Happenings my good people...
Yesterday DH got himself a car. Am delighted, God has continued to push us up. These days am finding pleasure in the simplest things of life. He also got promoted and has been put on a development plan that would involve so much jetting around ( doubt i am excited about the jetting around part).
I am still in my job, not going anywhere, Everyone thinks its a joke.
And my birthday was good, i had the most amazing time. And got a lovely present.
I recently regained contact with one of my buddies from way back, and its just been amazing sharing our testimoneies and just chatting. We're hooking up in 2 weeks when she would be passing through Lagos, am indeed excited.
My lil sis is back in Lagos, got redeployed from Sokoto praise God (as in i have company at home).
I lost my dear cousin, i dont know why it had to be so soon, but God knows best and we'd go for the burial soon.It was a sad time, but as they say time is indeed a great healer.
Nothing yet on the baby scene but i have as advised removed it from my mind and i trust soon it'd happen.
One of my dearest people, who i suspect i offended is getting married soon, am delighted.
And i have successfully been living a healthy lifestyle, eating right and exercising right. Driniking my 8 glasses of water everyday.
What else, hope am not boring.
God has been faithful, still is and always will be... i have so much to be thankful for.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Anyway by Kent Keith
I remember promising you guys that i would post some poems, poems i read when i was school. And i have found on the internet. Poems with words that encourage! the world is full of negativism and discouragement. Enjoy!
The verses below reportedly were engraved on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, and are widely attributed to her. However, according to The New York Times, the verses actually were written by 19-year-old Kent Keith in a motivation booklet for high school counselors published while he was a student at Harvard in 1968.
People are often unreasonable, Illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,You will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
The last line should remind us that at the end of the day it is what God thinks about you that matters the most. What people think, say or believe about us is not important. We must keep on doing good and all the things mentioned in the poem and even more. We must believe the report of the lord and not that of any man.
The verses below reportedly were engraved on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, and are widely attributed to her. However, according to The New York Times, the verses actually were written by 19-year-old Kent Keith in a motivation booklet for high school counselors published while he was a student at Harvard in 1968.
People are often unreasonable, Illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,You will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
The last line should remind us that at the end of the day it is what God thinks about you that matters the most. What people think, say or believe about us is not important. We must keep on doing good and all the things mentioned in the poem and even more. We must believe the report of the lord and not that of any man.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Loved ones
Someone sent me this ....
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home and with loved ones a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family, loved ones and true friends you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the t ree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family and loved ones we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?
Search yourself you will realise.
I lost my cousin this past weekend and suddenly things and acts that used to matter to me, that used to hurt so bad, that used to sting, dont really matter anymore.
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home and with loved ones a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family, loved ones and true friends you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the t ree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family and loved ones we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?
Search yourself you will realise.
I lost my cousin this past weekend and suddenly things and acts that used to matter to me, that used to hurt so bad, that used to sting, dont really matter anymore.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
So i unleashed
My darlings in blogsville, for the first time in ages i unleashed .....
I hate to have to unleash my dragon at all (cos i can be a dragon or lion lol)and then cos i appear to be a "sweet" little lady without issues or stress. You know what they say about people who are always happy and laughing and people who always smile. Anyway i am a blessed woman and life is still beautiful.
Just that the whole rubbish (am begining to see) in my office is just rubbish. lol am venting. Some rubbish person even asked me if the office is my house when i was in the middle of my fume and silent battle for my right. lol. She doesnt know any better i guess. I hate the fact that my office keeps employing people without making proper provisions for them. How can it be too much to ask for a condusive (according to the standards of my crap office) work area. When did it be become right to be treated with no respect?
Now shes kidding and asking for my DH's number (i guess she wants to hail him) lol she's silly. Am sure ur wondering what am on about my peps. My office reminds me of life in diaspora. Where u come from being a "king in your country" and then you get there and ur treated like what. How can anyone at all have the right to just get up and swap tables (am not hating the player here, i have nothing against the player, just the game). Gimme a tiny table to sit and work cos am the new person meanwhile i came here yesterday and sat on a normal sized table. Thats rubbish. In my hay days i would have walked. lol. Its crazy man. Theres a lot to talk about about my office and its politics but like i said a certain team member of mine has found my blog. And i love my job.
