pal,
I protest!
the artificial nation Ghana which i'm 'fortuned' or 'misfortuned' to be a citizen of but from which i long ago re-claimed my personal sovereignty has decided to have registered all mobile-phone sim-cards in use and I PROTEST.
apparently some people are having wet dreams that they are bound to bust more criminals once they have people register their sims bcos criminals use mobile phones too. and i don't see the farce!!!
recently someone initiated a text message that did not allow people good sleep and rendered Ghanaians almost to a sorry-pity for fear of the occurrence of an earthquake that only proved to be a hoax. Pal, to be frank with you, i was very excited about the idea of the hoax. i actually went like "wow"! that someone came up with such an idea that would make people run out of their beds in hasty-frenzy in search of escape routes from earthquake while mobile companies who make lower returns in the night (off-peak) got a good opportunity to cash in on all the frantic calls.
later i met some people who expressed worry over the hoax that it could have lead to heart attacks or even deaths etc. Yes! it's true that people could have died bcos of a simple hoax on a whole nation but so too people die out of merry making like football victory celebrations. the victories of the black stars in SA has lead to the death of some. so should we stop playing football? indeed on the flip side such a hoax to me serves as a good alert of natural disasters whose occurrence we should be mindful of and be prepared for those inevitable situations.
but instead of people looking at the positive side of this issue which means that there's no absolute rule that it's a totally bad case, we have been told to register our sim cards so that next time the originator of such a hoax would be busted!!! for what purpose pal? i don't get it!!!
tomorrow is the deadline and i'm still wondering whether i should continue using a mobile phone at all. i just hate this whole registration of sim idea. indeed i left the MTN network bcos their customer service staff told me they could not help me get a replacement for my lost chip bcos i did not register it. I told them even if they were going to give me a fortune for that registration i would not do it and that i had done a replacement before and that they should check their database for my records but they would not yield. so i walked away to another network. this was some 5 years ago. Pal, i've really tried to capture that story in this few words. it was more dramatic that it reads here. and now this needless one!!!
really all i need my phone for is to be able to make calls that would go through and secondly remain connected till either of the conversing parties ends the call. so i don't want to register!!! i just don't want to!
Pal, simply i believe sometimes some people just ejaculate at the wrong time and it ends up giving them illusions!!!
so I PROTEST!!!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
the annoying part
pal dearest of all dear!
there's an ongoing tussle over the state of Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana: to make it a Graduate mixed-gender facility or not. well, we are being told that a trade of legal techniques would crystallize the way forward. so i wait to see the outcome. i have had my own 'outcome' even before the tug-of-war began. but i'd still wait.
what for me is just annoying is the pretense of some of the old-boys of the hall who say the the current student generation are taking the tradition of VANDALISM to the extreme!!! and so the make all sorts of fallacious claims under the guise of advising to the current students to conduct themselves properly. the cheek of it pal, the cheek of it!!! these are guys who during their time in school did equal stuff or worse.
pal, i'm not against discipline. what i'm against is the penchant of some of these old boys to make false comparisons between the present and the past. Indeed, those old boys like the current vice president of the republic of Ghana who make such false comparisons would rather do themselves a lot of good if they all just face the reality that not much has changed in terms of the actions of the current students compared to those of the past.
these ferry-tales of "oh during our time bla bla bla" should come with reality checks. so please, spare me pal, spare me!!!
there's an ongoing tussle over the state of Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana: to make it a Graduate mixed-gender facility or not. well, we are being told that a trade of legal techniques would crystallize the way forward. so i wait to see the outcome. i have had my own 'outcome' even before the tug-of-war began. but i'd still wait.
what for me is just annoying is the pretense of some of the old-boys of the hall who say the the current student generation are taking the tradition of VANDALISM to the extreme!!! and so the make all sorts of fallacious claims under the guise of advising to the current students to conduct themselves properly. the cheek of it pal, the cheek of it!!! these are guys who during their time in school did equal stuff or worse.
pal, i'm not against discipline. what i'm against is the penchant of some of these old boys to make false comparisons between the present and the past. Indeed, those old boys like the current vice president of the republic of Ghana who make such false comparisons would rather do themselves a lot of good if they all just face the reality that not much has changed in terms of the actions of the current students compared to those of the past.
these ferry-tales of "oh during our time bla bla bla" should come with reality checks. so please, spare me pal, spare me!!!
