As far as favourite childhood memories go, I have quite a number, but my SS1 First Term results-day is definitely number one. As the son of a very brilliant man who usually topped his class in his days (I remember him telling me how depressed he was when he placed second), and a close friend …
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Day 3 (Tales by MoonWright)
This isn’t exactly about someone I met today but about an unfamiliar part of someone familiar. He’s old enough to be my dad so I’ll call him my uncle for tonight’s post. He told me and some friends today about one time(way back, like the 80’s or 90’s) he attended a PTA meeting at his …
Day 2 (Tales by MoonWright)
Thinking of how to approach today’s topic, I was actually going to write about my U.K. experience(roughly two years) since that’s the ‘farthest’ I’ve been from home. That would’ve been perfect if, mathematically and actually speaking, home = house. Anyway, the farthest I’ve been from home was just for three weeks. It was at the …
Day 1 (Tales by MoonWright)
If you know me well, you would know how proud I am of my surname. “Wright” – the surname that seasons every other name, even Sharafa. But my first name has done more for me than Wright has. “Ayobami” – Joy has come to me or joy don jam me. A name that has somehow …
The Ripple Effect
‘Gala! Gala! Buy your fresh Gala!’ It was just another day in a long Lagos(Nigeria) traffic where there was no clear reason for the ‘hold-up’ and owners of sophisticated and not too sophisticated cars shared the space on the road. No levels or preferential treatments involved, everyone being united (or sometimes understandably selfish) with the …
WORDS
I strongly believe in the power of words. I believe words are like bullets. I believe words have the power to change lives for good — this is primarily the reason why I write. One beautiful thing about words is that they have the power to outlive their owners or users, so your words — said or typed — can …
Letter to my teenage self
Dear Awizzle4shizzle, Before I get into the main purpose of writing this letter to you, why on earth did you choose such a nickname? I know the ‘zzle’ thing is what is in vogue over there but at least, can’t you just be unique? Must you follow the crowd? I hear you are now a …
Been there, done that.
I was in between trying to forgive myself for not heeding to the intuition I had earlier about making that turn and trying not to respond angrily to my wife, who, at this point, had become a bitter victim of the consequences of my bad decision. “Eric, you never listen to me!” Rachel said. “Always …
Stay On It
No one wants to be poor or broke. Everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants to achieve greatness. I don’t know about you, but I love the smell of achievement; the feeling of fulfillment. It is so soothing. How about the little guy within me that jumps for excitement when I give a set goal …
My Medium Challenge
Happy new year everyone. Thanks for visiting my blog last year. Thanks for your great comments. You made my writing journey more encouraging last year. Let’s do it again this year. God bless you all for the support. So, I am on Medium (as Ayo Wright). It is a world of readers and writers that …
