first sight.*
*"This is going to sound crazy, but from the moment I first set my eyes on you, I haven't been able to stop thinking about you" - Leigh Falon.*
A lot of people believe in love at first sight, some don't, but I am one of those that don't have any believe whatsoever in it and I publicly condemned anyone that claimed such.
They do say that love at first sight is a classical type of love and sometimes is quite unexplainable, but I never gave in to such, but a certain experience in nineth grade changed my perception.
One fateful day, the principal walked in a girl of probably sixteen years of age to our class. The very moment I looked up to behold her, I could feel that sensation, I was a victim of my own disbelief. Yes, I hated to give in but here it was.
Immediately after school, I walked up to her and made friends with her. Three months on, I asked her the question and she said Yes. That day was one I wouldn't forget, I was extremely happy. I remember throwing my school bag up in the air countless times.
She was just looking at me in amazement, even blushing. She finally calmed me down, and then we went our separate ways, that night I slept with a half smile on my face.
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After more than six months of being love birds, I was so into her and I knew she was too. Then one day she broke a bad news to me.
She told me after our exams, she was travelling abroad, and it was for good. She said her dad came back from London and decided to take the whole family with him. They relocated. It was the saddest moments of my life, but it didn't stop me believing in love at first sight.
I haven't seen or spoken with her since then and I must admit I miss you dearie, if only she could see that, and I dedicate this poem and the entirety of this article to her.
What a beauty she was!!.
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Experience Is The Best Teacher
*"Experience is the best teacher and the worst experiences teaches the best lessons"- Jordan Peterson.*
Once beaten, twice shy is one of the most popular quotes in every day life. It is no new thing to people that the previous experience you have on something would direct you on what you will do whenever you're in such a situation again.
Experience according to my own terms may be defined as the previous knowledge or skill that a person has gathered on a particular fact, situation or field of study.
In order to gain experiences about certain things in life, then a person must have a prior knowledge of such a thing.
When there is a vacant position in companies and organizations, it is always boldly stated that they need a person with an experience in such a position, not just any level of experience but an experience of working for many years.
It would always be very difficult for a person with zero experience to be appointed into such a post. This goes a long way in explaining why experiences is needed in everything. In order to gain experiences, one must pass through one training or the other.
*" Information is not knowledge, the only source of knowledge is an experience" - Albert Einstein..*
**The Actual Meaning**
Historically, this phrase is believed to have originated from Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor who lived from 100BC to 44BC....
Tasting failures is actually very pivotal to gaining experiences, because obviously a lot of people don't learn from success but rather from their failures. This makes learning an important factor in gaining experiences.
Experience isn't something one can just gain overnight and claim *"Yeah, I have experience now" .* Totally not!. Experience requires a lot of effort and dedication. It takes a lot of time to gather experiences but once gained can never be lost. Automatically, it becomes part and parcel of you and it resides in you.
A person's first encounter in a new thing is actually the beginning of the person's experiences. To be totally experienced, you must always be willing to learn new things everyday. In order to learn, then you have to be submissive, because you can't learn by being proud. Learning is a continuous process, nobody is an highland of knowledge.
We also must be willing to pay the price to learn cos even a student goes to school and pays the tuition fees. Lessons normally do tend to impart one with experiences, experiences that keeps ones foot on the pedal and moving.
When a person defrauds you for the first time using a particular trick, then I do not think you will allow yourself be defrauded for the second time. By not falling victim twice, then you have learnt a lesson, and the teacher who taught you is the initial experience you had.
**Conclusion**
The best teacher of anything is an experience, mind you it is also the hardest and toughest teacher. It gives you the tests first and afterwards gives you the lessons.
To become an experienced person, then you have to follow these guidelines:
*Make sure to learn new things everyday.*
*Be dedicated*
*Never have the mindset of "I Know it all", always be humble.*
*Be an open minded person, always learn from others.*
*Do not get scared if failure, embrace it.*
*Strive to be the best, remember you cannot be perfect.*
*Spend a lot of time mastering the basics of your field of interests.*
*Always share your experiences with people.*
*Give Respect, Get Respect*
*Lend helping hands to people.*
*Curtain falls!!!!.*
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TOPIC: EXPERIENCES
WRITER:MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 11TH, 2022
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La Remontada II
The phrase la Remontada is something that will forever hunt PSG. How could they ever forget losing 6-1 to Barcelona in the return leg of their 2016/2017 UEFA Champions League knockout stage match up and failing to secure qualification to the next round of the competition despite winning the first leg 4-nil.
Indeed, Barcelona performed a miracle in Camp Nou that night and two men were the catalyst that propelled them to doing that, Lionel Messi and Neymar.
This miracle was then termed "La Remontada" by the Spanish press. It is a phrase meaning "To stage a Comeback". A comeback is to turn things around particularly in a game of football, having being in an almost unassailable losing position before and then finding a way to win.
Fast forward exactly 5 years and a day later, Neymar and Messi were now lining up together in a star studded squad in Paris which also had Mbappe facing off against Real Madrid in the UCL round of 16 second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, after defeating Madrid in Paris thanks to a ninetieth minute winner from the same Mbappe. The sensationally talented french forward who seems highly likely to join Real Madrid at the end of the season.
Then the next task on PSG's list was to qualify into the knockout stage, and it was all but made easier when they led one nil at halftime as Mbappe once again rose to the occasion with a brilliant finish. So how on Earth did they manage to lose the tie despite a 2-0 aggregate lead even as at 60 minutes. The answer..? La remontada!!!.
Karim Benzema rose to the occasion for Real Madrid and PSG were stunned. First forcing the PSG keeper into an howler as he passed the ball under pressure to Vinicius, who laid on an assist for Benzema to score.
In the space of Seventeen minutes, it was 3-1. La remontada working its magic and the uproar among the Madrid's fans suggested what Madrid were doing was truly spectacular, of course it was..
La remontada marked it's five years anniversary on the parisans by using Benzema, the striker who grabbed all three goals on the night.
La remontada II was on.....!!
