₦airaland Forum

AjanleKoko:
Ehen.
So we can safely assume . . . 

You have to focus on the "waist to hip" ratio!  38-24-38 creates an hourglass shape.  Anyway, I hate you now.    You're eliminated from my pool of possible best friend replacements. 

naijababe:
  Oh, WTH 

Naijababe's measurement: 32-30-34. hahahahaha

naijababe:
^    . Just wrote all on a piece of paper and watched as a nearby dog chewed it. (keeping the bankcard pin, will most definitely come in handy some day, in fact an ex-friend might be paying for a round the world eating expedition soon. Hahahahahah, hohohohoho!!!)

You and your rabid dog better commot for road so we can see better class of people.

AjanleKoko:
38?

Shush!  Am just doing an hourglass shape.  You don't know mine   

naijababe:
Was never under wraps!!!

I, NAIJABABE OF DA GRANITE CITY RENOUNCE ISALE GANGAN, OKE GANGAN, ARIN GANGAN AND EVERY CONCIEVABLE GANGAN FROM THIS DAY, HOUR AND FOREVER TILL THY KINGDOM! IN FACT I DECLARE MY ONLY FRIEND TO NOW BE MZ POTATO, ABI NA YAM OR GARRI (what moniker does she go by these days sef? ). Whistling to romance section to go and see new friend 

Daaaaaammmmmnnnnn!!!  Is there an interjection greater than the exclamation mark?!  Dayuum!  That was fast.  Doheem!  And she got a replacement lined up!  Snakes alive!   

Woman!!!, Lose my number. Lose my YIM, my MSN, my GMail, my ZIP code, my measurements 38-24-38 (? lol), my bankcard pin, my eye color, my other passwords. . .

Katsumoto:
You looking for trouble??

Can you handle when I bring it?   

  Not me.    Sounded like you were ready for a fight 5 mins ago, but. . .

Katsumoto:
Awori chick, whats my own with this now. I was rooting for the gunners to win. I always do when the REDS don't have a chance. lol

You had to find a reason for us not to get along. Damn, you are a manure fan.  You have bragging rights for now but your reign is coming to an end. Your gum chewing manager is going to retire soon and manure will have less effect on refs.   

Katsumoto, are you fighting? lol. 

In defense of myself: At no time have I made fun of Wenger,  Arsenal or Arsenal fans and their current travails.  That one time with Debosky doesn't count!  He had it coming.   

naijababe:
^ Now, I hate you. In fact I take back all my admiration / respeck for you.    [size=20pt](leaves thread angrily and slams a door for effect with smoke coming outta ears)[/size]



Isale & Katz, you two better keep shtum on this one!!!!! 

You all see the real naijababe she's been keeping under wraps?  So glad you could be here to witness it too!

naijababe:
Takes a little break to laugh  . [size=20pt]Now back to vexing[/size]   

Thank you jare, at least better pesins still dey for this thread

Again, Isale! Not a word from you!!!

I may be a clueless ajebo with embarrassingly low knowledge of all the things naijababe holds dear (scoff!), and minimal knowledge of Sharia, but I do know that it only takes 3 expressed feelings of dissapointment for a divorce to be valid.  One more time of you chastising me and I'll be on the lookout for a new friend.

You know what, JUNK it!

NOTICE: FRIENDSHIP REQUEST!
I am very much in the mood for a true friend.  Submit your qualifications, specifically touching on your ability to be loyal, supportive and, most important, not subjecting Isale to public ridicule on a thread where others (haters  ) can see.  All you need to know about me is that I am the total package - perfect in every way.   You should be so lucky to be me or to be around me. 

P.S.
Angry women residing in UK need not apply.

The following are also ruled out: Fake Lagosians! Fake Lagosian Aworis who later confess they are Ijebu! People with raging tempers! ANGRY BITTER Arse fans (calm ones are welcome)! Crazy Arse fans who reside in Scotland (regular crazies are welcome of course)! People who monopolize my personal time to provide feedback on posts instead of heaping praises on me in my thread like a true friend would! Anyone (angry chicks) with names beginning with N!  More exemptions to come.

I never liked OBJ from the moment I laid eyes on him on TV.  Something in my childsoul saw him for what he is.  The old fart is rotten to the core.  But, what can we do now. 

naijababe:
Thank you jare, Osa Meji certainly does not apply to a septugenarian
Sounds like an ace idea. I must warn you sha, some of those that dared in the past got charred  . She can be a raging fire (silent evil laugh)

You sound like an Iya Aje, witchy woman.   I don't know you from Adam! 

