Saturday, 11 July 2015

Social Intelligence










NAME : SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

AUTHOR : DANIEL GOLEMAN (PhD)

YEAR PUBLISHED : 2006

A.D RATING : 9/10

 


A.D REVIEW : I stumbled upon this one at my boss' apartment and decided to give it a try (I mean the title sounded a little serious). 2 years on and I still relish the images it passed on to me. It's a fantastic read really, I kept flipping the pages because I couldn't help being engrossed.
I suggest you race to that bookshop near you and get a copy, it is highly educating and detailed.

Welcome to The Bookstore


Hello reader,
It is a privilege to have you (yes you reading this) view this page. I do appreciate you considering this worth your time and so without further delay, I welcome you to The Bookstore.



The Bookstore is a brand new feature that commenced on 03/07/2015 to mark the second anniversary of #AntoinesDESK.
With an aim to not just recommending good reads that assist us in understanding various fields of life; but also to challenge and fill our minds with an unending desire to aspire for greatness. It promises to excite book lovers with fascinating books which inspire and reach deep for the soul.

So my advice? Fasten that seat belt and get ready to breakaway from societal norms and make the best of what life has to offer.

Thank you once again for lending your eyes to the efforts of my hands.

Friday, 10 July 2015

50...

Fifty...
You might want to add Cent
Or maybe Shades of Grey...
But hey, I'm only trying to be witty.

Fifty...
A lot of money spent on beef;
I'm not trying to be a word player
But I'd love to be at a FIFA gala night.

Fifty...
A real man of steel
But he couldn't take 50,
9 was what could heal.

Enough! Game over!
And I apologize for going undercover
But the happiness that I feel
Is the reason for all of this.

A Golden Jubilee is 50
and today you have grossed one;
Only take away 97
And then plus one.



My mother, My friend
For long I have prayed
That the pains of my labour
Will never be in vain!

Today, you clock 50
Thank God for your life.
Long live your enemies
To continue to see you alive!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

What is Love ?

What is Love?
A joke? A feeling? An act?
Where do I find Love?
On a road trip? The internet? Maybe high up in the clouds?
I'm curious and willing to die like the cat...

*  8674
For you, I will go poor
A love so pure
I don't need a cure
** 0414
For you, I will go poor
You can be my Thor 
And I'll gladly be your whore


Do enemies become friends? Maybe in storybooks
Cause I never saw Tom pat Jerry in the cartoons


*** 3216
Got caught up in the mix
A broken heart
But somehow got fixed
       3216
I could write you a whole disk
Already are lovers
Now be Precious & I'll be your Chix.


I have a neighbor whom I called wasted waist and she didn't like me either
A skinny rastafarian was clearly not her taste.
I never went to her room nor she to mine
cause our differences were so clear we never really got along.
3 months ago, she told me her perception of me was 
a young foolish boy always trying too much to feel among...

Today, she writes for me and I for her although I've tried several times to understand how and why?
I mean she never was a writer, now she writes like all her life she's spent writing.



What is Love?
Definitely acts of oversize stupidity? or a crazy kind of feeling?
I'll leave you to decide.
And where I found Love? Under that neighbor's purple and pink Ceiling.

I hope this is not too little, cause you deserve all the good things that I can give you and as time continues to fly, I can only hope you and I continue to continue cause as long as you're here, I'm near and forget about the trolls cause people will always be people so let them talk and continue to stalk until they discover where we're headed. Then they'll know better and take a walk cause our story is one that we believe will be written but not in chalk. I love you from the bottom of my heart up till its top and I'm not saying that we're the best there is but it feels good knowing that we're not quitting our quest for perfection because a man is the one who creates his own future so If we don't give up today then we're certain that there will be a tomorrow.
I love you and I pray us more joy and lesser sorrow.

* The last four digits of my phone number
** The day wasted waist and the foolish boy had their first real conversation (April 14th)
*** The last four digits of her phone number
(Precious and Chix just happen to be bestfriends)