Back in the days!

I just finished reading Sykik's post and it made me remember a similar situation i found myself in back in secondary school. Thanks sykik for the blospiration.

Back in my secondary school days, CDSS Ikeja to be precise. I had a group of friends called "TRANSFORMERS". We were seven in number and the coolest in our class. We always hung out together during break time and even after school hours. I remember those days when the class captain was beefing us and would write down all our names as noise makers. Soldiers were responsible for flogging the students and as soon as our names are called for our strokes of cain, we would all "chest" the cain on one palm no matter how hard it hurt, yeah, we were hard core like that!

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On a fateful day, the TRANSFORMERS left the school premises during school hours. It was one of those days in school when exams were over and there was nothing really happening in school. Anyway, we decided to visit a fellow TRANSFORMER'S house somewhere around Maryland. We just basically went to chill till school was over then we would all go home.

My dad always picked me up from school and that particular day i planned to get back to the school premises before he came. I left our friend's  house when it was almost closing time while the others waited behind because they lived nearby.

As i got back to school, to my biggest shock, i saw my dad's car at the school gate and i knew i was dead. Different thoughts were going through my mind and i just started panicking. I moved closer to the car and as soon as he saw me he got out of the car and demanded an explanation. My body suddenly turned cold and i started shaking, i couldnt even mutter a word as i was stammering. Before i could say Jack Robinson, my dad started unbuckling his belt and i burst into tears. At that point, i knew my explanation would not make any difference and i just couldn't believe that i, Atoskin the hardcore TRANSFORMER could be humiliated at the school gate.

But God smiled down at me, another classmate saw what was happening and came to my rescue. She pleaded with my dad not to beat me and explained the whole situation to him. My dad didn't believe her but he wore his belt back. The next thing he said was "i will deal with you when we get home" . At that point in time, i didn't mind whatever consequence i faced at home, my only joy was that i wasn't humiliated publicly, everything else didn't matter.

My dad is late now and i miss him terribly. He was a good man.

Looking forward to my next blogspiration.

Transitioning, Marriage, Scandal & BBA 8

It seems like its a routine to always apologize at the beginning of every post, so here i am again saying sorry for been MIA for so long. It gets tougher every day keeping up with blogsville, there is just too much to attend to these days. I am sure everybody is doing fine. Thank you all for checking up on me and "gingering" me to write a post.

I must confess that ever since i read that post Atilola wrote about being careful of the information you disclose on the internet, i have made a conscious effort to restrain myself from blogging about very personal stuffs and because my blog is more of a  personal blog, it has made it really difficult to come up with something to write about. i really wish i was an anonymous blogger right now. At times like this, i envy anonymous bloggers like sykik and mstizzle. I wish i could blog about work and all the activities that has been happening lately but unfortunately some of my colleagues know my blog so that makes it a NO NO.

April 2012

March 2013

So today makes it 13 months since i transitioned to team natural and i must confess that i am enjoying every moment of it. I am sure you all can remember when i did the big chop in this post. The journey has not been easy but it has been worth it. Now i am used to hearing questions like "so when are you retouching your hair?, "is this how you want to look forever"? and so on and i am always glad to answer and lecture people on how to care for their natural hair.

May 2013

Married life has been awesome too, we didn't have a proper honeymoon after the wedding so we had to postpone till April. We are growing to love ourselves more each passing day and now i believe love truly grows if you water it.

Is anyone watching scandal asides Toinlicious? That series almost messed up my mind but i thank God for his deliverance. How can cheating look so right? Shonda Rhimes is a genius, i salute her creativity. But jokes aside, i think Tony Goldwyn (Fitz)  really likes Kerry Washington (Olivia Pope) in real life. I checked him out on twitter and i he kinda declared his love for Kerry.

He has done some interviews too where he claimed that he and Kerry have a chemistry going on. If he wasn't married, i am certain that they would have ended up together. Can you believe his wife doesn't watch the show because of the sex scenes? I read about that too and i don't blame her, i wouldn't watch either.

That hug at 1.15s?

BBA 8 has started and i missed part of the opening ceremony. All i know is that i do not like this beverly girl. I think she is a Karen wanna be and its beginning to get on my nerves. She is just all over the place and too loud for my liking. Everyone seems to be in love with the delicious Dellish and i also think she is verrrry pretty. I think the show is beginning to get interesting so i will keep my fingers crossed.

