Internet - The Afrika Way

What’s really good people?

It is not even 48 hours into this MADDENING 2014 NCAA tournament and these college boys are busting folk brackets left and right. I just knew I was fitna get that Warren Buffet Quicken Loans money sha ni. I tell you what though, seeing Duke getting knocked out in the first round and watching the white boy hit da “NeNe dance” on that a** feels just as good as winning a billion dollars. Whats really crazy is sometimes when I get to actually catch some of the games I can’t believe my old but has been out of school going on 15 years. Na Wa O!    

SHOUT-OUTS (S/O)

(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz Love! P

  

Ok people; let me get focused…

This week I want to touch on this phenomenon in the Afrikan community call the INTERNET. Many of you have grown to refer to it as a global system of interconnected computer networks that serve billions of users worldwide. To the new Afrikan person on the continent that has now finally gained regular usage of this tool, the internet to them is the modern day encyclopedia in which nothing you can offer them is deemed legitimate or accurate if not publicized on the IN-TER-NET.

While I am on the topic of the internet let me quickly just state the obvious and move past the easy or cache “419” or email solicitation jokes that so many of you like to forward to my attention about how a relative of mine has asked you to be the beneficiary of $200 million unclaimed in some beneficiary account that does not exist. The funny thing about those emails to me are; 1) many of those solicitations actually have no ties to Nigeria anymore and 2) Just because you are of Nigerian decent those not mean you are not a target for this old and tired scam.        

Now let me tell you what the latest trend is with Afrikans and their use of the internet, I honestly am unable to keep count of how many times somebody back home in Africa will inbox me to assist them with a purchase or the search of a particular product all to turnaround and start to argue with you on how you are trying to cheat them out of their money because the pricing they looked up did not match what you presented to them as a cost. My favorite is the opening statement of “I beg my friend don’t think say we don’t have internet here in Africa o”? My typical response is “well if you have all this information in the first place what you need me for then”??? Oh; throw in a couple of four letter words at the end of the sentence to boot.

Another habit all Afrikans have really going overboard with now is their excess consumption of blogs and all the negative gossip that dominates so many of its social media sites. As an individual that blogs as a means to bring Afrikans across the diaspora together this wave of trash is a total waste of energy and resources. I don’t care to know which nollywood actress is now sleeping with some Nigerian music artist or who spent the most money on a wedding with public money, etc.

www noni

It’s Spring Again

What’s really good people?

Well Well Well, looks like SNITICHIN’ is at an All TIME High here in the DMV theses days huh? I mean when a man straight up drops a dime on a mayor, public officials, even a presidential candidate to ensure he ain’t being sat down for a kool minute then I guess a MAN gotta do what a MAN gotta do. Only thing is dude that is SNITICHIN got a lot of “non-dude” tendencies if you know what am I mean. Oooops; I guess I just SNITCHED too huh? Looool. SMH. Looks like we got one more potential snowstorm on the horizon this weekend and boy am I looking forward to seeing my favorite news reading across the bottom of the television “Government CLOSED”. I swear this winter just gets better and better o!

(S/O) To the BIG Homie A+! ALWAYS holding it down for the Team.

(S/O) To my pops “DODO Master” aka…”Mr. Take Care” noni.

(S/O) To da Kool Keedz Bella & Greyson celebrating a birthday this weekend.

(S/O) To my Safari team.

(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz Love! P

  

Ok people; let me get focused…

An old hip hop record by rapper Biz-Markie had a catchy hook that went like this “it’s spring again, everybody knows it’s spring again, to the girls and boys and people above this is the time to fall in love”… Only TRU hip hop heads would have heard that record but the rest of yall buble gum, nursery rhyming and skinny jeans wearing yungins need to go do some homework.

Anyways what I love about the spring season and every year I kinda touch on something a little different, so this year am going to talk about how spring exposes people. Just like the march madness NCAA tournament, Spring is about the moment of truth, a lot of folks been pretending all winter long about how they gonna get right or sexy, how they gonna do some “spring cleaning” and they fitna make some power moves in the New Year. How is that working out thus far?

The typical end result is folks be quick to complain about how turning the clock forward one hour is WACK and interrupts their sleep, all the mulch outside that causes someone like myself with allergies can be very bad for your health, all them bird droppings tyou soon to encounter on your windshield and especially on the hood of your car after you just gave you it a nice wash will make you insanely MAD noni.

But there are some bright things to look forward to as well. How about we start with everybody getting funky fresh dressed for Easter. What about all those college basketball buzzer beaters and bracket buster? And how about my favorite, the return of “Game of Thrones”?

I mean Real Talk – spring what took you sooooooooo long?

AS SEEN ON TV

What’s really good people?