Indeed, only two players were survivors since the then 2017 loss, Marco Veratti and club captain Marquinhos. To crown it all, they lost both ties to Spanish oppositions, and even having the two catalysts of the remontada I on their side, they still couldn't find a way through.
Real advance to the quarter final though and PSG only had themselves to blame for not allowing experience to be the best teacher and instead succumbing to another La remontada and this time the Part II ...... !!!!.
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TOPIC:LA REMONTADA II
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 10TH, 2022
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Don't Have The Mindset of Revenge, Let It Go!!
Sometimes, we just have to let go of certain things if we are to make progress. Letting go shows our maturity level and in the true sense of it, it mostly turns out to be the right call.
It's no surprise that most people think revenge is the perfect payback when they are hurt by others. But actually it isn't, cos in my best opinion, revenge begets violence and violence begets destruction. So why revenge...?
We don't need to have the mindset of paying people back in their own coin or making them regret what they did to us by doing the same to them, simply because we felt the pain then we do the same to them to let them know how it feels.
We have to learn the core value of forgetting when people do us bad, it simply entails we leaving them to the creator, because he knows what's just and what isn't.
In 2020, there was an Eye for an Eye Pay per view matchup between the beast slayer Seth Rollins who famously called himself "The Monday Night Messiah" and Rey Mysterio, where mysterio wanted revenge for the damage the former caused on his eye.
In this particular encounter, Mysterio could have spared himself some more pain as the evil Rollins tactfully injured another eye of his to leave Rey profusely bleeding and left him in danger of losing his other sight simply because he couldn't let go.
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A little story to tell.
There was a certain moonlight story, that I was told by my grandmother and which I feel like sharing with you guys.
*There was a certain King who ruled over one of the biggest towns in the olden days and was so influential that whatever decision he makes on anything was final, he could do and undo.*
*There was a certain day, he was riding on his horse in a bid to check on the farewell of the villagers and see for himself the necessary things he ought to do.*
*As he was going, many of the villagers met him on the way and bowed down their heads as a show of respect, but there was one particular man that passed by him and even though he saw the king, he didn't bother greeting. This infuriated the king and he asked his servants who the man was and he was told the prince of the neighboring village.*
*Now, there was a strong enmity between the two villages that dated back to the time of their fore fathers.*
*When the king got home he was very livid, as he never thought there was someone in the whole earth, that could have snubbed him.*
*Then he contacted the CSO of his kingdom to go fetch the prince of the neighboring land and to cut the long story short, he had his head beheaded for being disrespectful towards a crown king.*
*After two months, the king had long forgotten what he did but the other king of the neighboring town was disturbed cos the missing prince was the only heir to the throne.*
*Via reliable source, the King of the other Kingdom later learnt that it was the influential king that had his son murdered and because of this he sent a message of war to the king.*
*During the war, a lot of people lost their lives, many were turned homeless, children turned orphans and to round it all up, both kings lost their lives in a fierce rivalry battle....*
*Lesson derived*
**The principal lesson here is for us not to have the mindset of revenge.**
**Secondly, we shouldn't be disrespectful to people whom we know are elders.**
**We should always learn to let go sometimes of whatever people do to us.**
**Author's Message**
Hello dear readers and fellow writers. How's your week day been going, today was less stressful for me, I hope that yours too wasn't too stressful... See ya π. Until next time.Good bye.
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TOPIC: REVENGE, LETTING GO
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 10TH,2022
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Read Cash And Blogging To The Rescue
One anagram of the Roman numeral XVII is VIXI, which in Latin translates as "I have lived", with the implication "My life is over" or "I'm dead". Some Alitalia planes have no row 17, some Italian hotels have no room 17. The 17th curve at the Cesana bobsled run at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin was "Senza Nome", or "Without a name", to crown it all, I was only just clocking seventeen.
According to multiple Italian stories I read back then, I was made to understand the toughest age of adolescence is 17, it was widely an acceptable fact. I became scared and all because of this, I couldn't concentrate, in everything. It was as if my whole life was wobbling and crashing right before my very eyes.
I had in me that fear syndrome and most times I ended up being frightened and I was always underwhelming and underperforming in virtually everything I did....
Even after the much hyped seventeen, eighteen and nineteen never saw the very best of me. Rather they saw a more slow, unserious, aggressive and introverted me, the one that lacked self believe and wouldn't give his best in anything.
It was truly appalling to my friends and well wishers. But who could I open up to and say I was a victim of my own curiosity. Of course, I might end up being taunted and scorned. Something I actually fiercely detested.
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I was too curious about my new age that I wanted to know what I should be expecting, and things I ought to be doing, how I ought to behave, why I ought to behave in such a manner, how I ought to treat my junior ones and things a seventeen years old was entitled to.
Then in the process, I ended up compounding my woes, *"what did I truly learn..?" Of course I learnt the opposite of what I had intended. I was led astray.*
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But, over the past year I met noise cash, it was more than fantastic a meeting. I posted a lot of pictures, posted a lot of short post and met a lot of people and had hundreds of followers, and I then named noise cash my *"girlfriend"*
Although, I was told about read cash, it was noise cash that I truly owe gratitude to. I made blogging an hubby and I truly earned the rewards. Thanks to free tips, I was having the very best spell of success in three years.
I couldn't have hoped for more, certainly not. Blogging gave me a new lease of life, it was as if, I was giving a fresh page to start from. After about five months on noise, I decided to try read, and here we are. Two weeks in, my love for blogging has aggrandized. It has definitely increased and am so loving this.
My past woes, forgotten or to describe better, I have dumped it into the refuse and the refuse had long been incinerated.
When I then sat a friend down, and explained all this, word for word, he was extremely happy and all in smiles he said "READ CASH AND BLOGGING TO THE RESCUE" and truly it was......
**Author's Message**
Hello everyone, hope your week has been fantastic, if so then am quite happy for you. Let's make this interactive, what came to your rescue when you were down. I will make sure to interact too. Stay Safe and blessed. See ya(ΰΉβ‘ββ‘ΰΉ).....
