BIRTHDAY POST: 20 things about me as requested.

I"m sorry i still have to up put  posts when my birthday has ended..
I"m apologising in my own blog kwa! Issokay!

In no particular order, victor, here are 20things about me.. "20' not everything!

No1.

I used to be a tomboy. This has to be the first one because i have to resound it to people who havent heard o! I have stopped!! My mates will swagg up and still look like girls... When i do my own "swagg up, i look like a boy"... That one is  not my own fault again naa. Its God we"ll ask now...

No2.

My actual life began 2years ago when i gave my life to christ. I didn't have any life before then. All these  strong, confident, positive, social, this and that lady started just 2years ago. (Wow right?) Before then i was the total opposite of all those.. Lemme help you...The biblical definition of "a fool"..  Like very Foolish, stupid, insecure, stubborn.. The list goes on...

No3.

I talk a lot.. I"m not loud please please. I love to talk... I have so much to talk about... Talking is therapy for me...... I"m a good talker. Which is why you should employ me as your OAP/HOST. Thanks for coming.

No4.

Aha! My igbo accent is on fleek! Irony is, i'm studying English Language and Literature... I"ll leave you to imagine the "Strugo" **in Benin accent** The amazing thing is that i am working towards becoming a media personlity, i dont know how me amd my accent will do it but **watch me whip, watch me nay nay**  I speak good English tho dont get me wrong...

No5.

My human relations skill is top notch. Top 2da notch!

No6.

I play the guiar.. Not professionally though. I rap, i write, I eat, which is the main point! I love food and my favourite food is beans! Like i dont understand people who dont eat beans! Did you know that on the 7th day after creation when Jesus Christ rested, the Angels prepared beans for him. He ate and was Merry... Well, now you know!

No7.
 I bite my nails! (I'm bitting it right now).. Even when i fix artificial nails, i bite them. This usually happens when i"m writting or reading..

But here"s the thing, i love neat cute nails, especially in guys. If you walk up to me and your nails are dirty. Forgerrit.

No8.

I love to arrange rooms.. I love to clean and arrange. I love neatness! Prim and proper kindah girl ry"here. ... I"ld love to learn interior decoration.

No9.
Mumsy bakes, makes clothes and designs wedding halls. (There's a name for it i"ve forgotten) but i didnt learn any of those things! I was too busy acting stubborn. I can bake to save my life though  but i didnt learn the expertise from mumsy. Thats probably the only thing i regret ! I wish i knew better.

No10.
I come from  a family of father, Mother and 2kids including me. I have one elder sister and i"m d last. :) I was told back then that God created me a boy, but "they" turned me into a girl as a foetus! I don't know who "they" refer to but that story affected my growing up... (Tomboy much?)... However i grew up around a lot of guys, cousins included so i call them brothers.

No11.

 I used to wish i was a boy.. Yeahhh! I always thought life would be so much easier as a boy.. Less drama and all of that. + my parents would benefit also. But here i am!... Beautiful and counting.

No 12.

 I have two "role" models. Chimamanda Adichie and Mo' Abudu! I take pride in the fact we all share the same birth month... Or for fans of Zodiac signs, we share the same zodiac sign... I dont think its a coincidence. E geh why!.

No13.
 I laugh a lot!!! And there is  no English word to describe my kindah laugh.. Lets just leave it like that.

No14.

 I have a weird hobby.... Washing cars. I love to wash cars... The Love actually sprang out of hate.... I did it a lot growing up!... I hated it. But along the line i just developed genuine love for it. I think i wash cars better than some guys!... Yes i said it bye.

No15. 

 Some of my Family members still havent gotten over the old me. They think it's movie when i make some kind of dope moves or say some kind of dope things.   But issoke! Immah make y'all proud i promise!

No16.

I am good girl. NB. That sentence is deep!

No17.

They say i joke a lot and sometimes i say annoying things and think it wont hurt... Well, i didn't know that about me... I started getting to find out.... LOL. What do i do now?

No18.

 I like to play the fool sometimes(its not hard for me because i've been there).... Just so you think i dont know whatsup.. Then i go boom!

No19.

I am a media mogul and i own the dopest media house in West Africa. NB: If you dont have spiritual eyes you might  not see this.

No20.
I fell asleep while typing this, i woke up by 12:57am and i"m preparing noodles because i"m hungry and i dont have food.

