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INFERIORITY COMPLEX? WAY OUT...

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  I have read many things about Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr, and I admire everything about him; his imperfections inclusive. As exceptional as I think he was, he understood what inferiority complex is. He described it as one of the most stagnating, strangulating and crushing conditions of the human personality. This ‘on point’ description can

COMPLEX OR CONFIDENCE?

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I first heard “INFERIORITY COMPLEX” from the new boy in SS1, he ‘kindly’ asked a fellow classmate if she had an inferiority complex. We had no idea what that meant, but she rolled her eyes at him anyways… it could be some disease o… so we  consulted a dictionary.

OMOGE!

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‘Men are so bad! Very immature! No respect for women! ‘ That’s all we seem to be wasting our roundtable discussion on. We forget to have a round table discussion on how disappointing and unladylike some ladies have become.  I can’t help but think maybe some wires were not joined right, or some nuts were simply not properly screwed, or what other defects aside from these can be the reason why a beautiful (educated or not) young lady becomes helpless the moment

THE CARD 2

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By Adepeju Answer Adeosun She swept her eyes through the waiting room, she gasped at the number of people sitting on the long benches waiting to consult a doctor. I wonder where Dayo gets the energy to do all this, running his own clinic and still working here! She was jotted back to reality by the loud laughter of two guys standing at the table where cards were being written. She shrugged. After a while, the 'card writing lady' started calling out names and divided them into three groups. She faced Enitan’s group

Ladies of the Night

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Ladies of the night Scantily clad… Wares in different sizes Standing by the roadside…in the dark of the night Ladies of the night Heavily perfumed… Face heavily pancaked Eagerly waiting Readjusting wares…when he approaches Ladies of the night Old and young…brown and black Sitting by the roadside…. legs so weary Standing eagerly…when he approaches

THE CARD

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by Adepeju Answer Adeosun Enitan drove into the premises of the Federal Medical Centre; she drove towards the car park and found an empty space and drove straight in. She never liked a hospital; she hates the “hospital odour”. “The thickness of the ever present smell of antiseptics, drugs, disinfectants and sanitizers nauseates me.” She has no idea where to go first. She walked towards one of the buildings with doubt clearly written on her face. I think I should just ask someone for directions . Quickly, she scanned the environment and noticed an elderly woman

The Delayo I Knew Is No More….

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Today, I went to visit my old friend who just got back from the USA where she had been for two years. She was no longer the girl I grew up with, she now speaks differently. I honestly wasn’t sure how many accents I heard within the 2 hours I spent with her. Just when I start getting comfortable with her American accent, I hear a trace of British and some other accents I still can’t seem to figure out.

BOYS LIVING IN MEN’S BODIES

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How exactly does one find a man who combines ‘intelligence’ with ‘simple class’?                                I am a single girl living in Lagos among fellow ‘single to stupor’ ladies. We’ve all had relationships that ended (that story is for another day), we have moved on and ready to get back out there, but these men are just so scarce. I am not talking about just any guy, the type that merely live in a man’s body but are still boys, because believe me, those are everywhere. Contrary to what you are thinking right now, we are not choosy, we just simply won’t settle for just anybody.  I have met those ‘boys’ who till today, I’m still in awe of how lame they are.  Ok, maybe you will understand now; Take for example