MAY 17th....Clash Of The Titans!

Its that time of the year again..Champion's league finals and its Arsenal vs Barcelona. Ronaldinho vs Henry, Wenger vs Rijkaard, Spain vs England... The call has sounded,who will stepup to the plate... I'm going to keep it short and simple cause am rushig with anxiety and i cant barely sit still waiting for gametime...the city of Lagos is awash with Red, its crazy up in here. See y'all after this..Gunner4Lyfe!

Highbury....The Final Bow!

It was a script written in heaven and played out by men who were viewed as superheroes. On the final day of the season,in the final game of highbury stadium,the home of Arsenal for the past 93 years, the gunners finally got what had eluded them all season long... a champion's league spot. The day was already abuzz with final days celebrations but captain Henry and his men had much more fanfare instore for the highbury faithfuls who thrung week in and week out to support their beloved club. Arsenal went ahead early but Wigan tried to spoil the party by goung 2-1 up but cometh the moment,cometh the man. Henry stepped up his game to close out his highbury career with a hat-trick,Henry scoring a 76th minute penalty to complete the feat. Henry sent Pollitt the wrong way - and dropped to his knees in homage to the North Bank faithful.Thus closing out highbury's last fotball match with a win for the guners. News filtering in from Upton park of Spurs loss sent the highbury fans in rapturous celebrations. Finally they had a foot in next season's champion's league...C u on May 17,where d gunners become European champions!

HOW DO U BLOW A 3-1 SERIES LEAD?

The L.A Lakers were in dreamland, there were leading the series against Phoenix Suns 3-1. They were not even suppose to be here but they were and they turned up the heat and then as fast as it came it was gone. Like a dream, they woke up and it was all gone. The palyoff heroic by Kobe and the team spirit and mechanism all gone poof with the wind. Nash and the Suns were not just going to lay down and be trampked on. They did it the hard way but they did it. I must say I as a Laker fan feel L-E-T-D-O-W-N. My hopes have been raised just to be crushed. I remember recieving a phone call from a friend all the way in the U.K asking me if i saw game 3 and how Kobe just turned on the magic. Then it happened, they lost game 5 then game 6 at home how pathetic. The series was tied and headed back to Pheonix for game 7. Okay, so maybe it was presumptuous of us to expect an exciting Game 7 from a Suns/Lakers series that had been one of the most entertaining first-round series in recent memory. Either way, Phoenix pounded L.A., 121-90. Steve Nash had a quiet 13 points and nine dimes, but didn’t need to do any more than that. Kobe Bryant dropped 24, but scored 23 of that in the first half. And Nash is the one left standing while Kobe goes home, which we’re pretty sure will soon become a popular justification for those who voted for Nash as MVP.
Whatever the lakers do in the summer,I feel they should add shooters to the squad. Kobe needs some help. Well i'd holla at you later but for now I'm out like the Lakers …

Kobe Bryant and Wife Have Baby Girl!

News breaks, as L.A. Lakers great KOBE BRYANT and wife VANESSA welcomed a baby girl to their family early this morning! GIANNA MARIA-ONORE BRYANT was born at 2:03 a.m. in Orange County and weighed in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Kobe told ET, "The arrival of our new daughter Gianna early this morning is such an incredible blessing for me and my family. We are all full of beautiful emotions after such an incredible day."Both mother and baby Gianna are doing "great." This is the second child for the couple, who also have a 3-year-old daughter named NATALIA.

Why Am I Dulled???

I dont know...jus seems am not at the right place in this point in my life. I feel i'd rather be doing something else,be some place else. I dont know I just feel everything right now is boring and wrong. Do you ever get like that, maybe not, maybe its just me...but really holla at me let me know what u think. Do u actually think attimes "holdup, am i actually in this picture or do i jus blow myself out of proportion....?" I dunno, feel like pulling my hair out....Aarrrgggghhhhhhhhh!!!

ARSENAL'S FINAL N.LONDON DERBY ENDS IN FIERY STALEMATE.

According to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, this was the day fair play died in English football. The game was played with such pace and there was no telling which way it would go. Tottenham mounted pressure and diffrent waves of attack came and went by. Tottenham teenage sensation seemed a threat down the right wing, causing Flamini and attimes Senderos loads of trouble. But the best chance of the half fell to Michael Carrick after a mazy run into the Arsenal box and turning Jens Lehmann placed his shot into the side netting.
The game came alive in the second half, and then in the 66th minute it happened. As Emmanuel Eboue and Gilberto bumped into each other, Wenger was convinced that the ball should have been put out of play to allow treatment for the 'injured' parties. Carrick stopped at the sight of two injured players rolling around next to him, but then he decided to carry on, urged to do so by the referee who checked on the health of both Arsenal players. Rolling the ball to Edgar Davids who supplied Robbie Keane with a pass to open the scoring, it was the cue for all hell to break loose. Wenger, for once, lost his temper in spectacular fashion, squaring up to Jol and screaming abuse at him. However, by the time the game was sent into a whirlwind of controversy, Thierry Henry had arrived into the fray and you could just see the Tottenham defence quivering at his mere presence, Spurs defence simply ran out of steam in the final 15 minutes and all they could do was whack balls up to a hapless Jermain Defoe, the Arsenal attacks came on them in waves. Henry's 86th minute leveller was cruel on a Spurs side who had worked so hard, but Jol could feel content after an impressive performance. Thus it ended 1-1 to the North London rivals.

