Bye Bye Blogger.

Hey good people.

I should have done this a few days ago.

After my last post, I decided to move my blog to WordPress.

It's much easier to use than Blogger, settings are very customizable to user preferences and commenting is easier for readers.

No, this is not an advert for WordPress. I just happen to really prefer it to blogger.

Anyways, I moved over last week. So if you follow this blog, there'll be no more posts here, and at the end of the month, it'll be shut down.

If you've followed me here, please feel free to follow on WordPress as well. You don't need to have a WordPress id. You can simply subscribe to get emails when I put up a new post. Easy as pie. :)

http://thecapoeirapanda.wordpress.com/

I already have a new post up there called "Social Media Illiteracy".

Thanks y'all.

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The Morning's Musings: No Halfways Allowed

7:00 AM

*Playing on repeat* Push It To The Limit - Rick Ross

Hey there. So if you've been following my blog for a bit, or curiosity made you read every post like some people I know *SideEye*, you'll have noticed that I haven't done any Morning Musing for a while. But I guess today my brain kicked in early again.

So for a few years, I've watched myself slowly get outta shape. All the training that Capoeira rigorously beat into me slowly bled out. Till the point where I was going from being the CapoeiraPanda, to just being a fat, lazy, Panda.

But in the last few weeks, a little awakening, among other incentives, made me start working out again. But I'm taking it slow. Working on jogging alone. Along with other fat burning workouts.

And since I started, I've been observing myself. Days when I go and go, I get better. And when I quit, and lag for a lil bit, I don't just get worse, it's even harder to get back to the level I thought I had gotten to.

Even when I'm running. I've realized that it's better, to keep running. Keep pushing that stressful pace, than to slow down to "rest a little". Because even if, like me, your rest means a slow trot, and not necessarily stopping, gearing back up into running again will be difficult, and really stressful on your body.

Here's what I've learned from that.

I think, the very fact that our bodies complain when we do that, even though we're making the excuse that it's actually for the sake of our bodies, shows that we're not meant to push halfways. The point of working yourself to be better, is to go all the way at it. Make sure that in every thing you do, the effort is 100%.

And I know it gets hard. Nothing in life is ever easy. My latest slogan is "Weakness Compels Strength". (Adapted from Raizo's sensei in Ninja Assassin)

For me, it says that it's ok to be weak. And if you work at it, from that weakness can emerge strength that'd amaze even you. So keep at it. The weakness in you will call strength forth.

But its all or nothing.

Don't stop till you hit the end. Push till you can't push anymore. Then push some more. I know that's what I'm gonna do.

Like the opening song of the Boondocks says: "I'm a remain a soldier till the war is won."

Have a good day peoples.

P.S. I'm thinking of moving this blog to WordPress. It looks a bit better to work with than Blogger. I'd appreciate opinions. Thanks.

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All Women Are ****, All Men Are ****

"All women are sluts."

"All men are dogs"

"Women can fake an orgasm, guys can fake a whole relationship"

"Men tell the most lies. Women tell the worst lies."

"All a woman is interested in is money."

"All a man is interested in is pussy."

I think I'm finally sick & tired of all the finger pointing across the genders.

All my life, I've heard guys and girls say these things. And it's always been a tough pill for me to swallow.

If every guy is only about tapping that, then why do people get married? How do they tie the guy down?

If every woman is just about money, then why are there good women out there who support their men. Women who hold it down and earn respect from everyone?

I've come to the point where I really don't understand it anymore. I know a girl who actually had a very good man, and still allowed stupidity to leak out of her head & say "all men are dogs." What was even funnier about it was that her boyfriend heard her say it. I could see that it hurt him, but he just kept quiet. I wasn't the least bit surprised when I heard that the dude had dumped her a few weeks later.

When that happened, the silly child was then attributing her loss to the "evil nature of men". Refusing to understand that it was her losing attitude that made her lose a good thing. It was just easier to sit over a tub of ice cream with her ridiculous friends and bash at every living male creature.

Guys do it as well. Going around with that "women just want money" attitude. You treat a woman like she can be bought, & she'll either behave that way, or she'll leave you cos your money isn't important to her.

Don't get me wrong. I'm in no way naive.

I know some people have had bad experiences. I know some people have lost out & ended up with their hearts broken in multiple places. Till the point where they'd prefer a broken neck to another broken heart (Amir Sulaiman).

I'm not saying that the bad ones aren't out there. Believe me, I've seen my fair share of assholes.

I have a very good friend that has already said he's still gonna be sleeping about when he's married (the fact that he's my friend, doesn't make this attitude any less disgusting to me).

I've seen a girl walk out of her hostel, while telling her boyfriend on the phone how she can't come out cos she's got cramps, and come kiss (and later go home with) my friend who she'd just met that morning.

I know there are plenty messed up people.

But is everyone like that?

Should we make the entire populace of humanity suffer for the evil of some people, even though they may be in the majority?

And what's even more irritating, is when the person talking isn't clean themselves. Like when a girl that cheats on her boyfriend opens her mouth & says "all men cheat." Of course they do. With people like you.

By nature, I'm usually quite pessimistic. But I've learned that keeping this attitude never helps.

