My worst fear!

Hi people, i'm back again with my dakudaji moves. I want to say a big thank you to the people who commented in my 2nd to the
last post, you guys are amazing!

I made a painful decision about my hair, i visited a barber's shop and the rest is history.

I think its was best to grow my hair all over again,my receeding hairline was becoming catastrophic.

It was a very tough decision and i tried not to tell so many people my plans cause i didn't want anyone to discourage me, no on would have been able to anyway because my mind was already made up.

Here is a picture of my hair, my boss thinks i look like Fidho Didho.

Infact i have many nicknames now but i really do not mind,i did what is best for my hair, and now i can confidently say its growing.

Sometimes what we fear so much maybe what we really need.

I'm enjoying my low cut and rocking it like there is no tomorrow. If u see a sister wearing a punk, do not hesistate to holla!

The back-up plan

This blog post was inspired by a colleague.

Do people really have back up's when they are in relationships? I have asked a few people and the majority which are mainly guys seem to have back-ups. A back-up is having a plan B in case plan A doesn't work out.

No wonder some people are so quick to start another relationship after a break up because having a back-up means you are double dating and also cheating.

For a long time i kept wondering how my ex-boyfriend got married barely three months after we broke up. Yeah, so now i know.

Personally, i do not support double dating. But then, different strokes for different folks.

Whatever gets you through the day.

Happy new year! i'm getting bald!!!

Happy new year people!!!!

Runaway atoskin is back. It feels like i haven't blogged in years. o how i have missed blogville, i have been so busy at work and it feels good to be back!

The year has been very good, God has really been faithful and i am indeed grateful.

I'm now on twitter, i'm still trying to figure how it works though. I wanna say thank you to myne whitman, Toinlicious and 9jafoodie for following me. i don't have so many friends on blogsville so i have gotta appreciate the few i have.

Nothing much has happened to me except that i think i'm getting bald. The state of my front hairline has been so worrisome to me over the past few days. After jejely fixing orisirisi weaves and religiously applying Dr. Miracles Hair grow oil for over a year, i felt i needed a new look so i decided to braid my hair, the aftermath of those braids is a SUPER STORY!!! I have been having sleepless nights because of my hair, its so bad that i cannot even attempt to comb my hair all back, am sure any child that sees me will run for his/her life.

Okay, maybe i'm exaggerating, but its really terrible. I have my natural hair one now and i'm really hoping and praying that something happens fast.

I will appreciate if anyone has any idea of how i can grow my hairline. I have considered going on low cut but my oga no gree.

Please help a sister in need!!!

That being said "Life and Living" will be a year old on the 18th. I'm really very happy that i was able to pull it off after many failed attempts i have had blogging.

Right now, i see my blog as my baby, the excitement a mother would feel when her child starts talking or walking is exactly how i feel about my blogversary.

I wish everybody a wonderful year....

Merry Christmas

Hi people,

Yes its been a while since my last post. I have been in and out of town, weddings and plenty things like that. The past two weeks have been the best weeks of my life so far.

We are closing officially at work today, so we are working half day and there is a party afterwards.

I'm in very high spirits so its hard to put my words together.

Can u believe Nosa Omoregie, the guy who sang "i go always pray for you" was in my church last week sunday. That i believe is my christmas present from God.

My bestie got married last week and i was her cbm, it was a very beautiful wedding, i worked and danced plenty. Happy married life Chilli and Lafup, love u loads!

Happy married life to pearl dazzle and Tobi too.

I just had to drop by and wish my friends and readers a wonderful christmas. This might be my last post this year.

Merry xmas people and remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.

Enough is enough!

I read on Linda Ikeji's blog yesterday about the manslaughter in Yobe state, over 150 people lost their lives, i have never been so distraught in my entire life. When will this killing stop? Why are corps members still posted to the north? Why isn't the government doing anything about it? Is this how innocent people will continue to loose their lives?

The news of the female corp member that was killed is most disheartening, i cannot imagine what her family is going through right now. I was also posted to Yobe in 2009 for my NYSC. I had no intention of staying after my orientation, and i was priviledged to fall under the batch that had their orientation for just two weeks. I tried to re-deploy but that didn't work even after submitting the doctor's report that mentioned me as being asthmatic, i wasn't surprised though because i know that redeploying to Lagos doesn't come easily, besides that was just one of my many plans...

After the orientation, our posting was out and i was posted to Fika Local Government, i didn't care because i had no plan on staying in Yobe besides, i already had a job waiting for me in Lagos.

My plan was to settle my Zonal Inspector monthly and vamoose but then i was told that the ZI in Fika was a difficult person, so i had to relocate to another LG. I chose Potiskum which i found very easy, i did what i had to do and i fled.

I enjoyed every minute i spent in Yobe and i think i would have stayed back if i didn't have a job back here, it felt good to be away from home, i was super excited to explore the north, and i also had the opportunity of visiting my friend in Kano.

