AKIN IS DEAD

I woke this Friday morning and sought to quickly do what had become a ritual for me (and a zillion other BlackBerry users), update my pm and change dp with the customary TGIF (Thank God Its Friday), and then the call came in on my curve 9320… the caller id revealed that it was my friend and course-mate, so when he asked “Deji, are you awake? I answered yes irritatedly as I normally always assume that only a foolish person would ask such a question. I mean, would I answer if I was sleeping?

Unbeknownst to me, he wasn’t foolish rather he needed to ascertain my state of mind before dropping his bombshell…then he said it “Akin is dead.”

My heart skipped a beat; I could feel my balls shrink in my scrotum, the cold that crept right through me would have chilled a Pepsi in the Sahara. Then I did what the average human does, I denied the truth. It’s a lie I said, although I knew that he wouldn’t call me to prank me, he wasn’t the type.  Two hours and several phone calls later, we were tearing down Ikorodu road in two cabs as we sought to evidence the truth ourselves. As I sat in the cab and stared out at the passing freeway, the truth hit me right in the face, literally (Actually, it was a newspaper centre spread from a danfo that escaped its reader that hit me in the face), THE WORLD WE LIVE IN!!!

When I decided to write this morning, I was going to write about love, and money and girls and every good thing I craved. But, all that paled into insignificance in a second as those words escaped my friend’s lips. I can talk about the great game of soccer and last week’s fixtures, the rebirth (for a 1000^th time ) of Fernando Torres, the injury to Bale, the drought that has befallen RVP, and many other key talking points.

I can talk about the madness and disgraceful act of unilag students as they ambushed Wizkid for money after the Pepsi Campus Challenge last night, the fact that Mr. Byno is now the new Pepsi ambassador, or that we might just be witnessing the making of another celebrity in unilag.

I can talk about the soon to be released “The Gods are still not to be blamed” movie by Funke Akindele-Oloyede, the military stand-off that is brewing in Asia between North and South Korea and how the United States features in that particular situation.

There is so much I wanted to discuss, but all I was really compelled to say was the truth!  The truth is YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!!!!!

There, I said it, not surprised? You’ve heard it before? So? It is still the truth!  My father once said, “Only few live, many of us exist.” Are you living or existing?

Please drop your comments on what you think is living and what you think existing is in the comments box below….next week I would respond to your comments with my opinion and views on them. Till then @hastag_dz_pm wishes you a wonderful week….