Emmagined:Hello Brain!!!

Brain:How are you my good man?

Emmagined:am good, hey you don't sound too bright,are you alright?

Brain:Hmm,i am my friend, i am only pondering...

Emmagined:oh ok...how to take over the world abi?

Brain:lol, yes, as usual, and some other things as well..

Emmagined:oh ok, care to share your thoughts??

Brain:hmm...well its just that it marvels me how so many of us are preoccupied with ourselves in this modern times..its all

about ME, ME, ME...

Emmagined:Ha!!! yes ooo, we have to be ooo, in this jungle of life...its survival of the fittest ooo

Brain:agreed it is...but at what cost?? our morals, our values, our conscience?

Emmagined:hmmmmm...na so e be oo my brother...if you can't beat them.....

Brain:its a shame...sometimes my heart bleeds for my dear nation..where are we headed

Emmagined:bros do you want to go down that lane??...in truth, do we really have a national identity as Nigerians?? we are

quick to first identify with our individual tribes and ethnicity before our nationality..

Brain:hmmm...i feel you...like i said once, you never cease to amaze me sometimes with what you have upstairs...hey did you

hear the statement accredited to a one time leader of this nation with regards to the next presidential elections??

Emmagined:Mscheeeww...emmagine ooo(i mean imagine..lol)...see a leader of great influence making such callous statements,all

in the name of wanting to rule...hmm the crave for power!!!

Brain:hmmm...please lets talk of better things jare, like you said, lets not go down that lane..so hows life treating you??

Emmagined:ha!! you know me now, i am thankful and grateful oo, yes there are challenges all around, but i am ALIVE ooo...and

only the living can praise God.

Brain:thats really good to hear.

Emmagined:ha, yes oo...i used to complain, and whine and be downcast because of my needs, wants and lack, but now i know

better..

Brain:See, if any human being wakes up in the morning hail and hearty, healthy and complete and hisses or starts to complain

about challenges or needs or what they lack, or even hunger, and doesn't say THANK YOU to his/her Creator...that person

is an INGRATE!!! Your attitude to life first thing in the morning indicates the value you place on it compared to other

things.

Emmagined:hmmm, you are right...it is a privilege to get up every morning.

Brain:how many people realize that? SEE IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND YOU HAVE NOT THANKED YOUR MAKER FOR GIVING YOU THE

OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THIS DAY, YOU HAD BETTER CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE!!!

Emmagined:Bros cool down oo, no be me and you dey discuss?? who you come dey talk to now??

Brain:mschheeww, no vex jare...its just sad that a lot of people lack understanding and carry challenges like burdens..its so

easy for you to hear virtually everyone complaining about this or that.yes its not easy, its not easy for anyone and am not

saying one should not think about his challenges...but STOP carrying it like a burden,or avoiding them by indulging.. if it

feels too heavy for you and theres no one to help, give the load to GOD..open your HEART!!!

Emmagined:bros na who vex you na??

Brain:hahahahah, its not like that my friend, sometimes you just want to shake people into realizing that theres much more to

life than having or not having things...some people are worse off, so be grateful, also aspire, work towards and pray to be

like those that are better off, instead of comparing yourself to them and complaining..

Emmagined:i hear you sir, like you handle all your own challenges perfectly?

Brain:far from it, it is only by the GRACE OF GOD oo, and i also say all these things to also admonish myself as well..

Emmagined:thank God oo

Brain:Amen, ehen, on a lighter note, its the Champion league final tonight between Chelsea and Bayern Munich...hope its gonna

be a hell of a game

Emmagined:i hope so too ooo,may the better team carry the day...

Brain:yeah...so we talk later abi...

Emmagined:yes sir...later

Emmagined:Hello Brain

Brain:How have you been mate?

Emmagined:Oh!! i can't complain boss..

Brain:Thats good to hear, i guess things are really groovy with you then?

Emmagined:Ha!!! to the contrary ooo!!! i have only adopted a positive way of thinking, since i have been discussing with you,

i have learnt to count my blessings and be grateful for what i have, and hope and pray for what i lack...because the truth is

that things could be worse...

Brain:Wow!!!!i really am very impressed

Emmagined:awww, abeg no make me blush ooo...

Brain:Mscheew, yeye dey worry you...

Emmagined:you see, you too are beginning to impress me, you don dey scatter pidgin wella....lol

Brain:hahahaha....abi ooo

Emmagined:Heeee!!!did you watch the last games of the premiership this weekend!!!!

