Lords Of The Storm (The Revelation).
Hey people, it's me again,(technically I don't know why i just said that lool). How's everyone holding up?, its becoming a habit of me writing my articles (in this case story) late at night. It's not exactly planned, I'm just usually a lot occupied during the day if late.
But either way I'm certain it doesn't matter as long as I get to write something worthy enough to be read and enjoyed by you guys, so yeah we're doing this again hope you all enjoy this part of the story.
The Living Storm
I lay down on the ground unable to move, my body no responding, what is this?. My eyes closed but I was aware of my surroundings hours had gone by and nothing had happened again, no one else came for me, then I remembered my mom, oh God mom... I was crying with tears coming out my eyes but I wasn't conscious well not in the way a normal human should be anyway.
A few hours went by and I heard my name that voice I recognize it, it was the voice of my friends, jones and zanet how, how'd they know to come for me this is all so weird how could I summon the lightning like that, or was it the storm that did it.
Jones: he's breathing but he's not conscious
Zanet: I might be able to help with that, step aside jones.
Zanet unzips her bag, takes out a small white pill looking thing and breaks it close to my nose I inhale it, it feels funny wait what is zanet doing with this anyway, jones asks the same question (well he asked zanet the same question, not himself like I'm doing obviously) and how can I see all this happening while I'm passed out on the ground, again what the hell is going on!!!!.
I woke up shouting that exact same words, zanet hugs me jones taps me on the shoulder. He said good to have you back mate, now what in the seven seas happened here and are those M'forcers, are those burn marks, like they were fried or something?, oh God Jacob your mom zanet said... Its a long story I said I'd explain on the way no time to mourn now there are things to be done.
Why did I just say that, and what things to be done, where the hell am I going. Zanet asks the exact same thing of me.
Zinthu: good you're awake I was getting tired of waiting, technically I could have spopen to you while you were passed out but that wouldn't have been wise, it could have caused permanent brain damage
Jacob: Oh God you're back, I thought I hallucinated you, who are you & what do you want?
Zinthu: to save this world our world and those of you who call it home, like we once did
Jacob: who's we?
Zinthu: for you to understand that, and who I am I would have to start from the beginning
Jacob: well okay then go ahead, I've got the time, and why am I not feeling sad my mom just died.
Zinthu: that would be my doing we have a lot to accomplish together, there'll be time to mourn.
Zanet: um Jones who the hell is jacob talking to?
Jones: beats me, dudes lost it seeing as his mother just died.
Jacob: guys let's relax her for a while, we've been walking for 2hours
Zanet: sure okay man, jones where the hell are we even going, we need to get Jacob some help.
Jones: agreed I'll head to town when he sleeps.
The voice in my head spoke to me about the origin of the world we currently live on, and how it truly used to belong to the gods as we called them, but their proper term is LORDS OF THE STORM. Zinthu said to not alarm my friends any further, we would speak within my mind, where he told me everything.
We created this world from the remains of other destroyed worlds in a battle that engulfed the universe millioms of years ago, we harassed the force of the living storm a universal force of life, which can be used for evil if it gets in the hands of the wrong people, the storm has protected this world for eons but it raves now cause this world is in danger, it is why I have been awakened. After my kind and I created this world we went into hibernation leaving the living storm to protect this world and after many years of peace humans and other beings from around the cosmos came to live here.
This world thrived for a very long time not until 200 years ago when the great darkness found it, seeing as this darkness could not physically harm this world it corrupted the mind of those who inhabit it, Which led to a great war that almost ended all life on this planet. The other beings left the planet leaving mostly the humans here and one other tribe of alien life form which fled underground of the planet, the one you all call Marxist the one who claims to lead you all he's the avatar of the great darkness and he means to destroy this world by digging his machines into the planets core, this is why the storm raves why it hasn't settled it is fighting back but can't fight for much longer.
This is why you have been chosen as our avatar, for we cannot be involved in mortals squabble it is the cosmic law of the universe, we can only create worlds the protection of the worlds we create is left for its inhabitants.
You have been given the power to connect with the living storm and control it, but to only a significant amount your human body cannot take the strain of controlling it.
You are now a LORD OF THE STORM.
alright guys what do you think? This is somewhat interesting no???
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Till next time Goodbye
Lords Of The Storm (The beginning).
Good evening from this side, how are y'all doing?, I'd just assume everyone's well. So yesterday it rained heavily over here and I had this thought that I'd make my next article on something pertaining to the weather, at the time I had no idea what it would be only that its be weatger related.
