Odusolar's Think Tank Hub

Today, I’m thinking about how crazy life is. How I have so much to be thankful for. I’m thinking about those who have much more than I do, I’m also thinking about those whom I have much more than. I’m thinking about friends who have never been promoted once in eleven years on their jobs, same salary but more bills to pay. I’m thinking about those who had it good but are dead now. I’m thinking about those who are having it good right now. I’m thinking about family who genuinely care and support one another. I’m thinking about family members who only want to take without giving or giving close to nothing. I’m thinking about amazing friends who seem to be heaven sent because they’re always there. I’m thinking about friendships that seemed to be real but turned out unreal or even too dramatic to deal. I’m thinking about church and how it can be a place of peace in times of trouble. I’m thinking about churches that end your peace. I’m thinking about how not to think. I’m thinking ab...

Restless in my bed, rolling back and forth. Your fragrance littered all over my pillows, bedspread. In the bathroom Strands of your hair in the bathtub and on the bathing soap, my towel engulfed with your fragrance. Brushing my hair and I aint spared either Your hair strands stuck on my comb, brush. Not to mention the kiss you planted on my mirror…damn Pacing back and forth in my room Memories of you everywhere. Not you and it aint fair. Tried severally to arrange my room  but I keep getting hung up on something that reminds me of you. And to think I’m the spik and span guy… Though you live and glow in my heart, Yet I’ll cherish the “haphazardness” Though scattered, it’s perfect.

When my twitter people started talking about ‘when they see us’, I thought ‘they’ve started again oh’ but deep down, I really wanted to see the movie so I could relate to the gist I was seeing on my timeline. Unfortunately, I had canceled my Netflix subscription(I’m sure you have an idea why) so I couldn’t watch. I was lucky enough to get it from my neighbor who had it on her phone. I don’t know how long I cried for. I also learnt a lot of lessons and I mean, a lot. Those lessons inspired this article. LESSON ONE When a person does not like you or what you represent, they will do whatever it takes to bring you down. They will twist your image and make you appear evil to the world. They can have all the facts looking them in the face and still turn a blind eye. In times like that, only GOD can save you. This was evident in the way those investigators kept twisting the facts and manipulating those boys just to make things look the way they want. They didn’t even stop to think about th...

It wasn’t a joke when he heard what happened. He had just been robbed of the money he had been saving for that special project. ‘This life ehn' was all he muttered when he saw it for himself. Someone must have been watching him but he wasn’t sure who. ‘Omo mehn, person wey don die no know wetin dey’, he told someone when the person asked ‘how you dey?’. The response would have been weird but George was different shades of weird already so any air of weirdness around him seemed normal. Life had been easy for him. If he wanted to tell his story ten years ago, there would have been no point because he had no battles but now, everything is different. If he had been on that plane with them,  he’d have crashed too. Sometimes he’s grateful he wasn’t with them but most times, he’s not so sure anymore. If he could tell his story, it would be titled ‘endless struggle’ because he hadn’t found a breaking point yet so yes, his struggle is endless. Everyone is a ‘freak’ of something. Music, ...

When people ask ‘how are you?’ I honestly doubt that they are ready for the real response. They most likely expect you to just say fine. It’s okay to be fine but we cannot be fine all the time if we’re being honest with ourselves. When I ask how you are, I want to know who annoyed you, what you ate, where you went, everything but you wouldn’t say. Probably because the last time you told someone something deep like that, they just replied with ‘all is well' The inability to pour your heart out to another has gotten a lot of people inyo over thinking and has led to depression even. Some have gotten so used to keeping it all in to the extent that they outwardly seem incapable of having problems. They are mostly playful and positive around everyone not because they don't have problems but because no one has been able to help in the past. Everyone has problems and everyone deserves to be heard. This doesn’t mean we should talk to just anyone. A problem shared is supposed to b...

I met Tobi on twitter, my best social media application. We clicked from the first day we started talking. As time went on, we got closer and our relationship got deeper. He became more important than all the friends I had because he was just always there for me. He was always ready to talk and listen to me and I was always ready to talk and listen to me. The funny part was that we hadn’t even met but we spoke everyday. He was the first person I wanted to talk to about stuff and he always understood. Tobi was everything a best friend could be. We still had not met. There were times he said he would call but he wouldn’t. I never made it a big deal because I was sure he would have a very good reason because he always did have a good reason for everything. We all have a Tobi in our lives, at least most of us do. But Tobi is human. Unlike Tobi, God knows how our day went before we tell him. He knows how we feel every time. He’s always ready to listen though he knows what we want to...

I was reading ‘what the dog saw’ (its first few pages) and I decided to write about something that I totally had no interest in. Something that didn’t fascinate me. I just wanted to see how far I can go with this and also try something quite new. Anyway, while thinking about it, I was staring at the wall in front of me and I thought, lets talk about walls. So inner me says, yeah, lets do this then I’m asking ‘what about walls is going to interest you?’ I began to imagine what the first people to build walls were thinking of when they built their first wall. I don’t know how old walls are but I’m grateful for walls. Imagine you and your family had to share a big house with the neighbors and the each family knew their boundaries by footstep measurements, it definitely won’t be great at all. If your bathroom had no wall separating it from the kitchen and your room was not separate from your parents’ or kids’, not funny yeah? I know right! The need for that physical demarcation is ...

