Strange Encounter

We carbon based life forms or better known as humans often think we are most intelligent, smart and epitome of evolution. We are the only species capable of stirring the earth.

But we live in a small planet in comparison to our grand solar system and have you ever thought there are so many other galaxies in this oblivion. Most of all we don't even discovered all the mysterious of out beloved planet yet. It's no wonder most of people believe it and this boy was no exception.

One day when Billy was returning home late from his soccer practice as usual, he does on every Tuesday.

He felt something is different in the atmosphere. The path he took today is rather short and passes in between the woods. Indeed the woods are lovely but that day it seemed everything became silent.

The chirping of crickets, the liveliness of trees all were missing. Something is off he thought casually as he was having a hard time not to trip in the dark from all those twigs and stuffs scattered on the ground.

When he was almost close to his house he heard something. A sharp noise was invading his eardrums. Something like beeeeeeeeeeep. He followed the noise for its source and stopped in front of a small ditch.

Then he saw it the whole water body had an pink aura which was emerging from a strange think. It looked like was made of glass, apparently if you put a large glass bowl upside down the thing was exactly same, the only difference was the size. There was movement coming from that large object, it was pumping very faintly but it was, just like a human heart.

As he was about to proceed further when a shocking sensation went through his body, the result made him immobile. After some time a creature started to getting out of the glass looking ship. First it took out one of its slimy tentacles then the whole body covered in some sort of sticky liquid. It then glided towards his direction and stopped one feet away.

Then the next actions of the creature were most astonishing. The creature was running all its tentacles all over him and occasionally pressing a certain part of fingers and palms of Billy.

And Billy to say he was dumbfounded would be an understatement. Abruptly the creature ceased all its movements. Before Billy could think what its nest actions would be the creature said,"Greetings Billy."

"Greetings to Billy."

The sound was ringing in his ear like an alarm. It had an quaint edge into it, clear but sharp at the same time. He had never heard such sound in his short span of life. Wondering if this is a dream Billy rubbed his eyes, pinched his arm.

Next when he opened his eyes again, excepting to find him in his room or even in his way back to home he gasped. The creature was indeed real. As much real as he is, if not more.

Sensing his confusion the strange creature spoke again, this time with an ear to ear grin.
"I expected such reaction from you. It's normal to be surprised if you encountered an alien. That's the term your species use for us. But I would be glad if you refer me as Ang."

The creature or Ang extended a tentacle which changed its shape in some sort of hand. Blank Billy stood there like an idiot and then assuming the creature's motives he took his hand out of his jeans pockets. Their skin touched in a handshake and for some reason Billy's fear was evaporating.

"You must have so many questions like who am I? From where I came? Sorts."

Billy finally found himself brave enough to speak.
"You're an alien?" Though it was a question but one of this rare occasions Billy was fully sure of himself, that the creature there is undoubtedly one.

"As I said I would appreciate it much if you just call me Ang", Ang said, annoyance evident in voice.

Billy: Ookay. ...so Mr.Ang if you don't mind ..I'm just curious what are you doing on Earth?

Ang: Oh sure! Actually It happens sometimes. You know the machines are not reliable in every case. I remember one time I was supposed to go on Mars but ended up in Venus. Haha...

Billy: That's bad.

Ang was continuing but the words were not imprinting in Billy.

Billy's mind was preoccupied with so many questions that it was becoming difficult to process everything in his human brain. It was a whole new experience to him, and possibly the one and only person who came to the knowledge about existence of a new species, like this.

He though, luckily, after some time recovered from his inner thoughts to hear the last part of Ang's self introduction,"...I had good journey of some thousand light years to reach Pluto, before the machines developed a problem with this solar system's magnactic force and my ship crashed here. My planet known as Kranius, and we're a far more intelligent species in every way than you humans."

That sounded unbelievable. Billy thought how this dwarf sized slimy creature, with shape changing tentacles and an odd ship can be intelligent than humans.

As if Ang was reading his mind he smiled, a faint smile. And then asked, "So tell me Billy how many languages do you know?"
Billy's native language was English and he recently started taking French classes for additional, so he gingerly replied one and half.

Ang: I know more than 35,000 different languages, and there is not a language in your solar system which I'm not able to speak. Besides I know other 5023 languages of other Galaxies.

Billy: Thhats greeat-

Ang: Are you a vegetarian?

Billy: No, I also eat meats of some animals like lamb, chicken, turkey and a few.

Ang: I used to eat animals you know, maybe I would have eaten you back then.

Billy: *swallows dryly* What are.. the other... things you do Mr.Ang?

Ang: I'm capable of some abilities like levitation of objects, fast healing, mind reading If I want, the list is rather long.

Billy: Amazing!

Ang: Cool, isn't it. How old are you boy?

Billy: 17 sir...you?

Ang: I'm just 839, but compared to our race I'm young. So don't be amazed.

To say the least Billy already was.

Suddenly Billy heard another beep sound from a watch looking device on the creatures wrists, and Ang frowned. "Seems like I stayed here too long, this forgetfulness will get me in trouble one day. It's time."

Ang then smoothly Ang made way back to the ship, but not before bidding Billy goodbye. He turned and smiled warmly at him, "It was nice to meeting you Billy, see you around. And keep playing your soccer, you're good."

With the the ship lifted up from the ground and hovered for a moment. Then faster then Billy could even blink it was gone. Disappeared into the night sky, like it was never there. But our Billy knew better.

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Love Latters

There was a young man named Bami. He was on his way to the supermarket, when he saw a lovely beauty passing by. He could not take his eyes off of her. He said to himself, 'Wow, what a gorgeous lady! I will surely one day make her mine forever'. The lady entered her car and drove off from the supermarket to her home.

Unknown to her she was followed by Bami and finally she got out of the car and entered her home. Bami having traced her noticed that there was a mail box in front of her house, he thought 'What a golden opportunity'.

Bami went back to his home plotting a way to get her. Then he thought to himself 'Since she has a mail box and my house is far away from hers... sending love letters won't be a bad idea'. Quickly he put his pen to paper and started writing amazing love letters. Each day, after writing a letter he would call a postman to help him send it to her.

This continued for four months and to his surprised the lady married the postman.

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THE SCARED CHILD

It was about 7 p.m. in the evening. After having his dinner a boy zoomed off to his dad's room asking his dad to put on the generator. The dad quickly went into the generator room and put it on.
DAD: Alright son it's on... Go to the sitting room and have some fun!
SON: Okay daddy.
He quickly went into the sitting room and switched on the television.
Some minutes later...
DAD: It's time to sleep.
SON: Okay dad.

The boy entered his room to sleep...He was already fast asleep, when the dad entered and put his shoes in his wardrobe and switched off the light.
Awake wanting to use the toilet, the son looked at the toilet direction, it was very dark. Frowning he decided not to wee, then put his face on his pillow tightly. After some minutes he couldn't bear it. He looked around again then saw two eyes in his window direction. He was already shrieking and sweating still having his eye on the two eyes he saw. He then closed his eyes and opened them again, looking at what he saw. He then suddenly shouted 'DADDY!'. Hearing his scream his dad ran into his room and said 'Son what is it?'