I think i have done a good job in summarizing all that happened in the past couple of weeks.

Looking forward to your comments.

Happy democracy day!!!

Sweetiliving is 2!

I am so ashamed of myself right now. How could i forget my blogsversary? Who forgets such things? It didn't even cross my mind at all until about a few minutes ago when i tried remembering a post i did a while back and then i kept scrolling until i saw my first blog post.

My blog was two years old on the 18th of February, how time flies! I can't believe that i have been on blogger for two years. It still feels like yesterday and i'm very grateful to God for keeping me and mine to witness this day *insert spiritual mode*


I'm very thankful for all the wonderful people i have met here, my heart is so full of gratitude. Thank you for taking time out out of your very busy schedules to read and comment on my post however boring it may be. I am really looking forward to meeting some of you in person, i hope in the future there will be a forum that will make that possible.

Thank you all for always being there.

Enjoy the video!

Kisses!

Mrs. Timekeeper

Hello everyone, happy new year to you all, May the new year bring as many blessings as we desire. My people, a lot has happened ohhh, but first things first, I am married to my timekeeper!!!

I am sure you all remember my timekeeper and if you can't, please read the post HERE. I was unable to write any posts even before the wedding as the wedding planning took all of my time. I don't know how doll managed to give us timely updates when she was planning her wedding.

This is a phase i'm happy to have crossed, its just funny how you plan a wedding for months and it takes just one day for all your investment to be consumed. I was particularly happy about the turn out of my wedding, all my vendors did a fantastic job and i had absolutely no cause to be upset about anything. It was the happiest day of my life and it still is so far so good.

I will be back to do a proper post and give all the exclusive details.

I want to say a very big thank you to Lahrah. She attended my wedding despite the short notice. I am sure nobody knows this but we attended the same secondary school, lost contact and reunited on blogsville. She is an amazing woman.

Have a wonderful weekend and i promise to be back soon.

A different look

So I got tired of rocking my low cut and then decided to fix a weave. After almost seven months of wearing my natural hair, it felt very strange being in the saloon. I though of getting a make-over so I decided to fix bohemian curls. The outcome was really nice  as it gave me an "omawunmi" kind of look (i'm sure you get the picture). I also liked the fact that everyone took second glances at me.

I still have the weave on and I want to appreciate my ever loyal "hair scratcher" for helping me keep my sanity. It is not easy to be a woman, my scalp has itched the living daylight out of me, there are times it gets so bad that I would think I'm going crazy. There must be something that prevents itchy scalps whenever one is wearing a weave, anyone with any information on such products should not hesitate to contact me.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by....

How i almost got disgraced!

I was very close to being publicly disgraced about two weeks ago.

I took a few hours off work to get some items in Lagos island, balogun market to be specific. On my way, i realized i was really farting but i was all alone by myself in the car so i allowed my fart to flow freely to the extent that i was almost choking me,it was at that point that i gave myself brain and turned off the ac so i could wind down the windows. This was very unusual because i hadn't had anything to eat and i didn't have dinner the previous night, so i was wondering what was going on, little did i know that nature had a surprise waiting for me.

I got to the market, parked my car and started my journey, i started walking and i was still farting, but this time around, i had to control it and made it as noiseless as possible,(i'm sure y'all know what i mean]. Then all of a sudden, it felt like the pressure of the fart made a u-turn to my stomach and i started having cramps. I managed to continue walking until i got to my destination, i took a seat and waited for the woman to bring out what i wanted to buy, then i started sweating profusely and couldn't concentrate, the woman was also taking so much time and i told her that i had to leave and promised her i would come back. My plan was to look for the nearest toilet available to "do the deed" but the woman obviously felt that i wanted to leave without patronising her so i had to drop the polythene bag i was holding as surety.

I stepped out of her shop and started looking for a bike to take me to the nearest eatery, i stood and was wondering why there was no bike and then i remembered that our dear Governor had banned bikes. So i started walking towards an eatery and at this point i felt like i was going to poo in my pants, to make matters worse i was wearing a skirt and i knew if it happened there will be no barrier for the poo.

