Hello, greetings everyone
Today is our second entry for the Naija Pidgin Challenge.
This post is supposed to be in Nigerian pidgin, but because it has a very important message to pass across, I'll write a part of it in English.
I'll like us to look into something very important today. Something that has cost some people their lives.
Friendly Enemies
They are friendly enemies. They give you a shoulder to lean on when you cry, but they were the ones who wore a mask to cause you those pains.
The world is filled with too many wolves disguised as sheep. They make you love them, trust them and confide in them, only for them to turn around and stab you in the back.
As a matter of fact, when you know someone is working against you, it becomes easier to intercept the person's plans against you. That is why friendly enemies are worse than the known enemies.
This post doesn't have the intention to make you get suspicious of your friends. I only want you to become more careful about life. They say experience is the best teacher, but some people never survived their awful experiences. You must not wait to have a first-hand experience yourself; learn from other people's experiences.
The most unfortunate thing is this, you may never get to know who your friendly enemies are all the days of your life. The truth is, most of them are the ones we regard as our best friends. They are usually the first to comfort us when we are going through hard times when it could be that they are actually the reason we are in such situations.
They are usually the ones mostly seen as the good guy; since they are perfect actors, they hardly have a cause to vent anger or show displeasure. They are usually vengeful, but they do it behind the mask. You might do something wrong to them knowingly or unknowingly, they don't forgive, but they'll pretend everything is cool, so they can still be close to you and get at you as much as they want.
What you should know
Understand this; the world is a wicked place. If we were not living in a wicked world, there would not be wars. People will not spend billions for atomic bomb and other sophisticated weapons used for mass destruction when there are children dying for lack food.
If the world is not a wicked place, there would be no need for racism and prejudice.
If the world is not a wicked place, then we would all have access to good food, good housing and good cloth. No one would lack. But some can only be happy when they have an excess of it and see others die in lack and want.
So don't you ever think this world is filled with friendly people. No, it is not. You can not change it either no matter how hard you try. Yet, do not allow them change you, only protect yourself from their wickedness.
Tips to help you play safe
- Be careful with friends who don't show any displeasure when you do something wrong to them.
- Learn to keep your success story to yourself.
- Let people see what you have achieved not how you are going to achieve it.
- Most importantly, TRUST NO ONE. "Et tu Brute" should not be your last statement.
This post will be seen by both the good and the bad. If you are among the good, try to protect yourself, if you are among the bad, try to change.
If you have ever been betrayed by a friend, share in comment below.
My NPC entry for today: Wetin friendly enemy don do me.
central market Kaduna. source
Well, my people I hail una again. Most of my wahala for dis life no come from known enemies. Make I go straight to the tori.
When I still dey do paid job, e get one of my colleagues like that, the guy dey close to our oga. Everytime him go dey pretend to be my friend o. In fact eh, him come one day, come tell us say our oga no dey pay us well, him say make we tell the man to increase our salary, say him go help us talk to the man.
We con mumu go do wetin him tell us make we do. The same guy go behind go tell our oga say we dey very useless, make him sack us. Well, to cut Long story short, dem sack us. But after some years, our oga wife con tell me wetin happen.
My people, trust nobody. Even for steemit here eh, friendly enemies boku everywhere. Forget all these their show for here o, try to keep your success secret make "had I known" no be the end of your story. Learn from another person mistake. As people dey share their tori, make you too dey learn.
Oya I dey wait for una entries. Make una tell us wetin friendly enemy don do una.
Make una remember to use #npc and nigeria as tag. .
Make e no dey less than 100 words.
Good luck to all of us.
@elyaque made this beautiful badge for me.
Life is blend of good enemies and bad friends. It is how life goes on. nice post @ogoowinner
Na real matter you dey so oooo... Make God just dey help person for this our life so....
Na all those pipu my Yoruba people dey call "Ota bi ore".
Your mata dey always totori my Belle. I con dey worry say when I go see you face to face, but on to this matter eh, me sef get wetin to share. If you combine friend and enemies, ego equal to frienemies. As you talk am ehn, dem boku everywhere and we go choke them comot for here. I gbadun you die. My own mata go soon Enta your record. Wait for am.
Lol! Some people want organize Enugu meet up, people wey go come go see me there.
Friendly enemies are the worst.....cause it takes grace for you to know that they are the one behind one's downfall
True. Thanks for reading.
I have no enemies...only friends :) I may have some, just that I do not really notice them though. Very busy running :)
Howdy?
I disagree here. Rather you do not recognize them, but they do exist. There is no point living in denial of facts.
I'm good. Thanks for reading.
@ogoowinner, they may exist, but I am very busy to notice them. I hope I get time in the nearest future to check on them :)
I wish i could be as busy as you are not to notice my friendly enemies,because they are not worth your stress.
