Womiloju!!! Womiloju!!! Womilenu!!! Wominimu!!!
Omo Oloriburuku...the child never hears when she's being called!
Maaaa...Womiloju finally shouts....i'm coming ma!
foolish girl! how many times do i have to call you before you hear and answer me...
E ma binu ma, i was in the toilet...
Well, go and pack your things, you're going to iya Kano....since you won't read, "olodo oshi" all your mates are moving ahead, you can't pass one class...me i can't keep you again, you're going to go live with iya Kano.
Ahh...maami, please i don't won't to go...i will try school again....
ahhh...abi "awon aiye se omo yi ni?" jo, go and pack your things and you will follow ahmed tomorrow morning to catch the bus to Kano.
Womiloju cried her eyes out and begged but to no avail....two days later she was with iya Kano learning how to make ogi and to sell...which she did very well for 4 months...
After 4 months, just when she was settling down,Womiloju is sent again to Abeokuta to go live with maami's niece who has a 3years old child and is expecting another.
Womiloju, lo pon omo wa funmi...Womiloju, lo ra iresi wa, Womiloju lo gbale yara, Womiloju lo gba eko wa ni odo iya risi wa...Womiloju was sent on endless errands...climbing up and down over 40 stone steps about 6 to 7 times a day....
The day after maami's niece had her baby, 3 months into Womiloju living with them, she was called back to Lagos.
Womiloju, o ma lo ko ise. you will learn to sew...from now on, you will go to iya Bamiji every morning and come back at night...by 3 weeks you better be able to sew...if u can't i repeat, if u cannot at that time...o ti rogo!
Womiloju did learn and became really good, she got her freedom 6 months later and maami bought her a sewing machine...
Womiloju started making progress in life, she got married and had her first child, while she was expecting her second child, something happened that prompted her to go see an uncle that was a doctor... the uncle sent her to another doctor...an ENT...results came out after some tests...
Womiloju was deaf in one ear...that's the reason she could never pass in school...she never heard what was being said in class....the classes were too large and she sat at the back...she was able to hear at home because everyone around was generally loud when talking....
a different path was chosen for her...her destiny had been changed just because no one paid attention....
Womiloju is 54 years old now, came to america for the first time...in her wildest dreams, she never thought she would come abroad...her children have brought her here to visit....
I thought her story was really inspirational...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It's so hard keeping up with blogging these days, i honestly just can't find the time...i have different things in my head and say i'll come blog bout it but then by the time i do find a little bit of time, i forget what i was going to blog about....
I was going to blog about the hilariousness and popularity of the yoruba movie called Jenifa...As in, that girl deserves an award for real...
Anyway, i had a really wierd dream last night and thought i would blog bout it before i forget again...Funny it was a really detailed dream too...not sure if it happens to anyone, but it was as if at one point i was pulling out of the dream back to consciousness but i forced myself back to sleep so i could continue and finish the dream...lol...sad huh?
Ok, so get to the dream already abi? well even before that- background to my dream is based on the issues i've have been blogging about...i've been hearing different kinds of stories that is funny sha...also coupled with the fact that there is a bit of marriage buzz around me. My cousin and a very good friend of mine got engaged this new year and so the buzz...my friend's wedding is in about 6months and i'm heavily involved in the planning...i'm even MOH sef....infact, i went to sleep last night after a telephone conference with the bride and the head planner-bride's sister in-law...already, there is drama that i wish not to be involved in especially since it's something as ridiculous as aso-ebi (family clothing)- how many different ones? these group of people want their own while another group want another one and so on...anyway...that was what i slept thinking bout....
My dream, now i've forgotten the full gist sef.... somehow was sha that me too i was getting ready to marry...lol...honestly, only people who really know me would find the fact that i'm marrying funny...infact the guy had proposed and all that only to find out during the planning that the guy is married and with kids sef...as in, young guy, nothing to indicate or prompt me to that before...we had been dating for atleast a year...not once had there been any sign of him being married....he didn't have to call anyone, travel anywhere and all...
Well, i remember there was one part where he was just in a living room just sitting down looking when some older pple from his home were breaking the news to me...he insisted he still wanted to marry me though...that that family was not real...anyway...think the last thing i remember was me just crying that why would something like that happen to me of all people! lol
I thought it was realyl funny....lol
I was going to blog about the hilariousness and popularity of the yoruba movie called Jenifa...As in, that girl deserves an award for real...
Anyway, i had a really wierd dream last night and thought i would blog bout it before i forget again...Funny it was a really detailed dream too...not sure if it happens to anyone, but it was as if at one point i was pulling out of the dream back to consciousness but i forced myself back to sleep so i could continue and finish the dream...lol...sad huh?
