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My 'New' Reality: Did You Just Say 'Nay'?

I am not all about pleasin' the naysayers no more cos they will always have something to say whether or not you permit them to say anything.
However, I am all for pleasing those that matter to me and who have a potential of bringing out the best in me. 
You have to love me!

I think that is what life is all about.

I think it is all about not having to bend over backwards to please a nasty person or group of people who no matter how hard you try will always have nasty stuff to say about you. 

I really subscribe to the school of thought that believes that life is about you relating with people who, with a loving and cute, sincere smile and warm gentle hands will steer you in the right path and say just the words you NEED to hear; words of encouragement at the right time and words of rebuke when its needed, not some nasty stinking garbage that no matter how well arranged it is, will make no sense because they are just not the words for you!!! 

I sincerely think we have to learn to be grateful when we are surrounded by people who care and are attuned to our feelings so deeply that they are just in sync with us. 
So much so that when you are sad they offer you a shoulder for the burden and when you are happy and feeling all warm on your inside, they let you know that your joy is their joy also. 

People who teach you to love not by putting pressure on you or with accusations but by loving you deeply. 

People who will stick up their hands high in the air whenever a negative word is being said about you anywhere and prove to the naysayers that they KNOW you more than anyone else and how could they (the naysayers) think of you in such a manner? 

I think those are the people I want in my life; and I'm almost sure your feelings are not too different from mine, at least on this score.

Believe me, I'm still recovering from having my hearts broken by 'friends' and can't stand any more fake people around me...I'm sorry if this is too much for you but I guess I have found a new reality and I ain't lettin' go...



So? Its What I Do!

Now, here's a little tidbit on my day...

I guess, I must say that its up to you to decide whether or not it was a successful one but whatever your decision ends up being, please do remember that success varies based on what we each enjoy doing. 
in case you are wondering, this is me, just before i drew the portrait!!

For example, a Pastor would view a day spent reading the bible for 12 hrs and then going door-door preaching the gospel for 9 hrs a huge success; in the same way, an art collector will tell you without holding his breath that his day was successful because he spent one half of it in a gallery viewing the latest display and the other half at the charity auction of artworks which to many are a meaningless waste of time (yeah, I can just see you turning up your nose at the idea and hissing, 'how ordinary and boring!'). 


Well, its your opinion! 

Some will also consider the very idea of sitting in a little room packed to the roof with toddlers yelling out their tiny, little lungs with so much toys lying around and so many wet nappies to change the biggest success ever, while a good number of people think that the very idea of one single child sharing the same roof with them equals torturous death, and they will go, "For chrissakes, they are nothing but a nuisance!" 

In the same vein, some others will tell you bluntly that sitting in an office, regardless of its size, quality, air-conditioning and assistants at your beck and call and making business deals is the biggest excuse for a job, while there are many who will disagree with a vein ticking in their jaw and their fists clenched. 

Now , that we have established the fact that success to you is just that, SUCCESS and it can't or shouldn't be forced on others, here's what I did today, I made a portrait..! 

Actually, a friend of mine doubted my drawing talent or abilities and she sorta dared me. I figured, 'What the heck! Her birthday just passed so why don't I give her herself!!!' 

Then I collected her picture...My day was the blastest day ever!!! 

Making a portrait is not the easiest chore (remember if you enjoy doing it, it's no longer a chore, it becomes a passion!) in the world but once you put pencil to cardboard and you have your model in front of you, all you become aware of is the raging need inside you to finish that work and have someone look at it and say, 'This is definitely...(the models name)...my God is it a drawing or an actual snapshot? This is brilliant!'. 

Every artist wants to know that their work is beautiful...Think about it...do you think that capturing a person's likeness on a sheet of cardboard or plain paper with just a few strokes of pencil or charcoal is a piece of cake? 
I tell you its hard work! 
Only artists that make portraits will agree with me on this one.

So the next time you go to a art gallery and hear that a particular work of art is being sold for a huge amount, don't get angry. 

