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tunjijones:
387 excluding benefits? Dude my advise for you is to quit the job and you wld knw what frustration is all abt. I studied computer science and I am working as an admin staff. because my company knws am computer savvy they didn't employ any IT staff so I double as admin and IT and I earn below 100k.... How frustrating can DAT be? Am not even thinking of quiting because I knw how hard it is to get a job... Bros my advise for u once again is to quit the job maybe after u do u wld knw the real meaning of frustration.

Seconded

Everyone, both employed and unemployed surely has had an experience of what it feels like looking for job. The short story below is an attempt on my part to describe this experience as briefly and colorful as is possible

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YES

I once read a quote that said something like: “It doesn’t matter how many 'No's' you get from men, all you need is just one 'Yes' from God”. And it made a lasting impression on me. On days like today, the overwhelming depression I had to stave off begged the question, ‘’when am I going to get a yes?’’. As if in response to the rhetoric, my phone beeped announcing the arrival of a new text message.
As my fingers tapped their way into my inbox I was certain it was the service provider advertising a product or service. My brows shot up in sudden interest as my brain registered it was a customized message.

A smile slowly creased my cheeks when I read the content of the text message for the second time; the interview was scheduled three days from today, I noted. When the security guard had asked me to leave my CV with him I had reluctantly agreed but immediately forgotten about it after I did

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As I flung myself on the bed, try as I could, it was impossible to banish the memories from the interview out of my head. I had somehow managed to forget every answer to the likely interview questions I had memorized the previous night. I practically stuttered my way through the interview.

TWO NIGHTS LATER

On the verge of sleeping off, an email jolted me to reality. My sleep-filled eyes lit up as they skimmed through the contents of the mail. They immediately became misty when they saw for the first time who the sender of the mail was.

‘’ I Finally Got a Yes’’. This thought was still bouncing haphazardly off the walls of my mind when I slept off.


END

You just read my entry for the Etisalat Flash fiction award.
We all need a YES at some point in our lives.
Right now I really need your votes to help me get mine.


I must admit the site is a bit difficult to get through so you might have to try a few times before it connects (using UC web or your phone's default browser. It does not work on Google Chrome)

To vote click on the link https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=90 which takes you to my entry ( using UC web or your phone's default browser. It does not work on Google Chrome )

Then click on the thumbs up icon to vote for me.

To vote, zoom In on the thumbs up icon and click( it's easier this way).
Ensure your vote counts by noting an increase in the figures

Thank you very much for your effort

13. Your mother, if your sickness lasts longer than 4 days:



Better get up.

12. When your parents suddenly start acting nice to you.



Oh? I should fall sick more often.

11. When you vomit in front of your parents.


That’s the only explanation.

10. Your mother, when you fall sick on a Sunday.



Holy Spirit will heal you.

9. When your parents still wake you up to go and wash pot.


Hay God!

8. When you think sickness will stop you from going to school.



When it’s not that you’re dead.

7. The sick Nigerian’s unofficial diet:
THE BEST.




8. When you think sickness will stop yo

7. The sick Nigerian’s unofficial diet:

6. The last stop before your parents actually take you to a hospital

Can’t even imagine using it to cook. It is anointing oil now and forever.

5. “I have a cold.” “I was shot in my leg.” “I was hit by a trailer.”




Robb is the answer when you don’t even know the question.

4. The real doctors in every Nigerian home:


Nigerian parents not-so-secret weapon.

3. When your mother feels your forehead to check your temperature.


Hian! Is it only malaria?

2. How your parents see themselves when you fall sick:



You people are now doctors, abi?

1. When you tell your mother you’re sick and she says “you’re strong in Jesus’ name.”

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This is quite disturbing

pboy247:
you are very stupid for saying that how do you know 80% are cultists did you school there or were you a former cultists people typing what they don't know about. And there is no Nigerian university without cult members in it.

Do I need to argue with a dull brain and a clueless idiot like you here? Everyone is not you who haven't left your parent's comfort zone before talk more of visiting a school community before, grow up boy and learn from the words of an elder!

Broe he's correct... I graduated from there some years ago. From the look of things it seems to have gotten worse

Sammyblaq:
Burkinafaso don get mind reach like this¿.
To the extent of beheading 2Sicilians.
LagosBoys I tire o.

Justice. Frat pays not. Ask ******e

You sound like an ikenga...

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"The Revenant "not here?

ngobaby23:
Hmm.. My own story. I've had only two boyfriends which I loved dearly and stupidly. The first was emotionally abusive. Always comparing me to my best friend.. Saying she has bigger boobs and all that. Then always treating me with breakups then I'd cry and beg him. But when I got some sense I broke up with him.. Because he was destroying my self esteem. The second guy I dated I was so much older.. In my between 21 and 23..i loved him he loved me.. We were planning on our future and all that.. We were good till one day.. He sent me a text telling me he wanted out without no reason. I felt like a knife was pierced through my heart.. As I'm writing now I feel so much pain. It was latter that he told me cos of my health challenge that made him leave. Me. From 2013 till today, I've not dated anybody. I've lost that ability to love. But I still believe in love.

Trust me on this : everything happens for a reason