11 STREET OT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW:
1. Know when to leave before trouble starts. If a place suddenly becomes too quiet, pay attention.
2. Loyalty is earned, not assumed. Just because you vibe with some guys in the neighborhood doesn't mean they've automatically got your back. Always be cautious, and never let your guard down.
3. If you're hanging out with friends or in a group, always take your drink with you if you need to use the restroom or step away for a few minutes. If you forget it and come back, pour it away.
4. Don't involve yourself in fights that aren't yours.
5. As much as you have to maintain your respect in the streets, don't come off as proud and pompous. When you see where guys are gathered as you are passing, always endeavor to shake, hail them, and exchange greetings.
6. Not every greeting deserves a long conversation. Sometimes be cool with people and leave it at just greetings: "Senior man, how far na? I greet you, boss. I dey loyal to your government."
7. Once in a while, always drop something for boys in the streets. Don't overdo it, though, so it won't turn into an entitlement. But you see those agberos, area boys, dash them money when you have it. Those boys will appreciate 1,000 naira and remember it as though you gave them huge amounts.
8. Know at least two routes home, and switch them up from time to time. Don't always use the same route where everyone knows you'll pass.
9. Don't walk around with both earpieces in at night.
10. If you are living in people's village, if possible, stay away from their girls. Even on your street, I will recommend you don't date any girl. You can always import girls. You can get yourself into unnecessary trouble by dating a girl one or two local guys have been pursuing unsuccessfully. Simply being seen with her may make them resent you.
11. As a girl, do not sleep with any guy in your neighborhood. Most of the time, they usually kiss and tell. Once you have slept with one, he will likely discuss it during one of the boys’ gatherings, and all of a sudden, you see different guys coming to ask you out. Everyone now wants a piece of the cake.
The whole ycee conversation wasn't about Peller but about a systemic degradation of our education.
I would expect everyone arguing, dropping think pieces & setting camera to have picked up on that.
No surprise that the uprisen olodos are proving the point of olodo uprising.
🚨🇵🇹 Cristiano: “I know that whoever works hard, God helps him. It was a tough week, a dark one, it started as if I had retired from football”.
But I held on as I always hold on because I believe in work more than football. It was tough, I have to admit, but we came back”.
I miss being a child.
The biggest financial decisions i had to make then was whether to buy biscuit or sweet.
Today i have to account for rent, food, fuel, light bills, internet, and my six girlfriends.
Adulthood will slap you with all sort of reality checks, especially knowing you have to get your life together, financials, love life, friendship, family... All in a short time of existence.