Olanslim's Blog

There was once a time when we called a friend to a hideout or a secluded corner to talk about a third party, there was once a time when we consciously and intentionally talked down a third party in the face of people or someone who held the person in high esteem, there was a time when people's stare and gaze was because there is something striking about your presence that moment. The reverse is just the case now! It's almost always certain that you are being stared at in the office, school or apartment cos you have been a subject of gossip, we don't need to be any conscious or intentional, it's almost reflex to talk a third party down not caring about endangering the person's relationship with the discussants, gossiping is no more discreet, it's just very normal that it can be done right under the subject's nose. Gossiping is now a language! "The only thing worse about not being talked about is not being talked about " - Oscar Wilde. They...

#tgif lovelies Recently, I have grown to become tired of my phone...not that it gives me issues but I have used it for so long (about 1 year and 5 months) and it sickens me sometimes, besides the windows phone and the windows store (especially if the OS is windows 8.1) is 'so dead' compared to the google play store.... I just need a change - something like the Nokia 6, sorry I mean the iPhone 8 or iPhone X would do 😉 Well back to the subject matter, today's post was inspired by a subscriber and a friend's post; "What's in my mailbox?" and though I plan to share mine one of these days, I have been stuck to one of the things that still makes my phone feel wanted and that is my playlist. My playlist could be boring to you and I apologise for that, it's not cos I'm a PK (preacher's kid) or a Christian, I really love music as it is the very perfect vessel (alongside art) through which we convey humankind's relationship with it...

Recently, I laid on my bed and reminisced my service year so far. With just a month and some couple of days to go all I envisage is me back to work as a sales consultant or me serving in an African Union member state as a youth volunteer. As I laid thinking over the years gone by as a corp member serving this country(Nigeria), a lot of things came to mind and interestingly one of them was 'The worst things I ever heard about the youth service'. I had graduated in 2015 and wouldn't be mobilized until the end of 2016, luckily for me I got a job and didn't have to roam about or figure out what to do and so when NYSC(National Youth Service Corp) came creeping it was normal to hear things even when you didn't ask for opinions and trust me people always had one or two. There were a lot and I would share as many as I remember then you will decide which is the worst......Leggo!! The first thing I was told was that I don't need NYSC and that it was crap. Ju...

Happy new month friends and #tgif. Just like I promised in the post - The Red Days! , I'd be sharing some of my mistakes that have made me go for days and even months without money, days that I call Red days. This post marks the beginning of the series and here I'd be sharing the first mistake - 'Spending the money before you get the alert!' I never knew this was becoming a part of me until recently when my Red days grew into months, and while I thought one of those sulky days on how to get out of my mess I discovered that I was in the habit of spending money I don't yet have especially on things I don't really need. I was buying things on debt! The financial term for this is OVERDRAFT which according to investopedia.com is an extension of credit  from a lending institution when an account reaches zero. An overdraft allows the individual to continue withdrawing money even if the account has no funds in it. Well, I didn't need to go to the bank for tha...