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CHINA

A powerful nation existed in the middle of a place in far Asia. The name of it was called China, and her inhabitants were called the Chinese people.

They were popular for many things; Their crafty spirits their inventive fingers, their fearsome minds, their expertise in engineering. They owned tents which were very tall and uncanny, each one emerging from the foundations of the earth and shooting towards the tip of the firmament, as though to taunt the heavens. Their roads resented dust and were all tarred throughout their lengths and breaths with fine coat. These men carved for themselves horses out of metal to move on land, and also built swift birds that could ascend above the heavens, moving quick as arch angels; One minute they could take a man to Lebanon, another minute a brethren has arrived Arabia.
Such was the extent of their wisdom. Their fame spread abroad greatly, so that many people across the border came nigh, for the purpose of trade and for the purpose of tour.



Coronavirus

Then one day, a Chinese mother in Wuhan, had strapped her first son to her back with thick cloth and departed for the market. On getting to the square were she would tend her good, behold an unseen thing from above descended on her and her son. It leaped skillfully from the air into the tunnels, that fed into their lungs. And lo, they had a fever and both coughed a great deal. A neighbor by her side had asked, is it well? and she had answered saying ‘yes it is.
And as soon as she said so, the same thing had entered the neighbor too, and then the neighbours son and then their husbands, and then their friends, and then their friend’s children. Like a dream of the night, thousands of people were down with the thing. The disease.

When the healers and Teachers of medicine heard this, they all congregated and knocked their heads together to give it a name. For it is vanity to wrestle an adversary whose name you do not know. Hence, they all called it Corona the son of a Virus. For indeed the virus, corroded the spirit.

Now this virus Corona was an impatient affliction, it never suffered repentance. When it deals a man a blow, and he crashes to the ground it would not let him rise, before it deals him another. It choked the lungs it reddened the eyes, it gnawed at the throats, it seduced the spine with fierce cold. And to the old it was a sharp messenger of death.
In the morning a man with the virus say’s “good morning” to his fellow, in the evening 12men from the latter’s household would perish from the affliction.
Rumours spread that it had no salvation and that there was not a prophet in all the lands who could say BEGONE! to it. It was fearless and lacked respect, for even the world Leaders had no hiding place, and rulers were not spared. It travelled quick as light, broke out through China and pitched a tent at Iran and slew a minister, it punctured Through Nigeria it, knocked down it’s Chief of staff, it entered America and possessed many aids. Soon, the whole world went wild with the terror of it’s coming.

Oh corona, they lamented, Oh corona! have you murdered hope? and buried faith along? Shame on you! Shame on You!
Lock down the world! Lock it down. And Lock yourselves up too! Men cried to each other, keep the children out of the schools, put the churches on heavy locks, evacuate the traders from the markets. Flee to your homes and stay there! Turn not to your left, or to your right, look straight head. Greet no one. And if your neighbor greets you, do not respond. If he persists, slap him, and kick him in the groin.

Cover up, your eyes, ears, nose, mouths, hands, and those of your loved ones.
Speak not, laugh not, cry not, fear not. BE LIKE THAT!.
For it shall be well, We will survive and our souls shall once again rejoice and come together. For we were built to last, Yes and Amen we were built to last. Selah.

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Well this is how it all began for the young lad that began this forum.

According to the old books




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And it came to pass in the far of land of Songo. Came a certain young man of the name Ouwaseun the son of Osewa. For on the day of his birth his father had turned to his mother saying He shall be called “Oluwaseun” For God has given me a reason to smile. Then, he had lifted him with both hands saying; ‘Thanks be to the Lord God of Adeboye for he had filled my mouth with singing and my mouth doth speak good things. So “Oluwaseun” meant “thanks be to God Almighty.
And Behold Seun grew up in the sight of his father and mother. He was comely in stature and the fair maidens, desired him for an husbandman. He excelled in learning and his mind was of great cunning. His eyes asked a thousand questions, and his mouth ten thousand.
One day, in the evening while his father Yomi and his mother and his sister and his brother and all his household dined at table, eating, drinking and making merry. His Father had again raised his hand has he had done often times and spoken with a loud voice saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Adeboye, of Kumuyi, and oyedepo, for he hath not causeth his servant and his household to hunger and thirst after bread and wine. For he had filled our bellies with amala, and our peppersoup runneth over. Then Seun answered unto him saying, “Baba if thou permit, may i ask thee a question? And his father’s countenance was upon him. And he responded saying ‘yea i permit thee, Then Seun began to speak softly saying;
” Before and Since my birth Oh father thy mouth hath spake always about the Lord God. And my mother’s mouth doth indeed bless the heavens seven times. I beseech thee, that thou show me the Lord God, that i may see him, and touch him.and know that he is there.

