Landing Sanyang,

Thanks for the free lectures and, by the way, always feel free, to call me a
prevaricator or an "opportunist", as you did in your commentary.

Anyway, I, personally, don't know who you are, but I would never, especially
in the open, doubt, or question, your personal integrity and honesty, even
though we may have different political viewpoints.

If I am an "opportunist", or a prevaricator, time will tell! They say the
truth, buried to the ground, will rise again!!

I hate to say this, but, in passing, one thing I would make abundantly clear
to you, Mr Sanyang, is that if I were an opportunist, as you alleged, I
shouldn't even be thinking about the Gambia, because there are more doors
open to me, here, than in the Gambia.

In fact, friends and colleagues here think that something is "wrong" with
me, for continuing, as they would often say, to "waist" my "precious time
and energy", with Gambian politics, always making unnecessary expensive
phone calls to the Gambia, when I could be doing other productive things.

Anyway, Mr Sanyang, regardless of your harsh comments, I still believe that
you are a good, righteous and decent person, and I am looking forward to
meeting you, in person, one fine day.

May be, if, by chance, we meet in person, one fine day, we might understand
each other's position better and, in this way, give each other the respect
one deserves.

Let me tell you a story. One day, I went to interview the late Charles Jow
of the Exams Council and, at some point during the interview, he didn't
think he was being interviewed by me, Ebrima Ceesay.

Why? Because I was often referring to him, during the interview, as "Sir;
Sir ; yes Sir." He said based on my "controversial" articles, and my
tough-talking radio interviews, he would never have expected Ebrima Ceesay,
of all people, to refer to him as "Sir, Sir; Yes Sir; Yes Sir"...

Hopefully, Mr Sanyang, if we meet face to face, in the future, you might
have a change of heart and say: "Wow, after all, Ebrima is not the fake
person I thought he was!" I do get it wrong sometimes, but that doesn't
justify allegations that I am fake, or unreal, or "an opportunist" to borrow
your own words.

In any case, as I said to Musa Jeng, in an earlier posting, I have, in fact,
learnt some very valuable lessons, as a result of what happened, on the L,
these past few days, and I hope to put these useful lessons into good use.

Anyway, Mr Sanyang, I don't blame you for your wild allegations, because
communications, or correspondence, via Cyberspace, as Halifa sallah once
wrote to me, on this forum, (and I hope I am quoting him correctly), could
be difficult at times.

Anyway, do have a good week, and good luck in your endeavours!

Ebrima Ceesay,
Birmingham, UK.


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