SON: Look at that two eyes! [Already urinated on his body]
DAD: Two eyes?! [Looking in the same direction, also afraid]
With great shock his dad ran to the light switch and switched it on. SHOCKING TO THEM IT WAS THE SHOES HIS DAD DROPPED IN THE WARDROBE. [Looking at each other and laughing]

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The Last of It

On her thirteenth birthday she was given a brooch by her mother, since then she always kept it with her. Her mom died next year in a car accident and that brooch valued more to her afterward. Her dad was in business so he seldom came home from his work and when he did it's only for one or two days. She was raised mostly by the maids.

One afternoon while she was reading a fashion magazine her phone buzzed. She picked it up and glanced at the caller ID. It was an unknown number. She thought for a moment before taping the answer button.
''Hello?''
Silence
''Who's this?''
Silence again
''I'm hanging up!''
''Merlin...'', a female voice spoke from the other end. For one nanosecond she thought it belongs to someone really close to her. The voice continued, ''Oh! Merlin, I never thought it would be you baby,'' the voice didn't sound old but not very young either. It seemed like the owner is in her early forties or so.

The voice continued, ''How are you baby?'' Merlin was confused. ''How do you know my name?'' she questioned. After a moment of silence from both sides except the uneven breathing, the voice spoke again and it was like she is crying, ''I know more about you baby just than your name, and I'm really sorry baby girl for leaving you all these years. I know you have been through so much but I had no choice...'' It was enough for her to trigger the realization with whom she had been talking to. Her eyes watered with the truth. ''Mom is this you!? Mom!'' She practically yelled through her phone. Another moment passed than her mom said, ''Baby I missed you all these years. I mentally punished myself for leaving you. I know I can never make up the past but I'm looking forward to give you a better future.''

''How are you baby?'' The silence was grave. A crying self of Merlin answered, ''Mom I'm fine, I tried to be fine the way I could without you and dad, he is always busy and hardly stops by. Mom, I have so many questions to ask you.'' She said in between the sobs. ''Mom where have you been? I thought you were dead, nobody never uttered a word about you. I thought they are trying to make me feel better by keeping away from the incident. And with time they became indifferent like nothing happened. I never pushed it.''

The desperation was clear from her voice. ''Mom, how are you?'' Her mom answered, ''Merlin baby I'm really happy you were strong. I knew it, you're my strong girl. Okay baby now listen, you need to know this. I don't know if I get a chance again or not.'' Her mom sighed. ''What do you mean, mum?''

''Baby I know you were told that I died in the car accident and apparently the reason was sudden break failure. But that's not the truth. That day you were supposed to get the documents of original authorization for all our property. You're the real owner Merlin. All is yours, the money, the multiple businesses your dad runs. God, he's not even your dad. Your real dad died when you were a child and probably you don't remember any of it. David was the partner and that time I was depressed so he came forward to take your dad's place and to handle his businesses, so they could go smoothly like before. We got married.''

''I thought David was a good man until one day I realized what his true intentions were, so I decided to give you what is yours, but he is a dangerous man and has his reaches to all illegal matters. So I faked my death so you would be safe. He won't do anything if you're not a threat.'' Merlin was lost for words. She couldn't believe what her mom just said. From the other side she could hear lots of noises, but she had no clue what is happening.

''Remember I gave you a brooch, break it and you will find a paper folded inside. It is a small note, with a name of a man who can help you now, do it soon baby soon after this call. You should take your right and also show the true face of your step dad.'' The noises were becoming louder.

''Merlin baby, I have to go now. I have faith in you, be brave. Mom will love you always.'' Before Merlin could say that she loves her too the call ended. But now she had purpose and she was ready to keep the unspoken promise.

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Important: I am not encouraging anyone to think the other way about their step parents or siblings. It is just a work of fiction. 

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My tourist

For the first time in my entire life so far, I spent about three weeks in Warri town, a promising mini metropolitan city in the newly created delta state in Nigeria. I went there to spend my Easter break with an intimate college friend of more than eighteen years standing. Victor Davis.

Prior to my visit and arrival in Warri town, the only thing I knew about it was that Warri is a small port town with an aerodrome, a few national industries, the iron and steel, and petrochemical companies. One thing that thrills me about Warri is its metropolitan nature. The natives include the Urhobos, Isokos, Ijaws, Kwales and the Itsekiris. These distinct ethnic groups provide an interesting group of people. Although they differ in language but they largely dress the same way and eat the same types of food.

Within the second day of my arrival, my host took me to all the parts of Warri township, neighboring towns like Ughelli, Sapele, Abraka, Ozoro, Oleg, Kwale and other small villages. While we the Yorubas pride ourselves as the most culture rich and conscious groups of Nigerians, my visit to culture dominated Warri and environs has radicalised my orientation. Everywhere we visited I was given kola, drinks (local gin) with different sum of money accompanying the kola.

I was 'culturized' to always pocket the money while everybody would share in the other items of hospitality and welcome. In Warri area, especially the Urhobos and Isokos, only the younger persons are expected to kneel and greet the elderly ones first. The elderly don't ever genuflect, bow or kneel for the young ones. The young ones will say 'migwo' or 'digwo' (that is 'I am on my knees') and the senior person will respond 'vre nigwe' or 'kpamanigwe' (that is 'rise from your knees'). Among these people too, all young ones present where an elderly person is eating must greet him as he is about to begin and after he finished. This is done whether the young ones are eating with him or not.

Another intresting thing I learnt is about their style of marriage. Their marriage ceremonies are very simple and cheap to commence and finish. The differences between how the ethnic groups in the Warri area marry and Yoruba marriage ceremonies in minor specific details, not in substance. Because of cultural diversities, their girls boast of different shade of beauty. What I saw or even did in this regard is outside the scope of this narration. Suffice to say that I enjoyed myself within reasons and moderation.

My Isoko friends and host in preparing dishes, with assorted fresh fishes and bush meat. For the sheer variety and deliciousness of their dishes, one would have stayed at least six more months! They boast of different recipes. It surpasses what we have back in my part of the country. Have you eaten starch with banga soup before? What about assorted types of pepper soup? Have you ever eaten what the Urhobos and Isokos call Ukodo? This rich dish can make one forget his or her name! It was my host's place that I discovered the oiled brand which I've been used to all my life before the visit.

Most of the people I interacted with during my stay in Warri were polyglots. Most people could speak three languages. This is influenced by a combination of factors especially ethnic inter-marriage and their penchant for good social mixing together. A visitor or a foreigner will not have any problem communicating with the Warri people. They are mostly literate and illiterate ones speak richly, impeccable pidgin with English which one could not help but admire and learn. Even their aged ones speak pidgin with admirable fluency!

I fell in love with thier ways of life, rich veriegated dishes and their easy-going attitude to life.

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They Exist

Ghost or Evil-spirit! When you hear these words your heart fills with an unknown fear. You don't even know why you are scared of these names when you have no connection with them. In my native language, ghost means past. Nowadays ghosts rarely exist. I don't want to argue about their existence, I believe they do, even somewhere in the world. Why I believe in their existence, I am going to tell you about that.

I have an uncle, he was a drummer in his small music group. Once they went for a function in our neighbouring village. In the evening, they arrived at the village. They had to start the function by 7:30. So they got ready for their function that's why they didn't go anywhere and went directly to the backstage for preparing their instruments. As per the schedule, they started their show at 7:30 pm and ended up at 11:30 pm. After finishing their show they were taken to a house by the organisation team as they were not able to go home as it was too late. But to my uncle the house seemed to be haunted as nobody had entered the house for a long time. Everything in the house was full of dirt and covered. In one corner they cleaned for themselves and stayed there.

