Now THAT was FUN!

It rained long and hard here tonight..and guess what I did with the roomies? I played in the rain. We put on our swim suits and ran out. It was soo much fun and it brought back memories. Ohh to be 8 years old and naked in the rain again!
Gosh I can't believe how happy I am! God please send more raaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnn.

Life's Changes & Uncharted Maps

A lot has changed in the past 2 months since I graduated and some of my closest friends have moved far far away and its beginning to sink in...my life as i have known in over the past 4 years is about to change. I expect to move within the next month to a destination that's unknown to me right now. Thats life, right?
My main crew has totally dissolved o, I just realized that I dont remember EVER going out to the bars/clubs in this town without one of my former roomates. She was ALWAYS up for a good time! ALWAYS. I am so gonna miss the way we HYPE up the parties. Everyone knows, once we're there, its a wrap! I wonder how in the world I am going to keep up with the lastest moves and songs without you all. You ladies brought out the crazy/fun Sapphire that I always knew existed! lol. Ladies, I love you with all my heart and I wish you well. There's so much potential, so much for us to accomplish. You each have unique paths, different dreams that highlight your personalities.

The way I feel now is similar to how I felt when I went to back Naija in December and realized that so much of my life would never be the same again. I tried to explain it to my friends but I couldnt quite describe it. I still cant. The note below was written my a friend of mine but it totally explains it! No words needed!

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UNCHARTED MAPS



Uncharted maps were beginnings of endings and the picture of a journey.
The heavy paper shows the point of origin and the unpathed lands of another continent.
That unknown area, being the destination, is only an idea.
The paths found and the paths secretly followed and the deep occurrences of night are never charted.
The things made of lines and dots and keys on a map hold little significance except to be landmarks of different journeys.
We use cities and roads but as a reference point.

Memory remembers many uncharted things.
Half way between two roads may be a particular stream.
In this mess of streets is certain house.
On this curving set of highway was the car crash.
Between these wrinkles you met a particular person.
Driving through here we had this conversation.
On this corner was a coffee shop where the world passed us by.
There’s a hospital in this direction that held too many anxious moments.
This block use to be different and it’s where I grew up.
Here’s my church. Here’s my school. Here my childhood home.

Spin the map and show me where your heart is.
Bring it closer and show me the street you were on when everything changed.
Find the road; do you remember the sunrise? Find me the valley and show me the stars.

Show me where you are now. Show me where you wish you were. Is the distance so far? Put your fingers on the map and hold between them the distance.
They are but inches between your two fingers.
But I know that the soul measures distances not in miles and minutes but in tears and millions of thoughts; not in the days to travel but in days kept a part; and memory determines distance by what we are now compared to what we use to be.

These are our uncharted maps holding places that have been our destination with landmarks and crossroads impossible to mark and impossible to forget.

If I Hear "A-Bay-Bay" One More Time...

I swear I will screeeeaaammmmm! What is this new obsession that almost everyone seems to have developed over this song! Like OMG! STOP already! For those who dont know what I am talking about just do a YouTube search on a bay bay and you will hear Hurricane Chris loud and clear. Phew..I feel a lot better now that that's done with.

I am still very much in the job market o..so pls continue your prayers. If you feel like throw in a fast or two. Thank you jare. I'm not gonna lie I get worried sometimes but then I also know that God's time is the best. So until then , I will work hard at my summer job and study hard for the GMAT.

Blogville Idols has been fun so far. Great job contestants! I wonder if Mimi and Dscribe each get to sing three songs for the finale or not. O well..I guess we have to wait and see.

I know you wanna know how my studying is going...its going ok but I can do better. i have come up with a daily schedule leading up to the test and I am doing my best to follow through. For future GMAT takers, I am using Kaplan, OG11, Cracking the GMAT, Manhattan Sentence Correction and the two little verbal and quant books from GMAC.

I will be taking tests at least once a week to see how I progress. Currently I am well above average on Math but I have a lot of work to do on the verbal aspect. I have my work cut out for me if i want to score a 700 and above. I joined the beat the gmat forum and they have some pretty good tips on there sha.

Anyways, that's it for now. I am all alone at home since the roommates are off to Houston for the Nigerian Reunion. I know why o but I have never really being interested in going to one of those. Maybe its cos there's no one to reunite with really. Plus, the whole everyone trying to show off thing does not sound appealing to me.

I could be wrong though...Is anyone going to Houston? Have fun and come back and gist us.

Just When I Thought BlogVille Was Getting Boring....

...you all suprised me with Blogville Idol. Thank you very mush to the people in charge Pink-Satin and Opeke.Genius!! I would have loved to be a contestant o..thats why this my on and off blogging needs to stop. Anyhow sha..I will be there voting like a mad woman anyways. Which reminds me..I wasnt really impressed with the most recent American Idol o. I did not feel the competition as I have in the past. Is it just me? I remember the Fantasia days o..I just liked Fantasia's unique voice. I think it kinda sounds like she has sore throat when she was young but it didnt really go..but she can sing with it. Anyhow sha...I voted for her like 100 times. Is that cheating?
i have missed so much o..now its like everyone has the voice thingy..let me hold off a bit before I copy. Its ok it's ok you will get to listen to my voice soon.

So what do I do with myself these days? Lol...like you care.. hmm...I have a side job sha that I may blog about later. I'm at this job till I am able to find something I like/something in my field. Before I forget, Big thanks to Ms.May for the GMAT tips. The biggest goat in my village will be delivered to your door step after I take the exam. I know you will masssacre that exam o jare. Infact, after you massacre, I will come and chop it off and then we will both write a test prep book called KILLING THE GMAT..by US. Where will we now sell it o? CMS or Barnes and Noble?

I should be preparing for my job interview tomorrow but I dont really feel like it. I dont really want the job but I guess I should give it a try. First the guy called while I was sleeping and interviewed me for 30 minutes. I guess I must have done well because I got invited for a second interview.

Anyways, I cant wait to see what the contestants have in store for us on Idol. Pink-Satin, is there gonna be a recording for those that suck at singing. I mean, I am better than the Jennifer Hudsons and Celine Dions of the world..but I know some of these other people are wondering. lol

How have you been?
SA

I Graduated!

Yes o Ladies and Gentlemen, I graduated a little over a week ago and that was pweety cool. Well... mostly the graduation gifts. I kid I kid. Suprisingly I did not fall asleep. Shout out to fellow 2007 Graduate Cherub. I still senior you shaa since I graduated a week before you. All the best and keep studying for that MCAT o. As I was saying...I am thankful to God for seeing me through and to family and friends for making it eventful. I'm not gonna lie, College was fun, and now its like whats next?

I swear if one more person asks me that question I will go and jump in the Mississippi. No, I dont know what I am going to do. I dont have a job yet but I'm taking the GMAT at the end of June. Dont know if I will end up going to B-School in 2008 or 2009 but I might as well get it over with while my brain still knows what it is to study. So if you have taken the GMAT, please share your study skills or tips and help a sister out. I want to take it once and be done with it..abeg $250 is a fortune for a jobless recent grad.

On another note, there's nothing eventful going on in my life at the moment thats why I dont blog so often..but I have been spending my days catching up on blogs and job searching. What will I do without my Lappy? I think I should give her a name lol.

Thats all I have for now..I apologize for boring you. Yeah right! Have a good one.