10 reasons being single on Valentine’s day is awesome!

1. Its cost effective: Everything gets expensive on Valentine’s day, even pure water is now #10. Save that money, you’d be glad you did.

2. As a replacement for Valentine’s day, for singles there’s Single Awareness Day (which just spells out SAD. Ironic??)

3. You can skip the unnecessary stress of having to choose between those corny Valentine gifts or receiving one.

4. You can eat it all: No sharing, no caring. Stuff yourself up till you puke. That’s the proper valentine’s day.

5. You can do whatever you want: You’re not sharing the day with anyone!!. Nobody is there to tell you what to do. You are free!

6. You don’t have to wear pants: Anything that requires me putting on pants is just not worth it. You won’t have to dress up for a fancy dinner.

7. You don’t start comparing yourself to Leonardo di Caprio: I’m pretty sure this is why he hasn’t won an Oscar. Someone’s wife must have made reference to Leo on Valentine’s day. Anyways, if you’re single, you won’t kill yourself to be Mr Romeo.

8. You get to spend time with your single friends: Everyone knows its more fun than going on a fancy date. There’s just so much work init init!!

9. You won’t get dumped on Valentine’s day: This one speaks for itself.

10. You don’t have to look utterly ridiculous: Say no to all the red and white!

A night at the Health Centre

I woke up to a strange feeling..the air was mild,the environment serene and I felt aches in different places..where was I?? I tried to figure it out as i looked around trying to get a glimpse of something familiar or a sudden rush of remembrance.. I saw a tag above me, it had an inscription “m3”.. Where was i???? Then i saw something white approaching…. It looked bleak..it looked like a figure…..it was a woman she was a nurse as though I were remotely controlled i adjusted my clothes and raised my hands so she could fit something between my arm pit and then she strapped something else to the other arm….she came back seconds later to remove them….i felt a little pain on my arm and i took a quick peek at what could have causes it,i saw a mark left by something sticky and almost immediately my brain registered some pain in my ass…felt like ive been poked 200 times with sharp objects…I quickly remembered where i was…i was hospitalized …
I remember seeing a doctor who took notes as i struggled to explain what was happening, i remember  her ordering people around … She quickly scribbled down some things and told me to walk into the ward and hand it to the nurse in charge, the nurse then told me to take it to the pharmacist who was rude and infuriated me, i quickly replied her in a tone i wasnt so proud of but i wasnt exactly in my right mind you know….. I left the pharmacy and went back to the nurse who implored me to lie on a bed of choice while they sorted Through the notes that was with me.. I took weak strides to an appealing bed that had blue sheets … Why i chose the bed ill never know but it was a bit comfortable….
I lay there waiting for the nurse to come and she did come, she quickly got to work using the thermometer and checking blood pressure.. Then came the iv and two injections and i soon faded into sleep….
I was woken up by voices, i lay there half awake … Thoughts running through my head…there were two awkward visits… The first was a boy with a rather awkward oblong head, i was sure i didnt  know him and then he brought out his bible and started preaching and he said something like i was sick cos i didnt know Christ and some other stupid talks… I quickly thought of how to get rid of him and i did the old pretending to sleep thing…and then he started praying and i just lay there like wtf he saying… And then he tried to hold me, i quickly yanked his hands of me and gave him my deadly stare only he couldnt see me cos his eyes were closed … When he finished praying for him self he asked a series of questions that were answered with grunting and grumbling…. Seemed it dawned on him he was pestering me and he left…..
Then later came a cute girl with a lovely smile … I tried my best to sit up and smile even though i was really weak and then we talked a bit, when she was about to leave she some how felt the obligation to pray for me…  I must have really been in a bad shape if everyone wanted to just pray for me and all… While she prayed i grumbled to the rhythm of the prayer… Somehow she felt i was responding…. Really awkward moments for me tho…. Then came several visits from my closest pals who would scold and laugh at me and still care for me and eat all i had on the table … It was quite an experience i am not eager to relive… But well, it happened…..

Written by Victory Joseph.

Deadpool was awesome!

