LIFE OF A WORLD

• SHIITY DAY AT THE OFFICE From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (101 days old)

  If you have ever thought what the words SHIT OF A DAY really mean, then ask me. I know the feeling. Oh, sure it begins like any other day, but it fails to end that way. First thing was the I… more

• एक सुन्दर बछी From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (248 days old)

  What is she doing? Not crying--try yawning. But why? Tired, hungry or just for the heck of it? My maternal folks would call this onu gbajie boys यह बछ्ह&#… more

• CHECK OUT BAMBINO From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (248 days old)

  Her name is Bambino, and that is all i call her. But that is not the name her mother christened her. Anyway, she has become a regular part of office life at work. And at the lodge. If you do … more

• MORE THAN ANATOMY From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (252 days old)

  Right now, I am doing exactly what my friend would hit me over the head for. His name is Dauda, and he went by the blog on the missing penis, maybe for the second time in two days, and he didn't re… more

• fighting soldiers From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (252 days old)

  While researching wars, I stumbled upon the movie Kargil. Better still, I watched the musical Ek Saathi Aur Bhi Tha, picturised on soldiers at the close of battle--and I was blown away. … more

• मैं क्या करूं? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (252 days old)

  आज हमको पता नहीं कि मैं लिखूंगा। Oops, so… more

• missing penis From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (260 days old)

  Police in Confluence State are investigating what happened to the penis and scrotum of a 3-month-old baby.   Lokoja went wild when the case emerged.The story broke when an adoptive family att… more

• INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (305 days old)

  This is how history is made. And the history he is making is his story. You imagine it should be a simple, straightforward business. Not so. At least not the way the media is going about it. … more

• WHAT DOES A NEW GOVERNOR DESERVE? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (310 days old)

  After a change of guards, you expect that a new broom will be sweeping clean. Adams Oshiomole fits the bill. The man began gunning for the top job in Edo State long before the gubernatorial electi… more

• welcome to ramadan From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (416 days old)

  Erratum: i may have made a booboo in the last entry. the festival is eid-el-fitri, not eid-el--kabir. eid-el-kabir appeared in the story because it was originally written during the celebrati… more

• welcome to ramadan From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (428 days old)

  On the first day of Christmas, my dear lord said to me....yaddah, yaddah, yaddah... We all know that song, or some parts of it anyway, and the feelings it evokes. Imagine my feelings when last nig… more

• FAN--FFFIIINNNGGG--TASTIC? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (508 days old)

  Swearing (in some languages, chiefly English) has the power to shock a listener into paying attention. But this can only when it is used carefully. When speech is unnecessarily sprinkled with … more

• fan-bloody-tastic? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (509 days old)

  Swearing (in some languages, chiefly English) has the power to shock a listener into paying attention. But this can only when it is used carefully. When speech is unnecessarily sprinkled with swearing… more

• DOES THE PAST ALWAYS CATCH UP WITH US? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (519 days old)

  I understand the saying that the past is like a shadow—you can never run away from it. That’s exactly the thought that came into my mind late yesterday. There I was seated before the computer, tr… more

• TRAINING ON THE JOB From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (520 days old)

  I have heard so much about on-the-job training, but never had to do it until recently. You would that when a new company comes on the market, which they do always, they want the best. They do anyw… more

• is this another welcome back? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (522 days old)

  Hello, hi, chodiye, jai mata di chodiye. I’ve never known exactly what that means but I’ve always wanted to use it. I guess this could go for another welcome-back entry on this blog. I really… more

• From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (831 days old)

  this music is for you … more

• POSTMARK PAIKO (FULL VERSION) From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  DAY 1 The N-word Is the moon different in Niger? First time I saw it in niger, it was before six in the evening and it was already full and round. I ask forgiveness if I expected it to be differen… more

• From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  DAY 4 The 21-day camp was one time I thought Nigeria could be at its most secular, where tribal and religious lines would dissolve and all graduates would be brats who’d make the lives of camp offici… more

• day 3 From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  On Tuesday 5 September 2006 registration was hell. I stood from 7am to 1am and couldn’t register. Because I wanted to be first to register on Wednesday morning. I set alarm for 3.30am and woke up prom… more

• DAY 2 From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  “My name is Brother Brown. And you are?” the young man asked the question with the most open smile I had seen in the eight hours it took to get to Paiko. I had overcome my dread, and the last three-m… more

• DAY 1: THE N WORD From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  Is the moon different in Niger? First time I saw it in niger, it was before six in the evening and it was already full and round. I ask forgiveness if I expected it to be different. But in what wa… more

• From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  i have titled my stay in Kontagora, niger state as POSTMARK PAIKO … more

• I HAVE JUST STEPPED INTO A NEW WORLD ... AND YOU SURE AS HELL ARE WELCOME! From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (899 days old)

  In September 2006, i began a compulsory national service. It was an eye opener, transporting me from the sheltered familiar life i had led in the south of the country to the volatile unpredictable nor… more

• THROWING MORE PETROL IN THE FIRE From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1542 days old)

  SOME RADIO BROADCASTS SAID IT WAS THE EIGHTH TIME FUEL PUMP PRICES WOULD RISE SINCE PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO CAME INTO POWER. A WHOPPING N60. EVERYONE THINKS THEY ARE PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE FOR A … more

• FIRE IN THE PARK, LAVA ON THE MOUNTAIN From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1542 days old)

  Just last week a popular market named after the Oba of Benin, caught fire. Or maybe it was set on fire. The fire started at one a.m. and burned until the dawn. Everything was gutted. Very few people, … more

• WHAT IS BOLLYWOOD SAYING TO THE WORLD? From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1607 days old)

  What is Bollywood trying to say to the rest of the world? Time was when parents can comfortably leave their young kids in the company of a Bollywood movie and return in three hours, assured there wo… more

• PRACTISING YOUR SERMON From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1607 days old)

  Do we practise what we preach? All that puritanical morality the elders preach in Bollywood movies, do all those really exist on the streets of Bharat? Are there stuff like premarital and extramarita… more

• A GOOD STORY KILLED WITH SEX From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1607 days old)

  Kama Sutra And, oh, that reminds me: the movie Kama Sutra, what the fuck was it talking about. Was that supposed to be a soft porn cached in Bollywood makeover? I have seen better. Other than the cos… more

• WATCHING WHAT THE MOVIES SAY From sanjules in LIFE OF A WORLD (1607 days old)

  Bollywood beware: The language of Bollywood If there’s anything that separates Bollywood from every other dream factory of the east, it is the language called Hindi. Viewers in cinemaghar have … more

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