I ran into my secondary school classmate today. He was not looking good. Drugs and smoking written all over him.
After pleasantries he said, "Show me the way na. Update me."
I remembered him as one of the best students in our class. He even gained admission before me. So I asked for his CV.
You needed to see the look he gave me.
"I dey talk about update you dey talk about CV. You know how much I dey chop every month for street?"
I told him plainly. I am not a Yahoo boy and I do not have that kind of update.
Full story: he dropped out after someone linked him to a Yahoo house in Ghana. Two years there. Made money, came back to Nigeria and Blew it. Now he is broke and looking for money to smoke.
One of the brightest in our class.
The street does not build you. It borrows you a lifestyle and comes back to collect with interest.
Above all, love God.
Before on x, you can learn something meaningful.
Get sharp news.
But now stories that never happened na Im I con dey see.
Good morning mutuals.
What are you eating for today 🤦
A man in my area was paying 200k per term for his 2 children's school fees.
His wife handled everything school-related. Anytime he offered to visit the school she'd say "don't stress yourself honey, I'll handle it."
He thought she was being supportive.
One evening he was out with friends and one of his guys was complaining about paying his son's 40k school fees. Their children attended the same school.
The man was confused. "40k? You mean for the books?" That's when the truth came out.
School fees were 40k per child. His wife had been pocketing 120k every term, plus 40k from textbooks. 160k per term. Quietly. For years.
He went home that night and sent her packing. Her family had to beg before he took her back.
The painful part? He was already giving her a monthly allowance and had fully stocked a provision store for her.
She had everything. She still chose to steal from the same man providing for her. That's not greed. That's a character problem.
Above all, love God.
One of the scariest realisations as an adult:
You’re starting to sound like your parents in ways you swore you never would.
The same habits, same reactions, same patterns, same emotions.
Are you consciously breaking the cycle or repeating it?
@creative_yua I havent seen any vendor post an iphone and add IBM', 'IDM, 'ICM', or 'Mint', maybe because i haven't paid attention to it.
I have learnt something new and I will have to bookmarked it for future reference.