Don't be afraid of change: the Devil you know is not always better than the Angel you don't know

It’s incredible how we sometimes allow fear of the unknown to stop us from doing the things we should. Sometimes we find ourselves dealing with things we shouldn’t deal with. We know the right thing to do but we don’t do it simply because we are afraid of change.

Until recently, I was in that position. Everything else was going on well in my life except my love life. It was the only thing dark and sad. You know how you meet someone and you give him everything only to get nothing back in return? That’s what happened between my boyfriend and I. While I was busy working hard for a better life and our relationship, he was busy running after everything in skirt. I endured heartaches, emotional abuse, psychological abuse and so on just because of this thing called love.

Question of the day: How do you know when you are in love?

 

Have you ever asked anyone how they know they are in love? You will be amazed at the answers you’ll receive. You hear people say things like, “I am in love with you” and when you ask how they know this, they simply say, “I just know”. Is this thing called love that simple to explain? I think a person who claims to be in love and is unable to explain how he/she knows this in detail isn’t in love. You need to first of all understand what love is before you claim you are feeling it. If you don’t even know the meaning, how can you identify the feeling? How exactly do you know that you are in love? Does it have anything to do with wanting to be sexual with the person? For some people being in love is about having sex. Happy people, have you ever been in love? Please how do you know when you are in love? Is it about imagining what the person will be like in bed?

Anyway, remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo

How just one phone call crashed my hope for true love

He was tall, slender, confident and charming. He had the walk that would make you want to watch him walk always. His eyes wore this dreamy look that left me with a million of imaginations each time I looked at him and that always made me pretend like I wasn’t looking even though I was always looking. I longed for the day that he would speak to me as I was dying to speak to him.

Finally, the day arrived with my elder sister doing the honours of introducing us after I had hinted her that he seemed charming. Our meeting was magical. We stared at each other pretentiously like we were not interested until my sister broke the ice with, "Jerry meet my younger sister Happy". I pretentiously reached out to receive the handshake as he extended his hands forward. I tried as much as possible to avoid coming off as a monkey that has just been offered a banana (although I was). “Oh Happiness, it’s an honor to meet a delectable young lady like you”, he said. What a charmer! I thought to myself. “It’s nice to meet you Jerry”, I said sharply in an attempt to conceal my excitement.

Photos from Ladies Night out with My BFF

Indulge your senses in the breathtaking pictures of yours truly and my BFF. She decided to drag me to Pepsi Rhythm unplugged show in Lasgidi because she's that special. Anyway, I'm not sure how I look so I hope you all will tell me (wink).

Remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo. More photos below

Nigeria and Death Penalty: two robbers sentenced to death in Osun for stealing fowls

Say what? Two men sentenced to death for stealing fowl? Just had to repeat that to be sure. Is this the right use of this death penalty of a thing? I never knew you get death sentence for armed robbery (what do I know about Nigerian laws anyway?). According to reports, a Justice of an Osun State High Court sitting in Okuku has sentenced two robbers to death for stealing fowls. Okay, this makes me wonder what penalty the people looting funds from this country everyday should get. I am not condoning any form of crime here but really is the punishment really equal to the crime? I am just saying. Anyway, please remain happy and spread happiness around. Read full story. Xoxo

When Love feels so good it hurts: how do you move on from the loss of a love so beautiful?

There was a spark in his eyes when he saw me; a longing for what is not his. He hugged me like his life depended on that hug while I wondered with excitement why he did that. The next thing we knew our lips were moving. Your hands stroking my hair, down to the back of my neck and I wanted it to get lower to that place I like because the feeling of those hands were fresh in my memory even after all these years. Oh wow! It was only a dream but then it felt so real. I knew it could not be real because you left five years ago.

"I couldn't believe my eyes"; hard work does get rewarded [UPDATE]

 

A few months ago, I shared an incredible news with y’all that changed my life and in it I left a part out (read it here). Oh well, I always keep my promises so today I am going to complete the whole story. The past few years have been a turning point in my life. My main focus has been my academics and I am satisfied with how much effort I put into making the best out of it. My life has taught me that hard work always get rewarded no matter how long it takes.

