Crazy in Love
Stanley, 34, had, on a number of occasions, dated women in the past fifteen years. As a matter of fact, he had dated several women but took cognizance of the ordeals with eleven ladies in the last ten years. He made up his mind to walk down the aisle with the twelfth woman. Written in his diary of Women I Dated, Stanley’s stories were well spelt out. Alas, he’s dating women came as a result of the ‘crazy love’ he had for women, since his young teenage years, although there was a...
Journal
The Love of Money
‘The love of money, the Bible warns, ‘is the root of all evils’, an early-morning ministration by Craig to his family before setting out for the affairs of the day. Soon after the morning devotion was completed, the family was ready to go; Craig was well-dressed to meet pressing needs at his work place, his children wore school-mode clothes and best of corporate feminine outfit best described his wife’s dressing –prepared to face the uphill tasks to be encountered at the...
The Learning Authoress
This story unveils the literary learning of Alice, an aspiring Greco-Romanian American authoress, based in California, USA. For the past six years, she had been through a lot of setbacks at the hands of publishers and literary agencies in almost every part of the world. With a depth of determination, Alice, despite incessant rejections by these literary professionals, had acquired of great wealth experience as regards writing and publishing via continuous learning.
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The Ugly Decision
“Mom, Dad, I see that you are always holding each other’s hands together and saying I love you to each other. I’d never see you, Dad, quarrel with Mom. I want to know”, a question asked by the five-year-old David.
“Your mom and I, right from our growing years, had known each other and we grew up loving each other. It has always been like this since we were young”, Sam, his twenty-eight-year-old father, replied.
“When I’m grown, I’d want to be like you. I don’t want to be like...
The Evil Genus
This is 2:00 a.m. I will wake you up when it’s dawn. Do have a sound sleep and prepare for today’s teaching at the Temple. I have to go observe the Rites of Meditation through the nights to get prepared for the day’s work. I ought not to disturb your sleep at this time. But the burden to tell you this truth would not let me be.
Park: Thank you, Master Jin! It’s no problem at all! Thanks for your teaching. I will like to become a great scholar of trickery, hypnosis, world...
The Woman in Politics
Brazil is indeed in need of a leader who is not only able to make promises but able to put his words into action. As we know, we have been deceived by our previous leaders who take advantage of our ignorance for their selfish political interest. Since the days of our fore-fathers, there have been deceptions in the politics of our great nation, Brazil. Before the elections begin, your so-called aspiring leaders go all the way to see that they win, even if it means paying...
As you all know, we, the members of staff of Kent High School, only give an award to the best student for each session. Without much ado, I’d like to announce the best student of the school in the 1998/1999 academic session. He is in the person of Spencer Hill! Spencer, come forward to receive your reward!” Spencer hurriedly left the seat and moved at the pace of the sounds of ovation by the invitees, including Ken Moore to receive the prestigious Best Student Award from Mr. Mark Fisher, the...
The Graced Fellow
“Yeah, we made it! A successful operation it was! Millions here and there! Check out the way we wasted the police men that came after us! Wow! Such an awesome experience! Tonight, mates, we’re going to celebrate this success with bottles of Vodka and women to keep us company! Hooo! Alice, you are good at what you do best! Such an informant you’ve been to us! Bode, give her twenty thousand pounds. She’s done a great job!” The words spoken by Mahjid, leader of the dreaded but...
The Mirror of Tragic Marriage
June 15, 1948…
“I regretted the day I got married to you!” Tom shouted at Cynthia, his wife of seven years.
In response to Tom’s words, she yelled: “you are total disgrace to manhood! I’ve been accommodating your excesses for years! It’s time for me to rage because you’ve pushed me to the wall! You are an idiot! You are a never do-well! You are an infidel! In fact, you are hopeless!! I’m still married to you because of my twins-Sophia and Cindy!!!”
In the heat of...