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And He’s father answered saying; ‘Son, I chastise thee in the name of the Lord, no-one can see the Lord nor touch him, for the Lord God is not a man, that thou toucheth and feeleth. He is a spirit and a flaming fire, and his voice is the voice of a thunder, the whites of his eyes, is a stream of lightening. Who is that man that would behold the countenance of the Almighty and live to tell it. That mighty one who’s sits upon the sphere of the earth and the Sons of men, lay postrate as grasshoppers. Bless The Lord. Son, I say Oh Bless the Lord.

But Seun listened [/i]to his Father with all his keenness with all his soul, but in his heart he did not believe.

Then the day came when all the teenagers where to gather at the sanctuary to be filled with the Holy ghost. Behold, Seun was amongst them. Their teacher stood on the exalted altar and ministered unto them with great power saying; ‘Just like the day of Pentecost at the fellowship of the apostles in the upper room. The spirit of the Lord God is going to descend on thy foreheads like cloven tongues of fire and thy mouths shall prophesy and utter a thousand tongues.

And it was so, that when all the host of teenagers began to speak in strange dialects and tongues. Lo, Seun’s mouth spake nothing. He closed his eyes, and breathe a great breathe and desired his mouth to move on its on accord. But his mouth spake nothing. Then the teacher saw him and beckoned on him, and urged him on saying son Open thy mouth, and he will fill it. So Seun tried One more time, But His mouth spake nothing. After this nothing else was said.

After noon, When he got to his portion of his tenth, he looked to his right and to his left, and opened his mouth. But still his mouth spake nothing. So went to the orchad, and looked at the sky a long time. Then he turned south and when he got to his bed chamber he began to write on his papyrus paper with an ink tube that bore a gold-holder.

These are the Articles of Seun The Son of Osewa, As he wrote On his Bed chamber.

Is this grief? My soul is full of questions. And all the days of my life my thoughts sought the Lord God whom my father and mother and my betheren serveth. Where is He? For they say THERE!!! He sits in heaven above the clouds, hence i lifted my eyes unto the heavens, towards the firmament and behold i saw nothing.
Others said HERE!! He lived in my heart…Beneath my flesh. Hence i breathe a great breathe and still, i felt nothing.
Then again they said to me open thy mouth to speak his language. For yea, It is the Lord’s tongue, so i opened my lips yet my mouth spake nothing
So in anger I threw a question at the four winds!!! saying Has the world gone mad!!? and am i the only sane? or am i a lone madman in a sane world?. For how can men worship whom their eyes and hands can neither see nor touch. Am i a borne blasphemer? or a pagan.? Does my many questions mean i love sin?. Is it because i listen to Hitchens the son of Christopher and to Richard the son of Dawkins or Sam the son of Harris. Because their words are trustworthy and full of wisdom? Maybe so.

For Today i Pronounce, and i ask the birds of the air, and the ocean and the lands and the walls and the rulers in high places and low places to bear me witness because i no longer believe, or want to believe. For there is nothing to believe.

