The Writeventures of Emaleecious

Wishing my blog family a very Merry Christmas and a Beautiful New year ahead. Here's a toast to YOU!!!! The best of Health Long life A very fat purse Evidence of the Blessing of God in your life Promotion at your work place Increased business opportunities Most important, People to always REJOICE with you at all times!!! Have a happy holiday!!!

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There is this driver in my office that sees me as a money bag. Everytime he sees me, all he thinks of is "i have to get something" from her, no matter what time of the month it is. It started when I needed to go out of the office for  a meeting and I asked him to take me there. We were there well after closing hours, so when he took me back to the office, I gave him some money as he had missed the staff bus. That's where I made the mistake. The next day the same thing happened. Not long after, he said he wanted to see me, so I gave him audience. He said I should please borrow him N200 and that he would pay me back at the end of the month. I gave him N1,000 and at the end of the month, he returned the money, but I asked him to keep it. Two weeks later, he came again and I snapped at him and told him I didn't have anything to give him. The next day this guy came again. Na wa oh! We had an event at the end of November and he drove me and a few colleagu...

Now, this post is a private joke between my sister and I. Every year, she gets hampers from her office (vendors, friends and all) and we get to laugh over what we see. Its unfortunate that some people spend so much buying a hamper and they never get to see the nonsense that people have packed inside. Talk of expired products and useless things. Last year, we finally categorized the hampers into 4: Pampered Hampers- These are hampers that contain "luxurious" items. Real products that you can use and will be reluctant to share with others.  Hampers- They are good products in these baskets as well. You find a mix of good foreign and local products. Can give some of the goodies out and not feel too bad. Tampers - When you see these baskets, you are not really happy. Don't get me wrong, you are grateful for the gift, but not happy because you know that so much has been sent and yet they sellers have laced the bottom with "soaked cartons", "rice sac...

Morning everyone! Yesterday, I wrote about how I was scared of the traffic and commuting from the mainland to the Island everyday. My good friend in the office, Didi, had warned me to make sure I leave the office at exactly 5 minutes to 5 if I wanted a seat in the staff bus. Believe me, I tried. At 5 minutes to 5, my tummy started rumbling and feeling really funny. It was screaming restroom!!!. I just ignored the message. I went downstairs at 2 minutes to 5 and behold the staff bus was filled to capacity. They were just waiting for it to be 5 on the dot for them to leave the premise. Na wa ooo! I went back into the office to pee and found my way home myself. Luckily, I sat beside an acquaintance from Saggy, who has become a friend. Of course, we caught up on old times and had a blast. I got home 5 minutes to 8 and had to start unpacking my stuff. Source Just before I went to bed, I realized that I didn't "see" my toothbrush and paste,...

Today, I will be going home to the mainland after work and shuttling from there for a bit. I know some of you are asking "big deal"? but its a very big deal for me ooo. All my working life, I have lived on the Island where going to work only took me maximum of 30 minutes. Now, I have to commute all the way. I am not looking forward to it one bit, but I know it is inevitable for now. On another note, Someone special to me is "avoiding me" and it hurts a lot. But, I am so tired (physically, mentally and emotionally) that I will just be patient and let things run their course.  My friend showed me her level of maturity the other day and I really felt like a child. My excuse is that I'm tired. Come to think of it, I have been saying that (I'm tired) a lot lately. Is this not a sign that people should listen to me? Why isn't anyone paying attention? Someone should care for me oooo. My nephew's christening was yesterday, and it was a beautiful...

I saw a girl today, she didn't look normal. She looked to me to be about 13 years of age. She had on a yellow robe. It was semi-transparent, and I could tell she wore nothing under. She is a child on the verge of womanhood. The girl in yellow did not look normal. She had beach sand in her hair and a dazed look in her eyes. She probably smelled too. She came to the passenger side of the bus I sat in and smiled at the man seated there. She didn't say anything. The man looked uneasy, I do not blame him, he was a "senior citizen". (He actually had no business sitting in the bus if you ask me). The lady selling food at the bus stop picked up a broom and shooed the girl away, so she moved up a bit to where the Okada riders were. Some men were ogling at her, sizing her up. From where I was seated, I could "read" their minds. I was ashamed at their thoughts. I remember asking in a post  what people prefer, and   I was amazed at the answer I saw today...

