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School gave me a solace to my depressive state of mind, I met more people, made more friends and attended more parties, but I still fet a yearning desire in my heart for some kinda companion, of the opposite gender, though I am handsome in my own right, the few girls I professed love to, always came up with the 'I am already in a relationship" stance, and I began to wonder if all girls are not already engaged from birth.. Not that I don't have many female friends though or some crushers secretly admiring me, but these girls do not just fit the specifications of the dream girlfriend I was looking for..and the ones who fit perfectly? They are always in one relationship or the other....

I was in this love cycle, until I met Princess, and my life took an interesting turnaround..

it was a new session, and a season of parties too as different organizations were setting up different parties and programmes for the freshmen to initiate them into the system of the school, as a fan of parties, I had my hands full of them and I attended the ones I could in my free time, but of all the parties in school, the Dramatic Arts Freshers party is always the best, most interesting and entertaining event,the party boasts of the highest number of the creme de la creme, and celebrities of the school, it was a general knowledge that if you are a singer in school and you haven't performed here, then you are not relevant. The organizers of this show are aware of this and every year, they up the price of the gate fee, last year it was a thousand naira, this year, it was increased by 100%. people complained but the organizers didn't budge because they know that at the end of the day, the hall will still get full and it did.

In our fiine t-shirts, trousers and sneakers to match, and covered in the scent and aura of our perfume, I and my roommates Shola and Kay went to the party and I promised myself that I will enjoy the night to the fullest cos the party fee made a very significant reduction in my little pocket money.

Our plan was definite, we go to the party, collect food two times, drink, dance and  most importantly collect 3 different girls numbers each, we agreed amongst ourselves that if we didnt get the numbers, the night would have been a waste.

The party started successfully with the usual red carpet glamour, and the renditions of upcoming artistes, games and all those pretty nice stuffs that happens at parties, it was during the rap battle, while we were sitting on white plastic chairs and nursing our drinks that Kay pointed at the far end of the hall.
"guys, look at that chick over there! Damn! The girl is hot!"
 "and she looks rich too! She is gonna be a good catch" said Shola who is always on the lookout for gold girls to dig.
I turned my head and followed the direction of their eyes and spotted the girl that was being hyped, the girl was tall of about 5.8 inches, her hair was adorned with multi colored attachments, on her hands were golden bracelets, she wore a crop top on which GUCCI was plainly written in block lines and a blue designer jeans, which I guess my 2 years pocket money will never purchase.. She would have been a beautiful lady if not for the "know it all" look on her face and the chewing gum she was chewing unabashedly. I don't like her and I made my opinion known to my friends.
"the girl looks like a spoilt kid, or even a prostitute, you will be involving yourself in a whole lot of trouble if you try to get her" I said.
"oh, shut up, how do you know that? Keep judging girls, that is why you don't have a girlfriend... " Kay said but I was not listening to him anymore because in the entrance of the hall where my eyes were glued was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen..

It looks as if life itself was paused and the girl and I were the only living things in the hall, now, this girl may not win the miss world pageant but she had a blue forget me not eyes and the figure in the blue gown she was wearing set my blood racing, her face was innocently beautiful, not that she was putting on any expensive thing, but no matter what she wore, she will still outshine her peers, her legs would make Nicki Minaj jealous and the way she gracefully walked into the hall will make Angelina Jolie green with envy. I imagined myself holding her tight and looking into her eyes and this imagination led me into a hot sweat.

I was put of my reverie by Shola
"Julius! Julius! Man, what the heck Is wrong with you? What were you thinking? "
"sorry guys I am coming back!" I said and hurriedly made my way to the girl's chair before any other overzealous guy beat me to it.

As I approached her chair, I put on my best smile and I hoped to God in heaven that I was looking my best..
"Hello, I dare say, you are the most beautiful girl in this hall"
"oh thank you " she said and smiled, her voice melodious, her smile attractive!
"make me the happiest guy in this hall, tell me your name" I smiled and sat down beside her.
"Princess, and you are?"
"Julius shitta, but let's forget about the surname " I said and she laughed.. Nice sound I wish to hear over and over again.
"so I am a law student, part 2"
"nice, dramatic arts, freshman" she said
"wow, that is nice but why did you come late to this party?"
"I actually don't feel like coming, but I changed my mind at the twelfth hour "she said smiling
"oh it is nice you are here, cos you are making my night" I said and added a wink to go with it.
"I can as well say that for you too" she said and that literally knocked me off my feet, I felt I was on top of the world.. Cloud 9 or whatever you call it.
Just then the Masters of ceremony announced Dance! Dance! Dance! And the Disc Jockey played

" gentleman " by Ric Hassani..
Hey beautiful.. Tell me what you need.....

