Some of my closest friendships bonds till date are those formed in my secondary school days. We were few and tight, everybody knew everybody. Many years after, we still relieve the experiences and fond memories that we shared in those days. A lot of the character traits that have helped us stay above board many […]
During a thrilling team building trip with my colleagues, one of the activities I had to complete was a zip wire ride, set up between two trees. I eagerly donned the gear for the ride, with my steel toe boots, helmet, hand gloves, body harness and a safety line all in place. My confidence was
Growing up, I had so much faith in my father. I believed he was a superman and that he could actually slay a lion with his bare hands just like Samson. I never had any reason to doubt whatever he told me. I just took his word for it. If he ever told me he
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I recently attended an event that was organized to welcome the new member of the leadership team of a company. The event also doubled as a farewell ceremony for the departing leader. The accolades were not in short supply because the outgoing leader was an exceptional leader on every front. He was the type of
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SALAD! Now that’s something I really really longed for when I was much younger. Unfortunately, the closest I ever got to it then was hearing about it from my primary school classmates. It was never part of our meal plan because it was a luxury back then and it just wasn’t one of the things
Growing up, we often had some artistes and magicians set up makeshift stages on busy street corners to show off their skills and make some quick buck. Crowds of spectators easily formed around those acts the way ants are drawn to sugar. Such crowds had a way of bringing together the good, the bad and
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For some reason, I grew up believing that Adam was not at home when Eve ate the forbidden fruit; he was probably at work or just taking a routine walk around the garden. The version of the story that was in my mind was that Eve was alone when she was conned and convinced by
I once watched a very hilarious video of a race for babies that were expected to crawl to their mums at the end of the race track. Expectedly, the babies just wanted to have fun and did everything but remain in their race tracks. Some of them even turned around and went the wrong way,
I got up pretty early, packed my bags and set out for the airport. The traffic could be unpredictable sometimes, so I did not want to risk getting stuck in traffic and making it late to the airport. On that day however, the road was unusually free and I got to the airport before check-in
Joseph had his great dreams, which got him into some trouble with his brothers. He also had his integrity and the fear of the Lord while in Potiphar’s house and he got into even bigger trouble because of that. At the eventful end of all the trouble, I am sure Joseph would have sat back
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