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TOPIC: BLOGGING TO THE RESCUE...
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 9TH, 2022
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Rainy Sunday
Hey everyone!!. I had one of the weirdest sundays of this year yesterday, trust you had a nice time cos I didn't, as I was locked inside all through the day because of the extremely cold weather. how did my day unravel....
Nature was playing a one round knockout legged tie again. hahaha. All other Sundays here have all been Sunny and you couldn't have been forgiven if you had predicted a sunny Sunday too, cos it was far from it. Anyways, I have this strong resolve and I made up my mind never to miss church service even though the rain was threatening to ruin the day.
It had rained twice before 8am with there being an interval of perhaps according to my guess, half an hour. And so it was totally coinciding with the moment I was supposed to go to church.
8: 47am on the clock and the rain started its party again, raining through to around 9: 23am. With sheer determination before the rain ended I had taken my bath and when it did I had worn my clothes, I picked up my Bible, Pen and Jotter, and ventured outside.
I couldn't have taken three steps before the rain got annoyed again. It was as if it was sharing a resentment to the inhabitants of my area. The rain I remember should have rained at least about 5 times during the week but it was widely claimed there was a man who knew how to ward off rain and he was the sole antagonist that didn't make the rain fall. I do not share this believe, do you .?. Looking forward to your views in the comments section.
I was obviously furious, and so was the rain. I went back inside and waited for it to commence its downpour. Something told me to start going in the rain because its latest episode was lasting much longer than I could expect.
I missed my Umbrella, I hadn't another and so I went back outside and started to run to church. Crazy right...?. This guy loves things like that. Don't blame me. Blame my adventurous lifestyle. hahaha.
Fortunately enough, I got to church about ten minutes later and as I stepped in, I heard thunderstorms strike. Hahaha, you can do whatever you wanna do now rain. I was a little bit wet, but it mattered less, I was in CHURCH.
**The Sermon**
In light of everything going on between Ukraine and Putin's Russia, the Pastor chose a brilliant topic and according to him he would be preaching on it for the next four weeks or thereabouts.
Topic: The Church of the living God
People confuse the meaning of the word for a completely different thing entirely. The Church is a word that was first in the New testament. It wasn't used at all in the Old testament cos God had his plans. He only used "People" referring to the Israelites in place of the " Church".
According to the Greek language, A Church is an assembly of those people that were called out. Therefore there might be a Church of Politicians, Church of Transporters, and many more, simply because the literal meaning is "Assembly".
When the word is then connected to Christ, it is then called " The Church of Christ" or "The Church of the living God". Now, this particular definition means - An assembly of true believers in Christ.
The Church has been in the mind of God before the creation of the world, as evidenced by Ephesians 3: 9 which I quote as "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, **which from the beginning of the word hath hid in God,** who created all things by Jesus Christ".
The mystery was kept secret from Abraham and Noah - even though they prophesied about it.
*How to know a true believer..*
*Salvation: A true believer must have passed through salvation level, if not then he isn't worthy to be called a believer.
*Baptism: A true believer must have been baptised. Even Jesus had to be baptized by Peter.
Noted quote: *"You don't join yourself to the Church, you become part of the Church".*
To cut the long story short, the pastor went back to the basis and wanted all and sundry to know that everything happening in the world today, particularly the invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a sign of the second coming of Jesus, and the best way to be saved when Jesus comes is by becoming part of the Church, and to become a part you must have given your life to Christ - Salvation and Baptized. When he rounded up his Sermon, it was evident the whole church were moved. I went home after the service, with another lesson.
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Exactly 5:30pm on the clock, Manchester United then locked horns with their neighbours and fierce rival, Man City. I was inside cos I couldn't go anywhere because of the weather and I only heard the final result of the match, and read a few reports.
**United "outclassed" as Cityzens claim derby bragging rights**
The aftermath of Man United's loss made me quite sad, we were outclassed, particularly in the second half as the defense was too leaky and shaky. The plus here though is that Jadon Sancho got on the scoresheet, although that couldn't stop us losing 4-1. I would prefer not to speak on this and end it here cos my sunday was weird and it left me a little bit sad. Poor me. π£ππ.
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It's another week friends, wish you everything awesome all the way. Don't forget to stay safe, blessed and healthy. See ya ππ.
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TOPIC: RAINY SUNDAY
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 7TH, 2022
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User For One Week, 35+ Subscribers And $15.92 Earned
Honestly, one week on read cash is quite interesting, and I couldn't have hoped for a better start. It's hard to believe that I only joined this platform less than a fortnight ago. My stay here has been made super fantastic all thanks to recent upvotes, awesome comments, fabulous subscribers and astounding sponsors.
It's all like a dream, but get your acts together, it's true baby....... If I should say I want to start by mentioning the amazing guys have come across here, I may mention and mention until it's the morning, night comes and the next morning arrives.
Roll up your sleeves and get ready for the ultimate experience were my words when I was signing up. I can see the standard of articles here and have made a habit of upvoting the best and most interesting articles I come across.
Indeed, I have written a total of nine articles, this turning the tenth one and I am very eager to do more, albeit in a more decent pattern that will make blogging interesting and more inspiring to other users.
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Although, many may well say my earnings so far is meagre, but I am not an ingrate. I like to appreciate even the smallest of gifts. Once my sister bought me a $1 worth of Ice-cream and I prostrated publicly to thank her.
She was a little bit surprised and the next week she bought me a bicycle. One I had long wanted to have which I begged my dad for, but which he refused saying he doesn't want me to constitute nuisance in the neighborhood. See.... so that's why I love showing appreciation.
My Aspirations
As humans, we must be able to aspire and set goals. So here goes my aspirations:
I hope to become one of the best bloggers on read cash, although I know this isn't easy and it will require a lot of effort and dedication, but I am not going to give up on my dream and I will make sure of that.
I hope to increase my consistent levels and publish at least one article per day.
I hope to own 1 BCH in my wallet on my sixth month.
I am also aspiring to meet new friends everyday.
I also hope to have at least 200 subscribers in my sixth month.