I thought of writing about the weather and how some parts of the world suffer from extreme weather conditions, but then I said to myself "dude you ain't no weather-man so what the hell are you even thinking". After that I just changed my mind and decided to come up with a somewhat fictional fairytale story, revolving around made up characters, reality & myths.
So yeah that'll be what I'm doing today, hope y'all like it.
Lords of the storm
The storm;
In my world the storm is said to be alive, it raves, it roars, it claims everything in its part. It shakes the world every night, and its been this way for 25years that I've been alive on this planet.
What is this planet anyway, the stories my grandma used to tell were that the world is a world that belong to the gods. Long lost gods of power, beings with abilities that mortals such as myself cannot phantom, she said someday they would come back for what is theirs she said the storm was their creation.
All just silly fairytale told to frighten children that's all it is. Life here is peaceful, even though I lost my dad many years back my mom and I have lived here happily (even though she's been sick for years, a sickness we don't even understand what it is), oh pardon me I forgot to tell you my name; its Jacob stitch, jacob stitch the third. And my life as peaceful as it is, its pretty bleak, at this point I had no idea that very soon my life would change completely.
I always felt the storm from within me before it begins to rave and shake this world(which happens every night). I thought this was normal for everyone, frankly I don't know why I never really asked my friends if they could feel it too like I do. They say the storm is the heart of this world, they have no idea.
The day it all changed;
So life was business as usual, go to work with the tern corps where everyone who volunteered gets to work as miners for money(tronz). After working for a few hours I met up with my friends zanet (female) and Jones(male) we had a couple of drinks, laughed and joked about a lot of ridiculous things, this was our basic routine for as long as we can remember
Jones: guys you hear about the miner who vanished in the deep dines a few days ago?
Zanet: someone vanished again? How does this keep happening and the M'forcers haven't figured out how it keeps happening?
Jacob: what are you guys even talking about, people have been going missing?
Zanet: "rolls eyes" how dumb are you man?
Jacob: don't start zanet, okay I got to go, got to go check up on my mom... I'll see you guys tomorrow the usuals Yeah?
Jones: sure thing man
Zanet: not like we got anything better to do so yeah, see ya.
Oh right M'forcers, they are basically the police of the entire globe, the force of the leader of us all "Maxist Murd".
Later that night I sat on the roof and I could feel the storm coming even before it appeared in the sky as usual, I was about to get up and go in and re-enforce the windows and doors when I heard the voice in my head call out to me "JACOB, JACOBE, JACOB....... IT IS TIME".
I hit the ground with bright lights coming out my eyes and mouth shaking like I was having a seizure as the storm began it was like I was connected to the storm.
When I woke up the following morning I was on my bed in my room and I thought to myself "damn that was the weirdest dream ever" , I was about to stand up when the voice replied "was it really?", I stood up immediately
Jacob: who said that?
Zinthu: I did
Jacob: and who are you, and how are you in my head?
Zinthu: your questions would be answered in due time, for now it is no longer safe here.
Jacob: what the hell are you talking about?
Zinthu: get out of the house now!
I heard a noise coming from outside, so I ran down and saw my mom talking to M'forcers, I thought to myself why are they here, and they he replied for you, run now!. I wasn't going to run and leave my mom so I called out to her "mom what's going on here" one of the M'forcers called to me are you Jacob, I said yes and he said take him down, I paused and wondered what he meant not until I saw my mom push me out the way and she got hit by one of their energy blasts did I realize they wanted me dead.
I screamed out with rage; MOM!!! And my eye began to glow and everywhere started shaking, I had no idea what was going on till lightning came down and hit the 3 M'forcers and I passed out a few seconds after.
Who am I, what am I, what is all this... I remember thinking this before blacking out.
Okaay guys this is just the beginning, what do you think so far?
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Random Questions, What say you?
Hey everyone,
It's kind of weird that I start my articles with hey ain't it? Or perhaps I'm the only one who sees it that way hmm. Well I just thought it'd be cool to keep a pattern where I start my articles or whatever it is I'm writing with "hey". That said how you guys doing?, pretty well I hope... Had a somewhat busy day today and I have to say it ain't easy becoming an adult, the responsibilities is getting abit much, especially in a country like the one I live in, it's so hard to get things done out here.
