I sit here in my new boss’ office trying to write this post as well as watch Nigeria’s first African nation’s cup match against Cote d’ivoire. The scores are still 0-0 and it’s getting really frustrating with Nigeria throwing away a lot of very good goal chances. So I’m thinking, “how can i douse this tension” and Oh!!! No!!! My boss steps into his office and Salmon Kalou takes a shot at point blank range and scores a goal for Cote d’ivoire. OH!! NO!! I really don’t know why my boss stepped in. It was apparent that when he opened the door to his office, he mistakenly opened the door to the nigerian net and caused us to concede a goal. He must have thought he was opening the door to the Ivorian net. I just pity my colleagues who couldn’t stay collected at the closing meeting we had at the office because they wanted to go home and watch Nigeria soar to victory(lol). I’m sure they’ll be kicking themselves right now. I just hope they don’t kick me tomorrow when they read this post.
I really can’t believe I’m so calm watching Nigeria almost lose their first match of the tourney. Maybe it’s because I no that they’d equalise; maybe it’s because I know that even if we lose this match, we’ll win others in the group, maybe it’s because I’ve made a decision not to break my neck worrying about problems I can’t do anything about (for crying out loud, I’m in Lagos, Nigeria and the tourney is going on in Ghana), but reserve my energy and brain power for problems I can connect with. Don’t get me wrong I am an adept lover of football. More so, I love my country and can’t stand us losing especially when we should have won, but I have noticed that a display of disgust and negative emotions in the scenario I’m witnessing right now in the office has never changed the match results and what runs through my mind is something someone said “Doing the same thing the way you’ve always done it before and expecting a different result is the definition of madness”. -Sorry to cut you guys reading but Nigeria just lost the match 0-1 to Cote d’ivoire.
I have decided not to be insane this year. I have made up my mind to do things differently especially if I want to get different results. I have set goals that are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-specific). Albeit, there is no way on earth or in heaven that I’ll achieve those goals if I lived the way I did last year. This year, I have being monitoring my activities daily and have concluded that I’m losing steam very quickly. I have just changed my career path and I’m so eager to dirty my hands in the new career, that I feel like a hapless dog wagging his tail madly and waiting for his master to throw him the meaty bone. I can’t stop dreaming and thinking of grounds I’d be breaking this year as a result of the bold move though unpopular (I’ll talk about it in one of my latter posts).
I really think the problem of Africa (which includes Naija ofcourse) is madness. Governments change from military to civilian but still continue to function the same as before. My former boss used to say to me all the time “Busayo, if you don’t change, nothing will change.” If only we understood as a nation that the cure to madness was change…. If only we knew in Nigeria that all we needed to do to create a future different from the past and present is to change the way we did things….I’m beginning to get really angry now especially since I haven’t taken a poll of my activities this year (21days) and paused to ask myself “what have I done different today than I did last year? Maybe I’m really a Nigerian and an African….Yeah…. well NO….I mean…It’s not that I’m not a Nigerian, It’s just that I’m a New Nigerian and a New African…I AM NOT MAD…I HAVE CHANGED
For all those who want psychiatric treatment as I’ve gotten, or who have been made whole and seek to aid Nigeria and Africa in regaining their senses, I implore you to join me at the New Nigeria Club. All you need to is hit this link www.newnigeriaclub.net/ododooro and sign up to the network of the whole and you shall be made whole.
Note: I still believe Nigeria will win the Africa cup of Nations (AM I MAD?)..LOL
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Quite hilarious. I love the blend, from this one post, I noticed different topics. Now the brilliant part is how you were able to connect all the issues. Yes madness I concur is doing the same thing as before and expecting a different result. Way to go bro, get your hand dirty doing what you love and that will add value. I really hope Nigeria wins this tourney.
Mad? i think so:-) But you need a dose of it to do things unconventionally so as to achieve unconventional results.
Good piece and very well put together.
Keep them coming, the boy is good, you know say you get the stuff
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Is there someth?ng you dont do well? Please let me know cos that makes anyone human. haha
From the blend of suspense to the drama and the com?cal?ty, sounds l?ke u been do?ng ?t over and over aga?n.
Talk?ng of the n?ger?a, cote d ?vo?re match, I th?nk ? was a l?ttle comforted when ? learnt Drogba d?dnt score the goal- yes ? was. but of course nobody has pan?ked cos we read that they (we) put ?n a dom?nat?ng performance- I am ?n north cyprus and unfortunately ? couldnt get to subscr?be early enough so ? d?dnt get to watch ?t, and we dont expect much compet?t?on from the other group members.
Are u mad?
Def?n?tely not
Am I?
@kunle
come on man, i just try. hope you r having fun in cyprus. send me some fotos pls and thanks for the compliment
Hey Busayo,
LOL!!! Great piece. I’m glad you’ve seen the light and have risen out of the depths of madness to a new height of amazing possibilities. Sadly the flag had to fly at half mast yesterday after a wonderful country lost something precious…3 points in the group to Cote d’Ivoire!!! And now, we go start playing catch up in the next couple games. Anyhow, I’ll be ok with the results as long as Cameroon gets routed in every game they play in this tourney.
So you don switch career? Best luck bud! Take care and God bless.
PS: How Folu dey?
We will win. You will get kicked though.
Nice work man, keep writing, we’ll keep reading.
Bussee,
Okay join me and sing this song…
“E getti plenty plenty things wey no suppose to happen for this life…”
If you think you are mad… you wont be the only one o. So you are definitely not mad because at least I know i’m not. We are just “enemies of the ordinary”
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Abiola
Well if nigeria does win we would have to redefine madness cos we went to the tourney the same way we went to other tourneys and lost. Someone once said that the worst thing that could happen to a person is when he does the wrong thing and succeeds at it bcos then he beleives, he could always cut corners and that might lead to the individual’s fall.
Well back to the Nation’s Cup and the many other endeavours this country is involved in, we just need to do things differently to get different results.
Well busayo its up to you to decide if really there’s a streak of madness around
Only the paranoid survive, it takes a doze of madness to do the unconventional. I’m mad but with a method.
I think you are too.
are you mad? Yes, for thinking nigeria will win without doing it differently, cos they are mad.
i believe in this country, so don’t get me wrong, but if we don’t do it differently, then we’ll get same results. Good work on the writing