Dang, i've missed blogging but there really is nothing for me to blog about anymore...
In the last 2-3 weeks i've been running into people and it's just made me remember why they say it's good to always be good...u never know...
this past weekend, someone called me and mentioned that they had asked someone if they knew me and all the person had to say were good things and all... that made me feel good...
Just today, was in the parking lot at work when i heard someone call me...she called me by the name they call me at work so i knew it was no one from my life outside of work...was tempted to ignore the person, but she kept calling.
i sha managed and turned around and it was Ms. Blessing. Ms. Blessing was this ibo lady in probably like her sixties that had done some volunteer work for us at work bout 3 yrs ago. Ms. blessing came from the east in nigeria to come and help her daughter who works round the clock take care of her kids. I guess while the kids were at school, she would get bored and so she decided she was going to do some volunteer work in the morning till the kids came back from school.
Ms. Blessing has one of the strongest igbo accents i've ever heard and constantly added igbo words to her daily conversations such as "biko" abeg, hep me take this" and this was done regardless of who she was talking to...i always thought it was funny.
For some reason, she's always thought i was from Jamaica and i never bothered to correct that notion but she sha felt good that i was a foreigner as well even though i didn't speak as thick as her because i was pretty much the only one who could understand her and was always interested in her stories and generally had information bout how she and her daughter can benefit from the system. One of her daughter's kids has down syndrome.
I came to work one day and while passing by one of the rooms, i saw Ms. Blessing sitting down crying...an old lady crying ke? i felt really sorry for her, asked her what was wrong...she was in some serious pain...her legs were in bad shape, she didn't know how she was going to work back home. Somehow i knew she had arthiritis. I think we had been talking bout sending my granmomsie some drugs just the nite before.
I sha went to the store and bought her some arthiristis medication ...and took her home...she lives less than 5 mins away. True to it, she came back the next day and was all excited and could not thank me enough. How she felt far better than she had in a while...
Today, since i was on my way out, i asked if i could drop her off at home...we gisted a bit more and by the time we got to her house she just kept thanking me and praying for me...i didn't even remember that event until she mentioned it...said since i didn't know her from adam and did that for her, God will send help my way too and some very nice prayers like that i sha needed...all inbtw calling me Nne...lol...and telling me how she got her stimulus check...lol...
After leaving Ms. Blessing, i started to think bout how good it felt to have done good...and was wondering when was the last time i did such? Well, i'm going to go look for someone to be out of the ordinary nice to...just for the sake of being nice!!! It feels good!!!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
quick post
This is one of the busiest periods for me at work and yet i'm sitting down here blogging...as in i have too many things to turn in and out, and infact i was just given an assignment due next week that if i had had enough time i would have simply refused the work with kinda good excuse sha...
anyway, i just remembered something and i know if i don't write it now, i will forget...i was talking to someone bout old times movies that i could actually watch repeatly without getting tired of them at the mention of some, i was amazed that the person had never seen them!
Most Nigerians i know have seen them, i guess we nigerians are very european in nature and all but some of these movies are just classics!
Some of my favorites include:
Annie
Sound of Music (yes the person has not seen this movie o, it sounds wierd to me, is that a problem or it's just me?)
Mary poppins
Mr. Holland Opus (wait is that rite? don't have time to check it now)
Pretty Woman (ok, in my own book it's a classic...makes me wanna fall in-love)
yeeee...gotto go, can't complete again...but do you have any movie you think is that good and you wanna share? I think i want to see some...
anyway, i just remembered something and i know if i don't write it now, i will forget...i was talking to someone bout old times movies that i could actually watch repeatly without getting tired of them at the mention of some, i was amazed that the person had never seen them!
Most Nigerians i know have seen them, i guess we nigerians are very european in nature and all but some of these movies are just classics!
Some of my favorites include:
Annie
Sound of Music (yes the person has not seen this movie o, it sounds wierd to me, is that a problem or it's just me?)
Mary poppins
Mr. Holland Opus (wait is that rite? don't have time to check it now)
Pretty Woman (ok, in my own book it's a classic...makes me wanna fall in-love)
yeeee...gotto go, can't complete again...but do you have any movie you think is that good and you wanna share? I think i want to see some...
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Stuvvs
I refuse to allow this week to be crappy... Na lie...when there is still a God...