I got to Tastee Fried Chicken and there was a crowd there, it was around break time and so there were a lot of men and women dressed in suit having lunch. I knew where the rest room was but i didn't want to make it obvious by going there immediately, so i decided to join the queue for food, then after a few minutes, i headed for the restroom. When i got there, there was a woman who just got into the toilet and as soon as she entered, she exclaimed "Ki-ni eleyi?, ko si omi ni toilet yi sha" meaning what is this? there is no water in this toilet! My jaw almost dropped, i immediately made a u-turn and dashed out. I then decided to try out chicken republic, which was 3 minutes walk from tfc, i crossed the road and walked into chicken republic and as soon as i got in, i looked round and saw more good looking guys having lunch,then i composed myself and tried to look normal. I looked round and couldn't find their restroom so i joined the queue. When it was my turn, i ordered chik wizz because i knew that it would take about 10 minutes to be ready for it to be ready so in the meantime, my plan was to use their restroom then come back for my order. After i made my order, like i predicted, the cashier/attendant told me it will take 10 minutes so i said ok, and asked for where the restroom was and he said it was outside the building, i managed to compose myself and co-ordinate my fart as i headed for the door. I stepped out and asked the security man at the door for the restroom and in his words he said "Madam, the toilet no work today", i thought i didn't hear him clearly so i asked again and he repeated the same words and i said thank you. At that point i just felt like crying because i didn't know what else to do, I was devastated, i couldn't imagine pooing in my pants, different kind of thoughts came to my mind as i stood in front of chicken republic thinking of the next line of action.

I looked across and i saw gtbank. I then remembered that i know someone who works there, i crossed the road and entered the bank. It was also crowded as usual so i approached the security personnel and mentioned the name of the person i wanted to see to him. He responded and said “She no dey this branch again, they don transfer her since March”. As soon as I heard that I just concluded within myself that I was really gonna poo in my pants. I knew I could use their restroom but I didn’t know how to go about it. I chilled for some seconds and then walked up to the same security personnel again and asked if I could use the restroom, he pointed to it and I walked towards it, the location is pretty obvious but it covered by a banner so I didn't see it early enough. As soon as I stepped in, I checked if there was water and tissue and after I realized that there was, I proceeded to do the DEED, it was such a relief. I timed myself because I didn’t want anyone watching me to have the impression that I was pooing, so I ensured I was done in approximately 4 mins.

After I finished, I walked briskly towards the door and took a deep breath, I retraced myself to my customers shop, got what I needed to get and headed to the car park, got into the car and drove off.

I always hear stories like this but never experienced it, this is one I will not forget in a LONG TIME, more than ever before i am convinced that "Shit business is serious business".

Thanks for stopping by.

Jon & Kate Plus 8

Hi people,

How is everyone doing today? i'm back from my daku daji stunts again, things are just happening so very fast, the days are rolling by with top speed and then before you say Jack Robinson, the day is over, i'm sure you get my drift..

Planning a wedding is not easy at all and hiring a wedding planner is not cheap either, it is fun, stressful, and will drain you emotionally. For me, One minute i'm excited, the next minute, i'm not so excited, I just cant wait for this cup to pass over me.

I was heartbroken today, infact i'm still heartbroken. The rate of divorce these days is alarming, my favourite reality show couple, Jon & Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 are divorced!!!. I just discovered the show a few months ago and i became addicted. The couple Jon and Kate had a set of twins initially and after three years or so, they had another set of sextuplets making eight children altogether.

I loved them and their kids, they just had something special that i cannot even begin to describe. So with all the preamble i just gave, you can imagine the shock i got when i read that they are divorced, imagine, hearing that bad news on a Monday morning, it really spoilt my day and i am still not over it.

I have been trying to imagine how their children will feel and what perception those kids will have about marriage, to think that they got divorced the same day they filed for a seperation still beats me, they didnt even give their marriage a chance at all to see if they could work things out. To say the least, the news really upset me.

Moving on, a lot has happened in the last few days, my wedding is getting closer. My weekends are worse than weekdays now because i'm always on the move, meeting up with my vendors and driving the length and breadth of Lagos.

My wedding dress has finally arrived, it is beautiful, i was close to tears when i tried it on, it dawned on me again that i was really getting married. I wore my dress for close to 45mins dancing in it.

Everything is falling into place gradually, my hairline is back and my hair is growing very fast. There are just a few things left to be done and i'm good to go.

Thanks for reading and please remember me in your prayers.

p:s. In the real terms, they got divorced in 2009 but of course you know how reality shows work.

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