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dREAMS COME tRUE

I saw this day 100 days ago when I started this journey

I saw this hour when this vision was conceived

I saw this moment when I would breast the tape

I'm excited tonight because I'm at the finish line

This is the dream

And God put life to it

I remember that one night that I was chatting with my roomie - Reme - while I was out of the room, he brought up this intiative and I couldn't resist getting on board.

The concept of 100days at the lobby was more than fresh!!
I felt like the king of branding that I am when it jumped on me.

Where was I 100days ago?
Where am I now?
I have attracted ur audience
U guys watched me grow
U guys witnessed my evolution
U have understood me better
U have believed me more
U have stood by me
Ur impression of me I believe has gotten better

A-Z LIFE LESSONS was a mere dream then
All I had were manuscripts
I had passion, I was filled with energy
With God on my side
About half a mill gone down on the project already
And yeah!!! The printer delivered tonight
1,000copies in print already

Myne, u brought me to the spotlight
Harry, ur support was unrelenting
Dew, it's been a pleasure knowing u
Bonnie, u remain ever sweet
Dammie, queen of the underground
NakedSha, God bless u 4 real!!
Jaycee, d spiricoc blogger...nice knowing u
Juanita, there's no day I don't remember that powerful poem u wrote me
Simi, u always special
Funeh, it's been fun running 100days concurrently
Reme, u always my bro
EIE babes...Emem, Stef!!!!!, KemBols, Ednaway,
Dayo-data, thanks 4 keeping d database intact
D.Mac mi!!!! Always luv u
Interesting followers that appreciate my thing....LDP, Nice Anon, Dami (c ya 2mrw!)
Other followers of this blog that I never got to meet.
The unknown private followers I wish I could see....merci b

I miss this blog already!!!!
**sobs**

Tomorrow I blog as a graduate
For 40days I will tell my story
For 40days I will yet water my seed
At the end of 40days I watch what the one who giveth seed to the sower, bread for food and causes the harvest of our righteouness to grow will do.

BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WORTH LISTENING?

It's 6am in the morning

Unofficial day

No pending work to do

No 8am class to catch

No point for an early rise

Dawn of a chilling day

You wake up blank

No defined agenda

Its quiet

As mother nature speaks

You could probably hear the birds chirp

Listen

There's a melody in your heart

Hush...you are tempted to go back to bed

Listen a little longer

Slowly the melody gets louder

Gradually the melody translates into pictures

You are seeing things

Building things

Building castles

You now see things you can't contain

So you give up

Back to sleep, you attempt

Too late, your eyes are widely open

Melody - Pictures - Burden

It remains a burden until you deliver

A burden until you reach that bridge

The bridge where ideas meet reality

Reality equates accomplishment

Accomplishment, fulfilment

Fulfilment is inexistent

Soon you grow thirsty again

You seek a fresh burden

So you go back to listen

And the melody paints the pictures

Back to a burden that cries to be delivered again

Are you sure you really want to listen?

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THAT POINT

I've gotten to a point in my life when I don't just know anymore. I just don't know, there's a new dimension to self discovery every day, new doors just keep opening, fresh insights seeping in, seriously you need to be inside me to understand some of these things, but the summary is I'm enjoying life and I'm loving the new twists. The stakes are getting higher, and this what makes life fun. I feel like I can dare anything, feel like I can achieve anything, feel like I can pull off anything.

I'm happy oh!!! Really happy.

My day was great

My early morning paper was on point, yet another 'A'

Then I had this crazy loooooong sleep through the afternoon.

I had to take a stroll this evening to unlearn since the academic content was too high...lol. You know my schooling is basically about the cycle of learn - unlearn - relearn - unlearn.

I learn in class

I unlearn in the course of the semester as a result of my bad 'no-revision' habit.

I relearn when exams are near.

Then I unlearn as soon as I'm done with my papers

There might be need to relearn later on again if a similar course content comes up in another course.

School is crazy jare!

Well, I had a nice time with my runaway Dami

I got my website up today!!!

Thanks to Foluso.

I've always wanted my own domain name since I was in JSS2...those my early days of HTML..hmnnn... I wonder why I gave up on programming.

Anyways, the website is like the next big deal, I can assure you of something superb by weekend, the concepts are dancing in my head, it's a big feast sef, I just need to make sure the ideas transcend that bridge successfully and cross over to reality. I'll put up the link soon.

My happiness today brings us back to something I've always talked about and I'm sure I must have mentioned here; Life just seems to operate with one funny wave like this....series of bad luck happening to the same sets of persons around the same time, and in another case, series of contracts just coming the way of already 'made' guys who really don't need the money, and then some people are just in the middle...good today, ok tomorrow, fair the day after.

