Some days, I struggle to come up with what to write, which idea is worth exploring or what to talk about. Other days, the idea hits me like a freight train going at maximum speed. And this is one of those ideas. Photo credit: Mikhail Nilov Source: pexels.com I don't know if you know that I live in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, or if you are aware of the sit-at-home order every Monday imposed on the region by IPOB. The sit-at-home order has been on since August 2021, and towards the end of the year, it became sort of inconsequential. Although I avoided leaving my immediate environs on Mondays, I sometimes go out to visit friends or run errands. When the new year came around, I truly believed that the sit-at-home was over, and I was not the only one with that train of thought, what we didn't know was that whoever gave that order had put measures in place to ensure we complied and that brings me to my story for today. After talking with a few friends and classmates, we dec...
This essay will be in two parts, here is the first one. There is this common question that is supposed to be introspective. “What would you do differently if you could go back in time knowing what you know now?” My answer is very simple: “I will not be applying to study medicine and surgery.” I got the inspiration to write this on the day of my class's official picture day. The pictures are supposed to be in our class yearbook, which is supposed to serve as a reminder of the time we spent at UNN College of Medicine. I don't want a reminder of my time here, and I don't want anyone to remember I was here. This is not borne out of the fact that I refused to allow people in or that I had no friends or people that I am not grateful for. This was not borne out of the fact that I do not have happy memories from my time here. It is just that when it all comes down to it, I ask myself, at what cost? Remember that scene in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame , where Wanda tells Tha...
Source: Pinterest Hey there, How are you doing and how are you handling the post lockdown period with everything opening up and stuff? Flipping narratives and other random thoughts is a short collection of thoughts, questions and expression of some incomplete opinion. Enjoy! Flipping Narratives I stumbled on a writer on twitter telling regular stories with an amazing twist. So in the Nigerian society, there are standards women are held to when it comes to morality, marriage and parenting that their male counterparts are not subjected to. With the rise the social media, there has been an uproar with a lot of people either supporting or refusing to see a problem with such standards. So this writer switched the narratives so that in place of the woman in what is generally accepted with a man and I believe that has gone so far in showing how ridiculous those standards and hopefully help others see and understand how women feel about them. Books and discussio...
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