Ever needed to be somewhere, and you planned your journey from start to finish, only to discover along the way that you are in the wrong bus? Well, that was my case today… I had an appointment to meet up, and because living in Denmark has made me a little more time conscious, I make …
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019!
A new year, an exciting new beginning or at the very least a promise of one. In this moment, everything seems possible. Everyone is all smiles. Faces are awashed with joy and happiness, hope and anticipation. Past hurts, mistakes, and everything bad is forgotten, at least temporarily as the countdown to 12 begins. And the …
Christmas, traditions and presents
Christmas is over, I know. It seems like just yesterday I was expectantly looking forward to Christmas this year and the holiday that comes alongside. It did not disappoint. Yaaaaay. Last year Christmas, I was in my room, watching a ton of YouTube videos while practicing my braiding skills. It took 3 days to complete …
Lessons from my face product
I have struggled to come up with a suitable title for this post. Lessons from my face product is all I can think of. It could change later but this will do for now. I am sitting here, deceiving myself that I do not care. Yet anytime I pass by any mirror like surface, I …
Gratitude list 2018
As humans we have a tendency to focus more on things that don’t go as we feel they should. We forget easily the things that did turn out great. It is easy for us to end up whiny, complaining, sad, angry,ungrateful etc when this happens. The range of emotions is broad. Gratitude is forgotten. In …
On perspective
Looking through my laptop some days ago, I found some old pictures of myself taken about 2-3 years ago. Some of these pictures I had considered horrible but for some reason I kept them. Now as I reminisced on those pictures, I find beauty in them and I am glad I kept them. Now these …
Looking at a bigger picture
Have not posted on this blog in a while, life has been happening. lots of things I have wanted to post but I could not get myself to click the publish button. Writing for me is an outer, a way of escape in an unexplainable kind of way… Let’s just leave it at that. It’s …
Social media intimidation? Reasons why you should take a social media break
So I decided to take a little social media break. I do it from time to time mostly to assure myself that I am not an addict, and to pay more attention to pressing life issues like talking to people. This particular break was/is needed. I was starting feel like my life is on a …
Money and value
As a kid growing up, I always had the desire to be successful financially. For me it meant being able to work and earn my own living and never be dependent. I do not care about being super rich and being on Forbes, but I do want to earn enough to take care of myself …
life as an International student in Denmark
I have seen a lot of articles from students who have studied and are studying in different countries, their experiences helped me and gave me a little glimpse of what I should expect, and I am grateful for that. I would like to add my own experiences to the pool of resources available to future …