Just view the artist as a person trying to make his/her name a huge success in this world that won't throw success or good things at your feet. Even if you won't be buying it, compliment the artist's expertise and move on to other affordable works but the problem is they might not be portraits!!! This might sound boring to you but, remember what I said earlier? This is worth my while and I'm almost sure its not the case with you! 
If you are still wondering whether my portrait turned out nicely, I tell ya, it did!!!!

P.S. --> I would have uploaded one of my portraits but I fear and have a deep respect for fraudsters who may claim it as theirs! Yes, my work is that priceless!








I'll Bet You Didn't Know That...#gotcha!



Now, that I have your attention...
Yeah, so I'm guessing reading this blog of ours can't be too much fun if we don't know much about the Chief Author, huh?

For example, I'll bet a thousand dollars you do not know that I draw as a recreational activity...and I think I am good too!
Well, here goes...things I'm PRETTY sure you don't know about me...#sneakPeek#

#Things I Hate#--->>>>

I can't abide cheats or liars -  I don't hate the people, I HATE THE ACT! Now, if you have ever cheated another person, ever! I'm not gonna tell you to log off and never come back! After all I already pointed out the fact that there are no doctrines here. With this here blog, I seek to open to followers and readers, a way of thinking that pays and has never failed to help me.
However, I wouldn't want you to log off from here feeling like an attempt has been made to brain-wash you or to place a fog before your eyes. Rather, I seek to show you a path that you may or may not take, so you see, it is a 'Choice Issue'! Don't we just love knowing we have a right to choice?!!
Now, here's to the guys...try deny it as much as you like, but something deep down inside just tells me that whenever you cajole that girl into bed with you and you've had your fill of her, she repels you just that bit more. You use the 'SPEECH' on her - "If you love me, you will help take our relationship to the next level"...(I'm guessing we all know where the next level leads to!) and when you catch her in a moment of weakness, you both end up where you want! Now, here's what I think: "Ladies, if he don't think you are worthy of his ring on your finger, then he ain't worthy of you in his bed and that's it!"
Guys, don't you think that by using the speech on her, you are cheating her of the 'Choice' privilege? Now, I can almost hear you say, "Well, I sure ain't raping her!" No, you are not, but I say, "You sure ain't loving her either!" #touche#

Ladies, if he loves you, he won't use 'The Speech' on you and that's it!
I like to think I'm a good reader of minds, so here's what I think you guys are even now thinking..."This girl wan spoil our parole!" (If you don't know what that means, it means "This girl is trying to spoil our fun") Well, forgive me for trying to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, disillusioned females and children with low self-esteem issues in the world!

Cheating doesn't happen only when you cross the border line between yourself and the next person with your neck in an examination! It is depriving the next person of their rights and privileges and I think every lady deserves a chance to fulfill her dreams without worrying that her boyfriend whom she loves so much is going to leave her if she doesn't 'give in to his ugly whims'!
Now before you start to think you've logged onto a feminist site;

THIS IS FOR THE LADIES!!!
If you keep giving him the 'come-on' with your sly looks and really 'not-there' clothes, you are giving him the right to cheat you! You may get a rise out of watching him 'burn for you' but how about what it does to him when you play coy and refuse him the sex after over-exciting him. I'm not making excuses for the perverts who go around violating ladies by raping them, but this is one of the major causes of rape. Not all guys have learned to discipline themselves when it has to do with their 'baser urges'! By telling him 'yes' when you don't mean it is just naughty and if he then begins to put pressure on you, I won't blame him!

We already have enough of the government cheating us out of good roads and amenities and the last thing we need is for the people to join in!










  • Crooked people--->>> I hate the acts not the people! Have you ever tried being straight-forward? Isn't it just...good?
  • I don't actually hate spoiled kids. They were not created to be that way...they are a result of over-indulgent parents. Here's what I believe in though: Being a black woman, I don't believe in pampering spoiled and naughty kids who whine till they have their way...I believe that ass-whopping mustn't become extinct--->>> forgive me if you don't believe in it!


#Things I could never eat...and enjoy...

