₦airaland Forum

kangminhyuksho:
Lol I hope you know they used body doubles

Gerrard59:
Nairaland is still running because there's no competition. It's literally Nigeria's indigenous-owned DISCUSSION FORUM. Most importantly, it came when Internet penetration wasn't widespread. So there has been an accumulation of information resources over 5 years from 2005 to 2010 followed by the widespread penetration of the Internet and proliferation of affordable smartphones.

It's the information resource that's the asset of Nairaland. Hence, any Google search about any topic from a Nigerian perspective brings up Nairaland. No other social media site can defeat it. Also remember that it's largely anonymous, thus, commentators can express themselves to a great extent.

GloriousGbola:
when i was leaving secondary school, i stole someone's textbook and carried it home. i had no need to do so - i just did for whatever reason.

years later there was a period when i was having some academic challenges and the owner of the book appeared in a dream.

my take on your post - your mum placed the travails on things she subconsciously felt guilt about .

as an aside read up mentalism

which involved 'reading' people. con men, prophets, prophetesses use this when they tell people their family members are behind their travails. thye know what you are suggestible towards and they prey on that. if your fam was slightly different - this may have been pinned on a member or even your wife

as I get older, i have come to expect that life is in cycles. Good times and bad times.

i went through a series of unfortunate events in 2012 -13 . (that was my way of describing what happened) that was the year i had the encounter with the robbers. i was also in an accident which i came out of unscathed. and some other issues.

just sayin'

semid4lyfe:
On this burial stuff, make I yarn una one story.

Mid 2022 - Early 2023, inexplicable things begin dey sup for our family.

Me, dem hold my promotion for office. This was despite acing the appraisal assessment and being recommended for promotion.

Business wey I establish as additional side hustle to my 9 - 5 run down.

Pregnancy wey my sister carry after years of TTC drop.

A cousin in Okitipupa commot for house to go work and never returned back.

A niece in the university, a very brilliant gal studying Nursing Science woke up one morning and begin dey kolo.

Popsy sef dey get incessant health issues that time.

E even reach my elder bro side for Cany, as hin lose hin good paying job.

etc etc

As in, everything just dey go wrong that time with all of us

Na so mumsy dream that period and in the dream, our paternal grandpa appeared to her and admitted to being behind our travails because popsy, our uncles and aunts no give am befitting burial when him kpai.

According to how she take narrate am, hin spirit dey aggrieved and is not at rest because he was buried dishonourably, and na why hin dey afflict us.

Keep in mind, that grandpa kpai in the late 90's.

She begin dey disturb and pile pressure on popsy and we the children say make we do the traditional burial rites and give grandpa a befitting sendforth to the great beyond.

Initially we refused but after unrelenting pressure from her, incessant calls and impressing it on us the children that popsy was aged, and may be called home soon, and customarily, we are barred from giving him a "befitting burial" because he didn't do such for grandpa, we caved and in and agreed to give grandpa a befitting burial in the form of a thanksgiving/remembrance.

Popsy being the oldest son called a family meeting and convinced his brothers, sisters and cousins. Dem pick date wey be last week of December 2023, do budget, share responsibilities and the bills.

Me, I don know say I no go travel go villa because wifey was due in January, and I couldn't leave her cos na me be her only support system.

Elder bro in Cany on PR visa was due for citizenship in January, and was solely focused on that and did not want to prolong his eligibility days by travelling to Nigeria.

Two cousins abroad in UK on care work visa were not coming too.

Everybody sent money and our cousins back in the villa did the logistics and running around.

We collect Aso-ebi. Bought two cows. Booked the community secondary school field and hired a traditional highlife musician with his band for the all-night party.

The traditional rites to appease grandpa's soul were done, Church thanksgiving/remembrance was done too,

The all night party was well attended, People ate, drank to their fill and danced merrily. Everything went well. Na so we take run the thing and everyone went back to base and their normal lives afterwards.

As we enter January 2024, my promotion came through and was backdated to October 2022 when I was originally due. All the arrears of the salary increment was paid to me with my January salary.