So i was just going through the platform and I came across a challenge my friend @Lara888 dropped earlier today and I knew then and there that this is what I'd do today I'd join in on this challenge, anyway enough of the small talk lets get right to business shall we.
Flash Back To Your Childhood Memory
I had a shitty childhood, not like I'm complaining or anything. A lot of us had shitty childhood in this country, but in the midst of all that I had lovely childhood memories. There's this particular one I would never forget...
I was living with a family friend at the time yeah, didn't really have friends then and even now, my senior brother felt he was too old to play with me or condone any of my delusions about fictional worlds in my mind lool. Anyway so I hadn't seen my dad for months felt like years at that point, on faithful afternoon I was playing by myself and boom out of no where this handsome looking old man just pops out and it was like they lit fireworks in my head and everything around me paused in time I ran towards him and hugged him as tight as my little arms could let me, I doubt I'd ever forget that day one of favorite days.
Do You Feel You Are Deserving of Love
Love is a strong word, something people throw around lightly now adays like it means nothing, it shouldn't be so. I feel love is earned, our deeds, our actions, how we treat people etc it earns us love from those who are willing to give it to us (aside our family that is).
But I don't know if I deserve it just yet, I don't feel like I do, I sure as hell haven't earned it that's for sure, but I'm working my butt off to do so, to be good enough to be loved.
What Is The Most Lofty Thing You're Dealing With Now
That would be my life, this pre-adult stage of it anyway, damn its hard. Especially for a guy, the time, the attention, the hustling, academics, it's all a lot to deal with. The stress of it, the pressure of it yo I'm drained and I haven't even fully started yet, hahahahahaha "you can feel the pain in my laugh"
But I'll hang in there nothing good ever comes easy, this I know and as they say, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. And if there ain't no light well then I guess I'd have to become "**Thomas Alva Edison"** lool (that was my attempt at a joke I don't know if anyone got it).
What Do You Think Is Your Worse Habit
I would say it is my ability to not care about what people feel most times, and I have to admit it is hardly intentional. I just don't care. I witness an accident a while(few years) back, and this lady was seriously injured and I was standing right there looking at her, chewing on sausage and I was just like meh! And I left I didn't even feel a thing.
It's funny how I know its bad, but still I'm just like that numb of emotions towards others especially when its soneone I don't know, don't get me wrong I'm a nice person at least I like to think I am, people have said that I am, but when it's supposed to count for me to really care, it just doesn't happen.
Do You Think That Good Things Come After Suffering
It is a possibility, people have said that it happens. There are even quotes to back this claim up, like the ones @Lara888wrote, which is kind of a popular saying that goes like "The sun rises after a stormy night" or "rainbow comes after rain"(But in my country a lot of us prefer the storm to the sun cause damn the sun is usually way too hot it burns lool). All positive quotes, and being positive is always a good thing right?, I feel the whole "good thing comes after suffering" is just something we like to tell ourselves to help us get up the following day and keep fighting the good fight to make our lives better.
Of cause good things would come, but not for everyone who suffers. I'm not trying to be a pessimist or anything, I just like to be realistic and have my facts right.
What You Want To Do Before You Die
I see people pray against death, not untimely death(no one wants to die before their time sure) just against death as a whole. They forget that death is part of life "Birth LIFE Death" they are intertwined so there's no escaping it, everything that has a beginning has an end and for us humans death is the end of the road, now that said before I die; yeah.
I would love to accomplish all I set out to do and be successful at it, own my own comic book company, publish comic books. Books that would help kids growing up who find it hard to connect with others, kids who can hardly fit in. Give them a whole universe where they feel like they can belong, as comic books helped me growing up as well, all kids in general.
Also to be wealthy lool, have a loving family, a lovely, beautiful wife with lovely kids especially a daughter. I'd love to give my kids the life I wanted but never had as a kid, and be their hero as my dad was mine.
Well damn @Lara888 you were right, ain't no way one would answer those questions and not be emotional about it, guess we can't answer them without our emotions butting in lool.
And that's all for now folks, I really appreciate every single one who would read this and comment as well, my subscribers and my sponsors you guys are the real MVP's thanks a lot
You all have a lovely nights rest, Goodnight, Thanks once again.
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Blood on my hands; Concluding part
Noon guys how's everyone doing?. Beautiful weather out here today, I know It took a while to write part 2, I've been occupied of late and I've also been a bit spaced out on how part 2 should go Lool. I don't know if anyone was waiting on it though but anyway here it is.
The fear of having to do something you don't see yourself capable of doing.