BIRTHDAY POST: My friends had these to say (4).

BLESSING:

Wow I thought I could run from this but no and off course you trust Alexandra.....she knows how to deal with me in an indirect way........so where do I start from now? 

firstly her good part: 

Alexandra is an amazing person,we met at Auditorium during clearance in 100l,I can't still remember how we started talking because I was always quite and kept forming for people around me and even myself but luckily we talked thank God.....

since then she has been a sister and a good champion and a good listener,she knows how to get me and she jokes alot even when it's put her in trouble she scales through.

Alexandra is friendly and off course being around her is never a boring moment  and Alexandra loves FOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD..

when u mean she loves food I mean 6plates at a go,she knows how to bring the best in people.......

she may not wear all the designer' now but she is contented and her combination for cloth is bad so bad even when she thinks she has arrived,I like her closeness with God but common guys(when she is praying I usually think I have lost its with God#joking Ohh)

Alexandra I want to tell you I love you and appreciate you for all you have done and for all the trouble'you  have gone through because of me.....Bros loves you too(you and I understand

wat bros means)

PRESHY:

Generally, am this type that find it hard to make friends easily cos am always on my own. *over conscious*. Still Chioma or Okalla as i call her found her way into that barricade and entered. We became friends. from 200l i guess. She is this type that lights up a place when she enters. Light up in the sense that she enters with ginger so even if u didnt feel like talking before, ur tongue will get loose. She gives compliment a lot(which i call wash sometimes) and she plays around a lot. She is a good rapper and would make a great one with time. Also she should look into photography or even own a studio and be the director cos she takes "pictures of the year". Now she jokes a lot so in that instance she might tell u things she didnt mean and in my own case me being d type that take things to heart might hold a grudge or two. Infact we re even "half quarreling" now. lol. Am getting to know her better and i really love having her around even though she finishes my food. lol...  I remember when i n our other friend Sandra almost missed our exam and she came to my hostel all the way from school to call us even when our so called friends were there n didnt do much. Even when we quarrel she tries to patch things up. She is a good friend. *getting teary* Okay dazall. Now to Okalla, keep being u and doing your thing cos finally finally, thats what make u UNIQUE!.  From Precious Ibik.

IYKE:

Ok let's do this

How did we meet??
It was through her elder sis. that was 2010 she said "I have a beautiful sis but don't let her size deceive u you are her senior"  the next day I meet her and really she was big lol for her age as at then. 

Her popular phrase " I intimidate people with my size"
Since then till now I can't think of anybody as awesome as she is.  Yes we had our ups and downs

I can remember when we didn't talk for over a year because I hacked into her Facebook account lol and posted some rubbish just because she said u can't hack an account.
But funny enough after we reconciled she still trusted me to give me password to the same account to do some things for her funny ryt???

And yeah I secretly admired her I can remember asking her out a thousand times and got a thousand No as reply
But that didn't stop my luv for her.

It's been 4years now since I saw u last but memories of u is still fresh like it was just yesterday.

And ur transformation into a Tom boy then was funny Sha pls oh don't even think abt it again

Happy birthday my "first love" as I always call u

Capt iyke 

NANCY:
Sorry mine is coming late but I have to pen this down. You are +1 and am so happy for you, because you have grown in all areas of life. My one time Choco, hahaha. Seriously during my junior class that I got close to you, you were a pain in the ass, didn't know what to do with you then but I just hung on. You were mean with your decision, no looking at someone's feeling.
But now we are done with secondary school and facing different phases of life and am happy to say that I love the woman you have become. The same energy you used to deal with people then, you now have put in more into  moulding people. Am happy to announce that Okalla can apologise, preach the word of God boldly. Now when I see some things about you, it's an encouragement to me. You are now a stubborn tomboy in the Lord, which I find amazing.
I believe most writeup will be nice, but I have a lot of memories of you because of the way you were. And if I was able to tag along then, I can tag better now.
Chi nwa, keep up with the woman of the Lord you are, it pays so much and I admire that.
We may be distant from one another but i thank God that we do our best to keep up.
Despite all, I never loved you less but MORE.
May your plus 1 bring joy, fulfillments, peace, Love, Success, Harmony, Long life..........what more, emmm, husband, kids, new family, Lol, all you wish for, sweety and more spiritual growth so that you can be a mode for the young ones. God bless u dear. Hugs and kisses. Hugs and kisses. Hugs and kisses, till we see face to face again....