We in March and there is still snow outside here in the DMV. Na wa o! This has got to be the best winter ever with all the snow days shutting down schools, government and businesses. Shooooooo; I will take a two or three day workweek EVERYTIME. The other thing that I will take away from all the snow this winter is how the white stuff actually helped my fellow man regain some RESPECT out here in these G** a** times. I ain’t hear any of these females out here running their gums about not needing “NO MAN” with 4 feet of snow outside to shovel huh? How I wish this thing would continue into summer. Speaking of summer, looking like I might need to keep my butt home and rethink my Brazil World Cup trip to go watch the SUPA Eagles because after seeing that dud of a performance this past Wednesday versus the Mexicans man must not travel 20 plus hours and spend all that money to have Naija be shamed on a international stage o. The only thing impressive about the match was the unveiling of our new 2014 kits, Keshi best stop playing these half cast a je butter boys from Germany and bring back proven internationals if we plan to make noise in June o.

(S/O) A Speedy Recovery and well wishes to a SUPA Eagle Great PAPILO!

(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz Love! P

  

Ok people; let me get focused…

A friend of mine had sent me an article earlier in the week on some start-up firms and several of their cutting-edge business ideas and their growth both in domestic and international markets. So as we proceeded with our conversation, she too then began to introduce a very advanced system to address the issue of gun control and the use of illegal guns. I was like WHOA!

How many times have you sat there either browsing the internet, reading or watching something on television and the first thing that came to mind was “why couldn’t I or why didn’t I think of that”? It has now grown from a weekly to like a every other day occurrence for me in which I stay wanting to kick myself the more I learn or hear of all the new age systems regularly being generated by so many brilliant people.   

All I can trace my tardiness and lack of ineptness to was maybe rather than spending 80% of my time watching ESPN and every soccer, football and basketball game playing I should be reading more and staying in tune with the news and current events better. Oh, how about instead of spending my entire drive playing all the new Naija Afrobeat records and listening to hours of totally useless debates on sportstalk radio, a few minutes of NPR or CSPAN radio would help enlighten me better on my quest to be a change agent.  

The harsh truth is all those people and things we covet that really do not add value to our lives were strategically put place by some guy, company and institutions that simply would gladly continue to accept your business as a paying customer.

I’d rather be a Player-President.

Mediocrity

What’s really good people?

Yup, like clockwork I must say everything went as anticipated with my old man’s arrival this week in the DMV. Kangol Hat = Check. A Double Breasted Blazer Suite = Check. That “G” Stroll = Check. Ah, to be together again = PRICELESS. Come to think of it boy there sure is a whole lot of characters at these airports whenever am there to pick up my folks. Do ever catch yourself watching people and how they meet/greet loved ones? Some simply just make eye contact, others embrace with a hug or kiss, several whistle or scream and a few hold up signs. I even witnessed one exchange in which the wife/husband basically greeted each other like a business client being transported by his chauffer. Na wa o! Now for every Afrikan arrival on the other hand boy all you see is TEETH, BIG GRINS, ASHY LIPS and a whole bunch of relief with the look of “Thank God I am out of AFRICA”. Looool. SMH. How do I know because I was that person not too long ago. REAL Talk! 

(S/O) Wishing Sky a Speedy & Quick Recovery. All the Best!

(S/O) To my man A+ with the gift package & that KILLA New 2014 SUPA Eagles Kit.

(S/O) To all of the viewers, followers & readers of the MY OMO NAIJA blogspot. Thank you for your continued support. Love iz Love! P

  

Ok people; let me get focused…

I am really going to try to do my best to not make this week’s blog a vent session. Oh well, I LIED. What I will try to have you think about is how we have quickly morphed into a generation that celebrates mediocrity and simply kicked excellence to the curb. Let me sight one or two quick examples alone from this past week, the National Basketball Association (NBA) wants everybody to believe that a journeyman career 3 points per game & 3 Rebound per game who has been a career marginal player was the only athlete qualified to be signed by the Brooklyn Nets on a 10 day contract. His stat line since his signing has been a ROBUST 1 Point per game & 0.7 Rebound Per game average. I guess it was never about marketing, public relations, and selling jersey’s to that one group that is fighting for the same rights as everybody out there huh? Hmmmmmmmm.

Then there is the guy that is supposedly transcending supports in the manner the likes of Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, Bill Russell etc. all the great athletes of color in the 50s & 60s who paved the way to breakdown the color barriers in professional sports, what did he do in the National Football League (NFL) combine? Well how about he slower than molasses, softer than a twinkie-feeling and stiff as a board during testing. If you let the media tell you these two men are great examples for young people to look up to. SMH     

For years you have heard me repeatedly express my frustration about the poor state of conviction the people of Nigeria have in improving the condition of the country. At this juncture I can’t think of many other Federal Republics comfortably functioning on mediocrity status better than Naija. If you poll a group of ten people I am willing to bet you that less than half can agree on a service or institution that has thrived or is currently excelling in the country at this juncture. Media = RUBBISH. Governance = TUR-RI-BLE. Education/Employment = FOR WHERE.

Choose as you may; I guess its back to continuing to award trophies, certificates, ribbons and honors to all participants who throw his/her name into the race. The old sentiment of every child is special and should be celebrated syndrome. Go ahead and lie to all children that rather than working hard to earn a reward, they better off whining or threatening to sue in order to get their much deserved recognition. Better yet why don’t you just continue to shove, force and re-run the same REEL like 1500X a day and force me to believe this person and his need for attention should become something I MUST take a liking to. Why because as he put it “This My Truth”.

And the beat goes on.