Everybody was very tired so everybody finished their meal provided by the organizers and fell asleep. In the night, it was almost 2 o'clock, my uncle suddenly woke up and saw the room was dark as the light had gone. He wanted to smoke so he lit his match and he suddenly saw a shadow behind him. He quickly turned but there was nothing. My uncle could easily understand that there's something wrong in this house. He quickly called his other four mates and told about that. But they didn't agree and told him that its was his illusion because of his tiredness. So they lit a candle and again went to sleep.

One of my uncle's friend lay on a bed and looked at the ceiling and he saw something hanging from the fan. He stood up, my uncle and the others asked him what happened. He told them something was hanging from the fan. So they took the candle up to see what it was. What they saw was scariest of all.
They saw a human leg hanging from the fan. They all were puzzled how it was possible. When they entered the room there was no one there, after all, how can a man enter a house which was locked for several months. They were all scared now thinking that it couldn't be a human being. Without thinking anything else my uncle told them all to run away from this house.

They all started running but one of his friend's hand got trapped in the door as it had started to close. In that small gap of the door he could see a leg from the ceiling fan stretching to the ground and the inhuman body started to walk towards him. He tried to free his hand from the door with his all effort and luckily he could escape from there, and they all ran to the organisation office.

Somehow, they called the manager and told all that had happened. The manager told them that almost six months before there lived a couple and they had a son, he was almost 20 years old. One day, he hung himself from the ceiling and died cheated by his girl friend. After that, they went to the town and left everything here. Their son's spirit still lives in this house. They were all stunned thinking that they escaped alive from a haunted house, moreover, they were living under a ghost.

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Lily's Neighbors (Part II)

Something changed, it was a terrible change.

After waking up Lily found herself pondering on the same question. How did she end up in her room? Her mom said she came back from there and went straight to her bedroom. But then why didn't she remember any of it.

She was feeling thirsty so she headed towards the kitchen. The thirst was becoming unbearable. She opened the fridge door to take a bottle. She gulped down the half of it but it couldn't quench her thirst. Soon she started feeling more and more thirsty, and deep down she knew it wasn't for water. The doorbell rang, when she opened the door she met with two unfamiliar faces. One of them was a tall woman with stunning silver hair and midnight sky eyes, she was in her thirties. Beside her was a boy with chocolate brown hair and green eyes with specks of golden in it. Lily didn't fail to notice the mischievous glint in them. He was almost the same age as her or a few years older.

The woman started 'You were in our house this morning. We thought you should know about it, Lily, that it's not a good habit to search people's houses. We want peace, I hope you can understand that and give us a little privacy.' With that, she stormed out of their porch. The boy kept staring at her for some moments before saying,'You life won't be the same anymore.' With that he also left, leaving a confused and afraid Lily behind. She shrugged mentally drowned in anxiety.

Her thirst was somehow submerged by those two, but again it was threatening to rise. She had to do something. She stepped outside. The mild summer breeze hit her face. It was evening. Her mom was out to run some errands and her dad never returned this early. In between her thoughts she saw something moving far, when she got close to inspect it was a someone. A man with dirty clothes, he seemed suspicious and familiar. She saw him before, but she could not pinpoint where. Then she realized it. She saw him yesterday on a poster. He was a wanted thief. The man looked menacingly towards her before taking two steps in her direction. His one hand went to his left pocket of jeans to pull out a metal wire. The silver material glistened under street lights. She was smart enough to process the latter. She ran in the opposite direction but the man yanked her by her leg and she fell to the ground. He stretched the wire, aiming at her neck and then silence.

One of them died. The body hit the ground with a thud. Lily brushed the dirt off her dress and went to her house. When her parents returned, there was a commotion. The locality was filled with ambulance and police cars. They panicked for their daughter but relief washed over their features when they saw her watching TV, no worries.

During dinner her mother noticed two bite marks on her neck and asked Lily about them, she waved the topic by saying, 'It's nothing mom, probably an insect bit me here.' Then her parents started taking among them about the murder. They also warned Lily not to wander off at night. 'Honey, we didn't want to inform you but today a person is murdered here. He was a wanted criminal, police was searching for him. They don't know what exactly happened or who murdered him. There was no evidence, or wound in his body. Just two streaks of blood trickling down his neck,' her mom finished. Her dad continued, 'And that's why you shouldn't roam around, it's not safe anymore. They told us to keep an open eye. The murderer is still on the loose.'

Lily finished her meal, stood up and smiled in their direction. 'I think I'm capable to take care of myself, okay goodnight mom and dad.' Lily left the kitchen for her bedroom, feeling satisfied. Her thirst was quenched, but not for long...

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The Ritual

Bami's father was out on a long journey for about two weeks and he was returning home with his brand new vehicle he had bought. He drove 50 km all the way from his journey and got to a T-junction where there was a traffic light with a red light signifying him to stop. He quickly stopped his car and when it showed yellow he was wanted to start the car, but it didn't start.

Finally it showed red again and his car still didn't start. A lot of cars behind him beeped for about two min and it was very noisy. This woke the road regulation officer who was sleeping on duty. Suddenly Bami's father's car started and he was about to take off when the officer came up and stoped him.

Officer: Hey Mister, you have violated the road rules and regulations. [He only said this to get a bribe from Bami's Father.]
Bami's Father: But Sir, I didn't violate any ru...rules. [Officer breaks in.]
Officer: Shut up there! Now open your car and let's go to our office and pay 50,000 Naira fine.

Bami's father calmly opened the car for the officer and he entered.
Bami's father was very scared, knowing that he would have to waste a huge amount of money which he didn't have any intentions for. He continued driving having some thoughts in his mind.

Officer: [Pointing at the office direction] See that is our office.
Suddenly they are 2km away from the office. At the front of the office was a turn leading to the highway road. After getting to this turning point where he was supposed to park his car, he courageously turned his car steering to face the highway, quickly pressed a button that locked the car and put the windows up. [This made the officer brutally angry].
Officer: I told you that is our office and you failed to listen! Mister you have committed an offence number 2. That is you have just disrupted justice from taking place!
Bami's father behaved as if he wasn't in the car and ignored all this yelling and turned his gear to a faster one. After that, Bami's father's dad called him and while his phone was vibrating he quickly thought of a plan.

Bami's father: [He picked up the phone] Yes baba... The ritual you asked me to prepare is ready and I will be there in any minute. [Hangs up the phone].
Hearing this, the officer began to have various thoughts going on in his mind which were: What? Did he just say the ritual is ready? His he a ritualist? Am I going to be used as a sacrifice?
Officer: [The officer burst into tears] Sir, I am sorry I will not take you to my office... You didn't even commit any offences at all... Please forgive me I am sorry... I don't want to dieeee... I am too young to die please, my lord.
Bami's father was very happy in his heart that the plan worked but still made a frowning look.
Bami's father: [Parked the car and unlocked the door] Now get the hell out of my car you idiot!
Officer: [Wiping his tears] Yes sir thank you very much, my lord.

Bami's father drove off happily to his home and didn't spend any unnecessary money.

