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JUST CHATTING

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A cold evening over here in Nigeria.  Rain since afternoon, off and on. Good for me, i didn't go out much today. Lying on my bed and planning to embark on a private evening dining adventure of adding groundnut condiment to garri flakes seasoned with beverage and honey, all mixed in water and milk solution. The appropriate name is garri milkshake (my coinage) A Nigerian delicacy. Try it, you will love it.  Need to take your mind off stress and just cool off; try flowers. They work wonders on the mood. Let them be around your home and dining in abundance. Their presence, if beautiful and radiant enough, can ease your stess and enhance your mood. Why don't you try my garri milkshake or if you can't; get a cup of tea, a relaxing instrumental and view the following calming flowers. Trust me, you will momentarily forget your sorrows. Let's go.  This last one...

THE CHEF

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AGBEJA THE CHEF Agbeja is a young Kenyan man shining shoe by the roadside. He desired a better life. Being a roadside shoe shiner, he was well positioned to see all the happenings in town. He notices big cars pass and poor people going pass too. He wished he could improve his standard of living.   One day, a chef, graduate of a culinary school who had served in the offices and homes of various rich people, came to shine his shoe. The chef left after Agbeja finished work on the shoe. In the night, as Agbeja prepared  to close, he noticed a paper under the chair customers sit on while he works on their shoe. He picked it up and discovered it was the culinary school certificate of the professional chef that came for shoe shining during the day. It must have slipped from the chef's pocket while sitting on the chair. Written at the bottom of the certificate was a good comment by the owner of the school, Mrs Ajoke Onifilagogoro, saying the chef was her b...