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Sunday, 15 December 2013

December post





Long time, no post...

A lot of stuff have happened in my life this year. It's really been an awesome year so far. God has been so faithful. The highlight of the year for me was graduating from Pharmacy school and then starting Internship in January. A journey that seemed like it'd never end, when I started is ending this month. I've grown in all spheres and I've been happy most of the year. Though there were tears and sad moments, I came out strong. That's just life.

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I was given the liebster award again by Relentless and Uche. And imagine I'm just finally answering their questions. I won't be following the rules, sorry. A lot of people have been given the award already, myself inclusive. I just decided to 'come back' and answer my questions since I sorta promised to.

First, let me say, thanks Relentless and Uche for nominating me for the award.


So on to Relentless' questions and my answers;

1. Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging during a period when I started taking my writing seriously and I wanted to have a platform on which I could get stuff written, get them stored (possibly for life), without worrying about my laptop crashing and my writing getting lost. I also wanted to see what it'd be like to get feedback from people on things I wrote.

2. If you could be any fruit or vegetable, what would you be?

Errm..

3. Would you ever consider becoming a vegetarian/vegan?

No, I won't

4. What was/is your favourite subject at school?

In secondary school, Biology. In Uni, Clinical Pharmacy.

5. Are you scared of the dark?

No. Infact, I love the dark. No questions..*grin*

6. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Fries and turkey. I know you asked 'one thing', but the turkey just has to come with the fries..:D

7. Favourite movie of all time?

Got so many. But would say, The Sound of Music.

8. If you could change your name to anything, what would your new name be?

Thinking........ still trying to figure out what would even make me want to change my name.

9. Are you much of an adventurer? I'm talking bungee jumping, mountain climbing and all that jazz.

No. I don't mind looking into mountain climbing though.

10. What's the greatest thing about being your nationality?

The fact that Nigerians are one of the most resilient, hard-working and ambitious people you can ever meet. In the face of all the trials and everything going on, people still remain hopeful and keep keeping on.

11. What do you do to keep fit?

Eat healthy, walk a lot, and drink enough water daily (but not with the conscious intent of keeping fit).






Uche's questions and my answers;

1. What is your idea of fun?

Being all alone at home, with food on one hand and a drink on the other hand, while watching a really good movie, reading a novel, or writing. Call me a weirdo..lol.. I'm a serious homebody. Just learning how to start having what people call 'fun' sha..lol

2. How do you think the world will end (if you do believe it will)?

I believe it will end someday, but I haven't really sat down to think it through or grasp what it means.. I dunno.

3. What did you think of the last book you read?

The last book I finished reading (I read so many books at the same time) was 'The Spider King's Daughter' by Chibundu Onuzo. When I first started reading the book I was a bit unsure about it. The characters, and the kinda watery pidgin English. But as the story climaxed I began to enjoy it thoroughly and loved the author's brilliant take on the relationship between a person high up in the society and someone who's been almost there and is now at the lower rung of the society. I like the fact that it didn't end in a too happy ending. Reflects reality. One won't expect the hawker's family to be dramatically transformed typical Nollywood style, or that Abike would suddenly become kind-hearted and refuse to continue from where her father stopped. A good book highlighting the inadequacies of the justice system in Nigeria and giving more meaning to the saying.. "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer"..

4. Who was/is your latest crush?

Chris Hemsworth of 'Thor' fame. :)

5. Are you a morning lark or night owl?

Can I be in-between..lol. I would say I shift more towards night owl.

6. Mention two personality or character flaws that you are okay with/can tolerate.

A forgetful nature and mild aggressiveness

7. What was the last gift you gave to someone? (Please do not say your heart)

 Chocolate

8. If you could take a picture of yourself as you are right this moment and send it to the person whose opinion matters the most to you in the whole wide world (and I mean a human person, not God), would you do it?

Yes, I would.

9. What would you do with your life if money suddenly became of no consequence?

I'll still carry out my work, which I'm quite passionate about and which is about improving other people's quality of life. I'll study any subject that interests me and read a lot. And I'll definitely spend much more time writing and recording my life's experiences.

10. What is the strongest temptation you have ever faced?

The urge to 'steal' my physics project (which I was quite emotionally invested in) back from my teacher's office in secondary school....lol. Actually not funny..*straight face*

11. Do you think it is possible for a human to love unconditionally?

Yes, it is possible.. you just never know.



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That's it..

On a random note; recently I've been coming across this quote as some people's personal message (pm) on BBM;

"If you wanna change the world, do it while single. 'Cause after marriage you can't even change a TV channel without some explanation."

I don't have anything against the people that had it as their pm, but errm...I'm confused. Since when did being married mean putting a stop to your dreams and aspirations and why should we sell the notion to ourselves that marriage is a prison of some sort, where dreams are dampened. And for some reason I just can't help but think the quote is directed at womenfolk. Please, I can't be party to such flawed thinking.

Enough said.



I hope you guys had an awesome weekend. I wish you all the very best in the coming week and as the year ends may it end on a beautiful note for all of us... :)

See ya next time..

Love, ay. 


Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Blog award



Relentless and sugarspring passed on  the Versatile Blogger Award to me. Thank you guys. I had to get out of my lazy shell to do this. So here goes;

First the rules;

1. Thank the blogger that nominated me.
2. Share 7 Random facts about myself
3. Nominate 15 bloggers who are relatively new to blogging
4. Let the nominated bloggers know they have been nominated

Okay, so I've done number 1, now on to number 2.

7 random facts about ay 

1). I looove 'love'. I tend to hide this a lot, but I really am a sucker for love. It's not uncommon to find me seated in a corner, my eyes glued to the TV or my laptop, watching a really good romantic movie and having streaks of tears run down my face (while I struggle to hide the tears, of course!!).  I don't know, it's just...*sigh*..

2)  I'm a very finicky eater. Quite honestly, I'm hard to please in the food department. I frustrated my parents a lot when I was young..lol.. I remember every morning before leaving for school they'll present me with various breakfast choices, but I always had one issue or the other with the food. Bread was something/is still something I'm very picky with. In frustration, my dad sometimes said, "Don't worry, we'll open your own bread factory for you"

3) In secondary school I had this crush on Zeal from Stylplus, but I'm well over that now..

4) Daydreaming is my favourite pasttime...:)

5) I wish I could be so many things at the same time- an award winning singer, best selling author, great scientist, Supermodel, Minister of Health, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Supermom and Masterchef  (in my dreams..lol)

6) There's nothing that melts my heart more than seeing an elderly couple in love..  (oh, I mentioned before that I looove 'love', right?) I know this couple- quite close to my family, that even in their seventies called each other by a pet name and shared kisses with each other, until the man died about 3 years ago...;( Their love was really an inspiration to everyone who saw them together.

7). Before publishing each new blog post, I fret just a bit (or too much, who knows?)..."will people like it/hate it, will an anonymous person insult me, will people leave comments, or am I just talking to myself?".. basically what I'm just trying to say is- Paranoia is just my thing...smh


So, who am I nominating oh..(thinking to myself)..for now I will nominate only a few bloggers, cos I don't really know a lot of 'relatively' new bloggers.;

Mayoress of casterbridge
Rainbowlove
PRISCYSWORLD
Life in Stages

I guess I broke the rules. Well, that's all..for now

See ya later.