At 21,
Lindsay Lohan was arrested for possession, transportation and usage of narcotics.
Albert Einstein graduated. I’m graduating at 21…do you guys sense a correlation here?
Michael Jackson was not looking like a cast from planet of the apes (the non-human cast)
Obasanjo joined the army. (and
Ernesto Che Guevara had spent a year in medical school. I almost bought a shirt with his picture on Saturday.
Bill Gates officially registered the Microsoft name.
Paul McCartney got a new violin…
Tiger Woods turned pro…
Julius Aghahowa (the 21-yr old version of him) had played at world cup,
Mary Onyali had already won a bronze medal… do they do “football age” in athletics?
William Shakespeare began his successful career in
Elvis Presley got his breakthrough.
Adolf Hitler settled into a house for poor working men. Yes, that’s right; the same Hitler that killed millions and whom many dogs are named after.
Chris Brown…isn’t even 21 yet. All these small children sef.
Walt Disney had started an art company that was unprofitable cos he and and his partner were inexperienced. The company was taken over by his financiers.
Rihanna is not 21 yet. Another nwata kiri.
50 cent entered a studio for the first time. I better pass am; I entered a studio at 20. Wait for my album; Get saved or die trying.
Britney Spears was ranked the world’s most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, she opened a restaurant, dumped Justin Timberlake, picked up some dude from Limp Bizkit. And I must have been the world’s most powerful non-celebrity.
On the 9th of November 2007, zeezueo hubicde naddlo aka BigHead will be 21.
(BTW those 3 unreadable words are 3 of my 4 names with the letters jumbled up. Go figure.)
Before I became 21, I had
3 blogs
A whole lot of friends
Tripped for exactly 11 girls (2 from primary school, none from secondary, 2 from SAT lessons and 7 from University).
Run 5 businesses (1 from secondary school, 4 from university) which all eventually packed up cos I spent my capital.
Chewed close to 1000 naira worth of chewing gum.
Played in less than 10 soccer matches, 1 basketball match and a quarter of a game of tennis.
Used 2 computers.
Never smoked.
Learnt how to drive and bought my first license.
3 bank accounts and 1 ATM card.
Drank a little beer and decided to stay away from alcohol in general
At 21, I hope to:
Graduate in peace
Make my first million
Get my first proper job
Get my first girlfriend
Learn a new language
At 21, I wish I could:
Get married
Get a car
Get a house
Start off my company
Make a lot more than one million naira
Get a dog
At 21, I definitely don’t want to:
Look like a cast from planet of apes
Join the army, a political party or a fraternity.
Settle into a house for poor working men
Do drugs, smoke, or drink.
21, here I come.
48 comments:
Hey, fi-irst!!!
Happy birthday in advance, dude.
Damn! 21?! That's one age i'll never smell again!!! In fact it was so long ago, i've forgotten how it smells!
All i can say by way of advice/encouragement etc is figure out what you want out of life, what you were put here for (you sound like you might have, anyway) and just go for it. Live your life like it's Platinum (forget golden). Things won't always work out the way you want them to, but don't let that discourage you. Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and just keep going. The best is yet to come...
@21, i still couldnt turn a frog into a prince(is my kiss that bad?)
@21, my hair wasnt long enough to drop down the window for my prince to climb up(my parents would have killed him)
@21, no kiss from a prince was charming enough to wake me up from my deep slumber
@21, i still didnt learn not to eat apples from strangers.
@21...sigh, i still havent let go of fairy tales...
...happy birthday in advance, already had d day marked out in my calender...saw the date on obiwannes blog.
@21 ur head would grow smaller but still function the same...
...my nieces would give u ur first real girlfriend(the fee is affordable, but then u'll be swimming in ur first million) is it a lighter one or a darker one?...lol'
...u wont become the male linsday or britney and hopefully u wont be matched with a female version of fred dust/eminem ...DYI or try any drugs, lol'
...u wont think yahooyahoo isnt so bad afterall(if u do tho, send me a check aight?)
and u'll start ur journey to achievements higher than u've ever dreamed...
ur blessings shall overflow(hopefully i'll be able to scoop some aspa i wished it for u)
so where the partyyyy at?
@undacovasista: Thanks for all the advice. I'll keep it in mind.
