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Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 11:26pm On Aug 25, 2013
Cuddlemii:

Aww, please don't be. It is just for fun.


aiit... hehehe guess my alter ego wants to win!!!!!
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 9:25pm On Aug 25, 2013
Cuddlemii:

No. 2 judges are yet to complete theirs.

see judges 2 n 4 av not submitted scores.... gives me d jitters.
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 8:36pm On Aug 25, 2013
grading completed yet? @Cuddlemii
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 5:49pm On Aug 20, 2013
Solaceye: Pls am just back since barely three weeks, I once sought for designing work. Any hope to be involved again?

i am presently without a designer, n cuddlemi says i can get in touch with you so we could work together. if u are down, here is my email addy: jolomir@gmail.com. looking forward to working with u on.
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 - Submission Thread For Round 1 by jadelord(m): 7:55am On Aug 20, 2013
how can i reach my dedigner 'GAUDYANGEL'?
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 6:56am On Aug 20, 2013
jadelord: having problems creating a second post..... and au soon can i get a designer.... pls respond ASAP!!!
thanx a bunch

Miracle does happen still
got me second past created already

still need words on me designer
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 - Round 2 - Hot Topics by jadelord(m): 6:52am On Aug 20, 2013
Designer: Lightheart

Why I chose this topic
I didn’t pick this topic, it chose me. It was a topic I could actually relate too, it somewhat defines me.

Unique experience derived from working with a designer
It was an exciting experience all the way especially the number of times we disagreed before finally picking this design. A lot of work went into it on my side now I can’t begin to image how much work he must have put in to get something that we could work with… THIS! It also gives me this unique pleasure that poetry and pictures could actually go side by side (been toying with this idea for a long time now with a photographer). It’s so amazing

Constraints involved in working in a team
First, getting a designer was almost nightmarish. Then having a to wait on LightHeart to come up with a design was quite a wait and when they started to come in and at first they did not fully interpret the poem adequately, I knew I was going to get on my designer’s nerves, but it turned out right because he was patient all the way and like a sponge, absorbed ideas we both could come up with. Not having to see who I was working it made it a lot difficult to accomplish… but we did, somewhat.

The poem.
My Alter Ego is a very simple poem that brings to the fore the complexity of the human personality and the perceived societal view, acceptable or unacceptable, of who one is. Most times we tend to want to conform to what society thinks of us that our true self is hidden. Sometimes we are thought to be good but our true devious nature will have to remain hidden as such and vice versa. But what if our true self is laid out bare…?
So this poem is just about me and the society’s view of who I am. Overtime I have been told I am a nice person, but I try to explain that I have a not to nice side, which they find hard to believe, well not until they actually see it. So it is more or less a borderline split personality phenomenon, but not to the extreme, as I am aware of the other me.
This is a 4-lined 5-stanza poem, written in the most simplest of literary styles
The most prominent literary tools employed here is rhymes. It possesses a rich rhyming scheme that is easy to follow and at the same time holds on spell bound till the end, i.e.: An-gel, so well; offer, proffer (stanza 1), be, me; good, do (stanza 2), good, goo; be, me (stanza 3), red, dead; head, read(stanza4), Angel, well; jewel, Angel (stanza 5).
Stanza 1 opens with me trying to describe who I am not, despite the visible outlook portrayed to people around me, probably because of a helpful and charming personality I may possess.
Stanza 2 continues with what people do not know about me, a totally different personality from what they see and know “Repressed by what is believed to be good”
In Stanza 3 I concede to societal perception of me being an Angel, but will have the option to decide the type of ‘…ANGEL that will be me’, agreeing that though I am not a good person, I am certainly not evil.
Stanza 4 just describes the kind of angel that I am, certainly not one society will want to accept “…as it will leave you so dead”
Stanza 5 presents the real me to the world, the one they will most often not see, because it is ”repressed by what is believed to be good”, My Alter Ego and my best friend. Should they then come to see it, then they should see that I am a Devilish Angel.
The design:
The design by Lightheart is in all way a very simplistic design, just as the poem itself is simple. The little devil is a depiction of the deviousness of My Alter Ego, it’s not so good and not evil nature. We chose a little devil because it extemporizes the very essence of the poem itself. Surely, the little imp looks adorable but the deviousness cannot go unnoticed.
The cute little horns (…to adorn my head), the fork (…to go with the fancy tales you have read), a tail (…so long it will leave you so dead) and the colour red (…cloaked in the colour of red) are all depicted in the poem in stanza 4, thus making it the perfect design.
It, being the cover picture of a book, denotes like every other book; that it should be read to be understood and appreciated. As such, to know me better, one has to come to terms with my alter ego, by taking the time to study me.

