Monday, November 24, 2008
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After a long, very long day
The night comes Elopes with the breath Bids farewell to the poor body It ceases taking care of itself It’s another man’s job Upon exit Eulogy becomes the reigning song “He’s nice! It shouldn’t be him” Who should it be? Their eyes grow misty …The priest would say No amount of tears can revive him You cannot survive without him Here’s the best time to let him know; Go with him! This message like a knob Turns down the volume of their ear-splitting squall Squall borne out of fear Fear, they’ll wear his shoes someday To every man It remains a lump of gristle Not to be cherished Like a tantalising meal of no blemish Cherish? A man appears in his ceremonial outfit; Sprawl in a glorified box Get compliment, salutes from folks Mute he is Six feet below the surface of the soil Descended into a one-man apartment Dust to dust…they’ll say Adieu, off they go Ever wondered the shades of birth and death This moment he came Celebrated like he’s immortal Another we see him scud Form our illusions and dreams He’s only paying his debt before us Alas! We shall not always be here.
Monday, October 27, 2008
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A picture of a tragic anecdote after sunset
Pandemonium erupts like the unpremeditated wind in the vacation
The heavy downpour after the wind hits the ground
Like the furious parades of the battalions
Frequent strikes of the thunder disturb the serenity of the night
So heavy was the rain the stars fell with it
Cowardice and timidity reign
A good lullaby will not make an infant go to sleep
Oh! This is the longest night I have lived to witness
We wait the dawn endlessly with enthusiasm
The long expected dawn came unexpectedly
Almost welcoming it with chanting and dancing
Still oblivious of the news it brought
The oddity in the air seems too obvious
The nostril of a vulture is not needed to perceive one
Like a flash news it came to us;
An adventurous friend slipped last night
Friends, folks and even foes inquire
Did he go out hunting for misery?
This is not the time to scold
But to concertedly get him back on his feet
The weird night is gone
But the shriek of pain left behind lingers
Monday, October 20, 2008
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So respectable, so adorable
A priest of great charisma
He discusses nothing except the teachings of the bible
A mentor; an exemplary leader
Faultless in appearance
A man of good age
Yet strong and balance
He lives with the prestige of the pilgrimage
He’s never married
He’s addicted to sermonizing and praying
A committed servant of the creed
Yet never looked as if he needed a thing
Sadly our celibate priest is diagnosed with herpes
Swiftly he reacts
I do not indulge in unprotected sex
What does this suggests?
Monday, September 1, 2008
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Upon the clarion call
We left the shore
Touch miles
Take a shed under another man’s sky
To humanity – we serve
For man-ity, we starve
The chorus is unity is in diversity
Concocted with flurry of activities
With the cacophonic sound of the beagle
We prance to the music of struggle
For our Spartan, sweat-soaked khaki
We clinch the almighty allowee
Tomorrow we’ll journey through a friendlier sun
Merry sadly like a newly freed pawn
We’ll hurry, but cannot outrun the sun
Our part we fulfilled, now the nation’s
As a day climbs on another
We cannot but pray for good weather
'Dare Idowu
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Guinness World Records has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines.
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Bao, who stands at 7 feet, 8.95 inches, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk, who is 8 feet 5.5 inches tall, Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, told Reuters.
While Bao has been measured by Guinness, which required him to be measured six times in one day -- both standing and lying down -- Stadnyk has refused. His title was awarded based on a statement from his doctor.
"We realized there was such interest and excitement in these categories to do with height that it was too important a category for us to leave it to a doctor alone," Glenday said. "So we decided to tighten things up completely to make sure there was no doubt."
Glenday said Guinness had been asking Stadnyk since about 2004 -- when the organization first heard of him -- if they could measure him, offering to fly officials to the Ukraine or fly him to Britain.
"He has gone on record saying he doesn't want to be bothered. Basically he doesn't want the fame and publicity that comes with being the world's tallest man," he said. "Whether or not that's the real reason ... I'm not sure, but that's what he's told us."
Stadnyk, who lives with his mother in a tiny village in central Ukraine, told Reuters last year he doesn't "need glory. I just want a normal life under normal conditions."
MORE BURDEN THAN BLESSING
Stadnyk said he sees his height more as a burden than a blessing, saying "the world is built for medium-sized people." He and his mother were living off a pension of about $100 a month and whatever else they earn from growing tomatoes and cucumbers and raising chickens, cows and pigs.