"milady please give me this dance" I stood up, and offered my hand.
"sure " she smiled and took my hand...

And that is how our love life started..

Over the years we have shared a lot of interesting events and adventures together, I became a happier jovial guy and my friends noticed the changes, I stopped following them on their "fishing missions" at night, and my approach to life became more gentle, easy and hopeful.
Nevertheless princess did not meet all the requirements of the specifications I had drafted but who cares? When I read the details of the specifications, I believe I must have been high to have set them in the first place.
"only angels or robots could meet these ones" I remembered my friend commenting once when he saw them "better throw these specs outta your mind, it is for kids, that is not how real life works" he had added.. And somehow he had been right.
But that had been 3 years ago, I am presently in my 500 level and princess is in her final year too, both ready and preparing to get out of school and weather
the storm of life..

One sunny afternoon, Shola came into the room bursting "guys! I swear if you see the car I saw parked at our hostel car park! I swear you will bow"
"wow, what is the name of the car!" Kay asked excitedly
"guy, it is the latest Mercedes Benz A class"
They both shouted and swooned, and I wondered which kind of stuff will make two grown men start behaving as Kids like this...
"what is so special about the car? " I asked
" damn! See you, what do you know? Apart from books and princess, you need to get a life bro! " Kay, who just like throwing shades at me said with a shake of his head.
I was thinking of a good clapback when the voice of the Porter came over the P.A as clear as day
"Julius Shitta you are wanted here, Julius Shitta I repeat, your attention is needed"

As I jumped into my clothes and rushed over to the porter's side, I wondered who my visitor is, certainly not my parents, they would have informed me beforehand, or is it uncle Tunde? Or Aunty Beatrice.. I wondered as I made my way to the Porter's Lodge.

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You would have noticed that crazy trend now on Facebook for some years, in which some  users intentionally register their names incorrectly or change, edit, and customize their Facebook names or IDs to look cool, posh or trendy.. whereby you would see a guy who was named Akinola Davis from birth and has this name on all his professional certifications and IDs, would be Harkinola Darviss on Facebook, and Sandra Smith would likely be Cuteberry Smith,  although it seems harmless and just fun catching on the social media, but allow me to be a spoilsport this once (sorry please!) by saying that on the real sense of it..customizing your name on Facebook actually has its own disadvantages which you might find costly at the end of the day.. Let's get into it..

It could lose you a job : Do you know that customizing your name on Facebook could lose you a sweet deal or a job?

There have been cases of many job applicants whose applications letters have been reportedly thrown into the trash can because the Hiring Firms crosschecked the applicants contacts and their Social media profiles and because of the inconsistency, they were rejected. Nowadays Firms run  background check on their prospective employees just to get little or no information about them, and  your Facebook account is one of those things they use to judge your character, know things about you, your level of seriousness etc ,and it all starts from your Facebook ID.
Although not all Recruiting agencies or companies do this, but you don't want to take that chance of not getting your dream job, because of just a harmless Facebook customized name.. I will enjoin you to treat your Facebook Profile professionally like your LinkedIn profile.


The Idea behind Facebook itself : Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook to be an avenue where people could connect with each other and most especially  reunite people that have lost contacts. there are many of your colleagues and friends whom might have lost your contact details and would like to reach you, their main destination would be Facebook, where they d hoped to search your real name and hook up with you, now if you had spelt your name wrongly or changed your Facebook name, they might not be able to get to your account,  then the  purpose of having an account on Facebook would have been defeated..

A guy once shared a testimony on how his old time friend was able to link him for a job in his company. his story goes thus " my friend, who knew that I could do a certain task with ease then in the school days, remembered my name when the opportunity came up, But we have lost contacts then, he was able to get me tracked via my facebook. if I had used funny name like "horpheyemi, Holuwhathobi, Wizdaddy etc. what will have become of me" 

For your friends, your loved ones, your colleagues to  find you on Facebook with ease, Your Real Name is key.

