Gambia, the politics....

Well, some are, but not all what you see on here are facts or sincere opinions. Some are sentiments, some baseless charges, some undue demands, some just goading others to get angry, some pretentious, some airs of absolute righteousness and justifiability, of professionals claiming rights to whatever they seek, say and do, even if wrongly so. So today, I opened two files to prioritise attention and to separate the grain from the chaff:

Age, the immunity...

It's not just tiring to vibe with killjoys, it’s depressing like geez, loosen up! I mean those people who cannot be happy for, nor appreciate anything without soiling it, using attitudes to drain the fun out of even the most harmless of things that others do.

So uptight - y'know, unfairly bashing everything, from Facebook-ing to Sunday beach-ing, as if de facto prophets of 'killjoyanity,' or holders of postgraduate degrees in morality and 'am faida,' and the rest of us looked upon as diploma holders in idiocy and 'nyaaka johm.' Wye nyu dem rek. Di ngen baytou.

Killjoys

It's not just tiring to vibe with killjoys, it’s depressing like geez, loosen up! I mean those people who cannot be happy for, nor appreciate anything without soiling it, using attitudes to drain the fun out of even the most harmless of things that others do.

So uptight - y'know, unfairly bashing everything, from Facebook-ing to Sunday beach-ing, as if de facto prophets of 'killjoyanity,' or holders of postgraduate degrees in morality and 'am faida,' and the rest of us looked upon as diploma holders in idiocy and 'nyaaka johm.' Wye nyu dem rek. Di ngen baytou.

Gambia, the VP's...

I wouldn't call the amendment obscure, and it wasn't as if the rules are being changed in the middle of the game, but we yap as if it's a violation of a commandment from God? I thought the bone of contention was that it was unconstitutional, and now there’s redress, right? So what? I mean the constitutionalisation of the VP’s appointment. Was this amendment not a part of the reforms that Mr. Sandeng (RIP) was martyred for?

What’s with the disinclination? Why is it too hard to just countenance the thing and move on? Is there something else, eh? I don’t think so... so I cannot overstand why the fiery debates, the fuss, the stone-casting, and the daily prayers that are being said to the devil on here. I’m asking because I hate to believe that the avoidable controversy is just one of those side effects of “Haterade” – you know, that drink made from the tears of detractors.

Minding your own business (MYOB)

Refraining from meddling in other people's affair is a good moral conduct. However, when there's a potential conflict that you can nip in the bud, minding your own business (MYOB) will amount to apathy, unconcerned nonchalance if you like.

Hear this: the thing about apathy is that there usually comes a time when you too will be in dire straits, requiring the need for people's take in your business, and you'll be sorry, because then, they too would've decided not to interfere in your affairs, so your MYOB begets OYO (on your own).

Riches...

A wise man once told me that people who’re really and truly wealthy hardly ever go broke; they have cash flow issues perhaps. By his theory, if you go broke as I’m in the habit of, you were only ‘chapteh’ (you had some economic fluke); so you were actually not rich in the exact sense of the word.

I don’t know about that, but here’s a fact: how much you’re really worth is the value of everything you own, minus all your debts; ask any accountant.

Sometimes we’re so into the things that we own that we pay no attention to what we owe, and so we become ostentatious whilst deeply in debt - like that dude that was so indebted that he was so tormented that he’s now demented was like:

“Yo, nice kicks Mike! I had the same pair of Jordans that I lost with my Louis Vuitton backpack. They were on the passenger seat of my Bimma. Glad the thief didn’t touch my Rolex in my Armani suit.”

I think it's a measure of intelligence...

"English is a language not a measure of intelligence." Hmm? In my opinion, this notion is debatable, but it's the claim, and it's often quoted as a back answer to grammar Nazis. However, even if I want to give it that benefit of the doubt, I sometimes see it as a deliberate downplay of someone else's skills and it's unfair; it makes me angry.

For my part, someone who was schooled in English and is able to hold an intelligent conversation in English, fluently translating his thoughts into words is intelligent. Stupid is the one who went to English school to study English proficiency but comes out with English deficiency, and I have seen it happen; I'll name names if I have to. In fact, if I'm lying then examinations also do not reflect intelligence, at least not accurately.