After watching the guys for a while tear down my storage room, where the clients documents are kept. I finally summoned the corage to act on my new found truth, that they have no idea how to do this.
Not that I had any idea how they should do it as well but I'd seen enough movies to know you don't leave the hostage untied, no matter how much he was bleeding from the nose (yeah I know, that detail was a tad bit too specific).
Me: How do guys do this in movies, where they take out the bad guys, save the day and get the girl
Me 2: What girl? dude these guys are about to get what they want and smoke you after and all you can think about is get a girl who doesn't even exist, now I remember why I hate you.
Me: You've always been my wild side, help me out here tell me how to get out if this situation
Me 2: What do I look like to you james bond, this isn't a movie get a phone call for help and run as fast as you can
Me: Of cause your idea is to run away I knew you'd be of no help, as always I'd do this myself.
I began to move gradually to my kitchen where I had utensils, what came to mind was to get a knife and defend myself and probably see if I could get them out of my apartment or take them down and call the cops seeing as they didn't have any guns only knives. I went for the knife, and one of them saw me, shouted and dashed for where I was. He threw himself at me as he did I jumped and managed to evade him, I took the knife and phone and ran for the door where the other guy was standing close to waiting for me to come out.
Immediately I saw him I ran for my bedroom which had this compartment at the ceiling, I had the intention to lock the door and go up there to hide while I called the cops for help. As I tried to lock the door one of the guys put his hand in to stop me from locking it, so I stabbed him on his hand.
He screamed!
He removed his hand immediately afterwards and I locked the door. I exhaled and relaxed while sitting down and backing the door, then I heard the guys speak to one another.
Dude 1: That sneaky S.O.B, when I get my hands on him he won't survive the day.
Dude 2: He was never going to survive the day, remember that was the plan plus he's seen our faces.
Dude 1: Go round back and you find your way in through the window, while I break down this damn door.
Dude 2: Be careful bro we still have a lot of work ahead for us once we get what we came for.
After I heard all that, the idea of hiding just went out my mind. These crazy guys plan to take my life, the other me was right they never planned to let me go.
I tried calling the cops, it wasn't connecting they must have cut the lines damn!. So I began to think of how I would take down the guy who was trying to break down my door, then handle the other guy after...
I went up the compartment which led to the kitchen where I dropped down, and I turned on the coffee machine, and I watched from afar as the guy kept breaking down my room door gradually, he broke in a few minutes after and wondered where I was, he said; where the hell are you, you know you can't hide forever, when the coffee machine chimed.
He heard it and came back to the living room slowly wondering what the noise was, I was hiding at the other side of the hallway where he was walking out from, my heart beating like it was going to burst out of my chest. I saw his shoulder come out and his neck part was visible, I summoned all the courage I had and stabbed him in collar bone region.
He screamed! As i removed the knife he tried to fight back but couldn't, he went down as he was bleeding out... All I could do was stand there and watch as he was bleeding out. I got on the floor over him and tried to help him put pressure on it, but it didn't make much difference.
Me 2: dude what are you doing?
Me: I just stabbed a man he's dying, I'm a killer I'd go to jail
Me 2: it was self defense you moron, get up can't u hear that?
Me: hear what?
Me 2: listen well, that can't you hear it.
It was the other guy running back in after he heard the one I stabbed scream, I had to rush to hide.
As the other guy burst in, and saw the guy I stabbed on the ground with in inches of his life, he knelt down and shouted you're DEAD MEAT!! You hear me; DEAD MEAT!!!!.
I was so afraid but I knew I had to act before the other guy caught up to me, so I rushed out to attack him and he hit me directly in the face with anger in his eyes... I knew I was done for, I was crawling on the floor with my knife still in hand while he was walking over to where I was and he slipped over on the blood of the other guy and fell face flat on the ground and in that split second I pounced on him and and stabbed him a few times in the chest.
I had this rage in my eye, like I was boiling hot red with fumes coming out my ears. I stood up looked at him as he choked on his own blood I watched with dread; what have I done
And I looked at my hands there was **Blood on my hands.** Literally and figuratively... This overwhelming urge just came over me and I screamed!!!
**And I woke up screaming**
My God it was all a dream, I paused for a few minutes and I laughed out saying it was all a dream while laughing and I looked at my hands and there it was
There actually was
Blood on my hands.