@fantasy queen: thanks o! for all the wishes. i'm grinning from chin to chin right here. Ur nieces have a knack for knowing fine guys; I hope same applies to fine gurls. Wats the fee? But they really should be doing charitable work. Sorry, no party o. I look forward to having one, one of these years but it seems 21 is not the year. We'll be having snacks in my office sha. Can you make it?
Happy birthday dude!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope u keep ur slate clean and dont get mixed with d world. Life is fun, tricky and u learn everyday so neva fill u know evrytin and keep ur nose clean. U'll b fine. em.. dude..wat of d cake? ( drooling!!)
@nikkisab: Cake? Come to think of it o! What of cake?
send some snacks online to me...lol.
@fantasy queen: no wahala. I'll send toothpicks and serviette too.
Happy birthday baby in advance,
but o ga o all these things for age 21? how many years do u have b4 21? (lol)
I join my faith with yours and i pray that God will bless you beyond your expectations in Jesus name
Enjoy!
Happy birthday dude, I see people beat me to it, but I was getting my hair all prettied up for the party. so where's the venue?
21 is a card game we used to play when I was your age...
@darkelcee: I didn't list too many things naa apart from the "wishes". Those are probably unattainable but the rest I will attain by God's grace.
@bumight: If yu can make it, we'll throw it in Federal Palace hotel
@chxta: wat do yu play now?
Nothing.
plus water and mineral shei? i'm not joking oh...dont think i'm 'just playing' cos i'm broke so free lunch is a yes yes...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ADVANCE.
OOPS I feel suddenly old reading this post.
Happy 21st birhday Bighead.
You failed to add that at 21 you were offered a job as a driver/bodyguard to a princess,lol!
I figured the other two names:
Donald, Chidube.
So what am i getting???:)
First off, congrats on turning 21 tomorrow...I wish you the very best as you turn 21...you sound so much like the male version of me! LOL...Anyway, I like the way you put it down, but pleaseeeeeeeeee don't get married at 21.....Serious...DEAD SERIOUS!
Hey i forgot to ask: tomorrow's Friday! Where's da parry?
get married at 21? what are you, suicidal?
@chxta: I don't envy you
@fantasy queen: Have I heard the complaint about being broke from you before?
@30+: age shouldn't bother you; its inevitable. What matters most is contentment with your achievements
@princesa: Have I gotten the job? I should be the one offering yu a job; with intelligence like yours (how the heck did yu solve the puzzle) we could build naija's next conglomerate. What do yu say?
@nyemoni: I wonder what the female version of me is like...you tell me. What's so wrong in getting married at 21? Anyway, it was just a WISH. The parri will be at your house. Abi yu don't mind
@pinocchio's lil' sis: What's wrong with that?
Happy Birthday.
21.
I had a small party when i hit that.
It was going okay until my mum walked into the party and proceeded to make a speech about how much she loved me. And how proud i made her. And How lovely she thought i was. And how much she looked forward to the next event which was me getting married..
lol.
Have fun man.
Send your parents out to watch a movie.
Omo, at @ 21 we were thinking of visiting:
a strip joint,
getting a lap dance,
a head,
and 'boning' some chicas...
Oh well, maybe u'r just a prude!
hey bro...its so awesome we share same day, and im happy about it....21 is such a great number and at 21 u have achieved all that, that is very wonderful, im proud of so, some of the things you've achieved, i'm looking forward to it, and some i have also achieved....im turning 20...i've turned 20 already, cos its 2am right now..... its nice though...will hook up once i get to naija..... will holla.....try and show some love on my blog as well.....and people...please show me some love as im writting my exams and my b'day in btw...dont i need some love? oya...forward match to Obinwanne's blog.............lol
whateva...
happy bi'day to youuuu, happy bi'day to youuuuu, happy bi'day, happy bi'day, happy bi'day to youuuuuu!(i'm singing here dude, give me some props!
Okay, today is the day. Where are you?
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Hm, funny enough, i would have been the first to post.. but i got disracted.. for 2 days.
Happy birthday! As someone who's 2 months or so til HER 21st, i must ask:
Why in the name of al things sane would you even consider marriage!?!?!?!? :)
Happy Birthday....!!!!
LOL!! You are so funny.
21 is a crazy age...I will not tell you what I did at twenty one.. (cough, cough, cough)
Just wanted to represent on your day...
