Online Reporter
IT is sad how some of our prominent businessmen failed to keep their heads up and save for the rainy day, choosing to spend like there is no tomorrow!
Just like spear warfare, they are all forgotten!
The spear was the dominant, cost-effective weapon of war for thousands of years, favoured for its long reach, ease of production, and effectiveness in formations — but not anymore.
And just like these yesteryear war paraphernalia and tactics, we have some of our dear brothers who used to live lavish lifestyles and are not dead, no, they are alive.
It is only that when they were still on top of their game they failed to invest wisely. They are now shy to pass through the Central Business District of our beautiful city.
Top on the list of such once moneyed people is this other well-known former businessman, who used to pour expensive whisky on the ground each time he was drunk in watering holes dotted around the city. We all remember him from the days he used to ‘juice our cars’ and was also into real estate business.
We will not forget how he pocketed millions of dollars after selling a mine together with this other son of that late politician, who also took over the political jacket from his late father.
And then, there is this other conman who struck gold when he recovered money that was said to have been erroneously collected from him by law enforcement agents.
This one is just pathetic!
A true case of a soul that is allergic to a good life!
How on earth would anyone blow up such a huge fortune in a short space of time like he did?
Holidaying in foreign places he was used to see in movies, and social media instantly became his lifestyle, while women, especially those with curvaceous, voluptuous, or bootylicious shapes, were his staple. Even the yellow machine company that he opened could not survive because of his unsustainable spending habits.
Who can forget this other former diamond dealer, whose name is a masculine name of Welsh and Irish origin, meaning “noble-born,” “young warrior,” or “well-born”.
Others used to call him using a popular Portuguese title that means boss.
The boy is now in a miserable state and needs our prayers, gentle readers.
This is the same story for a fellow diamond dealer whose wedding brought the entire province — if not the nation — to a standstill, hiring a whole four-star hotel for the function. At some point, he even possessed almost all kombis in the city and painted them with a mono colour.
Yours Truly hears that he is now trying his hand at a small fish farming project in the periphery of the city. Pitiable!
Blabber also reminisces two confectionary business entrepreneurs whose seemingly booming businesses went down the drain all because of unsuitable appetite for ladies of loose morals.
Because of their current ill health, Blabber will not want to delve into details of their rise and subsequent downfall.
After all, Blabber is human, too!
The list is long and can hardly be exhausted in one insertion.
But as the saying goes — a fool and his money are soon parted — all their flamboyance is forgotten and finished like spear warfare. I rest my case!
