...And then came Heaven...

If what you thought was the truth is a lie?
If what you thought would keep on breathing has died.....
                                                              .................Mandisa.


Those were the truths slapping me in the face.
I'd been wrong all along and I realized that there was no 'truth'
'cos everything had been one big lie!
I'd been wrong on every count and in every way possible
and there I was, sitting with my big, empty basket.
I'd put my all into the basket and it had all run out, wasted.
 I learned the hard way that you don't put water in a basket!
I ended up just as empty as that basket.
I'd spent myself chasing the wind,
you know, it came with several different faces but it was all the same really
and no matter what I did or how I did it, it was always still a big, big lie.
In my arms I had the carcass of my dream,
it had died a million deaths in a million different ways
 and I had nothing left on the inside of me,
nothing left to give,
nothing left to offer,
I'd been washed out
and wrung out,
finished,
dead and gone...
Sigh!
Right there you found me,
and you didn't look through me like everyone else,
you were not repulsed by me and my baggage,
still I wonder what you saw,
'cos you called this bag of bones Beautiful,
You claimed the sun rose in my haunted eyes,
You said my nothing was more than enough for you,
But let me tell you what I saw!
You were too good to be true,
another lie in true clothing,
You couldn't possibly be real,
Your kind does not exist,
at least, not in my world!
You were too good for me,
I'd been told I didn't deserve such and experience told me that was the truth, my only truth,
All I would do was taint your beauty and purity and innocence,
You deserve so much more than this pathetic pile of bones,
so much more than I could give,
so much more than I could ever hope to be,
how could one such as I
have one such as you?!
So I fled!
'cos I didn't want you to ever know my kinda reality,
'cos I didn't want your beautiful heart to become callused like mine,
'cos deep down I knew I wasn't good enough,
with nothing to offer but a stream flowing with bitter waters.....
But you just wouldn't let me go!
I wondered why you were so stubborn!
why get yourself burned, 'cos that was sure to be the outcome,
I would poison you with my bitter waters,
I would drain you of life and empty you into my very empty basket!
soon you would become like me, with just carcasses of your dreams!
But still you held on, you still came after me,
opening every door I shut,
pulling down the walls I built,
breaking down the barriers I put up,
Insisting on seeing the light,
Insisting on feeling the love I had forgotten how to give,
Insisting my bitter waters were sweet wine,
then I realized,
that what I thought was the truth was a lie!
And the death I thought would keep on breathing had died.....

Lab-Dash!!!

As usual, I was late! I’d been in the library, where I was supposed to have been completing my lab report, but somewhere along the way, I’d had another brilliant idea and had started to put it down.