Terminologies
Goo: A slimy, yet harmless substance.
Mien: An attitude portrayed by a person.
Cloaked: To be covered or dressed

The Message
Despite society's pressure to comform to certain ways, we just have to come to terms with who we really are, just so we do not lose our real personality.

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Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 6:50am On Aug 20, 2013
having problems creating a second post..... and au soon can i get a designer.... pls respond ASAP!!!
thanx a bunch
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 - Round 2 - Hot Topics by jadelord(m): 6:29am On Aug 20, 2013
Number 19

My Alter Ego


Certainly, I am no Angel,
Though a graceful mien I carry so well,
A helping hand I'll offer,
Solutions to problems to proffer.

So an Angel, I am thought to be,
If only they know the other side of me.
Repressed by what is believed to be good,
Oh! Those things I do yearn to do.

Not evil, yet not good,
Just as a babe playing with goo.
But if for you an Angel I must be,
Then I'll choose the Angel that will be me.

Surely, I'll be cloaked in the colour of red,
With a tail so long, it will leave you so dead,
Cute little horns will adorn my head,
And a fork to go with the fancy tales you have read.

Now that will be my kind of Angel,
One that is sure to shock you as well,
My Alter Ego, my best friend like a jewel,
Oh! Just call me your Devilish Angel


Jadelord ©

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Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 6:55am On Aug 08, 2013
can we submit more than one poem in d first stage?
Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 - Submission Thread For Round 1 by jadelord(m): 6:36am On Aug 08, 2013
#40
CRAVING!!!

Craving!!!
A heart's desire
Fitted with wings
To soar with passion re-fired

Craving!!!
Of wanton lusting
Greed pitted against reason
And conscience lost to treachery

Craving!!!
A soul's longing
For love and peace, yet bidding
For all of the eartn's belonging

Craving!!!
An endless wanting
Ceaselessly consuming
Till everything is nothing

Craving!!!
A careless demanding
Roots forever sucking
Till death overtakes living

Craving!!!
Truly a heart's desire
With wanton wanting
Till the grave to retire

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Literature / Re: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by jadelord(m): 8:03pm On Jul 08, 2013
I think i can do this, i just hope no one will be restraned in a house for d period of time of d competition.... gt a major project in d works.
Sports / Re: Nigeria Vs Uruguay - Player Rating by jadelord(m): 11:31am On Jun 21, 2013
Apart from d goal dat Mikel scored, which was a class, he did nothing to help d team move forward... held on to d ball unnecessarily m not watchin d runs of his men.... for crying out loud did he give d kind of service that lead to him scoring dat magnificient goal? Isnt hr suppose to be among d best passer of d ball in the premier league?

