Bad makeup and light bubbles
No cake today; I forgot to order one!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
No Win
The YouWin list is out.
I didn't win. Congratulations to those who did.
In a way, it's a huge relief because I don't have to think about it anymore.
I noticed they prioritised existing businesses above startups which pretty much derails the whole aim of the program, but this is Nigeria so hey.
So, what now?
I'm still going to do what I set out to do. I planned to do it years before YouWin's first poster appeared and I still plan to do it now. I've been busy setting up the websites and stuff, and now I have to buckle down and draw. I've also registered the business name, which was interesting and frustrating at the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Door shut; window open.
I didn't win. Congratulations to those who did.
In a way, it's a huge relief because I don't have to think about it anymore.
I noticed they prioritised existing businesses above startups which pretty much derails the whole aim of the program, but this is Nigeria so hey.
So, what now?
I'm still going to do what I set out to do. I planned to do it years before YouWin's first poster appeared and I still plan to do it now. I've been busy setting up the websites and stuff, and now I have to buckle down and draw. I've also registered the business name, which was interesting and frustrating at the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Door shut; window open.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Weave Be Gone
I'm back in braids.
I feel a bit disappointed though. I honestly thought this would be the year I'd just walk around with an afro and not do anything to my hair but then I went and tried to do the "weave challenge".
For those that don't know, the weave challenge is for people with natural hair and basically what you do is you try and wear weaves for one whole year (changing it periodically of course) and then at the end of the year, you take off the weave and you measure how much your hair grew and the person with the most growth is the winner.
Sounds easy right?
Yeah.
Problem is, I have never been able to wear weaves. Never. Every time I ever wore a weave I ended up looking like I had a bird's nest on my head. I've never been able to take care of them, and the endless brushing drives me crazy so I just don't brush it. Plus the whole sleep with a hairnet thing is too much for me to remember at bed time so I just fall asleep like that with no hairnet.
Needless to say, the biggest single obstacle to me completing the weave challenge was the weave itself.
I tried.
Honestly I tried.
I made a BIG EFFORT.
I actually went down to the salon (albeit suspicious as anything) and choked out that I wanted a weave.
They took one look at my hair and suddenly all the hair technicians disappeared leaving only heavy sighs in their wake.
Finally after chasing the salon workers around the shop I pinned down one man that agreed (very grudgingly) to do my hair.
I originally wanted to do a weave that would look like natural hair (a la TY Bello) but after the salon people informed me that that kind of super natural looking weave was human hair and that it cost more than I make in a month, I quickly shut my mouth and quietly chose a simple straight synthetic weave that was gloriously cheap.
Even then, it cost me ten thousand naira and just a few hours into having this thing on my head I was already squirming and longing to take it off.
Did I say I tried?
I managed to keep this awful thing on my head for one whole month. Probably I was just trying to justify my ten thousand naira but I think I deserve some kind of award for endurance.
How do Nigerian women do this??????????
I can't. The itching, the feeling like something is sitting on your head and crossing its legs, it drove me crazy!
I don't know if this means I'm already disqualified or if this counts as cheating, but I'm completing the weave challenge in braids.
I feel a bit disappointed though. I honestly thought this would be the year I'd just walk around with an afro and not do anything to my hair but then I went and tried to do the "weave challenge".
For those that don't know, the weave challenge is for people with natural hair and basically what you do is you try and wear weaves for one whole year (changing it periodically of course) and then at the end of the year, you take off the weave and you measure how much your hair grew and the person with the most growth is the winner.
Sounds easy right?
Yeah.
Problem is, I have never been able to wear weaves. Never. Every time I ever wore a weave I ended up looking like I had a bird's nest on my head. I've never been able to take care of them, and the endless brushing drives me crazy so I just don't brush it. Plus the whole sleep with a hairnet thing is too much for me to remember at bed time so I just fall asleep like that with no hairnet.
Needless to say, the biggest single obstacle to me completing the weave challenge was the weave itself.
I tried.
Honestly I tried.
I made a BIG EFFORT.
I actually went down to the salon (albeit suspicious as anything) and choked out that I wanted a weave.
They took one look at my hair and suddenly all the hair technicians disappeared leaving only heavy sighs in their wake.
Finally after chasing the salon workers around the shop I pinned down one man that agreed (very grudgingly) to do my hair.
I originally wanted to do a weave that would look like natural hair (a la TY Bello) but after the salon people informed me that that kind of super natural looking weave was human hair and that it cost more than I make in a month, I quickly shut my mouth and quietly chose a simple straight synthetic weave that was gloriously cheap.
Even then, it cost me ten thousand naira and just a few hours into having this thing on my head I was already squirming and longing to take it off.
Did I say I tried?
I managed to keep this awful thing on my head for one whole month. Probably I was just trying to justify my ten thousand naira but I think I deserve some kind of award for endurance.
