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The King of Pop himself! Mj was born and brought up in those white houses. It was just so ironical that someone as great as MJ grew up in these streets, I saw the school he attended, I saw the place he and his siblings had their first concerts. The sad thing about it all was that as rich as MJ was, his "village" was basically in ruins.

I was in awe at being so close to where someone as great as MJ was born but at the same time, I was sad he didn't do enough to help his neighborhood. In the end, it was a bitter-sweet feeling.

RIP Mj, but you no carry your people along,

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Killing Time

Today, having a lot of spare time on my hands, I, my siblings and Uncle went on a little "tour" of IL. Being the one driving, he told us that he would take us somewhere surprising. Oya na, we enter moto dey go. He later hinted us that we were going to Indiana, which was like an hr's drive from our own neighborhood.

After a short while, we arrived at one beatdown neighborhood, lots of vacant/abandoned houses and shops, bad roads and all. We kept driving, bad roads, abandoned houses, graffiti disfigured fences were popping up everywhere. At a point, we noticed one particular road that was just redone. Guess whose house the road leads to?


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Please, check out the blog here: https://yankeexperience./ and vote on whether a black background or white background would be better. Poll is on Page 44.

electronic:
Nice observation..... White text would stand out from the black I guess. But Frank would have to troubleshoot with all the templates to finally settle for something everyone would appreciate.

@FrankNetter please try to be different and creative........ I have subscribed self ...

Remember growth is gradual so focus on content for now...

Creativity is my middle name bro

Don't believe me, just watch.

check out the blog here
https://yankeexperience.

if you like the White background hit like


voting ends by noon (12:00 pm) on the 7th of February, 2017.

check out the blog here
https://yankeexperience.

if you like the Black background, kindly hit like


voting ends by noon (12:00 pm) on the 7th of February, 2017.

Ademat7:
FrankNetter
D content is cool,a blogger friend said white should hv been d background while black or any color is used for the text(visual matter was his reason)

chika12345:
The blog is cool.
Don't change any bloody color, its okay like that

its like we would vote on this.

Ademat7:
Email: Adematinfo@gmail.com
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check out the blog and drop your thoughts, Thanks.

Who are these ones? What are they popular for?

slimmy2005:
Change your background to white.

Any particular reason?

electronic:
Blog link or URL pls.

still in progress though.

https://yankeexperience./

Blend in? or Stand out?


So, over the weekend, on saturday precisely, I and my younger brother went to have our hair cuts at the same barbing saloon. The procedure is: walk in, hang up your coat, walk straight down to the counter, check out the pricelist, make your choice of cut(s), pay up and wait for your haircut.
As I stated earlier, the saloon is run mostly by blacks. Being dark skinned myself, I didn't notice any funny looks the first time I was there.

On this occasion, I did exactly what I thought was normal, hang coat, pay, sit and wait.

I guess you all know the superbowl was played last night, Its a BIG deal in the USA here. While waiting, I was playing scrabble on my phone and I totally ignored my surroundings. After some minutes, my younger brother who was seated beside me tapped me and pointed forward -my turn had reached.

About 10minutes into having my haircut, I casually observed what was going on around me, it was then I noticed that everyone was engaged in a superbowl/trump conversation, both the barbers and those having haircuts; it was basically a one-big-happy-family moment. that's when it dawned on me that I wasn't participating in the conversation.

The whole situation was beginning to look like I was basically snubbing everybody and "carrying shoulder up".

I was, at that point, left with two decisions:

Join in the conversation, air my views with my nigerian accent and blend in
Finish what you started and continue to ignore everyone


What do you guys feel I should have done?

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guys, check out the blog, its still in progress though. Constructive criticisms are highly welcome.
https://yankeexperience./

Ademat7:
Franknetter Y not create a blog? Like ur simplicity in writing and lastly think of what can help Nigeria in terms of information (.PDF .mp3 .mp4 format) u can send back home

How do I contact you bro?

lolawilliams:
You're the one whose team blew their lead. How can a team blow a 28-3 lead, this is more than the Warriors chokeblow

Yeah. Twas an entertaining game though, i really enjoyed it.

akpamuomenka:
You are the one that is brainwashed.

