It's Your Life...OWN IT!: ……….RATHER DEAD THAN ACCOUNTABLE.

It's Your Life...OWN IT!: ……….RATHER DEAD THAN ACCOUNTABLE.:            Hey beautiful people!!! Wassuuuuuuppp??? It's another FABULOUS FRIDAY and Heaven knows i'm soooo excited that the weekend is f...

……….RATHER DEAD THAN ACCOUNTABLE.

          
Hey beautiful people!!! Wassuuuuuuppp???
It's another FABULOUS FRIDAY and Heaven knows i'm soooo excited that the weekend is finally here...(THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAAAY!!!)how has your week been? please,not as stressful as mine,i hope? It's been a crazy week, as a matter of fact, it started with a crazy sunday that has been infamously nicknamed "BLACK SUNDAY". Let me say that my heart goes out to all the families and friends that lost a loved one. Personally, i lost some good family friends, as a matter of fact, they were a couple and the hardest part is they've left 3 very young children. We may not understand why...but nothing can change the fact that God is still very good and He is faithful. 


So in the spirit of this event, i have a guest blogger today and his depth is immense. This piece would rouse a lot of questions in your head and heart and cause you to think beyond your self. You would be moved to weigh today with tomorrow....ENJOY!




          

 ……….RATHER DEAD THAN ACCOUNTABLE(INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS)  

                                               (By Oliver Twist)


Many might think this as a weird unusual thought or statement. Without a lot of bias, you are subject to your thoughts about everything I tell you and let me know if my school of thought differs, I w ill be glad to take a sneak view at yours #smiling#.


May the souls of all the faithfully departed aboard the Ill-fated Dana air flight that crashed on Sunday 03-06-2012 rest in peace. Amen.


Memories of incidents that Sunday evening still fill my thoughts. As I sat on my Yamaha bike(her name is Ogeh) with a couple of bikers at the car park of  Twin Peaks Lounge somewhere in Lekki ,we all chatted away recounting the democracy day ride to La campagne Tropicana. I looked over my shoulder and saw Femi, a fellow biker tucked away in a corner, talking to his Fiancée on the phone. He spoke for a while and came back to where we were parked (by the way, I love seeing people in love).


Before I move on, are you the protagonist of a single type of lifestyle or do you oft drift across all platforms of new media? Perhaps your vice is the fact that you broadcast every mundane detail of your life or every random message forwarded to you? Hmmmmmnnn……I refuse to be a student of this institution, so I decided to throw my phone in my riding jacket and enjoy the men’s discussion( I missed telling you that I wanted to get in the “love” groove myself so I tried calling my fiancée too ...all to no avail #sad face#). We‘ll come back to that.


I was jolted out of my thoughts when I heard a loud noise and turned around to see Femi on the ground in an unconscious state. Rushing to the spot where he had fallen with his bike beneath him, we hurriedly tried reviving him to a conscious state.  He sat up whispering, “Tinu could not have been on that flight”. I could not comprehend what he meant by that but we got him to sit up and relax …that was the Genesis of the Revelation i’m about to preach!


Femi Speaking; "I just called Tinu an hour or so before I saw this(showing a blackberry broadcast on his phone) and I promised to see her as soon as I was done with the boys since she said she was in a church program that will end at about 5pm"(at this point he was sobbing uncontrollably). 
He continues; “at about 5pm I started calling her phone and it was unavailable, I sent her a couple of messages and it never delivered not knowing Tinu was aboard the flight that just crashed in Lagos!”... I froze on the spot where I stood and tears welled up my eyes.


I tried to comprehend how Femi felt at this point as I hurriedly reached for my phone to call my fiancée whom I had not been able to reach, though her phone rang, she still did not take my calls.


We got a friend to drop Femi off at home and I got on my bike and started riding home, so many thoughts flooded my head; Why did Tinu lie to her fiancee of her whereabouts? What was her mission in Abuja? How long had this been going on?....you can fill in the blank spaces on the thoughts you all have in your heads right now but it all ended when she died with the Lie she told and the True reason she traveled…. And I hope you are not about to judge me because I say the only reason why she lied was the fact that she went for something Femi would never have approved of. May her soul rest in peace.


For all you who are quick to judge me, whatever relationship you find yourself in, it is all about being accountable with every action you take or every activity you indulge in. We ought to be accountable to our partners irrespective of who they are or how irrelevant we think it is because accountability earns you Trust and every good relationship is built on Trust…#justsaying# 

Name : Enumah Stephen


Nickiee : Oliver Twist


Location : Lagos, Nigeria


Specialties :  Ghost Blogging, Creative Events/Business Management , Biker and The Lover boy of 1(Engaged to her too).


About Me: I am very plain and simple if you get to understand me. My star is cancer which makes me a very deep thinker and meticulous by standards. Been up and down the love lane so I know quite a lot but just see me as a regular guy with thoughts by the second…….
I never forget the fact that I am a sucker for good music with Brandy Norwood as my favorite.
I strongly advice you to take anything I say with a pinch of salt.
Call me Oliver Twist but don't get it TWISTED!!!