Wow!!! What can I say??? I am honoured!!! Thanks Naija Bank Girl for the "Versatile Blogger Award". I know you mentioned it a long while back to me, but I just haven't had time. (One reason or the other.) But I resolved recently that even with the "limited time" I will still make out time to do what I love...blogging!!! Now, I have to share 7 things about myself... I love God do much (cliché, i know, but I really do) Listening to people is something I really like to do I have learned a lot from all the blogs I follow. I am actually getting less shy...more like my pen found my voice for me... I love to observe people without them knowing. It usually makes my day when I find out that " I was right about my observations". I really don't like noisy places...or people. working in calm places with music playing in the background is my forte...talk about creative juices Its not easy sharing 7 things about yourself Also, I have to ...

Jealousy is really a bad thing. I have always sworn that I can never be jealous of a man... Aramide, this is not saying I was jealous...I  just  came very close to it. Here's what happened... We were "gisting" normally, and a text message came in. I passed his phone over. Not long after, another "text" message. Then another. AND ANOTHER! I had to ask, haba, who is this? Is this work related, and he goes, no, its my friend xyz, remember, I told you about the person before. I go "ok" Later on, I picked up the phone and was going through my own messages to him ( I am weird that way, read just my messages to him and his to me) and another message comes in from him, so I tell him and I proceed to read the message. At this stage, I was curious. I read it and the message is "funny". I have this look on my face and start going over all other recent messages by the same sender. Mehn, they were funny too sha...at a point I had to a...

I want you to join me in thanking God for sending a parcel our way. Yesterday, my nephew was born, and God held my sister's hand all through. It came as a hard surprise to us all. My sister woke up jejely and said she was feeling funny and needed to just "breeze" past the hospital on her way to work. Being pregnant and all, she dressed up as corporately as she could bearing in mind that it was a Monday. After a series of calls and all, I heard the cry of my Nephew. I know I sound like a mushy aunty and all..but I cant help gushing. Here's a picture of him... This is the clearest picture I could get as some "Margaret Thatcher" Nurses wanted to "dampen" our joy with their so strict rules. I know they were doing their job, but...whatever!!! Welcome Baby Amanyi, The God who kept you all this while surely keep on keeping you. May you live to fulfil your destiny. Every single day, May you walk in the paths laid down for you and may you be...

Hello everyone Its been so long... I have so much to write about. My abandoned 30 days challenge...*I jest havta finish it.* My experience at "work" A pang of Jealousy The birth of My latest nephew (very cute one) yesterday- I think I will start with this one being the freshest of them all. I will not rush ooo, will take it one at a time. Happy Reading!!!!

Hey everyone... I know its been a long while, and I know I keep saying I will be back soon and more frequent. *sigh*..I just cant help it. Now I have turned to one of all the bloggers who starts a post with an apology for the long silence....I hope i leave this category soon though (wink) This will be a very quick one because my boss is in a meeting and she thinks I am working on a report... Anyway, I was compiling a report the other day (I work in the Healthcare Industry) and I noticed that while working on the Immunization part, there was still a high rate of deficiencies caused by lack of immunization. I called the attention of my colleague to it and we started discussing. We had both heard (and I need to clarify) how some people in the Northern part of Nigeria (Please, don't finish me ooo, Its what I heard) , lets say the uneducated ones, refuse to immunize their babies because they believe that "the immunization will make them sterile". Now this is quite...

Today, I want to tell you all a story. My story. It happened not so long ago, and when it did, it wasn't funny at all. It was only on Sunday that I told my sister the truth about what happened that evening...and I was able to laugh about it. We laughed so hard that she sent me out of her house because her tummy had started to hurt... This is my story- I had actually written a little bit about it here I was called for an interview with a company. A Legal firm. The position I was being interviewed for was one I had told God I wasn't going to do any more. But I went for it. You know why? Because of the money. My goodness, it was a lot of money. I was so excited that I did the following: I asked God to please block other people's chances and make me get the job. (Selfish, I know, but I needed to wrap my hands around the money) I told a few friends and asked them to pray for me that I get it. I had already travelled out for my vacation, paid for a new car, paid...

How often do we cast blame on someone else because we do not want to put our own neck on the block? Whenever a situation turns out unfavourable, it always has to be someone else...This has been since creation (Adam & Eve), still is (just look around you at your place of work) and will forever be (I know you know that this will be the case when its your own neck too). Lol! Even when we are caught red-handed, we always find someone else to blame...(Ask the devil, even when he was busy on another mission, it just had to be him). I am guilty of this too. When things do not go according to plan, its so easy to blame it on someone else, especially if such a person is: not present subordinate to you can't defend himself (herself)  Someone blamed me at work for something I had no control over sometime back. I was seething, but there was not a thing I could do about it because the person was "my senior"...I could only get mad, but that was the most I could do... ...

