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So longIts been so long. At first I didn’t have much to talk about, and then I had stuff to say but no way to put it up. So much has happened and ive missed this space. Work is fine but right now I have a love hate relationship with it. I hate the long procedures and mountain of paper work I have to sort out almost everyday but the meeting people, applying what I know to sort out situations ….. I like.I also hate my boss. I think...

Ok I'm back.I'm happy to say that things have finally shaped up. I've gone from jobless to jobfull if there's any such thing as that.I got a job and in the past few weeks i've attended more aptitude tests and interviews. than i would care to remember its just the same old drama over and over again. Anyway for the past month i've been working in a small healthcare company in oregun. It's not the job of my dreams in fact its far...

ok i got a job. Be right ba...

Back in Lagos So i'm back in Lagos and seriously job huntingOne thing i hate abut it all is the silence. I had better get a job soon. Problem is i can't find anything to blog about. My life is pretty boring right now. Hopefully things will pick up so...

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A TRIBUTETo all those whose paths crossed mineTo all those who knew me, I say I love you all and I'll miss uTo all those I knew but couldn't sum up the courage to speak to I'm sorryTo all the friends I made I look forward to keeping the friendship aliveThis poem is for uFrom the North south east and west we cameAll with a common goal (NYSC)Getting to know each otherSharing so much in the space of one yearGetting to know ourselvesOnly...

FACING THE FUTUREOnce again I find myself on the edge of the unknown. Afraid to move on cos I'm afraid of tomorrow. Not knowing whats out there. I'm sure I cannot stay but I'm scared of what tomorrow holds.It's been a long hard road I've traveled a road...

Passing out (not literarily) and passing the baton of NYSC gist to Trae."Free at lastFree at lastThank God AlmightyI'm free at last."Yes!!!!!!!!!!! thank God Im free at last. No more General CD, no more wahala, no more drama no more queues, no more LI trouble I'm freeeeee.The road has been rough it's been tough at last I'm free. Now unto the next phase. Do I hear a masters? Maybe (at least there wont be NYSC afterwards). A Masters...

CATCHING MY BREATHSorry its been a while. Things have been crazy around here lately. So many things happening all at once I didn’t even have time to catch my breath. My bday, another aptitude test , a journey, and passing out parade. Its been soo hectic.Remember...

The red hot GistBefore I go to the gist could I ask a question? Okay here goes , why do people love gist soo much!!!?Actually the gist is ……………………….. right here. Nothing much really except that sometimes I feel like I'm walking on air.I really don't know exactly how to write about it. I suppose I'll divulge as time goes on.I have my fears and stuff… most of the time…….I'm scared that it's not for real, that it's some kind of joke...

'cos i know you'll be readingOn the phoneI look up, a smile lights up my faceI pause, listen and my smile grows widerI look for a quiet cornerSomething warm uncoils from the bottom of my bellyIt spreads throughout my bodymy feet, my hands, my faceI feel hot and coldThe distance between us disappearsyour hand holds mineI feel safe, I feel lovedI'm on the phone with...

JUST RAMBLINGI was invited for a second interview at spring bank. It went well considering the circumstances . NEPA ooops sorry PHCN struck all nite and all morning and my only one in town outfit (the one I greet obasanjo in ) needed ironing . So I had no choice but to go iron it at work . I waited a bit but in the end I just packed my load and went to dress up for the interview at work. Only for me to get to work and find that...

WHAT I WANT TO BEQuestion:What did the red mini say to the fire engine? Answer: When I grow up, I'm going to be just like y...

THE NEW JAMB Sorry it’s been a while, I just didn’t have the words. A lot has happened to me over the last few weeks. I’ve been writing bank tests and I also had an interview. Although they’re for positions that are in kaduna and I’m not too keen but we’ll see how it goes. In the last three weeks, I’ve written three bank tests; one UBA, one oceanic bank, another UBA test just last week Saturday, one Bank interview and I’ll be...

