The Shy Medic

·  . Yet another article about the internet *face palms with a wink*. If you haven't checked my first post about the internet, what are you waiting for 😱 ? Be rest assured I got you covered, click  here to go. To become global with your business, art, talent, opinions, or even your personal life, the internet is the one and only channel. The universe is as good as it is bad, all you need is to brace yourself for whichever side is dished to you. From picture sharing to video sharing platforms to microblogging sites, to news sites, to online business, the internet is a mega dose of the major parts of our lives. Back in secondary school when there were argumentative essays about the good or bad of the internet, I'd always opted for the former because everyone said it was a good place. Recently I beg to differ from my old view as I consider neutrality as the gold- the internet has marred as well as made. This is an unseen picture of the mouths of...

The first time I was poignant while writing, as much as my memory serves me, was when I wrote a letter to my childhood friend that left the country; the second time...is while I write this. Want to know why? Then let's go through the next few paragraphs together! There's at least one person that goes by the title of our friend, be it mutual or not, be it admitted or not, we're either someone's friend or they, ours. I've been privileged to live for some two decades, and in these years of living I have realised that friendships have now become associations rather than a mutual affection. I might sound a bit too traditional or like some would say, not 21st century-minded, but the fact that this relationship which is the realest in this small world is getting reduced to all sorts of mediocrity is despicable. This post is far from being a preacher, but I just think it necessary to let you be aware that there are still people in an organic friendship, and not the...

Imagine a world without Facebook in it...*shuts eye and shakes head vigorously as I cannot imagine* In 2012 when I accepted the Terms and Conditions without reading a single line of it, my joy knew no bounds- I could use the internet beyond Google search and I could go to the internet cafe regularly for school "assignments". I sent friend requests, accepted random requests, poked friends, stalked my crush, liked pages, mentioned that I watched Hannah Montana in my bio which I never watched except that I heard the rich kids of my class talked about it, I mentioned that I played basketball which I would later try for the first time in my second year in uni * laughs at myself hysterically* , I mentioned all the books and "classy" movies I read and watched at the time of signup, and I wrote all the quotes from my old diary to describe who I was. That was my painstaking pre-pubertal launch into the world of social media! Few years later, there would be a debate...

Being out of Nigeria, you get lots of reality checks, especially being a first time traveller, WiFi being one of the tops. It's no news that WiFi owners in our dear country secure their connection under heavy guidance of unfathomable passwords, leaving poor internet users like me who wish to watch YouTube videos at the cruel hands of our 10-megabyte data. So going to Europe as an international student, you spend the first few months watching videos like no tomorrow, you play video games with no mercy, install and uninstall apps at will, stream unnecessary live videos, basically torturing the internet that tortured you back home. All these will soon stop when school starts and you have to 'not carry last' as a Naija person. Having 'white' friends is the dream of 80% of Nigerian students who travel abroad, if not how else do friends and family know that you're 'in the abroad'? Everyone is white as long as they don't have melanin donning their skin...