It is not professional : Customizing your Facebook Name is not professional as it makes you look like (let's be frank)  an unserious fellow who still has a lot to learn, it is not allowed and advisable in the corporate world and you could look bad to your prospective clients or partners If they checked your facebook profile,and your names are spelled wrongly.

It makes your Facebook Account looks phoney : Having a customized or fake Name on your facebook profile makes your  account appears fake and not trustworthy since cyber fraudsters who prowl social media  especially Facebook creates fake  accounts with a fake  name to swindle and dupe the unsuspecting public.Having or operating  a Fake Social media Profile is considered Illegal in many parts of the world and may carry big punishments

You may just get arrested for it : This is quite funny but it happens.  In stricter societies and under stringent measures, you may get arrested or detained if the name on your identification card does not correlate with the one on your social media handles particularly facebook, especially in countries where there are rampant cases of cyber Fraud, for instance,  in Nigeria,   you could be detained by SARS (a department of the Nigerian Police Force) if the name on your ID card  does not correlate with the one on your social media profiles thereby suggesting cyber fraud..

So there you have it pals, is customizing your Facebook name worth it after all? 

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I love to see your view and comment... Have you ever lost a job, or a deal because of a customized facebook username? or perhaps you have been detained because of one.. tell me about it. 

Teenagers worry about a lot of things as they progress into the maturity stage, their worries and problems can be linked to the environment they found themselves . But in this article, I will be writing on the four common worries every teenager from the ages of 13 - 19 in all walks of life can relate with.. And I will be listing it in their order of importance in the teen's heart..mind you this list is based on personal researches and observations, your own views might be  different, don't hesistate to add yours by using the comment box, ..

1. Boyfriend/ girlfriend ; This is the first important issue a teen worries about. The teen start getting attracted to the opposite sex, and would want to start a relationship with him/her, this is where wooing comes to place

A teen could also be induced by peer pressure to get a boyfriend or girlfriend, when his /her friends are boasting and showing off their partners.

Different programmes like prom night, couple's events also add to the excitement and eagerness of getting   a boyfriend/ girlfriend.




2. Looks: after getting attracted to the opposite sex, teenagers worry about their looks, their physique and physical appearance, the lucky ones who got boyfriends and girlfriends would want to improve their looks so that they could be a match for their partners while the ones who didn't would attribute the failure to their looks and would try to improve it too..this is a stage where a guy or girl is aware of his/her good looks and would want to use it to his/her advantage.
Girls worry about their maturity stage and the physical attributes that comes with it..

Their busts

 they worry about the looks they get when walking on the road, 

they compare with their friends 

They worry about when they would get big sizes just like their moms.

Their slim bodies:

 they  admire and want the slim sexy bodies of the various female celebrities they see on magazines, TV shows etc .

Figure 8. 

 girls are aware boys love this special curvy quality in a lady and they sought after it.it becomes a source of worry to them when they aren't acheiving their goal.




Boys  worry about :

Their haircut
Their moustache
Six packs



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3. Money: teenagers want to improve their looks with good creams, gyms and nice clothes, they found out these good things of life cost money and their next line of worry is money, apart from improving their looks with money, they also need cash to keep their boyfriends and girlfriends , go out on shopping sprees etc, this worry and feeling is great especially when there is a rich kid in school who shows off his parent's wealth, a club where only rich and famous students are members , a party where only the wealthy and important students are allowed in etc.

Teenagers would request for more pocket money from their parents, some would opt for having their own private bank accounts

While  some teenagers who have no rich parents or relations would go to the extra mile of working during summer holidays ,so that they can  save up and spend during school days.


4. Grades : since success has many friends and the common way success is measured in schools is through grades and scores of students, teenagers worry about the scores and grades they get in school, they want to be the best in their department so that they can be duly recognized and reckoned with in the school, they also found out good grades is an encouragement for parents and wards to give out more money so they sought after it..

Some also  desire good grades to get the goodwill of teachers or lecturers, since it has its advantages.

Teens who couldn't afford rich and expensive things would try to meet up in brains, rich teens who could afford expensive things would want to improve their status among their mates and they would befriend the smart ones in the school so that they could be helped during examinations, and they would reciprocate by giving them money, gifts etc