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10 Reasons to Love Books More than Movies

10. The silence needed to enjoy it.
9. You can rush it and still enjoy it.
8. The feel.
7. You can read it even in the desert
6. The imagination it elicits.
5. You can’t share it, at least not while reading.
4. Words entice
3. Epilogues and prologues.
2. The prefaces
1. More than images, imagination is the best of all.

10 Reasons to Love Books More than Movies was published on June 30th, 2010, with the tags , , under the Fun, Observations category. There are currently 3 comments on this article so far.

10 Reasons to Love Movies More than Books

10. The soundtracks.
9. It’s over in two hours, or three at the most.
8. The dialogue.
7. You can have it play in your iPod while you walk, jog or play.
6. The visual effects.
5. You can watch and enjoy with several people at the same time.
4. It has enticing trailers
3.  The credits.
2.  Behind the scenes.
1. An image is worth a thousand words

10 Reasons to Love Movies More than Books was published on June 30th, 2010, with the tags , , under the Fun, Observations category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.

10 Reasons to Hate the “Summer” in Nigeria

10. Mud and puddles

9. Heat

8. Noise

7. Mosquitoes

6. Elephant grass

5. Houseflies

4. NTA news  (cheeky cheeky) 🙂

3. NEPA

2. Expired imported apples

1. Dust

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10 Reasons to Hate the “Summer” in Nigeria was published on May 31st, 2010, with the tags , , under the Fun, Observations category. There are currently 4 comments on this article so far.

10 Reasons to Love the “Summer” in Nigeria

10. Rain

9. Cool evening breeze

8. Football

7. Suya

6. Little children on holidays

5. Events

4. TV shows

3. Moderate atmospheric temperature

2. Water melons, and pine apples.

1. Roasted corn and roasted plantain

10 Reasons to Love the “Summer” in Nigeria was published on May 31st, 2010, with the tags , , under the Fun, Observations category. There are currently 3 comments on this article so far.

10 Reasons to Like the Next One Year

In response to 10 Reasons to Like the Last One Year

10. Nigeria, parents, friends, family…

9. Iyan, amala, ogufe, pepper soup, palm wine, plantain chips, ewedu and gbegiri, egusi

8. France, Jos, Kenya, Ghana, Calabar, Obudu, Abuja, South Africa…

7. An exhibition of photographs.

6. A new academic degree.

5. Agbero, danfo, conductor, go slow, Third Mainland Bridge, Beere-Oje-Agbeni-Ogunpa, Agbowo UI…

4. Sunshine, heat, University swimming pool, rain, mosquito nets, “wetin you carry”, NEPA, sandals.

3. MTN, Multilinks, PHCN, Starcomms, 25-in-one pirated movie DVDs, soccer.

2. Generator, iPnx, KTravula/iGwatala, Twitter, poetry, books, prose, short stories, short films.

1. Freedom 🙂

PS: Happy Birthday Laitan. You are loved dearly. Agba ti n de o. Here’s to let you know how glad I am to have you as a kid sister. Have a splendid year. Love, KT

10 Reasons to Like the Next One Year was published on April 30th, 2010, with the tags , , , under the Observations, Soliloquy, Uncategorized category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.