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Find Out What Your Star Signs Have For You

Aries: March 21- April 19

*Serious and Quiet

*Lazy

*Sensitive

*Open-Minded

Taurus: April 20- May 20

*Loyal and Faithful 

*They respect Tradition 

*Loving and caring

*Sensitive

Gemini: May 21- June 20

*Intelligent

*Independent

*Full of Pride

*Very creative 

Cancer: June 21-July 22

*Secretive

*Cruel

*Smart

Leo: July 23- August 23

*Unorganized

*Risk Taker

*Talkative

Virgo: August 23- September 22

*Loyal

*Hardworking

*Creative

Libra: September 23- October 22

*Attention-seeker

*Loud

*Talkative

Scorpio: October 23- November 21

*Jealous

*Bossy

*Sensitive

Sagittarius: November 22- December 21

*Loving

*Creative

*Kind and Friendly 

Capricorn: December 22- January 19

*Liar

*Stingy

*Sense of Humor

Aquarius: January 20- February 18

*Naughty

*Trustworthy

*Loving

Pisces: February 19- March 20

*Hard-worker

*Positive-Thinker

*Lover not a Fighter

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Signs You Are Addicted To Social Media

Do you know there are signs you are addicted to social media? The good news is that if you are addicted, there are things that you can do to deal with that. Social media is an awesome thing but it is also something we need to keep in proper perspective. Be on the lookout for signs you are addicted to social media and if you think you might be, make some changes to help you deal with that.
Social media addiction is the habitual or consistent use of social media such as: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc In this context, one will normally find it difficult to stop or minimise the rate at which he uses these apps. The worst part is some of us don't know or acknowledge they are social media addicts. So take chilled water and relax while I state some signs one is addicted to social media; and should you find yourself doing 2-3 of these signs, you take 'antidote' from my next article 'How To Stop Social Media Addiction'.

1. YOU CHECK IT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
One of the commonest signs you are addicted to social media is if you check it first thing in the morning. This isn't a definite sign; for some of us, it is just a habit we enjoy while we are waking up. But if it is coupled along with some of the other signs you are addicted to social media listed here, it may be something you need to work on. Another sign that runs right along with this one is checking it in the middle of the night. Try to break yourself from this, even if it's just for a week to give yourself some free mental space.

2. YOU TEXT ON YOUR MOBILE WHILE WALKING OR EATING
This is one of the core signs you are addicted to social media. If you are the type that always have to make new post or tweet while walking or eating, be sure you are addicted to social. This isn't a healthy habit though; you need to break yourself away from it. Especially if you are always reminded of your breakfast, launch or dinner.

3. WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR LAPTOP OR MOBILE PHONE AT HOME AND FEEL A SENSE OF ISOLATION
Because you can't use any of the social media on your phone or PC and your whole mind is on making new posts or tweets; you think of recent messages and comments you had on your last post, it's crystal clear you are a social media addict. And whenever you find yourself away from your PC you keep wondering what your friends could be talking about on the trending post/tweets.

4. YOU ARE ALWAYS LOST TEXTING WHILE YOU ARE WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY
That moment when you are with your friends and they are discussing on something you should contribute on and you are lost chatting on social media. Many of your friends have stopped visiting you because they think you are a nerd and antisocial, it's because you are addicted to social media.

5. WHILE ONLINE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP THE LIGHT OF YOUR PHONE ON
Another sign that assess you are addicted to social media is having to keep the light of your phone on, even when you are not typing to anyone. You like keeping conscious of who comes online or offline, be sure you are social media addict.

6. YOU HAVE MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ICONS ON YOUR SCREEN THAN PRODUCTIVITY
You log into different social network at the same time and would have to carry your power bank along with you just to keep you active on all of them is a symptom you are addicted to social media.

As you assess yourself with these signs, you be on the lookout for my next article 'How To Stop Social Media Addiction'

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Ten amazing facts about dreams!

We all have dreams. Some dreams can be our strangest fantasies or other can turn to our wildest nightmares. Here are some facts that might surprise you about how vivid our dreams can be.

#One: We can have more than one dream in a single night and sometimes they even merge with each other, creating complicated haphazard scenes.

#Two: It is impossible to encounter a completely unfamiliar person in our dreams. The people we see in our dreams are in some way known by us. Maybe they are not our friends or coworkers but we have encountered them person at least once in reality. Be it in our drive to office or in our walk trough the park. We come across many faces in a day. So the strangers who haunt you to those allies may not be completely unknown.

#Three: Sometimes dreams can be wet dreams. These dreams feel so real that the person will believe it's happening to them and it will lead to orgasms for some.

#Four: Another funny thing is we tend to forget most of our dreams after waking up. In a research it's said that human mind forgets 80% of dreams just five minutes after waking up and in ten minutes one completely forgets the whole dream. If you want to keep a journal it will be best to write your dreams down everyday.

#Five: Blind people dream too. Yes the people who are not blind from birth dream like us, but the people who were born blind have different kind of dreams. Their dreams are more about other senses than visual.

#Six: Animals dream, they dream just like we humans do. Sometimes you will notice that your pet dog Coco is moving his legs in his sleep, maybe he is chasing after a cat. Your cat Mini possibly hopes you will drop that steak from your plate in her dream. Who knows?



#Seven: Just like there is black&white and colored TV, dreams vary in color. Some people dream in black&white while others in color.

#Eight: Males usually have 75% of their dreams about other males, and their dreams usually have more violence and fight. Females equally dream about both genders.

#Nine: According to some there is a way to know if you are dreaming or not. Try to read a book, it is stated that in dream most people are not able to read. The clock will show wrong time or you will be confused when trying to have you mind work on it.

#Ten: Deja Vu is a strong feeling of a current event or an experience that has already been experience in past. In a survey it is confirmed that two thirds of the world population have Deja Vu. It is common for normal people. Some people gained insight from such dreams.

So next time don't say you are dreamless. Everyone dreams. It is just you are forgetting your dreams.

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The wraith

It wasn't a nightmare, but it wasn't a sweet dream either...
I woke up terrified struggling to breathe...
I saw someone with a pale face, blind eyes and sad lineaments... Who is he?
I don't remember seeing him anywhere before...
But I'm sure of one thing, it's that I will not spoil my day just because of a stupid nightmare of someone I don't know!!

So, I had an average day like usual... But... 'Where did I see him before? He looks familiar to me', I asked this to myself when I got a friend request from someone, it was normal to open his profile and check his information and profile picture...
I accepted his request thinking that I might have met him before but I forgot...
Shyly asked him: do I know you? I think I saw you before... But he ensured me that it's the first time we talk and it was just a random request...
He was a nice person with very kind behaviour, I just got close to him quickly...
But... After a week... I woke up terrified struggling to breathe!
I saw someone with a pale face, blind eyes and sad lineaments... I know... This happened to me before...
But there's a difference this time... It's that.. I know who he is!
I forgot about my daily routine and hurried up to talk to him... I have to tell him that he's in danger!
Please reply to me! I saw the wraith of you! Are you sick?!! Why didn't I remember that it was you in the picture!
I felt so sad but I was helpless... I know when someone dreams of a stranger with a pale face, blind eyes and sad lineaments, it means that this stranger is living his last days... I missed you, stranger...
I know you will never reply to my messages anymore... But I'm sure of one thing, it's that I won't spoil my life just because of a passing by stranger...
Life is average... and always will be average... But... Everything will change soon... After meeting him...
A new mate at my work... he shyly came up to me and asked me about my name... I answered...
Then, nice to meet you... then... 'Are you sure that we didn't meet before?', he asked. Well, a stupid selfish girl like me must think that it's a way to start a conversation with me...
It was nice to get a smart mate in the same work team... But... It's terrible when this smart new mate comes to tell me why did he thought that he had seen me before. You are asking why.
He said it's something like fate to see someone in the dream before meeting him... He thinks that it means that our souls met!
But he wonders why was my face pale, my eyes were blind and my lineaments were sad in his dream!
Terrified I ask him when did you see this dream? He said a week ago!
I started feeling pain... and dizzy... I think I have to adieu everyone I know... Quickly... Maybe I have only a couple of hours left!!!!!

