MY FIRST 2013 POST!!!

Hello peeps! So I've not been blogging since December 2012, thank God I still remember my password, that means my retentive memory is still all that, lol. You can’t blame me o, na pursuit of money and survival cause my absenteeism for this blog. How have you guys been? I'm sorry I haven't been consistent but I never said I was a Linda Ikeji, lol.

So what’s been happening in your lives? Marriage? Children? Family? School? Career? Sex? Winks! As for me, so many things have happened and is still happening in this 2013, as in, I have gist for all of una! Good things have come to pass in my life and I’m so grateful to Almighty God.

Yours truly, forming, hehehe

Posting on my blog has always been on my mind but I had to step up when I came across one chick’s blog like that. I was surfing through google researching about something when the blog popped up, I clicked on it and became hooked. The blog is written by a chick who is my age, a medical doctor and an Igbo gal. She just challenged me in the way she was able to put down her thoughts as if she’s actually in real conversation with the reader, so that got me on fire. I mean, that used to be me!

So I’m going to try blogging again and this time I’ll be tres consistent. Instead of reading people’s blogs, I’ll make bloggers read my blog, *self-syke!. So what has happened so far? Oh, I remember Goldie. Yeah, I know, she was gone in February. My last post about her here was written while she was still very much alive. It was about her rumoured marriage to Prezzo, the guy she fell for during her stay at the Big Brother’s House. Well, in February, Goldie passed away shockingly.

How I will always remember Goldie, fierce and over-trying, lol

I remember when I heard the news, I was in Abuja about to leave for Lagos. I had packed my bags and was heading out when I switched on my blackberry to receive a ping from my brother. He wanted to know if a particular story was true and the story was that Goldie had passed away. At first, I was like, yeah was that not how they said RMD was dead one time like that? Don’t mind people jare but let me check. My doubt was serious because we had all seen Goldie’s pictures with Hollywood celebrities at the Grammys some few days back. Anyways, in like 30 minutes, I verified the story and the waterfalls came rushing.

Regal! Classy Goldie

I cried as if she was a relative. I had interviewed Goldie back in 2009 and the woman I met was very different from the perception everybody had about her. One of her promo calendars was even hung in my father’s living room for one year. I remember going to her residence in Parkview Estate, she gave us directions on the phone till we located her building and she was so warm. She came out of the house with no make-up and I remember asking her if Goldie was around as I thought she was Goldie’s sister. She smiled and replied that she was Goldie, she looked nothing like the over-painted and over-dressed lady we all watched and dissect to pieces in those elaborate music video on television. She looked fresh and that was when I noticed she was one of those red albinos. She was very open and politely maneuvered her way around questions she was not comfortable answering. Anyways, the interview went so well and we even got to play with her exotic puppies before we left with all her publicity materials. That was the only time I met her in person and it was a nice experience.

This was the picture that was in our living room, my mum would glance at it and say an exorcism prayer, lol

So when I heard she had passed away, I couldn’t stop crying as I remembered who she really was. That February morning, I had to use my huge prescription glasses to cover my face while waiting at the Abuja terminal as people were giving me glances wondering why water was just dropping uncontrollably from my eyes. Her death was really shocking and till date, even with all her best friend’s interview, Denrele, no one is really sure about the circumstances surrounding her death. Then there was also the equally appalling revelation about her very private marriage to that white guy, incredible. Anyways, you know the saddest thing about death, life goes on.

Sure this was how she went to heaven, abs and all, that would be a grand entrance, lol

I’m going to end this post with trying to sound wise so here goes; whatever you are doing right now in life, ensure that you are happy, life is fleeting, death is sure, hope is free. Live happy.

XOXO J J J