The Blind Date in Abuja, Nigeria

I say it before you will; how do I manage to get myself in such situations. The answer is really simple: life will be too boring without taking chances and trying new things.

My friend landed from Abuja, Nigeria, and she called me from the airport even before she got home. “Love, listen, I went out in Abuja and a very handsome guy followed me all night asking for my number. I told him he was not my type, but my friend will surely like him…of course I was thinking of you”.

Not Everything That Happens in Vegas Should Stay in Vegas!

Some people are lucky in love, some with money and some get away with just about anything. I am not sure in what category I fit or based on what criteria people say that, but I am for sure lucky sometimes in about anything.

While working as a waitress at a famous resort, I had a bunch of happy customers for lunch one day. One thing lead to another and the head of the group decided to tip me a round trip flight to Las Vegas for my birthday. You will think that’s impossible, but trust me, everything is possible. Since they had another upcoming event, he told me a room will be booked for

Driving the Car with a Man Hanging off It

If you think you have heard it all, wait until you hear this one.

I was half asleep at seven a.m. when I walked outside my building. The icy cold breeze woke me up in an instant. As soon as I opened the building’s entrance door to get outside, I felt like a crust of ice surrounding my legs. I rushed towards the car into the snow adventure. I climbed on top of the mountain of snow and tried to get some snow away from my car’s window. It must have been at least below twenty five degrees. Busy overcoming this snowy obstacle course, I saw him at the corner of the building spying on me.

Almost killed while getting robbed as a child in a ice cold winter day

I stood at the base of the mountains freezing cold. Why I had signed up to go for this school trip to climb the mountains in such a heavy winter, I thought to myself. I regretted not going with my parents instead like my brothers had.

It was probably below 20 degrees, and all I could see was a white and beautiful frothy cover of snow hugging the mountain and the trees.

“Class we will all climb together to the top of the mountain where the cabana is, our final destination. To get there we need around three hours,” said my teacher.

Three hours! That must be a joke. At least I hope it was. I wasn’t even dressed for this kind of weather. My boots, within half an hour of walking, were sulking wet from the snow and the

Men in Today’s World

A man wants to look good and it is his right after all. A few decades ago, men did not bother much about appearances and focused more on being gentlemen to impress women or conquer her. Now, however, things have changed. Before we used to write letters and wait breathless for the postman to return with a letter; now we have phones, internet and all kinds of social networking apps.

Men are into fashion and probably know more about fashion than women. They probably know more about cosmetic products than women know, and last but not least, these days they are very much into working out. They would sleep in the gym too if they could. Nothing is wrong with taking care of yourself, wanting to be healthy and looking good; I am sure we all women appreciate a well groomed man who takes care of himself and knows how to dress or what perfume to wear. The problem is when a man looks like Zeus,

Almost Burnt Alive

One hot day of August, I was left home all alone. I decided to go to my next door neighbor so she could teach me how to light a fire. I hated summer and I hated visiting my grandparents in the summer just because of all the animal work we did for almost three months. It wasn’t even a secret anymore. They all knew but I had no choice.

My neighbor’s daughter was the same age as me. I must be fifteen years old back then with a slim body and long black hair tied tightly in a ponytail. I happily entered her house and I saluted her politely. She was busy
working and did not seem very happy to see me. It was a weird family I must say and very secretive. If you were not welcomed, they wouldn’t bother hiding it. At times they would

Sickening Rides in Six Flags, California

You know the days when you just want to try new things? I am pretty sure you know what I mean. An old friend and I decided to go for a three days trip to California for some documents to be signed and have some fun while we are at it.

After a stressful drive on the Californian highways to the six flags, we finally arrived at the destination unbroken and almost kissing the ground that we made it. We went straight to the wildest roller-coaster they had. Oh boy… we couldn’t talk after that ride. We felt so sick. I am not sure if it was the best idea, but it was definitely an unforgettable experience. While relaxing on a bank, we saw a fun raft water ride. After spending a few more minutes to bring us back to our senses, since our legs were shaking, we decided to forget about the ride and continue with the adventure.