PLAYOFF RUN-INS

The race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East is set to go down to the wire with Philadelphia and Chicago locked in an intense battle. Speaking of intense battles, the Mavericks and Spurs continue their Texas-sized showdown for first place in the Southwest. The two are the only teams to have won at least 50 games in each of the past six seasons ... In the East, LeBron James scored 35 or more points in nine consecutive games. Since 1970, the only other players in NBA history to post streaks of 35 or more points in at least nine straight games are
Michael Jordan (10 in 1986) and Kobe Bryant (13 in 2003). In those nine games, LeBron James averaged 38.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.6 assists ... The Washington Wizards have the league's highest scoring trio. Gilbert Arenas (29.1 ppg), Antawn Jamison (20.6 ppg) and Caron Butler (17.3 ppg) are averaging a combined 66.8 points. Philadelphia's Allen Iverson (32.9 ppg), Chris Webber (20.3 ppg) and Andre Iguodala (12.2 ppg) rank second at 65.4 points. ... Jamal Crawford (26.3 ppg last week) became the first Knick this season to be tabbed Player of the Week, after knocking down two game winning jumpers en route to leading New York to a 3-1 mark. And you-know-who continues his own scoring rampage in the West. With 2,673 points, Kobe Bryant is 46 points shy of tying Elgin Baylor's franchise record of 2,719 points, which he established during the 1962-63 season. Bryant became the first player since Michael Jordan (2,541) in 1992-93 to amass 2,500 points in a single season.
My man Kobe doing it big time...He deserves the MVP award man or what u think?

GREED + FOOLISHNESS= STUPIDITY.

When a German woman found a wallet containing 1,000 euros ($1,220) she decided it was better to get a reward from the owner than to keep the money -- even if that meant resorting to extortion, police said Friday.
"It was a bit stupid. She could just have kept the wallet," said a spokeswoman for police in the southwestern city of Darmstadt. "But she wanted the finder's reward -- and might have got one anyway. But she opted to extort it instead."
Police said the 47-year-old found the owner's phone number in the wallet and told the pensioner she could only have it back for 100 euros "plus 20 euros travel costs."
The owner agreed to the terms, and tipped off police, who arrested the woman with the wallet at the handover point.

"The Judas Gospel"...I See!

Judas Iscariot, vilified as Christ's betrayer, acted at Jesus' request in turning him over to the authorities who crucified him, according to a 1,700-year-old copy of the "Gospel of Judas" unveiled recently. In an alternative view to traditional Christian teaching, the Judas gospel shows the reviled disciple as the only one in Jesus' inner circle who understood his desire to shed his earthly body.
"He's the good guy in this portrayal," said Bart Ehrman, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "He's the only apostle who understands Jesus. "The Judas gospel's introduction says it is "the secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot." Later, it quotes Jesus as saying to Judas, "You will exceed all of them (the other disciples) for you will sacrifice the man who clothes me.""The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body," Ehrman said. "And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed." Rev. Donald Senior, president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, said the document revealed the diversity and vitality in early Christianity.
"The question becomes ... does this tradition, this alternative story, if you like, in the gospel of Judas have a claim that in some sense is equal to the rival claim of the gospel tradition?" Senior said. It is not known who wrote the Judas gospel. The copy unveiled on Thursday is of a document mentioned critically in the year 180 in a treatise called "Against Heresies," written by Irenaeus, bishop of Lyon in what was then Roman Gaul. It spoke out against those whose views about Jesus differed from those of the mainstream Christian Church. In the Bible's New Testament, Judas is portrayed as the quintessential traitor, accepting 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus by identifying him to Roman soldiers. The biblical Gospel of St. Matthew says Judas quickly regretted his treachery, returned the silver and hanged himself. The New Testament contains four Gospels -- of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- but many more so-called apocryphal gospels were written in the first centuries after Christ's death, attributed to such disciples as Thomas and Philip and to his female follower Mary Magdalene.

YEAH...RIGHT,IS THAT SO???

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060406/ts_nm/religion_judas_dc

Juventus 0-0 Arsenal (agg.0-2)...Arsenal thru!