PAULA.
It all started in our sec skul days,  with the nick name "Okalla mmadu
Okalla mmuo".. she always get pissed up wen u call her dat. . Lol.. she was
among d fee persons I got scared of in jnr class although she was my mate
bt she had ds tremendous kinda scary  body😜 and voice unlike her age
grade😆. . She looked more like a bully Dan a scared jnr student  like my
self(doz days ooo ) lol.😭  We became classmates from ss1 to ss3. . Den we
nicknamed her. .'licking roof' cos she betrayed us😔, told our snrs d bad
nicknames we gv dem. *(funny yrs bck)😈 bt now she has grown to be a very
swt and hardworking young lady with greater zeal.😗 . Happy earth day
Allexandra okalla😚.. may u reach d sky and put d sun and stars to shame.
Mz paula

IJAY.
Alex Alex Alex
U are one lady I would not forget..bold sincere..says her mind...independent..
One thing I av learnt about u is that u make things happen..you accept ur flaws and build on ur strength u encourage others to be the best dey can ...even if dey don't believe in them selves u believe in them and that alone brings out the best in them..I love the fact that u influence those around u even without u knowing and u rule ur world with Christ at the center and u don't give a damn what ppl think about u..but one thing I would love to say Is that u should always be prepared to win..love ya loads..hijay

BIRTHDAY POST: My friends had these to say. (3).

PEGGY

I'm doing the  10-20 lines about Okalla mmadu Okalla muo challenge. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) so here it goes⬇

The good; If I have to write it all down, I'm not gonna sleep tonight, so I'll give a very brief summary of my fav sides of you.

1. Positivity; I don't think I get as much positive energy I get from you from anyone else. Your positivity game is just top notchThe way you encourage me and everyone around you is nothing to write home about,like everything is POSSIBLE. Do you even know what the word "impossible" means???!!

2. You are real; You never fake it, You are what you are. Keep being you girl

3. A friend; I don't need to get into details, I bet you know the definition of the word "friend". I have very few girls as friends and I can comfortably say you are one of em any day, any time. Your commitment to your friends,I will always applaud

4. Spiritual life; You tend to be highly spiritual.You don't fake spirituality for the gram. God comes first and that's all you need to succeed in life.

The bad??? Do I really have any?
Umm..It has to be the fact that you too dey form Jesus pikin.Like bitch you dont even own a short sexy dress.
I should get u one for your birthday but NO you won't wear it so make I jeje pocket my money.

The ugly???
Some of your clothes + the combo.The ones I tell you I don't like .How you rock em.
Anything thing else??This is me thinking my brain out to pinpoint bad and ugly things about you to no avail.

Oh well,that's it..

I'm sending this at midnight.Exactly September 13th,12 am.

Happy birthday Sweetie.Whoop
Get drunk,have fun,turn up..Do whatever the fuck you wanna do..Its your birthday anywayMake it legendary!
May the odds forever be in your favor.
God bless you.
PS;, Keep being you!

Uche Peggy✌

MUYIWA.

......I had just come back from work, angry, hungry and broke. I had called my friend to send me some money. A message came in, an alert i thought....." Idiot, i just got u a fine gal, call this number, her name is Chioma, don't mess up" we had had an argument the previous day about me not being serious, we fight all the time but always make up. I hesistated for a while, I had just got out of a relationship but i was willing to try.....I did. Hello, I'm Muyiwa, Adijat gave me Ur number.... I need a galfriend. Then came a voice at d other end, cacophinic and monotonous..... Congratulations, u just got one. We both laughed and we became friends. ........ U were not what i wanted ( being a tomboy) but u became a sexy one... Lol. Crazy and bold....noodles-loving fool. Happy birthday fooooooool!

MAY.
Lol... I just know you are real.

JUDITH.

okay where am I gonna start from.....not even sure this mail gonna go through but what the fudge lemme begin this i-hope-it's-short-write-up......