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=652166.msg8198726#msg8198726 date=1303704262]Awori Eko + Awori Ogun + Osun + Oyo + Ondo + Ekiti + Edo + maybe Itsekiri + Nupe = Accepted

The only reject is OBJ, Odu'a koo towo tese [/quote]Anyway, who in monkey hell is Seanet02 and why has he stolen all my (fair-weather) friends?  O ga o.  Ile aiye le gan ni! 

OAM4J:
BTW, I thought you are an Awori girl from my babaland in Eko Ile.

That's what I thought too o. Gotta keep your eye on this one.

Kilode,

Walls have ears, o jare.  This place is crawling with Arsenal fans.  You don't want their trouble; they'll descend on us like locusts. 

That was actually an attempt to commiserate with our unfortunate brethren.  Take heart, all you Gunners, ya hear. 

BTW, what's your team?
P.S. I'm guessing Red Devils. So, you and Katsumoto (Reds) s/b natural enemies. lol

[quote author=we_dee link=topic=653679.msg8198159#msg8198159 date=1303692509][size=15pt]Politics Section's Top 11 Political Brains[/size]

1. kobojunkie vs ezeuche vs jason123 vs dayokanu vs andre uweh vs dem people vs Alj harem (vying for 1st - 7th position)

8. ekt bear vs udezue vs ileki -idi (vying for 8th position)

11. onlytruth

Losing Margin: 0.01.

I maybe wrong. Correct where necessary. [/quote]"Political Brains"? 

Must you continue to make lists when it is obvious, and you yourself admit, that you are not familiar enough with the posters to do so?  And you repeatedly plead for validation!  Please stop.  I didn't know you until 10 minutes ago, but you're going on my list of Most Annoying Politics Section Poster (an award previously reserved for EZEUCHE. lol).  I hope you're happy.  

ola olabiy:
Begged.

And you stopped. And earned my respect, too.

But, you are a nice lady.

I like your thread; the laid-back approach (not formal).
It's educative. What about your (and Naijababe) positive depiction of my Yoruba culture? Hmm.
Take care.

Thanks for appreciating the thread. 

hey! psst! i never said this, but. . . "naijababe is no good." pass it on. 

Footy Footy Footy!

Click here http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4d98f75ea355f to see the moment Ghana knocked-out USA from 2010 World Cup.  Brutal.  I saw tears.    Not from me, of course.  Ghana rocks! 

15 minutes left till end of rebroadcast of match.

ola olabiy:
Hi. Isale, I am a fan of your thread. I have been enjoying it from Day1. Keep it up.

Naijababe, too.
Good job.

Memories

Hahahaha.  Really?   What's the thread about?    How's it gonna end?

Are you the one that scolded me that time in that other thread for being mean to Junkie, that evil troll? 

Whatever bad day you're having pales in comparison to this guy's.   

[flash=400,360]http://www.youtube.com//v/ENLr2GwgYWs[/flash]

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=653468.msg8195424#msg8195424 date=1303663256]see what stubborness has caused him now.he was only a vice-president in his dream and vision.pathetic[/quote]He lost nothing!  The resignation idea that was proffered was untenable for any self-respecting man.

(edited: not personal.)

No one in his right mind would aqcuiesce to such a demand.  They thought because the Bakare guy is a minister, he is also a buffoon?  Imagine being elected as VP and then tending your resignation within days?  Dude would have looked like a quitter and an even bigger nutjob. I wouldn't resign from VP of the primary school students group, not to talk of VP of the largest country in Africa! 

Interesting video.  They even mention 2 of my all-time favourites in the title.  

http://vimeo.com/19300495
Return Of The Mecca: Islam and Hip-Hop from Rumi to Rakim Promotional Video

Hearing a lot about the troubles in the north. Talked to someone in Lagos today: some concern about fighting in Ibadan?

https://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205734_10150157098957639_712412638_6852956_3691422_s.jpg

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=649507.msg8157043#msg8157043 date=1303145951]You can't run away from karma.what you sow is what you'd reap.cheikena[/quote]The fact is, if she had jetted out of there like most spouses of politicians would, instead of honoring her vow and standing beside her husband despite bombs raining down and men with guns at the door, she wouldn't have suffered this.  It's really unconscionable.  And they already "surrendered" too.  Deplorable conduct.  We do not need this kind of image of Africans making the rounds.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg8171549#msg8171549 date=1303304816]^^ The British are a very primitive people.[/quote]lol.  Kilode, you're too cute.  What can I say?  You're still on this theme, huh? 

Well, I don't hold most of those views. . .

I wish Prince Williams and His future Queen (whose name I can't remember right now) a very happy married life and peaceful reign.