Arsenal eased through to a Champions League semi-final against Villarreal with a comfortable 0-0 draw in Turin. The Gunners, taking a 2-0 lead from the first leg to the Stadio Delle Alpi, were never in danger of losing against a poor Juventus side. Arsene Wenger's side could have made their passage more comfortable after they split the Juventus defence on numerous occasions. With a two-goal lead in the bag, there would have been nothing from Juve's first-half performance to have worried Wenger. He may have spent much of half-time considering his side could have stretched themselves even further away. Certainly the Gunners' attacking endeavours were the more flowing of the two while the home side were continually frustrated either by a wayward pass in an advanced position or the presence of an offside flag. The Italian press had talked about The Old Lady needing a miracle to battle through to the semi-finals and there was little evidence of one arriving.
With Alessandro del Piero sidelined through injury, it was difficult to see from where the creative spark Juventus so desperately required would arrive. Every time they looked like puncturing the Arsenal defence, one of the Gunners, invariably Kolo Toure or Philippe Senderos, was present to make sure the danger did not materialise.Only Buffon's swift reactions when he raced from his line prevented the home side from going behind when, in racing through, Thierry Henry uncharacteristically allowed the ball to slightly overrun. There were inevitably a couple of scares at the other end. David Trezeguet was unfortunate not to connect to Nedved's cross on the six-yard box and Zlatan Ibrahimovic thought he had beaten Jens Lehmann when his shot from the edge of the box took a big deflection but the German goalkeeper was fully behind it. He was also able to beat away a Nedved shot that seemed destined for the corner. But, eventually the Czech maestro's frustration got the better of him as he was sent off with 13 minutes left for a second booking after a foul on Emmanuel Eboue. At the end,it was the gunnerz goin thru to the semi-final for the first time in their history, on the back of a champions league shattering record of 8 consecutive cleansheets...Gonner4Lyfe Man!

Interesting Facts About Bill Gates

1. Bill Gates earns $250 every SECOND, that's about $20 million a day and $7.8 billion a YEAR!

2. If he drops a thousand dollars, he won't even bother to pick it upbecause in the 4 seconds it takes to pick it up, he would have already earned it back.

3. U.S's national debt is about $5.62 trillion. If Bill Gates wants topay the debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10 years.

4. He can donate $15 to everyone on earth and still be left with $5million for his pocket money.

5. If Bill Gates were a country, he will be the 37th richest country onearth.

6. If you change all of Bill Gate's money to $1 bills, you can make a road from earth to moon 14 times back and forth. But you will have to make that road non-stop for 1400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING747 planes to transport all the money.

7. Bill Gates will be 48 this year. If we assume that he still can live for another 35 years, he has to spend $6.78 million per day to finish his money before his death.

Imagine That...!

Football referees in Nigeria can take bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence their decisions on the pitch, a football official said on Friday. Fanny Amun, acting Secretary-General of the Nigerian Football Association, said bribery was common in the Nigerian game. "We know match officials are offered money or anything to influence matches and they can accept it," Amun told Reuters on Friday. Amun first made the statement earlier in the week to a football seminar in the capital Abuja, prompting protests from other officials. "Referees should only pretend to fall for the bait, but make sure the result doesn't favour those offering the bribe," Amun said.At the seminar, Nigerian football league chairman Oyuiki Obaseki reprimanded referees for poor quality match reports, saying that bribery was to blame. "The quality of your reports have not done our league any good, so please desist from corrupt practices," he told delegates. Despite a high-profile campaign to stamp out graft in the impoverished African country, Nigeria consistently ranks among the most corrupt countries in the world -- and football is no exception.

culled from www.news.yahoo.com

OK! Now Why Do I Go To School Again???

We go to school to get a good education,to learn basic values of life and to be prepared to fit into society when we are done with the academic world. The basic story despite what you and I may say or think,we all go to school to get good grades so that we can get a good job with a fat paycheck. Correct me if am wrong but that my honest belief. So why do i gotta "do all that time" in school and study things that have no bearing to whatever i'm goin to be doing in the real world. Study sine,cosine & tangents,as if that helps balance my account. Well but some others got it good. They are born,find out they can play a sport and are like what the heck,am going get my meal ticket playing this sport. I mean they play for fun and games and get paid millions and we watch em and enjoy it..."Imagine that!"

Nowadays thanks to the annual Forbes list of best-paid athletes, you can talk ad nauseum about how much moolah Tiger Woods makes for hitting balls with a graphite stick or why Michael Schumacher has a fat account for constantly wanting to drive his car the fastest. Did I here you say "i can do that"? It may be murder on the self-esteem, but who doesn't love peeking into the deep pockets of the rich? Still, why shouldn't we bother,i mean we pay to watch then so watch them we will and in everything to, especially that fat check. Tiger Woods $87 million, Michael Schumacher $60 million, Oscar De La Hoya $38 million, Michael Vick $37.5 million, Michael Jordan $33 million, Shaquille O'Neal $33 million, David Beckham $32.5 million, Kobe Bryant $28.8 million, Lance Armstrong $28 million, Valentino Rossi $28 million. So now that we did the math, what did we learn about athletes who earn big?

Final Lesson: Learn a sport, perfect the sport like your life depended on it, play the sport and wham! Money money money.....