It's that high line I want oh, and I think that's what is happening to me right now. Folks, pray for me please...I need a lot of it.

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I leave you with these rap lines from a song that left an impression on my heart...wasn't easy interpreting this from Yoruba to English.

DREAMS

There are so many times that I've fallen and risen

So many clubbing nites that I couldnt afford Redbull

Many coloured shirts combined with one red shoe

So many witches, too many demons

Countless free shows

Countless folks telling me to give up

Telling me I'm too local and hiphop is not my thing

I was determined and I was focused

That's why name has spread like an epidemic

Uncountable 'yawa's...so many insults

Countless concoctions..many meals with no salt

Countless dreams of becoming a celebrity

Only to wake up and continue my hustle on the streets

When will I buy my infinity

Or my Armanda so I can show you the wonder

I have dreams of making Ajah my residence

I have dreams of becoming the Nigerian president

I'm encouraged by what presidents embezzle

Yet I'm discouraged by the curses heaped on them

I have dreams of becoming a pastor

But everytime I drink and I smoke weed silly

I have dreams of having the belief of Pastor Chris

But I'm carried away by the effizi of Ludacris

I have dreams of being as intelligent as Wole Soyinka

But can't happen cos the ladies keep flocking around

I have dreams of going to school and evolving a professor

But I'm being delayed by money like a bus from which ppl want to drop

I have dreams of playing soccer like Kaka

Who knows, tomorrow I might get signed by Barca

Dagrin had dreams

He sang about them

Some he lived

His dreams took his name to Google's 25th most searched word at some point in time

Don't stop dreaming!

18-04-2008

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original image from Google images

Man is selfish

Men are selfish

They flock around you

Don't complain

They reason just like you do

They are out for what to gain

You are not the only one that is being strategic

They consider all of that too

They want your links

To join your network

'Value-based friendship' they say

They tap into your brand

They use you to pull off results

Some appreciate, some don't

It's all for the 'self'

To grow 'self'

To develop 'self'

All about 'self'

Don't care about all of that

You just keep giving

Ignore their motives and stay true

You can be sure you'll never run dry

It's been reading and reading all day. Chapel service was on point, revelation on the importance of 40days. Had a nice time answering some interview questions though...cant wait!!! Made a new friend today, and I've tried so hard to force this bangle out of my hand...no luck, might just use the scissors :-(

Tick tock, can't wait for 2mrw's paper!

Tick tock, 6am revision

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I quit blogging today

therefore this post doesn't count, it is a 'no post' post.

How could I have missed it

How come all these don't jump on me

Must I always hustle for em?

Not after 60days of non-stop blogging!

Arggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Congrats to you Harry, 4 nominations no be beans oh!

I'm vexing for all those that might have visited and enjoyed my blog at one time or the other, how will I not make nominee list?

Dew, what happened to our fan base in Hungary now?

These CU people won't just vote

I know I like these vain things

They spice life up

My blogging low self esteem is back again

Yes, this is the 'P' button on active mode.

Anyways Category B nominations start soon, I'm going on massive hustling for that one, I gatz to belong.

Great start for the 'A' ride exams. The paper made sense and this is one 'A' down, 8 more to go!

Success wishes to all my folks out there, God's favour will bring the rain In Jesus name. Amen.

THEY

They say it's impossible

No, it's never done that way

No, no one has ever done it like that

No, it's not for new comers

No, new comers always start small

They don't see what you see

So they can't get you

They don't feel what you feel

They don't mean you bad

Just their ignorance that betrays them

Listen to me

It doesn't have to be traditional

It doesn't have to be regular

It only has to be you

It only has to be original

Photography by Phune

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DON'T

Don't call me inconsistent

Consistency is my way of life

Don't paint me black

It was you who left me blank

Don't tag me 'unbecoming'

I told you it was coming

Is it just me or these last couple of days are actually more fun than I anticipated. As in, I've been smiling :-)

Life just seems to be more fun with each passing moment and I'm slowly beginning to fear the hours when I'll miss all of these... buh for now, I'm enjoying myself.

Final exams start on Monday and I can't feel the tension in the air yet, most people are just approaching it like it's a 10mark test...na wa oh! Anyways, I've resolved to make tomorrow 100% academics, I need to do my final reading for Monday's paper so I can enjoy a level of calmness on Sunday.

I just have this strong urge that this is my semester for straight 'A's and I can only trust God to prove himself as I play my part.

Let June 9 come on time jare so I can get to down to Lagos, distribute my July9 launch IVs, conclude on launch venue, start my mass print and live the dream.

The dream.