  ***** how did we even meet gan sef???

     Okay you were friends with my friend and cus I was my friend's friend we started talkingmake sense??? Naa *silly me*..well it doesn't have to but what matters is the present that we live in.only you and I can understand  

1)first of all ,imagine you  use to fish and beef me even though I wasn't aware but knowing you has been worth the beefing and fishing if not I wouldn't know how great of a person you are 

2) you are fun....never a dull moment with you 

3) my number one Tom boy fan always repping 

4) let's not even talk about your rap...we all know what's up with that 

5) I love the fact that you always smiling.never for once seen you smile *maybe she would look like a gorilla when she does "salute to the gorilla"

6)you know book small sha <just kidding> 

wish am gonna be seating next to you in all my papers...how I'd spy

7)love the fact that you a good photographer I mean like hello you always ready to take em when I request 

8)you are a kind person ❤️

9)bet you know you shy sha (that's when I catch you)

10) you like food a whole lot 

11) you are a helper  

  

      So why am I writing this things now?Not because of your mumu bc ooo but because that book ain't entering my head and I have to take a break and what better way to take the break than to pick up this my golden pen from the basket of ........*complete the high school line for love letter* 

    The thing is you'd be a bad person if you are to allow me go on and on mentioning the stuffs I love about you.But you know we have a paper tomorrow n all this birthday behavior will have to chill till you in your finals baby

      Anyways gotta go now.love you Bae.See you tomorrow.

       In conclusion *no be say na essay o,but for formality* I wanna wish you a happy birthday,long life,grace,plenty money * I ain't talking naira but pounds and dollars and plenty boyfriends and what so ever your heart desires.love you baby  

IZUNNA.

I've been trying to think back to when and how we met or started
talking, it seems quite impossible cos it's much like I've known you
all my life! 20 lines won't be enough to talk about you, it won't even
be enough for the intro alone, buh imma try!
If I have the power to edit the dictionary, I will gladly input a new
word "Chioma" which would mean honesty, open-minded, so real, fun,
go-getter, wise one, caring, prayerful, God's fearing, beautiful one
and the realest bae.
You are the epitome of everything that is awesome and magnificient..I
lack the words to describe you and how good you are. You are simply
the best friend/sister I ever knew.
I barely tell people what I wanna do, but I find it as a hobby to tell
you stuffs I wanna do simply because you would always advise me to go
ahead or stop. That is to show how caring you are. You would always
tell me as it is without mincing words!
This piece is suppose to be what I think about you huh? You really
wanna know? Well I think you are exactly what I need in my life in
addition with God, career and family. With you in my life, I am
completely made for greatness.
Yea somtimes I do misbehave, annoy you and all that but here we are,
still rolling. Truth still remains the fact that I've always loved
you, don't think I would ever stop doing that. Well, I'm yet to notice
any bad or ugly attributes in you. For now, I've seen nothing but good
and the best.
 Do me a favour, I didn't do this for the blog, its for you to know.
So please don't put it on print. Do I even have a question to ask you?
Uhmmm let me think! Lol honestly I have none cos I've known everything
already unless you've got something new you wanna tell me about you.
I guess I'm among those if not the only one that knows you as
Hotmitchelle(during the goold ol'days of 2go), Pillz(when you were
doing your rap stuffs lol), Alexandra(laffportals) etc..lol the list
goes on! Cool, I just have to stop here so I won't bore you, we can
chat about the rest. I love you to the moon, back and beyond. I'm out.
Barrister Izunna

*lool* izuuuu please sorry for putting it o* tongues out* my head was about to shatter i had to**


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Stay tuned.. (Part4) coming soon+ 20things about me requested by Victor.

BIRTHDAY POST:: My Friends had these to say. (2)

 CHERRY.

Happy birthday you Chioma... well, lemme start here to write the essay u asked of  You are a young lady full of energy and passion for God and ur gift. You always liked entertainment and writing and dat, u still held unto hitherto!   Ure a motivator and u too like gist + talk talk, Chinekeeee! I wasn't comfortable with ur tom boy person back den in school plus sm years after dat, but now, ure changing and accepting 'womanhood ' thank God for the return. Lol. It's more dan 10lines already, emmmmhmmm, I only pray u'l go from great to greatest, Amen. My question: when shall we see ur boo? Do u hv a guy who ure in love with ?! Happy birthday Sweets.

PEPPERZ.

we became friend's back in the days of a social media called 2go.. and we got talking. . she was very free n friendly. then we grew along with the world to facebook she still was a sweet friend . Another one came which we called  bbm yeaa we still got close..until some of her friends stole her away from me *sad* she hardly says hi to me. I keep praying I shouldn't get hold of dos friends of hers. buh am still very glad she's still my friend despite the fact that we've never met.  Love you dear .. n happy birthday.
what's your birthday wish??