My Thoughts Exactly

You know attimes,when your just major dulled. You sit at a place doing absolutely nothin but yet you feel for some reason you have to be there. I'm feeling just that way now,i mean attimes am like who actually reads this? Am I just doing these postings on the regular and stocking my archive and no one is really even interested,why bother? Well i bother because...I dont know why i bother. Hmm,thats odd,I love it i guess to just sit here and write stories after stories, posts after posts and somehow hope you get someones attention in this big worldwide web. I never worry bout fading into obscurity why, because i wont,i cant. I've got too much to say to be a lil' insignificant voice and so thats why i bother, thats why i place thoughts,ideas,visions and all else on the pages of this thing. My Blog! ...Live & Learn, i hope we all do...Ciao!

CENSUS,Why Bother?

The Nigerian government decided to embark on its first national headcount in 15 years. The census which began on the 21st of March enters its third day amid clashes between police and separatists, attacks on counters and protests by disgruntled census workers. Nine people, three policemen and six vigilantes were killed in a shootout Monday night in the southern Nnewi (town in eastern Nigeria) market town when security forces tried to search a house for suspected Biafran nationalists, according to police. In Onitsha, census counters said they had refused to go into the field after several of them were attacked with machetes and acid and their census documentation forms were taken from them by suspected MASSOB activists. The census was disrupted for a second day in northern Nigeria after hundreds of counters continued their protests, saying their wages had not yet been paid.However, in many other parts of the country including a rain-drenched commercial capital Lagos, the exercise was slowly getting underway. I'm just waiting to see the overall outcome of all this,lets hope we get through with it peacefully.

MIXED TWINS....One white,One Black!

When Kylie Hodgson gave birth to twin daughters by caesarean section, she was just relieved that they had arrived safely. It was only when the midwife handed them over for her to hold that she noticed the difference between them. Remee, who weighed 5lb 15oz, was blonde and fair skinned. Her sister Kian, born a minute later weighing 6lb, was black.

'Our two gorgeous little girls'
"It was a shock when I realised that my twins were two different colours," said Kylie, 19. "But it doesn't matter to us - they are just our two gorgeous little girls."The amazing conception happened after two eggs were fertilised at the same time in the womb. Both Kylie and her partner Remi Horder, 17, are of mixed race. Their mothers are both white and their fathers are black.According to the Multiple Births Foundation, baby Kian must have inherited the black genes from both sides of the family, whilst Remee inherited the white ones.

Culled from www.dailymail.co.uk

The Sun Is Going Away,But Don't Panic...

The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has alerted Nigerians of an impending solar eclipse in parts of the country on March 29. In a statement, the Ministry said the eclipse would be total in Kwara State and six other states namely: Oyo, Ogun, Niger, Kebbi, Katsina and Zamfara. The statement explained that solar eclipse is a natural occurrence and is not caused by witches or wizards or any other sources. The Kwara State Government has in the meantime called on residents of the State to remain calm and avoid any undue panic during the eclipse, which is expected to last thirty minutes beginning from a quarter after ten in the morning. In an official statement, the government assured that law-enforcement agents have been put on alert to checkmate mischief makers and criminal who might want to use the occasion to cause havoc or disturb the peace of law-abiding citizens. Residents have also been advised to avoid looking at the sky with the bare eyes throughout the phases of the eclipse. Meanwhile, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Town unions and community leaders have been urged to join in the effort to educate their adherents and people on the need to remain calm and peaceful during the eclipse. Solar eclipse occurs when the new moon passes in-between the sum and the earth and the moon blocks the rays of the sun. Nigeria experienced the first total eclipse in 1898 others followed in 1947 and 1959, while Borno state experienced partial eclipse in 2001. The next total eclipse, according to the National Space Research and Development Agency, (NASRIDA) is expected to occur in 2034.

Milosevic Died of Heart Failure

Rumours have flown since Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's death.Preliminary results from the autopsy conducted on Slobodan Milosevic indicate he died of a heart attack, a Hague tribunal official says.
He was speaking before full results of the autopsy were made public.The former Yugoslav president was found dead on Saturday in the Netherlands, where he was on trial for war crimes.
Mr Milosevic's lawyer said that the day before he died, he had complained of being poisoned. Some have also suggested he may have killed himself.
An official at the UN's tribunal at The Hague told journalists that the autopsy results would show Mr Milosevic died of "classical heart failure".Mr Milosevic, 64, had long suffered from heart problems.UN chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte has refused to comment on claims that he could have been poisoned or committed suicide.

"Cant We All Just Get Along"

You've probably heard of the recent protest and uproar following the comical representation of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Its against the belief of muslim create any image of anything be it living or non living either in form of pictures or drawings or even castings i.e statues etc,thus the comical representation of the prophet Moohammed has caused greviances in certain quarters.

Thousands of children chanting "Hang those who insulted the Prophet" have taken part in a rally against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Around 5,000 youngsters - mainly aged 8 to 12 and some in school uniform - marched in Karachi. In Pakistan,voilent militants torched a coffin draped in US, Israeli and Danish flags at a traffic intersection in the port city as police in riot gear looked on. Pakistani police resorted to tear gas to stop a protest in Islamabad over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons first published in a Danish newspaper, which again apologized,while in Northern Nigeria troops enforced a curfew after the bloodiest rioting yet. The streets of the Pakistani capital were littered with tear gas canisters after police dispersed youths trying to reach the capital's heavily guarded diplomatic enclave, and made baton charges when they hurled stones. In Nigeria soldiers patrolled two cities after 16 people died and 11 churches were torched in rioting Saturday which targeted the Christian minority. A Catholic priest was among the victims.