My cousin wey go work in Okitipupa and disappeard was found wandering in Oshodi in tattered clothes and bathroom slippers and clearly in a dishevelled state. He underwent rehabilitation and has fully recovered today.

My sister took in again in January 2024, carried the pregnancy to term and delivered a bouncing baby boy in September.

My niece studying Nursing Science in University deferred her programme for a session, underwent treatment & rehabilitation, and is now fully recovered, back in school and in her final year.

My elder bro's cany citizenship came through and he got a better paying job than the one he lost.

Popsy after being in and out of hospital in 2023 did not visit the hospital once in 2024.

And so on and so on...........

I no dey put stock for this kind spiritual stuff but these na things wey we experience for our family. and shey na just coincidence say things begin dey pick up for us after we buried grandpa "right", comments?

kangminhyuksho:
Random post: just remembered I forgot to talk about the trauma code: heroes on call after I finally finished it. It was simple, sweet and straightforward. No time wasting and I really wish more writers will take on this style of just dropping us right into the story instead of wasting our time with yeye build up and filler episodes. Choo young woo and his glasses were so cute, ju ji hoon was ju ji hoon as usual and I was glad to see hayoung more active cos the last time I saw her was in face me where she played a murder victim so 98% of her scenes there was her lying dead on the ground 🤣. Shout-out to Dr Han Yu rim for being hilarious as hell. It was interesting to learn that ju Ji hoon's character was actually based on a real life trauma doctor who also faced lots of opposition from the heads of the hospital he worked at

P.s: happy birthday to baek Jin hee Unni

*Currently watching*: motel California, newtopia, do you like brahms
Song of the day: it's gonna be hot - ghost9 (cos really the weather in Lagos is hot as hell 😭)

kangminhyuksho:
You're a lawyer that lost your memory?

tensazangetsu20:
Lots of europeans living in the US illegally. It doesnt mean anything. I am yet to experience a single earthquake and Chile is one million times better than Brazil. You cant even compare at all in anyway.

DeadPresidents:
Has anyone here had to learn a new language as an adult? Please share your experience.

I just passed TELC B1 Deutsch (German Intermediate level proficiency exam) and I swear that’s the most difficult exam I’ve written in a while. Even more difficult than Tech certification exams like Linux and Cisco.

Makes me realise how difficult picking up a new language.

I know say Raumdeuter, Afrodoc2 and A40 go dey habla Español like say tomorrow nor dey

DeadPresidents:
I’ve met a lot of people here who’ve lived 8 years plus and can’t speak at all. And while Deutsch is difficult as far as language learning goes, it is still a cake walk compared to learning Russian or Chinese.

I been think say as you dey near Mexico, you go dey deep Spanish on those your mentorship trips to Tijuana

KnowledgePower7:
We lack strong rebels in Nigeria
What we have are paid vagabonds killing and kidnapping their own people in the name of liberation

Revolution is what Africa truly needs
A Cleanse up from top to bottom

We need a strong smart rebel
Not illiterates like Nnamdi kanu and igboho

We need courageous minds like Jk Rawlings
Arrest all corrupt politicians in Nigeria

Line them up for Firing squad
Execute them all. Simple

This is the only way Nigeria will develop
Democracy in Nigeria has been hijacked

It's time to delete all the virus and start a fresh
At the end of the day we know it won't happen

GloriousGbola:
i doubt this for a simple reason - none of these extortions have been caught on camera. if that volume of transactions is going on daily - there is no way some passengers or drivers would not have caught theses people on their phone camera

simple law of averages

Gerrard59:
Looking back at this thread and the latest technological advances from China, I am glad my predictions have come to pass. Next up is the EUV machine - as I stated, e go become pure water. Expect to see one at Ladipo when it becomes public.

Learn Chinese today. This is the Chinese Century.

capnies:
Good morning great minds, please which free video converter can I use to convert movies to mpeg with my android phone
Thanks in anticipation

Sirchiboy:
Pic of your D

budaatum:
More of a sign you don't give a fuq how you fuq and don't mind hurting whom you fuq.