The Friends Series: Bunmi and Glory

Hey y'all
TGIF! I am introducing a series called The Friends Series. Here I talk about some of my close friends and why they are special to me and things I have learnt from being their friends.

I met Bunmi and Glory officially at a YWAP meeting. I had known them before because we were in the same class only that we never used to talk. A friendship started when we joined the YWAP Core Group and let's just say now we are best buds.

The reason why I am tight with these girls is because they have shown me what true friendship is. Most times we get it twisted when we watch TV shows or movies. We see unreal, fake and pretentious friendships shown to us. Bunmi, Glory and I are VERY different. We have different tastes in everything and we act differently but somehow we have forged a strong friendship; encouraging each other spiritually, academically and any other 'lly'.

My advice: Never neglect the friends you have. You may feel like they don't understand you or that y'all are very different but I assure you, those friendships last the longest. Remember, opposites attract.

Bunmi Obanawu. Glory Onyema. Y'all are the best. From supporting EVERY dream I have had to praying for me during my darkest times, our friendship has been strong. I miss you guys and love you very much.

Till my next post,

I remain, The Talkaholic

Trotcha
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She's Outta My League

Do you ever get that feeling? Like that girl you desperately like is not gonna EVER want you. I think I can relate. Let me give you gist.

This girl and I went to high school together and we were friends. Good friends if I might add. Soon, we're out of high school and it is like I have feelings for her. I dismiss them 'cause they are not realistic, I mean we are in different locations and we don't even talk often. We have different likes and interests, it is crazy. So I decided we are staying FRIENDS.

Until last night when I had THE DREAM. In this dream, I am at a black tie party and she is in attendance and she is telling me about the guy she is tripping for. The guy is at this party and she is trying to get his attention but the guy no give am face. Anyways, she keeps trying and he still doesn't send her so I go to her and tell her to quit. The next thing she does is say she wants to make him jealous. I ask myself, how do you make him jealous when he does not know u exist. Before I could say anything she kisses me. After that, I remember us parting ways and the interesting part, me waking up.

Waking up, the first thing I did was smile. It is either I have been watching too many episodes of Girlfriends or watching to many romance movies or I need deliverance or God is saying let go or my flesh wants me to get her. I mean gone are the days when God 'shows guys their wives' in their sleep. Adam taught him a lesson so now guys have to find a good thing because whoever finds a good wife finds a good thing and obtains favour from God but that is talk for another day.

In summary, I came to one conclusion: She is WAY outta my league and it is good for both of us. I think we are better off as friends.

Till my next post,

I remain The Talkaholic.

Trotcha!

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It is just a matter of time

There is so much we as individuals want to do. We have loads of dreams and many aspirations. We then try with all our might to achieve or to make these dreams come true and when they don't we get angry and give up. The truth is, it is only a matter of time.
You might say that is a cliche and you may not be wrong but one analogy drives my point home. Gold. Gold in its very raw form is far from desirable but when it goes through the fire a number of times, it becomes desirable. The word for today is that your dreams are in the fire, very soon YOU will be amazed at what you will see. You just know that it is only a matter of time.
Trotcha!

P.S: I am sorry have not done blog rounds. Been very busy of late. Had to post this from my phone. Bear with me please.

chasing waterfalls

How many of you get that feeling. Like you are living in some fantasy about the future. The truth is the future is scary that is why God urges us to trust him COMPLETELY. C S Lewis emphasises this in his book 'The Screwtape Letters'
So dear reader, it may seem like you are chasing waterfalls, just know that with God, all things are possible.

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Living the life

#nowplaying (on the television) Raheem DeVaughn- I don t care (Don’t know and care for the song)

Have you felt like you been in a box and someone or something was sucking the air out?

Have you ever felt like you were climbing a ladder and you cannot climb higher even though there is room for further climbing?

Have you ever felt invisible, going through life like you are insignificant?

Have you gotten to a point where you don’t know anything anymore and when you want to tell someone what you are going through, you run out of the words to say?

Have you ever felt like you are not LIVING the LIFE?

I got two questions. What is living and what is life? Well, according to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary says living is a way or style of life (there it is, life again). So what is life? According to the same dictionary, life is the experience and activities that are typical of all people’s existences or the experiences that are typical of the person’s life or a persons experience during their life or the activities that form a particular part of a person’s life.

I am not going to define “living the life” (sorry, do the math) but you will agree with me that living the life has to do with experiences and how these experiences are formed. So, if you have no experiences you have not lived. Or have you?

This has got my mind spinning. Can’t I learn from people experiences? How am I sure that my experiences are enough? Do I need more? Should I just learn from someone else’s?

I had to talk to My Father.

He did something. He took my mind back to the song “All you need” by Out of Eden..

Don't look no further cause iIm all you need

No matter the problem the answer's in Me
I'll give you courage and I'll give you peace
When you get tired you can lean on Me

Then He takes me to this part of the song

Oh it's hard to understand, that there is a master plan

That He's got our life in His hands and there is reason
And a time and season, to everything that comes along
Though it seems all faith is gone, just keep on believing
And You'll hear him say to you...