CHAMPION'S LEAGUE DRAWS

Quarter-final draw

1st leg: 28/29 March;2nd leg: 04/05 April
ARSENAL v Juventus
Lyon v AC Milan
Inter Milan or Ajax v Villarreal
Benfica v Barcelona

Semi-final draw

1st leg: 18/19 April;2nd leg: 25/26 April
ARSENAL or Juventus v Inter Milan/Ajax or Villarreal
Lyon or AC Milan v Benfica or Barcelona

The draws throws up an exciting final phase of this season's champion's league. Can Arsenal's youthfully squad which is yet to lose a game in this champion's league continue to impress and comfound the pundits or will it be classy Ronaldinho and the boys from Barca going all the way or will teachnically sound and efficient Lyon romp all the way to the finals, not forgetting the old horse A.C Milan vast in knowledge and experience, Juve also, loom larger than life after a lucky goal saw them thru to this stage, will that go all out for the title? Only time will tell. Seat back, relax and enjoy good football.

NOTICE HOW HARD IT IS TO STUDY?

Do you ever wonder why its so hard to sit your posterior down and joyfully pick up your academic materials and actually study without being asked to or preparing for an upcoming examinaton? I mean to folks like ME,its torture just going thriugh a 100 + pages of absolute jagonz. Do you think I care if the differrentiated value of 4x is 4. What do i care,how is that my business. Does it put money in my pocket...why do we even go to school for almost all our youthful life. Its luducris! Why do i have to study "History of Economic Thought" for 2 years in the university. I learn bout Aristotle and Plato etc how they sat and wasted their time thinking of what i have no idea about rather than making money. As I sit here, I have the birth and death date of over 20 top historical economists. I have to study all this for an exam and yet not one of these was asked in the exmaz,talk bout a real case of the dead disturbing the living. Why I ask should i care...I dont know,so I guess thats why I find it hard to study,it baffles me. Maybe YOU can help me out. So holla back and help me out cus i feel we study lots of garbage that are never applicable in the real world. To me its utter stupidity. So can u help me???

GUNNERZ GO THROUGH.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger lavished praised on his under-strength side as they knocked out Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.He said after a goalless draw gave Arsenal a 1-0 aggregate win: "To play two games against Real and not concede a goal shows remarkable spirit.Wenger praised goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who produced several fine saves to seal Arsenal's place in the last eight. He saved crucially from Raul and Wenger said: "One or two times we were lucky - and we needed that great save from Lehmann. The save was very important." Wenger admitted he was surprised to be the last Premiership team in the competition after the exit of Chelsea and Liverpool. Arsenal captain Thierry Henry added: "We are going through maybe not in the Arsenal way - but we are through. "It was a proper game. It had everything, a bit of tension at the end. It was not a boring 0-0. "We didn't concede a goal home or away against Real Madrid - that is something special." MAN OF THE MATCH: Cesc Fabregas. This young man has cone of age in the two ties against Real Madrid and he was exceptional in the Arsenal midfield against his superstar opponents. ARSENAL VERDICT: With Henry as their leader and a talented pack of terriers scrapping behind him, the Gunners may just be decent dark horses to go close to Champions League glory this season. They are certainly as good as the Liverpool side that lifted the trophy last May.

THE BATTLE AT HIGHBURY!

Arsenal are called to stepup to the plate and face this gruesome enemy (Real Madrid) in tomorrow's Champion's league tie at highbury.Its a battle to the death almost litrally for both sides.Arsenal won the first leg 1-0 away at the Bernabeu,the feat was the first of its kind amongst british clubs.No british club had defeated Real Madrid in Spain before but Arsenal broke that record with some superb display of how football should be played.Madrid were fortunate not to have lost by more than one as Arsenal missed several mouthwatering goalscoring chances.Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are more than halfway to securing a place in the Champions League quarter-finals ahead of their second leg with Real Madrid.Arsenal take a 1-0 advantage into Wednesday's game at Highbury and Wenger said: "We want to finish off the job."The game seems a David versus Goliath battle but Arsenal are more than capable of doing "a david" and defeat Real Madrid,expect the compact pitch to be a key factor in the game.I predict either a firy goaless draw or atleast a 2-1 scoreline,for who this favours....well we'll all have to wait and see!

KNOW UR "LAG" ENGLISH...