The dream is here

The hour is nigh

The wait no more

I can just picture that little ambitious me that sat down in that chapel on Monday, 17th October, 2005; this journey looked like a forever journey then but we didn't mind, we saw manhood coming at the end of the journey, we pictured the 'up's only, the thought of our down moments was far fetched, the energy was something else, our hopes at its peak.

5years almost complete and I've not done bad at all, I can only appreciate God who has been behind it all. Many ran off course, but I'm still here to tell my story.

The most valuable asset I can hold on to after it all is the gift of friendship. I have the best set of friends in the world, and I take pride in that.

On a day like this, I miss all my CU uncles and aunts who are already flying. God helped me so well that right from inception I've always had elderly ones who have picked interest in me, and it was in this final year when there was really no one above me that I read more meaning to the importance of the role they played. God bless them all!!

I can't wait to get out there and continue the relationship I have with them.

This one key area is where people get it wrong atimes, people see having senior ones around them as a burden, which is a seriously ignorant perspective to life. How can you not have persons that you are accountable to?

I probably place more value on this than the average person would because I grew up with two elderly brothers who are 9 and 7years older, and till date I always trace the roots of my oversized maturity to my brothers. I couldn't just be left out! They didn't give the opportunity to reason as a toddler, they always expected me to know things that were beyond my scope. So it's this same intellectual ambience I'm always looking out for in every new enviroment I find myself. God bless my brothers!!

I love all my friends and I don't care if this post is getting too long, I just have to recognize them. ;-)

I can't stand people who are not futuristic, so most of my friends are persons that always talk about THE DREAM. I am who I am today because of the talk I talk and the influence resulting from the talk. I like to talk the dream and I probably would never have gotten close to achieving any if I didn't have friends that just seem to believe me. My life happens to operate in such a fashion that if I'm within a group of people and I open my mouth to pronounce one, two things I want to achieve, I never rest until I do those things.

That's what my ego does for me

And that's what my friends do to me.

I like to relate with people based on where they are heading to; and if God's favour keeps shining on us, I should end up having the major captains of industries as 'childhood friends'!!

That's mega and I can't wait to step into that realm.

My friends are multifaceted, and that's what makes my life fun. I've never enjoyed a monotonous lifestyle and God keeps helping me to discover more and more persons who bring colours my way.

The fact that I have you read this every night keeps me going, and thanks for being there for me! I'm talking to you oh, not anyone else.

Catch you again tomorrow nite.

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Special shout out to Bettyboopz, you made my day!

Y'al might want to get inspired by Mr Alder's thoughts here

(Jaycee :-D)

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Here are some pics from Sunday......

after the service

Jiphil @ breakfast

Ify @ breakfast

all classy MOBI-D

Lamba @ d gig

EIE peeps

cuties..

Editor in Chief, Mitre Magazine | Lamba | MoDee

C.E.O Restruct Consult endorsing "A-Z life lessons"

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It's way past midnight
You are on your bed
Those thoughts are singing
You cant sleep 'cause of the beauty of this melody
You're caught up in the awe of it
Grab your pen
Pen it on paper
You'll cry it for it at dawn if you don't have it

I'm not supposed to be in the best of moods, but I think I have some form of undefined joy deep within. I just feel light today and I'm really cool with myself right now.

With the postponement of the project defense, couple of refreshing news, dramatic evening for everyone around me, seeing my worst test script ever a while ago, more and more drama..I still have joy. This is not some faith talk, I'm just happy.

I have really come a long way, I have been through times that made me doubt if I wanted to continue existence, and as it's always the case, I found myself stepping out of such situations regretting why I ever got bothered about them in the first place.

If this school doesn't teach you anything else, it teaches you this one thing; you learn how to be numb to the pressing issues you are faced with, and this one thing has helped me a lot. Atimes, I just feel irresponsible that some things don't bother me, but really responsibility could be a curse jare.
At this point, I wish I could switch to "hurt" mode and write some things out of the things that are supposed to be frustrating me, but I cant find it.

I'm out for something challenging
I'm thirsty for something tasking
Strategies
Plots
Plans
Execution
A bit of the serious
A bit of the spooky

I think I should just divert this to my examinations, I just kept on asking myself why I haven't had straight 'A's so far...its painful jor, and even tho I really don't need it so to speak, it won't be a bad convocation package. God, do it oh!!!

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INFLUENCE: ALL THAT I AM, ALL THAT I WILL BE

All that I am and all that I will be is a function of influence. Society is built by influence, influence is the building block of personalities, it is the clay with which one's character is moulded.

I am an Akanni today because of my father's influence on a one time Miss Ajao. I am a christain today and I love God today because I was made to go to church every Sunday to learn about God.

The word christainity was coined from Christains and christains were said to be people that lived their lives like that of Christ; in order words Christainity is a result of the influence Christ had on his world.