Brain:Yes I did, kudos to Manchester City

Emmagined:Wow, what suspense, what drama,....until the last blas of the whistle...

Brain:i know...hey,did you learn anything from the games though?

Emmagined:Ummm, you don come again ooo, abi na trick question??

Brain:No o, its just a normal question, personally i try to learn lessons from everything that happens..

Emmagined:Hmmmm....ok...let me have a go...Man City nearly lost the league until the last few minutes of the game...infact in

added time

Brain:Yes, and does it relate to anything for you?

Emmagined:Oh!!!! now i see where you're going...never say never....UNTIL ITS OVER

BrainSMILES)...good....did you see the reaction of fans, the manager etc as at 90 mins in the game, there was even a fan

punching the stands seriously, some were crying...thats the natural human instinct, to lose control and think its over when

its not over yet...

Emmagined:Ha!!! bros the tension was too much, what did you expect, abeg e no easy oooo

Brain:True, so true, but in such times, the question is what do you put your FAITH in? in man? in friends? in family? because

the truth is we all face such times in our different lives,where its like its all over already, when its not...what makes the

differnce is who or what we put our FAITH in at such times....

Emmagined:Hmm, its natural to depend on man or friends or family at such times na

Brain:true, but what if they dissappoint, which is very possible

Emmagined:Ha!!!! na die be that ooo

Brain:thats for you ooo, as for me i put my FAITH in my GOD, who i know has never and will never disappoint...

Emmagined:Hmm, but na only Man City dey pray to God? Man Utd fans sef no dey pray...

Brain:Umm, i stopped talking about footy a while ago mate...am talking about life, only uing the football as an inference

Emmagined:hehehehe, i know na, i just dey wind u na...lol

Brian:hahahah, nice one

Emmagined:so hows ur week going?

Brain:so far so good, like you said earlier, i can't complain.Hey did you know that the leg bones of a bat is so thin that

they cant walk

Emmagined:Wow!! so bats can't walk??

Brain:nope, but guess what, bats are the only mammals that can fly

Emmagined:Wow, hey how do you know all this?

Brain:just information i pick up here and there, anyways the connection for me from both facts is that we all have our

weaknesses just like that fact that the bat can't walk, but also we possess strenghts as well that can make us outstanding

like the fact that the bat is the only mammal that can fly, all we have to do is look inwards, study ourselves and discover

our strengths and excel....

Emmagined:Hmm Word boss

Brain:On a lighter note though, thank God for NEPA, oh sorry they are called PHCN now right??

Emmagined:nawetin dem call themselves ooo, wetin happen??

Brain:well there has been better supply of light since the weekend..

Emmagined:HA!!! you sef chop am abi....na WASH ooo, oya talk true, dem bring bill or not after the light better small...oya

wait small make u pay bill then u go know wether na improvement....mscheeww...na proper FORMAT!!!

Brain:HAHAHAHAHAHA, you are right, i got a bill yesterday, Monday...hmmm, well lets hope and pray.Anyway, i gotta run, i need

to go do what we do every other day

Emmagined:whats that Brain??

Brain:Plan to take over the world...talk to ya l8r

Emmagined:Aight, One Bro....

Emmagined: Hello Brain!!!

Brain: E no easy o, oo oo oo oo

Emmagined:heheheh, so you sef know that song...Baba God na Your handwork oo

Brain:I can't complain, all glory to God

Emmagined:So what are we doing today, Brain

Brain:same thing we do everyday, plan to take over the world

Emmagined:ok ok, you think about that, and i'll just jabber on...

Brain: hmmm, jabber, that reminds me of an old cartoon, JABBERJAWS....mmm, nostalgia...

Emmagined:heheheh, you remember that...hehehehhe, you don old ooo

Brain:sshhhhh!!! SHUT IT....thats privileged information...

Emmagined:heheheh, are you ashamed of your age??

Brain:No, not in anyway, still, one does not go flaunting one's age about..lets drop it

Emmagined:Anyways, lets even thank God that we are alive and kicking

Brain:you are right..its the little things in life that matter

Emmagined:yes oo!!! we are quick to count the numerous things we lack....when the most important things are given to us

freely as a gift each day...the tangible, permanent things in life that cannot be bought...life, good health, laughter,

love...

Brain:Wow!!! are you really the one saying all this??

Emmagined:ok oo...dey there, the fact i play around does not mean i am clueless...i count my blessings and am grateful for

every single one..

Brain:Preach brother, PREACH!!