As I stepped into the cinemas yesterday for the premiere of deadpool, I couldn’t help but notice the immense amount of geeks in line for the movie. I instantly felt comfortable and at home amidst my brothers and sisters.
The movie however, WAS A BLAST!. For the sake of those who haven’t seen it, I won’t drop any spoilers, but all in all, it was a clever blend of comedy and action. The transitions from action to comedy and back to action were smooth and the movie never lost momentum. Ryan Reynolds was totally amazing and I can only believe no one could have acted deadpool better than he did. And I don’t think the movie could have been any better. Now, to start anticipating deadpool 2, which as we are told, would feature comic character, cable (cyclops’ son sent to the future to get treatment for a terminal disease).
Deadpool is the best movie I have seen this year, if you haven’t seen it yet, run to the cinemas today!!

MY TRAVEL DIARY

When i wanted to start a blog, and googled up good blog ideas, travel blogs were a constant pop-up so i decided to write about my travel experiences.
First off, I AM IN LOVE WITH PLANES. I love the goose bumps when i get on one (weird right?). I can remember the first time i got on a plane. My dad and i were travelling for my cousin’s wedding. It was a 50 minute chachangi airline flight to Abuja. The plane had already started moving oh when they stopped and said there was something they had to fix in the plane (naija ehhn). My father literally wanted to jump out. That was the day my addiction began.
Now I’d start going through some of my experiences in some cities (i might just add my village).
BERLIN
I never really stayed in Berlin. It was more of a one day car ride with occasional stop overs. The city was filled with so much construction work like half of the city was recently destroyed. Not so much fun for me. Normal drinking water was hard to come by, it was all mineralised or acidic water. Their water pipes were destroyed by world war 2 (they better start importing pure water from Nigeria).
MUNICH
This one was fun. First off, my father decided to give me a haircut himself. It turned out really terrible and the worst part was that he kept saying it is a special type of haircut they used to like back in the day. I had to go around looking like a joke. It wasn’t funny at all, trust me!
The day i so fondly remember was the day we decided to visit the Alianz Arena (Bayern Munich’s stadium) but unfortunately or fortunately for us, the road was blocked because the police discovered a bomb from second world war that was still potent (can you imagine!!). We then decided to visit the University of Munich (not so much fun). Just behind the university was a garden that was well recommended by our hotel receptionist. English garden as they called it, was just like Lekki conservation centre only that the animals there were humans. This was the first time i saw people sunbath. The first thing we saw immediately we entered the garden was this naked dude walking around and my mum was about running because she thought he was mad. Everyone there was nude, laying on mats, under the sun (my parents actually called the place Sodom and Gomorrah). They immediately opted to leave (much to my displeasure) 😉  .
The Olympic stadium was another piece of architectural brilliance.
The ICE trains were totally awesome. They were super fast, shaped like snakes and the interior looked better than those of planes. Awesome!!

BALTIMORE
The city built on water. I can’t recall vividly the details but i know it was amazing to see a city on water. We visited this amazing aquarium where dolphins were trained to perform. They blew my mind, those animals are brilliant. We got to see all sorts of aquatic creatures which was really cool. Just outside the aquarium was a kind of public museum where submarines from World War 2 were on display. (To think they still work!!)
When you’re in Baltimore, you can feel at home because there are so many Nigerians especially yorubas. It was all in all, a fun experience.
PHILADELPHIA
I had the most memorable experience here at the airport. This was where i discovered that they don’t accept meat, beans, rice or even indomie from Nigeria. They attempted to fine us about a hundred and something dollars for trying to bring Nigerian products into their country (the weevils creeping in and  out of the beans didn’t help our case). I don’t know if my father just assumed he was in Nigeria, but then he started arguing with the police officer who wanted to fine us. My dad’s plan worked as the guy made some derogatory remarks which my dad said he was going to sue him for. The guy calmed down sharp sharp and reduced our fine to like thirty something dollars.
In Philadelphia, i visited the prestigious Valley Forge Military Academy and College. I met with the president of the school who encouraged me to register at the school which i was set to do (giving that i had already been introduced to my prospective lecturers). But then, life happened. I was thrown back into reality when Unilag remembered my name and accepted me into the diploma/foundation program and my father was more than happy to tell me i was going back to Nigeria.

