Our movement from one place to another is an important aspect of humans and because of this movement, diverse means of transportation has been innovated. Some are made for short distance transportation while others are made for long distance transportation.

A day before yesterday being Sunday, I decided to use a vehicle meant for short distance travel, to embark on a long distance journey and it was scary and filled with fun . It was scary because of the low security in the country Nigeria and it was fun because scary events are fun afterwards

So, on Sunday, I decided to travel from Abia state Nigeria down to my home town: imo state Nigeria and this journey is about 104 km,
Screenshot from Google.

But I used a tricycle (keke) to embark on this journey. Normally, the time duration of travel with a car should be around 1hr 30mins but I spent about 3 - 4 hrs on the road in an uncomfortable tricycle.

The reason I'm sharing this with everyone is so that the readers will learn the name of places and would not get lost when traveling from Abia state to ino state or from imo state to abia state.

*Sooooo, Fasten your seatbelt let me take you through my journey on Sunday.*

So, I went out of where I stay at umuahia abia state, and I got a tricycle that took me to "gate." Gate is a place in umuahia abia state.

This was when I boarded a tricycle to gate.

Before I got to "gate"
A picture of me in "gate."

Reaching gate which was my first stop, came down from the tricycle and entered another tricycle to a place called "Onu Imo." Onu Imo is a place where the land of imo state begins from abia state.. basically, that place is the boundary between imo state and abia state. This journey took roughly about 30 minutes.

This place is called okpara square. I got to this place few minutes after I continued my journey from gate

This place is called tower.

After few minutes of driving, I got to Onu Imo.
Me in Onu Imo.

From here, i was lucky to see a tricycle down to my place, Isiala Mbano. Isiala Mbano is the name of my local government Area.

The journey from Onu imo to Mbano took about 2hours, and it was very much uncomfortable.. due to the back seat of the tricycle was full, I seated at the front seat with the driver and we had to manage one seat together. What made it very much uncomfortable was that I had to hold my bags at the front with me. I kept my bigger bag at the floor of the tricycle and my back bag, I held on my hands.

This was how I sat through out the 2 hour journey. It was as if I was placed on a punishment

My back bag.

My bigger bag on the floor of the tricycle.
45 minutes into our journey, we lost sight of civilization and this was when I became scared different thoughts came into my head and I was thinking - what if I get kidnapped? What if unknown gun men decided to come at this time? What if this and what if that.

There was no one at our front.

There was no body at our back.

After travelling for some time, we finally got to where people were and this place is called "isinweke"

Isinweke

After we got to isinweke, we still continued the journey until we got to a place called "oriagwu"
Oriagwu

From there, we continued our journey. After going for some distance, the driver decided to refuel, and we got a fueling station where we filled the tank of the tricycle, and continued with the endless journey.


At this point, the driver got fed up with me taking pictures of everything in sight and he decided to ask me why I was doing that, but I just told him that I'm a blogger and I'm doing it for my page

We continued our journey and at last, we got to Isiala Mbano Local government Area.

*Yay..... At last*

But.......... This wasn't the end of the journey yaknow, I had to look for a motor cycle to take me to my house at "Ibeme" and this lasted for about 30 - 45mins interval. At this point, I was becoming frustrated because I was really tired and scared at the same time.

Me at mbano

The motorcycle I used for the journey

When we left Mbano and was heading to my place - Ibeme

Me ontop of the motorcycle

The scary road

When I reached a place I knew and my nerves got relaxed ... All the tension was lost and I became confident again

I later got home around 5:30pm and I had to hurry immediately to see the king of my place. It's not compulsory though by I made it a routine to go to his place for blessings anytime I go back to my village.

After seeing my king, I went back home and refreshed then I slept like there was no tomorrow..

So, thats all about my endless journey.
Thank you for reading through, it really means a lot to me.

ALL IMAGES BELONG TO ME AND WAS TAKEN BY ME WITH MY TECHNO SPARK 4 MOBILE PHONE. PROPER CITATION WAS DONE ON THE ONE THAT DON'T BELONG TO ME.

A Washington state appeals court has granted an emergency injunction to a retired doctor facing disciplinary action from the Washington Medical Commission over articles he wrote against the official COVID-19 narrative in 2021.

