Vote For Etemesi
, I have decided to dedicate my post to seeking votes. A few weeks ago, I was included among the five nominees for the ‘Facebook Personality Award’ in the 2015 SOMA Awards (You can vote for me by clicking here). It kinda came as a mild surprise to me because I am not one of the Facebook celebrities that post jokes, strong opinions and fancy photos to get 500 likes. People know me more for my entertaining, informative and rather controversial articles.
However, I learned that I am one of the most mentioned people on Facebook. My articles get over 100 shares daily on the site. People post links to my pieces with all sorts of captions such as ,”Etemesi nailed it on this one.”, “This is utter nonsense, how can a grown man write something like this”, “Etemesi is the best writer I have ever seen”. “Etemesi sucks big time”. “Etemesi is now writing for international blogs”, “I love Etemesi” , “ Etemesi is an idiot….pure crap.”, “I wanna marry this guy Etemesi” and so on.
A lot of people love my work. They call me ‘The Sheriff”. They call me “The love doctor”. They inbox me every day. If only each letter of praise they composed about me would be a dollar, I would be wealthier than Pablo Escobar in his hey dey. A lot of people get pissed off by my work too. They write hate novels about me on their Facebook updates whenever I write a controversial story. They call me a cock-totting, punani-thirsty, morality-destroying bigot. The good thing is that even those that hate my work still read and share. They would love to dismiss me as a sideshow, except I keep dominating and sometimes they have no clue whether to engage, attack, ignore or suck up in response
I have come to forge my own way of writing that credential pundits of decent writing and parasites of ‘literature’ don’t approve of. They have a certain set of expectations an, unwritten rules and ways of doing things that I keep flouting and rubbishing in the most indelicate of ways, But it’s all good
Nevertheless, this award would definitely mean a lot to me. I have never won anything in my life. The most I ever came close to winning was at the SMA Awards in Lagos earlier this year. I had been nominated for the ‘Best African Blogger’ award. I missed out on the coveted prize but it was still a CV-boosting feat.
I understand that this SOMA nomination is a win-win situation for me. If I lose, I still go back to being Philip Etemesi, even bigger and more charged up. But winning is always a good feeling. It don’t know how having a cabinet full of trophies feels but I’d definitely love to experience such aura
So please vote for me
Vote for ‘Philip Etemesi for the ‘Facebook Personality Award’
Click here www.soma.or.ke/vot/ , select my name and submit your details at the bottom. You will receive a verification message on your number
Or simply SMS my code 16E to 22580 and you’ll be done.
Thank you in advance