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Lily's Neighbors (Part I)

Do you believe in the Supernatural? The things which do not seem to have a firm explanation. Many people have tried, but fortunately or unfortunately only a few got their hands dug into that grave soil. Never mind, sometimes I act like such a preacher!

Lily lived happily with her parents and their family dog in a friendly neighborhood. The atmosphere was always tranquil and welcoming. It felt so safe and homey to any stranger or other. The place smelt like flowers and baked cakes with various toppings. Her whole childhood she spent there and now she was a young girl with a kind heart and rebellious nature. She was in the age of uncertainty, or better we call girls around her age teenagers. Having lived seventeen years there the people were well familiar to her and so was she to them. Maybe it sounds a bit far fetched but their locality wasn't that of much.

So when her neighbors the Sandras were moving she felt upset. Not only she was losing her second mom, but her best friend too. Anna was their daughter moving with them, obviously. After some lingering emptiness one day she heard a new family was coming to live in the house. One week passed.

One night when Lily was about to sleep, she peeked through the curtains of her room. A quiet night, stars were shining like little diamonds of light, everything was same but still it didn't feel like other nights. Then she saw it. The light of the room opposite to her window was on. It seemed weird but she waved it off. Thinking who else could be awake at 2am. Sure her friend wasn't back again or surely in those days none of the criminals thought to make it their cover for doing illegal things.

The next day the first news she got was their new neighbors arrived. As a welcoming, her mom sent her there with a homemade pie. She was hesitant but curious too, but curiosity killed the cat. Or so we know, but she was not a cat. Lily went anyway. The house haD an eerie feeling around it, unlike when she and Anna spent their days back then in the very house. It holds so may memories. She rang the bell but no one answered. She decided to check for herself, though it wasn't a civilized manner to enter people's houses uninvited, but then again she didn't consider herself one. Inside was dark. She made her way by supporting her hands on adjacent walls, tripping on every two steps. Suddenly her feet contacted with something cold and sticky beneath. She slipped physically and mentally into the world of looming darkness.

She was awake with a buzzing headache and a little memory loss. She was in her room and what happened between the time when she had fainted and waking up was completely unknown to her. Other than that she wouldn't like to admit but she never felt more alive in her whole life. Something changed, it was a terrible change.

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After You're Old Enough Every Time Thinks Like This

I feel and remember how after turning 24 or some time last year, it slowly dawned on me that I was finally an adult and that I’m pretty much going to be on my own. I’m aware that I sort of matured slower than other people, and well, whatever – I’m just a kid at heart, you know?
Here are a few things that made me realize I was no longer a kid:

1. Some of the Olympic athletes I’ve been rooting for are younger than me, and some songs I like are by people who are younger than me. It’s just weird, man. All of my life, I’ve always looked up to people on TV who were always older than me if not the same age. And now, they’re getting younger? They’re practically babies, geez.

2.Everything makes me sleepy and I want to nap all the time nowadays. I’m sure a part of it has to do with not exercising regularly, but still, as a kid I was always on the go. I was either running all the time, playing TV tag or just dancing to the Spice Girls nonstop. Now, it’s really tough to push myself to be more active because napping feels nicer.

3. I don’t care for social events or fitting in. From elementary school all the way to community college, I’ve always tried really hard to fit in and be a part of the cliques I’ve always thought were cool. I wanted to make “cool” friends and have someone to take “cool” MySpace pictures with, really bad!

These days, I’m happy with the close friends that I have and I’m not really using anymore “friend applications”. Also, I dress really normal now. I stopped going shopping. I adore fashion but I don’t dress up to try to impress people anymore unless we’re talking about a job interview. I don’t know if this is a good or a bad thing.

4. I really want to get a cat or a dog! This doesn’t mean you can’t be “young” to take care of a pet, but for me, I never really wanted a pet until now. I’m old enough to accept the responsibility and I want to take care of something as long as it’s not an actual human baby.

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The girl with her head in the clouds

Being realistic wasn't in her dictionary. Always imagining things that weren't even imaginable to others, not even in a child's mind. She was young and foolish at heart but her body was way past that time. Grown up at sight, but inside it was way less age at heart and soul.

Head still in the clouds from lack of childhood that she had never gotten back. All the years she spent following her foster parent's rules to be this beautiful young lady, putting on all types of makeup and clothing to be in pageants and modeling shoots. She wasn't allowed to go out and play on the swings, nor to play kickball or even have toys. No. She had to put her childhood on hold.

As she grew older her heart got as big as a beach ball, taking in everything around her. She could be anything in the world. A model, an actress, a singer, a dancer, a lawyer, a doctor, absolutely anything! But out of all the choices in the universe, she chose to be a Girl with her head in the clouds.

Everyday her parents tell her she's not going to get anywhere being an adult child. She shakes her head in disagreement. "You told me I could be anything I wanted. This is what I want." How could her mind be grown up but her heart so child like. She has dolls now, with a pretty pink house. She has a bike and a skateboard, even has a pacifier. What is wrong with her you might ask?

Nothing. Nothing is wrong with her. She's just living her life in reverse. She had to go through adulthood as a child, now she's a child in adulthood. And she wouldn't like it any other way. You know why? Because I'm the girl with her head in the clouds.

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48

Frank was a nurse. He worked in a hospital cold chambers where they put dead bodies.
The Hospital was on a high way, far away from people.

Frank's shift was usually around 2 to 3 AM. Frank wasn't the type of guy who would get scared easily, and he never really thought about the whole idea of death since he saw that pretty much daily.

One night it was raining heavily, Frank was listening to his favourite radio show at 2:30 AM, he got curious and pretty much bored so he decided to play with the keys. He saw a key that had a number 48. Frank was confused since there was no chamber number 48, there were only 47 chambers.

All of a sudden the power went off. He was neither shocked nor surprised because it was raining heavily and these sort of things happen.

Frank turned his flashlight on and decided to call the security guards to ask them about the issue. Guards picked up the phone. 'Hello', Frank said, all the reply he got was 'Help'.

He was shocked when the power went back on again and thought it was a prank, but when he looked back, his face went pale and his soul almost left his body. He saw all the 47 dead people in front of him, smiling at him.

Breaking News: A secret Hospital Cold chamber was discovered today, the chamber had the number 48.