Do you know oga @greenrun, that ur enemies somtimes contribute to your success...dem dey kukuma dey talk about you secretly but u no know.
@setapart, why worry over things you can't change? Best to push ahead. Keep steeming.
I'm here oh
@vheobong, really? I'd have your time in 2023 :)
Lemme fass Foward then
Sorry abouth that, someone that you trusted to cause such a bad experience for you. I wonder why they wanted you sacked from a job, maybe you were better than them or something. Such stories teach me more lessons about trusting people.
I nolonger take shit from people too. Sometimes it may seem that I don't care but whenever i feel like someone could have bad intentions i give them boundaries. Unfortunately with close friends like in your case, it's always hard for us to notice.
It happened to me when a friend stole my laptop that had a project that we were supposed to present the next day. So the following day he presented and I missed out. There so many rules regarding the presentations and the first people were to be priority. After thinking and pondering about wierd situations, we found him with my laptop and ofcos he gave excuses that he forgot he had it after wanting to copy some files.
He messed me up and it taught me to never take shit from no body.
Your story and advice emphasizes beliefs about friends.
Now i just understand them more and i just give them boundaries.
We really have to be careful about life. People are not really what they pretend to be. Thanks for your comment.
As in ehn... Nor B lie oh! Na real mata you they talk so my sister.
I don experience am na. Thank you for reading.
Sweetheart I love this post, it really amazing.... this world is indeed a wicked one, I don't have much friends now cos of the betrayal I got from somone whom I called my best friend. The only thing I feel safe with now is my laptop and my phone, no friends again
It started when I had an issue with some group of pipo, my friend offered to help me in solving the problem, although I was warned by my pastor about the person I call my friend buh due to the trust I have for him I never imagined he would betray my trust... cutting the story short , my friend offered to help me by letting me stay over at his place, someone I call friend turned around I started using me( I know you won't understand ) I never knew it was his game plan since , acting like he's helping and at same time sucking the life outta me.... my dear the word friend does not exist, friend is only good in Facebook and all social media because you don't see them and you don't have any personal encounter with them.... I don't think i would ever have a best friend again 200% certain
Ogoo please folllow me back... I have been meaning to tell you that
good pipu still dey, just pray make God carry dem waka reach ur side
Hmmmm! This your story don make me catch cold. Thanks for sharing. I go follow you back.
You don yarn better. If I wan join this parole... How I go take join am
The rules dey here na. Just write your own story with the tag wey I say make we dey use.
Make I write ham here abi for my blog?
Your blog
Ok ma
@euguma confam pidgin lord😂😂
Bros, abeg no do na... I no just wan hear sey dem shoot bird him mama fly
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don hama my tori Oooo. Make I back the link here? @Ugoowinner
Na wa for dis life o. Na only baba God go save us from bad bele.
Na him we dey look up to o!
As e dey hot...i don cook am finish. Na true tori o. The entry dey below
https://steemit.com/npc/@golddeejay/friendly-enemy-true-life-story-78042e4d8f1a8
This post make brain die sote i no get option than to resteem am and give u my shinkini upvote....apart from d pidgin part wey dey funny...i don learn a plenty tins for the first past....steem on anty😍😘
Friends don kill us sote.. Person like me no come trust anybody. Make i go jeje tell my own tori.
Friendly enemies are the worst enemy ever... Persin must just b careful Cus this world is slippy.. The back biters are too much.. Those who Una count as ur back bone come dy attack ur career from under...
Is just the easiest way to live a happy life...
Thanks Ogoo for this write up..
@ogoowinner, see my own tori o. The tin boku i no fit kap everything for here so
https://steemit.com/npc/@gamsam/wetin-friendly-enemies-don-do-us-naija-pidgin-challenge-077bd8b20b1ca
Check this out ogoo
https://steemit.com/npc/@gprince/wetin-friendly-enemies-don-for-me-ogowinner
Thanks
Aunty, thank you for the contest ooo, na my entry be this:
https://steemit.com/npc/@fr3world/ogoowinner-naija-pigin-challenge-wetin-friendly-enemy-don-do-me
This look exactly like my story. The only different is that a lady did it for me. Be expecting my entry,i have lot of experience on this.... Indeed,the world is wicked!
@ogoowinner I appreciate you. You too much jare. Oya oh, me sef I don knack my own ogbonge tori ontop this matter. I dey sure say you go like am.
https://steemit.com/npc/@jaayy/friendly-enemies-na-the-tori-wey-dey-on-ground-now
Ewooehh!! This mata pass Mathias ooo. The truth be say lyk u talk am, we no fit stop am, e don be, be say e don be. We go just make sure say we wash our eyes well well Wen we dey do anytin with people ooo.. Cos some human beings mind dey wicked oo...Ewo! Mentor ur tori dey always dey tingalinga me die. Eziokwu, me go try come that Enugu meet up make I fit atleast see my mentor for eyes.