Lost my freaking keys while galavanting across town trying to help a young lady find a prom dress. She didn't want her mum to help or take her so my cousin & I were stuck with this task! In one of the stores while owwing (for a minute we forgot the girl, she's too damn picky) over a pair of really really cute shoes, it just came to mind that i didn't have my keys...thus began the search from bout 8 something in the evening....well, still didn't find it even after we called emergency road service (let me help promote Geico, since accident is not my portion, atleast the yeye insurance money i'm paying them monthly paid-off for something) to come open the car maybe it would be inside as per my car locks itself after like 10 mins if u don't lock it. Sha had to wait for Y (thanks a million to him sha) for bringing down the spare keys...i feel bad that he was coming from somewhere about an hour and some minutes away from home, and then he had to drive another 35 minutes (i think he made it in twenty or less) to bring us the keys...anyway sef, his girlfriend was with us so he had too! lol...
then my yeye phone that fell down and all of a sudden is freezing now...jeez! and it's not even that old sef...and they warned me bout that phone ohhh...infact i'm putting them out there, it's a razor!
Ok, amongst other things... but i've refused to be upset and have a bad week sha!
Onto something lighter...
Princesa's dog's passing away just reminded me bout the dogs we used to have back at home a very long time ago. I think my whole family are dog lovers except me and we always had dogs.
one of them's generation went this way: and Cleo begat Beauty and Beauty Begat Yemisi!
Yes, Yemisi was the dog's name! I think we were taking too long in giving the dog a name or something and just called the puppy-"puppy". We were gisting in the kitchen one day when popsie's driver said the puppy looked the house-help at that time-Yemisi (all the other 5-6 were usually given away); ok, they all used to talk bout one another like that...we were not left out of the jokes too... Anyway, from that day on, he started calling puppy Yemisi.
Finally we figured a name for puppy-can't even remember the name now. As we began to call the puppy the name we realized that she didn't answer oh...but whenever the driver called her yemisi and made that whistiling sound...the puppy dey answer sha! Cut a long story short, household members, including the gateman started calling the dog Yemisi...well, we had no choice but to start calling the dog Yemisi! lol...
Lost my freaking keys while galavanting across town trying to help a young lady find a prom dress. She didn't want her mum to help or take her so my cousin & I were stuck with this task! In one of the stores while owwing (for a minute we forgot the girl, she's too damn picky) over a pair of really really cute shoes, it just came to mind that i didn't have my keys...thus began the search from bout 8 something in the evening....well, still didn't find it even after we called emergency road service (let me help promote Geico, since accident is not my portion, atleast the yeye insurance money i'm paying them monthly paid-off for something) to come open the car maybe it would be inside as per my car locks itself after like 10 mins if u don't lock it. Sha had to wait for Y (thanks a million to him sha) for bringing down the spare keys...i feel bad that he was coming from somewhere about an hour and some minutes away from home, and then he had to drive another 35 minutes (i think he made it in twenty or less) to bring us the keys...anyway sef, his girlfriend was with us so he had too! lol...
then my yeye phone that fell down and all of a sudden is freezing now...jeez! and it's not even that old sef...and they warned me bout that phone ohhh...infact i'm putting them out there, it's a razor!
Ok, amongst other things... but i've refused to be upset and have a bad week sha!
Onto something lighter...
Princesa's dog's passing away just reminded me bout the dogs we used to have back at home a very long time ago. I think my whole family are dog lovers except me and we always had dogs.
one of them's generation went this way: and Cleo begat Beauty and Beauty Begat Yemisi!
Yes, Yemisi was the dog's name! I think we were taking too long in giving the dog a name or something and just called the puppy-"puppy". We were gisting in the kitchen one day when popsie's driver said the puppy looked the house-help at that time-Yemisi (all the other 5-6 were usually given away); ok, they all used to talk bout one another like that...we were not left out of the jokes too... Anyway, from that day on, he started calling puppy Yemisi.
Finally we figured a name for puppy-can't even remember the name now. As we began to call the puppy the name we realized that she didn't answer oh...but whenever the driver called her yemisi and made that whistiling sound...the puppy dey answer sha! Cut a long story short, household members, including the gateman started calling the dog Yemisi...well, we had no choice but to start calling the dog Yemisi! lol...
Friday, May 23, 2008
Daddy Schic
I love my daddy...