EIGHT WEEKS MORE(SUBTLE PRESSURES AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES)For the past week I’ve been kind of tense, especially since after the last clearance, when it dawned on me that this was the second to the last clearance i would do, before passing out from the NYSC . One more clearance and it would be all over. No more Clearance, no more CD meetings (Which i barely attended), no more General CD, no more having to deal with power crazy NYSC...

REMEMBER ANY OF THESE? I came across this site by accident and boy did it send me down memory lane the same way Onada's post did. I loved them every single one of them. Did y...

I AM JEAN GREYAlthough your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death).Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally!Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with...

A-Z MEMEI got tagged Yay!!!!!!!!. When this tag started i wasn't sure i would be tagged. Memories of Maryland Convent came to me. We would be playing "mother may I " or "Ten Ten" and i would always be the last to be picked well almost always sha. Anyway just when i thought i wouldn't be tagged i got tagged by biodun and the lovely belle. Who i'm in love with right now by the way.So Here are my answers.Accent - NONE.Booze - No...

PLACES I WOULD LOVE TO VISITIN my last post, I wrote that I would love to travel and see all the places that I usually read of. Writing about it got me thinking so I decided to blog about it.Now I have never really traveled outside Nigeria before(does...

50 things you probably didn't know about meThis post was inspired by taurean minx who was inspired by Low.I had my first kiss in my twenties.I attended an all girls secondary school. I'm the second of four I have an older brother (We fought all through childhood and we still do occasionally. It is not my fault he always starts it), a fashionista younger sister and a teenage sister (although we still insist she's a baby). I look...

CAN MY HEART TAKE IT?(The Name that Launched a Thousand Letters)It’s been seven years. In the beginning, it was beautiful. When I look back I realize that it was almost magical. It felt good to have a friend like “you”. I was so proud of me. I was able to be platonic no strings attached friends with a guy. The whole school including my closest female friends thought we were dating. They must have seen something we didn’t see.First...

GOING HOME The next time i post i'll be doing it from a cybercafe. Nope i haven't lost my job yet (Coprpers cannot be fired we're Government children) its just that tonight i leave for Lagos. I haven't been to Lagos since i left home six months ago....

LETTERS TO MY YOUNGER SELFThis piece, writing a letter to my younger self is actually Pilgrimage to self.'s idea. For about a week, i've been wondering what i would say if i was given the oportunity to write a letter to my younger self. As i thought...

FROM BURUKU WITH LOVE (CENSUS 2006) .............So this is how the census wentDay 1FIRST CONTACTWe got into buruku on day 2 of the census at about 9 a.m. We dropped our things at the Yula guest inn and immediately went in search of the coordinator (we were told that he was at a school which was distribution point for all materials for buruku). We met the coordinator and he immediately assigned us to our different S.A.s I got...

WHEN WILL IT GET BETTER I wrote this piece on my first night in Buruku town. Hope its not coming too late.Right now, I’m writing this piece from Yula Guest Inn Buruku, off Lagos road Chikun LGA Kaduna State. Buruku is a hamlet about 30 mins away from Kaduna town itself. Actually it’s a run down place that’s used mostly by prostitutes and their customers (mostly overnight truckers). Now before you go “Buruku??????????????????”...

INTIMIDATED? YES ; AWED? CERTAINLY.I FEEL REBORN It’s been weeks since my first piece Drawing First Blood. I admit to writing that piece with the enthusiasm of a child learning a new game. After that first piece I gradually got into blogoshere (.....mostly...

Listening to a "seminar" under the tr...

REMINISCINGHow time flies. It's hard to believe it's been five months already since I first stepped into Kaduna state and the NYSC.I visited the NYSC orientation camp today. My boss asked me if I would like to go and I jumped at the offer. I'd wanted to go for a very long time (I haven't been there since my last day of orientation last year). On our way there I was assailed by different emotions, nostalgia (at going back), wonder...

Drawing first blood Keeping a journal has always been a fantasy of mine. I say fantasy beacause i've only kept a journal once in the second semester of my first year in university. The other times i've been too engrossed in life to remember to keep one. There's always been something to do, something to finish, exams to write, endles things. This blog is my first real effort toward fufilling my fantasy of keeping a journal.I'm...