Perception

I told my cousin that MIKEL is a slow midfielder and she was like

"Really? I didn't even know you are a soccer fan"

Of course she didn't believe I am a soccer fan, because she had never seen or hear me talk about soccer, I don't have a Nike boot nor an Addidas socks, not even a single soccer jersey was in my closet. So she concluded in her mind that I was probably alien to soccer; that my kind could ask you if it was Arsene Wenger that scored the winning goal for Chelsea or if Messi was taller than Peter Crouch.

Same thing happened when I told her how I preferred Sia to Taylor Swift. My revelation left her in awe, as she wondered when I became a music fan.

Of course she had never seen or heard me lip sync any song, and she rarely saw me with headphones. So her conclusion was that I never listened to Music. She assumed that my kind could ask if Rick Ross has 6 abs or if Wizkid was the artiste that sang Woju.

To her, I was just a tech savvy, always locked up on my desktop either working on my blogs or typing away the clumsy thoughts in my milky skull. Sometimes, she concluded that I was just a Geek and with my hairstyle I would soon be wearing those microscopic glasses to complete my look.

Of course she had wondered what sort of person would stay glued to the system from dawn to dusk, not leave the house and may not bother about food.

What sort of person would wake up and not say a word or join a discussion from morning till night, just locked up in a corner making clanking noise with the keyboard, only changing positions at intervals.

Definitely that's the reason why she stopped visiting, what good was my boring apartment to her, when the stereo and TV sets would remain in same position she left them 2 months ago when she visited; a proof they weren't touched.

Few weeks ago, a colleague was shocked at what I did.

*** Amebo, you don't expect me to tell you what I did, but if you insist to know. I kissed your girl friend***

My colleague thought I was one rigid dude who stuck to rules, disciplined and very time conscious. Of course I might have those qualities but I was not as rigid as she had thought me to be.

Suddenly it hit me; often times people conclude your life from just one encounter. They assume they know what you would say in a particular situation. But the truth is that they know nothing.

I influence how I can be seen, my life is my movie, and all you do is keep watching. So sometimes when you conclude on certain things about me, I just sit in my comfort zone and laugh.

Don't think you have the right perception of who I am, my black toggle coat might not mean swag but some other thing you won't wish to know.

*** Not everyone deserve to know the real you, sometimes you have to let them criticize and gossip the who they think you are.

Augustus Bill

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