Anyway i have finished my vent and life is still beautiful, no matter! I stand to be corrected but i'll rather get it all out of my chest and move on than pretend to be civil and be unhappy, cant work effectively that way and yes I CAME HERE TO WORK!!!!! I still love my job, co-workers, team members and bosses.
All right folks... i rest my case.
I hate to have to unleash my dragon at all (cos i can be a dragon or lion lol)and then cos i appear to be a "sweet" little lady without issues or stress. You know what they say about people who are always happy and laughing and people who always smile. Anyway i am a blessed woman and life is still beautiful.
Just that the whole rubbish (am begining to see) in my office is just rubbish. lol am venting. Some rubbish person even asked me if the office is my house when i was in the middle of my fume and silent battle for my right. lol. She doesnt know any better i guess. I hate the fact that my office keeps employing people without making proper provisions for them. How can it be too much to ask for a condusive (according to the standards of my crap office) work area. When did it be become right to be treated with no respect?
Now shes kidding and asking for my DH's number (i guess she wants to hail him) lol she's silly. Am sure ur wondering what am on about my peps. My office reminds me of life in diaspora. Where u come from being a "king in your country" and then you get there and ur treated like what. How can anyone at all have the right to just get up and swap tables (am not hating the player here, i have nothing against the player, just the game). Gimme a tiny table to sit and work cos am the new person meanwhile i came here yesterday and sat on a normal sized table. Thats rubbish. In my hay days i would have walked. lol. Its crazy man. Theres a lot to talk about about my office and its politics but like i said a certain team member of mine has found my blog. And i love my job.
Anyway i have finished my vent and life is still beautiful, no matter! I stand to be corrected but i'll rather get it all out of my chest and move on than pretend to be civil and be unhappy, cant work effectively that way and yes I CAME HERE TO WORK!!!!! I still love my job, co-workers, team members and bosses.
All right folks... i rest my case.
Friday, May 30, 2008
TAILOR - B WARE
My tailor has just upset me. Been looking forward to my co-workers wedding happening tomorrow, and been planning how for the first time i would wear a scarf (gele).
Sent the material to a tailor very far away from me, just to look "be spoke" but she has finished me. O my dayzzz if i had known i would have stuck to my local tailor near my house (we'd go back and forth 5 times and i will still look like a carpenter hammered the material together lol.) This woman made my dress so short its unbelivable and the material now she claims is finished.
Tiny dress with heels. Na wa ooo.
Shes gone to the market to buy tafeta watever so i guess i will look like patch patch work tomorrow,Seeing that the material is yellow, blue ad small pale purple, the scarf is pale purple and shes getting GOLD material. ie if she can even deliver b4 i go home at 6.30pm. Am tired.I guess i might just wear another number or 4get the wedding. THIS COULD BE A SIGN! After wasting my money and time.
Anyway on a lighter and better note how are you guys. Whats planned for the weekend? Am also being a god mum on sunday, thats something am looking forward too. My lovely angel god daughter will be three months on the day. Am thrilled. Yesterday I got her a tiny bikini that her mum will keep till shes able to play in water or swim. I will look for something appropriate and buy for sunday. I will make it a point of duty to visit her every month. Yeah now her mum has an excuse to see me in her house. Am sure its planned seeing i'm always home just chilling these dys.
Not much drama happening right now. Am excited for a certain somebody and thinking of her makes me very happy these days.
Alright folks have a good weekend.
Sent the material to a tailor very far away from me, just to look "be spoke" but she has finished me. O my dayzzz if i had known i would have stuck to my local tailor near my house (we'd go back and forth 5 times and i will still look like a carpenter hammered the material together lol.) This woman made my dress so short its unbelivable and the material now she claims is finished.
Tiny dress with heels. Na wa ooo.
