LIGHT UP NIGERIA

Hi pple,
Its been a while i got inspired to write other than my daily life but 2 days ago I was lit up by a Campaign going on right now in my Country NIGERIA, its called Light up Nigeria.
So here i was on twitter going through the Time lines and kept seeing this "#lightupNigeria" on timelines of Amara (bubusn), Eldee, BankyW, my girls chika and Dammy , at first is seemed cool and i was wondering what they were on about till i kept reading Eldee's timelines and i got real curious and started reading through.....I was moved by how these artistes and other youths home and abroad have decided to speak and be heard, and so here i am joining the movement .
Light up Nigeria is a movement which has been created by and with the youths of today and would be - leaders of tomorrow to be heard by our leaders of our Electrical problem in Nigeria. Its alarming the rate at which this problem gets worse every year, a country that has everything yet can boast of NOTHING, its unacceptable and needs to be clipped NOW.
How can we wake up everyday to what I call Noise and not Sound because Sound is pleasing to the ears so ill use NOISE of generators everyday as we get ready for work, get to work, come back and still have this same NOISE disturbing the peace of our Enviroments? lets not get started with the Pollution it brings along with it.
I remember through the years when Electricity was not luxury but a necessity, we could predict when NEPA as i recall would give back Electricity, then it turned to sharing of Electricity then on the high brow Victoria Island, which used to be a residential area but now turned Commercial center with Banks and companies taking up every piece of land they can lay their hands on. So as a resident of V.I you have your Electricity taken from morning while companies function and by 6 or 7 pm Residents start to enjoy Electricity again now tell me what kind of life is that?
We have our dear Mainland residents with Ikeja being the center of all mainland areas counting days when they would have Electricity, i say its detrimental to one's state of mind, how do you account for 2 days of light and have 3 days called off day or better yet you go through places like Agege, ogba and see Electricity in the form of what is called Low current , a candle stick would burn brighter, while areas like Ikorodu, Ajegunle, Mushin, have resolved to NO ELECTRICITY this is unacceptable, how do you expect human beings to function like this? People living in this areas have not had Electricity for months and have no means of getting generators so they more or less live remote lives this is UNFAIR.
This is me looking through the years and we just accepted it and said it would get better but alas its gettting worse, Some of us travelled abroad to further our Education, look for greener pastures and go back home, now we are home and its worse off than we left it, Corruption is at its peak, Banks cant account for money loss, employment still lingers as a cloud over our heads, Education is on halt because of the strikes, Power still has not changed hands it keeps circulating round the same set of greedy people from when we were in high school to college to working class? Then Electricity is as good as no longer in existence, GENERATORS are the order of the day..............
As i recall generators were a luxury then now In the year 2009 its a NECESSITY, so now tell me how the crime rates wont multiply or how frustration wont set into the lives of fellow Nigerians?
We hear it all the time Nigerians are angry people but tell me why wont we? This life we are subjected to here by our leaders is not right, its demoralizing and certainly NOT ACCEPTABLE, NOT ANYMORE.
I am saying all these so we can think back and decide what we want to accept for our future, if it would motivate you enough to want to do something then so be it, if it angers you to get motivated so be it but please we cannot sit and just keep talking amongst ourselves, we need our voices to be heard, the first step is the vital one and we have made a good move by getting involved. Our parents have gone on too long with this predicament and we the youths and future of tomorrow need to deal with TODAY for a better TOMORROW for the ones coming behind us.
I have joined the movement, and i am spreading the word this is not just for today, its for future causes as well there is a lot to fix and this would be a starting point. I am grateful for the founder of LIGHT UP NIGERIA and the various artistes, actors, actresses and individuals who have gotten involved, the humble gesture of using your fame and voice to be heard is definitely one God would reward you for. Be proud of what you are doing because you are following in the fotsteps of great men like Martin luther king, Abraham Lincoln, the various celebrities like George clooney, Bono and many more which i believe we all know, Leave your mark in this world the ones after you would never forget.
We are proud of you and we are behind you, God bless our voices and may we not only be seen may we be heard...#lightupNigeria
To be a part of the movement join and get involved www.lightupnigeria.org
If you are on twitter always end your text with this tag #lightupnigeria
For facebook users join the group LIGHT UP NIGERIA

