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If You Don’t Ask, You Might Never Know

If You Don’t Ask, You Might Never Know

Firstly, I am so sorry for my silence. I have been deliriously busy. I wake up in the morning and before I know it, it's night. Right now, I'm typing this post at the expense of my sleep, and I'm gonna pay for it because I have an early meeting. Hopefully I don't fall asleep in the middle. Meanwhile, I have been so busy that I have been carrying the same bag for weeks. The problem with this is that it's one of those really big bags, and you know when you have a big bag, it may be stylish, but it Read More

Ladies, Would You Use The Garnier Miracle Sleeping Cream?

Garnier Ultra-Lift Miracle Sleeping Cream

Or maybe I should start by first generally asking if you use sleeping creams. It feels like not too long ago, I was 19 and did not give two cents about skin care. Sure, I was learning to make myself up, but I had absolutely no beauty regime. Most times, I didn't even wash the makeup off my face at night, and nothing happened. Where did that time go? I wouldn't dare pull that stunt now. These days, my time of the month inspires a pimple or two to make an appearance - something that never, ever Read More

“You Can Pass For One Of Us,” He Told Me

Nigerian American

I was with the doctor yesterday (not my personal doctor), but it was my first time meeting him. He called me by my Igbo name and asked if he said it right. I said yes. Honestly, he did a great job, considering that he's American. Then he asked me where I'm from, and I proudly said Nigeria. The doc then responded by saying, "Oh, wow, you speak really good English." I don't know what my face looked like (since I couldn't see it), but I imagine that my eyebrows were raised defensively and my lips Read More

Journal #4: April 2015

Journal

Welcome to May. In March of this year, I had a car accident. I know what you're thinking: how come I didn't mention it in when I did my March journal in the beginning of April? Well, I typed up my journal on March 30th (and scheduled it for April 1st) because I was confident that I knew how my month would go. Clearly, I was wrong. On Tuesday, March 31st, I was happily driving back home from hanging out with my coworkers, and then bam! It happened. I was disoriented for a couple Read More

How Nigerians & Africans Should Deal With The Baltimore Riots For Freddie Gray

Baltimore Riots Freddie Gray

I have watched many protests and marches on television, but they're always somewhere else: Florida. Ferguson. New York. But never Baltimore. Not my Baltimore. My Baltimore has a lot of problems, but this isn't one of them. Turns out I was wrong. Thank you to everyone who has checked up on me. I'm doing great, thank you. Yes, I live in Baltimore, but I don't live or work anywhere close to the scenes of the riots. If you had asked me about a decade ago what I thought about the Baltimore riots, Read More

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