Yes, there are many messed up men and women out there. But approaching life with a defense mechanism ensures that not only do the bad people get locked out, but so do the good. 

It's a really bad thing when you've gotten so used to losing, that you give up all hope of ever winning.

A few years ago, I wrote a note on Facebook asking who started this whole chain of distrust among men & women. But now, I've come to realize that asking ourselves "whodunit" is really just a considerable waste of energy. So is judging everyone based on what someone else has done to you, or even worse, judging based on the experience of others.

We need to remember that to every rule there is an exception. Not every guy is a dog, and not every woman is a money grubbing slut. And constantly saying to yourself that all men are dogs, will eventually result in your life resembling a kernel. And living with the belief that all women are sluts will result in your life resembling a brothel.

I remember in "Why Did I Get Married?", when whatshisface told whatsherface: "you're so used to losing, you don't even realize you've won." Well, that's how I feel about all this.

Laide put up a post recently, called "What She's Thinking, What He's Thinking." It kinda painted guys in a really bad light. I took it P, and I was gonna write a response called "What He's Thinking, What She's Thinking.", to show that there was a flip side to the coin. But half way through, I realized that all I was doing was pointing fingers. And that really wasn't the point that I should've been looking at.

I guess that is where everything boils down to. There are a lot of assholes (male and female) in the world at large. But living your life thinking everybody's like that, will only have you consistently getting what you expect.

I don't expect you to accept every Tom, Jane & Kafayat without at least a pinch of salt, but try to keep in mind that there's still some good people left in the world, and don't chase them away or hurt them by poking your finger in their eye as you point out the evil nature of men/women. Or you'll lose out. We'll all lose out on the good we could win. Then what'll we be? Just a bunch of bitter men and women that'll pass on this doctrine of stupidity to out kids?

I most definitely hope not.

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Where Loyalties Lie.

Good morning peoples. Hope y'all had a good weekend. Last few days of the first quarter of the year. Hope you've achieved your goals so far.

But that ain't what this is about.

Anyways.

On Saturday, a friend of mine im'd me, crying S. O. S. Another guy was on her case, claiming love from the moon, asking her out.... all that stuff. Dude was even being all possessive self. Over babe that have not even agree for him. Was quite a funny situation. But from the way she put it out to me, it seemed like the dude was really feeling her. But knowing that with all human beings, things aren't always the way they seem, she wanted my advice about him. Apparently, he was someone I knew.

Here's a snippet of the conversation:

Panda: "What's the dude's name?"

Friend: "He says his name is John Thomas." /*obviously, his name isn't John Thomas*\

Panda: "Babe, stay away from that dude."

Friend: "But why? What's the matter?"

Panda: "I know that dude very well, and you're too important to me not to warn you away from him. Babe, if you don't want wahala, just stay away from him."

Now in truth, I know that dude very well. In fact, some would say he's my guy. You know all those your guys that you refuse to allow near your sisters? He's one of those guys.

So I told her to stay away from him.

But another of my friends saw my im conversation, and tackled me about it, saying I was being a "cock blocker". And I should have been loyal to my guy, in the spirit of "bros over hoes", it's possible that he could actually really like her, and she could've been the one to change him...and all that stuff.

So I'm throwing it out. Did I do the right thing? And if it was you, what would you have done?

Would you leave things to chance, where your friend's heart is concerned?

Would you be loyal to your paddie and all that stuff?

Let's have it.

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Nighttime Reflections

9:33 PM

Thanks to the rain, power got knocked out. So I'm lying on my bed in the dark. Glo started misbehaving with the rain, so I switched to MTN....and the way it's going, this switch may just become permanent.

Anyways, so since I can't really do much in the dark, I guess all I can do is reflect over the day sha ...

It's funny how things turn out, and how we learn about our faults.

Today, my new roommate and I had a bit of a fight. I got pissed over something he'd done, & decided to take him on about it. Little did I know that he'd had his own grievances piles up against me. And as I started vexing at him, the dude immediately set shit straight, and let me have it.

As he was vexing, I realized that he was right. I'd been wrong. And what I was vexing about was just ridiculous & bitchy really. So, I tried to settle things... but well, looks like dude's mind is set. He's the one now behaving like a babe that's vexing and not wanting to say anything.

Anyways, what's the point of this? I guess it's just kinda hard to look at yourself sometimes, and say; "dude, you dey fuck up." But I kinda had to do that today.

Obviously, I didn't say this to my roommate, but I'll set things straight again. I hope.

This is one reason I hate having roommates. I like the solitude that comes with being alone. And I guess having that in some form or fashion in the last semester kinda spoiled me...

Anyways ...that's basically all that's running through this Maverick's mind....

By the way, if you get the chance, check out http://slimsiren.blogspot.com/

This babe just started blogging, but I think I like the way her mind works...give her a follow k?

K then...

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Things These Girls Do...

So... as everybody knows, I never complain about things until they start to vex me too much. Oya I'm vexed.

