7 things about me...

Hello people…hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the weekend. Well, after the emotional upheaval of the other day (akshuali it was yesterday), I’ve decided to ‘ease tension’ by blogging about less serious sturvs, I hate being too intense, not my style at all, so today’s blog session has nothing to do with disability.

Since my foray into BLOGSVILLE…I’ve been learning loads of new stuff about blogging and one interesting thing I’ve found is there’s something known as THE STYLISH & VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARDS. This award is given by seasoned bloggers to fellow bloggers whom they like or admire for their blogging style. According to the rules of the award, once its given to you, you’re supposed to say 7 things about yourself then give the award to 15 other bloggers. I’ve read a lot of acceptance speeches that cracked me up so bad…lol. Anyways being a newbie n all I’m obviously not eligible to receive or even give the award, but I liked the aspect of saying 7 things so that’s what am gonna do today. I also aren’t awarding 15 bloggers.

So, here are 7 things sturvs about myself, some of which are obvious and some of which no one knows…so y’all ougta be glad that I’m sharing some deep dark secrets with y’all.

Sturv 1: I absolutely love music. I’d probably be the unhappiest woman around if I didn’t have music. Everytime, all the time, when I’m sad, depressed, I just play music and it uplifts my soul almost instantly.

one good thing about music..when it hits you feel no pain...so hit me with music..

Sturv 2: I once toyed with the idea of suicide. In childhood and adulthood I faced a lot of challenges (gist for another day) which I had to overcome sometimes alone but most times with the support of my mom. So when she died I underwent a downward spiral emotionally and one night, I woke up crying and feeling lost, got a rope, tied it to the ceiling fan, got up on a stool, slipped the noose round my neck and….JUMPED! hahahahaha…just kidding…I no get that kind liver. What I actually did was to take 4 tablets of valium 5 instead of the usual 1 or 2, fortunately it didn’t kill me (I think I knew it wouldn’t) I just slept a lot. When I woke I was really worried at my suicidal thoughts and turned to my Bible…in the weeks after mom’s passing I was really unstable emotionally and psychologically but the Bible restored my sanity and stability.

every hangman's noose in my life be consumed by fayaaaaaaaaaaa!!

The Bible helped me heal..

Sturv 3: I absolutely love gisting, some call it gossiping but na dem sabi, lol. It doesn’t help that I recently reconnected with 2 friends of mine who love gisting even more than me. The other day we started gisting on the phone from 11p.m till 4a.m. just catching up on old times and you know… discussing many sturvs! To further buttress the fact that its gisting I love and not gossiping, I’m gonna tell a story, in this story I will attempt to illustrate the difference between gist and gossip.

Jamila’s husband buys her a brand new red colored SUV, she drives to the shopping mall in it, then stops over at Irene’s to say hello, stays and chats a bit then drives to pick her kids from school, and finally goes home. The End.

Illustration a: As soon as Jamila leaves, Irene calls Yinka and says hmmmm…Yinka guess who just left here now, na Jamila o! come and see the new car her hubby bought for her, its sooo beautiful, am happy for her, and its red, you know she always loved red, how thoughtful of her husband, kai! bla bla, bla…in fact she’s gonna come pick me and you tomorrow lets all hang out a bit. On the other end of the phone, Yinka makes some ooohing and aaahing generally pleasurable sounds, they agree on what to wear, time, and the call ends. That is GISTING!

Yinka on the left, Irene on the right...

Illustration b: As soon as Jamila leaves, Irene calls Yinka and says hmmmm…Yinka wonders shall never end! guess who just left here now, na Jamila o! she came in one red SUV claiming that its her husband that bought it meanwhile I saw that same car with Alhaji Umar 2 weeks ago, you don see dat tin wey I dey tell you? She’s dating him jare!! can u imagine? She’s just driving round the whole town doing shakara! She went to XYZ shopping mall, so that Mrs. A will see the car then she went to pick her kids from school at the exact time that Madam V picks her own kids! Mschewwwww…nonsense, rubbish! Does she think she’s better than us? Afterall your husband bought you a Mercedes 3 years ago! And she had the guts to say she’s coming to pick us to hang out tomorrow, if she near my house I go set fire to that car…on the other end of the phone, Yinka uses some equally explosive expletives, they both hiss and roll their eyes and the call ends….and that my friends is GOSSIPING!

Need I tell y’all that what me and my friends engage in is Illustration b, sorry illustration a! hehehe

Sturv 4: I exude a lot of inner strength but the fact is that I’m not always strong…I have many moments when my strength fails me, moments of unsurety (is that correct?), loneliness, etc. but I act strong cos everyone calls me a STRONG WOMAN and I don’t wanna disappoint them  

A strong woman

Sturv 5: My love for horror movies is legendary…my idea of a great weekend is, late at nite say 11ish midniteish, a good horror movie (lots of blood and gory slaughtering), all lights switched off, popcorn and a strong guy with broad shoulders. I love horror movies but I’ve never been able to look when the dumb blonde is getting butchered with a chainsaw or the automatic garage door is chopping off someone’s head, or the part I love most…when the dead guy comes back to life…the 3^rd time! Bwhahahahahaha (my evil laugh)

  

dont ever be home alone on christmas nite..

look behind you!!

Sturv 6: I may not seem like it but I have no patience for mediocrity, sloppiness and worst of all, bad grammar especially from ‘educated’ people and public figures. It really irks me when I hear people excuse horrible grammar in the name of ‘English is not our mother abi father tongue’ eeeiiissshhh! What’s that??? English is recognized as our national language! If you cant speak it, stick to pidgin English or your local dialect.

I should Abortion? showing on our airwaves (SMH)

Sturv 7: This Duchess is an unrepentant incurable romantic *shy smile*…I just lluuurrvvss romance and romantic stuff. e.g. in Nigeria giving your girl flowers is considered corny, silly and ‘un-Nigerian’ but I love love love it! but no be flower I go chop sha...

awwwww...*sigh*

 Sturv 8: I know I’m supposed to stop at 7 but what are rules if they cant be broken? I have a number 8 jor. I am very playful yet underneath the playful unserious exterior lies a cerebral (if I may say so myself) and serious-minded beautiful girl, the playful side is the more dominant character though because I purposely choose to be happy and exude happiness but I get brain small sha… Some people know both sides of me, others know just the one side and think the other side doesn’t exist...big mistake!

beauty and brains...darriz me! dont hate! hehehe

Can’t resist the temptation to add a very very very imporrant Sturv 9: I love FOOD…cooking it, baking it, grilling it, frying it, steaming it, roasting it, worrevaing it and EATING it!

glorious food

chocolatey heaven

my workshop

there...so that’s 9 things sturvs you now know about me….lol...back to serious stuff in my next post..