Friday, June 25, 2010
i want the black stars beaten
Pal,
i've already told you i don't believe in the principle of patriotism. it's one of those things i consider as a mirage.
but that is by the way!!! i just don't want you to question me about it and that's why i remind you pal. and the n there's the case of the pride of Africa being carried by the Black Stars, and i don't even want to hear about that 'thing'. what pride???? the slums all over the place??????
seriously i want the black stars of Ghana to be beaten so they can be out of the world cup. and i want them beaten because they have overly proven to me that they are capable of winning the world cup!!! forget their loss to the Germans and forget the coach (he's just one of the many helping to deplete the resources of Africa with their huge payslips). The Black Stars have played very solid football and i just fear now that they could win the cup!!!
and i fear and so want them out bcos i happen to be a 'by-force' (by birth) citizen of this nation Ghana where any success in football makes people act like animals. forget the ordinary citizens who may go naked to my delight or the many who would engage in free-flow-boozing or free-flow sexual escapades. i don't condemn those at all. what i fear is the penchant of govt to suddenly forget all the many problems facing the nation once there's glimpse of a football success!!! they would splash huge sums of monies on our footballers as if we don't have people dying from their lack of action to prevent floods, as if Korlebu Hospital is not struggling to have a functional lift even, as if our roads are not death traps! as if school children are not forced to sit in classes under trees etc etc etc!!!
and so far the signs don't look good. already the footballers have been assured of per diem in full for the whole duration of the tournament whether they stay in SA till the final or not!!! over 2000 or so supporters have been sponsored by govt to watch the games on our behalf. then there are winning bonuses to be given and so on!!!
So i fear Pal, i really fear!
therefore i pray that the journey of the black stars in the world cup be truncated somehow till our leaders grow (yes, they are toddlers!!! so they act!!!) to see that football is a fantasy that serves not much more to the masses apart from entertainment!!!
i've already told you i don't believe in the principle of patriotism. it's one of those things i consider as a mirage.
but that is by the way!!! i just don't want you to question me about it and that's why i remind you pal. and the n there's the case of the pride of Africa being carried by the Black Stars, and i don't even want to hear about that 'thing'. what pride???? the slums all over the place??????
seriously i want the black stars of Ghana to be beaten so they can be out of the world cup. and i want them beaten because they have overly proven to me that they are capable of winning the world cup!!! forget their loss to the Germans and forget the coach (he's just one of the many helping to deplete the resources of Africa with their huge payslips). The Black Stars have played very solid football and i just fear now that they could win the cup!!!
and i fear and so want them out bcos i happen to be a 'by-force' (by birth) citizen of this nation Ghana where any success in football makes people act like animals. forget the ordinary citizens who may go naked to my delight or the many who would engage in free-flow-boozing or free-flow sexual escapades. i don't condemn those at all. what i fear is the penchant of govt to suddenly forget all the many problems facing the nation once there's glimpse of a football success!!! they would splash huge sums of monies on our footballers as if we don't have people dying from their lack of action to prevent floods, as if Korlebu Hospital is not struggling to have a functional lift even, as if our roads are not death traps! as if school children are not forced to sit in classes under trees etc etc etc!!!
and so far the signs don't look good. already the footballers have been assured of per diem in full for the whole duration of the tournament whether they stay in SA till the final or not!!! over 2000 or so supporters have been sponsored by govt to watch the games on our behalf. then there are winning bonuses to be given and so on!!!
So i fear Pal, i really fear!
therefore i pray that the journey of the black stars in the world cup be truncated somehow till our leaders grow (yes, they are toddlers!!! so they act!!!) to see that football is a fantasy that serves not much more to the masses apart from entertainment!!!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
storm
Suddenly
night falls
darkness engulfs
the wind roars...blows...
the sky clouds out the stars
moonless
rain falls
pours!
lightning strikes
thunder blasts
and i know
the gods must be in control
---
written some time back; not long after i realised i had love for the 'art of words' (and that's what i now call what's called poetry).
night falls
darkness engulfs
the wind roars...blows...
the sky clouds out the stars
moonless
rain falls
pours!
lightning strikes
thunder blasts
and i know
the gods must be in control
---
written some time back; not long after i realised i had love for the 'art of words' (and that's what i now call what's called poetry).
Monday, June 14, 2010
feeling spain
pal,
i have a feeling that i just need to let out!
the ongoing world-cup in SA is about to witness a funny wet-dream of mine!!!
i just feel that Spain would totally make a meal of their group members unless the proverbial 'under-achievers' tag does them a horrible 're-enactment'.
seriously, with the current form of Spain i don't see how they won't give each of Switzerland, Honduras and Chile at least 4 goals to nothing each!!!
Pal, i'm not good at the gamble game else i'd have dared you to a bet!!!
so i say let's wait and see!!!
i have a feeling that i just need to let out!
the ongoing world-cup in SA is about to witness a funny wet-dream of mine!!!
i just feel that Spain would totally make a meal of their group members unless the proverbial 'under-achievers' tag does them a horrible 're-enactment'.
seriously, with the current form of Spain i don't see how they won't give each of Switzerland, Honduras and Chile at least 4 goals to nothing each!!!