That's my time guys... What do y'all think pretty messed up right?, was it all a dream or was it real; I'll let y'all decide that. By the way it was all fictional I have never experienced such nor do I know anyone who has.
Thanks guys for the read I thank my sponsors and my subscribers, i really appreciate you all.
Till next time guys, have a wonderful day.
Blood on my hands
Good day everyone, how's it going?. Its really hot over here, how's the weather over there?.
Writing stories isn't my thing, unless if it is related to fictional superhero stuff. That I do very well, but hey who says we can't try new things so on that note here I am writing a story; completely made up might I add, pardon me if it ends up looking like the work of an amateur.
If that turns out to be the case then it most certainly is that lol.
How it all began
My eyes opened up, with me looking out to the ceiling with the thought in my mind, what kind of day would today be.... (I tend to talk to myself a lot even more so than I do other people, even in real life and not just for this story I'm coming up with), so I'm applying that aspect of myself into this.
Now where was I; oh right. I answered myself.... Why would you even be bothered with that ain't like you have any control over that anyway, now get you lazy ass up already. And so I did I got up and freshed up, all the while telling myself it'll be a good day today.
Honestly I had no idea why I was hopeful and excited but I was just that. I would go of to work in the morning and come back late at night, hardly have friends life is as simple as it could get for me.
Couldn't even hold a relationship for long, isn't like I'm getting paid much either; so yeah a pretty bleak life. But for some reason I was excited this very morning. Made coffee and I was about to hit the road when I heard the bell ring.
Me: who is it?
Stranger: your neighbor, I heard you're a tech guy could you help me out with something?
Me: um no I'm not a tech guy, you got the wrong door sorry
Stranger: oh my mistake, but can you still help me check my heater out its not working and I have no idea what to do bout it.
Me: signs, give me a minute I'd be right with you
And for some reason I didn't even think to check who it was exactly I just opened the door and I got hit in the face by the same door I slightly opened....
My head was banging, nose bleeding and I wondered what in Gods name was going on. There were four of them, mean looking fellas asking me questions that I couldn't make out at the time due to the headache and me seeing double
Only later did I come to realize when I could see clearly that they were only two, and they were here to rob my place. One of the guys slapped me and spoke.
Dude 1: How dumb are you? Can't believe you fell for that neighbor trick its the oldest one in the book
Dude 2: Stop messing around man and get him up he's going to show us documents we need of Mr brown
Me: That was when I realised they weren't here for my belongings but for the documents of a client, a very wealthy client.
Me 2: Told you there was nothing to be happy about today, your life is even worse than it usually is. Not my problem though I'm not the one getting fired after this, that's if these guys don't take your life once they get what they want.
Me: Not now man I'm trying to think.
Dude 2: What did you say?
Me: Nothing
Dude 2: Just sit there while we find what we came here for.
Me 2: This should be fun.
They started trashing my place while I nursed my bleeding nose, I looked at them for a while going through tons of documents and it clicked. These guys aren't professionals they literally left me untied, I have to use this to my advantage. But am I brave enough to act seeing as almost everything scares me, now that is the trick question.
"I'll put a pause on it here for today, I have somethings to attend to concluding part would come up soon".
What do y'all think so far, is it going well?, and I know y'all are probably wondering what all this has to do with the title right lool don't worry the concluding part would lay it all out in front of you.
Thanks for reading, I look forward to seeing what you guys have to say @Talecharm i'm looking forward to what you think so far @Lara888 any thoughts?
That's my time guys see you all later.....
Heroes, Superheroes: Superpowers
Hey people... How are you guys doing?. I felt it was time I dropped a new article, and this time it'll be on something I'm passionate about, fiction especially the aspect of superheroes.
Not everyone would be able to relate; sure...... but being a superhero doesn't mean you have to wear a cape or mask or something, nope that isn't exactly what superheroes are all about or believing that one needs to have superhuman abilities also. Still no, well batman is a testiment to the fact that you don't need superpowers to be a hero (just in case there are comic lovers on here and they see this and think I'm a dc fan; nope I'm not I love dc sure but I'm with Marvel till the end of the line).
Now I move to what this article is going to be about.
What does it mean to be a superhero
Sometimes it can't really be differentiated from being a hero depending on how people look at it, and being a hero is to do somwthing remarkable in ones life in his/her field of calling(simplified meaning). A superhero is someone who puts the lives of others above his own does whatever he takes to make sure the innocent ones are safe.
