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I should have started this blog a long time ago precisely when I created the forum. But then, I hardly had online time to think and document my life. My internet connection then was very bad, frustrating as a matter of fact and the little time I had online was used in doing some researches and making general posts on the forum. I could have done it then but it would have required so much thinking which is what I could not afford because when I think, every other thing around me seems non-existent. This habit has actually left a very bad one in me - I forget important things. There were years I even forgot my birthday. Yeah. Its true. And there was this particular one where my family thought the perfect gift for me was not to remind me. Of course, they thought I would learn a lesson from then. But I didnt. This year, they had to remind me again around 12 O'clock. It was on may 24th (I've got a friend on this forum who's gonna strangle me for not telling her that was my birthday). So, call it mild amnesia if you like, I call it drixesia.

OK People. Lets rock and roll.

These days I get really stressed up. why? answer=nigerianz.com. I want to put some more stuffs on the site thats gonna make it WOW. I've got plans for an online radio station and an online tv station. OK. Lets say the tv station is a bit far-fetched now(it might take up to a year but I'm a very big dreamer), the radio station should happen THIS month. If it doesnt, that means all those headaches I had were in vain. There are only three things that destresses me: Football Manager 2007, Pro Evolution Soccer 6, and T-Pain's new song, "buy you a drink".


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You should have guessed by now that one of my hobbies is football although I rarely have time to play it these days. Another one is reading books - whichever comes my way, I like music (but I really dont know how to dance). And movies too. Nuff said.

Now, I'm gonna introduce you to two guys. Sometimes, I think they are my biggest problems and at other times, I think they are my biggest blessings (depends on my mood). These guys are an integral part of everybody's life but they mean much more to me.

1. My Crazy Imagination: I should tell you I've got a really crazy imagination that was probably fed by too much cartoons when I was younger and too much movies now that I'm older. Novels too did their thing on me. I think of things. Too many things. It was so bad that at one point, I could walk a long distance and I wouldnt know how I arrived at my destination because I was thinking along the way. When I was younger, It was either I was a cartoon superhero or a member of the Super Eagles. Now that I am older, I think generally of the society, the ills, the problems, the good things, the sweet things. I also have nasty thoughts sometimes JUST LIKE YOU.

2. My Nagging Conscience: I can bet there is a no woman in the world that can nag as much as my conscience. Even if I did the right thing, this bloody guy would still ask me why I did it and tell me how I could have done it in a thousand better ways. It helps at times and it annoys me at times leaving me in sour mood. Well, I am not the only victim. Sometimes, Nigeria is the victim, at times Africa and its sweet honest leaders, at times Uncle Sam, at times the world at large. Hey! My conscience started asking me why I created this forum after one week of zero activity.

So. why am I telling you about them? simple. Because I want to share my thoughts with everyone that reads my blog. I consider my thoughts a separate part of my life, so their documentation is going to be different from that of my day to day activities. So, anytime I forget to dedicate a column to at least one of My Crazy Imagination or My Nagging Conscience, your obligation is to REMIND me because that means your Nigerian brother is either suffering another bout of drixesia, or he is going selfish.

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CASE 1 - Pathetic Me.

So, today I woke up and the bloody thing started asking me why I have not yet created a blog on my forum. How are other members supposed to create theirs if I have not yet created mine? He won. So. Here I am.

CASE 2 - Herbert Macaulay: A true Nigerian at Heart.

Here, Nigeria was the victim. Why the hell should HERBERT MACAULAY be just on the 1 naira coin? This is a man who single-handedly fought for Nigeria's Independence (Forget what they tell you in the history classes. Quote me if you like). Wonder why Azikiwe was given ceremonial presidency at independence? because he was macaulay's boy. MACAULAY's BOYYYYYY. When this guy spoke then, the British trembled. He'd have been our first president if not for his death that occured few years before independence. He was the one fighting the Colonial authorities when guys who first ruled the country were in colleges still struggling to graduate from British institutions. And those blokes spoilt the country within two years after independence. My point is the guy deserves MORE honour than this. All we have is his face staring at us from the 1 naira coin and a few streets named after him. No monument is named after him, No national building is named after him. Yet, he served Nigeria meritoriously at a time when you couldnt just enrich your pockets with Government money just because you had served your country. His struggles even led to a feud with his friend, Dr. Henry Carr who obviously loved the British.

I will give you a full biography of Herbert Macaulay in a new forum I'll create soon - Nigerian Heroez.