Tradition is cool

I am a Monarchist.  Especially when it comes to our own (tradition).   

Nevertheless, I meant every word in my post. 

AjanleKoko:
Hmm. I happen to think William is better looking. Even as a young prince, Charles looked diabetic and boring.
I tip Will to be the one with the action.

I meant Personality-wise.  Way duller than Charles ever was.

Is it by force to give a fig about the doggone royal wedding?!  Stop forcing that crap down our throats, please!  The couple is not interesting!  Prince Charles was a rock star compared to his dowdy charmless son. Ugh!  And the girl is a bag of bones.  Seriously, they have less-than-zero charisma individually and even less when put together.  How in the world is that possible?!  Maybe its just a different time sha.  But it all just seems so forced.  I'm trying to watch morning news and I'm getting PR crap about this nonsense.  I mean, I'll even take a vile venal corpulent disgraced Fergie over these mannequins!

/rant

ssumpta:
How old are you? A husband was once a guy remember?? This is why some girls remain single at 30. Then they start blaming it on their ancestors.

Wow! "Single at 30." A fate worse than death! Why even get up in the morning, huh? lol.  What "ancestors"?

Seriously, you misunderstood my post.  And I also initially misunderstood that it was the girl who split for 2 months.  The "some guy" comment is because the relationship doesnt seem properly defined.  I got nothing against the menfolk.

hehehe. You bounce back real quickly.  That's good, sha.  Us Naijas are made of sterner stuff - so many disappointments, of the political kind, along the way. 

Alj Uche:
yeah it is official

how has your day been ?

Alhaji,
Is there something you wanna tell me? I'm getting this 6th sense feeling I know you from somewhere. lol 

Anyway, I'm well. Have a goodluck week, whatever you do.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=648821.msg8150795#msg8150795 date=1303080632]Congratulations bro, your passion is admirable.

Like Jarus said It's Not War, It's Election After All , hopefully President Goodluck Jonathan will serve our people well.

I wish him success [/quote]Kilode, you're so gracious. lol. Last time I "saw" you on NL, on the eve of the election, you were partying hardy (or nursing the impending disappointment) with some emu.    You been doing that all this time?  I'm just glad you resurfaced sha. 

Beaf takes a lot of abuse but dishes it right back.  He gets knocked down, but gets right back up again! Old song.

[flash=400,340]http://www.youtube.com//v/2H5uWRjFsGc[/flash]

jayon:
you think your rigging will help you, i hope to see the north take power by military coup, balless president, OBJ SERVANT

Yikes!

Alj Uche:
congratulations Jonathan may God give u the wisdom to rule this country

So, it's official then?

More RUMI


If someone asks,
"What does perfect beauty look like?"
Show him your own face and say,
Like this.

If someone asks,
"What does an angel's wing look like?" - smile.
If he asks about divine fragrance
Pull him close, his face in your hair,
Like this.

If someone asks,
"How did Jesus bring the dead back to life?" -
Don't say a word -
just kiss him softly on the cheek,
Like this.

If someone asks,
"How does it feel to be slain by love?"
Close your eyes and tear open your shirt,
Like this.

If someone asks about my stature,
Stare into space with your eyes wide open,
Like this.

The soul enters one body, then another.
If someone argues about this
Enter my house and wave him good-bye,
Like this.

I am the storehouse of all pleasure,
I am the pain of self-denial.
To see me, lower your eyes to the ground
Then raise them up to heaven,
Like this.

Only the gentle breeze
Knows the secret of union.
Listen as it whispers a song to every heart,
Like this.

If someone asks,
How does a servant attain the glory of God?
Become the shining candle
That every eye can see,
Like this.

I asked about Joseph's perfume
Which rode the wind from city to city -
It was your scent
Blowing in from God's perfect world,
Like this.

I asked how Joseph's perfume
Gave sight to the blind -
It was your breeze
Clearing the darkness from my eyes,
Like this.

Perhaps Shams will be generous
And fill our hearts with love.
Perhaps he will raise one eyebrow
And cast us a glance,
Like this.

             ~             ~

"Delusion is a divine curse
that makes someone envious, conceited, malicious,
so that he doesn't know the evil he does
will strike him back.
If he could see his nothingness
and his deadly, festering wound,
pain would arise from looking within,
and that pain would save him."

             ~             ~

Oh soul,
you worry too much.

You say,
I make you feel dizzy.
Of a little headache then,
why do you worry?   
You say, I am your moon-faced beauty.
Of the cycles of the moon and
passing of the years,
why do you worry?
You say, I am your source of passion,
I excite you.
Of playing into the Devil's hand,
why do you worry?