Musa, for all ur criticism, was d one player who put fear in d heart of the uruguayan defense. He cant do it alone, his passes had good intention but lacked precision. dont b hard on him.
Politics / Re: ACN Advises Abati To Mind His Language by jadelord(m): 3:50pm On Jun 14, 2013
It baffles me that we as Nigerians av remained
sectional in reasoning rather that nationalistic.
Sometimes i wonder if there is, in all honesty,
an entity called Nigeria. I don't mean in
geographical sense, but ideologically. we are
different people and nationalities in on
geographical capsule who deserve at least d barenecesities of life... the question is do we? if we
don't why are we afraid of change? please lets
be objective in our critisms n praises of our
political players cos we deserve d best and note
we are also deserving of d leaders we get.
TV/Movies / Re: Half Of A Yellow Sun Confirmed As Nollywood’s Most Expensive Movie by jadelord(m): 1:48am On May 11, 2013
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VillageBoi:
Through the Glass - N10 million.
The Figurine - N30 million
Ije - N57 million
Anchor Baby - N17 million

The above are 'Nollywood' films and the type of return the best ones can make. Half Of A Yellow Sun isn't Nollywood nor has it been made with Nigerians as the primary audience.

No 'Nollywood' film, as I've mentioned before a few times, has ever come anywhere near even making $1 million. Half Of A Yellow Sun will put the spotlight on Nigeria and I'm pretty sure at some point real 'Nollywood' films will start breaking the million dollar barrier... That will only be done if they start looking at and catering for a 'global' audience.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Nigerian audience has not spent $1 million on any film be it Hollywood or Nollywood... in fact be it anythingwood we DO NOT spend money at the cinemas... simples!

But then again we know Nigerians are quick to jump on anything as a 'bragging right' as that seems to be the most important thing for us. (HOYAS is just a film shot IN Nigeria and is not 'Nollywood', just like the wonderful 1990 film 'Mr Johnson' - starring Pierce Brosnan and shot in Kano is also not a 'Nollywood' film.)

Real Nollywood needs, for starters, to begin to make seriously good global films for $100K-$200K tops. Since it's obvious large returns will not come from the Nigerian audience; let them tackle the global one... get that right and then with time the budgets will increase exponentially.
For now it makes zero sense for 'Nollywood' to have huge budgets if it takes touting a movie from cinema to cinema for 2-5yrs to recoup the budget... Either that or our filmmakers have been lying about their 'actual' budgets.

truthfully said, its quite amazing that these films cost these much to make. but let's ponder for a minute here...... au much did these films gross or net in terms of profit. and were d profit margin worth it? just asking
TV/Movies / Re: Which Nigerian Book Would You Want Adapted Into A Movie? by jadelord(m): 4:14pm On Apr 30, 2013
Yasmeena:
Efuru! That's one book i'll neva get tired of reading.. i still have the torn pieces in my drawer.. starts from page 21, but i'm still keeping it! Dos anyone know a good bookshop in Abuja where i can buy all this good old memorable books?

try online book stores
TV/Movies / Re: Which Nigerian Book Would You Want Adapted Into A Movie? by jadelord(m): 4:12pm On Apr 30, 2013
there is one that will blow ur mind.... not at liberty to mention its title cos its already in d making
Sports / Re: AWC 2012 Semi-Final: Nigeria Vs South Africa (0 - 1) On Wed November-7-2012 by jadelord(m): 7:08pm On Nov 07, 2012
Kadiri Ikhana has had his sucess in football but not as a female team coach......does he understand d how d female mind is wired? Do u think even d great Mourinho can coach an under17 side? Don't think so! They are wired differently.[color=#990000][/color]
Politics / Re: Nuhu Ribadu Picks Dr. Sunny Ugochukwu As His Running Mate #acn #nigeria2011 by jadelord(m): 11:01am On Feb 03, 2011
It is so shocking that a lots of you all can be saying this, I read ur posts and comment concerning this forth coming elections and I seem to wonder if it is the same Nigeria we all live in, Are we really seeking a change or a continuation of 12 yrs draconian governance meted upon us all by the PDP? Lets take a better look at our future lest we sell it cheap for life, we are deserving of the leaders we get. undecided

I really do not know Sunny Ugochukwu, but why don't we take time out to research his personality, who says green horn don't turn to to be the talk of the show?
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Can Anybody Work With Lng by jadelord(m): 4:25am On Jan 30, 2011
dat is some gud info. i'm also up 4 dis here is my email: jolomir@gmail.com tanx

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