Status Update

Hello everyone, it's been a while here. I apologise for my silence and I think it's important I leave this. I won't be available for some time, which means I won't post at all. I'm still thinking whether to release the remaining episodes of the story, although it is in progress and I don't have …

SELF-BLAME OR RESPONSIBILITY?

Matthew had an interview by 8am. The venue for the interview was thirty minutes away from his house. By 7am, he was already out of his house. “It’s better to wait than be late.” He thought. He had not forgotten to check the weather reports the previous day, so the rain did not catch him …

HOW TO DEAL WITH ADULT BULLIES

Whenever we hear the word “bully”, what often comes to our minds is “children”. The picture that we instinctively paint is either a kid setting a trap for another kid to fall, a high school student coercing another student to do his assignment or a teenager picking on another teenager. While all of these are …

Chapter 6

MBATA KINGDOM The King sat on his throne while his ministers gathered round about him. “Do you think the Quolans will take offence?” One of them asked. “After all, the one who was slaughtered was not royalty.” The King inspected his fingers. “I wish he were royalty. The game would’ve been hotter.” “The pride of …

8 HELPFUL TIPS TO DEAL WITH HEARTBREAK

As we journey through life, we experience both pleasant and unpleasant circumstances. Because we are emotional beings, we cannot help but feel. It is an error to conclude that there is a person whose heart is made of ice. We all want to be happy, nobody wants to be sad. Unfortunately, we do not choose …

Chapter 5 Cont’d.

Ahleera picked some scrolls in the library and turned around to leave. He saw Nnuole enter the library and hid himself. Nnuole strolled in and moved precisely to the romance section. She pulled a chair to herself, picked one of the books and settled down to read. Ahleera tiptoed to a corner and watched her …

“ACQUAINTANCE” IS NOT A BAD WORD

More often than not, when a person tells another that he is an acquaintance, it comes across as worthlessness. Many people want to be regarded as friends, even if the only thing between them and the respective people is work or school. So, who is an acquaintance? An acquaintance is someone who is casually known, …

Chapter 5

QUOLA KINGDOM The Prince leaned forward. “What is it?” Chief Birian moved closer to Chief Jalami and on seeing the content of the box, his eyes widened. “This is an abomination!” He exclaimed. “How dare they?” Chief Jalami put down the box and brought out a head from the box. The officials gasped and began …

SOMEONE CANNOT PLAY WITH YOU?

If you are a youth, then I bet that at one point or the other in your life, you’ve had someone throw that rhetorical question or a similar one at you. If you are an adult, then it is possible that the question has not been thrown at you, but you must’ve heard it before …

I UNDERSTAND

Let me inform you in advance that this post is not like any other that you have read from me. This will be somehow raw, as in unrefined. I have come to realize that every attitude of a person stems from something. Nothing just happens. There is always a background to everything we see and …