CHIOMA OKOLI'S BLOG

WHAT WE SHARE!!! My name is Chimkamso. My Father is HIV positive and could not bear any child to avoid transmitting the disease to us. He has been on retro viral drugs for as long as I can remember. I have two siblings and I’m the oldest of them all. My Mother had learnt of my father’s predicament a year after their wedding. They had agreed that my mother will finish school as she was in her finals which would take at least one year before they can start raising children. My Parents were so in love with each other. What my mother didn’t understand was how my father cheated on her during their first year of marriage because the love making between them was so intense, and the usually had sex twice everyday. She underrated my father’s sexual libido. It’s been three days and the itching in mother’s private part had increased tremendously and discomforted her. She used her one hour break period from office to visit the staff hospital. The Doctor conducted series of test on...

Tall is the sky         From above, the trees are like grass The cars like toys The roads like lines The clouds whistling and passing When it stands still It is clear like glass The view like one painted by a professional When it descends Everything returns to normalcy No deception or illusion can again be created The reality of life is back.

It was a Monday morning, I got to where I take taxi to work. After standing for 15 minutes, I finally got one. A lady entered with a guy, she was sitting beside me while her friend i presume sat in front.. Just as the vehicle started moving the lady beside me dressed in the popular wizkid's ankara wear with a brown and oxblood braids and socks and slippers told the guy in front that he didn't give her any transport money. The guy quickly asked for her purse and she indulged him and i could tell she was uneasy because she started to tease the guy by asking him what he was looking for in her purse and if he's aware that is ungentlemanly for a man to search a lady's purse. The guy got to his destination, gave the lady her purse and dropped off. Immediately, she unzipped her purse to count the money and it was N1,500 she sighed and brought out her phone and started placing calls. She called the first man demanding for money and i guess that one promised her somethi...