So today I decided to give a Happy Birthday Shout Out to a friend and Loladeville blog writer/contributor, Daniel Teinye Boyle. He’s also the CEO of Port Harcourt-based Beige Model Management Company. He writes some of the articles on our fashion and lifestyle columns. Wishing him more rewarding years on earth and the best life has to offer. Below is a birthday piece penned by him.

“On the sixteenth day of the ninth month in the eighty eighth year witnessed the birth of a new generation.

A movement was born and a leader unveiled.

Its been 26years of strife, joy, laughter, pain, sorrow, romance, disappointment and betrayal.

Alas its been a good number counting, where;-

Hard work and excellence bagged a second class upper division DEGREE and HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICAtE.

Patience and endurance bagged a CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

Persistence and innovation bagged a NOMINATION.

Gift and talent bagged a MUSIC DIRECTOR.

Diligence and Decorum bagged a MENTOR.

Free Spiritedness bagged a COMRADE.

Sound mind and intelligence bagged a TEACHER.

Skills and creativity bagged a STYLIST.

Perfection and precision bagged a WRITER.

And Mercy and Grace bagged a LEADER!