**Author's Message**
Hello Everyone! How are you all doing today?. I am quite fine, but sincerely my day was hectic and the weekend has been far from the best one I have had in recent times. All the same, I am using this medium to appreciate everyone that has stood by me in my one week stay. Thanks for everything. I am grateful.
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TOPIC: ONE WEEK USER
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 6TH,2022
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Meet Pedri Gonzalez: The Teenage Sensation At Barcelona
Few will argue the fact that Pedri Gonzalez is one of the hottest teenage prospect in European football right now. The 2020/21 season was the breakout season for a lot of football superstars and one of them goes by the name Pedri.
Pedro Gonzalez popularly nicknamed "Pedri" is a Spanish born professional footballer who plays for the first team of Spanish giants Barcelona and also for the Spanish national team.
He plays as an attacking central midfielder and in less than two seasons in the spotlight, he has grabbed the headlines on numerous occasions for his astute passing, excellent technical skills, ball control, awareness, and vision as well as defence splitting dribbles.
He was born in Tegueste, Tenerife in Spain on the 25th of November, 2002. He began his footballing career in the UD Tegueste youth academy, the club he joined as a then six year old in 2008, before moving to Juventud Laguna in 2015, after three years here, he then went to UD Las Palmas, at the age of sixteen, he was promoted to the first team after a series of fantastic performances in the youth team.
Pedri then signed a 4-year contract for Las Palmas which happened to be his very first professional contract in 2018. He would go on to score his very first goal in the same month he was promoted.
Exactly a year later, he caught the eye of Barcelona's scouts and an agreement of β¬5 million was reached with his parent club. Miguel Angel Ramirez, President of UD Las Palmas, would go on to publicly state that Pedri's transfer fees rose to β¬11 million including bonuses and agent's fees.
After what is turning out to be a bargain transfer for Barcelona, he was loaned back to Las Palmas for the 2019/20 season and returned from loan in the summer of 2020.
He is 1.74 metres tall and his weight currently stands at 60kg, he wears the number 16 shirt for barcelona and the number 26 for the Spanish national team. He receives Β£32,000 per week as wages and his current transfer fees according to www.transfermarket.com stands at β¬80 million.
Pedri's man of the match accolades, trophies, and individual awards.
He has racked up various man of the match performances since then, one of which came for Spain in the Euro 2020 semi-final tie against Italy. Across the whole ninety minutes in this game Pedri didn't even misplace a single pass, which saw him earn comparisons to Barcelona legends Andres Iniesta, Xavi and even Lionel Messi.
Although Spain couldn't go on to the finals, he proved his class and talents against a well drilled, determined and experienced Italian side, because of this and other impressive performances, he was named the best young player of the tournament and made the Euros best XI.
Pedri was part of the Spanish Copa del Rey winning team for barcelona in a 4 nil final trashing of Athletic Bilbao. He was also part of the silver medal winning team for spain in the 2020 Olympics and also the best XI too. What a player!!!
2021 was Pedri's year as he won the Golden boy award that was given out by Tuttosport and also the Kopa trophy at the ballon d'or ceremony in France.
He has since continued to play sensational football under new manager Xavi Hernandez. He performed an exquisite piece of skill in his last match as he dribbled the ball under the legs of an innocent Athletic Bilbao player. Brilliance!!.πͺπͺ.
TOPIC: PEDRI GONZALEZ
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 5TH, 2022.
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Be Exceptional
**"Start by doing what's necessary; then** ***do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."***
***--Francis of Assisi. .***
What's up beautiful folks, I must admit that the last 24 hours of my stay on this platform has been quite magnificent. I am therefore using this medium to sincerely appreciate everyone who subscribed, upvoted and commented on my recent articles. I am here again, and this time with an interesting topic in the mould of exceptionality.
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Exceptionality can best be described as the quality of being special, unique and excellent..
Being exceptional requires giving ones all, because obviously there's virtually no way to be special or unique without being on top of ones game. Exceptionality is not a quality developed overnight, it is something you need to work towards to pretty much all the time.
There was a cooking contest in Mumbai about three years ago and when the best chef was asked to explain how she managed to make her food so delicious, she replied that she added exceptionality.
Exceptionality can turn a zero to a hero, it can turn you from being fair to being distinctive. You've got to be at your best to be exceptional, if you notice you have a talent, add exceptionality to your talent and you go Kaboom. If you can't be exceptional then you aren't worthy to be a champion.
Tips to being exceptional
*1. Start from the scratch*
The most important thing to know on your way to exceptionality is starting from the scratch. Don't feel pompous to start from the scratch. An exceptional person is always the most humble.
*"Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start once again from the scratch"*
*-- Bikram Choudhury*
*2. Believe in yourself*
There is no disputing the fact that having self believe goes a long way in making one exceptional. Without self believe then virtually nothing is achievable talk less of being exceptional in achieving it.
*"Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine"*
*--Roy T. Bennett.*
3. *Don't be a doubting Thomas*
To be exceptional, you have to erase doubts. Doubting won't take you anywhere, instead it will only draw you back. Anybody willing to be exceptional, must always be positive, and optimistic. The most limiting factor to being exceptional is doubt.
*" Doubts kill more dreams than failure ever will"*
-- *Suzy Kassem*
*Be hardworking and give your all*
Remember to always give your all in whatever you do, give your best, be hardworking, by doing this then you can show the world what you've got. Hard work brings out the best in you. It has to do with you being commited and dedicated . Therefore, always be hardworking and never relent.
Push your limits and keep growing
To the best of my knowledge, the last but not the least on this list is pushing your limits. You can add yours in the comments section, I will surely welcome them.
You need to give yourself a push to be exceptional. Push yourself to the extreme limit. Without pushing yourself beyond your boundaries, you will never know or unlock your true potential. Set targets for yourself, set targets you know may be hard to achieve and push yourself to achieve them. Challenge yourself.