11 Major Deceptions You Must Guard Against (Book Excerpts)
Foreword
Worthy of Note: The ‘creative’ writings of this text were borne out of the experiences of the author- from friends and people around him and articulated by reasoning-what he had been taught by family, elderly ones, in school and other places, the books he had read (long ago but can’t remember!) This is the reason there are no references. His thoughts on this topic conform, to a very large extent, to what modern research would...
TALKING THOUGHTS
Mr. Ben - Chimezie Benedict Ihekuna – is a philosopher of sorts, playing with the words we bandy around in speech, dabbling in the peculiarity of the messages passed across in the form of ‘talking’, and TALKING THOUGHTS is simply thoughts that are talking! Or rather it isn’t just that at all. It’s a combination of poetry, inspiration, and stories touching on gender interests, politics, relationships, general knowledge, philosophy, and science. Above all else, it’s about...
Advance praise for ‘’Maya: A Captivating Story of love and triumph”
A Heroine for the Modern Age: Alex Andy Phuong
As of 2019, more films and literary works focused on feminism and women. Subject to subjugation in the past, more people are honoring women rather than dehumanizing them. Because of such compelling portraits of women that focused on empowerment, more women are earning praise. That means that heroines like Maya in this book‘… is a great example of how stories about women can...
HOW IT ALL BEGAN…
Tom came back home from school, feeling tired. He managed to switch on the TV and tune in to his favorite TV program, Celebrity Timeout. His tiredness soon disappeared as he saw the program’s anchor present his favorite actor, Dan Dunne as guest for the program. Tom’s eyes were glued to the TV with his ears paying rapt attention to the interview.
Anchor (Dressed in white gown with a complementing high-hill pair of white shoes sits to the left of the screen. She begins the...
WAKE UP, DREAM BOY!
By
MR. BEN
COPY RIGHT
Mr Ben
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Although every precaution has been taken to verify the accuracy of the information contained herein, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for any...
The M-L.A.W. Link
(Man’s contribution to living dynamics)
As Written By:
Mr. Ben
All biblical references are taken from the New International Version.
PREFACE
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Genesis1:1-2).
Here, the focus is the earth. We can obviously deduce from the bible that God’s created earth was void. But for the...
Chapter 5
Labour
It is an established fact that labour is a crucial factor of production. Be it skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled, the reward for labour is salaries and wages. According to St Louis Fed, ‘…Labor is the effort that people contribute to the production of goods and services. Labor resources include the work done by the waiter who brings your food at a local restaurant as well as the engineer who designed the bus that transports you to school. It includes an artist's creation of...
Science/Technology
According to Wikipedia, ‘Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe’ while technology is ‘… the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.’ In simple terms, technology is (partly) the application of science. Science and technology play pivotal roles...
Chapter 3
Commerce/Economy
Calvin Coolidge, a one-time president of the US, in his 1925 speech, once said: ‘Business of America is business’. Historycentral.com interprets the statement as meaning ‘…that government should interfere as little as possible with businesses and individuals.’ In other words, the US had always had a wholesome embrace for commerce.
Wikipedia has this to say: ‘that government should interfere as little as possible with businesses and individuals.’ The US capitalist...
Chapter 2
Health/Medicine
When there are educated health professionals, lives would be saved. When there are health care facilities, people’s conditions will be properly attended to. When remedies in the form of drugs are prescribed by the trained physicians or health workers, there is recuperation in the health status of the people. When medicine is given the deserved priority, there will be a zero-abuse of drugs. Afterall, health is wealth.
Understanding the knowledge behind medicine, the...
Chapter 1
Social Infrastructure
Social infrastructure is inevitably essential to the growth and development of any nation. Countries of the world set aside for infrastructure colossal amounts of money in their budgets. They understand the importance of social amenities towards sustained development. Advanced nations of the world are improving or upgrading the already-put-in-place infrastructure to ensure their citizens exercise creativity and other potentials as valuable contributions...