  • Fried rice--->>> I end up removing the stuff in it...you'll probably never want to take me to a party or a restaurant...#sighs# ...and isn't it just funny how I can eat a burger without batting an eyelid!
  • Prawn Crackers--->>> when I tried eating it some months back to see if I'd gotten over my animosity, I nearly gagged!
  • Digestive Biscuits--->>> no, uhmmm, I'll pass...*wobbly smile*
  • Onions--->>> I blend or grate them...they go down more easily when they are not between my teeth!
P.S--->>> My apologies if you like any of these foods and probably feel offended!



#Things that make me sad--->>


  • An ignorant person that won't admit that they are ignorant!---how are you ever gonna get wise?
  • A sad movie--- very emotional...actually, I never knew how to keep the tears at bay when watching one of those...and I don't cry prettily!
  • Thinking of the hunger, thirst and homelessness that little kids suffer in some third-world countries---#TeamHelpTheNeedy
  • Remembering Chuckie --->>> some people think it is weird but I do miss Chuckie...she was faithful.
Chuckie, I miss you terribly


#Things that make me laugh--->>>albeit inelegantly...

  • A very good joke...very good, I said!
  • Steve Martin's--->>> You have to admit it, the guys good and hilarious!
  • Chris Rock's--->>> He's a natural!
  • When the devil is once more, proved a huge liar! That, after all, is his area of expertise...

  • When I pull off a project successfully...

#Things I enjoy doing...

  • Singing--->>> I may not have won an Oscar or Grammy but, I'm no slouch in that department either!
  • A good and interesting sermon...#fires me up!
  • As earlier mentioned, drawing...
  • Exploring
  • Frolicking around with friends and family...what can I say? I am a child at heart!
  • Dancing--->>> trust me, your gal can put some neat 'n' decent moves together too!!!
  • Writing...trust me, this is much more than just a passing act to while away time..I enjoy doing it!
  • Good food--->>> I believe food is too sacred to be eaten just to kill hunger...if you are gonna eat, you might as well enjoy doing it!
  • Curling up with a good book...any day, its the perfect way to enhance knowledge and relax!
  • Impacting lives--->>> I think everybody loves doing that, though not every body does it the way they ought. 

#Things that make me happy...the things that make you laugh doesn't necessarily make you happy, y'know?

  • A warm hug--->>> does a lot to encourage and soothe me...
  • When inspiration comes!
  • Being among family---#irreplaceable
  • Knowing that someone understands me on a very personal level

  • Praising God!--->>> 'Hallelujah somebody!'
  • Seeing my Mum laugh--->>> she deserves it!
  • Seeing that my Blog page-views have increased yet again---> It makes me feel useful...You make me feel useful!

#Things that make me relieved--->>> like, the #huge sigh# variety...

  • Completing my four-year course at the university--->> trust me, if you went to my kind of school, you'd be dancing a jig too!
  • Finishing the day's chores---#wipes sweat#

#Things that piss me off...forgive me but, I too get pissed off!

  • Watching Lagos State drivers drive like they have a death-wish and disregard traffic rules, endangering lives in the process...#TeamDriveSafely
  • When someone is in the wrong and they won't admit it...#Lord,GiveMeStrength

#Things or perhaps, People that I Love--->>> Now, these exclude my hobbies...
  • God...GOD!
  • My Mum, heck, my family!
  • Genuine friends--->> they are few and they occupy a special place...
  • Kids-->> sweet ones!

OK, so it is more than a sneak peek...
However, I wouldn't want you thinking that you now know everything about me...'cause you don't! I need some mystery to still be interesting!
The role of family can't be over-emphasized. Friends can be replaced whenever; Families can't. You get born into them and you don't get them twice in one lifetime so, you don't have a choice but to love 'em!

No, don't 'backspace' yet!
Check out my other blog-spot---> http://subulolaebun.blogspot.com/ ...you'll LOVE it!






#tap tap# HEY!!! THE BIG BALL’S STILL ROLLING…SO WAKE UP!