I'll start with the fact that i now know i'm ready for marriage for real! O.k well, atleast for one part sha- caring for someone else other than myself...since daddy schic has been around, i've surprised myself. I've woken up early enough rather than my usual time enough to take a bath, dress and run out. I've been getting up to make breakfast and then rushing back home in the evening to make dinner...While i'm doing it religiously, i'm so tired of it! I've run out of what to make for breakfast that can just be warmed in the microwave and still be ok. I'm also tired of having to rush home to make dinner abeg! You know how sometimes you just want to go home, take a shower and crawl under the sheets with a nice book or just watch tv or something rather than going on to start making eba, amala, poundo yam, fresh efo, or okro...well...only for a time sha...I actually told my younger sister how i was going to encourage the man to come spend time with her even though she shares her place with someone else, but for real ehnn, the man will starve over there. I'm sorry to say my sister can't cook much to save a life...
While we're still on daddy schic, i've decided that i need to have a child ASAP...ok, i've been thinking bout getting preggies beginning of next year, but the way i'm seeing things ehhnnn, it's pushing me to hurry up. Let me explain- daddy schic has 4 official grandkids. i say official because i have one brother like that u can never tell with him sha...we think he may have more than the three he has declared or are in the open...lol...Anyway, of the four, only one is with him in nigeria and they live under the same roof. Well, this trip, every single place we've gone to, i've heard too much of "ahhh! this will be good for "R" infact, of everything we've bought, i think "R" has the most stuff. Last saturday, he said he had gotten enough stuff for "R" o, na so we go one store yesterday, he still bought things for her...to think that R is going to be a big sister too very soon. On the other hand in naija, i heard "R" goes to granpa's door each morning knocking and shouting granpa, granpa, so they have to call granpa for her to talk to. Me i'm jealous abeg! "R" is not even two yet and she has that kinda hold on daddy schic...abeg, "R" back-off his my daddy..ki lo de? I know his your grandaddy, but i knew him first!
Oh yeah, it's sweet and funny that daddy schic does not realize that his girls are grown women oh! I mean, i'm really close to 30 (abeg, i no dey talk my age!) but let's just say that 1-3 yrs away from 30. My younger sister is in her early 20's sha, close to the middle. That's how Daddy schic is on the phone with someone talking bout "yes o, i came to see the children!" Another time i heard him arranging something with one of my older cousins saying yeah, the girls and i will come and spend the day.
Just this morning, i'm feeling like a babe and trying to look cute and all... i had my tank top showing below my other top, there goes the man asking me why i'm dressed like that? and his really trying to adjust it for me...i had to tell him that's what it's supposed to look like!lol...
Daddy schic's birthday will be while his still here...i'm thinking bout throwing him a small get-together or maybe we should all go out to dinner? I don't know jare...I think doing the get-together will be better sha...hmmm...
I'll start with the fact that i now know i'm ready for marriage for real! O.k well, atleast for one part sha- caring for someone else other than myself...since daddy schic has been around, i've surprised myself. I've woken up early enough rather than my usual time enough to take a bath, dress and run out. I've been getting up to make breakfast and then rushing back home in the evening to make dinner...While i'm doing it religiously, i'm so tired of it! I've run out of what to make for breakfast that can just be warmed in the microwave and still be ok. I'm also tired of having to rush home to make dinner abeg! You know how sometimes you just want to go home, take a shower and crawl under the sheets with a nice book or just watch tv or something rather than going on to start making eba, amala, poundo yam, fresh efo, or okro...well...only for a time sha...I actually told my younger sister how i was going to encourage the man to come spend time with her even though she shares her place with someone else, but for real ehnn, the man will starve over there. I'm sorry to say my sister can't cook much to save a life...
While we're still on daddy schic, i've decided that i need to have a child ASAP...ok, i've been thinking bout getting preggies beginning of next year, but the way i'm seeing things ehhnnn, it's pushing me to hurry up. Let me explain- daddy schic has 4 official grandkids. i say official because i have one brother like that u can never tell with him sha...we think he may have more than the three he has declared or are in the open...lol...Anyway, of the four, only one is with him in nigeria and they live under the same roof. Well, this trip, every single place we've gone to, i've heard too much of "ahhh! this will be good for "R" infact, of everything we've bought, i think "R" has the most stuff. Last saturday, he said he had gotten enough stuff for "R" o, na so we go one store yesterday, he still bought things for her...to think that R is going to be a big sister too very soon. On the other hand in naija, i heard "R" goes to granpa's door each morning knocking and shouting granpa, granpa, so they have to call granpa for her to talk to. Me i'm jealous abeg! "R" is not even two yet and she has that kinda hold on daddy schic...abeg, "R" back-off his my daddy..ki lo de? I know his your grandaddy, but i knew him first!