My wish is that God grants my sister and family"mgabka net". Amen :)

DUGO.

Chiomy. Today is your day and am grateful to God for leading u safely to this level of life, back in our school days u know how days like this are celebrated, buckets of water will be poured all over you and some kind of "beating" u get (beatings of love).  Uuuuhm... Coming to ur kind of person, u re obviously an ambitious lady, a lady with class and that's  my kind of category. Anoda page of u is that you re nt easily challenged Nd even if u re challenged u re not easily defeated. Finally, u re very jovial person and i love u the way u are. Have a blast

CORRINE.

Alex! Alex! Alex! Beautiful Alexandra! Quiet Alexandra(this was before I got to know the real you oo!). Even before we spoke I knew there was something unique about you. I stayed at my table watching you pray and read your daily devotional in school even when you could have skipped like the others. The first time we spoke (real gist) I was amazed at the depth of your insight and the fire that burned in you for Jesus. You are Alex the dancer, the prayer warrior,the rapper and singer, the great teacher, the responsibly dressed sexy girl, the girl with the big forehead but most importantly the young lady whose identity is deeply rooted and founded in Jesus. Reading your blog about your 'christian' struggles was a reality I didn't think possible. I could relate to it and that was the first time I knew we could have so much in common. Simply put You are Amazing Alex!! Happy birthday sweetheart and here's to many more years drawing people closer to God through our personal lives!! 

P. S :   You sha knew that my own cannot be 20 lines shaaaa. Biko blame it on the writer in me.

HAPINESS.
You r beautiful, intelligent and friendly but annoying when u ask alot of questions.

BIRTHDAY POST: My Friends had these to say

Stilll on the birthday sumtin.
I mentioned i told my friends  to write  a 10-20line essay of what they think about me...
Even tho some wrote more than required
(Writers aye!)
Thanks guys.
I was speeeeechlesssss!
My feelings were all over the place.....

But wait... Almost everybody said one particular thing..... Hmmmm

Well.. Lets start from mawuli...

MAWULI.

You know what they say about Twitter and DMs? Yeah. So that's where I first encountered this Nigerian girl. We exchanged numbers and it's brought us here today.
Smart and very eager to learn, those were my first impressions of her. Smart cos we managed to have a lengthy conversation (I can't last 2 mins with people who can't keep up)  eager to learn cos she asked loads of questions! But I did same too... Maybe that's how we clicked.
We lost contact for a full 2-3years (Right?) and we got back to talking and chatting like no time had passed. We get along so well it's like I've known her for a very king time. It's actually hard to believe I haven't met her in person. Not even once. Wow!
You're one passionate girl Chichi, and very enthusiastic about things... I feel it might lead you to make some rash decisions in future, but it shouldn't stop you, it's what defines you.

One unfortunate tragedy is we still haven't met. (I'm sure my 20 lines are up)
You're funny, full of life, always try to remain positive, TALENTED (you should've stuff she's written) oh, and beautiful as well... That wide smile and all. And the accent!! 

Happy Birthday Chichi!!!

OBIANUJUNWA.

This is why u are my Frnd; u r my friend bc u got it all, am not even sure wht that mean buh whteva it is, u ve it... I don't ve to explain everything to u or worry if u ll get the joke bc u ll always get it!!
With u, socializing is a lot easier for me"u knw wht am talkin abt" it's easy to love ppl wen they are doing well or got it all goin together buh u love me @ my worst behavior, this is really why u are my friend, thanks babe! U are my Frnd bc u are nt afraid to call me out of my crap and disagree with me in some issues and I blv that how real Frnds do;
u tell me things dt I want to hear but every other person is afraid to tell me; ur honesty is damn refreshing " u are jus too real to b real, no forming" u mk me feel less alone in ds psycho complicated world... It's amazing how many ppl can betray u but fail to understand the words that cm out of ur mouth and I think it's tym u let ppl assume and conclude things.. U don't need to explain ursef to anyone, jus b u and do wht mks u happy, when I c u, I get reassured that am not the only one who views this life in d same direction, thrs someone else and that someone is u Alex!!
Thnx for being me Frnd ; here is to those nights of sleeping late gisting, sharing emotions, gossiping and bring down the roof of penthouse with our laughter! Happy birthday Alex! Happy birthday Okrra! Cheers my real nigGA!

