Today

I woke up this morning with this tingling cough. The weather has been so cold and everyone is just coughing and sneezing. I hate getting cough or cold. It irritates me and makes me feel down. It doesn't help that it gets dark here around 3.30 in the afternoon. I am at university now and seriously thinking of different things I can be doing now. I was supposed to go to London last week but missed my train by just 6 minutes. I was not angry because I missed the train, I was mad because of how much I have spent on my train ticket. I mean, the tickets are non refundable and non amendable. The lady at the Virgin train customer service said I had to buy another ticket to London. Where on earth do they think the money is coming from? I had to swallow my pride and buy another ticket for next month as I really need to get down to London to collect my passport from the Nigerian high commission. I wish they can post my passport to me so I do not have to spend money going through and fro London.

I am also so bored with facebook at the moment. In fact, I have deleted some people from my friends list as they are not contributing anything to my life. Some people just want to know how you are progressing in life which is not bad at all if they share theirs with you. But to hide your pictures and any details and have the freedom to browse mine is unacceptable. So all those "friends" who think they are not going to share their pictures or details with me should get off from my list. I mean who needs that in their life now?

Anyway, I have started swimming and I feel absolutely great. I am planning on going back to the gym to be healthier. I sleep well and feel great after exercising. I hope you all are doing great and in good health? My love to you all.

Hip hop to blame?

I hope you all had a lovely weekend? A lot has happened over the weekend. In London there was the tragic murder of Rob Knox. The 18-year-old died when he and four friends became involved in a fight with a man armed with two knives outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup. One newspaper said 2 black men got out of the car and went straight to them in the bar Rob and his friends where relaxing.

Today’s paper said hip hop is to be blamed. Some say these young kids need role models etc. Hip hop, role models are just not the underpinning causes of gangster culture or knife culture. These barbaric animals that carry knives and guns and kill innocent citizens are the outcome of their own lack of integrity. Some are so quick to blame institutions, racism, poverty for the rise in gang culture but I believe the power of change is in every one’s hand. You make your destiny what it is. What stops a child from getting educated especially in the UK? What stops them from learning a trade or being busy doing something, thinking up new ideas, working on ideas? If these stupid boys who are busy doing nothing had been busy, they would not have the time to carry guns and knives looking for people to kill.

It seems people have forgotten the supreme nature of the human soul and think they have the power to take it away from others anytime their anger rises. I know what it is like to be attacked. I have been in a situation where two Nigerian guys attacked me on the bus in Manchester. It was an unprovoked attack. These idiots look for ways to bully one or make one react so they can have an excuse to use their weapons. I have no regards for those people who do not respect human lives. May God give Rob’s family the strength to bear the loss. Amen.