**Conclusion**
"*Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." --Harriet Tubman.*
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Listen to the conclusion of the whole matter brethren, to be exceptional, you must as well be patient, strong, determined, appreciative, caring and most importantly disciplined. If you follow these and the previous tips I have given it will be only a matter of time before your exceptionality will come to the limelight.....
I believe I have been able to pass across a message to you tonight.... Stay blessed. Until next time. See yaπ.
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TOPIC: EXCEPTIONALITY
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 4TH,2022
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Never Give Up That Feeling, Make A Difference With It....
Hey everyone!. I was greeted by the constant chirping noises of the birds and though it was a few minutes past five in the morning, I attempted to wrestle with nature and catch another bout of sleep. Unluckily, I lost and the much more experienced nature won .....
There are certain things that happen to a lot of people in life and which they themselves cannot describe. They find it quite difficult to explain and because of this the only thing they feel they can do is to get a hold of that feeling and cherish that moment.
By cherishing such moments, they may not know but they are creating a link up with themselves and their feelings. A man who was granted visa to go to the US was asked to describe the feeling in him and all he could do was scream aloud.
After a few seconds of screaming, he got a hold of himself and started to cry, pretty much everyone around knew he was shedding tears of joy, but the question was still left unanswered.
Obviously his emotions and feelings got the better of him and when he finally talked he started by explaining that he honestly cannot categorically say or describe the way he felt. *"It's like a reverberation of joy, anxiety, happiness and ..... ".* He suddenly stopped again as if he was looking for the right words to say.
*"Above all, I am sincerely grateful and looking forward to my flight"*. He said and rounded up. Where I stood witnessing the on going live action, I was wondering why and how a person wouldn't be able to describe the feelings in him. I concluded within myself that perhaps the man was too shy to speak and so I left the scene......
Waking up this morning, I got flashes of the scene again and this time I saw clearly the man speaking to me in a high pitched voice and saying "*Oh, you think am shy, right...You think am a dullard right and am so daft to say an ordinary feeling. Don't you know this things are hard to explain, you think you could have been in my shoes and said something meaningful. Then let's find out......"*
Suddenly there was a reversal of roles and fortunes, and I was in the same shoes as he once was and everybody was shouting and asking me to speak up, some were threatening to destroy me with beatings if I continued wasting more time. I wanted to say something but it was as if a force held me back.
But honestly nothing held me, I didn't know what to say and the moment I wanted to start talking, I had a loud bang on my forehead. My anxious listeners were annoyed and started beating me up. But before I woke up cos I was having a dream after I gave nature tit for tat by sleeping off without caring, I heard the man say "*They even beat you up, exactly what you deserved, you better get a hold of your feelings , never give it up and make a difference with it"*
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Feelings can best be described as a particular emotion, impression or sensation which a person experiences in a discrete period of time.
Feelings are fleeting, they disappear before you know it, they aren't permanent except in rare and extreme cases. The feelings you experience just like the man told me are undescribable and even when you manage to describe them, you leave many words unsaid simply because it's past your analysis and comprehension.
I am imploring you to hold stead fast to that feeling in you, do not give it up, but rather make a difference with it, influence lives positively, make a change with them.
Let people know that you are experiencing a feeling, it might be by rendering assistance or helping people out, do it. Don't feel forced, be willing and with this you are surely making a difference...
**Conclusion**
*One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference.*
*-Jeff Bridges..*
Spend your day wisely and do not give up your feelings, instead make a difference with it, impact people's live and let your presence be felt.
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TOPIC: FEELINGS
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: MARCH 3RD,2022
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Build In Yourself, A Winning Mentality
***βYou were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.β β Zig Ziglar.***
I learnt of this excellent quote about three years ago and to be sincere I have been using it as a footprint that drives me on. You will notice that all a winner wants to ever do is keep winning and winning without even getting tired or anything.
Lewis Hamilton has won a record 103 races in Formula one and yet he is still on course for more victories come the start of the new season in Bahrain. He is a clear example of someone that has won it all and is still hunger to win more.
I loved saying to people when I see their achievements and success that the sky is their limit but one day I said this in the presence of one of my mentors and he told me I shouldn't offer such kinds of remarks again but always say "You are going farther than the sky".
This simply meant that me saying the initial I was only hoping the person goes far but not farther or up to the sky. The latter then means that you are going far to the sky, and even farther than the sky i.e if there was anywhere after the sky, then that's where you are going.
Building a winning mentality is never easy and in most cases is always full of downfall, but the most important thing is that you aren't going to be a success if you aren't going to master pulling through from failure. Many people are usually content when they win once, they relent and in the process they slumber and fall, back to square one.
*βThis is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.β β Winston S. Churchill.*
Winning isn't the end, not even the beginning of the end, but only a step further in the journey to the beginning of the end. The correct definition of a Winner isn't someone that defeats another person in a battle but someone that has that ability to come out on top in his veins, someone that is so accustomed to winning that when they don't win once, they give their all the next time and emerge victorious.
Being a loser is in fact the most easy thing to do, a loser isn't someone that doesn't try, but someone that tries and fails to make that trial note worthy and exceptional.
Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City in the 2016/17 season a proven winner, after sucessful stints at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. He was always destined for the top cos he fought his way through and remained at the top cos he didn't allow his success and winnings get into his head.
He won nothing in his first season but lifted a double and a treble in his next two seasons. He lost the EPL in 2019/20 to Liverpool, but won a double again in 2020/21. The only trophy that has remained elusive of him till date is the UCL. He will win the title for city, cos he continues to build a winning mentality for the citizens.
I am not here to suddenly delve into writing on football, but the information I am trying my best to pass across is that when you build yourself winning mentality, then you shall and will always be a winner. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Once you quit, forget it you can never be a winner.
Always have the mindset of a winner at all times, make sure you have a plan in place to achieve that goal you want, walk towards that plan in the best possible way and always believe you are a winner. Anything short of winning isn't your portion, all you have to do is to build that mentality.
The mentality a person has goes a long way in determining so many things about such person. You can only be a winner if only you build a mentality of a winner in yourself. Act like a winner, reason like a winner, speak like a winner and behave like a winner. Say no to losing and if at all you lose, take it as a stepping stone to unlocking greater success.