With that said I can link a superhero with a hero asides the word hero being present in both cases, take a look at a soldier for instance fights for his country to protect the civilians from harm, said soldier would be seen as a superhero to his/her child or other relatives of theirs. But to an ordinary non-related civilian he'd just be a hero, so based on perspective said soldier is a hero and a superhero.
A good cop in a situation where he saves lives, protects the innocent from the "bad guys" is most definitely a superhero, his/her job daily is to put their life on the line to protect others #SUPERHERO#
Digression
I create and design superheroes, yes the kind with superpowers, masks, capes and tights (No underwear on the outside though thats pretty lame lool). But wouldn't it just be absolutely great to be able to fly, run faster than the speed of light leap to heights unimaginable by mere mortals etc. It'll be a dream come true for humanity to possess such abilities, not just seeing it in a movie or animation and just wondering what it'd be like.
Superpowers
I have no doubt in my mind that if we possess superhuman abilities life would be completely different, everything would change but frankly not for the better, by nature we humans are greedy self centered beings I know for a fact that 99% of those who would get said abilities would be villains rather than heroes. people would go "**I have all the power in the world so I can just take what I want, who's going to stop me".**
But even then in the darkest of hours heroes are born people with kind and loving hearts would rise up to meet the challenge no doubt. But the real question would be would they succeed, with how I see life work it is so unfair the bad guys always seem to win where as the good guys end up joining the bad (frankly I might end up a supervillain myself if I developed superpowers cause indeed who's going to stop me lool).
Reaction to real life superheroes
One thing marvel comics did that I believe would really happen in a real life superhero scenario is how people react to those with powers(as seen with the mutants of the marvel universe), they would feel threatened by these powered being, and ultimately persecute them.
We've seen how humans react to people of different color, ethnic groups, etc. We as a species do not respond well to those that are different, we often hate what we do not understand, even though deep down we're all the same its really pathetic I know.
Being the best we can
Now all that said about hereos, superpowers & superheroes, we all can make our lives better if we all just put aside our differences and realise that we're all one species no matter our color or race or whatever.
We don't need to have special abilities to be special, there is this quote that has been stuck in my head for a long time
When all the chips come down to it, we can all be heroes in our own lives if only we have the courage to try..... Beautiful ain't it?.
Well folks that's my time, it was nice to share this with y'all... Hope it makes for an entertaining read @Ellawriteshope this gives you a brief insight to what my world looks like, and by world I mean what goes on in my head.
Goodnight everyone, have a nice night.
Strange Questions! Also pretty silly, Care to answer?
Happy new month everyone I should have written that yesterday but I totally forgot it was 1st of April yesterday. Anyway I'm doing that right now, how's the month been so far for y'all? It's been uneventful for me so far....
Moving on so I came across this trend about strange questions from someone I'm starting to kind Of admire on here @Lara888 after reading some of her articles
I decided to join said "trend" so I'm taking up the challenge this should be a fun write, let's go.
•WHAT'S THE DUMBEST WAY YOU'VE EVER BEEN HURT
Seeing as the question didn't specify if it is physical or emotional form of being hurt, I guess I'd go with the emotional. A few years back I met this girl, seeing as I'm a loner I hardly had friends.. But she spoke to me first all that which was surprising and all we got close spent a hours of each day together. Which was funny now that I think on it, half the time we had nothing to talk about... We were just friends though never crossed my mind, and to my knowledge of the things she said it never crossed her mind either to try and be anything more than friends or perhaps I was just to shy to try well that's besides the point.
Anyway she was only around for the summer at her aunts place, which lasted for about a month before she went back home, the day she left I started crying... God I was such a baby lool, it has to be the dumbest thing that hurt me emotionally then, which is nothing but hilarious thinking back on it all now.
•WHICH WORD WOULD YOU USE IF YOU COULD ONLY USE ONE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Well it'll have to be "Go Away" I have this weird stuff where I don't like people coming close to me or touching me, unless i really like the person. But it is hard to get people not to touch me or come close to me or just randomly hang out around where I am, especially the touching part I really dislike it and would be super happy if I can get it to stop.
So yeah it'll be "go away" so I can easily tell everyone I don't want around me to get lost (technically it'll be go away but you get what I mean lool), 'before you wonder won't it be a lonely way to live' I like being alone.
•WHAT IS THE MOST ABSURD THING YOU'VE BEEN TRICKED INTO DOING OR BELIEVING
The country where I grew up and currently still reside, is filled with absurd superstitions that when I think about them now the word absurd isn't enough to discribe them, I'll mention some.