Ok, so get to the dream already abi? well even before that- background to my dream is based on the issues i've have been blogging about...i've been hearing different kinds of stories that is funny sha...also coupled with the fact that there is a bit of marriage buzz around me. My cousin and a very good friend of mine got engaged this new year and so the buzz...my friend's wedding is in about 6months and i'm heavily involved in the planning...i'm even MOH sef....infact, i went to sleep last night after a telephone conference with the bride and the head planner-bride's sister in-law...already, there is drama that i wish not to be involved in especially since it's something as ridiculous as aso-ebi (family clothing)- how many different ones? these group of people want their own while another group want another one and so on...anyway...that was what i slept thinking bout....
My dream, now i've forgotten the full gist sef.... somehow was sha that me too i was getting ready to marry...lol...honestly, only people who really know me would find the fact that i'm marrying funny...infact the guy had proposed and all that only to find out during the planning that the guy is married and with kids sef...as in, young guy, nothing to indicate or prompt me to that before...we had been dating for atleast a year...not once had there been any sign of him being married....he didn't have to call anyone, travel anywhere and all...
Well, i remember there was one part where he was just in a living room just sitting down looking when some older pple from his home were breaking the news to me...he insisted he still wanted to marry me though...that that family was not real...anyway...think the last thing i remember was me just crying that why would something like that happen to me of all people! lol
I thought it was realyl funny....lol
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
case update
ok, i have like God knows how many things on my table that i need to do...but i don't feel like it, don't have the strength for it and don't know where to start from...i sha know my oga wants to see typed up papers by 11am and it's currently 9:40a.m.
and what i'm i doing? blogging! SAD!
I'm thinking about getting off facebook, i've seen something that i should not have seen...if i had been jejely minding my business doing what i should be doing...i would have been blissful in my ignorance...huff!
oh yeah main reason for signing in here...the gist from that babe from case 2...well, not confirmed yet but according to the babe the guy did cancel his wedding in naija oh...his not back yet because his sorting things out still....
could this be true?
and what i'm i doing? blogging! SAD!
I'm thinking about getting off facebook, i've seen something that i should not have seen...if i had been jejely minding my business doing what i should be doing...i would have been blissful in my ignorance...huff!
oh yeah main reason for signing in here...the gist from that babe from case 2...well, not confirmed yet but according to the babe the guy did cancel his wedding in naija oh...his not back yet because his sorting things out still....
could this be true?
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Profile
It's a New Year!!!! Yipeee...praying that new and beautiful things will happen for us all in this new year in Jesus Name....Amen!
So i thought i was done with this profiling thing but i sporadically (is the use and the word correct? just thot i'ld try my mind on big words...lol...if it's not, o well...) get someone asking me to put up a profile or is interested in one they've read from the past.
That reminds me, i have to do a follow up on the last match...i wonder if anything good came out of it....
This one i'm putting up today is actually someone i know personally, and if things were different, i could have hooked up with him myself...lol... "BUT"....let's just say there is a but there for us...
In other words...his a great guy....so ladies, if u're interested...pls feel free to let me know...if u have further questions for him...his willing to answer them...
Age: 29
Sex: male
Occupation: IT consultant
Religion: Christian
Faith: Pentecostal
Resident Country: London
COuntry of Origin: Nigeria
State: Illesha
Age range seeking: 24 - 30
Seeking Someone preferably in london but someone who "can" and is willing to be able to travel back and forth also ok
Interest: Reading, music, arts
Description: Quiet, Intelligent, intellectual (o.k, this is me adding this), simple...
Well ladies...his laid it down...just send me an e-mail if you are at all curious about this individual...
by the way, i have case 3 to put up...maybe i will tomorrow...
So i thought i was done with this profiling thing but i sporadically (is the use and the word correct? just thot i'ld try my mind on big words...lol...if it's not, o well...) get someone asking me to put up a profile or is interested in one they've read from the past.
That reminds me, i have to do a follow up on the last match...i wonder if anything good came out of it....
This one i'm putting up today is actually someone i know personally, and if things were different, i could have hooked up with him myself...lol... "BUT"....let's just say there is a but there for us...
In other words...his a great guy....so ladies, if u're interested...pls feel free to let me know...if u have further questions for him...his willing to answer them...
Age: 29
Sex: male
Occupation: IT consultant
Religion: Christian
Faith: Pentecostal
Resident Country: London
COuntry of Origin: Nigeria
State: Illesha
Age range seeking: 24 - 30
Seeking Someone preferably in london but someone who "can" and is willing to be able to travel back and forth also ok
Interest: Reading, music, arts
Description: Quiet, Intelligent, intellectual (o.k, this is me adding this), simple...
Well ladies...his laid it down...just send me an e-mail if you are at all curious about this individual...
by the way, i have case 3 to put up...maybe i will tomorrow...
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