MUSE

Keep Sane

2012-01-28T23:32:00.001Z

theps.com

Don't want to lose yourself
Asking about the meaning behind letters
Messages behind strings of words
Events, emotions that stirred them up
It ain't about that
Just don't lose yourself

It's hard, I know, keeping sane
To be and loved
Without others' preferences
Be a canvas of someone's masterpiece?

It Took This Long

2012-01-12T16:14:00.003Z

It took me twelve days into 2012 for me to post. Howdy, folks! and a HaPpy nEW yeAr to you. I made no resolutions, same as in the year past.
I am thankful for so many things that happened in 2011; the bad and good, they built and strengthened me.

madamenoire.com

Last week, I attended a meetup, organised by fellow blogger prettykay (quiet whisper: she is pretty. :)), for naturals (talking about hair). Got to Smoothy's about half past 7 in the evening (I was late but I have a good excuse; I was at my department's end of year party) just in time to join the break out session and missed the discussion on how to take care of your hair. Went with Sefa, my inspiration for going natural 2 years ago, who had had her hair done up in locs recently. prettykay gave me a pretty hair-clipper. I missed prettykay's twit about a smoothie for me when I get there and will have to check in on that offer since I did made it to the event. :) (what can I say? I love smoothies). It was a great meetup with lots of sharing, laughter and advice from professionals who know about natural hair. prettykay said she organised the meetup because she was bored and needed something to do. If the turnout and the success of the meetup was something to go by, then maybe I should be praying for more boring days ahead for her. LOL.

WHO I OUGHT TO BE

Think, strive to be

Whatever you want to be

I am told

You will be successful

You can make it

Just believe

You will be great

Think!

You are not so great

Not in your eyes

Not in the eyes of anyone

You are who you ought to be

Is that enough?

Mediocre

Is not you?

Maybe

Think

Deep down

You are meant to follow

Lead not

Lovely Me?

2011-11-24T15:57:00.000Z

Thank you Didi for the wonderful award. This is my second award also and I am excited :), most especially since you have given me the push for a blog post which is not a poem. lol
So here goes:

The Rules:
I. Answer the questions below
II. Tell seven random things about yourself
III. Pass the award to 15 other bloggers

I. Questions
1. Name your favorite colour: Earthy colours
2. Name your favorite song: A hymn from the Methodist hymnal: In Heavenly Love Abiding
3. Name your favorite dessert: None; as long as it's not too sweet but is creamy or lemony
4. What pisses you off?: Indiscipline
5. Your favorite pet?: Hands down? Cats, any day. I have been told my eyes slit like a cat's. Meooow
6 .Black or white?: Huh?
7. Your biggest fear?: That I will not live right and die and end up in hell. Tu fiiia akwa (God forbid)
8. Everyday attitude?: Don't go poking into my business
9. Your best feature?: My head; it's cute and has great features. :)
10. What is perfection?: That everything is alright and I am sitting a hamstring by the sea and getting juice handed over to me by ...
11. My guilty pleasure: Chocolates with milk after depriving myself from it for so long. :) the smoother, harder and more melting in the mouth, the better.
This is the blog award

II. 7 Random Things About Me
1. I love my name. It is a reflection of two cultures in my country
2. Natural haired for 2 years and counting. I love the look
3. I will go through high water to defend what I believe in, contrary to pressures to conform.
4. I am not that open-minded and I don't care
5. If I know something, I probably have an opinion about it.
6. I adore the Earth as God make it and I believe we as human beings have to, in our individual way and means, protect and care for it.
7. Sometimes in order to do good, you end up hurting yourself; I am willing to go through that hurt for my friends.

III. I present the Lovely Blog Award to:
In no particular order (less than 15 though):

1. Baring Testament
2. Matekwor Azu
3. Daixy's Blogg
4. Hopeful Reflections
5. How goes it
6. I AM THE ART OF FREEVERSE
7. Soliloquies of a diva

Blogger Assaulted

2011-10-20T15:44:00.004Z

I was shocked when I read this from Emmanuel Bensah's post. As someone who is about to get her learner's permit tomorrow, I realise other drivers are not my only trouble, physical assault from pedestrians, who miscalculate when crossing the road, is something to look out for. Hmmmm. God help me! Please read, maybe you can identify her assailant.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: golda
Date: 2011/10/20
Subject: [GhanaBlogging] Assault this morning
To: Ghana Blogging googlegroups.com>

This morning, at about 7.38 am, I was physically assaulted in my car, on the Mallam-Weija Highway by a man of about mid-thirties, about 5'11 tall, toughly built ... dressed in balck office shirt and tucked into black denim trousers, black belt, black office shoes, holding a black briefcase. I did not see his face very well though. It all happened in under 1 minute.
I was sending my son to school, and you all might know that there is major construction going on in that part of town (the highway).
Traffic was moving in short, fast spurts and normally, traffic wardens stop the vehicles to permit masses of people to cross at points in time.
This man was standing WITH a large mass of people all in SAME spot, and we were moving at about 30kmp/h, when just about 10 metres before I got to him, he dashed across my car. Nobody else made any move to cross.
Needless to say, I had to stop abruptly. He had looked at me before dashing across, and had expected me to have screeched to a halt, so took his time. By the time he realised that 10 metres was too short for this to be a safe calculation, he was left with no choice, but to hop and leap .... into the middle of the road, where the cars to my left were also passing by without stopping.
He was trapped in the middle, I has made a sharp brake, the car behind me was blowing his horn like crazy, and next thing I knew, this man swings in my direction and flies his hand in through my half-open window and strikes my face with what seemed like all his might! His parting words were "You fool!"
I was instantly down, my head was on the steering wheel, my son burst into tears in the back seat, and my face hurt like crazy. I could not see anything and there was blood in my mouth. The man was nowhere to be found, and cars just kept passing me by, especially the ones behind me who saw it all. Several passersby chased after the man though, and tried to catch him, but he was already over the other 4 lanes of the highway and in the tro-tro huddle.
I had to move off the road and park, but for 5 minutes I was unable to do this because my right eye was fairly swollen, and both eyes were tearing up. My mouth was like "tsofi" and bleeding. Cars honking like mad behind me, and my son wailing .... the passersby talkgin me through it all.
I decided to leave it be, and drive on slowly .... I did have to get my son to school on time after all.
The police team (of 4) standing about 20 metres fro the scene did not notice any of these in all the 5 minutes it happened, nor the traffic jam it caused.
I feel so safe in this country. This is not my first time of facing abuse and harrasmment as a woman, a woman who drives, and a woman who is perceived as successful and independent in this country ... from men. But this is my first physical abuse.
If anyone can spread this message, I will appreciate it. If you know of any friend, co-worker, acquaintance who fits this bill for today, was in the Mallam area this morning, seems a bit out of sorts this morning, etc ... find out for me. If you can, pass this on. If you know anyone on the social platforms .... do share to them. I'd like to meet this man and ask him why he did this, and if it felt good ... striking a woman in the face, and leaving her and her son in tears.

Gloda