Tower of Nigerian Babel

"The narrative of the city of Babel is recorded in Genesis 11:1-9. Everyone on earth spoke the same language. As people migrated from the east, they settled in the land of Shinar. People there sought to make bricks and build a city and a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for themselves, so that they not be scattered over the world. God came down to look at the city and tower, and remarked that as one people with one language, nothing that they sought would be out of their reach. God went down and confounded their speech, so that they could not understand each other, and scattered them over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city. Thus the city was called Babel." (culled from Wikipedia)

Lesson
This famous bible story depicts that a state whose people communicate in one language will be united.

Nigeria - Modern day Babel
Nigeria can be seen as a modern day babel. According to online resources, Nigeria has over 512 languages unlike the british or americans (english) or the chinese (mandarin).
So many questions besiege my mind. To mention a few:

• Isn't the language barrier a bigger problem than corruption?
• Can Nigeria ever prosper as an entity with these diverse languages?
• English language was made the official language to foster unity many decades ago. Brilliant? I don't think so, because some elite even find it difficult to communicate in english. Take for instance, shem's "my oga at the top". Isn't this adding to the problem?

However, have you tried to communicate with a Nigerian who doesn't understand the words coming out of your mouth? When you realise this, what do you do? You speak pidgin isn't it? Then you realise a truce.



My take
Can't we just dump our languages and opt for pidgin and make it easier for ourselves as many will eventually go extinct?
Why can't we join hands, make a dictionary, improve it, study it, redesign it, standardize it, expand it, preach with it, sing with it, give it accents and communicate with it fluently. After all, our favorite jokes and comics are made with it.

Abeg feel free to relate with me. Nothing do you! Naija go better!

Pornography... Any Advantage?

In this computer plus internet age where you can get easy access to porn and furthermore get more porn than you actually want, pornography is at all time high. More rampant among males, pornography is condemned almost in every spheres of life.

Married men watch porn as a result of bad marriage. Single men watch porn as a result of unavailability of a partner to engage in sexual intercourse.

Some married couples claim to watch porn to learn new sex techniques while others claim to use it kindle arousal. Whereas, most men use it for masturbation which in turn eases their tension. This seems to be an excuse rather than a reason.
 

Despite parental control, teenagers happen to be the teeming prey of the porn industry. The porn industry is like a fraternity that initiates these teenagers into masturbation.

Everyone has a default believe that pornography is ultimately not appropriate, but millions of people still watch it daily. Is pornography your cure to lonely nights? Will it make you a sex god? Will it continue to help or ruin its audience? Does porn provide any advantage to its consumers?

Can three people be in love?

johnson, lively and kitsch in the movie "savages"

I Watched a movie recently titled "Savages". An American crime movie directed by Oliver Stone based on a novel by Don Winslow also titled "Savages".

It is about a face-off between two cannabis farmers and a mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

The two cannabis farmers were Aaron Johnson (Ben) and Taylor Kitsch (Chon), while their shared girlfriend is Blake lively (O).

An unusual movie for me. Does this happen for real or its just another fiction from our darling film makers? I won't be surprised when this starts to trend.

As open relationships are gradually becoming more accepted especially by the west, can three people actually be in love?

  See more about movie "Savages"

The good, bad and ugly of pick up lines

Pick up lines – first thing you say when you approach someone of interest. 

I stumbled on some few years back, they were so funny I couldn't forget them. The bad ones are so many. There are like tons of bad pick up lines like these ones
"I need a secretary, how is your dictation"
"I just called heaven and they said an angel is missing"
"Its a good thing I wore glove today; otherwise you’d be too hot to handle"

"Do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?"
"Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk again?"
"I’m Mr.Right, I heard you are looking for me!"
"People call me John but you can call me Tonight"
Sweet Jesus!!! Do they really work?

Share the best and worst you have come across. 

Well, as for me the best is "Hi".

Premature Ejaculation - A thing of the mind?

 
Dear LF readers, I’m a young guy in his early twenties, tall and good-looking. At times women ask me out, even as far as sex. But sex is a no-go area for me because i ejaculate too soon. I'm beginning to develop a phobia for sex and women against my wish.The last time it happened, the girl laughed at me and avoided me. Please I need your help.

What women want

"what a woman looks for in a partner changes as she ages" - Helen Fisher Ph.D, professor of anthropology at Rudgers University and relationship expert.

Have you ever asked a woman (or group of women) what she (they) find in a man? I have done that a couple of times. I discovered that what women want in men actually changes with their experience too.

"What a woman wants varies with her experience".
As a woman grows older she accumulates experience. That makes "age" a precursor to experience because you can find an inexperienced thirty-something year old woman.

With my little fact finding, I have discovered that what a woman want is what "eludes her". For example, a short girl wants a tall guy more than a tall girl, a poor lady who finds it difficult to pay her tuition fees would desire a rich guy who can take care of her. I also come to conclusion that most younger women have unrealistic wants while the matured women settle for the realistic ones. Life has a way of "removing the prefixes from the immature, inexperienced and unrealistic women".

Young Woman: I want a guy that is very rich, tall, dark and handsome. I want him to be a christian, intelligent, funny, muscular, romantic, smart, classy, creative, adventurous, confident and someone who will always pay attention to me.
Matured woman: I want a guy in his early thirties, a christian, interesting, well to do. He must have a decent job too.

If you are a guy who tries to find an answer to this question, I'm sorry to disappoint you as the answer is very much open ended. I can only tell that what a woman wants stem from a major lack. She would not want something she already has.

Who Cheats Most?

I watched few episodes of cheaters and noticed that more men were caught cheating. In my real world, women actually are equally unfaithful, perhaps even more unfaithful than men. In my opinion, I think women cheat most, they are just good at hiding it.

What do you think LF readers?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

 “I was discussing a business idea with John as I backed the entrance of Bill’s house where we were having a party. All of a sudden, I noticed John was no longer paying attention to what we were discussing. I looked around only to find out everyone’s gaze was fixed at the entrance as some even left their mouth agape. Then I turned around to see what got everyone’s attention.
A lady with too much beauty to see and insufficient words to describe, fair spotless skin,...
She looked at me for few seconds and then smiled at me. I felt hypnotized as I dropped my wine glass. Well, that shifted everyone’s attention. We ended up chatting all through the party. We both learned we had so much in common. I felt attraction, excitement and love at the same time.”
Do you believe in love at first sight?

Is masturbation wrong?

The room was dark. He was alone. Soon his thoughts were filled with debbie. The most beautiful woman he’d ever known. His temperature began to rise. His hands wandered underneath his pants as his thoughts about her became more intense. It moved in a regular manner and never stopped till his face flushed. He went to clean up and resumed to his bed. Then he remembered debbie’s last words earlier that day, “I will be spending the weekend at Peter’s place, take care”. He had just masturbated. He got sad and guilty.

Married to her husband for four years, she has been unhappy. He was a lousy, bashful and selfish lover but she loved him still. She has tried few times to let him know about her dissatisfaction but he’d always talk her down. One day, she got herself a little toy. This little toy gave her the satisfaction her husband failed to give her. She had just masturbated. She was happy.

Is masturbation really wrong?