Emmagined:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Brain:hmmm, laughter sounds good to the ears and the soul...

Emmagined:thank God...so whats been going on with you na?

Brain:Oh!!, nothing much oo, just the usual..life issues, news news news...football, politics, state of the nation etc

Emmagined:i feel you...and most of the news we hear nowadays is bad or discouraging,both generally and personnally

Brain:I understand...everywhere you turn to is the same thing

Emmagined:My brother, no be small thing..its like everything dey upside down..

Brain:Hmm...i feel you, but..

Emmagined:But what, abi you dey code for me say things rough??

Brain:not at all oo, its just that "BAD NEWS IS NOT THE FINAL NEWS"

Emmagined: umm...meaning

Brain:meaning, whatever news surrounds you at the moment is not the final news in your life story, there are much more

glorious and better times and news to come your way.

Emmagined: AMEN OO!!!

Brain:its true bro. OK, think about your life so far, have there been times before, when things were really bad, or that you

had challenges, and it felt like it was the end of the world??

Emmagined:hmm, i can mention a few times like that

Brain:Great, so what happened to those challenges or trying times?

Emmagined:By the Grace of God, those times are stories now ooo

Brain:My point exactly, whatever trying times you have been through in the past eventually "PASSED"....so whatever you are

going through at the moment, or whatever news surrounds you, will also eventually PASS...

Emmagined:Hmmm,AMEN ooo...thanks bro

Brain:My pleasure..but me sef dey claim am to ooo...

Emmagined:AMEn for us all....

Brain:on a lighter note...kudos to Chelsea FC...what a season it has been for them...FA cup winners and UCL finalists...

Emmagined:Na wetin u been dey talk na...see during the season e be like say em no go fit achieve anything this season, things

were woeful for them, both on and off the pitch, na so so bad news...but today all that na story now..

Brain:Wow!!! you really learn fast for a pea brain..

Emmagined:na you sabi, grammer no be my language...me i kuku wan do small waka...we go relate later na

Brain:Alright, all the very best

Emmagined:You too....cheers

Emmagined:Hey Brain!!!

Brain:HOw na? you alright?

Emmagined:Hehehehe, yes ooo...what are we doing today?

Brain:The same thing we do everyday...give God the glory

Emmagined:Hmmm...yes ooo, thank you God for us seeing today and being in good health...

Brain:Amen.

Emmagined:Hey did you see the games yesterday...Up Man Utd!!!!

Brain:Football??!! yes i caught a glimpse of the games...with the rate at which officials are making blunders these days, one begins to wonder...

Emmagined:hehehe, till you turn to wanderer...abeg leave that thing winning na winning...

Brain:true, but at what cost...football is followed passionately world wide, and theres also a lot of money and betting involved, it affects a lot of lives positively or negatively, so........

Emmagined:Bros abeg, its too ealry in the week for you to start getting serious over football, abeg...

Brain:Ok what should we get serious about..

Emmagined:Ehn (Scratching neck)

Brain:Why u been scratching ur neck, i noticed it??

Emmagined:Bros na heat rashes ooo, heat every where and no light

Brain:Hmmm,its really sad, the situation of light in this country

Emmagined:Mscheew...no mind Goodluck, no mind OBJ all of them just dey chop money left and right, dem no tackle light palaver

Brain:Its really sad, but sha theres light at the end of every tunnel

Emmagined:Ha!! bros this Nigerian tunnel long die and i no sure say e get end, not to talk of light

Brain:Hmm...i know it seems bad today, but lets look on the brighter side,steps are been taken for improvement, even though they are tiny baby steps, but theres a saying, that Rome ws not built in a day

Emmagined:Bros leave that thing, since dem born me i don dey shout UP NEPA, pikins wey dem born 3 yrs ago wey dey talk sef don dey shout UP NEPA....wheres the hope??

Brain:Theres always hope my brother....also, like i said, tiny baby steps are being taken, like for instance the Federal Government has initiated a regulatory body for the power sector.

Emmagined: and so??

Brain: well i was listening to the chairman, a certain Dr. and he sounded like he knew what he was talking about, at least the regulatory body will bring confidence for whoever wants to invest in the subsector, knowing that they will not be at the mercy of government policies; just like NCC in the Telecoms industry...any start at all is a start oo, and the prayer is that saboteurs will not scamper the efforts being put in place...

Emmagined:Amen oo

Brain:We need prayers in this country...too many things upside down

Emmagined:no be small...hmmm, e just even remind me of one gist like that


Brain: Gist away...