How do Nigerian women do this??????????
I can't. The itching, the feeling like something is sitting on your head and crossing its legs, it drove me crazy!
I don't know if this means I'm already disqualified or if this counts as cheating, but I'm completing the weave challenge in braids.
Friday, March 9, 2012
What I Learned From the Language Challenge
The Language Challenge was so much fun! If you haven't seen the entries, or don't know what I'm talking about, I advise you check it out ASAP!
Here's what I learned from Sugabelly's Language Challenge:
Here's what I learned from Sugabelly's Language Challenge:
- Yorubas are killing it in the language department!!
- Igbos need to start teaching their children the language ASAP or it's going to disappear eventually (the chances of Yoruba disappearing are practically zero)
- Hausas are often just as fluent as Yorubas but don't engage enough online
- Other Nigerian ethnicities need spaces where they can speak their languages more often
Do you agree?
I think it's time for another edition of Sugabelly's Language Challenge.
Igbo Rocks Again
I started the Ndebe Project blog again!!
I know it's been DOA for the longest time but I finally got my notes in order and now you can learn Igbo on the Ndebe blog in easy, bite-size lessons.
Please tell all your friends who speak terrible or non-existent Igbo and stop by there and show us some love.
I know it's been DOA for the longest time but I finally got my notes in order and now you can learn Igbo on the Ndebe blog in easy, bite-size lessons.
Please tell all your friends who speak terrible or non-existent Igbo and stop by there and show us some love.
~Igbo Rocks! Go forth and speak it!~
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Waiting for Prince Charming
So I heard that a lot of young girls/women dream of the day they will get married/ the man that will marry them.
Is this true?
I have never once dreamed of "the person" I will marry (this doesn't include dreaming about someone I'm already in love with/in a relationship with) nor have I ever dreamed about getting married in general.
All of my most enjoyable (and frequent )dreams are about the day my bank account will read $XXX million dollars or pounds or even riyal if possible.
Am I abnormal?
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Back from the Doctor
So I had my ECG today and it was kind of weird.
They put these metal suction cup thingies on my boobs and on my arms and legs and at a whole bunch of strategic points and then hooked me up to the machine.
Somehow, seeing the little spikes going up and down was really reassuring because I felt like "Hey that's my heart!! You're really there!! Hang in there little buddy, we're going to get through this together and everything's going to be okay!"
This is my results sheet:
I asked what could be causing my chest pains and heart / breathing issues then since there's nothing wrong and the doctor said that I might be having really intense panic attacks (apparently they can feel just like a heart attack) and that I need to deal with my anxiety issues (I have moderate chronic anxiety).
I'm going to try my best to calm down and not worry about stuff so much, but it's hard sometimes. I mean I've been back for a while now and I still haven't seen my Mom. We're talking on the phone but that's about it. She hasn't come to see me and I don't really have the means to go see her yet financially. Plus there's a whole lot of things that I have to sort out as well.
Okay, on the note of trying to be happier and less bogged down, today was our first rain of the year!!!
They put these metal suction cup thingies on my boobs and on my arms and legs and at a whole bunch of strategic points and then hooked me up to the machine.
Somehow, seeing the little spikes going up and down was really reassuring because I felt like "Hey that's my heart!! You're really there!! Hang in there little buddy, we're going to get through this together and everything's going to be okay!"
This is my results sheet:
It's my Heartbeat!!! =D
This is the Analysis Page.
I don't know what all this stuff means.
Maybe all of you medical people (Sting!!) can explain?
Anyway, the doctor said my heartbeat is normal and that she doesn't think there's anything wrong with my heart and that I should lose weight and my bad symptoms will go away. She also said she wants to check my cholesterol because I'm fat.
I'm happy that the ECG is normal, but like someone suggested in the last post I'm going to ask if I can get an EchoCardioGram done as well.
I asked what could be causing my chest pains and heart / breathing issues then since there's nothing wrong and the doctor said that I might be having really intense panic attacks (apparently they can feel just like a heart attack) and that I need to deal with my anxiety issues (I have moderate chronic anxiety).
I'm going to try my best to calm down and not worry about stuff so much, but it's hard sometimes. I mean I've been back for a while now and I still haven't seen my Mom. We're talking on the phone but that's about it. She hasn't come to see me and I don't really have the means to go see her yet financially. Plus there's a whole lot of things that I have to sort out as well.
Okay, on the note of trying to be happier and less bogged down, today was our first rain of the year!!!
Look at all the dirty satellite dishes =D
Some cows went past my window. O_o
I had a meeting with Skinny Goat at Rockview
And a little bird flew onto my balcony today and I was able to get some shots of it!
Feeling happier already.