African Braids and Nearly Going Bald in Phoenix, AZ

When one is exposed to different things for the first time and when curiosity urges to give them a go, you tend to not think of the side effects. As you would know by now, this is usually my case. I like taking chances in life and living on the edge, and in this particular case, almost shave my head off like so many celebrities do willingly but get paid to do it while I paid for it.

While living in the US about ten years ago, I saw many Jamaicans with dreadlocks and braids at my work place. I thought to myself that I should try the look for a few months since my job back then allowed any look. “If I don’t do it now, when will I?” I thought to myself. I was pretty confident with my decision, except that I will never in my life do it again after the following experience.

The haunted hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia

There are some destinations worldwide that people believe are haunted. I heard so many rumors about the haunted hotel in Jakarta that I almost didn’t want to go to work when I saw it on my roster. I woke up early morning hoping the destination was removed and some other place replaced it on my roster. I was not that lucky, but I checked the people I was flying with and my flat mate was included in the list, so that gave me relief and excitement. In my excitement, I couldn’t even breathe and at 5 in the morning, I went straight to her room without thinking that she must be asleep and jumped on her bed screaming, “We are going to be together on a flight”. I almost gave her a heart attack, but I realized that afterwards.

Invasion of the crabs during a romantic dinner in Maldives

After an exciting boat ride to the island where I got to see the flying fish, I received a warm welcome by the hotel staff who congratulated us for the honeymoon even though I had made it clear from the start that we were not married. I couldn’t wait to enter the room and admire the clear view of the Indian Ocean from the window.

Since it was getting dark and we were hungry, we decided to go outside and check what the island had to offer in terms of local cuisine. Few meters away was another hotel that we initially wanted to book. It had a lovely set up of dinner tables on the beach. Around the table, they placed four candles in square shaped. It was beautiful to watch the sunset from there as the ocean waves gently touched your feet while having a romantic dinner.

Boat Trip and Monkeys in Mauritius

Every month, the most exciting time for me is to see where I will be flying next month. Months feels like days and years feels like months. Time just flies and it feels that I went to Mauritius just yesterday. I did all my research about the place because I wanted to know where I was going. For those of you who might not know, Mauritius is a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean and is very famous for its beaches, lagoons and reefs. What makes me go all crazy and excited is the combination of mountains, rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails and native fauna like the Mauritian flying fox.

If you are not good at geography, having the job I have will stimulate you to learn more. Every day is a new day and a learning process. Without realizing, you learn more day by day while you don’t make any effort or at least it feels like you don’t.

Losing Track of Time

I felt great. I celebrated my birthday a few days ago even though it wasn’t what I really wanted. Mixed feelings were running through my brain with all kinds of scenarios. I was continuously saying to myself that things will be different; however, deep inside of you, you already know the answer.

I read somewhere long time ago that nobody likes to see a sad face and nobody cares for your problems, and you are more likely to attract people around you by being positive, by never complaining and always showing that you are happy. I followed it for a couple of years and it worked. In fact, people asked, “How are you always happy?” “How do you do it?” How do I do it? Experience comes with practice, so I practice.

Getting Wasted in Phoenix Arizona, US

I bet that I’m the only one here who can say I got wasted out of two mojitos. Let’s say one and half because I couldn’t finish the second one. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I could barely see the glass let alone take a sip from it.

It was a friend’s birthday, so after work we took the smart decision to go out and have something to eat and drink at a bar nearby. We both dressed up elegantly in skirts and heels. I wore a body hugging navy blue skirt from Celyn B with a slit at the back that was complimenting the shape of my body and a satin shirt in a warm purple color. Since it usually got cold at night, I kept an extra blouse.

The Unfortunate Mojito in Milano, Italy

I only got drunk in public twice; once in 2007 and the other in 2011.

If you are wondering why it has happened only twice, it is because on both occasions, something comically-tragic happened, and I don’t want to feel the embarrassment I felt on those days again. 

During winter, I went to Milano, Italy, and because I live and travel all over the world, I have friends everywhere I go. A very dear friend of mine lives in Milano. We planned in advance to meet up and I was tremendously thrilled to go there.