Wow. Hear I am trying to figure my life and here He is saying my life is in his hands. Is that not awesome? So here is what I will do
 
1. Love God
2. Love everyone else
3. Laugh more
4. Cry more
5. Take long walks in the evenings (Will have to carefully consider. In Las Gidi, especially Ebute Metta, evenings are nott he best time to be walking)
6. Eat healthy
7. Read more
8. Pray more
9. Be cool
10. HAVE SOME FUN!!!
 

Watch out for OUIView....It is gonna be legendary

Trotcha!

It is Official!! I am too emotional

Nicholas Sparks is AWESOME!!

I saw The Last Song today and too say I was WOWed will not be saying anything. The movie is one of a kind. I was just cleaning my face over and over again. Why is it that Nick has a way of bringing out the same emotion in all his movies. Have you seen A Walk to Remember or The Notebook? Yeah... My thoughts exactly.

I think I want to write again. After my laptop was stolen and all my hard work gone, I became lazy. Watching this movie I realized, writing is my laugh and some electronic device will not be a determinant in me fulfilling my dreams. I am going to start the book over again and even though it will be hard, I will do it through Christ.

I am still in my emotional state. I don't know if it is the fact that it has to do with cancer or the fact that it was a beautiful movie or the fact that I have been mushy for a while now... WHATEVER it is, I am so happy I watched it. You should have seen me, it was like I felt what they were feeling and trust me, YOU have to watch it.

Now, I want to get ALL the books Nicholas Sparks has written and I want to get my reading on. And watch out for my book. It may drop sooner than you expect.

Till my next post,

I remain, The Talkaholic

Trotcha!!!

I bind every spirit of depression!!!!

#nowwatching Girlfriends

I am not endorisng this show...

I am trying so hard not to be depressed. It is like my life is spinning out of control. I need to do something, organise something. I need to work or better still I need to get away. I don't know what I am writing. Please check out The Eden Project and Anani Speaks. There are new things there for you to see.

This is me at the John Maxwell event

Peace in the Middle East... lol

Gotta go...

Trotcha.

PS: Please download the Poetically Speaking single here. God bless

Updates

Hey y'all... How has it been. I have missed blogville so much. How have you guys been. Well, I can't really talk much because I am using someone's PC but I got pics for you. So enjoy

Tolu Akanni's Book Launch
To all of y'all that were not at the launch of A-Z Life lessons by Tolu Akanni... you missed. God is just awesome, to think that we could have pulled it off was by the grace of God. You should have seen Tolu, I am so happy for him. Thank God for his many blessings. Also, I performed Keep Speaking and I was a nervous wreck... all in all it was good

Me

Tolu

Dupe

Dami Macaulay

Bayo and Simi

The books on display

Ani and dami... the best MCs ever!!!

Tobi and I

The one and only...Seye

Give it up for Tosyne Bucknor

Ese in the building!!!

Tolu and I

Bayo, Tolu and Wale

more coming soon...

I miss blogging

I miss my laptop...when I had it, I was an effecinet blogger.. Now... I can't even read blogs....

So sad... I am so sad...

Today is Tolu Akanni's book launch... gotta go get ready... I am doing a spoken word peice there so wish me luck...

Please vote for me at the Nigerian Blog Awards site... Click here

Trotcha!!

PS: I miss my friends already...

Post graduation...

Graduation was amazing. Truthfully. It was one of the best times of my life... I really don't know what to blog about right now cause I am still mourning my laptop... also we are supposed to do final clearance and it is SUPER stressful... God help me...

I got good news though... You can start voting for me at the Nigerian Blog Awards site for the 2nd category of the awards... Click here to vote

Take care guys... I gotta go finish my clearance....

Trotcha

Graduation Pictures

Post on the day... coming soon

More coming soon...

Some peeps no dey fear sha!

Happy New month oh my people...

Na wa oh!!!

Just a day to my graduation and person don steal my lappy. No be small thing oh. I come room after convocation service (which was amazing by the way...Bishop Abioye is wonderful)... as I reach my room, I see sey dey don break my locker  and my laptop don go... all my works, my writings, my novels ,everything dey dat laptop and one person no fear... d guy enter my room, break my locker come steal my laptop... dat one kno come do am, he come steal my rommie lappy too...hmmmnn... I kno get plenty thing talk... I don report the thing to Baba God and I kno say whoever carry dat lappy go return am in Jesus name.

Tomorrow na d D-Day oh... E be like sey I wan piss for pant...

I go holla una later... 

#nowreading: Ted Dekker- Boneman's Daughter

Peace out people...

Coming soon from Harry Itie "The Musings of an ex-Prostitute..

PS: If you don't know, I got 11 nominations at the Nigerian Blog Awards... Check it out here