"No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It's programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running...if too much escapes, it will die so it's desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day. Saddest part is they gave the robot the ability to do these 'happy dances' to spectators. When the project was first launched it danced around spending most of its time interacting with the crowd since it could quickly pull back the small spillage. Many years later... (as you see it now in the photo) it looks tired and hopeless as there isn't enough time to dance anymore.. It now only has enough time to try to keep itself alive as the amount of leaked hydraulic fluid became unmanageable as the spill grew over time. Living its last days in a never-ending cycle between sustaining life and simultaneously bleeding out... (Figuratively and literally as its hydraulic fluid was purposefully made to look like it's actual blood).
"The robot arm finally ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, slowly came to a halt and died - And I am now tearing up over a friggin robot arm It was programmed to live out this fate and no matter what it did or how hard it tried, there was no escaping it. Spectators watched as it slowly bled out until the day that it ceased to move forever. Saying that 'this resonates' doesn't even do it justice imo. Created by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, they named the piece, 'Can't Help Myself'. What a masterpiece. What a message."
Extended interpretations: the hydraulic fluid in relation to how we kill ourselves both mentally and physically for money just in an attempt to sustain life, how the system is set up for us to fail on purpose to essentially enslave us and to steal the best years of our lives to play the game that the richest people of the world have designed. How this robs us of our happiness, passion and our inner peace. How we are slowly drowning with more responsibilities, with more expected of us, less rewarding pay-offs and less free time to enjoy ourselves with as the years go by. How there's really no escaping the system and that we were destined at birth to follow a pretty specific path that was already laid out before us. How we can give and give and give and how easily we can be forgotten after we've gone.. How we are loved and respected when we are valuable, then one day we aren't any longer and we become a burden...and how our young, free-caring spirit gets stolen from us as we get churned out of the broken system that we are trapped inside of. Can also be seen to represent the human life cycle and the fact that none of us make it out of this world alive. But also can act as a reminder to allow yourself to heal, rest and love with all of your heart. That the endless chase for 'more' isn't necessary in finding your own inner happiness.”
- James Kricked Parr

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Few weeks ago my brother came back from school and during one of our discussions he asked if I'd seen one of Tom Hanks latest movie. It was titled; **'A Man Called Otto'**. The movie was interesting, quite the Tom Hanks way.
I really loved how the writers used simple humour to spice up the whole thing.
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Tom Hanks used to be my favorite actor and there was a time I went hunting for all his movies and made sure I saw them. But now, I'm a liberal artist and believe all artwork is a masterpiece of its own and subjectivity though strange is beautiful (as long as it's not extreme).
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I was very clueless as to what to do today because I had no access to light and was extremely tired. So when I noticed I was overly being lazy I grabbed a pen and tried making a sketch.
Luckily, I found this in the gallery of one of my abandoned devices.
It's a drawing from way back by another artist.
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The outlines....
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**Thanks for paying me a visit.**

Busy afternoon, arms are tired

Morning workout
Going with the light weights today.
#tired #tooearly

Hello everyone,
I hope you are good?
I would love to share this drawing I did with you about a startled old man. The inspiration for the drawing came as a result of the looks of a friend of mine who was so tired and I decided to give him a surprise, he was so frightened that the look on his face resembles that of the man in the drawing. The details of the drawing are shadowy and in full content, I hope you see through the expression on his face too.
I did this drawing with a 10B Bianyo pencil and I hope you all love it feel free to drop your comments.


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Thanks for the visit.

Laptop all day
I spent the whole day at work with my laptop, and then, when I got home, I started looking for a destination where I can spend a few days of vacation... Hotel search, flight ticket search, destination search... 100 open tabs...
And at the end of the day, when I got tired of looking for a vacation location, I opened #SoMee, to see what's new :-)
Really long and tiring day... I deserved to relax a bit with your posts :-)

The question of whether LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan is a topic of great debate among basketball fans and experts, and there is no definitive answer. However, there are several arguments that can be made for why some people believe LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan:
All-around game: LeBron James is considered to have a more complete game than Michael Jordan. He is a better rebounder and passer than Jordan, and is more versatile on the defensive end of the court. Jordan was a better scorer, but James has consistently shown the ability to impact the game in multiple ways.
Statistics: LeBron James has better career statistics than Michael Jordan in several categories, including points, rebounds, assists, and field goal percentage. While Jordan has a higher career scoring average, James has more total points, rebounds, and assists.
Team success: While Michael Jordan is often praised for leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships, LeBron James has been to the NBA Finals more times than Jordan and has won championships with two different teams. James has also led several teams to the playoffs and has consistently been a contender for the championship throughout his career.
Longevity: LeBron James has been able to sustain his high level of play for a longer period of time than Michael Jordan. Jordan retired multiple times during his career and played a total of 15 seasons, while James is currently in his 19th season and shows no signs of slowing down.
Ultimately, whether someone believes LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan comes down to personal preference and opinion. Both players are considered to be among the greatest basketball players of all time and have achieved incredible success throughout their careers.