^_^
Monday, February 27, 2012
The Scariest Thing
Update:
Thank you so much to everyone who was concerned. I went to see the doctor and she checked my heart and said my pulse was normal but to be safe she scheduled an EKG on Thursday and then we'll go from there. She said that she suspects it might have been a really bad panic attack (apparently the worse ones can feel just like a heart attack) and that it's probably due to the fact that I have a long history of chronic anxiety.
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Happened to me yesterday.
I was just sitting on the couch when suddenly I felt like something was draining from the sides of my neck and then I felt my heart stop.
I am serious. For at least five very long seconds I frantically checked my wrists, my neck, and my chest, and I had no heart beat. I was breathing but more and more it felt like I couldn't get enough air in my lungs even though I'm sure I was inflating them to full capacity.
The strangest part of it was I couldn't panic. You know that rush of adrenaline that comes when you're extremely afraid that prepares you to run like you've never run before or fight for your life? It never came. In my mind I was in utter panic but my entire body felt horribly calm.
I started feeling dizzy like I was going to black out so I tried to stand up and it was really difficult. I almost fell down. I managed to stagger a few steps but everything was spinning, and my breathing didn't seem to be doing anything.
I honestly thought, "This is it, this is the end, I am going to die, but how strange, I never imagined it this way."
But all of a sudden, it just stupidly occurred to me to jump, which felt dumb because if you're on the verge of death or at least passing out whether or not you can jump is the least of your worries.
It seemed silly but I did jump, and the moment my feet hit the floor again, I felt my heart start and it began to beat really really fast as if it was trying to make up for all the beats it missed when it stopped. I took some huge deep breaths and it was the most awesome feeling, I could feel the air rushing back in.
I staggered back to the couch and sat down and only then did the adrenaline hit and I started to feel all the fear and panic that I was curiously unable to feel moments ago.
I'm writing this lying in bed with the lights on. I haven't slept a wink because I'm terrified it will happen again and I won't wake up. For the past three years I've been having stabbing pains in the left side of my chest but every doctor I've been to has said I can't have a heart problem because I'm only twenty two and that I should just lose weight and it'll go away.
This is an entirely new symptom and it was scary as hell. Once it's light I'm going to the hospital to get checked out. I just keep thinking why oh why does this have to happen now? It didn't happen when I was in America so why here? What terrifies me the most is that if there's a time bound emergency I can't even dial 911 and have an ambulance come get me. The whole situation is just distressing.
Thank you so much to everyone who was concerned. I went to see the doctor and she checked my heart and said my pulse was normal but to be safe she scheduled an EKG on Thursday and then we'll go from there. She said that she suspects it might have been a really bad panic attack (apparently the worse ones can feel just like a heart attack) and that it's probably due to the fact that I have a long history of chronic anxiety.
**************************************************************
Happened to me yesterday.
I was just sitting on the couch when suddenly I felt like something was draining from the sides of my neck and then I felt my heart stop.
I am serious. For at least five very long seconds I frantically checked my wrists, my neck, and my chest, and I had no heart beat. I was breathing but more and more it felt like I couldn't get enough air in my lungs even though I'm sure I was inflating them to full capacity.
The strangest part of it was I couldn't panic. You know that rush of adrenaline that comes when you're extremely afraid that prepares you to run like you've never run before or fight for your life? It never came. In my mind I was in utter panic but my entire body felt horribly calm.
I started feeling dizzy like I was going to black out so I tried to stand up and it was really difficult. I almost fell down. I managed to stagger a few steps but everything was spinning, and my breathing didn't seem to be doing anything.
I honestly thought, "This is it, this is the end, I am going to die, but how strange, I never imagined it this way."
But all of a sudden, it just stupidly occurred to me to jump, which felt dumb because if you're on the verge of death or at least passing out whether or not you can jump is the least of your worries.
It seemed silly but I did jump, and the moment my feet hit the floor again, I felt my heart start and it began to beat really really fast as if it was trying to make up for all the beats it missed when it stopped. I took some huge deep breaths and it was the most awesome feeling, I could feel the air rushing back in.
I staggered back to the couch and sat down and only then did the adrenaline hit and I started to feel all the fear and panic that I was curiously unable to feel moments ago.
I'm writing this lying in bed with the lights on. I haven't slept a wink because I'm terrified it will happen again and I won't wake up. For the past three years I've been having stabbing pains in the left side of my chest but every doctor I've been to has said I can't have a heart problem because I'm only twenty two and that I should just lose weight and it'll go away.
This is an entirely new symptom and it was scary as hell. Once it's light I'm going to the hospital to get checked out. I just keep thinking why oh why does this have to happen now? It didn't happen when I was in America so why here? What terrifies me the most is that if there's a time bound emergency I can't even dial 911 and have an ambulance come get me. The whole situation is just distressing.
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