A NOT TOO WORTH WHILE PRIZE

##Just remembered this......[sitting one morning in class,i received a phone call from an obviously unknown number,...to make things simple,i had won a certain soccer prediction competition on t.v.....the silky feminine voice on the other line took my details and asked that i reported to their office with an I.D for collection of my mobile phone prize.......][hurray!i was the happiest guy in class....i knew i was going to get one of the Galaxies or blackberries of this world----(y) ,but was that to be?you'll find out...............[Four days later,i cut short all schedules of the day after twelve,dashed down the O.M.P office for my prize.....At the gate of the building numbered six,a little distance off the Electoral Commission office around Ridge,an above middle aged man quipped,'"where you dey go?soccer academy registration?"'--i retorted,'"naaa adey go take my prize from the reception'"...........ok pass here,then go straight,then climb the steps,after <come see me>!!!he added.....[i went up,and met this lady at the front desk,all-smiling and polished..[i would not wait to be asked for my I.D...my name is Kingsley,here's my I.D.....]she gets up and makes for an inner room...returns and throws onto the table one of those RLG phones,which i wouldnt have even picked from the ground on my way to school mpo.........[looking on,and smirking at the box on the table as if to say,aarrggg what embarassment,.......i signed the form...picked up the "konko" and left....[at the gate,the watchman asks,"'charley some water for your man'"---already disappointed and distraught,i said to him,[massa the money finish oo],he looks at me and shakes his head with a plastic smile,no worries boy,good day!!!,it would have been worthwhile perhaps,,,,watching t.v or sleeping,instead of wasting my time chasing after that "prize"-O.M.P then Metro t.v paaa,you shock fans oo..

NELSON MANDELA,THE EPITOME OF SERVICE

##On July 18 this year,i did a story on the commemoration of the annual Nelson Mandela International day.....though he was taken ill at the time,the world duly celebrated this man the world over....during the interviews,i spoke to a number of people to find out what they would do in a minute to remember at the time,the ailing South African anti apartheid icon and his enormous service to humanity,..interestingly and surprisingly,people--men and women told me they didnt know of Nelson Mandela,then i began to ask myself,what at all do we listen to,watch and read as a people?though am not as old,at least at a point in life,i learnt about Nelson Mandela....some social studies and African studies lessons........so i was amazed to find out that even some older people had not a shred of an idea about this great man...........his demise for me,was expected,but sad,considering his age and constant recurrence of his lung and other infections..........he had had enough of worldly torture and required some much needed rest..........the massive outpouring of grief and consolation messages that have come in from all over the world,including the U.S who themselves had different opinions about the man they placed on their terrorist watch list until somewhere in 2008,tells me something.......he spent his entire life,serving humanity,what a great man...one of the few genuine African and World leaders has left us..........a worthy example to all.......Very fundamental lessons,im sure have been learnt from his life.....[service service servic]....R.I.P.P Madiba Mandela........GREAT GU