SANDRA.

Alright here's my birthday piece. I must confess, i never really liked you when we first met because your crazy jokes unnerved me but fast forward to 3years, i mastered deserving punchlines (lol) and i got to know the real person under that facade.. You add flavor to people (sometimes na wash) but you make people feel good about themselves(honestly) , there's never a dull moment with you.. Happy birthday to an unrivalled trendsetter, Congrats on +1..              
Chinonyerem Sandra IFEYINWA.

ESTHER.

Lol when I met u for the first time,u knw I thought u were gay,cos u acted like a dude,in fact I was scared of u lmao,always made jest of u secretly,BT I later started liking u,cos u were so cool.my personal hyper,u helped m with my whole mercy j crush, we need to do DAT again by the way.you treated me so well when I stayed at ur place in school,we had so much fun,you knw u ma nigga right,u always support my movement, honestly dere is nothing I hate abt u,u so selfless,caring,funny,a little bit girly,adorable my singing partner, best guiter player,I miss u by the way.love u okalla baby.

T-CEE (CEO LAFF PORTAL).
Okay I won't lie; when we first met, I thought you liked girls. I'm not judging you or anything lol and you are really cool and I just like how smart and responsible you are. Unlike those who use their decency to try to intimidate us and make us look bad, you are completely different; in fact you are too cool and don't dissociate yourself from us bad people. You make it seem like being a Christian is the coolest thing and I've been admiring that lately. I still regret that I put a strain on our friendship during that laffportal saga and my craziness but over all, I'm glad Peggy introduced me to you and I'm glad we are still friends! Happy Birthday Alex!! I wish you many more successful years and I can't wait to meet you again.

TRIPLE C.
I think u re a very good friend, Top boy for that matter and u don't even care abt It..
U live ur life not to please man, but to please our savior.
U re the one girl that saw beyond my hidden sorrow and gave me some wise words dat I will never forget.. Infant Chioma Okalla aka "A GUY junior" u always be remember in my life... If I have one wish now, it will be for God to make me Fall inLove with u.. Happy Birthday in Advance and remain bless.

CHAIRMAN.
‎Met u in A3, #fasa #uniben. U were at my back, talking to someone about ur blog n I was eavesdropping, dats how I jumped in n we spoke.

You're a amazing person, a wannabe I guess.

Luv d way u always call my name any where u see me. U blew my mind wen u walked from c1-c3 just to say hi, was wowed.

My question, why are u refusing my advances? 

Ifeanyi Ojugbeli 

#Chairman

Lol. Ifeanyi... I"m  not refusing your advances o.. Me and you will chat biko. Ifeanyi wants to set me up. *runs out*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Wow!

Hi World, my name is Alexandra and i'm 23!
I just got to know my age by 12am when my sister called(sorry maama)

I was walking about this life thinking i was 24! 24 years old to turn 25 today. *slaps self*
My sister just called today and we rechecked, turns out i"m 23!
I have told an uncountable number of people that i"m 24before now. I think i owe myself and the gods an apology for not knowing my age.. Lool!

Wait! I was going to say it was because i'm bigger, wiser (Thanks) than my age but lets be honest, its my bad mathematics skills. I couldn't calculate the diffrence between 1992 and 2015 AKA 2015-1992.
Apparently i added 1extra year to it. Smh.
That aside tho!

Yaaaaaaaaaaay! I"m 23.

Izunna hooked me up with some of my old pictures.. And I would love to share with you guys. This cutenes didnt start today o. I 

      This picture used to be the bomb. Loool!!

I didn't joke with this picture.

I was cute yeah????????????

Somthing funny and strange happened on Friday, more strange than funny though.
It just got funny yesterday when i look back and think about it. But let me save you the story! I"ll definitely gist you guys but not today!

I just want to thank God for finding me! Really!
My family and friends.
I Love you guys so much.

NB: 1. I have been challenged by victor to write 20things about me.....

2. Inspired my mawuli, my Ghanian Friend, i have asked some of my friends to write 10-20 lines essay of what they think about me. The good, the Bad, the ugly...

3. I want to share something with you guys...
Something nobody ever knows about me. Not even the closest person in my life...
Oh well... Jesus is d closest.. But i mean.. Apart from Jesus, no1else knows.