Now Boko Haram has made it impossible for Nigerians to explore the Northern part of the country, if they stopped at that it would have been fine but this act of genocide is a total calamity.

My pastor in church always says that Boko Haram is closer than we think. I used to wander how close it could get, now i understand what he means, the more we know people who are affected, the closer it gets to US.

I don't know what the government is doing about this but i believe in the power of prayer and i implore everyone to continually pray for Nigeria, evil must not prevail in our land.

May the souls of the departed rest in peace and may God comfort their families.

My conscience is INTACT.

God makes all things beautiful in his time.

I have come to realize that God has a plan and a purpose for everyone. I can personally testify that His ways are not our ways and that He knows what is best for us. God transformed a situation in my life and i must confess that i am still in awe, i still find it very difficult to comprehend. I can't wait to blog about it and i will do so in due time.

I have missed blogville o, all thanks to me. Our internet in the office expired before time because some people were downloading heavy stuffs online. Unfortunately i was part of it, i have been downloading desperate housewives and greys anatomy on my desktop. When the IT guy mentioned the reason why our internet expired, i felt very bad, not because anyone pointed a finger at me but because i knew i was solely responsible for it.

I have repented and consoled myself and infact i thank God that i feel guilty, it just means that i still have a conscience and that my mind is not reprobate.

I have more weddings coming up, i went to drop more aso-ebi's with the tailor and when my nice tailor gave me my bill, i almost passed out!

Talking of weddings, Kim and Kris really broke my heart, how could they? Like seriously, i am yet to watch the wedding sef!!! I was fooled into thinking they were in love, with all the vouching i vouched for them, they just fall my hand after 72 days. There is this male colleague of mine who can't help laughing at me and cannot understand why i am taking their break - up this seriously, he says i should stop using panadol for another man's headache.

On a lighter note, i have been re-inspired by Nosa's song titled "Always pray for you". I will post the link so you can also be inspired. Its topping my playlist and it has been on replay for the past two weeks.



My best part of the song is "if i offend you before forgive me, so that when we see again, you no go get BP (Blood pressure) for me". Sometimes when you are upset with someone and you don't forgive that person, the next time you see the person you just get very angry. I think that makes the blood pressure high, that's what Nosa means by BP.

Disclaimer: I used myself as case study, it may not apply to everybody.



Have a fantastic weekend people!!!

My top 3 Adulthood Bad habits!

Over the years, my new year resolution has always been "to be a better person". As simple as it sounds, it encompasses the whole of my resolutions because being a better person entails working towards perfection and believe me, its not an easy task at all.

Everyone has bad habits, i do and i hope they are not so many. I did a compilation of the bad habits i really frown out.

* Picking the nose: I was a victim of this until i became a chic, yes a chic. Its so unhygienic and gross (like my janded friends will say), i think it was one of the habits i picked up as a child. I remember picking my nose so much with my bare finger and putting that same finger in my mouth. Any adult who still does this should be given 100 strokes of pankere!

* Sucking the finger: I sucked my finger for a very very long time, i think i sucked my thumb till i got to primary 5. My parents did everything possible to make me stop but nothing werked! I remember a time when they rubbed my finger with bitter leaf so that i would stop, sharp girl like me will wash the thumb will soap and water and continue sucking.

* Chewing the fingernails: i was a gold medalist when it came to chewing my fingernails, i would chew my nails so much until it starts to hurt. My fingers were so ugly and i hid them a lot from people, i was always uncomfortable when people held my hands because i would be too ashamed for them to see my nails, most of the time, i kept my hands to myself. Now when i look at my fingernails, i get so proud, they are very beautiful even without fixing acrylic.

For most people as we grow, we begin to drop the childish bad habits and embrace the bad habits that comes with being an adult. .. Here are my Top 3:

* Not keeping to time: As far as i am concerned this is a very bad habit and i am very guilty of it. It is seriously annoying, i get very upset when am to meet with someone at a particular time and i get there before the person, the only word that describes the feeling is annoying.

* Inabiltity to return phone calls: This is another nasty attitude that pisses me off, i am partly guilty of it and that happens ONLY if i do not recognise the number, i think that is pardonable but some people just don't return phone calls at all, this attitude seriously dey vex people!

* Leaving your plates wherever you eat: Am inspired to call this a bad habit because i am close to a few people who have this habit. After eating, the plates are meant to go into the sink, either they are ready to be washed or not. Some people have the habit of leaving their plates wherever they eat, asides calling it a bad habit, its also very dirty and i cannot condone it!

All these are my most disliked bad habits...i hope there a word like "most disliked".

If you are guilty of any of these offences, they are called aToskin's top three adulthood bad habits...

Make a resolution to be a better person year in, year out.

Cheers!