CHIOMA OKOLI'S BLOG

The things you don't see lies beneath a perfect facade. You could say I looked beautiful right in that picture with skin glowing liking the sun. I'll tell you what you don't know. Could you please take off my glasses for a second? Underneath lie dark circles and patches resulting from lack of sleep for a week now. On the morning of the picture, I was so weary and didn't even have the slightest energy to apply white powder let alone draw my eyebrows. I said to myself, damn it, girl! I will go to work like this. I have worked myself out but I must still carry on. I wore a smile and my glasses and looked picture perfect. You must learn that beneath all the perfections lies the imperfections. Chioma Henrietta Okoli

One day, you wake up to everything falling apart  without clues. You don't even bother to fix it anymore. You have given up and the spirit has failed you. No strength to make amends and you don't know why. You are no longer anxious about anything. You take it in good faith. They are all part of the journey. Sometimes, you accept defeat without fighting. The aftermath of fights is bitter so you choose peace by choosing defeat and giving up the right to fight. You don't want to consider any "Maybe" "Maybe" is just an illusion because we always know what flows from our hearts. If anything was going to be right, it will be right. Sometimes, time and inconsequential things help in the misalignment of perfect union. Don't beat yourself. if it's meant to be, it will be. Spread your wings like a free bird and fly up high in the sky. Chioma Henrietta Okoli 

The thing about discrimination is that it doesn't point to any particular thing You are not just accepted You could change one thing in a bid to sway them your way and your offer will expire and vanish right away Soon, they are on to another thing They keep demanding from you and taking till there's nothing left to give It's really a bad place to be in because you're unacceptable. It leaves you broken and dents your self confidence People don't just see people as people. There's always something attached to the way you're perceived The fake smiles and clothes you wear to please the society never depicts all the messed up emotions and pent up anger running through your head No matter what you do, you'll never be accepted because that is the world order I'll tell you what you can do You have to dissasociate yourself with all the vain things that makes you wear the fake smiles and dress up on the outside for you to be accepted Nobo...

It's Friday, alcohol and public places are excited including the private places. Everybody is waiting for the day to end to enable them to live out the Friday. I went to this lounge with a friend of mine who promised to take me out. I sat down sipping my drink and observing everybody.  The table beside me had people who looked like they were having a village meeting and one of the men amongst them came with his wife, the type of wife who's always stronger than the husband, the type who insist to go everywhere with their husband to make sure he doesn't look at the small girls like they call them. You can tell she's used to it because she was dancing to the music and having her fun while eating everything on the menu.  The other table had people who genuinely came out to have fun. You can see them laughing and dancing to every beat the DJ played, one can see the youthful exuberance.  Another table had guys who look like they've lost business deals, love, and family. ...