Even at times when a winner is losing, the fact that he had a winning mentality is enough to give him the victory, whether ugly or not. A win is a win no matter how close you were to losing.
**Ways to build a winning mentality**
Set tangible goals and work towards them
Be appreciative
Erase procrastination
Embrace failure and remember there is light at the end of the tunnel
Never give up, be determined and keep fighting till your last breath.
**Conclusion**
Listen to the conclusion of the whole matter brethren, Build yourself a winning mentality to avoid being destroyed into tatters by failure.
**Author's Message**
Hello beautiful Read Stars, I am extremely grateful to you all for the kind welcome, soothing and encouraging words you have all been given me. I pray you experience divine upliftment too. Remember to Stay Safe and involve yourself not in any form of violence or war related issue. Stay blessed. Until next time. See yaπ.
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TOPIC: WINNING MENTALITY
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE:MARCH 2ND, 2022
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Steer Clear Of Negative People, They Have A Problem For Every Solution
Albert Einstein, the legendary german born theoretical physicist made no mistakes when he spoke about negative people. Point blank, he said " Stay away from negative people, they always will have a problem for every solution". I am sure he must have examined people well and distinguished the pessimistic ones from the optimistic ones. He based his life on theoretically and practically proven ideas and statements, and hence the reason such utterance from him should not be taken with a levity hand.
For your own sanity, do well to identify negative people and make sure to do away from them. Negative people will never spread positivity, rather they will always voice out negativities and their attitudes and behaviours reflect that of people unwilling to make a progress or achieve something tangible in life.
Even in a situation where success looks certain, a negative person will still have doubts. They are never positive in thoughts and behaviours.
If you are a kind of person that chooses to ignore whatever it is they do and still walk with them, then I am pretty confident that it is only a matter of time before they overwhelm you with their negative thoughts and make you an ally in crime.
It is quite difficult to change a person from bad to good, changing a person from being pessimistic to being optimistic can be taken to be synonymous with making a horse pass through a needle.
Do not get me wrong, I am not here to make you feel like this is impossible but sometimes it's extremely difficult. But, it is very easy for such people to influence your thoughts and make you see reason never to stand positive.
When there is a problem at hand, and you spend a whole day trying to devise a solution to it, and at the end of the day, you manage to find one, and you make the mistake of sharing your solution to a person who spreads negativities, such person will certainly confuse you to an extent where even you will start doubting your own solutions.
There are virtually a lot of them in real life and unless we steer clear of them, they will ruin ones live with their negativities.
Apart from spreading negativities, negative people are mediocre in everything they do, they never aspire to be great or perform exploits cos obviously they ruined their lives with their bad norms as well in the process.
A negative person will always give you something to think about, why...?. This is because sometimes as humans, born with the flesh, it gives us sore hearts seeing people behave in negative ways and as such it makes one depressed. It makes one to start thinking about the reason why ones life is full of negative people.
A 10 year old girl, once listened to a news on live TV about a couple who were stuck in a vicinity she lived and needed money to travel back to their Homeland. The girl made up her mind to help the aged couple and sorted out her life savings which went high to a $30. She dressed well the day she was going, only to be called out by her parents who wondered why she wanted to spend her money on some hopeless and aged couple.
In the end, another person helped the couple and as a reward when they got back they returned the person's money in a hundred folds.
The girl was sad and she then noted that her parents were negative people and she didn't tell them things she did or wanted to do again. STEER CLEAR FROM NEGATIVE PEOPLE FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
***Author's Message***
Hey Read Stars, how's your week going, mine is pretty fine but as expected has been stressful. I got one message for you and that's going to be in form of a plea. I plead with you to please avoid and have nothing to do with negative people, they are ruiners.
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WRITER: MICHAELBCH
TOPIC: NEGATIVITIES
DATE: 2ND MARCH, 2022
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Drama In Wembley As Liverpool Lifts The Carabao Cup
It's being a fantastic evening for Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool Superstars. They've all but written their names in the record books as the winners of the 2021/2022 Carabao cup, after defeating Chelsea 11-10 on penalties. It was a record breaking evening as they also won the trophy for the 9th time.
On the other hand, more woes continued for Chelsea as they lose yet another final on the Wembley turf. Few will argue the fact that perhaps they didnt deserve winning Arsenal in the Fa cup two years back, they did deserve this, albeit because they controlled the tempo of the game.
Chelsea could have been ahead barely ten minutes to kick off when Celsar Azpilcueta, the Chelsea captain squared a neat ball to the legs of the advancing Christian Pulisic, but he couldn't bury the ball after a brilliant save from Caiomhin Kelleher. The young Liverpool goalkeeper who had been trusted to play by the Liverpool coach even though he wasn't quite experienced compared to Alisson Becker, the first choice goalkeeper on the bench who was thought to have been given a rest.
Two minutes later, the reds had a chance of their own, but like Chelsea, the in form Edouard Mendy thwarted Naby Keita's effort into the path of Sadio Mane, who had the simplest of tasks, to shoot into an empty net, but again the goalkeeper got up smartly and denied the Senegalese international.
Mason mount, the Chelsea youngster also missed a glit-edged chance when his volley flew inches wide of the right post. Both teams were forced to settle for a goalless draw going into the HT break. As the two English heavyweights headed down the tunnel it was clear Chelsea were the better team and were guilty of missed chances.
The second half started like the first and Mount again had a wonderful opportunity but his shot came back off the post. Joel Matip thought he'd scored when he riffled a header into the top corner from Mane's header into his path, from a well worked Alexander Arnold free-kick, replays showed there was an offside in the build up and after the intervention of the video Assistant Referee (VAR) the goal was chalked off.
Ninety minutes and there was nothing to separate both sides and they went on to play Extra time. In the first half of extra time, Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz thought they had the ball in the back of the net only for their goals to be correctly flagged offside by the linesman.
