The Writeventures of Emaleecious

We are creatures of habit, yet we forget what it is we do all the time. How quickly we judge peter when we committed the same crime earlier. How fast we condemn Paul and throw stones at his remorseful self, when by the end of the day, we would be guilty of committing the same crime. Finger pointing.  Something we do so easily, forgetting that only one finger stands in accusation while the other three are pointing back at us and the thumb is standing as a witness that you have just accused yourself. Consider this- you are driving (Lagos style) in traffic, and one random dude feeling "lucky" and tries to throw you off your lane because he has sighted an official further up. Would you "allow" him go in your lane, or ignore him even when a traffic warden (police, Lastma, VIO, etc) is waiting for him. Remember Lagos style driving means you might also break traffic rules yourself and depend on someone else to "rescue" you. How would you feel if...

...The result  (click on result to find out) is out   and I made a "B"!!! I Thank God for seeing me through and for teaching me in the process. Thanks for all your comments, kind thoughts and all!

How many times do you do things of your own might and say "God did it" when people congratulate you? You push God away because you think you can "handle it" or because the situation around you is favourable.  Let me give you an example. In December 2011, I had an examination to write. I knew this when I purchased the course and tried to get myself prepared for it. I really tried, but it was quite difficult as there were so many distractions everywhere- weddings, parties, work, everything! So I didn’t really prepare like I wanted to. I made up my mind to defer the exam, but when I logged on to do it, I realized that the deadline for exam deferral had passed, so I was stuck- I had to write it. I started reading in earnest and the more I read, the more desperate I became and my fear of failing knew no bounds. I was afraid because I didn’t want to fail. You see, I used to fail almost every exam before, well, not total failure, but the kind that they call “let-m...

I told the truth and no one believed me. I lied and they believed me. Reminds me of this comment by George Orwell- "Then the lie passed into history and became truth" I filled my leave form and requested for just 3 days off work so I could read and write an examination. I am running a program that I really want to complete by the end of next year (It seems doubtful, but there's nothing God can't do). I didn't even think twice about getting it approved, because I thought I was "improving myself". Alas, it didn’t get approved for some reasons that I don’t want to get started on. So I decided to postpone the exam. However, my mom was on my case to write the exam, and she kept telling me to attempt it. Her advice was I had nothing to lose as my money wouldn’t be refunded anyway and it was a 50-50 case of passing or failing. I wasn’t so keen because I knew that I wasn’t really ready anyway, so I started dodging her (bless her beautiful soul)...

I got into the office today and saw that my space had been raided. I had heard rumours of the burglary during the Strike action, but it didn't really prepare me for what I saw. My drawer was in serious disarray, and most of the files in the cupboard had been pulled out and left out. It was more disgusting than painful. I have always known that I hate people “scattering” my things, but now I know it’s much more than that. I actually hate people touching my things without my permission. I felt violated, like someone went through all my things and now has a personal knowledge of me. I do know that my laptop bag was stolen (apparently, it was used to carry someone’s laptop- thankfully, my laptop was locked up in someone’s drawer) but that’s all I can say for now. This is not the way to start a work week at all, but I am grateful that nothing of importance was taken from me. Now my question is this, how did the burglar get past the security post without being notic...