Abeg make u give me ur small time, try check out this my post, see Wetin I talk about you and the post all in all. Help me talk put make I know Wetin you feel about the mata wey I talk for their. Thank for this wondament talk..
https://steemit.com/steem/@solynise/success-or-successful-which-are-you
na my post link be that.
This is really great. I will give it a trial. Thank you for sharing.
This is my entry
https://steemit.com/npc/@eleaza/wetin-un-friendly-friend-do-me
Thanks for this beautiful post! Upvoted and resteemed, all the best.
All the best!!
https://cnsteem.com/life/@yunfei1988/hello-the-world
Thanks for the expensive lessons sis @ogoowinner
U don talk beta thing. All dis friendl enemies full everywhere
Som will even want to die for u wen dey see u but at ur back...hmmm! Na fire dem dey plan
This one na ogbonge matter and I like am well. Ogo na you biko.
Hah,madam leave tory for me @ogoowinner .We have so many of those(friendly enemies)in this current generation,if you are lucky you get to know the person before something happens.You always post wonderful articles,keep up the good work @ogoowinner .Make i rush go write my own.
Nawa o. Dis your tori ehn...
But the one wey make my heart cut na when you say friendly enemies boku for here too....
Hmmmm
Na to dey extra careful be that o...
thanks for calling our attention to this
Some one just have to be very careful this days, there are no true friends from the heart every friend has a bad hidden agenda for you. Gone are those days when a problem shared is half solved now a problem shared becomes a public topic for friendly enemies. Not all friends are worth sharing every problem with there is always one bad a apple.
Hehe...you know me, you sabi me but na you de do me. All this unfriendly friends sef, nawa o
I know I have enemies, but I only remember they exist when I am down, with good health and every thing working well, you don't even consider them.
Ah tell you sister mi...na dis issue be the kankerworm wey dey act for under, wey some pipol no know till e happen. I dey call them 'unfriendly friends', them boku boku...me i dey very careful now oo..infact i go yhan una my own tory today, u do well ogamadam @ogoowinner.
This your talk make plenty sense o, infact even for person extended family self enemies dey. This enemy thing don dey exist tey tey but me get one believe say when person don dey succeed na him enemies go begin show theirself.
Nor worry , as d banj been yarn for hin song that year dem nor go even allow yoy drink water drop cup. Bad belle everywhere, ofurukpe niggas them . One just gats dey on good conduct before em kpoof person. As per senior man doings, your post dey always carry levels. I haill
only for Nigerian people ?
Nope.
Hmmmm! coughs... Ogooooo! Ogooooo!
I called your name twice because you are telling my story. Betrayal is something i have tasted and i know him when he comes around me.
I have been betrayed by close allies (friends and even some family) in business, relations and what have you. This thought me lesson but the good aspect of it is that i made up my mind to be good but this time i tread carefully.
For relationship and money aspect..
Hmmmm i drawn my bounds and drawn it real good. Decision are made with my Isi ukwu (head) laughs not my heart (obi)..
This beyond reasonable doubt has improved my result in a that i do..
Thanks for this wonderful piece @ogoowinner
I am me @brightfame
Aunty @ogoowinner
You dey do better work for here.
Jisike
I am a newbie here
Bikonu visit my profile and support me
Thanks
time to choose only the friends which you can trust upon
This is just the sad truth about some friends , you will think they got your back , you won’t know that they are just green snakes under green grass. God help us all. Thanks @ogoowinner
Thanks for this platform, it's very important we all learn from this.... Thanks
The above post is really true.
As matter of fact, in spite of how popular I am on my campus, I have very few people I can call my friends; this is because the so called "frienenemies" have taught me a lot of lessons.
Friendly enemies na hia... E dey everywhere sha oo.. Nice topic to learn things from... Kudos to u
very important message it conveys to us thanks dear for sharing this
Great post dear and nice tips you shared via this post
Honestly, if you never get any experience with friendly enemy, you never start life.
Dem dey everywhere.
Mammooo! You don do am again. You just umderstand the side wey dey pain una pipu pass. You understand say some frenemies always go dey your kabal. E dey sweet my body to share my experience already. Make I hurry go blog write.
Thanks for the opportunity
True true ooo, make we no come carry last for this we world oo, yeye friends too plenty abeg.
This matter no be small matter o... na effery day , different event dey unfold o... i don yarn my matter... i just gather join steemit, i don dey see say na the happening place o