For the love of brother 3

"So! That is Qatari's girlfriend?" Mom asked,turning on the faucet in the kitchen zinc,washing her hands

"Yes,that is her" I replied,looking around to ensure none of my brothers is within earshot,I moved closer to mom and whispered into my ears

"She's a bitch mom"

Mom turned to look at me,confused

"What's that?what's a bitch?"

I smiled,whispering again

"She sleeps around in school,not only that,she's in a hot dalliance with the HOD of her department" nodding my head with a pout in a gossipy manner,mom's hands went static In shock,her jaws falling to the grounds

"You knew this and were gushing over how pretty she looks and supporting her romance with your brother? Majeed?...." She expressed disappointedly,I opened my mouth to talk but she held her hand up for me to shut it,continuing

For the love of brother 2

Settled around the dining table having a breakfast of bread and tea with jam,we tucked in our food quietly,mom,dressed for work,took off her jacket and placed on the chair beside her,settled well into the chair and continued eating,I fumbled with my phone's keypad,typing noisily with one hand,feeding myself with the other hand,occasionally bursting in fits of laughter as I engaged friends in chat-versations and were cracking me up,mom gave me a look from the corner of her eyes and I promptly quieten down

I was taking the last sip of my hot heavily laced with milk tea when QT's phone vibrated on the table,buzzing silently,he picked up the phone and seeing who the caller was, displayed on the screen,quickly stood up and dashed for his room upstairs,we all shared glances and continued eating,I cleared my throat,stood up and cleared where I'd eaten,mom called me back and asked me to give thanks to God for the meal before leaving the table,

"My manners" I said,smiling, "Allihamdulilah" I said,taking my cup to the sink to wash,QT descended the stairs back to the dining area, declaring

"That was my girlfriend!"

For the love of brother 1

"Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts in regard to their linguistic and tonal style. As a discipline, it links literary criticism to linguistics. It does not function as an autonomous domain on its own, but it can be applied to an understanding of literature and journalism as well as linguistics....do some more research on you own,we talk more about this course next week" Dr. Aderigbe finished his lecture with us

I yawned with gratitude,throwing my hands up,glad that the lecture was over,the class buzzing in a murmur,students closing books and chatting with coursemates,some discussing the course we'd just being taught,while others packed their stuffs and left the lecture theatre ,I fish out my phone from my bag, checking through to see the missed calls I've had and taking the profile off silent, I've had,two missed calls from mom and one from my best friend tuby

Whew! I sighed,looking around the hall for any sign of tuby

"He ought to be here for this lecture,where's this dude" I thought,feeling concerned,Dr. Aderibigbe isn't a lecturer to toy with,he takes his attendance very very seriously. I punched the buttons on my phone,dialing tuby's number to know where he is and why he missed the class, "its ringing" I whispered to myself

"HEY YOU!" Someone said behind me,I quickly turned around to see that it was tuby

Bills Bills Bills

Whoever says money doesn't buy happiness certainly doesn't know where to shop says feisty queen bee blair waldorf in gossip girl... my friend Dola would say "sure money can´t bring you happiness - like money and happiness could not go hand in hand. The longer version of the saying adds: "but it sure helps".



The morning on that wednesday started like every other day,exercises,breakfast and chilling at home,QT,Hamz and Karl were engaged in a banter in the living room while I was tidying up the kitchen,throwing out what's old and keeping the place inviting and clean,I wanted to get the work done fast and quickly shower as my body was getting sticky with sweat, making me uncomfortable,my blackberry placed on the kitchen shelf beeped continuously from friends and fans who needed my attention but I wanted to be done with chores before touching my phone so as not to rub it with grime and grease all over my hands.


"Mom left some money on the table for groceries" Karl said,walking towards to the tall refrigerator to pick a bottle of water,I looked up and sighed,wiping sweat and grease off my brow,nodding in response,taking deeply in the chill breeze that escaped from the refrigerator and letting out a deep exhale, "guess a spot of retail therapy would do a great good to my soul" I thought,going back to work with a pout,resenting my brothers for no show of support or even thank me for the work am doing.

Happy New Month

As we step into a new month of july,I pray the remaining months of the year bring hope,promise and fulfilment to you all...happy new month amazeballs

Coming up on Keeping Up With D Adagiris...