God bless
Peace & love
Mola '09

EKO KOPA

Its so gooooood to be back pple and i feel like a re- birth has occured, phew!
I got in today and a bit under the weather but still basking from the wonderful xperience of serving my nation in the name of NYSC, lol. It was at first an experience i dreaded and i cried the first night, i cld not comprehend how i was to have my bath in that awful slum, i was ready to give up but as usual My hero talked me into focusing on whats important... my reason for being there.
I met wonderful pple at camp, i served in lAGOS AT THE IYANA IPAJA area and it was a wonderul experience the few weeks dat followed, one i was away weekends at ur guess is as good as mine, lol and then come back and looked forward to the 4am drill with my pple behind....platoon 2 we rocked. My wonderful platoon instructors, Nehemiah & Abu, Abu was d man he always arranged me nicely wen i was to bail camp, such wonderful memories.
MAMI MARKET: that was the shinding and we rocked the 2 last days my peeps, lauren, fidon and AFRICA miss yall, the farouz stand knew they had guest in there, lol.
Anyways back to reality i miss naija and wish we had one more week of camp so we cld tie some loose ends but hey, july 2010 here we come Laurenzo & flaky flakes ya feel me???
Nobert, maro, ralph, Nkem, castro & mark, camp was fun wiv u guys thanks for having our backs, lol....."operation off ur lights Nsync forever" .......LMAO
I am back ere in the states and the real world is dawning on me, and now i am faced with decisions i must be ready to take, i av decided to make lemonades out of these lemons life is offering right now, God is d ultimate.

Peace & love
Mola

Hey

Yep, i am counting down hrs now phew! need to be outta ere jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
I am screaming green white green now, lol. Anyways Happy new month to y'all out there and what a nice treat for a change THE SUN.
Not much has been happening at my end, had my girl come over from ATL Ituns been ages since we saw her and it was so cool aving her around, too cool that we made her spend 4 extra days (Itunu) i am sure u r livin it up in NY now......Its July 4th weekend and everywhere is empty with pple travelling out of town and office closed but as usual urs truly is ere AKS God mo so pe temi oooo in this recession or else i wld av released my tongue.
I am packing late for the first time in my life, i am always prompt and ready but for sum weird reason left all my shopping to the very last minute hmmm and Nolar warned me i bet u wld laugh at me now, esp yday i just wasted 2 hrs that cld av been fruitful let me not go into that.
I am doing my last shopping today and ill get to packing and rest , cuz i am tired and just need to be rested, or maybe a vacation to the carribean with sum pina colada boo hooo hoooo i want to go.
Anyways catch ya guys later and ill let u knw wen i am home bound peace and love as always
Mola!!

UNREACHABLE by his grace

I woke up this day June 22, and got out of bed and mumbled sumtin in the likes of a prayer, had my shower and rushed off to work...got to work 9am and counting down to 5pm my daily routine for the week. On my desk at work , i spoke to my Dr. he called some prescriptions in for me and i decided 5 on the dot i had to be out ere to get on the bus home.

I got to the pharmacy for 5 quite alrite but for some weird reason my name was not in the system, the attendants were all with sum stank attitude ( i thot) and eventually wasted my time and finally had my order in .............the minds of human beings.

My friend called me from canada abt a train crash in the metro region of MD/DC which i commute everyday to and fro but thot it was maybe a fault or sumtin, how wrong was i my lil sis had gone on the train before the one that got crashed and i was arriving to board the next only to find out that GOD had saved us from an accident in and out 45mins.

I had friends call but did not knw how bad the crash was, spoke to my sis knowing she is ok got to fort totten around where it happened and found out that the trains had stopped commuting and we had to travel via shuttle buses, luckily i got on one and got home thanking God casually that we were alrite how ignorant?

I got on the internet and got on CNN.com only to see pictures of the crash, i had no idea how i got on the floor and started thanking God thru joy and tears WHAT????????? it was disastrous and the thought of me commuting that very track everyday for the past 3 yrs made me pause and wonder what audacity do i av that i cannot take time out in the morning to pray b4 i leave the house for protection "the things we take for granted".

I am grateful for the calls and just the loe around but mostly i am appreciative of God teaching me thru ydays incident that he has a purpose for me being alive, those who died or got injured r pple like me and i am no better than they are, my heart goes out to each one of them and the families of those who died including the driver of the latter train "may her soul rest in peace".