Then after a little season and a little while
Seun left his fathers house to study books on the crafts of wires and of metals and of the ingenuity of steel and to gather knowledge on the science of network and the high talents of programming. in another Region. And on his fifth year he had departed from his school to the wilderness because His own voice had spoken to him, Saying;
” Get thyself a quiet place to reason, or thou shall build me and thy peoples a new land with thy craftiness on thy software of cunny. Where men from all the corners of the world shall gather and talk, and behold, no one shall see the other’s face for they shall all be anoynymous, and all that they shall say shall be in writing, and this New land shall be called Nairaland Because it shall be a land to the Naira. So that it shall come to pass as it was prophesied many years ago by the prophet. Saying “Behold voices spake without faces in a strange and far away Land”


Lo and behold when Seun had done this, the sons of men had rejoiced over his forum. And they had said one to another, saying; blessed be the Lord God Of Nigeria, for he had indeed given our voices a place.
lo and like a dream of the night, the sons of men pitched their tents on the forum and multiplied greatly from, Ten to Ten thousand, and Then to millions and as their numbers grew, so did seun’s wealth, his barns never lacked yams, his goats bore threes and his hens hatched nines.
That was how the Land of Naira came to be through the hand of Seun. But unto this very day, Seun still shares not the faith. Selah.

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Jaycobbs:
Nice voice, nice illustration. I love the subtitle at the bottom.

Really, great work all round.

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I dunno about you, but asking for likes and subscription could be a turn-off for me (it depends on the timing, technique, tone-of-voice, but some people have managed to do that without sounding salesy. If you can learn that, it would be nice).

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And the only way to do that is by giving out value first.

'nuff said. I gave the video a thumbs-up. Good luck

Very Useful, and powerful Review, thanks alot for it. Will keep that in mind.

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This girl never grows old. Grew up watching her.
These where the real talents. Now They are just posting just ads.
One good thing about a good name is that it continues speaking, even when you're off.


In the old books, it is written about this story of a man, who did not have a good name, but great wealth;

Hush The Son Of PUPPy
A certain rich man, a Nigerianite. Who left his father’s house crossed seven seas and dwelled in a far away country. A great small city called the land of Dubai. He pitched his tenth in Palazzo and named it Hedonae. For to himself he said, My feets had caused me to sojourn in a strange land, where my soul shall indeed find pleasure. And then, he had thought to himself saying “I will take on a new name for indeed a new dawn has come.

And so had he changed his name, from Rammon the son of Abbas to Hush the son of Puppi.

And although he had no handiwork,his hands and houses were filled with many goodly things. In his balcony was a great company of gold, bare spices and precious stones, talents of silver, pillars of diamond and papers of money.

And his fame traveled abroad. And the sons of men in his home country and beyond recoiled and said one to another; ‘what manner of man is this? that worketh not and yet eateth and drinketh than the workman.

He sweateth not, but yet lives on an ivory throne. For in the morning he Rides on the wings of a bird across seven countries, and in the night a large boat takes him to heaven. His bed chamber is clothed with Versace and his robe is of pure Gucci.

The desolate voices of Timaya and his brethren Phyno, had cried also in the wilderness saying;

Tell thy persons! Tell thy persons! For Ye have been warned yet you refused, You were counseled yet you heeded not. But the wind will blow soon and the anus of the fowl will behold reproach.

‘For something cannot arise from nothing. And light cannot come from so stark a darkness.,or a mighty stream from the barren desert.

And Lo, there was not an answer

Then the next year, the man had given out 12 bags of almond and thrown a feast. He hired for himself music men and praise singers amongst them was a a great newsman from his homecountry called Freezer the first borne of Fridge. Who after being drunk with strong wine, had together joined him as they made merry in his courts all day. And their souls were glad indeed and their spirits rejoiced and then he he began to sing his psalms and his hymns mocking at honesty, jeering at struggle.

HERE ARE THE PSALMS OF HUSH THE SON OF PUPPI AS HE MINISTERED UNTO FREEZER THE FIRSTBORNE OF FRIDGE INSIDE HIS COURTS.


For labor is Vanity. And strong struggle killeth the spirit. And righteousness a great folly.

Woe unto he in my home country that tilleth his vineyard while the sun assaults his flesh.

Woe unto he among the kindred of Lagos that watereth, for he is blind in his folly and his affliction betides his soul.

