Thursday, December 25, 2008

Any marriage can work

I remember as a fresher in the university, my female classmates were getting married one after the other in an alarming rate that one of the boys exclaimed, "At this rate all the girls in our class will get married before we graduate". Well, about 80% got married before we graduated. Presently, some of them are not happy in their marriages. Also I have listened to my friends complain about their husbands and I could not help wondering why they are no longer seeing after wedding what they saw in their husbands during dating/courtship. [More...]

The High Call

Mr. Odoh after each day's work looked forward to his home. When someone alerted him that the property close to Kumaro dam was for sale, he put together his savings and bought the property. This is one purchase he has convinced himself he would never regret.
As soon as he got home, ate, he would head to the balcony appreciating the beauty of God's creation around him; the trees, flowers, birds and not to forget the cool healthy fresh air. [More...]

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Oh Faith

Oh faith
Why are you so far from me
Why are you not simple to have
Yet you are what moves God
But you are not as easy as a hand wave
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The reason for the season

I realized this month; there was a surge of scam mails sent to my email box daily. Initially, I could not figure it out until I and a friend began to discuss the increased crime rate. We heard stories of people who were robbed. Sadly, the criminals did not just stop at robbing their victims but they also maimed them. Crime increases during Christmas season which makes one wonder what Christmas season has become. A number of the scams mails were winning notifications and invitations to share some inheritance. [More..]