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No matter how many clothes I stuff into my closet, I seem to be unable to reach the I-have-enough-clothes phase in my life. Apart from having an insatiable desire when it comes to clothes, shoes, and bags, I also almost never find anything to wear.This morning I took a soothing shower in preparation for Church, but when it was time 2 dress up, I couldn't find anything. Something was wrong with everything in my closet: too professional, too tight, too revealing, too casual, too party-ish, too Read More

Lately, I have been craving so many darn things. The bad thing is that I am not even getting them. What kinda world is this? A world where no1 cares 2 tender 2 Vera's needs?! This isn't a good world oh, and for every1 who has been ignoring my cravings, I just want the person (or people) to know that God will judge you (them)!Now, what have I been craving?Pounded yam and egwusi soup - this has been my number one i-gotta-have-itSuya - this is pretty much a standard craving; i.e. I don't think I Read More

Today is the birthday of my favorite Uncle in the whole world. His name is George, and there couldn't be any Uncle better than him. He was the husband to my favorite aunt (mom's junior sister) and the father to my lil cousin - who is really too young to be called my cousin, so I call him my nephew.If you noticed, I used "was" for my uncle; that's because he has passed on. He passed away on the 11th of January 2003 (3 days b4 my birthday and his son's birthday - we share the same birthday [Jan Read More

This weekend was supposed 2 be a 'chilin out' weekend for me, but my uncle just had 2 move 2 NY this weekend.Lemme tell you about my uncle (I'm always telling you about people, right? I wonder how said people would feel when they find out I've been writin about them. Let's hope they don't find out anyways): He is a lawyer - or rather, was a lawyer in Naija, but hasn't started working here as a Lawyer. He moved 2 the States on the 2nd of June 2006 (exactly 3 months ago). He was staying with Read More