The second half of extra time wasn't too eventful although, both teams made tactical substitutions with the penalties in the minds of both managers. James Milner, Divock Origi and Harvey Elliott,all came on for Liverpool. Jorginho replaced Kovacic in midfield for Chelsea while the so called penalty specialist Kepa Arrizagalaba replaced Edouard Mendy in goal.
James Milner won the coun toss and Liverpool played first. All five outfield players of both teams dispatched their penalties with aplomb, and it was a case of first loser when the penalties continued. Shockingly, the highly praised penalty specialist for Chelsea wasn't able to save any of the next five penalties he faced, neither was the young Kelleher as the penalties stood at 10-10. It then fell upon the goalkeepers for an all important decider.
Kelleher stepped up and made no mistakes from the spot as he coolly dispatched his penalty, it was then over to Kepa, he then sent the whole liverpool faithful into wild celebrations by failing to convert as he blasted his attempt high over the bar and into the stands.
Chelsea returned to Stamford bridge having lost three successive finals at Wembley, first Arsenal, next Leicester and now Liverpool. For the reds it was their first trophy ππ₯ of the season. One down, three more to go, as they still remain in the FA cup, Premier league - waiting to pounce on an error from Manchester City, six points behind with a game in hand and of course also I the UEFA Champions League where they hold a 2-0 1st leg aggregate score over Inter Milan ahead of their next week Second leg tie at Anfield.
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TOPICS: FOOTBALL, CARABAO CUP.
WRITER: MICHAELBCH
DATE: 1st of March, 2022
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Honing My Football Skills Turned Me Into A Global Superstarβ½
Hello Read Stars, It's yet again another weekend, make sure you get a good rest, cos am pretty sure your week has been strenuous just like mine. I have never made my love for football a secret, neither has my love for it depreciated. I love playing football, oh man, it's something I have a great enthusiasm for. Wake me up in the middle of the night, and ask me what I would love to do, am pretty sure my answer would be football. Lol.
Football creates excitement, and eases my worries. I might have not eaten in a day and still go play football. Of course, that's my lifestyle, it's something am quite addicted to if I were to be honest. Although a positive addiction it is and not a bad thing at all, but all the same an addiction is an addiction, there is no double or triple definition to it.
I happen to wander around especially in the afternoons after returning from school, to go to football fields and play. There are a lot in our environment and I am never short of options. I mastered playing on these fields cos I managed to familiarize myself with them, and due to this, I usually have a good match, sometimes scoring, laying on a pass for someone to score, and also dribbling people in and out all for the sake of fun. After playing, I go home in a happy and jubilant mood cos I knew most of the people I played against were older than me. I was thirteen years of age then and I was never for once scared even when I played against intimidating players. I managed to have a few fans and I was on top of the world. Hehehe.
One Fateful afternoon after I returned back from school, I decided to go to the field, but on getting there, I saw there were not too many people. As I turned to go back home, one of my so called followers called out to me and I immediately went to him. Then the following conversation ensued...
**Him: Do you want to play football**
**Me: Yeah, but it seems the players are not around**
**Him: If you won't mind, I know of a place I can take you to, they play every day and am sure they will be there by now.**
**Me: Okay, thanks.**
He stood up and I followedβ’β’β’β’β’
I could remember waiting for over an hour, before the whole teams were reshuffled and I was allowed to play. Once on the field, I started doing what I liked best, dribbling. After playing 3 matches and was on for the fourth one, I noticed the opposite team started with fouls, some tactical and others deliberate. There was a particular tall guy there, whom anytime I tried dribbling past pulls my cloth and fouls me. And I guess since there wasn't a referee, there wasn't any rule. Then he fouled me again, and this time it was disastrous, I remained paralysed on the ground and I wasn't able to raise my legs not to talk of walking with them. I felt pain all over, I hated myself for not staying at home.
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I was later carried back home by a group of hefty guys, who felt pity for me, this was after the whole players on the pitch had disappeared into thin air. I remained bring in the house for good five weeks without going anywhere, you can imagine how that would have affected me, emotionally, mentally and psychologically. It was a trialling time.
When the dislocated bone eventually healed up, I returned to school and many of my friends were glad seeing me. There was this guy called John in my class who walked up to me and told me he knew the reason I had such a lengthy injury layoff, then he said it was because I never went for football practice and training. But rather I relied on sheer talent. He proceeded and said that had I went to a training then I would have been thought Agility on the ball. He even said I would have been able to return the dislocated bone to its place on the day of the incident.
I heeded to John's advice and went for a football training practice. I attended the one he went and I had little problems settling in. After three months, I was extremely skillful and had sharpened and honed my skills. I learnt Agility, Strength and Flexibility on the ball and I became an all round player.
**Conclusion**
After a year, I was selected to play in an U18 States match and I outperformed everyone on the field, I started by playing as a left winger, but after the horrible injury, I converted myself to an attacking midfielder, I scored a beautiful goal from the edge of the box in the match and this made some scouts from **Real Madrid** see me, they then sealed my transfer to Spain.
I met new set of faces in Madrid, After 5 years, I got into the first team and broke so many records. I scored a **hat trick** on my substitute debut appearance and went on to win a **total of 53 trophies, 12 world best player award and 10 ballon d'or title** becoming a football legend after scoring a staggering **1233 goals in 1005** appearances. Then I sat down after I retired and all I could say was **I am glad I honed my football skills.**
**Disclaimer**: The final conclusion to my football career was only a **fantasy**, it was thoughts and they never came to reality cos I spotted another profession I loved.
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WRITER: MICHAELBCH
ARTICLE TYPE: FOOTBALL β½
DATE: 26/02/2022
Everything About My Life - Throwback Stories
Life is regarded by many of its inhibitants as a rollercoaster of a ride. Certainly, it is and everything that has happened to me has all but made this fact valid. As I mentioned briefly earlier in my first article, I live in Lagos State. I attended so many schools, some due to teachers'incapabilities, changing environments, and also management's inefficiency. Trust me, I never changed a school because of the school fees, no matter how expensive it might be. My high school was the most expensive of all, and never for once did I think of leaving.