*Grins*
Sit back and enjoy.

FRICTION (Part 2)

Hello.... She said again

"Nneoma how are you"?

"Errr, i'm fine sir... Errm, sir, i"m sorry i couldnt make it today again.. I was caught up in...."

"Nneomaaa, are we seeing you tomorrow"?

"Yes sir, definetely..."

"Nneoma, you said "definitely" the last time and we didn't see you today.."

"I'll come tomorrow sir I promise"

"Alright. Take care.

She had wanted to cut the call, but the person on the phone seemed like he said something, she put the phone back to her ears.
"Hello sir"

"Yeah, I said where are you"??

"Sir, I'm in a friends birthday"

"Party?

"No sir, dinner sir, birthday dinner sir"
As if that made a difference..

"Oo..kay... No problem then see you

 tomorrow"...

"Okay sir bye"

           The "Call end" Beep...

Wow. She thought she was going to get serious scolding from her pastor, even though she knew he was angry with her. And that she'd still get her scolding later, she was happy that it didn't come at this particular time. Wrong time to be scolded at!

Actually she almost felt relieved, almost.
If her pastor ended the call initially, and didn't ask where she was. She would have felt completely relieved knowing that at least she can still put herself out of that guilt feeling, by just being in church tomorrow.

nevertheless, the call wasn't entirely useless to her feelings, at least she was no longer tensed.

She took a deep sigh of relief. She was calm. There was a new determination to flush off this guilt from her system, she had the power, right in her hands, all it would take was the dawn of a new day.

She walked slowly back to the dinner. As she entered, she didn't  try to look as if she was fine and all into the groove. She was too drained, and the her physical self gave up the fight.

 
Not like she looked noticeably depressed, but she didn't look as hyper as she was before she left.

Nobody even noticed that she was no more in that "hyper" mood.. They were all too "hyper" to notice. In other words, the party didn't stop because of her.

Few minutes later, the celebrant announced that they were moving straight to the club from there. For a little dance off.

.

The girls were excited, they were all screaming! Some of the girls came to Nneoma's ears to scream. Showing how excited they were. What you didn't know was that they all brought extra clothes for "clubbing".. So at the announcement, they started removing nylons from their bags.. They were going into the rest room to change.

How did Nneoma take the news. Guess?

Nneoma didn't utter a sound, she just plastered this wide grin on her face.. It was "plastered" because it wasn't from her heart.. In fact, looking at her you wouldn't tell if she was excited or not.

Inside her heart, she knew there was absolutely no way she'd follow them to club. NO way! Not with the determination that call brought. In fact thank God for that call.

She probably would have followed them if she didn't receive that call, of course she brought her own "change of garment" too.  She would have just kept on "fitting in" "fitting in" and "Fitting in into the club"

But she doesn't feel that way now, all she wanted to do was leave that place, and go home, get ready for tomorrow, and get some sleep.
So the "plastered smile" was the perfect costume.

But wait, why was she trying to cover up the fact that she doesn't want to follow them to the club?
Why was she trying to look excited, or why was she playing it safe?? She still doesn't want to be seen as "inferior" or "different"...
What was WRONG WITH NNEOMA!??

She felt that urge to just take her leave and tell the few who cared  that she wouldn't be going to the club.
But no, the plastered smile got wider.

Voices in her head went:
"Stop smiling and take your leave"
"Keep smiling and wait till everybody starts to leave"

"Stop smiling and take your leave"
"Keep smiling and wait till when everybody starts to leave""

"Stop smiling and take your leave"
"Keep smiling and wait till everybody starts to leave"

Her Friend( the celebrant) walked up to her.
"Nneoma, won't you change?"

Nneoma just shrugged, like she was tired, she drew her friend's ear to her mouth, then she whispered

"Babe, house tins o"

"Ah ah, why? You are not coming with us to the club?"

"I don't think so, tomorrow is service and you understand I'm a leader in church, I already missed two meetings today I cant afford to miss service".

Her friend understood, her friend knew that Nneoma was the church type, she knew that Nneoma had responsibilities. So she wasn't surprised at all at Nneoma's decision.

"Alright then"

Nneoma checked the time, it was past 10, she could still make it to the celebrant's house.