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Super Weight Loss Plan

Mr. Fred, who is the fattest guy in his locality, wanted to lose weight. He searched the internet, saw T.V., went to body building centers but his weight remained the same. One day Fred saw a T.V. Add about a weight loss plan. He was super exited. He signs up for the junior level weight loss plan. It promises weight loss of 15 pounds in a week'
 Next day at his house, a beautiful naked blonde wearing only a pair of running shoes came with a board in her hand saying "if you catch me,I'm yours". Fred started running at her. She ran and he couldn't catch her.

This continued for a week. At the end of the week the company came and recorded the weight. He lost 15 pounds. Happy with the programe, he signed up for the premium weight loss plan. It promises weight loss of 20 pounds a week.


Next day a two beautiful red heads stood naked with a pair of running shoes and a board saying "if you catch us we will be yours". Fred tries to catch them but fails. This goes on for a week. This time he almost catches them. At the end of the week the company records his weight and finds that he lost 21 pounds. He was super exited.
 He wanted to take the master weight loss plan. It promises weight loss of 30 pounds. But the company made him sign life insurance. They said it was dangerous. Fred said that he was ready for it. Next day at Fred's house, he was waiting for the girl. But a man with 300 pounds in a pair of running shoes and a big cock erection stood at his door with a board saying "if I catch you, you are mind". Fred ran for his life. Fred was supposed to lose 30 pounds but he lost 39 pounds!!!

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Emotional Fool

After a long time five friends met each other. They all were very happy. But in their school days they were the headache of their parents and teachers. One day they all decided to go out and they went to a five-star hotel for dinner. After dinner, the manager came with the bill. They looked at each other's face, who's going to pay.














First friend: I'll pay.Second friend: No, I'm going to pay.

Third friend: Oh hello!! I'll pay.

Fourth friend: What are you doing guys. Give the bill to me, I'll pay.

Fifth friend: Shut up you all!! Let me pay.

Watching this, the manager became very emotional and very happy to see their friendship. He said, ''I'm very happy to see your friendship. Always be like that and i'm going to give you a 20% discount.''

Third friend: Thank you very much!! But we are in dispute who will pay.

Fifth friend: Ok, let's make a race and the winner will pay.

The manager agreed.

All friends came to the starting point and waited for the race to start.

Manager: Ready!! On your mark!! Get set!! Run!!!

First friend: Run!!!

Second friend: Run!!!

Third friend: Run!!!

Fourth friend: Run!!!

Fifth friend: Runnnn........!!!


The manager is still waiting for the winner!!!!!

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From her to him

Love is the most cheerful and painful thing at the same time.
We hear that love doesn't kill anyone, but we kill ourselves by hyper reacting.
Being alive doesn't mean that you are intact, it's all up to your soul whether it's satisfied and happy or dead and musty inside.
That's the real criterion which affirms your humanity...
Are you a human still or did you become a zombie??














Let's read carefully what she says.

I am not alone...
I have me beside me...
I got me supporting me...
I am always here for me...
I will never leave me...
That's what I thought of myself, but I was wrong...
I left myself... I don't know whether I left it or it got lost...
I have no shadow as if I am not existent...
I am not breathing though... Am I dead yet?
No, I think I am still alive as I can can feel the pain invading me inside...
This rusty salty scarlet blood which fills my mouth every time I cough proves that I still have the blood running through my veins...
* * cries and shouts * *
* * coughing and bleeding * *
I wasn't alone...
I had you beside me...
I got you supporting me...
Where are you? I.......
What's the point of living if you aren't a part of this life?
I always thought that I love you from my heart, but that was a stupid naive thought...
My heart is too small to contain that much feelings I have for you, that poor heart would explode...
I have my love for you in my blood running through my veins feeding my organs and parts...
Just like the sea... You are riding my blood waves through my body...
I am feeling cold not heat... I am thirsty... I am drowned... I am lost...
Now I'm waiting and waiting... For God's mercy and relief... May I find the peace...

Let's pray for her so that she gets what she aims for...

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A Patient Dog Eats The Fattest Bone

Once upon a time, there lived two sister who were twins. They were living with their parent who were poor. Their parent struggled everyday to make both ends meet. Their father was full of wisdom and he always created time to counsel his daughters about the need to be patient in whatever they were doing. He talked to them about so many other virtues, lile tolerance, endurance, good behavior and he always ended his talk with a saying that ``whoever had patience had everything.``

When these twins were eighteen years old, their father died. They felt greatly the impact of their father`s demise because they lost a good companion who also counselled them and a breadwinner. Soon after the death of their father, their mother found things difficult. As a result of this she took the twins to her distant relation who was living a few kilometres away.

Their mother`s relation accepted them but he was a cruel man who maltreated the girls so much. They were to do all the house chores and followed the man to the farm. While they worked so hard at home, the mans only daughter will sleep endlessly. She was very lazy and spoilt.

One day, Bolaji, the man`s daughter went to the man`s room and stole four thousand naira. The man furiously called the twins. Concluding that they stole his money. The twins were severly purnished for what they didn't do.

The hard life and suffering continued for a long time. One day kehinde called her twin, Taiwo and told her that she want to run away to her mother. Taiwo reminded her that she should remember their late fathers advice to be patient. Kehinde refused to listen and so she ran to her mum. kehinde couldn't further her education so she got married at age twenty one to a poor man. Soon after the marriage there mother died.

Taiwo felt the grieve of her mother`s death and she was determined more than ever to be patient to get what she want. As time went on the man started to like her and decided to sponsor her to university to study accountancy.

Taiwo finished her university education and graduated as an account. Three years after graduation, she got married to a pilot and she lived happy with her husband. After her marriage, she got a job with an international organisation which necessitated that she should go and work in usa.

Before she travelled, a send-off party was organised for her. The man who sponsored her to school was invited to the party. Bolaji and Kehinde were also present. When the man rose up to talk about Taiwo, he praised her for her endurance and patience.
He ended up his speach by saying that
``I really agree that a patient dog eats the fattest bone``

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The Turtle and Flash

In one kingdom farm away there was a beautiful princess named Elna. She was going to marry Flash the arrogant, the fastest of all. Flash was an arrogant man who’s always challenging and saying, “All who race with me will never taste victory”. She was never in loved with him, so she cried and prays to god so that she finds someone who she loves truly from her heart.
When the day of the marriage arrived, a slow turtle was passing bye. It passes by Flash slowly and that makes flash laugh. The turtle dislike what Flash did and challenge him, “if you can beat me in a race, then I will be the one marrying princess Elna”. Flash laugh and accept the challenge.

“You dare challenge me turtle? You are slow, so I’m going to give you a head start.
"How big of a head start do you need?” he ask the turtle.
“20 meters”, replied the turtle.
Flash laugh so hard the he shed a tear, “Whatever the gap, it still doesn’t change how you can win against me”.
“Oh I can, I will prove it with my words now”, replied the turtle with a big smile.
“Then prove it now”, says Flash in a high tone.
“So, supposed”, started the turtle, “if you gave me a 20 meter head start, then you can cover that gap very quickly?”
"Of course very quickly” confirmed Flash.
"Then by the time you cover that gap, I’m already moving forward making a new gap? Right?”
"Yes ofcourse” Answers flash still curious.
“And by the time you cover the second gap, I’ve already have make another gap?”. Flash stays silent, not a single word.
"Thus”, continued the turtle, “by each time your catching up the distance between us, I too by the same time will be adding up new distance for you to catch up again” smiled the turtle.
"Y-yes that’s true” said Flash slowly.
"And so you can never catch up” the turtle concluded.
“Yes you are right” said Flash sadly and accept his defeat.
Princess Elna was so happy she didn’t have to marry Flash. So she pick up turtle and kissed him. Suddenly the turtle transform to a very handsome Prince. “My name is Archilles” he said, “Would you marry me, Elna my princess?”. Princess Elna happily accepted Archilles proposal and thay lived happy ever after. 

