VANITY CARD #7

I've never had to hate someone, never even tried.I've found it easier and much more convenient to efficiently ignore, or silently discard.
But as I have learnt, to many people I know, hate is an emotion they seamlessly grow, an emotion they constantly show and an emotion they are helplessly driven by.
I very well think they hate because they are discontented, they hate because they are threatened, they hate because they are confounded and befuddled, they hate because they lack foresight, they hate because they can't/won't see the bigger picture and they hate because that's the only emotion they have left.
But hate is a foolish emotion, as strong as it can be. It is a needless waste of mental space, a burdensome tug on an otherwise peaceful existence. It is unjustly donating your otherwise gainfully harnessed cerebral prowess to discomforting another.
But more importantly, it is an emotion that is a betrayal of one's self because hate draws the locus of one's life and thoughts away from ones self and makes one a mental slave of another, you are irked by their sight, needlessly infuriated by the happenings of their life. When you're in hate you lose yourself at no reasonable gain.
So ask yourself, must you hate that person? is whatever they did or seem to have done really worth your mental peace?...are you sure by openly hating another you are not openly harming your own self?
I'll end this vanity card by giving an advice people do not take. "Lets not base our lives and acts on emotions but principles, for emotions are fickle and temporary while principles are definitive, discerning and instructive.

-Damilola.

VANITY CARD #6

The legend of the "Hobbies".
See, there was a time my hobby was meeting people, actively meeting people, with(for) all their peculiarities and complications.....well more of their complications.

VANITY CARD #5

Vanity card #5
The thought of death scares me not because of the uncertainty of what's next, in fact I want to (not in any rush whatsoever) see if this heaven and hell they scream about is true. Death scares me because of the non-existence that is left behind. I mean, how does a person who existed seconds ago suddenly slide into irreversible non-existence, where their opinions and inclinations no longer matter to their personal world or even the whole world? This irrelevance, in my opinion, is the greatest consequence of mortal life culminating into a summary demise.
To those left behind, valued presence becomes abstract, yet priceless memories. Reality becomes an unprecedented, imperceptible movie. A movie you don't have the remote control to rewind or the power to rewrite but you just have to sit through.
But I believe it is in time of loss that strength should be sought from above, within and without, strength to accept and come to terms with the new reality, strength to hope and work for a better future and strength to smile again.
In times like this....I will fight for your smile.
-Damilola

VOICE

Silence gripped our soul,

Uneasy but unable to speak.
Whist! Our mind said.
Speak! Our heart said.
Quiet, we lay in a pool of silence
Drowning in words that failed to come out.
A scream broke out suddenly from within;
At last we not only heard ourselves
But the world heard our voice.
No longer was silence going to hold us hostage;
Our voice was going to echo round the world.
The sound of our voice will forever change our generation.

Salome Odafen

300l MBBS

CURSED

I have a problem... I'm not sure you'd understand. It's Summer Time and I can't swim. I can't swim but I love the ocean. We are not taught to swim, instead we are told "When you are ready it will come to you." So I either fall too deep in it or I don't go near it. I used to think that if I learned how not to die from drowning, I might learn how to swim. All I learned is how much I could take in the pain without falling apart. And no matter how much I wanted to die, a part of me just kept struggling to live, and not to leave. I would stay drowning in the ocean, unwanted. Trying to learn how to swim across, unsuccessful. I have always had two alternatives, drown or don't swim.

I have not been into the ocean in recent times. I might never be ready for it. But I can't stay away from it. I need the ocean. So yeah, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I stuck around it. I never went near enough. I said things about it to make others who were about to go in smile. I'm not sure if I meant any of those things. But I'm the only one around the ocean that's not looking to go in. I have to make it look like I don't really care. But by the time all my friends are in the ocean, I get lonely. Very lonely. But I wish I could swim like they can. I'd be deep in by now. Well, I don't need them, or the stupid ocean.

I haven't told you my problem yet.

-Twinless Gemini.

