Let’s face it, everybody is addicted to something, whether good or bad, even though we all know the word is often used in the negative. It also comes in different shapes and sizes, depending on how often you indulge yourself. The story I am about to tell is the tale of a little girl caught in the prison of addiction…her addiction was blogging [...]
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Confessions of a Blogaholic…
Let’s face it, everybody is addicted to something, whether good or bad, even though we all know the word is often used in the negative. It also comes in different shapes and sizes, depending on how often you indulge yourself. The story I am about to tell is the tale of a little girl caught in the prison of addiction…her addiction was blogging [...]
I think it’s time to break the “Broke...
I thought July was terrible; I was practically living off of tips I earned by begging for N100 from my colleagues, minutes before closing time. I was eager for the month to end. August came, and 30 minutes after I received my pay check, the money was gone. I did my best not to buck under the weight of financial stress, but my attempt was a we [...]
Lazy was my friend…
Everything goes wrong on Monday mornings and that is probably why I spent the entire morning trying to open Microsoft Word. Don’t worry I will move over to a Mac, as soon as I more money and less month. In the meantime, I am making do.
I know I am supposed to be reporting back on my findings…did I forget to mention that I successfully booked [...]
There are no road maps…in Niger...
Last week, I went to Lekki for my uncle’s funeral, or at least I thought I was going to Lekki and I vividly remember getting to the spot we all know as the Palms. I asked my sister, we are there already right? And she says no. In amazement, I looked at her and said “so what is this placed called?” She gave me the reply I was looking for “Lek [...]
Letter to my father
Dear Daddy,
I sat at whispering palms staring into the sand
And then my eye came in contact with your agbada that was lying on the floor
It was being used for the game “catching the train”
A presence overtakes me, and I say to myself, “I have lost so much.”
I would give anything to go back to our house and sit there just doing nothing…
That w [...]
A McDonald Experience
A couple of my friends and I did a quick run out of the conference room, into the van and down the road to get a bite to eat. We sighted it, parked and then burst into the McDonald and we were famished. By my mental calculation, we had to reel off our order, pay up, do a bit of waiting, actually get our meals and then gulp it down.
So here go [...]