This post is dedicated to all the awesome people in my life. It's my end of the year note. This is where I talk about people I love and express how I truly feel about them. I love a lot of people and I might not be able to mention them all in this article but I'll try my best to capture as much people as I can. Adedayo Ajala, my best male friend. Twitter brought us together,  I can't even remember when anymore but I'm glad I replied that DM. You understand me in ways I don't even understand. You're always there to listen to me. You always tell me the truth even if it hurts. You're just the best bestfriend in the world. I sometimes wonder what I'd have done without you especially those times when I'm just sad for no reason or some reasons. Times I cry and I can't tell anyone why but you. Thank you for being there for me. You're a blessing. I love you. Wale Enemy, the worst best friend in the world. You annoy me more than anyone in this wor...

This year is the year, this year I’ll do this and do that, this year I won’t do this and do that anymore…bla, bla and bla. We all started this year with expectations, from others and from ourselves. We made plans. When the year started, to some, it was looking like ‘the year’ while to some it seemed like the year was still ‘booting’. Some people’s ‘year’ was still booting by April and their year finally started in august but somehow, they managed to achieve more than the person whose year started right on time. Some achieved not so much but are more fulfilled than those who achieved much more. Achievement means different things to different people I’ve come to find out. For me, this year has been very eventful. With numerous ups and downs, happy and sad moments, I’m mainly grateful for life for without life, I wouldn’t have been able to witness all I have. My main goal this year was to learn how to cook jollof rice and I think I’m almost there, you can come and find out. The purpose ...

Drama exists everywhere. In church, home, school, work etc. it is safe to say that drama exists in our lives in different ways. Drama isn’t necessarily negative or positive. It’s just drama and our reaction towards it determines how it’ll affect us whether positively or negatively. Our concern today is on workplace drama. I’ve worked in a few places and from what I hear about other places I haven’t worked at, it pretty much is the same thing. It’s inevitable, drama I mean. You can’t put people with different temperament, background, exposure, habits, etc in one place and expect it to be all fun and games. There are ways to avoid being affected by this drama when it arises and that’s the essence of this post. Thread carefully. If you’re new on the job or at your workplace, it’s important for you to observe everyone well enough to decide how you’ll relate with them. You won’t relate with them the same way because they differ from each other. Only through careful observation is how...

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying ‘don’t think of what your country will do for you, think of what you will do for your country’’ my question is ‘why does your country want you do things for it/her?’ oh well…this article isn’t even about our/my/your/any country, I want to talk about our churches. I gisted you guys some time ago about how some people wanted to crucify me one Sunday because I said I didn’t go to church that day. I was talking to my best friend about how I plan to split my tithe into two because a lot of churches don’t help the people.  They mostly use their money to beautify the structure, build it into a better looking one but neglect building up the people financially and materially. A lot of people give to churches not because they were led by the spirit but because they were instructed by their pastor to do so. I’ve heard stories of how people got broke giving all they had to the church because their ‘daddy in the Lord’ or ‘mummy in the Lord’ instructed them ...

Living in Lagos is a skill, that's what everyone is shouting. Even those who aren't living in Lagos are shouting and I'm just there like what? Biko shut up already before I...well, what can I do? I can barely help myself right now. Would have been easy if I could go back home but I can't even. Imagine oh, I left home by 12. I work as a customer service officer for wekofoam. On this day, I lied to fam that I had work meanwhile it was my off day. The plan was to go to Gbola’s place. Gbola was bae at the time so it was a love inspired trip. I stayed at a place called Enilolobo meaning ‘the person who went is the person who came back’. Whoever made those names though and it wasn't even a Lagos place. It was somewhere like 10 minutes from where actual Lagos started from my end - Ishaga. My afternoon shift usually starts at 2pm so I leave home by 11:30 to join the bus by 12. So I left around that same time on this fake work day. I had no cash so I planned to use the atm...

Who could have thought that Tunde, the bike man, would get his bike snatched from him by his passengers just this morning, this morning eh? He had just carried them from the junction to a destination he wasn’t too familiar with but he was going to ‘rough’ it. The ‘scope’ a lot of bike men uses to avoid losing their potential clients. He knew something was wrong when everywhere seemed quiet and deserted, that was when he told them he wasn’t going anymore. They agreed and got off his bike only to give him the beating of his life and left with his bike. He didn’t know how he got to the bus-stop. All he knew was that he was on the floor telling his story in tears to people hoping a good Samaritan was listening. He had his wife in the hospital and was hoping he’d make some money before evening to pay up part of her bills. He even had an outstanding debt of 500k which he had been paying in 50ks; he had paid just twice when the bike was taken - his only means of livelihood. He was a fathe...

I pray that you remain healthy I pray that you never have to consider surviving through illegal means I pray that you never have to invest in something that won't yield good results I pray that you find love I pray that the one you love loves you back I pray that you prosper I pray that you learn to unlearn bad stuff Hehehe, touche I pray that you have enough wealth to help others I pray that you never have to ask your enemies for food or anything I pray that you make your parents proud I pray that you have strength in weak moments I pray that you forgive even those who don't ask for it I pray that you find happiness I mean!!! He does hear I pray that you have sense to decipher nonsense I pray that you are surrounded by amazing friends I pray that you allow good thoughts override the evil ones I pray that you have the platform to showcase your talent I pray that you always have food on your table I pray that you always have cloth on your back ...