30 mins I’d thought, just 30 mins and I’ll have it all down and then I’ll go back to the report, pretty please! I just had to put it down right then! So, I’d started to write and by the time I’d finally un-stuck my nose from my tattered little jotter, the library was empty and the librarian was frowning down at me over the rims of her ancient glasses. Where had the time flown?! The last I’d checked, it’d been a few minutes before noon and….
…that was when I’d almost had the heart attack, and I’m serious this time, it was for real, I really did almost have one! I had missed two classes and was going to be late for my lab! I vaguely remembered my friend telling me it was time to leave, that was when? One, two, three hours ago?! Why hadn’t she called me?! Then I started to search for my phone…where was the blasted thing when you need it?! The librarian cleared her throat then and I remembered then that she was still in existence. I hurriedly swept all my books into my back pack, I’ll sort them out later I thought.
So, there I was, making a mad dash from Engineering library towards the Transformer lab, praying that the doors hadn’t yet been closed. I was almost 20 minutes late! I’d been late the week before and….Oh shoot! I hadn’t gotten round to finishing the report! I’d forgotten all about it until the last minute and then I’d gone ahead and paused for just 30 minutes to put down my latest crazy story! But men, it’d been worth it because……
…….and I ran smack into a solid wall of muscles and I went tumbling into an unceremonious heap on the floor! And I realised rather too late that I’d forgotten to zip up my back pack, again! Yeah, you got that right, all my books, along with a whole lot of junk I didn’t even recognize tumbled out around a very dazed and winded me! I sat there for a moment on my behind, trying to gather my wits about me.
“I’m so sorry.”
I looked up then at the muscle-wall. Even though he was on his haunches, gathering up my junk, I still had to look up at him. Am I that tiny?! a silly part of my mind wondered before it finally occurred to me that I wasn’t just on my royal behind, but I was almost out flat on my very un-royal back! For the very first time in my life, I was truly embarrassed! Or so I thought until I struggled to sit up and I saw just what the contents of my back pack were! Then, I really had an idea of what it must feel like to be embarrassed! What on earth is that Ben-ten comic doing in my bag?! And where had that half-eaten apple been hiding when my tummy had been rumbling in the library?! I felt my cheeks grow hot and if I’d been white like I’ve often dreamed,, I would have been as red as a tomato!
I scrambled onto my hands and knees, trying to get to my junk before he could.
“ ehm….. thanks……here, I’ve got that….” I babbled on, what?! I thought I threw that beetle away!
“I’m really sorry” he said again, smiling apologetically at me. “I didn’t expect anyone to come flying around the corner like that!”
I frowned at him then, forgetting for the moment that we were right there on the floor, with the whole of the Engineering Faculty flowing around us. He looked so, so familiar and I had that annoying feeling, like a worrisome itch in the middle of my back, just beyond reach! I was sure I knew him from somewhere, but for the life of me, I couldn't just remember where from!
"Do I know you from somewhere?" He asked me smiling, with that knowing look on his face, like he was reading my mind, and for some reason, it didn't annoy me.
"Your face looks rather familiar" He continued, smiling and looking all self satisfied, like he was in on some private joke. And I wasn't loosing a fuse! Wierd!
"Well," I said, "Yours does too."
He took my elbow and helped me up.
"Are you an Engineering student?" I asked, collecting my junk from him absent mindedly.
"No" He said, still smiling.
Damn! Smug or not, that smile could kill!
"Hmmmnnn...what faculty then?"
My mind had already started cooking up another crazy story just looking at that beautiful smile, and his eyes, damn his luvly brown eyes! They would be my final undoing!

"I'm not a student here." He said
"Oh." My baloon was deflated instantly. "I must have been mistaken then."
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"So why are you here?" I asked, imagining a jelous girlfriend tearing my eyes out, trust Unilag chicks!
"I'm here for a show at the main audi..."
And that ticked me off again! My favourite artiste was having a show in school that day and I was going to be stuck with some stuffy lab work! That had had me pissed for so long now, especially...
"OMG!!!" My hands flew to my face and my junk ended up right back on the floor.
"My lab! I'm late!"
He gave me an amused look, "What...."
I realised rather belatedly that my lab report was part of the pile on the floor.
"I'm in for it this time! Awww men, how bad can today get?!"
And my dear prince charming, with the dazzling smile and pretty brown eyes had to guts to start laughing! I wonder what was so funny about the big mess I was in 'cos crazy me joined him! We both ended up back on our haunches, laughing like two idiots, and picking up my junk!

"I'm Dapo." He finally said when our laughter had subsided.
"Moyosola" I said taking his proffered hand. "Everyone calls me Moe though."
"It was nice meeting you." He said, starting to chuckle.
"Same here." I said smiling.
"I bet if we tried hard enough, we would eventually find out just how and from where we know each other." He continued.
"You bet!" I returned.
"Really!"
"Really?!"
"Of course!"
I started to laugh again.
"A movie would be a good start." He said.
"Well, that would depend on..."
"I'll call you up after the show tonight."
I raised an eyebrow, he really must be feeling so sure of himself oh! The next thing I knew was he was punching a number onto a phone that looked so much like my phone! Where had the blasted thing materialised from?! Last I knew was that I had been looking for it in the library! His phone rang and he brought it out of his pocket.
"Wha..." my mouth dropped open.
"You really should get going for your lab" He said, obviously storing my number on his phone.
Yet again, I din't get ticked off like I would have on a normal day. This particular day was far from normal! He helped me up again and handed my phone to me.
"I'll call you.' He said again.
There was still that feeling, like I was missing something just out of my reach but right then, I couldn't dwell on it, I really was very late already. I'll figure it out soon I thought as I bade him goodbye and continued my dash to the lab.
It was right outside the lab that the light bulb went on in my head. Right there on the bulletin board was a poster for the show taking place that evening. In the middle of it was a picture of my favourite artiste, I wondered how I could have missed it when it had been right there in front of me, practically biting off my nose! I gasped and for the third time that day, I lost all my junk again! I'd just met Da Grin, my all time favourite minutes ago!!!