Bao, however, loves the publicity that came with his title and "was a bit gutted" when he found out he had lost it to Stadnyk, Glenday said. The Inner Mongolian livestock herder has not yet learned he is again officially the world's tallest.
Bao is recrowned in the Guinness World Records 2009 edition, which will be released on September 17.
"He was a bit of a recluse. He looked after goats. Then the fame that he got from being a Guinness World Record holder meant that he found himself a wife, his life improved," said Glenday, adding that Bao and his 5 foot 6 inch (1.68 meter) wife are expecting a baby later this year.
Bao hires himself out for publicity stunts and his wedding last year was sponsored by at least 15 companies. In December 2006, Bao saved the lives of two dolphins by reaching deep into their stomachs with his 3.47-foot (1.06-metre) long arm to pull out pieces of plastic, according to Chinese media.
Bao reached his height in a seven-year spurt that began in his teens which doctors have yet to explain, according to Guinness, while Glenday said Stadnyk's growth is said to have been caused by a tumor on his pituitary gland that stimulated over-production of a growth hormone.
The tallest man on record was Robert Wadlow from Alton, Illinois, who measured 8 feet 11 inches and died in 1940, according to Guinness World Records.
Guinness has also crowned a new shortest man under the new rules -- He Ping Ping, who stands 2 feet 5.37 inches (74.61 centimeters) tall and lives just a few hundred miles from Bao in Inner Mongolia, Glenday said.
Monday, August 18, 2008
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Chelsea's Michael Essien has signed a new five-year deal - following keeper Peter Cech and defender Wayne Bridge in committing his future to the club. The Ghana midfielder, 25, has been a major success since joining Chelsea from Lyon for £24m in 2005. He said: "I am very happy here. We have a great team and fantastic fans who have always made me welcome. "With the addition of the new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, I am feeling very positive about the season ahead." It was revealed on Monday that Cech had signed a five-year deal the Blues, while Bridge put pen to paper on a new four-year contract last week. Scolari, who has had to endure much speculation about the future of midfielder Frank Lampard since taking over as Chelsea manager this month, is delighted that Essien has pledged his future to the London club. "I have not been here long but it is clear to me that Michael Essien is one of the best midfield players in the world," stated the former Portugal boss. "I have always admired him and it is good news for me and for Chelsea that he signs for so long."
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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JOHN HIS MARKS, GET SET...
Posted on: Wed 16 Jul 2008
A week into his return to pre-season training and just days away from the first match action in China, John Mikel Obi is feeling good.
Even with some of the youngest legs in the squad, our 21-year-old midfielder is feeling the benefit of several days worth of double sessions, as well as little decline in fitness over a short holiday that for the Nigerian, only started on 22 June.
While Euro 2008 was hogging the limelight, Africa was quietly going about its World Cup qualification way, with four matches in rapid succession for each nation. One result was Nigeria becoming the first to make it through to the second qualifying stage.
'I am very happy we won all our games and now we have a very good chance to qualify for the World Cup,' Mikel says as he looks back to last month.
'We went through very quickly. Winning all four is not easy but the goals kept coming and we had great games. I was sick for one game, with malaria,
but then I recovered, came back to training and in for 30 minutes of the last game.'
Included in the sequence of wins over Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone was one over South Africa, the scheduled hosts of the 2010 World Cup despite lingering speculation there could still be a change of venue.
'The South African people are confident it is going to be held there,' reckons Mikel. 'That is going to be good for the African countries especially but first we have to make sure we get there.
'It is going to a great tournament, it is the dream of everyone to play in a World Cup and it would be my first so hopefully we make it.'
'I got a few days holiday after the qualifiers,' he reports.
'I went to see my family and when I was at home, I was watching the Euros. All credit to Spain, they played very good football and they deserved to win it.
'Since then I have been working my socks off. Pre-season has been really different, we have been doing a lot of running but it is good, it gets you ready mentally and physically.'
This is his third pre-season at Chelsea but unlike the two previous, he will be jetting east rather than to the USA for match practice.
'I haven't been to China or Malaysia and the culture there is different so I can't wait to see it and experience it.
'I know they love football a lot so we have to make sure we give them what they want to see.'
Monday, July 14, 2008
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