YENIQUE

What has social media done for or against you? Personally I have sweet and sour tales from my social media addiction. I think by now everyone that knows me knows how addicted to the internet I am. Well online I have made sales, learnt about SMEs', I once got a PR job through instagram(that turned out awful), I have been able to express myself through writing. Social media for me has been more of a blessing than a curse. But then...there are the curses that make me check and double check when I am online. The first annoying thing that happened to me online was the job, tar@#$ put up an advert for an online PR manager and since I loved that I jumped at the offer. We argued about the pay for a while, then reached an agreement on work hours and pay. Babe breached agreement on both levels, I worked till 10pm sometimes, 12am once and I was living at least 2hours away from her studio. She was verbally abusive and damn she ended up not paying me a dime. All my efforts and little money i...

The poem itself is just a reflection of how I perceive life. I believe in an innate sixth sense, one that directs us , guides us. Often I remember those days that my heart seemingly pounded for no apparent reason only to have one exciting or sad thing happen later in the day. My body was aware and it had informed me. Watch, look, feel...after all we are African. ***********Superstition************** Listen patiently every morning All elements are speaking They tell you to move or stay The wind blows this way and that Speaking words only the sharp can understand The way the sea rolls tell a tale of do or don't An African mind should know how to forecast it's own "whether" Seat still and let the pounding of your heart The first feet you take The sound of running water Lead you home.

You are what you post!   Yes yes we hear you are what you eat, drink, say and so on, I bet though that you have not heard about being what you post. When I say post I mean on social media, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc.   By now we all should realize the world is a global village and anyone with a cellphone and as much as your phone number or Instagram id. Or even your nickname can get enough information on you that makes or mar your image.   Sometime back a colleague chatted me up pretty worried because he thought I was going through a heartbreak, I wasn’t, he however thought so because of the very gloomy pictures that I had kept using as my DP(display picture) over a couple of days. In his mind he had created an image (which was fuelled by me) of this heartbroken girl that could not hold it together she had to start posting pictures relating to her situation. Since that incident I became ever watchful of what was on my DP, I didn’t and still don...