Hmmmmnnnn, I should say this, everything here is totally fictional! Yep, I never met Da Grin (confession: I never even knew who he was until he died! my bad), Yep, I'm NOT that absent minded (even when I'm getting crazy ideas!), Big NO, I don't have Ben ten anything and I most def do not play around with beetles! Yep, I used to be late for labs in school, but never that late! and I guess I always finished up my reports at the nick of time! lol!!!

Nursery Rhymes!

Okay, confession time, I didn’t get to attend nursery school. Yeah, you got that right, no nursery school for me! I went to je ki’le simi! don’t ask me why, but I wasn’t born that long ago that nursery schools weren’t in existence (hey! I be ayounge!), I just know that when everyone else went to work or school, I had somewhere to go too! So, these rhymes are the rhymes I grew up with and they are what I would call Nursery Rhymes,as in…..if you happen not to know at least one of them then fogerrit! You no know anything! Anyone who didn’t at least get a taste of this missed out on something for real mhen!

We ki o mo
We ki o mo,
ge ekana re,
Jeun to dara lasiko,
Ma jeun ju, Sho gbo?!
(pls don’t ask me for a translation!!!)

Now, this next one is one of my favourites!
Olodo Rabata!
Oldo rabata,
Oju eja lo mo’oje,
Ooni lo paper,
Silati l’o ma lo,
Ore mi kilogba,
Odo, oju eja,
Shiki shiki shiki shiki SHAME!!!

Labe igi Oromo(I can beat my chest and say with confidence that ‘orombo’ means orange!)
Labe igi orombo,
Ibe la ngbe shere wa,
Inu wa dun,
Ara wa ya wa ya,
Labe igi orombo!

Mejo lasimi(I really, honestly have no clue what this one means!)
Mejo lasimi - Oya!
Mejo lasimi - Oya!
Yeye j’obire - Oya!
Baba j’obire - Oya!
On shorun eye,
Ojonla shorun eye - Oya!
Onshedi rumo,
Ojonla shedi rumo - Oya!

Pussy Cat(9ja version!)
Pussy cat, pussy cat,
Where have you been?
I’ve been to London To see the Queen,
London for what?
London for medicine,
Medicine for what?
Medicine for cough.
Are you coughing?
Yes! Mama,
Cough let me hear you,
Tun gboko, tun gboko,
Kpo-oh kpo-oh
Tun gboko, tun gboko,
Kpo-oh kpo-oh

Hulk Hogan!
Hulk Hogan show me your power!
Ghen!
Another one,
Ghen!
It’s a miracle,
Ghen! Ghen!Ghen! Ghen! Ghen! Ghen!!!!

Kinni?!
Kinni, kinni, kinni,
Kinni agolo butter,
Ti nko mo l’ole
Emi l’omo Daddy,
Iwo l’omo mummy,
Emi l’omo Muritala oh,
Iwo l’omo soldier!

Who is in the Garden?!
T’alo wa ninu ogba naa?
Omo kekere kan ni,
She kinwawo?
Mawa wo…..
(can’t really remember aw that one ends!)

When I went to London(special dedication to Rayo *wink* you know now!)
When I went to London,
I saw a little boy,
And he was making Alakoba!
Emeka making shororo,
Shororo,
shororo,
Emeka making shororo,
Alakoba!

Bata mi a dun kon kon kah!
Bata mi adun kon kon kah!
Bata mi adun kon kon kah!
Ti mba ka we mi,
Bata mi adun kon kon kah!
Bata mi a wo sherere ni le,
Bata mi a wo sherere ni le,
Ti mi oba kawe mi,
Bata mi a wo sherere ni le,

now, this next one was our version of Now the Day is Over, enjoy!
Now the day is oh-ohver,
Naitie drawin neh,
shadowsov de speeree,
sil across the sky,
Glory to The Father,
Glory to The Son,
And to be the Speeree
something, something, something (we used to chop mouth here!)


(Dunno what to call this one!)
Nigeria play football,
Nigeria win!
Babangida jump up,
10 kobo fall,
Buhari pick am,
go buy groundnut,
Babangida catch am,
Knock am for head!!!

Ile ya wa oh!
Ile ya wa oh!
Baba,
ami r'ele oh!
Baba!!!!!

Awa nlo!
Awa nlo, odigba ose,
kama f'iku parawa,
k'ama f'arun parawa