I can write today because my mind was open to learning. Opened to learning by influence of my parents who made sure I was enrolled in various institutions of learning at different times of my life time in order for me to be influenced.

These institutions of learning that we call schools can also be called "influence arena"

Experience is a major driver of influence. Experiences influence us over and over again. As a child, I could reach for a burning flame with no sense of drawback or fear of wrong, but the first time I touch a burning flame and it sends a burning sensation down my sensory nerves, that action goes down into my experience archives and that moment in time - which we call experience - keeps recalling from my subconscious each time I see a burning flame.

We think success today because experience fluently tells us the tale of two cities, one of failure and one of success. The former in which there is displeasure, frustration, sorrow and waste; the latter in which there is excitement, joy, happiness and fulfilment.

Influence is everything.

Influence determines your lot in life, and if you would agree with me that experience is truly a major driver of influence, then you should watch what you experience.

If your experience tells you that a moving train is heading to the city of failure, you jump off that train in anticipation that soon another ride will come to lead you to the city of success. But who says failure is the last stop of that moving train? What if journeying to the city of success demands that you travel in through the city of failure?

Shouldn't we even question these two cities? Is there any such thing as failure or success??

Ahhh....I don't know what I'm saying again oh.

The essence of this gist is that experience could be limiting, it is expedient for you to approach certain things with a free mind, a clean slate - Tabula raza

Tell me how you see these things.....

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NIGERIAN BLOG AWARDS

Hey guys its that time of the year again

this year the awards has been put together by goodnajagirl(GNG)

she put a lot of hardwork into it

please head over and nominate your favourite blogs for the Category A nominations

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do your bit

thanks for your time

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Yaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!!! It's been 50days of non-stop blogging!!!!!

It has been a beautiful week for me....mid-semesters made sense. Some miraculous things coming my way, new challenges, project submission getting closer, interesting developments on A-Z.

That talk on sacred cows, the successful, the failures, how we all find ourselves in various categories per time and all of those things have been playing round my mind all day, really can't explain why I keep thinking about it sha.....The same set of things happens to the same set of people, this simple 'luck' operation that we call destiny.

I stumbled on this food for thought:

"The happiest people dont necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way"

So why are you complaining about ur lack?

If you can think well enough, what you have is enough

Think!

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LV: PLUNGE INTO THE DEEP

What do people do when they are indoors?

Being indoors is not particularly active part of my CU life, it doesn't just work for me! Atimes I feel like I overdo the outdoor life, but again what's there to do indoors.

My outdoor life has been on the low this week, the whole down turn seemed to have started with that 'Audi-man' experience. Being outdoors doesn't just feel free again, I just don't feel as relaxed as I used to...we always find it hard to erase our past rite? But this is not the first time this kinda thing is coming up now, but it's the same experience come with a different feeling this time. The fact that I dont want to be clean shaven means I have to put my 6th sense to vain use by getting so sensitive as to ensure I escape all those people.That 56days to go factor..I can't just stand staining the clean sheet, 5yrs offence-form-free state is not something you easily come by in a place like this, so it's worth protecting.

Again, what's the motivation for staying indoors?

Indoor life potrays you as a focused person? You're perceived as calculated, no roaming around the streets and all...

But again, staying outdoors is not just right for we talkatives...argghh!!! Baba understands.

In essence, balance they say is the key to life; things shouldn't be over done.

I'm looking forward to a week in this school that I'll just be on super-hyper mode, laugh with anybody, get as random as possible, and in general just take a calculated departure from the regular because its needed. Those are the things that make life fun.

There's something about looking for big things in the most unusual places, I'm trying to get a good grip of that phenomenom...but men, it's just sweet when you go all out for something mega and all the mega sources just seem to fail, you move past the mega taking a stroll through the micro heading to the "give-up" island, the minuscule just seems to draw your attention and that tiny pick ends up being the next biggggg deal....I love this life!

If I begin to state examples...you'll just doze off on this page. lol

No serious plans yet for Saturday, I hope to make it an indoor one though...let's see how it goes.

#Now Playing

Song: Thank God

Artist: Dagrin ft Omawumi

I used to think 9ice was the deepest Naija could produce, then M.I came n blew our minds, I've never sat down to listen to this guy up until this time of his death and men...hez got some deep lines. This issue of people not being 'deep' these days is rather appauling you know, thats why I loooooove people that are deep...they always stand out!

Read the prestigious Mr Mike Awoyinfa had to say about Dagrin here

Care to know one or two things about Adenuga's childhood? Click

P.S. My tracker tells me there are folks in UAE that follow my blog, please I'ld love to meet you. Send me a mail one of these days. tolulopeakanni@yahoo.com