Emmagined: Na me and some young nigerians dey talk o, na im one of dem say na God save am, say hin been go drink with one of hin friends...and on their way back the friend slump for road..

Brain:Oh my....hope he could help him out

Emmagined:For where....the guy say hin take off!!!! say who wan carry dead body!!

Brain:Oh my gosh!!!

Emmagined:dey there dey gosh, hin no lie now...who wan carry the case for head, hin go end up as police property, for this our country

Brain:Hmmm, its sad, no form of proper investigation, autopsy, forensics etc, in cases of death in this country

Emmagined:Ha!!! you are on your own oo...no be wetin happen with my egon brother be that? hin get small altercation with someone wey lead to the death, hours after ooo, whether na im be the true cause of death will not be determined by Nigeria Police, now he is incacerated....

Brain:wow, so whats the situation now??

Emmagined:i no get the details bros, but na only prayer person fit pray for am, to come out of the case na by God's grace...

Brain:God help us all

Emmagined: A M E N!!!!

Brain:well, on a lighter note, am feeling so much better than i did yesterday..

Emmagined:Oh, so you don sort out wetin been dey disturb you yesterday??

Brain:by the grace of God, things are better today..

Emmagined:ThanK God oo

Brain:A M E N !!!!!!!!!

Emmagined: YesBoss!!! Wa gwan?

BrainYawns)...how are you today?hope you are good

Emmagined:Yes O!! we go thank Baba God

Brain:Oh!! thats cool, hope you had a blessed time

Emmagined:yes oo, but wait y u come sound suprised, like say i no fit go service??

Brain:sorry dint mean it like that, its just th...

Emmagined:wareva mate, abeg forget that one, wetin dey, i just dey groove during praise and worship...even if person no get

person go praise God na...

Brain: Yeah, i saw you....

Emmagined:You looked distant sef, ehen, i noticed, wetin happen...

Brain:was it that obvious??, never mind, just had a lot on my mind as usual

Emmagined:hehehe...thats why ur name na Brain na...so wetin been dey ur mind??

Brain: Hmmmph...never mind its well...ehen i said i had gist for you from yesterday..

Emmagined: Yes ooo, Mr Gbeborun...

Brain: Excuse me!!!, Mscheeww anyways i remember we were talking about how to change our current situation, well the gist is

about what i noticed just on the streets, that kinda suggests that a lot of people are not happy about their situations

Emmagined: Yes, yes i remember...

Brain: i was driving; with a friend and madam in the car; past a bunch of okada riders at a busstop when we distinctly heard

a girl shout out "Na your mama be ashawo!!!!"

Emmagined: hahaha, see lagos..olokada ati alashawo..hahahaha

Brain:am glad you see the humour, but in closer analysis we were first suprised that we could hear what she said over all the

traffic noise and all, and also the pain in her voice...

Emmagined:Huh!!(head scratching)..pain? dem hit her ni

Brain:apparently not, the pain in her voice as a respone to wateva was said or done to her was a clear indication that she

was hurt.

Emmagined:um ok, am trying to get you...

Brain: Truth Hurts

Emmagined: hmmmmm....oh ok, so they must have called her an ashawo, and because it was the truth she responded in hurt

Brain:Wow....you never cease to suprise me...

Emmagined:Haba, how

Brain: never mind..back to what we were saying, so they had apparently called her an ashawo, and because it was true, she

responded out of hurt...

Emmagined:oga i don know that one already na..

Brain:no vex, well for me i believe that she responded out of hurt, because she cared about what was said about her.if it

wasnt the truth or if she din't care, she would have shrugged the comment off...

Emmagined:you have a point ooo

Brain:so what does that tell you...

Emmagined:Kai!!! assignment...ok wait i will get this one.......hmmmmmm,....hmmmmmm...I GET IT....she is not happy doing what

she is doing?

Brain: (on feet clapping)..we might yet make something out of you

Emmagined: Excuse me!!!

Brain:Sorry....back to our gist, my friend it is not an easy thing for a girl to open her legs for any and all men for

money...have you asked yourself what influences made such a person make choices to become an ashawo??

Emmagined:Hmmph..

Brain:Its not easy for anyone...we all have our crosses to bear....

Emmagined:No be lie you talk bros...if mesef start my own owu story, you go open mouth

Brain:Yes i know....anyways my point is everybody get issues and challenges, its how you respond to the that matters..the

choices you make given whatever influences and circumstances surround you

Emmagined:True, so how are you handling what was disturbing you earlier on...