1.HIYAG/AYAG; multifunctional word,can mean anything u want it to...e.g I want to hiyag(take) my book from class. or, Lets ayag(harrass) that guy.
2.DUBBZ; the essense,the point or the answer to.
3.DULLING: a state of being UNalert or mentally/physically UNsharp.
4.EVERY; short for every-(thing,one,where,time).
5.KOKO; main issue or bone of contention.
6."No Long Thing";without unneccessary delay, no big deal,straight to the point.
7.PAROLE;multifunctional word,can mean anything u want it to...e.g I dont have any paroles today(i have nothing to do). or, I forgot the parole at home.(i forget the game/book/phone etc at home).
8.BUZZ; call or get at you.
9.No Smelliz/Shnizzy/Biggies; not an issue,no big deal.
10.SMELL;to embarrass,let down or dissappoint.
11.SMALLIZ; not a big issue,or big deal.
12.Sure Banks; most definately,surely.
13.GAS; should. e.g You gas come class.
14.LEMM; to eat.
15."Q";residential quarters.
16.GIVE; to have a body odour.e.g,My guy that boy day "give".

TO BE CONTINUED...

HE'S BAQ!!!

Well people,sorry for the long break in posting on my blog, was due to my examz and other inevitable factors. Hope you didn't miss ur favourite story-teller and info-bringer too much,lol,when u showed up here and its still same ol' same ol'.....but am baq now for good. Examz are over and so you pips got me for a very long time...ok!
Well,last time out i was filling you in on the "special" vocabulary of the University of Lagos students,rite,well watch out for more of that and also,dont worry i got translations coming up so i dont just leave u lost wondering what the heck are they saying....ok. Well I jus got 2 words for y'all....I'm Baq!!!

UNILAG VOCABULARY...INCREDIBLE

You know "LAG" students have the darnest slangs and all.I mean if u in put thru,believe me you'd be lost in a heartbeat on a conversation with a couple of fellaz.We have our own grammer,i mean you need a dictionary to go thru it.I'd put u thru a lil conversation so you see wut i mean....
1st Guy:Bros yea.whats d dubbz for that 315 levelz?
2nd Guy:O boy,i never get the koko,i still dey try ajag/hijag am from one guy.
1st Guy:Guy,no dulling o.Dr Fash said we suppose drop every before 2pm.
2nd Guy:No long thing now,u sef parole small try find something
1st Guy:Nothing spoil,i jus one hail one guy for jaja,den i go buzz u know wetin dey pha.
2nd Guy:No smelliz/no shnizzy.
1st Guy:Abeg o,no smell me abeg o.Them gats share 5 point,u know every now...
2nd Guy:Haha...only God knows every
1st Guy:Omo u fit yan any but no dull me o,u know say i be ur own....
2nd Guy:E go be.

I Ball!...The Final Chapter!

OK,so here we are in the finalz...wana know what happens.Its here heroes are made,villians are formed,character and strenght are tested to the max.Its win or bust,ball or fall,takeover or go home,show me d money(50 grand to be exact)...so lets watch it unfold...
Its 4:20pm.The final game of the one-day 6 team(later 5) competition.
My team,the team in grey versus the blue team.We start the same team that outclassed our first opponents i.e Shakespare(me) @ point/shooting guard.Steven @ shooting/point guard,Lere 1 small forward,Tola at power forward and Space(Deji) @ center.Lanre sits out the tip-off.
Jump ball,am off got off the screen and drop the 3,i hear the ref whisper to his assistant "here we go again".This blue team ball hard and got wicked zone defence man.I mean they were stuffing us out and space wuz outsized by atleast 2 inches in the center so u know we had it ruff.I missed shot after shot,to be honest i didnt make another 3 pointer after the first one.I got pissed off by our sloppy play and how we culdnt get past their defence,twas sickening.I got so pissed ater one turnover that i kicked the ball outta d court,ofcourse i got the technical and my teammates told me to slowdown and let the game come to me.After that i threw up 3 more misses then i got so frustrated i checked out of the game.
"Cometh the moment,cometh the man."In steps Lanre,the undersized guard at 5'8.He completely took over,assist after assist,running that point like it was his pops personal business.Thenn i was on my feet again cheerin my teammates on,i mean that was the best i culd do.We started closing up the gap and then Lanre hit a 3..wow.1 point game now.I was mad with joy screamin at my guys to do it man,go go go go!!!Lanre again,steal fast break assist steven scores the point and is fouled.We up by 2.Tola on "D" blocks a shot sends it to Lanre again on the next play dishes off to Lere and to Steven who finds Space shot...we up 3....10 secs left.They hit a 3,its level again.I check baq in for Tola.We on d fast break,steven scores and gets the foul.Free throw's good...GAME.....WE ALL ERUPT AND GO CRAZY.WWHHHHUUUUUTTTTTTTTTT! WE DID IT,WE WON.We the baddest ballerz on the bloq y'all and yeah for y'all who's bin asking....WE WON THE 50 Geez but that aint it.Its the pride of being King of the Court for atleast a year.See you next Xmas!!!

ARSENAL! CLUB AFTER MY OWN HEART.