For the son of man, came neither tilling nor watering and yet repeath his harvest a thousand fold. And my janitor and gardener earns more than thy doctors and engineers.

For the inheritance of the labourer have i taken as mine. And the rewards of the crafty have i possessed in a strange land.

There fore will I lift up my voice unto the hills and i shall rejoice and laugh at my adversaries and yes a great laugh, i shall laugh, i shall jeer at my enemies who scorned me, in the season of my affliction.

I shall mock at the deadlocked artisans, who wear not expensive raiment.
I shall spit at their sons and daughters with inferior jewelries.
I shall kick at the preachers who built monuments of virtue and not of gold.
I shall flaunt and show forth my gold, my anklets of frankincense and my raiment of versace and my crown of Gucci.

For the age of dignity is Forgone.
And virtue is now an illusion, and integrity is the comfort of the blind.
But wealth and riches shall endure in the house of the cunny and the swift handed forever and ever Sela.

And it came to pass that he’s fame spread even more round about like wild fire and yea a great fame in the land of Facebook, in the city of twitter and at the mount of Instagram, millions of likes visited his doorsteps every morning. Many young men arose in thousands inspired by his sermons and said to him “Show us the way. ‘Show us the way . And the souls of the daughters of men yearned after him. Many a voice of the latter cried saying “lie with us just a night.

However a few Old priests and guardians had chastised their children, depart from him for he worketh iniquity, He reapeath were he soweth not and his prosperity is from beelzebub.

But many did not listen.

Then after a while, foreign spies from the west and of whom he had stolen their gold were sent to try him. And lo they had gone like thieves in the night. Their pale white skins hidden under the cloak of darkness and under the guise of shadow. For months they hid themselves, watching, praying, preying and binding their time.

And behold and like a flash they had struck. While Hush the son of puppi and his mate, Wood the son of Berry were still in their courts crumpled by slumber at dawn The strong men had broken Into it and had held them captives.

And the leader of the band had cursed and prophesied unto them saying Verily Verily! I said until you thy
cup is now full, and the anus of fowl hath now seen an open reproach. For a thief and a hypocrite thou art. In the morning thou put on the garment of a successful merchant and in the night the robe of a robber. By the power vested in my hand thou has been declared under arrest, for it is written, For To Him that decreeth a thing it shall be established. And it was so, that Hush the son of Puppi and his friend Wood the son of Berry were binded by their hands, and taken to another land across the ocean to be tried for prison.

And the voices of Timaya and Phyno who had cried also in the wilderness had come to the remembrance of the son’s of men saying one more time.

Tell thy persons! Tell thy persons! You have been warned and you refused, You were counselled yet you heed not. Now the wind has blown and the anus of the fowl has seen reproach. Oh what a tragedy! Oh what a tragedy!.




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LaEvilIMiss:
not rich enough to sponsor his own surgery though - Thank Heavens we have celebrities who put their money where their mouth is

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nnekaike:
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reduce your prices a bit too.
Create a thread for them on family section too.

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ugofulfilled:
hmm. what a great read. You gave illumination to events of the past. Your sui generis art of writing is heavenly and capable of having the reader glued even when the words are gone. What is even the more pleasing and gratifying is your use of metaphor to drive your most sensitive and choice points home. kudos. I will like to read more of your work. Your grammatical construct is superb. You did a great deal to my appetite.

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udomma1005:
Nice!
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But add source though.

This Nengi is for any guy an expensive luck.


Let me tell a small story about another expensive Luck


EXPENSIVE LUCK PART 1.


There was a certain man who hailed from the town of Ogbia, at the river side, from the tribe of Ijaw. His name was Good luck the son of Ebele. For the nurse that had attended on the day of his birth, hath seen the small beautiful stars like a crown on his callow hair. And she had told his father, and his mother and together they had called him ‘Goodluck”. For fortune danced around his head right from the womb.

When he had come of age, He departed from his father’s house into the wilderness to fast and to pray. After then, he had emerged with fresh annointing.

Because of this, he had moved to the great house of learning to study the science of beasts and of the fowls of the air, and of the fishes of the sea.