Pal, i'm not good at the gamble game else i'd have dared you to a bet!!!
so i say let's wait and see!!!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
football and self-re-assesment on my mind - i post again
pal,
if ever there was any doubt that i was ever going to blog again then let that doubt be gone in the name of jesus!!!
there's the blow of vuvuzela down in the south and it's all about the world cup fever!
there are many reasons why i started to blog in the fist place. one major reason why i opted to blog is that fact that i have very strong views about some things and i wish to have those views documented for evidence to show when need be as i usually do engage in debates in which i need to show proofs. many issues have passed and i've failed to document my views here to my own disappointment!!!
just gone by in the football world is the historic win of the UEFA champions league by Inter wiht Jose Morinho as the 'special' coach. well it came to pass, but i had since last year supported Inter to win it. i'm a confessed follower of Mourinho. indeed i don't support teams. a whole team may just piss me off bcos of some particular incident or person. i consider football to be a game in which anything at all can happen so i don't tie myself to it like some people do. hence it's one area of life in which i feel so free to explore my desires no matter what. and for now i'm following Mourinho to Real Madrid and hopefully we'd make another his-story there and move on back to England to Manchested United to try the English game again as the story seems to be shaping out (i'm guessing!!).
ok, so back to the Sough of Africa and it's just beginning. but to be frank i don't see any big deal about this World Cup hosting that is so special. Africans want us to believe that this is something they have pulled off and so should be respected for it. well, i'm not one of those and i don't think this thing should represent any need for respect for my abilities as a human being. What is happening in South Africa has had a lot of inputs from Europe etc anyway. so where is the big deal???? so far as i'm concerned Africans should be ashamed of themselves that they have allowed themselves to be subjected to all sorts of nonsense by both their own making and by the making of others!!!
am i to imagine that the people like the current presidents of Ivory Coast, Togo, Sudan, etc would be watching these games and be proud to be associated with the event by virtue of them being Africans??????????? how horrible when these are people who have in more ways than one helped to run Africa down.
anyway, i'm supporting the following teams: Brazil, Netherlands and Spain (because they have shown enough consistency with good football play) and i'd be watching these teams: South Africa (bafana bafana), Ghana (black stars), and Argentina because i just have some interests in their performances. at the end of all it i don't care which team wins the ultimate prize. and like i keep telling people, i'm not a patriotic person. my patriotism rests with universal principles and aspirations.
cheers pal!!!
if ever there was any doubt that i was ever going to blog again then let that doubt be gone in the name of jesus!!!
there's the blow of vuvuzela down in the south and it's all about the world cup fever!
there are many reasons why i started to blog in the fist place. one major reason why i opted to blog is that fact that i have very strong views about some things and i wish to have those views documented for evidence to show when need be as i usually do engage in debates in which i need to show proofs. many issues have passed and i've failed to document my views here to my own disappointment!!!
just gone by in the football world is the historic win of the UEFA champions league by Inter wiht Jose Morinho as the 'special' coach. well it came to pass, but i had since last year supported Inter to win it. i'm a confessed follower of Mourinho. indeed i don't support teams. a whole team may just piss me off bcos of some particular incident or person. i consider football to be a game in which anything at all can happen so i don't tie myself to it like some people do. hence it's one area of life in which i feel so free to explore my desires no matter what. and for now i'm following Mourinho to Real Madrid and hopefully we'd make another his-story there and move on back to England to Manchested United to try the English game again as the story seems to be shaping out (i'm guessing!!).
ok, so back to the Sough of Africa and it's just beginning. but to be frank i don't see any big deal about this World Cup hosting that is so special. Africans want us to believe that this is something they have pulled off and so should be respected for it. well, i'm not one of those and i don't think this thing should represent any need for respect for my abilities as a human being. What is happening in South Africa has had a lot of inputs from Europe etc anyway. so where is the big deal???? so far as i'm concerned Africans should be ashamed of themselves that they have allowed themselves to be subjected to all sorts of nonsense by both their own making and by the making of others!!!
am i to imagine that the people like the current presidents of Ivory Coast, Togo, Sudan, etc would be watching these games and be proud to be associated with the event by virtue of them being Africans??????????? how horrible when these are people who have in more ways than one helped to run Africa down.
anyway, i'm supporting the following teams: Brazil, Netherlands and Spain (because they have shown enough consistency with good football play) and i'd be watching these teams: South Africa (bafana bafana), Ghana (black stars), and Argentina because i just have some interests in their performances. at the end of all it i don't care which team wins the ultimate prize. and like i keep telling people, i'm not a patriotic person. my patriotism rests with universal principles and aspirations.
cheers pal!!!
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