Oh soul,
you worry too much.

Look at yourself,
what you have become.
You are now a field of sugar canes,
why show that sour face to me?
You say that I keep you warm inside.
Then why this cold sigh?
You have gone to the roof of heavens.
Of this world of dust, why do you worry?

Oh soul,
you worry too much.

Your arms are heavy
with treasures of all kinds.
About poverty,
why do you worry?
You are Joseph,
beautiful, strong,
steadfast in your belief,
all of Egypt has become drunk
because of you.
Of those who are blind to your beauty,
and deaf to your songs,
why do you worry?

Oh soul,
you worry too much.

You have seen your own strength.     
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,
why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul.
You are the security,
the shelter of the spirit of Lovers.
Oh the sultan of sultans,
of any other king,
why do you worry?

Be silent, like a fish,
and go into that pleasant sea.
You are in deep waters now,
of life's blazing fire.
Why do you worry?

              ~             ~           

"my dear heart
you're a fire worshiper
an explosive in flame

call on the cupbearer
to sprinkle the wine on you
to soothe your burn with water

that special cupbearer
the same one who sizzles
lives with wine and lips with kisses

the one who first calmed my mind
gave me a cup of fiery wine
and took me to a secret house
in that special house
dwelled a precious sweetheart
who offered me a choice

a tray full of gold
a tray full of flame
a few words i was told

this gold is soaked with fire
this fire is filled with gold
if you choose fire you'll end up with gold

if you choose the burden of gold
you'll lay heavy and cold
take the fire of the beloved and leap with joy"

More Selections from RUMI


Iblis asked, "Can you tell a lie from the truth,
you who are filled with illusion?"
Mu`awiyah answered, "The Prophet has given a clue,
a touchstone to know
the base coin from the true.
He has said, "That which is false troubles the heart,
but Truth brings joyous tranquility."

              ~             ~           

The one who cheerfully goes alone on a journey—
if he travels with companions
his progress is increased a hundredfold.
Notwithstanding the insensitivity of a donkey,
even the donkey is exhilarated, O dervish,
by comrades of its own kind
and so becomes capable of exerting strength.

To a donkey who goes alone and away from the caravan,
the road is made longer a hundredfold by fatigue.
How much more it suffers the crop and the whip
that it might cross the desert by itself!
That ass is implicitly telling you, "Pay attention!
Don't travel alone like this, unless you are an ass!"
Beyond a doubt the one who cheerfully goes alone into the toll house
proceeds more cheerfully with companions.
Every prophet on this straight path
produced the testimony of miracles and sought fellow travelers.

              ~             ~           

With every word, you break my heart.
You see my story
written in blood on my face,
why do you ignore it,
do you have a heart of stone?

              ~             ~           

Didn't I tell you
not to go to that place?
It is me, who is your intimate friend.
In this imaginary plain of non-existence,
I am your spring of eternal life.

Even if you lose yourself in wrath
for a hundred thousand years,
at the end you will discover,
it is me, who is the culmination of your dreams.

Didn't I tell you
not to be satisfied with the veil of this world?
I am the master illusionist,
it is me, who is the welcoming banner at the gate of your contentment.

Didn't I tell you?
I am an ocean, you are a fish;
do not go to the dry land,
it is me, who is your comforting body of water.

Didn't I tell you
not to fall in this trap like a blind bird?
I am your wings, I am the strength in your wings,
I am the wind keeping you in flight.

Didn't I tell you
that they will kidnap you from the path?
They will steal your warmth,
and take your devotion away.
I am your fire, I am your heartbeat,
I am the life in your breath.

Didn't I tell you?
They will accuse you of all the wrongdoings,
they will call you ugly names,
they will make you forget
it is me, who is the source of your happiness.

Didn't I tell you?
Wonder not, how your life will turn out,
how you will ever get your world in order,
it is me, who is your omnipresent creator.

If your are a guiding torch of the heart,
know the path to that house.
If you are a person of God, know this,
It is me, who is the chief of the village of your life.

              ~             ~             

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar
With angels blest; but even from angelhood
I must pass on: all except God doth perish.
When I have sacrificed my angel-soul,
I shall become what no mind e'er conceived.
Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence
Proclaims in organ tones, 'To Him we shall return.'

Favourite Things - Poems of Rumi a/k/a Maulana

A 13th century Persian poet considered an indispensable part of Sufism, Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Balkhi, popularly known as[b]Rumi (or Maulana)[/b], was an intellectual and religious icon popular all over the world.  His poems are suffused with longing, pronouncements about love - not always apparent whether for a person, of earthly things or of God and the hereafter.  His popularity has been on an increase here in America, there's even a restaurant around here named after the man.  While I find so much of what is readily available are his poems which on the surface appear to be of unrequited love, I enjoy mostly his poems dealing with transcendental and spiritual matters.