And Lo his mind was indeed bright and there was great wisdom in his belly and he had found favour among men and even with God.
When he was done with study, they had made him an Inspector of schools. And from thence, he had waxed stronger, so that they had promoted him as teacher in the colleges, and lecturer of the science of beasts.

He taught and taught and prophesied to his students like never has been seen in the times, until his fame spread greatly abroad. So popular did he become, that the man who was to run as Governor of the city had sent for him; unto him he said “Come my friend, oh thou favoured amongst the gods, take my hand and let us ascend together.
The man’s name was Diepreye the son of Alamieyeseigha. And in one accord both men had worked side by side. The hand of one clipped to the hand of the other. And behold the Lord was with them for they had emerged as conquerors and winners of the contest and election of the county. The majority had voted for them. And their heads had been anointed with oil by INEC and kingmakers as rulers over all their kindred.

From Diepreye the son of Alamieyeseigha, he had become Governor Diepreye the son of Alamieyeseigha. And from Jonathan the son of Ebele to, Deputy Governor Jonathan the son of Ebele.

On their sixth year in office, behold the Governor of the city had been impeached by the Ministers of the law, and Counsellors of Assembly.
And Lo, Jonathan was appointed in his stead. And he had become Governor over all the city. And Jonathan had come before the Lord. And had wept and murmured hymns unto the heavens. Saying.

Oh Lord My God My heart is divided, and my lips are confused. For I know not whether to cry or to laugh. Yea! It is indeed a true thing that my feet now wears the most golden sandals, But the sandals are for my master Diepreye. However i still say bless the Lord, I still rejoice for your wisdom surpasses all things. For when a ram falls for slaughter . Another man’s appetite is satisfied, perhaps The fall of one is for the good of another. But thou Alone Lord are wise.

As though that was not enough, after his term as Governor over his own kindred in the land of Bayelsa. The man who was to run as Highest Ruler and President over all the nation of the host of Nigeria. had sent for him to assist and contest by his side as Vice. The man’s name was Musa the son Of Yaradua who hailed from an Emirate in the state of katsina. And yet again, and like a dream of the night. They had emerged as the winners of the contest. And like a dream of the night, both had become president and vice over all of Nigeria.
And Jonathan had raised an altar in his backyard. And his soul rejoiced. And he sung a new song Saying;

Like a dream of the night, the Lord has elevated me from the staple. And like a dream of the night he has fattened my cheeks with the kings meat.

Then, after many months, it came to pass that the heart of the ruler of all the land, had been beseiged by an infirmity. And his mouth coughed a great cough. So that men of council wondered amongst themselves and took charge of him journeying with him together on a large bird which bore them on its wings toward healers in a far away country, and behold even as they had gotten there, their labour still made no avail, for the infirmity had prevailed on his body. And the great man had breathe his last breathe. And his body perished

And behold the country was thrown in desolation. And everyone in Nigeria rent their clothes and mourned, and all was lost in the madness of grief. Their voices saying singing one song;

‘Our soul weep a great deal for a mighty man hath indeed fallen. And yea! the bearer of Seven Agendas, hath become Bearer Of Seven Diseases.

And after this, there was a small confusion. For the people had looked from one to the other saying. The king’s chair is now vacant, for it is abominable for the seat to be vacant for too long, else we shall be likened to wild beasts without government and order. Then they turned to the direction of Goodluck Saying; Yes! He shall lead. For it is written in the books the latter always preceeds the former. And the whole congregation response saying. Yea! He shall lead us.

On hearing this, Jonathan went to his tabernacle and and rent his clothes saying;

The thing that happened to Diepreye, has again happened to Yaradua. But whom am i to refuse the People’s call, for i was borne with neither staffs nor shoes. Yet the golden sandals of my masters i am being made to wear again a second time. And yet again i shall laugh and cry and weep and rejoice with the same mouth, but thou alone Lord are wise.

Then he accepted and and was crowned ruler and President over all the kindred.


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EXPENSIVE LUCK PART 2 (COMING SOON)
THE RISE OF BUHARI