Bless u all and may the good lord continue to protect us as we step out everyday, lets make it a habit to say a prayer in whatever we do.

Peace always

Mola......

Sunday blues......

Hiya,
Hope u all r having a lovely weekend cuz i am. Its sad monday is creeping in so bad :(
So whats new on this side ?? nothing much, friday glad to be home for the weekend, and lets just say some unwanted chaos cld av been avoided.. but in all i guess God knws best. On a lighter note been aving a really wonderful time generally and can see its going to be a brighter future.
As usual, today is easy as always and i went to fix my hair this morning and it turned out nice just the way he loves it, lol. other than that i am just home watching shows, catching up on stuff i cld not do during the course of the week.
I went to smoothie king today and got a new flavor, normally i stick with the strawberry kiwi breeze but today i went on the indulge and took the pinacolada paradise hmmmmmmm its bliss.. no wonder its called paradise. ok nothing much to say anymore just wanted to hola and wish u a lovely evening......

Peace & love
Mola!!!

STRINGS, RINGS & TROUBLESOME THINGS.....

Haloha pple,
it feels gr8 to be on ere and comfy as well. I am fine and well thank u, not much has been happening but the days keep bringing its own dose of splendour, surprises and blessings if i can say.
Its the middle of the year, and i must say this year seems to be running faster than a speed boat, it was january like a few days ago.....guess its true time waits for no man , make hay while the sun shines cuz in a blink yday is gone, today is going and tomorrow is abt to come. I hope i am not blabbing, this is for me and everyone one else out there, lets try and draw out a plan and just keep moving, circumstances might not be favourable but rather than sit in and sulk, get out there and do sumtin to change it, keep moving u might get lucky and have it changed.
I was reading my Daily bread and came across this interesting exhaultation " A poem written by John Newton years a go about a Kite, this kite dreamt of being cut off its strings.... if only this string cld be cut off, i cld fly higher, if this string was off me ill be free to do what i please and on and on it went till one day the kite was lucky enof to get detached from its string, happy it was but not for too long cuz it ended up in the ditch"
So like human beings, we r tied down to some situations, circumstances, committments, relationships and we scream freedom, God might be telling u otherwise, he uses the strings that tie us down atimes to elevate us, the kite was elevated when the strings were attached but not to its satisfaction, but things went downhill once the wish to cut loose from the source of acceptable elevation was granted.
Sometimes we need to take a step back and think of a reason why God has us where we r, it might not seem pretty, u might want to attain more height but God knws when and how best, lets leave it up to him and sit back to enjoy his flight of heights cuz surely we wld attain them only if we believe and trust him.
Have a blessed mid - week
Peace & love
Mola........

Haloha

Hiya pple,
How r u hope gr8? i am superb thank God and ill keep thanking him till i leave this world cuz he has been faithful beyond imagination.
Its been raining all day, so much for Spring i need summer to creep in fast dont like these cloudy days esp wen i am far from warmth..... (lol).
So here i was trying to figure out how i was going to seek for my leave cuz AKS u never can tell, but i typed my memo and brushed it up after so much hesitation i made my way into my bosses office and handed dem each my memo AKS is a law firm with 3 partners. Anyways it was approved phew!!! and infact i had been looking up to God for sumtin from them and seems it might come thru God is sure awesome.
I am super duper excited abt my trip cuz i missssssssssss my family back home and it wld be gr8 seeing dem, Nolz, my grandmum esp gosh i love that women to death, my aunt and so on the list is endless believe me and just need a breather from ere for a bit. I am happy i get to be around family though.
Lately i av been on my Ipod and the net getting songs as usual but for some reason i am feeling 9ce and his PHOTOCOPY song, the Proverbs r shock waving and i tend to appreciate is use of them who says culture is nothing they lie, cuz its the edge of the sword of a community. Hmmmm what else nothing much , just reading books and right now i am abt to finish a Nora Robert book and go on to another book by Jude Deveraux, amongst other things i love to do, Reading, Music and some nice alone time is my therapy to fresh thinking and relaxing the body & mind.
Ok so i need to get back to work but soon ill be sharing another playlist with u of my recent compilation and less i forget theres this buzz abt twitter so let me fnd out what its all abt and keep u informed cuz i seem to be the last on this Bon voyage....
Peace & love
Mola!!