In the previous post, I mentioned an email I received. One of which read, “Dear Ms Umana, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that you have been awarded a Mellon Scholarship for the 2015 academic year”. Now that was just a tip of the iceberg. A few weeks later, I received another email confirming me as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar! Who says hard work doesn’t get rewarded? Don’t be deceived because they are only setting you up for failure.

Military and Death Penalty: 54 Soldiers Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad for Mutiny

A Military Court-Martial sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced fifty four soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny.

The soldiers were accused of mutiny, assault, and cowardice and refusing to fight Boko-Haram in the North-Eastern part of the country.

Okay, I know nothing about military rules or whatever but I know something about human life and I find it very disturbing for anybody’s life to be taken forcefully. It’s unfortunate that there are some things that cannot be changed but Nigeria should really consider abolishing this death penalty of a thing.

Anyway, please remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo

 

Are you attracting only the wrong guys?

 
"The only wish I have is to find someone who truly adores me and understands what love means". I am sure that is also every girl's dream. For some strange reason I have been attracting the same type of guys – the ones that just enjoy the idea of being with me – for as long as I can remember. No, the problem is not me because I am a very loving and passionate person. The only problem that I have is that I want to be loved right and I don’t see anything wrong in that.

If anyone decides to be in a relationship, the person should also be prepared for everything that comes with that decision. There’s no room for the notion of self in a relationship. Why will anyone in a 4 year relationship with a woman still be uncertain about what he wants? Isn’t that just the highest level of irresponsibility?

Bet goes wrong as man dies from drinking 6 cans of energy drink

The energy in the energy must have been too much for him awww. A man from Enugu state, identified as Elijah Nwankwo, of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi has been confirmed dead after allegedly gulping eight cans of energy drink during a bet – Vanguard reports

Mr Ebere Amarizu, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police in Enugu State on Friday confirmed this in a press statement.

According to reports, on Dec. 11th the victim agreed to drink eight cans of energy drink in exchange for just N1,600 during a bet.

"Thank God Entertainers Lost Their Primaries"- Etcetera

When I saw entertainers and their political ambitions headlining the news recently, I knew it was part of entertainment anyway so Etcetera barely states the obvious in this piece and it is quite an interesting read. Read the article below....

My dear entertainers who just lost out in your quest for public office, can you please gbe enu e soun so that we can concentrate on the election at hand? Despite your claims, we all know the reasons why you sought public office in the first place. So many Nigerians have hurt their knees in praying to God to rid this nation of political miscreants and people with selfish motives in seeking public offices. So the fact that you all lost your primaries is a gargantuan sign that the system does not see you as worthy representatives of the Nigerian youths.

Photo of the day: uncommon transformation (Akwa Ibom ado okay)

Happy people, look what I found online (lol)... What can I say than Akwa Ibom ado okay. 

Please remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo

Keeping the dream alive: a 42-year old JSS1 woman shows how by returning to secondary school

Happy people, I am one person who believes that it is never too late to live your dream in this life. You have to keep pushing. The 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Juliana Godwin (pictured above) has defied all odds to return to school. She is a JSS1 (first year of high school) student of Junior Secondary School, Gosa, Abuja.

Mrs. Godwin, who hails from Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, had dropped out of school in 1983 as a result of limited resources. She hasn’t been idle since 1983 but has engaged in different things to improve herself. However, she never gave up on her dream of getting a formal education and is on her way to actualizing that dream. Her example shows that it is never too late to actualize your dream. “Once there is life, there is hope” they say so keep that dream, alive and keep working to actualize it. I wish her all the very best. Read her full story after the cut….

HUB photo of the day: a colonial officer being carried by servants in Lagos in 1910

 

I found this picture on twitter and it is simply amazing. I have often wondered what in the world led to white people thinking that they were superior to black people (whatever that means). How did it all start? Did they just sit and think, “They are inferior to us because they look different? Na wah o!

Anyway, please remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo.

 Image courtesy: @seemeseeNigeria