This post is certainly going to arouse all kinds of emotions as you read it. Now, please don’t act on your overflowing emotions, just ‘read me out’ OK?
don't stay this way for long...#move on#
I am a reader of books – anything ranging from romance to mystery to inspirational to motivational…name it!
I was awake late one night, reading when all of a sudden, I noticed something – a phrase. Something that so many of us have never ever for once noticed but which, if we did, would change our perspective on the issue. I won’t mention the issue now, because many of you would just probably press the ‘backspace’ button pronto.
The sentence that caught my attention in that book went thus: “When Deena had died a few years ago, it was Meg
an….” and as I read this sentence, I can almost swear (but I won’t because I don’t swear!) that I heard a voice near me saying ‘Life always goes on’ and that is what we, you and I are going to trash right now.
You may have lost someone to death or to them departing from your side to go meet someone else, say; your father/mother left after a divorce or they just plain left, or your sibling ran away from home, your friend betrayed you or your spouse or sweetheart betrayed you, or you betrayed yourself (it’s possible!)I’m here to tell you that the mourning period after is allowed but as usual, life goes on. This big round ball of a world won’t stop rolling because someone you loved and held dear to your heart left you!

friends, jerk out of it! Who's driving your car?
If you betrayed yourself, for example, breaking a very personal principle for example, there is no time for regrets. Just move on. Most times, breaking a principle leads to embarrassment and then you beat yourself over the head until you and the ground are practically of equal height! I discovered that I rarely have embarrassing moments anymore, ‘cause there’s no time for it. Embarrassment means a silly situation whose occurrence you regret…and since that word ‘regret’ features, no time! Forgive yourself and move on, that way, you’ll accomplish more!

If in your case, you lost someone precious to the cold arms of death, I sympathize with you; truly and deeply. And no, I won’t blame you if for a few months or perhaps, a year or two, you go about looking haggard, but please after that, NO MORE! No more because LIFE GOES ON!!!

We all have to get to that stage in our lives when we learn to trust people but not to trust them implicitly. Only God deserves your implicit trust! Now, you decide to cast all you are worth into one solitary being and then when they betray you, you act like it is a death sentence that was declared on you! Please!!! I’m sounding this way because I too, ridiculous as it might sound, have loved and lost! Maybe not in the romantic sense, but I've been betrayed by friends too! Now, this is what I take pride in: The fact that if they see me today, what I've made of myself and what I’m making of myself, they’ll envy me and wish they’d never left.
Imagine your sweetheart (or bitter heart, in this case) left you for another babe or dude, and three years on, s/he saw you, say, at the mall; and s/he’s smiling and looking radiant with their new sweetheart on their arm, while you are alone, sad and pitiful looking, like a puppy that lost its home, Oh please!!! LIFE GOES ON!!! Make them see what they've been missing!

I’m not asking you to go all up in their face, shoving your new accomplishments in their face and trying to prove the point that way. It won’t work. Rather, you’d get laughed at for your efforts. Pick yourself up from that place of sadness and dejection, rub yourself down and brush yourself up! They ain't agonizing over loosing you so why should you agonize over losing them? LISTEN, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND EVERY STRAND OF HAIR ON YOU IS TO DIE FOR! Jesus Christ died for you, didn't He?
If you lost someone to death, it’s sad, truly sad and indeed, I’m sorry but just like I mentioned earlier, pick yourself up and keep moving. They have completed the race. You ought to be running yours and you acting pitiful won’t help.

Have you identified the emotions that this post has succeeded in arousing? Sadness? Anger? Irritation? Or, please not this, Boredom? If you are just indifferent, you are either made of strong stuff or you've never lost someone! 
Well, I’m sorry but the truth is the hardest pill there ever was because it is big and bitter!
I’m an artist, and if I was to draw a picture of the truth, it would have a fat and bulky body with warts all over it! Try to imagine trying to swallow something that looks like Humpty Dumpty with warts! It doesn't ever go down easily. Humility is the lubricant that makes the truth ‘swallowable’ and that is my own special quote! (Please, don’t use it and if you must, mention me!) You are gonna love me for this some years down the line when you are all ‘tushed’ up, happy and moving on!
You are probably thinking now: “She’s a fine one to talk when she’s never lost anybody!” Ya, right. I lost my father at age ten and watched my mother work hard to make us eight kids stay clothed, fed and educated, so please, be careful what you say!!! I dedicate this line to you, Mum.
MRS               KEMISOLA                                                 ROSAMOND       JIBOYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A shout out to you!!!!! I love you!!!
This is what the end result should be!
I watched ‘friends’ smile at me and go behind me to bare their fangs at the mere mention of my name.  Friends indeed… I may not have seen it all, but I have seen pretty much and that’s why I’m sharing a story and advice…it’s not a pity party!