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Barrister Akpos And The Village Farmer

Barrister Akpos who has gone to the village for Christmas celebration went hunting in a nearby village.

He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of the fence.

As Barrister Akpos climbed over the fence, an elderly gentleman asked him what he was doing.

He responded,

"I shot a duck and it fell in this field. I am going to retrieve it."

The old farmer replied,

"This is my property and you are not coming here."

Arrogant Akpos said,

"I am one of the best trial attorneys in this country and if you don't let me get that duck, I will sue you and take everything!"

The old farmer smiled and said,


"Apparently, you do not know how we do things here. We settle small disagreement like this with Three-kick Rule."

Barrister Akpos asked,

"What is the Three-kick Rule?"

The farmer replied,

"Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."

Akpos quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old man.

He agreed to abide by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly walked up to him.

His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into Akpos' groin and dropped him to his knees.

His second kick nearly wiped Akpos' nose off his face.

Barrister Akpos was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up."

He eventually summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said,

"Okay, you old farmer, now it's my turn."

The farmer smiled and said,

"Now I give up. You can have the duck."

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How To Stop Worrying And Start Living

Do you think you know why we worry so much about things which are not too problematic as we feel sometimes. I agree that worrying can be helpful when it spurs you to solve some important moment or take action. What if you can't stop it? Sounds awful! Can you imagine yourself worrying about everything. There are some tips that could help you and I gathered the best of them.

1) Have a list of all your worries written! When I have too much "problems" to be solved, I usually try to make a list to distinguish between solvable and unsolvable problems.

2) One of my favorite web-bloggers says "Worried people often have a sense of urgency. They think, 'I need the answer right now and if I don't get it then something terrible will happen.'" Look at the advantages and disadvantages of demanding such urgency. "Rather than focus on the sense of urgency, instead focus on what you observe right now," which is very important to understand.

3) Ask yourself these questions:

* What’s the evidence that the thought is true? That it’s not true?
* Is there a more positive, realistic way of looking at the situation?
* What’s the probability that what I’m scared of will actually happen?
* If the probability is low, what are some more likely outcomes?
* Is the thought helpful? How will worrying about it help me and how will it hurt me?
* What would I say to a friend who had this worry?

4) Work out. Few things work so well and consistently as working out to release inner tensions and to move out of a head space that is extra vulnerable to worries. So even though working out helps you to build a stronger body your main motivation to keep doing it is for the wonderful and predictable mental benefits.

5) Spend more time in the present moment. When you spend too much time reliving the past in your mind then it easy to start feeding your worries about the future. When you spend too much time in the future then is also easy to get swept away by disaster scenarios.

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There Are Two Sides To Every Story

In today's blog I will be making you a story about a Boss and his Watchman.

The story is made and blended in first person omniscient point of view, although it's never in any way related to my life - please take note. My Boss was a wealthy man. He drove a luxury car every day and it was my duty to greet him and open the gate for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded to my greetings. One day, he saw me opening the garbage bags outside his villa in search of any leftover food. But as usual, he never even looked at me, it was as if he never saw anything. So the next day as I was coming out from the villa, I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was quite intact. It was as if someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from. I just took the paper bag and was so happy about it. Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be - to forget his paper bag full of fresh food.

One day, something terrible happened, my Boss was dead. There were too many guests coming to the villa and I didn't get any food that day. Maybe one of the guests must have taken the food. But the same thing happened the second day, the third day and the fourth day... It went on like this for few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family. So I decided to ask the wife of my Boss for a raise in my salary or I would quit my job as a watchman. She was shocked after I told her and she asked me how come I never complained about my salary for the past 2 years and why is this salary not enough for me now. I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced. Finally, I decided to tell her the truth. I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily food. She then asked me as to when this stopped. I told her that it was after the death of her husband, my Boss. And then I realized I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my Boss. Why didn't I think that it was my Boss who's has been providing this for me? I guess it is because I never thought that someone who never replied to my greetings could ever be this generous! His wife started crying and I asked her to stop and that I'm sorry to have asked for a raise. I didn't know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals. I will remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my services. His wife then said, 'I am crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people every day. I had already found 6 people, and all these days I have been searching for the 7th person, and today I found out...'

From that day onwards, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time, his some was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied. Just like his dad. One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice. He replied back and said to me to please not be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad. Oh! We have had been wrong judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is this thing called ASKING. Don't just jump to conclusion, because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how we process what happens around us. Don't judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all! There are two sides to a story. Don't believe everything you hear. Investigate before proper action. 

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A Diary Or A Bracelet?

At 1:30 pm the school bell rang. I ran towards the school gate. My physics teacher called me to the Library. I went with him. He took a book from the first shelf and told me to read the first and the last page. When I opened the first page, it was written about my physics teacher there. Then I read the last page and it shocked me. On that page there was nothing but some skull pictures.

Then suddenly a bone fell down from the book. I bent down to take that bone. When I took it in my hand, I found it was wet. Then I looked around and there was nobody. My eyes were searching for my physics teacher. I thought that he left the Library. I ran towards the Library gateway. I searched everywhere but did not find my teacher. My heart beats were too fast. I didn't know what to do!

Without informing any of the teachers I left the school. I reached home and ran towards my room quickly. I started to read the book. When I finished, I found out it was actually a diary! But I did not read the last page yet. When I opened the last page, only the blood was there. I was surprised because the blood was in liquid state. The pages were not wet by that blood except the last one.

I made a phone call to my physics teacher. His wife picked up the phone. She informed me that her husband died in the morning. I was shocked and scared. Then I walked towards the table to look at the diary. But that diary disappeared and only a bracelet in the skull shape was left. I was confused so much. I took that bracelet and threw it out of my window.

Still I don’t understand what it was, a diary or a bracelet! And the connection of my physics teacher with it. And from that day I have never seen my physics teacher again. Really, everything was unexplained to me! 

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Girls, The desire to lose weight

Everyone once in my life felt an irresistible desire to something in itself to change. I, as a woman, I feel this desire almost every month, because the desire to be perfect, probably occurs in each of the fair sex.

Now I would like to talk about one of these desires - the desire to lose weight.

Recently, the Internet is full of articles that the girl should (not, should not, and obliged!) To be slim, because in today's world the fullness of now "is not in vogue." And, accordingly, the girls produced a psychological setting to "lose weight to the norms of the world." We are trying by any means to take the very form that is considered ideal. We sit down on exhausting diets, we buy tickets in sports, swimming pool, we record in dance clubs, only to "get better."

Psychological installation on weight reduction. Is this good effect on health? Does this affect privacy?

I will give some real examples.