I was reading @thetoolsman's blog post about women who show too much boob to attract guys (which I totally encourage *singing in 50pence's voice* look luv I'll give you 5h it you let me see your jugs), & about women who show ass crack (which absolutely disgusts me *ugh* I have class you know)

Anyways, so I wondered to myself, what other stupid things do women do these days that they think is sexy but is just retarded.

I thought it would take a while to find, but as I looked at the avatar of a new follower, I saw it.

This babe took a pic in the bathroom of some club looking like Amy  Winehouse surrounded by 4 empty bottles of Premium Whytes & Mackey. And the girl was pouting!

Yes. She was doing like somebody was forcing her to kiss transformer.

And I just have to wonder to myself. When did this pouting thing become legalized by the tri-state consortium of Heffers, Skanks & Blackberry Babes as their global "peace" sign. Cos it looks like somebody's splitting their lips apart with two fingers...

Okay wait, that came out wrong.

No ...wait...so did that....shet.

O...! Grow up joh!

Anyways!

I really don't get it o. I don't even know who the babe that started this pouting picture is. I'm sure it's Nikki Minaj. She should be tried for war crimes against mankind.

Because I think I speak for myself and the rest of the men that I know, then I believe I can tell you that it is very disgusting!

It's as irritating as babes that expose ass crack all over the place. 

But I may be wrong. Some guys may think that a girl looking like Angelina Jolie on crystal meth is sexy. Good for them. But this is my opinion sha.

(Ladies please don't kill me for this though. Remember you love me <3 )

& as if it wasn't bad enough that she looked like she'd been frenching SpongeBob SquarePants, she was taking it in a club bathroom.

I don't get, is a picture of themselves in a club bathroom, among womenfolk, now the equivalent a picture of boys popping bottles in the club?

Why do they do this? Is it that they can't afford photography studios, so they create the studio effect with the bathroom walls?

I'm getting a lil sick of it o.

Abi, am I the only one? You tell me.



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The Dirty Man: Is It In Our Blood?

Sup people? I'm sorry, I know it's been a while since I put up a workable post. I've been real busy with a lot of different stuff. I'm back in uni now so, I'm gonna have less time.

Anyway, I moved back into the uni hostels last week, and mehn... living among so many guys? Wow. I think I've reached the point where I have to complain.

On Friday, I asked a question on twitter that no one bothered to answer. So I'm gonna ask here. Is there some part of the male brain that is hardwired, so that he cannot understand the concept of washing a dish? Or sweeping? Or just basically engaging in some act that will render his environment clean?

Good lord. Living in close quarters with some of these dudes and seeing some rooms has been really traumatic for me.

I've walked into some rooms, and I had to ask "Don't you have a room at home? Do girls enter that room? Do you ever get laid? Do you even have parents? Or did someone wank into some dirt & harvest you as a pikin nine months after?"

Yes. It's that bad. I've seen some rooms in this place ehn, that I'd rather not have a bath ever again for the rest of my life, than have a bath in that room. This is not a joke. There was this time when there was water only in some specific blocks, & my roommate carried me to some guy's room, so we'd have our baths there. Shet. The smell that hit me as I walked through the door almost turned my hair green. Let's not even talk about the bathroom.

Wow.

I entered someone's kitchenette a few days ago, and I actually had to look around, to make sure that I wasn't in one of those big, public garbage places. Unfortunately for me, that's the room I go when I wanna borrow an electric pot. So I have to go there all the time. And no. I have never ever found that pot clean when I want to use it. It's always still messy from the day before.

What amazes me, is that these dudes don't see anything wrong in living that way. I asked one guy if that was how his crib would be when he gets his & he said "Ehn, na my babe go dey clean up for me. I'm a man nah..."

No you idiot, you're a dirty piece of nonsense floating near the bottom of the cesspool of stupidity! Because the last time I checked, women don't like dirty dudes. And a dirty place is a sure way to chase her off. And even if that wasn't the case, what kinda guy waits for a woman to clean up after him? Na your slave? And then when they start complaining bout good men being in short supply, you go dey vex.

What even pains me more, is that babes sef have accepted it like that. This girl walked into my room one day, & the look of shock on her face was so annoying! As in, she was actually tripped that it was clean. She was like "everyone knows that most guys have dirty rooms." I wanted to konk the bonkon (but she was in my room for other reasons so...*aherm*)

Moving on.

See, when I was a kid, I always thought I was the messiest dude alive. & of course, my sisters and some of my bros did their best to get me to become better and all that. So I'm not saying that I'm the cleanest of individuals. But I try my best. In fact, my room is a mess right now. But I'll clean it up in a bit. :)

But really, this attitude from dudes is just sickening and embarrassing. And that concept of "my babe will clean up"?? Disgusting.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying a woman can't clean up for you if she wants to. But actually expecting her to? Get outta here with that shit. You know the same way we want women to be able to handle their shit, and change a light bulb or turn on the generator themselves? They also want your lazy ass to clean up after yourself and not expect them to wait on you hand & foot like a kid. And personally, I think it's a fair trade.

So fellas, I know una go dey vex for me right now, but pay attention. Being clean isn't so hard o. You just have to work at it. I know I'm working at it. And think of one of the benefits: a cleaner place?  more women...?

You do the math.

#ThatIsAll.

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