Wheeewww!!!... Almost surreal that i finally did this... MONUMENTAL!!! and the first tiny, eensy, weensy, baby step to something virtually, whimsically and other-worldly incredible with top of the world OMG-goodness( that last part just sounded like a Malta Guiness ad...*chuckle). Anyways, getting really up(not down) to business, there's a really weird trend...no,not trend...Culture!...yes,that's the appropriate word...culture...a really weird culture going on right now. Is it just me or has anybody else noticed?


First of,who determines what you wear?do you follow the fashion magazines?do you follow the celebrities?...no,lemme guess...E!...Style Network!...hahahahahhaahahhahahahahaa...trust me,i gat nothing against E! or Style Network...i love 'em and i watch 'em...as a matter of fact,they are my favorite channels after movie channels,but the spotlight is on you right now,not me. 


So back to my question...is that where you get your fashion inspiration from? did you know that there's a Council that sits and  determines what and how you, me and the rest of the world dresses? The Council of Fashion Designers of America...that's what they are called...they don't foresee or predict the trend the way the weather forecast predicts the weather...THEY MAKE THE TREND!!!. They decide what they want in and what they want out of season...Surely, you must have asked yourself how these trends come about...well, i have...loads of times, and i just had to do some digging...a lil' Sherlock Holmes Private Investigation paroles...lol...and so i came across these people. There's absolutely no name in the fashion world you know who isn't in the Board or who isn't at least a member of the council...Every designer who is a force to be reckoned with...or wants to be,on the other hand,is surely a member of this committee and their job, apart from regulating what happens in the Universe of Fashion and making sure there is order,is to decide and determine what everyone selects from their closets every morning...that is incredibly HUUUUGGGEEEE!!!...and a lot of power if you ask me. Their current President is Diane Von Furstenburg(who i think is absolutely amazing because she is one of the few designers who i can safely say truly understands the body and femininity of a woman). 


Anyways,back to the "issue" at hand....i made an observation lately...a very bizarre one at that...and at first,it seemed harmless and oh-so trendy until it became border-line diabolical! you've got to trust me on this one, peeps,i'm not exaggerating...i'm not an "Alarmist" ...it was a huge trend recently as Snake Skin made it's way to the fashion scene and literally stole the hearts of everyone, me inclusive. It had this rich texture that spoke of opulence and could come in a variety and mix of colors and patterns that made it so fascinating! It could even be mixed with other "skin" such as croc skin and ostrich skin which was a huge pointer that the wearer was wealthy because most of it was custom made with some crazily expensive Italian designer's name proudly emboldened on it.....At first,because of it's price tag,it was exclusive only to The Famous and Fabulously Wealthy people but it moved from high end to retail so that everybody can afford it and partake of this "rich" trend. they came as shoes,bags,belts and even clothes and had such a huge follower-ship....Right now, it has become some sort of a phenomenon that i can't wrap my head around and has got me hissing seriously on every side(no pun intended)...i should let you see for yourselves and be the judge of it...

Are you beginning to get the same vibe i'm getting here???...as a matter of fact,it ain't no vibe cos a vibe is something you sorta feel when you make an inference from an event or a series of events, as the case may be...sooooo...with these images clearly saying "something" , you shouldn't just get a vibe... Meeehnnn! something's definitely up!
The first nine pictures are Pictorials for the designer Lanvin in his Spring 2012 collection done by the famous photographer Steven Meisel , the next two pictures were two random models posing with snakes for a magazine( For the love of all things holy,what was the magazine trying to say with those pictorials?),  the other pictures are of Brit Singer Daisy Lowe and finally,the last is a pictorial of Polish Model, Anja Rubik, from the fashion magazine Vogue Paris. Should i make an attempt to crack you up a little bit?...here it comes...they actually said that these pictures typify the concept of "Beauty And The Beast"...please, when did the Walt Disney animation for children(and adults who are still fond of cartoons like me) become a platform for grotesque artistry such as these we behold?...and people commented on these pictures saying they are "....creative and interesting..." "....looks horrifying but very glamorous"....what is the world turning into?
I dug a little deeper and discovered that this year was pronounced "The Year of the Snake" so almost everything, every concept, every ideology, everything in the "system"  including what you and i wear, is derived from belly crawling, slithering snakes...hisssssssssss.....oh, the very thought of it makes me shudder!.... like my dad, i absolutely cannot stand them. my dad can't even stand seeing them on tv...lol...


All i wanna say is this...never let anything or anyone determine who you are or what you wear which makes a lot of logical sense here because how you dress is a reflection of who you are...Scrap that saying that the dress makes the person but in actual sense, "the person determines the dress" ...and so who or what exactly do you wanna project? you may have heard this before but i just need you to take a minute and think about it...this could mark a distinct difference in your life...


Ok...before i begin to bore you to shock with a lot of stories and cliched one-liners...i'll be back and in your face with more of this, especially how to project your desired image...


In the meantime, stay fabulous with an unquenchable thirst for life...and remember...IT'S YOUR LIFE...OWN IT!!!!