ARSENAL F.C. aka the Gunners.
This season we've been really inconsistent.A win today,draw the next and a lose right after.I agree with one and all who agree that we indeed do miss our "captain fantastic" Viera Patrick but lets look at this team closely.This team is an example of how football should be played.I know we lost recently to everton and couldnt get pass wigan in the carling cup in our last time out and yes lost to Bolton once again in the F.A Cup but hey u jus "watch us".This team is a team that can compete in the now but dominate in the future.I'll tell you why....
Arsene has gone about acquiring beautifully talented youngsters to carry Arsenal into a bright future.
Goalkeepers apart, Wenger can field a full team and bench of players aged 22 or under (Eboue, Djourou, Senderos, Clichy; Walcott;pictured right, Fabregas;pictured left, Diaby, Reyes; Adebayor, Van Persie, with a choice of replacements from Flamini, Lupoli, Owusu-Abeyie, Song and Gilbert). Arsenal's future, then, holds more appeal than their present.
So Haterz watch out...the gunz are smoking and we gon get you!!!
ARSENAL FOREVER...GUNNER4LYFE!

Mr Dan Brown and His Books

You must have seen it,heard about it,read it and very soon,you'd be able to watch the movie BUT is Dan Brown actually conveying facts or fiction,nay,blasphemy.
I mean Mr Brown seems to have some personal vandetta against the church or christianity as a whole as his seeks to batter at the Faith.In publishings namely "Angels and Demons" and the "Da Vinci Code",he just seems to attack the foundation of the Christian faith and its spiritual head JESUS CHRIST. I, for one heard all the brouhaha about the what i feel is utter garbage and foolishness being propergated by Mr Brown and decided to investigate it personally and yes it did even exceed expectation.Had Dan been even an 18th century author,there is no doubt he would have been tried for herecy.The blasphemous "facts" that the book Da Vinci Code holds is not only mind buggling but also incredulous.Brown attimes in his writtings almost seems to be testing God in a manner saying...come down and defend your son's religion...Insinuating that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were an "item" and even had offsprings is utter insanity.The heretic gospel contained in this book is enough to waver an unsound christian's faith.
According to him,Jesus passed his ministry to his wife Mary, but she was pushed out of her postion of authority by a jealous Simon Peter and also that Mary was made to look like a harlot by the church so as to put men in a superior postion in the church is complete lunacy.These "facts" either by Da Vinci himself of by Dan Brown hold no water and in my opinion should be completely disregarded.
Although Leonardo DaVinci was one of the great minds of his time with many fasinating works including his world famous The Mona Lisa,personally I feel he got it completely wrong when he delved into biblical matters.His words and works are completely misleading on the issue and should have stuck to science,arts,architecture and the likes.
But hey,you have a choice to believe what you want but,its better to believe the TRUTH.
THE HOLY BIBLE IS THE TRUTH!

P.S. Post your thoughts and comments and i'll try to address your worries.

KOBE DROPS "81" POINTS ON THE RAPTORS

Kobe Bryant was absolutely marvelous in the game against the Raptors.
By the end of the third quarter on Sunday night at Staples Center, the story no longer was Kobe Bryant rescuing the Lakers from an embarrassing loss to the Toronto Raptors. It was Bryant playing one of the greatest games in NBA history. The Lakers trailed by 18 points at the start of the second half and the crowd was ready to explode in boos when Bryant took over in a way even he never has. He didn't stop until he had written his name alongside only Wilt Chamberlain in the record books.
Bryant, scored 55 points in the second half and finished with an incredible 81 in the Lakers' 122-104 victory. The only player to score more in the NBA was Chamberlain on his immortal 100-point night in Hershey, Pa., in March 1962.
'It hasn't really sank in yet,' Bryant said. 'We have four days off coming up here and I would have been sick as a dog if we'd lost this game. So I just wanted to step up and inspire them to play a better game and it turned into something pretty special.
'Not even in my dreams,' Bryant added about scoring 80. 'It's something that just kind of happened, it just happened. It's tough to explain. I don't know, it's just one of those things.'
When he checked out with 4.2 seconds left, Bryant and Lakers coach Phil Jackson shared a hug. Jackson sat Bryant for the six minutes at the start of the second quarter and watched his team fall behind by 14 in the process.
'To be honest with you, that's not exactly the way you want to have a team win a game,' Jackson said. 'But when you have to win a game, it's great to be able to have that weapon to do it with.
'I've seen some remarkable games, but I've never seen anything like that before. I wasn't keeping track what he had and I turned to one of my assistants, I said, I think I better take him out now. I think this is a time where I felt the game is sealed.'
'He said, I don't think you can. He's got 77 points.' So we stayed with it until he hit 80.' Bryant, who scored 62 points in a game last month, also eclipsed Elgin Baylor's 45-year-old franchise record of 71 points. The only players to break 70 in NBA history are Chamberlain, David Robinson, David Thompson, Baylor and now Bryant.
'That was something to behold tonight, I tell you,' Jackson said. 'That was at another level.'
If ever there was a game for the Lakers to reach the midpoint of their season, this was it. Bryant very well could wake up this morning having stolen the stage from the Super Bowl matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.
Bryant shot 28 of 46 overall, 7 of 13 from 3-point range and 18 of 20 from the free-throw line. He had 14 points in the first quarter, 12 in the second, 27 in the third and 28 in the fourth.
But Bryant said a phone call he took' in the locker room ' from Magic Johnson might have meant the most' on the night'.
'That meant more to me than the game itself because I idolized him as a kid,' Bryant said, 'and for him to call me and tell me what a great game it was and how proud of me he is, that meant more to me than 81 points.'
'Bryant led Lakers back from 18 points down in the third. When he cut the lane and dunked off a pass from Lamar Odom with 31.9 seconds left in the quarter, the Lakers led 91-85. Bryant had 55 points, the rest of the Lakers had combined for 36.
Bryant capped the third quarter by jumping to get a hand on a Mike James pass in the backcourt, beating Jose Calderon to the ball and throwing down a two-handed dunk all alone to put the Lakers in front 87-85.
He went 11 of 15 in the quarter - - making only one trip to the line - - and narrowly missed breaking the franchise-record 30 points in a quarter he set only last month against Dallas.
Unlike his 62-point game against the Mavericks, however, Bryant got to play the fourth quarter. Bryant also took 16 free throws in the third quarter of that game, unlike Sunday's game.
The Lakers endured one of their worst stretches of the season with Bryant on the bench to start the second quarter. They were outscored 10-3, fell behind 46-32 and watched as Kwame Brown twice was called for three-second violations camping in the lane. Bryant also said the moment he shared with Jackson coming off the court was something special.
'It's special because we've been through so much,' Bryant said. 'We've been through so many battles, we've been through so many things. It's special for me because when I try to play the game, I try to please him. If he's happy with my performance, it makes me happy because I learned the game from him.
.....I Told y'all this Kid is the truth,baq in highskool i was kalled "Kobe II",I wanted to handle the rock jus lie the kid. If ur hating,hate hard.He aint gone stop...Word!
Jre's signin out witha rim-wrekker!