Just so you know that I still exist...(insert silly smiley) But seriously, I have missed blogging and all that happens here! So many things have been going on in my life...especially work. But I want to know exactly what I want to do before I come out here to write about anything. Hope you are all doing good too? Cheers!

I have just 2 questions, and I hope I get answers...  Why did you lie to me? I thought we were friends, what changed that??? The things I want to say, and know I can never have the guts to say to your face: I really hope you have "grown up" cuz you were such a baby back then! Could it have been because we were the same age, and women tend to need a more mature person? Or was it just the way it was meant to be? There were little things you should have done and things you should never have done or said. I wanted to call it quits by the end of the first month, but I was convinced otherwise by "she" and heaven knows I tried! I know I am not perfect, and that you have a few things to say to me about "who I was" back then. (I wish you would). Your lie is something I pray to get over . (I hate lies ). I am really glad it was already over when I discovered you had lied, because, truth be told, I do not know what I would have done... I am no longer angry, bit...

Ha, now everyone will get to know how "busy" I was today! OK, here goes: Woke up and lazed in bed for 30 minutes doing the usual - Me and God daily RUNZ. Had my bath and got dressed for work Hitched a ride with my sister to a certain point and continued on my own to the office Was very nice to everyone I saw this morning. * I am nice that way* :) Made a to-do list for the day and cancelled a meeting instantly, as I did not feel like going "out of the office" for the meeting (May God forgive me!) Got so busy (Reading all the posts on my reader) Got pissed off by a "friend" on bbm and wondered why we were friends in the first place. No be by force ooo! Worked very hard and juggled work between my 3 "Departments" Went for lunch with my friends and discussed marital issues and how some "men" change after marriage (Even though there was only one married person and the rest of us are single- we "singlets" had the mos...

This is very hard for me because I love to read and have read quite a few books. I have mulled over this for a while now, and I must confess, I still can not choose "one" book. I will however leave you with my favorite authors and a promise to make the next challenge more interesting! Dee Henderson   (Actually, you should try the entire O'Malley Series!!! Francine Rivers   Frank Perretti Jeffery Archer John Grisham - No space for all of them ooo! Robert Withlow -   Ted Dekker  - Virtually all of his books!  You really shoud try these books! :)

I think this just says it all. It has always been my dream to study Development Studies - Many reasons for that actually, just take a look around you (If you are in Nigeria, or in any part of Underdeveloped Africa). I haven't achieved this yet, but i know that I will, one day. This is something i feel strongly about- Humanitarianism- What better way to express it than through the day set aside by the world to do so? Although the set day is 19th of August, I will go ahead and do this now. Maybe YOU will join me in saving the world a jigsaw peice at a time. Cheers: I think my humanitarian side has just "clicked" finally. Be warned: This post has a lot of links and twists...please try to read it all - I know its a lot, but I guess we all need the information :-) -

Ok, I guess I really have to do this! I am not really a difficult person to please, so the 5 ways will be relatively easy. Here goes: Be straight forward and honest - I tend to take people by their words, so I appreciate people who say what they mean and mean what they say. DON'T BE SLOW - I really do not know (yet) if this is a blessing or a curse, but i really hate it when people are slow (In speech, thinking, whatever). I know I am impatient, and working very hard on this by God's grace (please forgive me if i have been short with you) , but i like it when people move on the same frequency with me. Be fair and impartial - I love when people are fair to others, just because!  Don't lie to me - This is one thing I find hard to forget. I prefer to be told the truth always. Its hard, painful and all, but it prepares you instantly. Just tell me the truth and let me find a way to deal with it. Be kind  - Enough said!

I didn't even see him dance and this is seriously pathetic!

Isn't it funny how you think you know someone so well, but you later find out that you just knew a "little bit" about the person? I  am saying this because of my friend, Kafayat.  We were in secondary school together (no, I am not claiming friendship ooo) although she was a year my senior. Back then we categorized ourselves by our classes not our age, so even if you were like 19 and you were just a year above me in class and I was 14, yes, you were just "a year my senior". lol.  Well, she played at a music concert we had in School, it was Redemption Song by Bob Marley and I remember wondering  how she learnt how to play one, and if I could ask her to teach me. I even went up to her one day, but didn't have the nerve to ask her. Gosh, I used to be so timid back then. Anyway, after I left Saggy, I hardly kept in touch with anyone. (Maybe because I was shy, I really do not know, or do not want to know). It took another 8 or maybe 9 years before I stumbled...