Greywarden > This is my first post on the SoMee main platform in weeks now. As you all can see i changed my username back to Greywarden as it has always been. My original profile picture on SoMee is also back. Dragon Age Origins is my favorite RPG ever. I really enjoyed Dragon Age 2 as well, as whatever decison you made, and how you completed Dragon Age Origins, along with all of the added quests and how you complete them, affects the story line of Dragon Age 2. Same goes from 2 to Dragon Age 3 and so forth.

I have been retired from gaming for 5 years now. My game for the past 6 years has been crypto, and for the most part SoMee and now Hive. I promised my wife that i won't return to gaming until i become very rich. I am a man of my word as i have proven to her since we got married. I won't lie however, even after 5 solid years of not playing video games i still get big time cravings. Especially Massive online role playing games like Neverwinter. I also miss the days when i was ranked 800 out of the top 100,000 best Madden Players on XBOX1. I was even invited to tournaments. Those days are over for now lol.

How many of you enjoy gaming as much as i do, or did rather?

International Workers' Day

Due to the extended holiday weekend (we celebrate #Labor_Day as a national holiday and non-working days are Monday and Tuesday), we planned a short vacation in a Spa in Hungary.
All-day bathing and enjoying the healing effect of thermal waters - just what a tired body and spirit needs. I'm sorry that the thermal water treatment has exhausted me so much that I don't have the strength to keep my eyes open and watch all posts from yesterday and today and vote, but I'll be back on Tuesday, stronger than ever :-)