So she followed the other voice, she kept smiling until all the other girls started to leave, she joined the mix.
Outside the venue, every other person joined the cabs going to the club...
She codedly found an empty cab, hopped in, and off they zoomed.

It wasn't as if going for a friend's birthday dinner was wrong, or mingling with "off the hook" chicks,
she didn't have a curfew, she didn't have to explain her whereabouts to anybody,

Nneoma simply has constant friction. Friction between the physical and the spiritual, friction between the love for God and the love for the world. That kind of friction that occurs when you chose your path, the kind of friction that occurs when you've made a solid life decision, or when you're trying to get over an addiction.

Nneoma had made a decision, Nneoma had given her life to Christ  1year ago, and had decided to make God the number1 priority, since then, it has been quite a struggle between herself and herself, 

A struggle between who she wants to be and who she ought to be,
The friction occurs everyday, in all her decisions, all her activities..
Nneoma was looking for a way to break out of herself completely.
A way to completely "Die to self". "Completely"
She didn't want to be spiritually mild and gentle, she wanted to be active, agile!

And she knows she hasn't been doing a good job so far.
I mean, she obviously still makes her own decisions even when her spirit is telling her otherwise.
She is still worried about what people would think, how "uncool" she'd look as a "born again",
She still wants to "Fit in".
She is not letting go.

Being in a birthday dinner wasn't wrong, Missing church leadership meeting and choir practice for a birthday wasn't right either,

Staying in a coozy atmosphere with "off the hook Chicks" wasn't wrong, Pretending to be what she was not, (The alcohol stunt) wasn't right either...

Gisting and having fun with her friends wasn't wrong, not inviting one of them to her church when her spirit told her to wasn't right either...

A lot of things doesn't seem wrong, But Nneoma knew she wouldn't make progress if she didn't stretch beyond the norm.

Nneoma has tried, she keeps trying, she was getting tired of trying.
She ends up feeling like a failure, like a disappointment to God, after each try.

 

As she lay on the bed that night, thinking about her commitment to God and the progress she has made so far, She started regretting. Why did she leave church for the party? What was her gain?
She tossed and turned round the bed,
She searched for her earphone, plugged into her phone and played Kim walker's "All I need is you"
That was her reconciliation song.

She didn't sing out but her tears found a way out.

She needs to step up her game.
She's not moving. She's not letting go..

In between her Thoughts, something just struck her.
A message from her pastor. "You Cant save yourself, only God can save you"...

She remembered the scripture " not by might, nor by power, but my spirit says the lord".... She couldn't recall the exact verse and chapter but she knew it was in the book of Zechariah. So she quickly checked her phone, It was Zechariah 4v6

Wow!
It was like a renovation going on in her head.
She suddenly realized she has not been letting "The spirit" change her.
She has been trying to change herself, by herself, by her power, by her might.
She has been trying to do all the work.
She has been getting it all wrong.
She hasn't been working with the holy spirit. She has been working alone.
What she has been craving is "spiritual change" and not some physical change that requires some dieting and workouts.

This new path of thoughts brought peace to her, she suddenly felt relaxed, "super relaxed" like bags of sand had just been lifted off her chest.

She prayed a new prayer.

"God take over"
Dear Lord, I cant do it alone, This is a huge task and my flesh is too weak to carry it out alone, I need your spirit to help me. I'm tired of trying!

As she prayed, the peace she had increased, it was like magic...
That feeling of condemnation she had been feeling some few minutes was gone.... It "vanished"
Her mind stopped racing.
She felt new.
She felt strong.
These feelings were real.
 It was the total opposite of what she felt before.

By the time she concluded her prayer, her mind was completely Still!. "He leads me beside the still waters" kind of still.

She heaved the 99th sigh of relief...
Sleep took the wheels.

2hours later. Which seemed to her like 15minutes later, her alarm woke her up. Despite the fact that her night was short, she felt very refreshed!

She prepared for service happily, in the midst of her preparations, the events of last night flashed through her thoughts, she shook her head and smiled.. 
"Stupid girl like me" she muttered.

And off she went to church.
She was going to tell her pastor everything.
She knew this was the change she has been craving.
It had happened "within her"
She was free.

****************The End****************

"If you"re not a doctor, you cant operate on yourself, (Even doctors dont operate on themselves) if you"re not the holy spirit, you cant transform yourself...."
            "Alexandra okalla" ( 2015)