I’m pretty sure that right now, if you are down, you are trying to think of ways to pick yourself up…well, that’ll come, if you stay tuned this link. If not, you may get the answer elsewhere…’may’ being the operative word!
Thanks for getting here with me. I love you very much!!!  
Thank God!


Oops! There Goes My Imagination!!!

The date: 29th Dec, 2012 (still in the spirit of christmas! I love You Jesus!)
The time: 2:03(guess what?!)am!!!
Place: At home listenin' to 'Auld Lang Syne' by Boney M
The issue: ermmm...
OK, let us stop the whole action movie business and just cut to the chase, that sounds good to you too? Can't hear you but it does to me, tho'. yeah, you'll agree with me that every adventure starts with a step, right? Now, I am a big movie buff, I tell ya, but I can't really say with certainty when my adventure into movie-land occurred ..whatever...(Please, just bear with me and work with me, ehn?) I must not forget to add that I am mighty adventurous. I love the outdoors a lot! I have lived in a metropolitan city for a long time (over 2 decades should count as a long time, right?) however, movie buff and adventurous spirit that I am, I went to the cinema for the first time ever few days back! Oh my! You shoulda seen your girl with a grin so wide her face nearly split in two! Now is probably the time for me to fess up and say that my adventures don't go beyond the awesome pages of some good books and the screen of a TV set showing something nice...but HEY!!! don't diss me yet! I have a pretty good imagination to show for it and so...WAIT... that word! Backtrack a few words and repeat what you just said, please. Oh, I said I have a good imagination. Yes! That's the word! IMAGINATION--uh-mm...let me try to tap into the mega-Encarta up in my brain:

/i ma ji nei sn/-- those very funny trains of thoughts that creep up mostly uninvited and mostly mess with your head and when accommodated  relax and wielding a nice pepper-spray  aim for the eyes of hard-earned FAITH and make it blind, raising the fog of doubt in its stead.
 Oof! #wipessweat# Trust me, I could go on and on about imagination. What led me to this? you ask. Oh, forgive me for omitting the fact that one's imagination could come in handy in cases where brilliant business ideas are needed for contracts dragging six figure sums behind them!

  What you allow to pass through your mind matters really! You notice that when for example, you were a kid, the bedtime stories your Ma or Pa told you had to have a happy ending where the prince carried the princess home to live happily ever after or the lion and the mouse hugged each other and sang happily at last (yeah, right!) or the villain died and the hero or heroine emerged victor.

Remember how you used to be scared then when after telling you a somewhat terrifying tale, you'd beg them not to turn off the lights after tucking you in because even then, small and innocent as you were, you understood the importance of having good things flow through your mind and I am yet to see the kid who wants to sleep and have intestine-devouring creatures chasing after him in his dreams! It is unfortunate, though, that with the great advancement of technology, we can't do much to control the gory and filthy stuff that filters through our eardrums and lens daily.

Just imagine, you are walking on the streets and then the casino or gambling hall (forgive me for not knowing the name!) ermmm...pub? yes!!! The pub by the street is playing really loud stuff (I mean, you can't even call it music, it'd be an insult to the word!) and you try your best possible to tune it out but you couldn't help the few choice 'indecent' words that forced their way in; or seeing those babes in church (where we go to worship God) almost wearing their birthday suits (if you get my drift)!!! Like I have mentioned in one of my posts, there is the place of discipline.
On such unguarded moments, its not bad for your imagination to run riot almost leaving a migraine in its wake, but you must play your part, not by pressing it down cause it'll only rise up again, but you must 'cast it out' so its no longer your brain-tenant!!! I think that this is a secret to a longer life because I'm almost sure that if many had chanelled their imaginations into productive areas, they wouldn't now be lying several feet down south! #nojoke#...



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