I enjoyed Milano’s night life, but I enjoyed the company of my childhood friend and my former colleague even more. It was getting late and they had work next day. While I

The Raw Polenta

Long time ago, when I was an innocent child of about ten years, and not a devil like I am today, on the weekend and summer school break, we would stay at my grandparents’ house to help them out. I wasn’t very happy about going to my grandparents’ house because they would make me work. I know it’s selfish but children like to play, and not feed the chickens and clean the animals or go in the cornfield to collect special weeds for the animals to eat.

It was very hot outside and since I was always complaining about the work, my family decided to let me stay at home and cook. I was happy with that. They left early morning to work on the land and let me be all alone at home to cook and of course look after the animals. They left an old lady who lived

Floating market experience Bangkok

I have been to Bangkok many times, but my fun activities were just shopping, eating and getting massages. Excited that I had two days in

 Bangkok this time and the schedule of my stay was kind, I decided to do some touristic activities. I booked myself a ticket to the floating market because I always wanted to see how people here float on the boats to sell stuff.

I woke up early in the morning, freshened up and went for my tour. I dressed very summery, with white shorts and a white loose flowery blouse. I was ready to explore the city. So far so good, I had let my hair down to feel the morning breeze run through it, hanged my new camera over my shoulder and head for the adventure. Before the floating market, I went to see a local farm where they were cooking coconut oil. I learned a lot about the coconut business in this part of the world and how hard it was for them to survive. However, it was nothing new to hear. People all over the world are struggling financially, but what

Pregnant Out of Wedlock in Abuja, Nigeria

I landed in Abuja, Nigeria, full of motivation to use the gym facilities the hotel had to offer. I had the whole night to catch up on my sleep, and then head to the gym first thing in the morning. The exercises my personal trainer back home showed me were fresh in my mind and because I had a long holiday, it was the right time to put them into practice.

Once I got to the gym, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the hotel management had paid a lot of attention to it as it was quite big with new equipment, and everything was divided into rooms. I started with my routine warm up of thirty minutes of treadmill, and then I carried on with the rest of my exercises. After my cardio exercise was completed, I realized

I had done nothing when compared to the valiant man running next to me on the treadmill with weights of five kilograms in his hands, working out his biceps too. I decided to go to the weights room to do my new exercises. It was a bigger room and it made me happy that

Baggy Jeans at a Fancy Party

Less than a week ago, Miss Cool asked me to join her for a home gathering at a singer’s place she knows who will perform a few songs. I thought we were going to someone’s place and there will be someone singing with a guitar to pass the time while we munch on popcorn and chips.

I told Miss Cool that I will join her and that was it. I am not sure now if she thought I understood where we were going or what is it going to be like, but she omitted details about this event.

I took a shower before I left the house, not because I wanted to but because I was kind of forced to since I was sweating from all the gym exercises. I threw some blue baggy jeans on and a loose t-shirt with flat brown sandals and I was ready to go. I didn’t even have a look in the mirror before leaving the house.

Behind the Cameras in San Francisco, USA

If you are expecting that I travelled to San Francisco to shoot a Hollywood movie after reading the title, then I’m sorry to disappoint you!

Have you ever had the moment when you took a picture of an amazing view but you missed all the action that happened because you were too focused on taking the picture? I did. And I decided not to anymore.

I was in San Francisco for two days and around seven of us decided to go out and explore the amazing city. The city is on the tip of the peninsula, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is not the city itself that is amazing, but it is the surroundings that make it memorable. After food

Women with Expiry Dates

I hardly slept all night because all I was thinking of was the assessment I had to pass for my promotion in the next few hours. I got off the bed around 6 a.m., making all kinds of scenarios in my head. At 7 a.m. I did the last check of my appearance. Makeup looked fine, hair was perfect, uniform was well pressed and shoes were polished; I was pleased with the way I looked. By 7.15 a.m., I was downstairs looking for a taxi. I had thought of everything but forgot to book a taxi. I should have booked one in advance.  “It’s okay,” I thought to myself. There was still time to 9 a.m. and I usually find taxis around my place. Not today. Not when I was in a hurry.