Hey y'all, whats happening? First of all i have to apologise for not writing Last week's blog. I was neck-deep in an assignment and couldn't even think of dropping it. I mean, i couldnt understand the topic i was to write about but as God would have it, i found another topic that was easy to understand and i did the assignment in four days. So what has been happening to you guys? hope you have been having fun and not being as boring as i am. Oh well Thank God.
For the past two weeks, i have been very depressed (YES I DO GET DEPRESSED NOW AND THEN), a lot has been happening in my life and i cant understand why they are happening. I mean so many expectations, dreams, wishes etc. that have not materialised and it makes me want to quit (you know, why try at all). However, i have been speaking to my Father about it and He has asked me to cast everything on Him. So my prayer is that he will turn things around real soon.
So i got my first report and it was not good. It was a group work and we had to do a presentation. I did input some ideas but had to back off when all my suggestions were hitting brick walls. Eventually we settled on doing something (i tried to make my part very interesting and catchy) which i thought was not exploring our full potential. Needless to say, the results are out and my group scored a 58%. What am i supposed to do with a 58%? This means i will have to work extra hard to get a very good grade in the exam to make up for this crappy mark. To make matters worse, other groups had 75%, 65% etc. I know what i want out of this and crappy marks like this just creeps me out. Anyway, i was kind of happy when i discovered that some people had 55%, 45% etc but still, i wanted at least a 70%...Oh well. I still maintain "I HATE TEAMWORK,GROUPWORK WHATEVER"!
I went for an eye test (i have an excellent vision by the way) and contacts fitting. It went on for hours and i was beginning to think i should have brought my bed and food so i could camp there. In the end, i got to try the different colours but it was so difficult getting the contacts in that i had to limit myself to trying the hazel and honey colours. I eventually picked the honey colour and went through another bout of putting them in and taking them out (they said i had to learn before they gave them to me). When i eventually had them in a second time, i refused to take them out till i was time for bed. These all happened on friday and i havent worn the contacts since then until today ( took ten mins to put them in). After putting them in, my left eye felt foggy (i think i had it in the wrong side up) but i couldnt be bothered to take them out and try again (who get that kind time). However, i look really good (have taken pics and will send soon) and y'all will be impressed (Olumide, i can see you smilling). The contacts lasts for only a month and i know that i wont be getting a replacement (too much hard work involved).
Despite my depression, this weekend was great. We had evangelism where we went visiting church members and on sunday (which was thanksgiving) we had a blast. I was leading praise and there was a lot of off key singing because there was little communication between me and the keyboardist but it was fun though and i thank God that so many people were blessed immeasurably.
After much deliberation between my chubby and skinny self, we have decided that we want to be slim and keep it that way for a long time (at least after having children). I got myself some sport outfits, will be getting a scale soon and i should start sfter i give in my assignment this Friday. I will keep you guys up to date with my progress (bad or good) and hopefully we shd be successful in the end (wish me luck).
Ok, i gotta go. I have an assignment that is due this friday and i havent started yet. I'm not panicking because i think i know what to do (i think?). Oh well, it will be well. Take care of yourself and always endeavour to keep in touch as you might just save me from committing suicide (just kidding!) but try to send me a one liner once in a while (Ify, Awele, Tonye, Chike, Temmy, Tessy, Sunday and Olumide thank you for all your emails, i really appreciate).
I love you all.
Ciao!
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
UNDER PRESSURE
Hey peeps! longest time. How have you all been? I hope all is well with y'all. Everything is fine here but sometimes i do get depressed but i know God will make things better if i keep trusting him.
Pressure! Pressure!! pressure!!! A lot of us have felt pressure in different circumstances. Those of you working in IPML will understand what pressure is (constantly having to proof yourself and your worth) and you wonder when it will end. The thing is that, it will never end and the best thing to do is not to have allowed yourself get in that situation in the first place. In this life, you have to try not to put yourself under any kind of pressure, do what you have to do and if no one notices your efforts God does and trust me, the ultimate reward is better than a short term thing.
I have been under a lot of pressure lately; pressure to get all my assignments done quickly (this is my fault kinda, i piled everything until now but i'm not worried), pressure to stay beautiful (as most of you know, i never marry yet so there is pressure to stay fit and beautiful until some dude sweeps me off my feet...i hope soon cos the pressure is too much oh...lol), pressure to look good (it is quite tasking having to wear heels out all the time cos u never know whom you might meet. I am constantly putting a lot of effort in my dressing which means i'm spending 'ego' like crazy but sensibly...lol). Like i said, all these pressures would have been avoided if i didnt start in the first place. The other day, i was coming back from church and met this chick who was in Law School with me (Mobola, the 'oh my God girl during NYSC'). The girl was a babe in school and has kept the trend here in Jand. She was looking really good...i mean her hair was great, she had skinny jeans and white boots on, contacts in her eyes and some fake accent to match. The first thing i did was thank God that i was looking smashing as well (apart from my hair though...i still have the braids i did in naija). I know i sound crazy but the moment i left her, i entered the nearest optician and now i have an appointment for contact lens fitting (PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
So i got to know my housemate well, she is a nice person (even though she thinks i'm not because i make fun of people and dont associate that much) but she talks too much. When she talks like that, i switch into 'la la' mode... you know, you start singing tunes in your head but you keep smilling and laughing to show interest (i do that to my sister most times). She is intelligent as well...infact, everyone i've been in contact with are very intelligent people and i want to beleive that i am as well. Well she is really nice and i'm glad she is my housemate. Oh she bought her own Laptop so i'm enjoying my privacy again...lol!