•Eating in ones dream is said to be bad and dangerous, complete fallacy
•Itchy palm means one should expect a significant sum of cash soon, nonsense lol
•When one leaves his/her apartment in the moring and one hits his/her leg it's a sign it is going to be a bad day, so one should go back to sleep and forget about doing anything that day. My God who came up with all these nonsense 😂😂
•It is also believed here that "evil spirits" can be transferred through cell phones... How does this even make any sense
Okay, that's enough absurdity for one day lool.
•WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS YOU'RE TOO OLD TO DO BUT STILL ENJOY
Playing with toys, I'm way too old for such but when I come across some toys I can't help myself but play with them. Been a while I did this though and by while I mean years, but still I enjoy doing it.
•WHO'S THE MESSIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER KNOWN
Well taking into account that I don't know much people, so technically I don't really know messy people, so with that my little sister takes the top spot on this list. She's really messy... She messes up the kitchen, her room among other places and she's always reluctant to clean it up lool.
•WHAT'S THE WEIRDEST TEXT YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED RECENTLY
Hmm recently, well this lady I know sent me a text about her longing to wake up beside me as my wife, and I was shocked & speechless, the content of the text was all too weird. It was so unexpected I paused silently for a few minutes then laughed out loud, it was also beautiful even though it isn't something I'm interested in, well for now anyway.
•WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER GETTING HOME FROM A TRIP
Definitely eat, shower and go to bed no matter what time it is, I'm definitely going to sleep, I'm not a fan of moving about I try to avoid it best I can. So I'd definitely sleep after getting back I might even skip the food and shower.
•IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO STEAL SOMETHING WHAT WOULD IT BE
Definitely going to be a Billion dollars, that amount of cash would solve a lot of things for me, hell it'll solve every current issue I have lool.
•WHAT IS SOMETHING YOUR BRAIN WANTS TO CONVINCE YOU TO DO BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT IT
Anytime I'm with this one girl I like in public.
•My Brain: kiss her dammit
•Me: Noooo! leave me
And this action reoccurs everytime we meet up, hilarious no???
•WHAT IS THE STRANGEST THING YOUR TEACHER HAS EVER DONE
My teacher in high school was so nice, she wasn't strict at all. During exam period she gives the chance for exam malpractice(which isn't a good thing though), she would go you can get answers from anywhere you like just don't make noise while doing it, still super strange to me till this day.
•IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL BACK TO THE PAST, WHERE WOULD YOU GO
Time travel huh, one of my favorite things in fiction. I would definitely travel back to the time when life was easy when I was young and my dad was still around, life was great then no worries no responsibilities nothing, it was a wonderful time indeed
So yeah strange silly questions, you're free to join in on the trend... I hit the stop button here today... Oh yeah big thank you to @Lara888
It is hard to look good in Nigerian now a days without getting harassed.
Hey everyone so this is my second article here, I'm certain a lot of people here arent from Nigeria or Africa so you probably won't be able to relate to what I'm saying, but those of us in Nigeria here(guys that is) would be able to relate. Anyway I hope everyone who takes a read enjoys it.
So lets take a dive in, those of us who are on the young side(early 20s mostly) who work not talking about the whole yahoo fraud thing, not that I completely blame those who do it "I do not" some of them don't have a choice its the only way they are able to help themselves and their families and that isn't bad, but it doesn't still justify it cause morally its very wrong, anyway that isn't what I'm here to talk(write) about
•I'LL BE REFERRING TO MYSELF IN THIS ARTICLE.
Now I wake up in the morning during week days take my bath, get dressed then head out the house for work(oh right I brush my teeth too, obviously lol wouldn't want to forget that) I get to work successfully. Spend the hours I'm supposed to, do whatever it is I need to, and then head home tired and all and these thugs just appear from nowhere and demand for cash, some shouting they know I have money that I look and dress the part. Makes me wonder is it a crime to look and dress well cause this is getting out of hand.
That isn't even the only one, when I go out deep into lagos sometimes on the island the authorities would stop guys like me and ask to see their phones, believing that they are into fraud just cause they look and dress well and they demand money after the find something incriminating, this is one of the things that led to the protest that happened way back at 2020 where alot of young people lost their lives, a very sad year for the youths of Nigeria.