Did Jesus use email, phone, computer, did Jesus marry?.

Do catholic priests marry? Zombie.

Watch how brainwashed religious puppets come and attack him. All he said is the truth though.

therealchase:
Lol bro trust me it was. Jah was in control I was just worrying too much

That's how it always is

Come chop pizza o

bodescous:
Thanks bro@ FrankNetter

You're welcome

bodescous:
Awaiting their website.... Also how many days did it take you to do all these?Thank you.

I thought I posted it. my bad. Here it is: http://www.qlifefamilyclinic.com/

It took us 3-4days to complete ours.

electronic:
See as I dey smile like comedy...

COrrect guy, how body?

austino677:
will the blog be as real.. Its Here on nairaland.. ... I don't visit travel blog because of fake write up at times to get traffic..... I would have loved the way its real here... Just saying... .

My blog wont be just another travel blog (I can assure you that). It wont even be a travel blog bro.

bodescous:
. FrankNetter,how did d medicals go?I.learnt its for three days?Can shed some light how can one have a stress free process of it especially a person that doesn't reside in Lagos...Prompt response would be highly appreciated.Thank you.

Yeah, from what I can remember, you would run some tests, blood test, eye test and the rest. Your blood samples would be taken for HIV and Hepatitis screening (amongst others), then you would be given some immunization shots. We did ours at Qlife Family clinic located in VI, Lagos. Here's their website.

Blog is up and running. Copying content... Special thanks to a friend for nudging me in the right direction.

therealchase:
What's it like? Any tips? Mine is scheduled for next week so anxious

just seeing this now bro. How was it? Hope your interview was a success.

therealchase:
Lol wetin the babe do? My cousin said most Nigerian babes act that way too.

Just drop the link to your blog once its created.

You can tell us your name or your nick cox everyone Is already addressing you as frank

Yeah, that's true. I will reveal my name shortly. beyonce style

therealchase:
Thanks, it would be Massachusetts.

Alright bro. safe flight.

So no post for us? We all are eager.

that naija-american girl I took her number is a freak

I dey come sha. Lemme set up my blog, then I'll post more updates. For now, let's all just chat and get along.


and yeah, my name is not Frank.

I'm finding it hard picking a domain for my blog.

Osahon7:
@FRANKNETTER Thank you for this thread, I actually read every comment on this 40 page thread, God bless you bro
but I will say, to me oo, you should have finished med school first before leaving oo, Nigeria is a Hell yes we agree,but it's actually the cheapest place to get a professional education before emigration ,Getting a Medical Degree in US is Money,a lot of Competitions,Huge Student loans etc You and I know how much Medical professionals rack in per month in the US. and you can't compare Jobs like Medical Doctors, Dentist,Nurses and Pharmacist with ANY Computer or IT JObs.Except you never had the passion to be a Doctor though . Am a student Dentist still in medical school here in Nigeria , am finishing Next year December by God's Grace, my Dreams is going to US to have my chains of Dental Clinics.
I wish you all the best my brother! the God that did yours will do mine when am ready to leave the Zoo in Jesus Name.

Lol. You have no idea.

I had spent 5+ years in Med school (4years Pre-clinical, 1year+ Clinical), I can boldly say i never failed any exam. I didn't know my date of graduation, all efforts to switch to another federal school ended in futility, strike everywhere (Resident doctors strike, Johesu strike, assu strike, ssanu strike and all) coupled with everyday naija frustration.

in the midst of all this brouhaha, my bread was buttered with this, and you feel I should have stayed back in nigeria? to do what exactly?

therealchase:
This an awesome thread @franknetter kindly update from time to time to stop keeping us in suspense lol. Attended my u.s immigrant interview today it was fast and approved should be in the States latest first week in March.

COngrats bro. Where would you be based? What state?

What's happening guys?

Yo! i don show!