So Glasgow has been very cold... sorry, let me re-phrase that. Glasgow has been extremely freezingly cold as the freezer in hamattan. I am constantly going out with my gloves, scarf around the neck etc. I only go out when it is very necessary if not, i stay home and enjoy the warmt of my beautiful bedroom. The time was shifted backwards so we are and hour behind nigeria. This to me is illogical because it gets dark by 4pm...like now, it is just after 5pm but it is as dark as 8pm. Well, i guess i'm not a geologist or weather scientist so i wouldnt know why they have pushed the time back instead of forward.
So Bigbrother ended last week with Richard winning. I was so gutted because i wanted the Nigerian housemate (Ofunneka) to win. She was very nice and tolerated alot in the house. Oh well, i guess now that Richard has won $100,000, his wife will forgive him of all his cheating with Tatiana and i also hope Tatiana's boyfriend will be like Code's girlfriend and forgive her of all her atrocities in the house.
I gotta go now, i have a presentation tomorrow and i also have to start reading up on what i'm going to write in my assignment. Take care y'all and i wish you all the best. Have a nice week ahead... luv you all.
Ciao!
Pressure! Pressure!! pressure!!! A lot of us have felt pressure in different circumstances. Those of you working in IPML will understand what pressure is (constantly having to proof yourself and your worth) and you wonder when it will end. The thing is that, it will never end and the best thing to do is not to have allowed yourself get in that situation in the first place. In this life, you have to try not to put yourself under any kind of pressure, do what you have to do and if no one notices your efforts God does and trust me, the ultimate reward is better than a short term thing.
I have been under a lot of pressure lately; pressure to get all my assignments done quickly (this is my fault kinda, i piled everything until now but i'm not worried), pressure to stay beautiful (as most of you know, i never marry yet so there is pressure to stay fit and beautiful until some dude sweeps me off my feet...i hope soon cos the pressure is too much oh...lol), pressure to look good (it is quite tasking having to wear heels out all the time cos u never know whom you might meet. I am constantly putting a lot of effort in my dressing which means i'm spending 'ego' like crazy but sensibly...lol). Like i said, all these pressures would have been avoided if i didnt start in the first place. The other day, i was coming back from church and met this chick who was in Law School with me (Mobola, the 'oh my God girl during NYSC'). The girl was a babe in school and has kept the trend here in Jand. She was looking really good...i mean her hair was great, she had skinny jeans and white boots on, contacts in her eyes and some fake accent to match. The first thing i did was thank God that i was looking smashing as well (apart from my hair though...i still have the braids i did in naija). I know i sound crazy but the moment i left her, i entered the nearest optician and now i have an appointment for contact lens fitting (PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
So i got to know my housemate well, she is a nice person (even though she thinks i'm not because i make fun of people and dont associate that much) but she talks too much. When she talks like that, i switch into 'la la' mode... you know, you start singing tunes in your head but you keep smilling and laughing to show interest (i do that to my sister most times). She is intelligent as well...infact, everyone i've been in contact with are very intelligent people and i want to beleive that i am as well. Well she is really nice and i'm glad she is my housemate. Oh she bought her own Laptop so i'm enjoying my privacy again...lol!
So Glasgow has been very cold... sorry, let me re-phrase that. Glasgow has been extremely freezingly cold as the freezer in hamattan. I am constantly going out with my gloves, scarf around the neck etc. I only go out when it is very necessary if not, i stay home and enjoy the warmt of my beautiful bedroom. The time was shifted backwards so we are and hour behind nigeria. This to me is illogical because it gets dark by 4pm...like now, it is just after 5pm but it is as dark as 8pm. Well, i guess i'm not a geologist or weather scientist so i wouldnt know why they have pushed the time back instead of forward.
So Bigbrother ended last week with Richard winning. I was so gutted because i wanted the Nigerian housemate (Ofunneka) to win. She was very nice and tolerated alot in the house. Oh well, i guess now that Richard has won $100,000, his wife will forgive him of all his cheating with Tatiana and i also hope Tatiana's boyfriend will be like Code's girlfriend and forgive her of all her atrocities in the house.
I gotta go now, i have a presentation tomorrow and i also have to start reading up on what i'm going to write in my assignment. Take care y'all and i wish you all the best. Have a nice week ahead... luv you all.
Ciao!
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