Lifestyle & Travel
When you fly home at night, slipstreaming lassitude and loneliness sleepy wind hissing your name encasing and loving your frame, do you ever wonder, before feet touch down on stillness kissing terra firma when you will put yourself first? ©Assumpta Ozua 2015 I had a really busy weekend – Really. Busy. Having said that, most… Continue reading Superwoman Syndrome
A few days ago, an article a friend posted on their Facebook wall popped up in my mini-feed. Based on the link title alone 'Reshaping Obliterated Faces: Ten Female Nigerian Poets', I clicked 'like' (don't judge me, we've all done it) and then decided to read it.
Who will finish your jigsaw heart when he leaves, taking pieces with him? Who told you to play with unbeatable men? Men who let you love loneliness out of them gifting it back to you wondering why you return half full. He is a desert you, the oasis desperate to hydrate and keep the hope… Continue reading When The Dust Settles: Thailand
Me Today You Tomorrow turned 1 today!! It’s my blogging anniversary guys! I wasn't organised so I haven't fully prepped the post I had in mind, plus I'm not in the country so I'm in holiday mode - forgive me. I had such grand ideas and they shall be fulfilled - just not today. But… Continue reading 4 Dec 2014 – 4 Dec 2015
Last night I went to #Afterhours An Evening with Inua Ellams. It was dope. Now I don’t use the aforementioned colloquialism lightly, it genuinely was a wonderful and motivating closing event for the project he has been working on for the past year. #Afterhours was a free affair held at The Poetry Library in The… Continue reading #Afterhours with Inua Ellams
I am currently suffering from an acute case of wanderlust woes *cue the violins*. My fondness for travel and experiencing new cultures is surpassed only by my weakness for words and when I get to write while away in a foreign land… good Lord, I’ve hit the jackpot! As I looked up at the greyish… Continue reading Wanderlust Woes
The past three and a half years of my life have been inundated with comparisons. Whether it’s others making them, or those made by myself, I have found said happiness-hiding thoughts to be debilitating at times and woefully counterproductive. When I started my Mary Kay business almost four years ago, the comparisons came in quick… Continue reading The Problem With Comparisons
In the early hours of Sunday morning (just over a week ago), I had a minor car accident which could have been FAR worse than it was. The incident left me very reflective and my busy yet fulfilling weekend as a whole reminded me of a few things: 1) I can do all things through… Continue reading 5 Things My Accident Taught Me
I have a tendency to wear a lot of black and white. There was a point in time in my life where I wore black almost exclusively. Needless to say, my mother was not a fan of this phase. When I began introducing colour I started with white, then red, then navy and sort of… Continue reading Black and White
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