Selections from RUMI:

Does anyone write something on a place
that has already been written over,
or plant a sapling where one already grows?
No; he seeks a blank piece of paper
and sows the seed where none has yet been sown.
Sister, be bare earth;
be a clean piece of paper untouched by writing,
that you may be ennobled by the pen of revelation,
so that the Gracious One may sow seed within you

              ~             ~           

If you never searched for truth
come with us
and you will become a seeker.
If you were never a musician
come with us
and you will find your voice.
You may posses immense wealth
come with us
and you will become love's beggar.
You may think yourself a master
come with us
and love will turn you into a slave.
If you've lost your spirit,
come with us
take off your silk coverings,
put on our rough cloak
and we will bring you back to life.

              ~             ~           

By love, the bitter becomes sweet;
by love, copper becomes gold;
by love, the dregs become clear;
by love, the dead become living;
by love, the king becomes a slave.
From knowledge, love grows.
Has stupidity ever placed someone on such a throne?

              ~             ~           

Everyone in the world, whether man or woman,
is dying and continually passing through the agony of death.
Regard their words as the final injunctions
which a father gives his son. In this way
consideration and compassion may grow in your heart,
and the root of hatred and jealousy may be cut away.
Look upon your kinsman with that intention,
that your heart may burn with pity for his death agony.
Everything that is coming will come:
consider it to have already arrived;
consider your friend to be already
in the throes of death, losing his life.
If selfish motives prevent you from this insight,
cast them from your heart;
and if you can not cast them out, don't stand inertly in incapacity:
know that with everyone who feels incapable,
there is a goodly Incapacitator.
Incapacity is a chain laid upon you:
you must open your eye to behold the One who lays the chain.

              ~             ~             

I am sober now. Hand me my turban.
Fill the skin jug, or give it back empty, whichever.

A toast, innkeeper.
Half a cup for you, half for us.

No. Wait. Give us a full container.
You who lure men and women into this longing,
break down my door tonight. Steal what I claim to own.

The ocean could be fresh and clear
if you would spill two drops into its water.

The moon and the evening star would dip down like birds,
if you threw the last of your wine into the air.

              ~             ~             

You came suddenly like resurrection,
like an infinite blessing
and my thoughts burned like trees on fire.
You came today like God Himself,
generous and full of grace,
holding the key to my freedom in your hands.
Both traveller and the road,
the beginning and the end,
You are the gatekeeper of the Sun.
For so long I have lived in pain, suspended
between my longing and my need for bread.
Now that You have risen in my heart
and taken over my thoughts,
I am breaking the pen and leaving the paper.

My sun has risen!

Blazay:
I prefer to send the children to their fathers.
Father's make better disciplinarians with the loving temperaments.
A man would usually remarry out of love(stable environment for children)
A woman would usually remarry out of desperation and attract psychos for partners. . .(dysfunctional environment for children)

If the couple was legally married and the child/children answer the man's name. . . he gets to keep the children and the woman pays him child support.
If the the child was conceived out of wedlock, the mother keeps the child/children. . . .the man pays for child support.

Best case scenario. Let there be 'joint' custody, so the boy gets to know both families and then decide who he wants to be with.
Most ideal? If the child is a boy, he gets to be with his dad. Fathers can raise boys better than mothers can. If the child were a girl. . .the mother gets her. Only a woman can raise a woman, just like only a man can raise a boy. . . in the absence of BOTH parents.

Quite complicated. Bottomline. . . ?

AVOID DIVORCES. . . so your children do not end up as emotional vagabond like y'awl!

The most sane and coherent post I've ever seen from you!    Other than the series of kissey smileys. lol.  Which is kinda of cute, to be honest.

This part is a bit much if you're talking about Nigerian women, but quite rampant in some other societies: "A woman (single mother) would usually remarry out of desperation and attract psychos for partners. . .(dysfunctional environment for children)"  And, quite a few people would disagree with this: "If the child were a girl. . .the mother gets her. Only a woman can raise a woman, just like only a man can raise a boy."

charity00:
If only, but gal always has an excuse (going on about 6 months now) about how she is "not ready" for guy to meet the dad.

Sorry I missed that. Yeah, I can understand his concern over her refusal to have him meet her family and yet still expecting him to foot the bill for her expenses. THE GUY SHOULD NOT GIVE HER THE MONEY. He's not her husband, so why expect him to be financially responsible for her.