I'll share an ordeal that I experienced from these authorities during that same year but this was before the protest, even before the lockdown which was a result of pandemic which the whole world suffered from. This happened on a sunday morning I was heading to church with my younger sister and getting to the bus stop I was stopped and asked to enter a truck all just cause I was dressed well, in the truck there was another guy who was crying, he had been beaten up he claimed he didn't own the phone which some content that showed he was into fraud, I didn't see the content only overheard their discussion.
My sister was outside crying (which was hilarious at the time seeing as she isn't a child she was in her late teen years then), they questioned me I was lucky cause I didn't have a phone on me so there was nothing to search. They tried to intimidate me to talk, say something that would incriminate me, but there was nothing to say cause I was innocent after about an hour of being held I the truck, their bus came and asked them to release me seeing as they had nothing on me. I was tired and frustrated so I just went home with my sister who was waiting for me all the while I was in custody.
The authorities harassing young guys has reduced now though, but the thugs aspect of it is rising fast.
A friend told me they collected three of his phones on different occasions and about 20thousand naira from him too, he claims to have phobia for them now... That was hilarious to me.
But this is a problem that is rising fast among many other problems we face in this country, nothing makes sense anymore. I can tell y'all for a fact that if I get the chance to leave I'd never come back, Yes it is that messed up lol.
People should be able to look good and move freely without any form if harassment whatsoever, we shoukd be able to feel safe with out here with one another we are of one people after all.
And thats my time, Thank you all for reading do have a lovely day ahead... I'll see y'all soon.
What it always feels like to be a newcomer
So as stated in the title about being a newcomer well I'm new here, and it is sometimes difficult for the newcomers. And to my knowledge this is something some of us have faced at a certain point in time.
One would often wonder what it is one should do being new no matter where it is one is in. So right now I'm so not sure what to even write, I'm basically just beating around the bush here cause frankly I am spaced out on what to write, and typing it out now is hilarious if I do say so myself, well in this case if I do "type" so myself. And before anyone reads this and wonder what in Gods name I'm typing, I made that quip on purpose lol.
Now that that's been said(typed), there are different ways in which people react to being new to something or somewhere all boils down to the kind of person they are.
Here are some typical examples of the type of young people there are:
•THE CINFIDENT ONE: That one person, let me use a typical high(secondary) school setting. Who comes from a good home, wealthy parents, etc. He/she basically gets what they want when they want it, now he/she gets to a new place they find it easy to mingle, belong, make friends, being in a new setting is never a problen for them they always end up the popular kid one could easily say its their nature, they always know what to say or do. I obviously don't belong in this category lol, okay moving on.
•THE AVERAGE ONE: A lot of people fall under this category, when people in this category get to a new setting, mingling doesn't come as easy as it does for the confident cool kid. Doing things at this stage takes a while, can't just stand up in the class and answer questions, a little bit of shyness sets in at first but doesn't take long to vanish. At the end of it all though the average ones have the most friends, they participate in almost everything sports, extracurricular activities,favorite student of teachers, class captains, prefects etc. I can't personally relate though I was never the average kid in sec school either.
•THE ONES WHO ALWAYS WANT TO BELONG: Now this type of people are usually unpopular, but they actually want to be. We can easily say they are the not so good looking students in class, but they try any means possible to try to get along with the rich & average kids. All this cause they need validation to feel good about themselves cause they think belonging to a cool group would make them feel better about themselves rather than just hang out withone another, problem solved they have a group but nope it has to be the cool kids. Okay enough of me making them look bad I was only being honest, anyway before you wonder that it seems I know so much about them so I should be one, nah guess again I also don't belong here.
•THE LONERS: The one set of individuals who are very little in some settings aren't more than 2,3 or at the most 4 in a class. They don't even try to mingle cause it is futile to do so, socializing is their thing, they are usually the ugliest in class or perhaps the not so brilliant ones, always coming last in class , aren't exactly good at sports or any other thing that can bring them closer to other kids. They get bullied easily not so much physically but emotionally... The emotional part is more common in Nigeria that the physical part. Never liked by girls, hardly ever invited to hangouts or any other thing the other kids do, usually very sad but we all turn out okay in the end. And yeah i used we so i do belong here, well when i was in secondary school anyway, it was a rough, tough time indeed.
Hopefully y'all remember I used a secondary school setting. And all of this has just been me trying to come up with my first article here, hopefully I see some positive comments on this, could be negative lool, cause at this point I'm still just down for the comments
Not to worry I'd make better articles as I move along. Thanks for reading
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