GOD IS GOOD!!!!

April 27th. God is good people. He is really good. This dreadful month ends in three days, this useless semester ends in ten days, my one year anniversary with Colin is in eleven days and I finally can breathe cause most of the semester's work is wrapping up.

Shall I say it again? God is so so GOOD.

I nearly got hit with Malaria. Monday was horrible. I felt so sick and sad and small and I really wanted my mummy but my boo boo was there, taking care of me and making me feel less miserable than I could have felt. He took me to the clinic yesterday and though I got an obscene amount of meds to take, I am now feeling better.

I submitted my Business Plan today. FINALLY! It feels so good to know that I am done with basically all my courses for the semester. Today was the last class for three courses. SBE, INF and CMD 443, Film Directing, my official favorite course in the four years I have been here. Yes people, this decides it. After conquering the world as an actress and singer, I will settle into the film making business, specifically as a director. Still, feel free to call me up before then to direct your movies. I do not mean to blow my own trumpet but I am good. Really good.

OMG, I just ranted away. Sorry about that.

Exams are next week but exams don't break me. They never have. I work for my grade during the course of the semester, not during exam week. And I am pretty confident that I have done some good work this semester. I for see As and Bs. Maybe a C in SBE but we reject it in Jesus' name, Amen!!!

Summer school starts next week and I was feeling like crap about it but I don't know what has come over me today; I feel like it's gonna be good. How bad can it be seriously? Two courses, five weeks, my boyfriend is here, and after it I am done with college. DONE! Doesn't sound so bad to me. Plus Bee might be coming! That would be the bestest :D

I am finally changing my hair tomorrow and those who know me well know that is a good thing. I love "change hair day". I just hope she gets it right; I'm trying out a new stylist cause I am too cheap to go all the way into town plus I am still kinda freaked out by the curfews and all. LOL. I don't leave this school unless I absolutely have to!

So yeah, this is one of them update posts. There is no message, no funny story, no big thing that has happened. I am just in a good mood and I felt the need to update those who care.

I love you my readers! Even if you never comment on the posts. At least you read. Xxx

Awake and Annoyed

Season's Greetings everyone. Hope everyone is having a fun Easter celebration. I am not but that was clear the moment it was certain that Bee wasn't going to come to Yola to see me. Useless protests in the North. Thank you very much Jonathan or whoever is to blame.

Anyways, my break has just been there. Same old; sleep, watch movies, spend time with Colin, spend time with me...don't feel sorry for me. I enjoy my life the way it is. Most times anyway. I have been meaning to get to school work but that will wait till later today and all of tomorrow. It's a long holiday, thank the Lord.

So I was asleep. Not a comfortable sleep; my room is way too hot and you know it's serious coming from me cause I am not particularly crazy about cold rooms. My bed and my skin don't gel; I'm always itchy on it. And there seems to be an invisible swarm of mosquitoes that bother just me cause my roommates and everyone else in this room always seem relatively good. Me, I just feel them all over...yet I can't hide under the duvet cause of the "too hot" factor. Infact, as I write, I feel itchy but I dare not cover myself. Kmt. This is a tough life mehn.

Anyway, like I said, I was asleep and in undesirable conditions. And like it wasn't bad enough that I was sleeping so uncomfortably, these lousy roommates of mine chose tonight to laugh loudly and speak Hausa in their annoying high pitched voices. Did I say "chose tonight"? My bad, they do that ALL the time. People like these girls make me wonder why murder is a crime. You should be allowed to shut these kinda people up! It is only fair.

All their chatter woke me up; I woke up sweaty and incredibly pissed. First thing I did was change my BB status to "Homesick" with a sad smiley to go. "Sick of school" would be more appropriate cause I am not so homesick. I just would rather be anywhere than where I am right now. Morning aside, I've spent the whole day by myself, with my music, Facebook and Tumblr. And Lord knows it would have been one of those blissful days if I wasn't hearing these stupid girls even with my damn earphones on.

One of them isn't even a roommate. She is just always here. Annoying, so small yet extremely loud. If I could, I would snap her in two. The other two, my roommates, are also terribly annoying. One is fat and ugly and loud. You would expect that fat and ugly would mean she is withdrawn and more focused on doing something about her poor looks but NO! Aunty won't shut up and give me a moment's peace. The other one too. Now she has to be the most annoying! She doesn't make as much noise as the others. She just keeps looking at me every now and then and I just want to look her in the eye and go "What?" in a very cold voice. Probably throw in a roll of my eyes, but I think it's just better to ignore her.

Past one in the morning and they are still squealing like rats. Let God not punish these girls sha. Kmt.

P.S Lord knows I CANNOT sleep in this bed. I will itch and/or suffocate to death before morning!

Beautiful Women...Inside and Out

1. Rae Rae

2. Bella

3. Ekpa

4. Monica

5. My amazing mama, most beautiful of them all.

Nigeria Is Falling Down

Y'all know the song "London bridge is falling down"? Well Nigeria is on that tip!

I can't believe what is going on in this country. It is too sad and all for what? Power. A Facebook status I just saw says "when will the power of love instead of the love of power rule in this country?" I would sure like to know!

So apparently, the elections were free and fair (even if they allowed CHILDREN to vote. Anything is possible in Nigeria) and it appears Goodluck Jonathan is our winner. Ummm...DUH! Anyone who didn't already know that would happen is either unrealistically hopeful or just plain dumb. PDP will keep winning. Get with it!

What is sad is that people now have to die over this. All these people who start these fights over politics, not to sound like a terrorist, but did it ever occur to them to target the dirty politicians themselves instead of making poor civilians pay for it?

Kano and Kaduna on fire. Madness in Abuja. Even peaceful Yola. We never fight in Yola! But not this time around. For the first time in four years I have been here, fighting has broken out and a 6pm curfew has been passed on. I just want to say I am grateful Atiku owns this school and not Jonathan. Omo, we for dey for hot soup now. Or rather, others will be in hot soup and I will be in Abuja in my father's house. I would be smart enough not to have come back after Spring Break if GEJ owned this school!

Lord, please Nigeria is in your hands. Protect us all. Amen.

P.S RIP to the souls that have been lost over this madness.

True Strength

Lately, I've been under a lot of stress and undergone a lot of changes in my life. It gets overwhelming and the temptation to stay in bed all day and not deal with any of it is always there. Always.

But a common saying, especially for Christians is "God will not give you what you cannot handle". Another is "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". Word and word!

I guess true maturity and strength lies in how you deal with the parts of your life that are less than easy. I have to keep moving, keep my head above. It'll all pay off at the end of the day hopefully.