I Ball ! Part 2.

Game 2! 2.00 pm.
We up against stiffer opposition this time and we are unevenly matched in size. These dudes got 4 players well over 6'3 and we jus have 3 players in the 6 feet zone,I'm just beggin to be there at about 5'11 and some. Ok so its game time..starters. Space at center,Steven at the power forward, Tola at the 3 spot,I got the 2 giard postion and my manz Lanre startin in place of Lere comes in at the point,which we kip switchin by the way.My man Lanre comes in and we shrink in size cus he's playin in place of a 6'2 forward comin in at 5'9...but u know how we do, we got this...haha!
Jumpball and from the tip off,we knew we were gon kill,i mean litrally.I took my man out with some penetentiary style "D".Mata-o-fact kid had to beg me to ease up on him.D team rocked but the size of the opposing team began to show, and we were bein dominated inside the paint.So i was called on again to drop em again from beyond d arc.5 for 6 3-pointers,thats how i roll.The high point of the game was on a fast break,I and Space.I did the skip to my loo and threw up an opp way above the rim, i was lyke i messed it up but nope Space went up with a huge leap took it outta d air and boomchakala...The crowd went crazy.After that Steven on a fast break threw on off d board and yep u gessed it,Space picked it and took it down with the windmill.Tola and Lanre jus dominated,we ran fast break after fast break on these dudes man then...game.Its a wrap 32-28. We in the finals....I sMell victory,I can smell the money,I smell the Joy of winning.Did we win....I'd hit u on the rebound...holla

I Ball !

True Story!!!
TIME...11:45am.on Saturday 31,Dec.2005! I arrive at the Syrian club for a baskettball competition thats been planned the whole week.Its a one-day tournament involving 6 teams with 60 Grand the prize money up for grabs.I arrive with Lere and Tola (my teammates and also the tournament organisers). We are ready to go but we are still short of our final 3 players Deji aka SPACE,Steven and Lanre.I make the call they are on their way...they arrive we sort out the pre-tourney formalities,hey 1 teams chickens out at the final moment why? the captain says "I cant put up part of the prize money only to loose".He's scared,sadly but who wouldnt be i mean these were mean ballaz from the USA & UK and even d homeland (Naija) who are baq for holidays in Naija and decided to put up a tourney...O yeah,how i got d call to ball...my man Lere hollered at me and said he aint seen me ball in 3 years but from baq in KC,he remembers i was "d Truth" so he asked if i come come thru for his team,an like no smelliz.I told him i got two other ill kids who could handle the rock...my man, Space, who has like a 40 inch vertical,i mean kid jumped over me for an oop in a pick up game at mine so u know what i mean,and d boy steven who's a good 2 guard,real quik and all...well blablabla...its time to "play ball"! We're up first against this other team...I Got the rock in my hand i'm thinkin 3's ok so i go 1,2,3,4,5,6,7...7 strait 3's in d game.i mean 7 for 7 from beyond d arc,now thats ill...but HEY it aint all bout me,Lere had mad assists all game long,Tola jus kept grabbin boards and he did his thing form beyond d arc too so...,Space,o yeah,he was in space the whole time.Steven basically killed d team on the fast break,Lanre,well he sat out this game but look out for him...Cos he shows up big the next two games....We basically wrapped the game up like 41-17,Against a team that had the height advantage over us...thats TEAM EFFORT!.....To be continued!