Adagiri Adams 3

ADAM- /a:dam/- noun -> the strong macho body of a homo sapien male


So here we are,ready to leave for Ghana,Uncle hameed suggested we pack just few clothes since we would only be gone for the weekend,but obviously,me being me,I packed a little more -everything,more boxers and briefs,cologne and anti-perspirant (no one appreciates seeing those unsightly sweat patches),batteries for my digital camera, my very big towel,sunshades to protect my peepers from the harsh rays of the rather infamous ghanaian sun,including some sunscreen,I don't want to come back home looking burnt ,yeah! You can roll your eyes all you want,going on a flight to a resort in ghana? Forget what awaits me there,this is pretty much a big deal for me,lol

Adagiri Adams 2

ADAM- /a:dam/- noun -> the strong macho body of a homo sapien male


10:45AM

*phone rings*

Maj- Hello?

Hameed- Hey Maj,its uncle hameed

Maj- Ahhhhh! Cousin of liiiife,hahaha! Oh my God,are you in the country now?

Hameed- Oh yes,am at the airport now but leaving for my business meeting,once am through,would be coming straight home

Maj- Ok bros! No problem,welcome!


Turning to my brothers excitedly,I announced the news to them and urged them to get to work,cleaning the house

I took the tv remote and turned off the tv

"What is your problem Maj? Why would you turn off the tv while someone else is watching"

Hamz barked! I looked around,totally taken aback

Adagiri Adams 1

ADAM- /a:dam/- noun -> the strong macho body of a homo sapien male


The more I think about the weekend ahead of me,the more I realise I'm embarking on a 48-hour exercise in how to be a human pinball-- so to speak. I'm travelling to the gold coast-ghana along with my brothers to a location few kilometers before accra called The Last Resort- a place so precariously and exquisitely balanced amidst plunging faces of rock,soaring cliffs and gut-wrenching ravines that one can only reach it via a 1.6m-wide suspension bridge across a 160m-deep ravine with a raging river in its depth


The resort contains a rope swing and the chance to raft some pretty great rapids but the highlight of the trip promises to be the canyoning, which involves climbing,abseiling,sliding and swimming through a series of waterfalls and gorges.

For hours on end,I've been juggling waves of anticipation and mild fear- wait wah! mild?,hell no,great fear about our itinerary that will comprise an array of aeriel activities which on the difficulty-intimidation scale,fall only short of being fired out of a cannon or parachuting into one's destination

I was here (an eulogy)

Press play!

* Beyonce's "I was here" playing softly from the theatre system,its aunt tania's remembrance day,you all remember aunt tania amazeballs? The sis who's always got mom's back and who died this month last year,yeah! It's a year already*


FLASHBACK

*over 20 years ago*

Mom- Hey darling

SIS- How are you big sis

MOM- Am ok,I just called you to inform you I just gave birth to a bouncing baby boy

SIS- OHHHHH MYYYY GOD! YAAAAAAAY! GOD! Am so excited right now,how are you feeling,how is my little nephew doing...!

MOM- (laughs) we are well,he's sleeping peacefully

SIS- Awww! How sweet,am still in the office right now,once I get home,I would inform alaysia and nina that the first grandchild of the family has been born! Yaaaay! (Mom laughs) and mama would be so happy,you gave her a male grandchild,what she never had, thank you sis

MOM- Aw! Common,thank God,I've informed mama already and she would be coming down here first thing tomorrow

SIS- ha ha ha,I trust her,don't worry sis,I would try and get permission from work for a few days and be there before the naming ceremony,me,alaysia and nina (the other siblings)....and tell baba born-boy that I say congrats and he should thank his thing ooo

(BOTH LAUGHS)

MOM- You silly thing,I have to go now,I see your nephew crying,I have to feed him

SIS- alright mama born-boy,go do your thing...bye dear

REALITY

What goes around...

"Again,I repeat...where are you guys coming from?"

Mom queried!

I looked down,brushing my foot against the dew laden mowed grass by the interlocked grounds of our parking lot,too embarrassed and guilt-stricken to look up at her...mom came close to us to perceive us and quickly moved back,spitting out...the stale smell of our cologne with sweat mixed with cigar smoke that had settled on us made her retch

"Goodness lord!"

She exclaimed,Hamz quickly sniffed himself as if to confirm if truly he was oozing,lol

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! YOU GUYS HAVE STARTED SMOKING? OH MY GOD,OH MY GOD.."