Brain:Hmmmm....thanks for the talk, we'll talk again later, i need go sort myself out

Emmagined:Ha!!! see yourself, dont be a hypocrite ooo

Brain:I'll try not to, really, thanks for the talk, we see later..

Emmagined:OK oo bros, i no like how you dey go like this ooo, but l8r now

Brain:Cheers

Emmagined: Guy how far?

Brain: Am good....i just feel like pondering

Emmagined: hmm, i hear you, copy cat

Brain: Um, how do you mean?

Emmagined: well this style of writing has been used by Reuben Abati, and also i sense you're trying to also copy the popular

cartoon; "Pinky and the brain"

Brain: wateva, sue me...after all, this is my very first attempt at trying anything even close to blogging, and i need to

have a style init?

Emmagined: init ko init ni, sha you are on your own

Brain: Ok, so where do we start to do our pondering na?

Emmagined: Good question, theres loads to ponder, make person know where e go start from and have direction, so we no go turn

to ponderer.....(femi kuti...grins..me sef dey copy)

Brain: I feel u, cos if we start to ponder about the many issues and challenges of our dear nation and how it affects

everyday survival we go write books.....

Emmagined: Omo gba ooo...

Brain:Um, well i guess my gut is telling me to just ponder about everyday life issues and decisions we make and how they

affect the outcome of our lives

Emmagined: Guy....are you pondering what am pondering??

Brain:So who is the copy cat now?

Emmagined:wetin i for do, we either learn from ourselves or from others

Brain: true talk.....so to answer your question...

Emmagined: Yes ooo, my question....are you pondering what am pondering...

Brain: Yes, the same thing we do every night, try to take over the world....

Emmagined: Ha!!! take over the world ke, u mean something like Bill Gates...Enu re fe ooo (your mouth wide oo)

Brain: true, its a tall ambition, but does Bill Gates have 2 heads? He's as human as we are so anything is possible

Emmagined: I hear you...na so e easy

Brain:I dint say its easy,and neither did i say you have to be like Bill Gates, am only saying its possible to make a

positive difference in your own way, and by so doing, you can rule your world.

Emmagined:hmmm....oro le so(true talk). but wait ooo, talk is cheap you know

Brain:true, very true....but change and success comes from putting the pieces of life's puzzle in proper place

Emmagined:Iwe!!!!(book)...which one are you talking about now?

Brain: ok wait, have you ever gotten to the point where it seems everything around you is negative,nothing seems to be going

right, like the rapper legend said, me against the world....

Emmagined:Hia, before nko, na wa for you oo

Brain:cool, the question is what is your disposition in times like that?

Emmagined: na wah for you ooo, the normal tendency is to complain and whine and pray and hope that things get better

Brain: Typical...but do you realize that wherever we are at present is a consequence of the influences from our past and the

choices we made..

Emmagined: Em, em, well (scratching head)...you have a point, but how that one wan change person condition na?

Brain: well if our present is a result of our past influences and choices, its only logical that our tomorrow will be based

on the influences and decisions of today..

Emmagined:kai, i don dey confuse....u mean??

Brain:simply put, wetin go happen tomorrow depend on wetin u do today

Emmagined: okay i get you now, but bros no motivation, no shin shin, no help, how things wan take change.

Brain:Hmmm....its not easy, but the truth is the truth, if you are not satisfied with where you are at present then it means

wateva you are doing and choices you are making at present is not good enough to change your present condition, so why not

try something else

Emmagined:Like what, Babalawo

Brain:[/b]if you feel thats going to help you, its your CHOICE...remember i said INFLUENCES and CHOICES

[b]Emmagined: Ok, ok...so not babalawo...how person wan take better hin condition

Brain:[/b]Well change first and foremost starts within ourselves....like i said before if your present condition is a function of

the influences and choices you keep making, ask yourself, what are those things that influence me at present, what do i

surround myself with that make me make the choices i have till date,that has resulted in my present condition, wouldnt it be

wise to change those influences to see if things could be better?

[b]Emmagined:hmmmmm, i dey feel you bro

Brain:as long as say you dey reason wetin i talk, feel away...ok seriously, have you.....oh no...my alarm , sorry we continue

this conversation tomorrow, gotta go to the gym..

Emmagined: which kain thing be that one na? you whet my appetite come wan va??

Brain: really sorry but gotta run, sha consider the little i have said so far, we yarn tomorro, i even have gist for you...

EmmaginedSMILES) ...Gbe bo run (gossip)...no wahala, tomorrow