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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
I know you're very smart but don't count your chickens before they hatch
I had never felt so worthless. She kept rattling on about what she was going to do, buy, and explore by the time she got to the United States that my eardrums began to ache from…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
What else could be called the Domino Effect?
Who would have believed that Robert Finley would one day taste like dirt on our lips? source I grew up watching my parents being the most lovingly annoying couple there…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
How do you think the world will be different in 30 years?
With the way everything is changing on a daily basis, it is quite difficult to truly ascertain what this world would be like soon, but as I stood with my face to my window and my…
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iskawrites (69)in Digital Lifestyle • last year
Technology Solved My Writing Problem
The first time I took a peek at an Android phone I knew I wanted one. To me, then, it was the best invention that anyone could have produced and the fact that my mother owned one…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Assumptions are the first path to barking up the wrong trees
I was too sure that I recognized those symptoms. She kept running to the toilet to stool and when she returned, she lay down on the bed covering herself with the printed Ankara…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Things are not always what they seem
He stood at the river bank and silently cursed the day he knew Harod. Five hundred years of servitude to his great-great-grandfather, great grand father, grand father, and then…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
Please learn to drink in moderation
I don't think I have seen a more perfect description of embarrassment. I went over to my girlfriend's place to celebrate with her family since she called me that her father just…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Have you ever lost a friendship that meant a lot to you?
There is a certain loneliness that comes with losing friends during adulthood. Sometimes you just outgrow them and other times your values change with time and you people have to…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
The two should work hand in hand
Deciding which would be a better way to stay in shape is tricky but for me, dieting is a no-no. I believe everything should have a balance, while it is a no for me to deprive…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
My village people were out to take their pound of flesh
I woke up to a throbbing headache. The day before, it seemed that everything was working against me and I didn't just know what to do. I know that disappointments come from time…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
Every content has its own audience - monitor your child's social media activity
When it comes to censorship and kids, the parents own the job. I understand that the social media space is a vast environment and most of the time parents are not around to see…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Never say never
She couldn't believe she was coming back. Maria de Laura collected her bags from the luggage carousel and as she walked toward the exit, she wished there was someone outside…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
Poverty is a mindset - The rich should not be punished for thinking differently
If you're a good businessman, money will multiply in your hands and there's no stopping that. I don't know if a man can control how much he makes, especially from a thriving…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
How did you get your first job?
I didn't have to go looking for a job. I was seated on the balcony of the two-bedroom bungalow where my mom lived, holding up my hands for young Kelechi to use as his abacus…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
The fuel hike has affected transportation badly
Almost every day when I go out, transportation is at a different price from the previous day. It has become even worse now that drivers have taken to increasing the cost of…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Through thick & thin
Ever since the both of us met, we've been inseparable. The first time was at school. She had this checked red and green jacket on with her hair divided into two small afro cuts.…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
Ah-ha!
A kindagerten instructor for ten years. That was enough reputation to make her the least likely suspect but every time Rowan looked at the gruesome pictures before him, it was…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
Is it really necessary to serve one's country?
The mandatory service in my country is the National Youth Service Corps, widely referred to as NYSC. Every Nigerian is aware that once a person is done with the higher…
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iskawrites (69)in The Ink Well • last year
What do you consider one of the best days you can remember?
I know that on more occasions than not, life doesn't go as planned but every time my life goes as planned, positively, I take that into record as one of the best days of my life.…
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iskawrites (69)Verified Nigeria in Hive Learners • last year
It gets weaker but I will try to work on it
I do not believe an individual is limited to one weak point but oftentimes there is this one which is more pronounced and which causes one to default most of the time. For me, it…
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