Oh yeah, it's sweet and funny that daddy schic does not realize that his girls are grown women oh! I mean, i'm really close to 30 (abeg, i no dey talk my age!) but let's just say that 1-3 yrs away from 30. My younger sister is in her early 20's sha, close to the middle. That's how Daddy schic is on the phone with someone talking bout "yes o, i came to see the children!" Another time i heard him arranging something with one of my older cousins saying yeah, the girls and i will come and spend the day.
Just this morning, i'm feeling like a babe and trying to look cute and all... i had my tank top showing below my other top, there goes the man asking me why i'm dressed like that? and his really trying to adjust it for me...i had to tell him that's what it's supposed to look like!lol...
Daddy schic's birthday will be while his still here...i'm thinking bout throwing him a small get-together or maybe we should all go out to dinner? I don't know jare...I think doing the get-together will be better sha...hmmm...
Profile
Hello there...yeah, me too i had almost given up on this (good things take time i've heard) but some wonderful man sent me his profile...ladies feel free to contact him through me...and "him," if u're interested in any of the profiles, pls mail me...
Age: 31
Sex: Male
Occupation: Working (Computer Operation and Instruction) and Student LASPOTECH
Religion: Xtian
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria.
Age Range Partner: 19yrs - 28yrs
Looking for lady : Within Nigeria (Any Part of the Country)
So u interested in this brother? e-mail me @ sassiechic@gmail.com
Ok, i dey come, i feel the urge to do one of those random posts...have no better gist....
Age: 31
Sex: Male
Occupation: Working (Computer Operation and Instruction) and Student LASPOTECH
Religion: Xtian
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria.
Age Range Partner: 19yrs - 28yrs
Looking for lady : Within Nigeria (Any Part of the Country)
So u interested in this brother? e-mail me @ sassiechic@gmail.com
Ok, i dey come, i feel the urge to do one of those random posts...have no better gist....
Thursday, May 15, 2008
I'M IT!
I've been tagged by princesa & Kpakpando to do the ‘Six quirky things’ So here it goes:
Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you…
2. Mention the rules in your blog…
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged
oh, i still can't figure out this linking thing with the name rather than the site address...
I talk to myself: I have full back and forth conversation with myself. Not even in my head, loud so anyone nearby can actually hear me. I have these conversations if I find myself walking alone somewhere, in the car by myself, in my room, as long as I’m by myself sha, I’ll start talking back and forth.
I get extra domesticated when I’m worried: If I’ve got something on my mind, I could cook, bake a storm and then clean a whole house including the floors. Once I’m done, I sleep and I would usually feel better or have my worries pushed aside temporarily
I have an extremely wide imagination: I let my imagination run over aboard. Ok, for this one, I’ve heard that it maybe bad. I’m one of those people that say we’re on a roller-coaster, I’ll be thinking what if the thing stopped and we’re up? If I saw someone walking on the road I would be thinking: what is a bike just sped across and smashed this person. It goes both ways though; I’ve become a corporate millionaire in my head before and lived the life. I’ve lived a model life, and I’ve lived a wife of a correct pastor and the first lady of Nigeria-all in my head sha!
I’m never really get into anything: You know how people get into things, like some people really like shoes, some clothes, some wrist watches, etc…well, I’ve never really been one of those…regardless of what it is, I’m not a collector like that. (wait does this count as a quirky thing?)
I can blank out everyone else: I can be in a crowed place and still be by myself. As in no one will exist around. I’ll hold conversations in my head and if I try hard enough I won’t see the people really in my physical surroundings.
I’m just weird like that: I may have some double personality traits. I can be the most quiet and most shy person at one place and at another place i’m really out-going. I can also be really razz when I want to be and still spill out them correct fone when the need be…I prefer old fashion ways to these modern/civilization methods…I’ll rather write a letter than e-mail, I’ll rather fill out a form by paper than computer, I’ll rather talk to a real person than a silly pre-recorded vioce on the phone
Wow! I made it to 6, thought I would not be able to! Even though I’m still not sure if what I did is the rite thing sef. These things are hard and require a lot of thinking…jeezzz…
Ok, I’m too lazy to start tagging people abeg, besides I think everyone has done this already. So I simply tag the first 6 people to read this if they have not already done so. I’ll follow up by going on their blogs to inform them…so please leave me a comment so I know who to go leave a comment for. Oh, if u don’t have a blog, I volunteer my blog for you to leave a comment…lol…just send it to me via e-mail and I’ll put it up…easy abi?
Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you…
2. Mention the rules in your blog…
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged
oh, i still can't figure out this linking thing with the name rather than the site address...
I talk to myself: I have full back and forth conversation with myself. Not even in my head, loud so anyone nearby can actually hear me. I have these conversations if I find myself walking alone somewhere, in the car by myself, in my room, as long as I’m by myself sha, I’ll start talking back and forth.
I get extra domesticated when I’m worried: If I’ve got something on my mind, I could cook, bake a storm and then clean a whole house including the floors. Once I’m done, I sleep and I would usually feel better or have my worries pushed aside temporarily
I have an extremely wide imagination: I let my imagination run over aboard. Ok, for this one, I’ve heard that it maybe bad. I’m one of those people that say we’re on a roller-coaster, I’ll be thinking what if the thing stopped and we’re up? If I saw someone walking on the road I would be thinking: what is a bike just sped across and smashed this person. It goes both ways though; I’ve become a corporate millionaire in my head before and lived the life. I’ve lived a model life, and I’ve lived a wife of a correct pastor and the first lady of Nigeria-all in my head sha!
I’m never really get into anything: You know how people get into things, like some people really like shoes, some clothes, some wrist watches, etc…well, I’ve never really been one of those…regardless of what it is, I’m not a collector like that. (wait does this count as a quirky thing?)
I can blank out everyone else: I can be in a crowed place and still be by myself. As in no one will exist around. I’ll hold conversations in my head and if I try hard enough I won’t see the people really in my physical surroundings.
I’m just weird like that: I may have some double personality traits. I can be the most quiet and most shy person at one place and at another place i’m really out-going. I can also be really razz when I want to be and still spill out them correct fone when the need be…I prefer old fashion ways to these modern/civilization methods…I’ll rather write a letter than e-mail, I’ll rather fill out a form by paper than computer, I’ll rather talk to a real person than a silly pre-recorded vioce on the phone
Wow! I made it to 6, thought I would not be able to! Even though I’m still not sure if what I did is the rite thing sef. These things are hard and require a lot of thinking…jeezzz…
Ok, I’m too lazy to start tagging people abeg, besides I think everyone has done this already. So I simply tag the first 6 people to read this if they have not already done so. I’ll follow up by going on their blogs to inform them…so please leave me a comment so I know who to go leave a comment for. Oh, if u don’t have a blog, I volunteer my blog for you to leave a comment…lol…just send it to me via e-mail and I’ll put it up…easy abi?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Dear Mother
Dear Mother,
I had so many things to say to you, yet i can't find the words to pen them down. Apparently, those things just want to stay in my head.
Well, too many times i've wished you were here...all through the years and at different experiences or milestones in my life, i've silently wished you were here to share it with me. I honestly can't say what the difference would have been, but i'm sure you're looking down and seeing what a great job dad has done.
I 've wished you were here more in recent years than when i was much younger, i wish you were here now to answer my questions about this direction God is taking me...
19 years ago today, you decided you could not fight cancer anymore and you gave up to join the hosts of heaven.
I wish you had fought some more for our sake but i understand...
After the meeting today, i really really wish you were here to help me make the decision...
I hope that while you're sitting in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ, you're looking down and interceding on my behalf and asking God to show me the way...
I had so many things to say to you, yet i can't find the words to pen them down. Apparently, those things just want to stay in my head.
Well, too many times i've wished you were here...all through the years and at different experiences or milestones in my life, i've silently wished you were here to share it with me. I honestly can't say what the difference would have been, but i'm sure you're looking down and seeing what a great job dad has done.
I 've wished you were here more in recent years than when i was much younger, i wish you were here now to answer my questions about this direction God is taking me...
19 years ago today, you decided you could not fight cancer anymore and you gave up to join the hosts of heaven.
I wish you had fought some more for our sake but i understand...
After the meeting today, i really really wish you were here to help me make the decision...
I hope that while you're sitting in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ, you're looking down and interceding on my behalf and asking God to show me the way...
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