Example №1. The girl (let's call her Anna) sought to be ideal for her boyfriend. Personally, I was familiar with it and I can say with confidence that the full, it never was. So ... a little tummy, and that's all. But the desire to lose weight overrode. And, being of sound mind, she sat on a diet, in order to throw 10 kilos up to the ideal weight, which for its growth showed some questionable plaque on the Internet. Very villages. Very sharp. I saw her only six months, approximately. Man did not know ... And no, not for the better, it changed. I took off. During the first month 10 kg, as wanted. For the second month in a further 10, as the body began to refuse to take enough food for normal healthy people. I think to say about the state of her health, which is still recovering luminaries of medicine there. As for the effect on her personal life. Boyfriend broke up with her when she fell ill in hospital with exhaustion. Voila!

Example №2. My neighbor in the rented apartment. It's an incredibly complex person. She is so obsessed with his desire that binds him absolutely everything that happens in her life. Gone guy? "That's because I'm fat." In the post gave the other girl? "This is because it is thinner than me." The witness at the wedding of a friend chose another? "This is because in the weight category do not fit." And so all the time. About six months ago she began to walk on some courses, which offer drink cocktail instead of the usual meal. We have the whole kitchen just littered with all sorts of these jars, for which you need to lay out each month few amount. You may ask: "Are there any results?" Yes. Minus 2 kg in six months. What commitment! What result! This masterpiece is simple! Yes, I scoff. For her insanity left, and the weight of all did not go away. I invite her to enroll in a gym, but this can not be done on this diet. Accordingly, she refuses. While health is not affected. A personal life is limited to work and home, for "the one I need until I'm fat." She, by the way, is currently 28 years.

Example №3. Private. My name is Julia, a rise of half a meter, my weight is 45 kg. About 4 years ago I was 12 kilograms denser. And the desire to lose weight and I was touched. Being a man of sports, I enrolled in the pool (a good thing, I will tell you). And I sat on the so-called "body-drying". Very removed from their diet salt, sugar, butter, but in general all the spices and additives to food. He has grown thin. In one month. I am boasting? No. Because the problem with the body I started relatively recently, when abruptly began to hurt the pancreas. Thank God that I was smart enough not to tie the pursuit of the ideal weight of a personal life. Always thought, "the main thing that was a good man", so the desire to lose weight had no effect on relations with the people.

Three examples. And all three are completely different. The desire to lose weight - this is certainly great, as long as it does not become the main your desire until the crosses your personal life. Diet and health? Well, here again, on time is not necessary. Who has what body.

The fair sex, appeal to you! Do not put their desire for an ideal above all else. Yes, we have to be beautiful. But man is not so much color external beauty as the beauty of the soul. Thanks to all.

P.S. By the way, an example №4. Valya. That is direct Valya! I never sit on a diet and felt that it forms large figure does not spoil. She married and happily married, had two heroes. And her husband doted, because our Valyusha so sweet, kind and positive person that you fall in love with it for its content and not the "wrapper"

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When they grow wiser?

You know what I suddenly realized? We - no longer the coolest generation. We - the losers, who in no way understand.

I agree, too gloomy start to talk about the modern student. Today I want to express tirade in their address and understand certain issues.

Pushed me, or rather, was the last straw for writing this article, post the following lines:

"Hello. My name is Paulina. I'm thirteen years old. I am fond of psychology. I listen to anything. Sometimes I drink in company. I am looking for 14-16".

And if you think I'm going to talk about the relationship of thirteen years of age or alcohol use in this age, you are greatly mistaken.

Have you ever noticed that the fashion among schoolchildren - to ascribe to themselves the extra services? Yes, I'm talking about the line: "I am fond of psychology." How often have you had to deal with here thirteen, fourteen, twelve-year (and so forth.) Girls who regard themselves as experts in any field?

I even venture to say that ninety-five percent of these "definitely talent" who had seen snotty series where the protagonist distributes "invaluable advice" minor characters, never seen in the eyes of textbooks on psychology.

Can you say, by what technique these people "work"? Do not look for options, I will answer this question. Techniques not. No search problems. No options to solve it. There is an illusion. The illusion created by a long conversation, the contents of which can be laid in a single phrase: "Hammer, all the rules."

You want a secret? A smart man would never say that he is smart. Do you know why? Because he knows only a small part of what he wanted to know. And he is aware of this fact.

But now the students stopped to seek something personal achievements. You can take credit for what you want to achieve and tell everyone that you are masterfully understand this. Say, "I have a DSLR I - the photographer.". But here's the catch: the presence of a scalpel will not make you a surgeon.

They are no criteria for the assessment of own activity. They believe that the presence of five per cent of basic knowledge is enough to inflate it to a state of "Expert Level. God."

Not so long ago was arguing with a schoolgirl on a credit system. She argued that it is not necessary that every student can self assess themselves. Here we must clearly understand that before you evaluate yourself, you must learn to do it.

The child can write the word "dog" by "and" (both hears and writes), and in his personal assessment system - all right. And what is the result? I know one man who late forties, and he had only the word "Hello" allows four errors. Flaws teachers? I doubt it.

Digress, let's continue. There is another interesting group of schoolchildren. Honestly, I have not even thought until recently that it touches me personally, but it happened. I'm talking about those who are not just creating an image and stealing it. Yes, plagiarism. Plagiarist main problem lies in the fact that he too is interested in trying to keep up with any style of his behavior, so to speak, an idol.

One can endlessly hiding behind fake, hiding her face from prying eyes, lies to grow around him, but the little tea bag always comes to the surface with sufficient water. You understood my hint, dear? This paragraph is specifically for you.

Let us return to the subject. For what you need all this pathos about his person? The answer is simple: P - popularity. All of these thirteen students prefer to live in my head, where "I have two friends mower" - their ardent fans who layknut any nonsense, will give a present for your "definitely beautiful eyes" and will be infinitely admire the fact that you have a DSLR.

We understand what happened? The substitution of human values. These students take for those who they want to be, but what they are not. They are incredibly alone, but by creating the illusion of a sound "pop" themselves in it believe.

Before the students give pleasure - to pull a ton of shit in the comments, I conclude that as long as they need this illusion, they are great psychologists, photographers from God immensely talented singers, great actors ... Maybe someday they will be able to get rid of this illusion. Maybe.

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Winter Monster

I live near a hill with a small tree line, so it looks like a small forest. Ever since I was little my Grandma talked about a dog-like monster living in the small forest next to my house. She said it comes out during the colder months and feeds on fear. Of course I didn't believe her, it just seemed like an old wives tale. Untill one night...

I was walking home from a friends place I didn't feel tired so I decided to take a long walk, next to the forest. I was a minute away from home when I heard a strange noise, it sounded like there was some kind of commotion going on in the bushes, but I was not sure. Then I got a text message and stopped to get my phone out of my pocket when I heard a growling noise, I figured it was just a dog. So I got a rock and threw it at the trees and the bushes. I continued on my way home. Suddenly I felt an extremely cold wind and looked at the forest and saw two big yellow eyes moving towards me. I figured it was just my imagination, then the eyes started following me in the dark.

The closer I got to my house, the closer the eyes got to me. I froze for a second then started to run, at the gate I dropped my keys and thought "Oh great" I forgot the fact that I was scared and something was following me. I turned around and the eyes were gone and there was no strange wind. I got into my house wondering what the heck happened

Since that day I started to believe in all those stories about something in the woods. Even today I get chills walking there alone. I never found out what happend that night, nor will I try...

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