Shes gone to the market to buy tafeta watever so i guess i will look like patch patch work tomorrow,Seeing that the material is yellow, blue ad small pale purple, the scarf is pale purple and shes getting GOLD material. ie if she can even deliver b4 i go home at 6.30pm. Am tired.I guess i might just wear another number or 4get the wedding. THIS COULD BE A SIGN! After wasting my money and time.
Anyway on a lighter and better note how are you guys. Whats planned for the weekend? Am also being a god mum on sunday, thats something am looking forward too. My lovely angel god daughter will be three months on the day. Am thrilled. Yesterday I got her a tiny bikini that her mum will keep till shes able to play in water or swim. I will look for something appropriate and buy for sunday. I will make it a point of duty to visit her every month. Yeah now her mum has an excuse to see me in her house. Am sure its planned seeing i'm always home just chilling these dys.
Not much drama happening right now. Am excited for a certain somebody and thinking of her makes me very happy these days.
Alright folks have a good weekend.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Caught in the act
Ok so a certain madam (you know yourself) has found my blog. So no work ranting here because she is my colleague and team member!
Work's been going well peps, i think am fitting in well. I hear from the grape vine about office politics here though. You know me i dont excatly know these things. Am a small town girl not used to the Eko competition and all the hassle. So anyone with tips or advice can throw it.
DH and what i read from the internet says the trick is to just be yourself.
I decided to congratulate my darling Nyemoni, another wonderful addittion to her family. Will blog about intresting stuff hopefully soon.
Work's been going well peps, i think am fitting in well. I hear from the grape vine about office politics here though. You know me i dont excatly know these things. Am a small town girl not used to the Eko competition and all the hassle. So anyone with tips or advice can throw it.
DH and what i read from the internet says the trick is to just be yourself.
I decided to congratulate my darling Nyemoni, another wonderful addittion to her family. Will blog about intresting stuff hopefully soon.
Monday, May 5, 2008
The pursuit of happyness
This weekend i saw this lovely movie (the title of my post). The one Will Smith and his son stared in. The suffering in the movie was meant to be much and i kept thinking to myself, why wouldnt the father (Will Smith) just get a cleaning job or a job in Mcdonalds (its always easy and available). I kept shouting and getting angry that " a man's got to do what he's got to do". Things were so hard that the son's daycare taught him to spell Happiness as "happyness". They couldnt afford a proper day care or neighbourhood. To top it all up wife left. I didnt even blame her cos her husband frustrated her. He would never be there to look after the son so she can go do her 2nd job. And he wasn't bringing money home after depriving her of going out to work.i still think she should have stood by her man though cos if they were together for the 6 months the guy was an intern, things would have been easier.
Anyway there was a lesson in that movie for me. Perseverance, to know what you want, believe in it and pursue it with all you have. If that guy had done what the ordinary man would do, ie get a cleaning job or whatever just to go by. He probably would have gotten comfortable and limited himself.
In the end of the movie the guy became a stock broker, he went on to open his own business etc etc.
It is important for for us to hold on, even when it seems things arent going the way we hope. Sometimes i look back at myself just 3 years ago. With no place to call my own and a low down paying job. Fighting to go back to a country i loved and still love so much, Limiting myself and playing God. And i see how far i have come, i know God has always prepared a place for me, but i was too impatient to hold on.
The message is simple HOLD ON!
Anyway there was a lesson in that movie for me. Perseverance, to know what you want, believe in it and pursue it with all you have. If that guy had done what the ordinary man would do, ie get a cleaning job or whatever just to go by. He probably would have gotten comfortable and limited himself.
In the end of the movie the guy became a stock broker, he went on to open his own business etc etc.
It is important for for us to hold on, even when it seems things arent going the way we hope. Sometimes i look back at myself just 3 years ago. With no place to call my own and a low down paying job. Fighting to go back to a country i loved and still love so much, Limiting myself and playing God. And i see how far i have come, i know God has always prepared a place for me, but i was too impatient to hold on.
The message is simple HOLD ON!
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