Sri Krishna (Historical Story)
Bhojvanshi king Ugrasen used to rule in Mathura. His aggressor son Kansa removed him from the throne and himself became the king of Mathura. Once there was King Kansa who was the brother of Devaki. He was going to drop his sister Devaki at her in-laws house when on the way he fell asleep due to fatigue. He started going to his sister's in-laws house while sleeping in the chariot. Suddenly he had a dream. It was told in that dream that the eighth son born from the womb of your sister i.e. Devaki, whom you are happily taking to her in-laws house, will kill you. Kansh woke up from his sleep in panic. After Kansh tells about his dream. He asked Vasudev (Devaki's husband) to kill him. Then Devaki pleaded with Kansa and said that I myself will bring my child and hand it over to you, what will be the benefit of killing your brother-in-law who is innocent. Kansa obeyed Devaki and put Vasudev and Devaki in prison in Mathura. After some time in the prison, Devaki and Vasudev were blessed with a child. As soon as Kansa came to know about this, he came to the prison and killed that child. Similarly, Kansa killed the seven sons of Devaki and Vasudev one by one. When the turn of the eighth child came, the guard was doubled in the prison. Many soldiers were posted in the prison. But that day the deployed soldiers fell into a deep sleep due to fatigue and lack of sleep. Eighth son was born. It was raining heavily that day. Vasudev ji left after keeping baby Shri Krishna in the soup. Crossing the Yamuna, they reached Nanda's house in Vrindavan. Vasudev slowly opened the door and placed his son near Nanda and Yashoda. They were both asleep. Taking Nanda's daughter in his hands, Vasudev apologized to Nanda and Yashoda and started going towards Mathura. After a few hours he reached the Mathura jail. The soldiers were still sleeping. That daughter started crying as soon as she reached the jail. The soldiers were awakened by the sound of loud cries. As soon as Kansa got the news that Devaki had given birth to a child, he immediately came to the prison. Kansa snatched him and threw him brutally killed. Kansh is now free from fear. It's morning Nanda and Yashoda were very sad not to find their daughter and searched everywhere with their people for many days. But he could not find his daughter. Tired, he stopped the search and adopted that son. Whom he named Krishna, Slowly time passed and Shri Krishna grew up. Shri Krishna started playing his flute while creating Raas Leela with the Gopis in Gokul. All the residents of Gokul, animals and birds etc. would be very happy to hear the tune of his flute and they would love this sound very much. Shri Krishna along with his friends used to eat butter from other people's houses. Because of which the women of the village went to Yashoda with a complaint about Krishna. Shri Krishna used to love Radha in Gokul. Shri Krishna's anonymous stay was coming to an end. That's why Shri Krishna and Balram were sent to Ujjain for education. In Ujjain both the brothers started receiving education and diksha in the hermitage of Rishi Sandipani. In the same ashram, Shri Krishna befriended Sudama They were close friends. The discussions of their friendship were far and wide. Along with education, they came back after getting the knowledge of weapons. One day, through spies, Kansa came to know about the survival of the eighth son. On the other hand, Krishna also came to know that his real parents were imprisoned in Mathura. Kansa sent many soldiers to kill Krishna, but Krishna and the people of Gokul came together and killed those soldiers. Saddened by the failure of the soldiers every time, Kansa himself set out to kill Shri Krishna. There was a war between the two and Shri Krishna killed Kansa and again made Ugrasen the king of Mathura. Shri Krishna went to Dwarka after reconciling with his parents in Gokul. He established the city of Dwarka there and became the king of Dwarkanagari. There is a town named Amjhera in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. There was the kingdom of King Bhishmak at that time. He had five sons and a very beautiful daughter. Her name was Rukmini. She had dedicated herself to Shri Krishna. When she came to know from her friends that her marriage has been fixed. Then Rukmani sent a message to Shri Krishna through the hands of an old Brahmin. As soon as this message was received by Shri Krishna, he immediately left from there. Shri Krishna came and kidnapped Rukmini and brought her to Dwarkapuri. Shishupala also came following Shri Krishna whose marriage was fixed with Rukmini. A fierce battle took place in Dwarikapuri with the army of both the brothers Shri Krishna and Balram and Shishupala's army. In which Shishupala's army was destroyed. The marriage of Shri Krishna and Rukmini was done with great pomp and ceremony. Rukmani's status was at the top among all the queens of Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna also became the charioteer of the archer Arjuna's chariot in the war of Mahabharata. Shri Krishna had given many teachings to Arjuna during the war, which proved very helpful for Arjuna to fight the war. These teachings were the teachings of Gita which were told by Shri Krishna. This sermon is still famous by the name of Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta. Lord Shri Krishna had ensured the result of this war without raising the weapon in this war. In this war of Mahabharata, by winning religion over unrighteousness, the Pandavas had destroyed the entire Kaurava dynasty including the unrighteous Duryodhana. Duryodhana's mother Gandhari believed Lord Krishna to be the reason for the death of her sons and the destruction of the Kaurava dynasty. That's why after the end of this war, when Lord Krishna went to console Gandhari, then Gandhari, distraught with the grief of her sons, got angry and cursed Shri Krishna that the way my Kaurava dynasty was destroyed by fighting among themselves, In the same way your Yaduvansh will also be destroyed. After this Shri Krishna came to the city of Dwarka. Even after about 35 years of Mahabharata war, Dwarka was very peaceful and happy. Gradually the sons of Shri Krishna became very powerful and in this way the whole Yadu dynasty had become very powerful. It is said that once Samba, the son of Shri Krishna, insulted the sage Durvasa by being influenced by fickleness. After which Durvasa Rishi got angry and cursed Samba for the destruction of Yaduvansh. Along with being powerful, now sin and crime had increased a lot in Dwarka. Shri Krishna was very sad to see such an atmosphere in his happy Dwarka. He suggested his subjects to get rid of their sins by going to the banks of river Prabhas, after which everyone went to the banks of river Prabhas, but due to the curse of Durvasa Rishi, everyone there got drunk and started arguing with each other. Engaged. Their debate took the form of a civil war which destroyed the entire Yaduvansh. According to the Bhagavata Purana, it is believed that Shri Krishna was very distressed to see the destruction of his dynasty. It was because of his agony that he started living in the forest. One day when he was resting under a peepal tree in the forest in yoga nidra, a hunter named Jara mistook his leg for a deer and hit him with a poisoned arrow. This arrow fired by Jara pierced the sole of Shri Krishna's feet. Due to this piercing of the poisoned arrow, Shri Krishna died and after a few days the city of Dwarka, inhabited by Shri Krishna, also got immersed in the sea.

I’ve gotten used to get up at about 5 to get some Work in before the kid Wakes up. So far I’m feeling good and not even that tired. I’m sure the meat diet plays a Big part in that. One and a half hour of work more a day will get me to that bitcoin before the halvening!