NYEMONI WAS HERE!!
Happy birthday and ok o! The parry shall be at my place...
happy birthday!
where's the parri @?
hmmm let me think back to when I was 21. Aha at 21 I graduated from the university. At 21 I was still a virgin. At 21 I hadn't yet dated anyone. At 21 I went for NYSC. At 21 I became financially independent from my Parents. Ya naija government was giving me allowee then.
@carlang: I had no party and my parents were 400km away.
@nigeria politricks: I've thot of a lot of "unprude" stuff too...I didn't put them here :D
@obinwanne: yu sound really excited... I hope yu achieve everthing yu wish and more
@covertnigerian: I go beat yu o!
@fantasy queen: I'm drumming and Jimmy Hendrix is on the guitars.
@chxta: on the day, I was at work, then I went home, then sweet sensation, then back home.
@onydchic: Distracted by? When should I start considering marriage?
@pamela: I don dey suspect yu o!
@nyemoni: Thanks and sorry I couldn't make it to yur place. Yar'Adua offered Aso rock instead.
@darkelcee: Yu and parri ehnn? Dem fit use parri jazz yu o!
@ubongda: Nice achievements at 21. Did yu keep up the pace???
Really funny post.
Happy Birthday!!
Hope you had a swell time!
Holy shit...boy am I late or what? 35 comments? Ok I will trpe mine in capital letters...that should make up for it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE...21 IS GOOD..bUT BY 22 THE COMPANIES THAT WENT UNDER WILL ALL REVIVE, THE GIRLS YOU TRIPPED FOR WHO IGNORED YOU WILL COME BEGGING....WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST LOVE.
thanks for stopping by....
At 21, I think I was potty trained by then, but that's about it. Sad.
Hi bighead,
Went through my blog and say your comments, and remembered i haven't heard from you in a while, then it occurred me to search 4 u and voila, i stumbled on ur blog. Am surprised you are so young! Sure that's not your football age? Anyways, you write great. Keep it up. @ 21, what was i up to? Dreaming i would
1. graduate from the university, missed it by almost 14 months
2. write a best-seller, still haven't been able to make it to a good-seller or anything-seller for that matter
3. meet the man of my dreams - been having nightmares ever since
4. earn some money and stop asking my dad for every penny, well i almost met this, for 6 months, then i was back to square-one
u had berra update sharpish.
What is all this 'thank you', 'thank you', mail u have been sending? Na inside owambe parri you think u dey?
Well i like parri simple!
LAWLLLLLLLLLL
Enjoy
Hahaha...Happy Bday my bro. 21 will be the beginning of great things for you!
@supergirl, hopeful b,: Thanks
@afrobabe: AMEN
@one man's opinion: potty trained???
@florida: Its good to see someone who thinks I write well. Thanks for the compliment. Which man(men) is giving yu nightmares?
@darkelcee: what thank yu mail? yu and parri ehnn...yu should invite me for a few. I hope yur "he" won't vex
@solomonsydelle: thank you
Ah the great 21. was like you, graduated from UNN at 21 only to put in two more years due to a reference. i put the blame on me though. wishing you all the best.
pray tell, by the way what are the 5 businesses you ran?
awww...happy belated birthday, I like you already, my kinda guy..pretty wise for a 21 year old
@trae: My businesses will be the subject of some other post. I guess.
@zephi: Thanks for the compliment. I hope I'm not wise in words only
Hmmm princesca beat me to it virgos rock!
Ezuoeze chidube
Donald is d name i figured out
Congratulobia and continue in dis path
Make sure we tie by graduating by 21
Finishing nysc at 22
Finishing masters at 23
Marrying at 24
Finishing phd at ............need i go on?
Dont let rihanna and chris take the shine off u
Fantasy queen and neices back off o!
Ezes my sisters new bloke o?lol
Watch ur back
@jummy: na wah to yu and princesa o! Yu guys are sharp o! Decoding my names like that...
did yu actually do all that? grad, nysc, masters etc in quick succession?
I LOVE DIS POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow... now I wonder who u are.. lol...
Okay so my 21 yr reign is almost over... what have i done.... I'm going 2 steal ur concept... hehehehehe...
Okay, pls can i steal ur concept? Thanks...
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