9.2.16

"Bobo!" I heard as one of them hit me twice. The way that word gets thrown around, I can't tell if it's friendly or derogatory. It doesn't matter. I was trying to be asleep. Do you not understand what that implies?! People are just plain stupid. That's why all the other animals hate us. We think we are so special because we can talk. And sometimes that's all we do. See, the real gift is thinking. The gift we never seem to want to use. Unfortunate. I'm texting her. Usually it helps the mood but for now, no luck. Someone just made light of the fact that I look annoyed. I hung him upside down, flayed his skin over a period of 3 days, tossed him in sugar and let ants on him. He begged me to kill him. I didn't. I hear a laugh, he's still here. I need a happier imagination. I also need therapy but my parents don't believe in that. I don't know how I survive them. But I love them and maybe love is surviving people.

I was supposed to write about something. I never got to it. Apparently my mind is at war and all I can tell is that I feel uncomfortable with everything. It's all a mess. I'd rather not be here. I feel like an intelligent baby. Nobody understands me because they won't look past the surface. Typical human nature. I don't have anywhere to be so I'll just stay here. I tried to shut it all out and listen to myself. It turns out the left side of my brain is a noisy hell hole and the right side is a quiet vacuum. I tried again, this time it's classical music and Morgan Freeman's voice listing out all the reasons I should attempt suicide but not kill myself. My roommates are talking about soccer. Arguing. Noise. Food would be great right now. Goodnight.

- Twinless Gemini

VANITY CARD #4

We are all celebrities in our own rights...yeah we are!...take my humble/not so humble self...I got 146 contacts on my bbm (small compared to yours right??) ...

MEET THE NORMINEES FOR BAMS CLINICAL AWARDS 2016

Below are the Norminees for the BAMS clinical awards 2016.


Most Handsome - Niyi fagbenro...... Victor Usigbe ..... Leye Egunjobi

Most Beautiful- Feyikemi Gbolagunte ...Olamide Adetola ...Deborah oluwadiya ..Melody Akinyemi

Most sought after male - Henry Essien.....Deolu oluyemi.....Femi Aina

Most sought after female - Abigail Adebayo....deborah oluwadiya......melody akinyemi

Most sophisticated male-  Isaac Adejala....Deolu Oluyemi....Jide Oyegbile (JBlaze)

Most sophisticated female - Elizabeth Peters....Olubunmi Olumi.....Tomi Falade

Most Enterprising - Chimerema Ihebenachi.....Olubunmi Olumi....Odiri Okiti...Samuel Adegbile

Most Talented- Feyikemi Gbolagunte....Deolu Oluyemi.....Jide Oyegbile (JBlaze)

Best Personality- Moses Abu....Olumide Adebisi....Biola Akinbola

Clown of the Year - Samuel Davies....Adeife Erinfolami....Ayoyimika Okunlola (porkish)

Sports man- Adeseye Adediran..... Victor Usigbe.....Deji Ojo....Soji Otuyemi

Sports woman- Olamide Adetola.....Justina Olayinka.....Biola Akinbola

Most Fashionable/Best Dressed male - Charlse Ajayi.... Deolu Oluyemi....Jide Oyegbile (JBlaze)

Most Fashionable/Best Dressed Female- Abigail Adebayo...Damilola Adebayo....Olubunmi Olumi
                                                                ......Tope Ajao

Outstanding Student- Otabor Emmanuel..... Ladi Abimbola......Leye Egunjobi

Next rated houseofficer- Tope Ajao....Biola Akinbola....Titi Olagunju

Face Of Bams - Abigail Adebayo... Victor Usigbe... Deborrah Oluwadiya....leye Egunjobi


Award for the New Clinical students would be determined on their arrival
Voting for the above awards would commence soon ahead of the Clinical Departmental Dinner for April 16.....

More details soon

HER.

He asked "Why are you still trying?" I said "I don't want to see, I know exactly what I will, I want to act in my ignorance. I prefer the struggle, maybe it might be different,

VANITY CARD #3
"Here's to the crazy ones,  you can either quote them or disagree with them, either glorify or vilify them, but about the only thing you can't do is ignore them"- Steven Jobs.

THE END?

I see that if we stay and watch long enough, we would find our end from the beginning- when we are at the end.

FOR THE NEW YEAR...

OK, so some people would say it isn't exactly a new year anymore; regardless, happy new year. Hope your holiday was fun while it lasted; and in case you're wondering, mine was a combination of many things. Want to know why? Wellll....

MIRRORS

I do a lot of work. I'm the one they look up to but they are too lazy to emulate. I don't really care much for recognition or appreciation, it does feel good though. You might ignore the work I put in and it'd not be a bother