I am a very inquisitive guy and I made it a habit of always asking questions in virtually everything, I managed to make a few friends and they turned out quite inquisitive as myself. The teachers knew this and so,usually made sure they were well prepared before they came to classes.
A lot of things happened in high school which to me are quite indelible and which will always linger in my memories, there was a particular day a newly employed teacher came to our class to teach. On entering class, he appeared strict and a no nonsense one. But contrary to our thoughts, he wasn't. As he walked in, he called out a student and asked him what "*welcome teacher"* meant in French. The shocked guy simply stood still and wondered if what he wanted to teach had in any way a relation. The new teacher laughed sarcastically and *said"bienvenue professeur", that's what it means young man, you can have your seat".* He then proceeded to his main subject, this was after he had made us know he was brilliant in french and had he not taught science he would have been taking french.
After about forty five minutes, his period was over and as he picked up his books and made his way for the door. Then I heard myself say *"hello sir, can I ask a question"*. He nodded in the affirmative and then I asked *"Please sir, how do we say have a nice day in french".* He looked dumbfounded, he didn't know it and he wasn't expecting me to say that. And then from behind, another student answered and said "*I know it, it's Bonne journΓ©e".* Then all of a sudden, the whole class started applaufing the new hero, after few seconds, the teacher walked away in embarrassment. He never came back, to our class and neither to the school.
When I told my sister what happened, she was mad at me for stripping the teacher from his source of income. I thought well about it and realised it wasn't a victory but an act of wickedness. What's your take on this, kindly drop your thoughts in the comments block...
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As I discussed, I managed to stop being inquisitive for a few weeks but I couldn't for long lol, π€£π. I later came to the conclusion that inquisitiveness lies in my veins.
Something happened in my life few years back that completely changed my view of life and made me lose this trait. It was the death of a wonderful and caring person. The death of my grandmother hit me hard . She was a philanthropist by all standards, she gave to the needy even when she was in need, she was a spiritual woman and usually devoted her time for the works of the Lord. She prayed for people and God listened. I so much loved and cherished her but God loves her more. I miss you but I believe God knows best. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord Almighty. RIP GRANDMA π₯π£ππ₯.
I stopped being inquisitive after this and I have since moved on.
Learn from my stories friends, and stop letting your inquisitiveness ruin other people's lives.
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A Little Description Of Myself
Who else wouldn't be ecstatic writing about himself on his first day on a new platform. Nobody right... Yeah. The feeling in me now is quite unexplainable, am extremely glad to have joined. Exactly fifty two minutes ago, I picked up my smartphone and decided it was high time I joined read cash. I have to admit, it was a quite easy registration I had. I filled out the forms, asked to write a nickname, I couldn't think of anything other than MichaelBCH.
I happen to be Michael by name, a twenty years old guy who happens to reside in the western region of Africa, in a country called Nigeria. To be specific I stay in Lagos, one of the most multi populated states in Nigeria. It ranks high up there in terms of its development in infrastructure, economy, education and civilization. what's more..? It has its unique ways of blowing up your mind with the various categories of citizens living in it. One of such citizens is my brother from another mother, @HappyBoy who I fondly call master gideon. He is an expert in crypto trading. No doubts!!. About three weeks ago, I had a conversation with him, where he told me how Bitcoin Cash is the trending crypto currency and that it has that ability to change people's lives through read cash, a platform where the art of blogging is appreciated. Simply amazed, I couldn't muster anything, only wondering how fantastic it might be if one of the most respected personality have ever met could speak so highly of something as that. Since then, I have been eager to sign up and explore the world of Bitcoin Cash through Read cash. Finally, here I am.
I have been going through a lot of articles here and it's quite mind blowing, have also gone through the rules as well and am pretty satisfied with them, promising to stick to them all the way.
My goals and aspirations
Have got a whole lot of aspirations, I would love to travel round the whole continents in a bid to know more about life, meet more people and get to know more fantastic places. But first, I gotta complete my degree program, and have a certificate to show for it. Presently, I school in the University of Lagos.
My favorite food is Fried Rice and Chicken
On a simple terms, I love this delicacy, I had started loving it since age ten and it's the reason I chose it as my favorite meal. I prefer eating it as a lunch and yeah, that's me for you.
My favorite sports is Football
Oh man, I enjoy watching football and honestly it's so entertaining to me cos there are a lot of superstars who are very adept and skillful in playing. I love no other sports than it. Yay!!
My Favorite sports club is Manchester United
You wanna kill me, then you have to do so by asking me to quit supporting Manchester United, which In my best opinion is the most successful club in England. The club has lifted the English Premiership a staggering 15 times, more than any other club in England. The club has also lifted Europe's most successful clubs competition, the UCL three times. The most recent success coming in 2008.
My Favorite colour is Blue
There isn't any other colour I love more than the blue colour. It's my favorite and am always proud saying this anywhere. No other color suits me perfectly than it.
My Favorite superstars
I love a lot of superstars, some whom I aim to emulate their strong desire for success. They include: The famous Cristiano Ronaldo, Max Verstappen, Roman Reigns, Jorfa Archer, Karim Benzema, Jadon Sancho, Bruno Fernandes, Beyonce, Marc Marquez, Zinedine Zidane, Sylvester Stallone, Novak Djokovic, The Rock, Mo Salah, Leroy Sane, to mention a few.
My mission and vision
My mission here is to be who I am, by writing interesting articles and promoting Bitcoin Cash.
My vision is to become one of the best writers on this platform, obviously that wouldn't be easy, but I promise to give it my all.
My pledge
*"As a member of the read cash community, I solemnly pledge to dedicate my life to the service of humanity, the genuity of my articles, will be my first consideration. I will create original posts and not support plagiarism in any form, inspire and work together with other beautiful bloggers, avoiding abusive and bullying statements while making this world a better place by being honest to the best of my abilities."*
Thanks for taking your useful time to read, don't forget to stay safe, eat well, stay healthy and always promote Bitcoin Cash. Until next time. Bye.
I remain @MichaelBCH . Stay blessed
@MichaelBCH