WASHINGTON
Well, we all know who lives in Washington, The president of the U.S. It was a few hours trip to Washington from Maryland. We got to see the capitol building and white house. You can actually enter the white house but you’d have to book like 6 months prior to that day. I also visited the popular Howard University and ate some nice pounded yam (thanks to my physics teacher from secondary school who drove all the way from New York to Maryland to see us).

I actually saw a white guy eat pounded yam like an Igbo guy. I laughed till I poured soup on my shirt.

NEW YORK
I was disappointed to discover that New York city wasn’t as beautiful as I thought. It was dirty, totally disorganised and rowdy. It was like another Lagos. I guess that’s why they say if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere.
The twin towers were being rebuilt on new sites, just beside the original ones. The original site of the towers were made into a form of artificial waterfall with the names of the victims inscribed on the walls of the waterfalls. It was beautiful.
PARIS
I actually haven’t been to Paris per say. I had a 7 hour stop over at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and we were allowed to just go around the airport. I remember the flight to Paris tho, it was so turbulent that I was even scared. Our seatbelts were on almost through the whole flight. When we eventually landed (more like crash-landed) it was on one of the tires at the back and it seemed that the plane was going to fall. My mum could not hold it in any longer at that point, she just stood up and started screaming. Lmao!. We were so relieved to get off the plane alive.
STUTTGART
Now if I’m asked where I’d rather live if not in Nigeria, my answer would be solidly STUTTGART. This was one place I felt really at home, I made a lot of friends (P.S: Germans are one of the nicest people on the planet). I couldn’t take a walk without having a conversation with someone (English is not their first language, so watching them struggle to express themselves was really funny). I talked to this girl for over two hours and I never even knew her name!!!.

With my naija sense, I used one ticket to enter bus and train six times. Shhh!. I remember this one time when they gave us plenty leaves to eat and my dad was like “am i a goat?” Lmao!.
Stuttgart is a beautiful and serene city that houses the Mercedes Benz arena (stadium of VFB Stuttgart) where I met these really nice Russian guys who support CSKA Moscow. They came to watch the champions league play off between VFB Stuttgart and CSKA Moscow (they lost).

The Mercedes Benz museum was another phenomenon (it had on display, the evolution of cars, right from horse-pulled carriages to cars that have not even been built yet).
This was one city I actually knew my way around and I could go up to two or three cities away on my own. And one day, I’d love to go back.

P.S: Forgive my picture quality and the black figures you see (that’s me). I should try bleaching.

Goodnight everyone.

15 ways to be a superhero

When we hear the word superhero, the thoughts that instantly pop up, i reckon are those of Superman, Batman and the rest of them. We can actually learn a few things from these “superheroes”. What do they have in common? They have the will to make the world better even if it means being inconvenienced or putting their lives on the line. Well, i am not seeking to make my audience vigilantes, but i am advocating a more aware society. This planet, each passing day, as we know it, is nearing extinction, and we all can do something about it in our own little ways. Here are 15 of those ways;
1. Plant a tree: As we all know, plants purify the air by taking in the free Carbon dioxide and replacing it with Oxygen which we so direly need, it is also good for the land and can be used as shade. Trees are also beautiful works of art. So plant one today.
2. Don’t just throw it away: So often, we decide we are no longer interested in certain items and then feel the need to dispose of them but do we really take time to consider those that might actually need them? Let’s learn to donate to charitable organisations.
3. Recycle: Recycled glass reduces related air pollution by 20 percent and related water pollution by 50 percent. If it isn’t recycled it can take a million years to decompose. Every ton of glass recycled saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil needed to make glass from virgin materials.
Recycling just the Sunday papers would save more than half a million trees every week.
Nearly 90% of plastic water bottles are not recycled, instead taking thousands of years to decompose.
Twenty recycled aluminium cans can be made with the energy it takes to manufacture one brand new one.
4. Use rechargeable batteries: You could help the amount of waste constituted by non-rechargeable batteries. Use rechargeable ones.
5. Your lightbulbs matter: If every household can replace the regular light bulbs with those eco-friendly fluorescent ones, the reduction in pollution would be immense.
6. Spend less time in the shower and use less water brushing: You’ll conserve up to five gallons per day if you stop running the tap while brushing and a whole lot more if you spent less time in the shower. This helps to reduce water consumption (which is some really good news for the fishes).
7. Eat less meat, save the animals: This is rather easy for me to say, having once been a vegetarian but it would mean a whole lot to these animals if, once in a week, we skip eating them and sending them into extinction.
8. Turn off all unused appliances: By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode, you can save 40 watt-hours per day. Leaving lightbulbs and sockets on pollutes the environment and is a huge waste of energy. Double-check before you leave the house today.
9. Local doesn’t mean bad: When we buy foreign goods, there is a great deal of pollution we encourage. Planes, trucks, cars that transport these goods to us all emit noxious gases that do no good to the ozone layer. Buy local today.
10. Treat your vehicles right: Not only are you enhancing the performance of your vehicle, but you are creating less pollution.
11. Use less paper: Instead of printing handouts, bills, tickets, e.t.c, you could make use of your the electronic copies, pay the bills online and use e-tickets thereby reducing the amount of paper waste.
12. Old cellphones are gold: Instead of just throwing away old cellphones whose batteries introduce toxic substances into our environment, there are plenty of reputable programs where you can recycle your phone, many which benefit noble causes.
13. Avoid items you don’t need: You don’t need to buy it if you would be disposing of it in two weeks.
14. Dispose responsibly: Always use the appropriate bins. If there are no waste bins nearby, keep the items till you find one.
15. Share:  Don’t forget to educate everyone and anyone on the little steps they can take to make the world greener and the results would be remarkable.
*NOTEWORTHY: The extinction symbol, created by a group of activists symbolises how close so many species are to extinction. The circle symbolises the planet and the hourglass, the time that’s running out. They seek to protect animal rights, saving these animals from the cruelty of mankind and extinction.

Deadpool

This was definitely going to be my first real post, as waiting for the movie premiere is the most absorbing aspect of my existence right now. It is at this point i feel obliged to disclose that deadpool is my second favorite comic/movie character, falling way behind The Joker who is by a huge margin, my favorite.
The movie is set to make its screen debut on the 10th of February in the UK, but unfortunately for us, we’d have to wait till February 12th when it premieres in Nigeria (except of course if it leaks).
It is based on Marvel comics’ hilarious anti-hero, “the Merc with a mouth” as he is fondly called. Now, a quick backdrop on Deadpool in case this is the first time you’ve come across the character.
The character was created for Marvel Comics in 1990 by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld. Wade Wilson(his real name) was a former special forces operative turned mercenary. He was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and then opted to sign up for the weapon x program (Let’s all take a moment to recall that it was the very same weapon x program that gave wolverine his Adamantium-laced bones and claws). The program then gives him an extraordinary regenerative ability, enabling him to recover from any form of physical trauma. This ability did not come without repercussions as it also resulted in a severe skin condition due to the constant death and rejuvenation of his brain cells, which also drove him insane and gave him a weird and twisted sense of humour. The movie is set to be an engaging thriller as Ryan Reynolds is set to once again play deadpool after his dismal 2009 rendition in Fox’s X-men origins:Wolverine. He is alongside T.J Miller as weasel, Gina Carano as Angel dust, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic teenage warhead, Morena Baccarin as copycat, and Ed Skrein as Ajax. The movie will be directed by Tim Miller from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
I know i wont miss it and i hope you don’t too. Have a wonderful time when(or if) you see it. Good Morning Nigeria!

Welcome

This being my first post, I thought it pertinent to give my prospective audience an idea of what thisekhamane.WordPress.com stands for. This is the voice of an average youth on various walks of life. Ranging from Academics (as a student), Fashion (my parents just won’t let me rest on this one), music, movies, series and comics (don’t even get me started on this one), Politics (I want to be president 😉 ), sports, social media, health and lifestyle. The list goes on and on. The baseline, you will find everything that would interest an average youth (or adult) or echo your thoughts (I’m hoping). This blog is a voice, and the voice is yours 😉 .