Saturday, February 6, 2010

Roasters, where y'all at?

As valentine's day gets closer, I am slowly but surely coming to terms with the fact that I will once again be roasting again this year......... *sigh*

Weirdly enough, I never really cared about Valentine's day until the past couple of years.  With that said, I am ready to start officially hating on the non-roasters!
If you are one of those happy-go-lucky lovey-dovey people, stay the heck outta my way on Val's day.  I will be going around tripping people, popping balloons, spilling red kool-aid on white teddy bears, etc!

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LMAO!!!  I am just playing o! I am a lot of things, but crazy is definitely not one of them! LOL! 

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Revisiting the goals for 2010

I thought it would be appropriate to see how well, I have been progressing towards the goals that I set for 2010.  I absolutely refuse for the goals to be like other new year's resolutions which I set, but never achieved. 
With that said, I will schedule monthly evaluations of these goals until December 2010, by which I hope to have accomplished them all.  If you don't know what goals I am talking about, look here .



  1. Send off all Pharmacy School Applications:  Working on them right now, praying for those interview invitations to start rolling in.
  2. Ace the PCAT:  Took the exam already, it is officially out of my hands.
  3. Get into Pharmacy School:  This is dependent on the two previous goals and God's grace.
  4. Get CPH Certified:  Registered for it already, hope to get cleared to sit for it.  If not, I will have to defer my test date till later.
  5. Get SAS Certified:  Been slacking majorly on this one. 
  6. Lose 10 pounds: Working on this, been going to the gym.  Most of my weight gain is from having a somewhat sedentary lifestyle, been trying to get more active.
  7. Find/Complete a prestigious internship for MPH degree:  Working on this, applied to two prestigious internships so far.
  8. Complete MPH Degree and Graduate:  Working on this also, need to ace these classes, complete an internship, pass the comps, and turn in a bomb-diggity special project.
  9. Travel more:  Honestly, this is not looking great right now.  The only way this will happen is through my travels for interviews.
  10. Become more involved and effective in PHSA:  I am also failing at this, I showed up to one meeting and it was waaaaay later.
  11. Become more involved and effective in FPHA:  Doing well, I just need to keep up with my secretarial duties.
  12. Become more involved and effective in APHA:  Failing at this also.
  13. Keep in touch:  Doing a sad job at this!
  14. Save enough money to visit Nigeria and have fun:  Naija trip will not be till December, so I still have time I guess.  But I honestly haven't been saving up for this trip.
  15. Travel to at least one Caribbean Island:  HAHA, all leisure trips are on hold for now.
  16. Ace all classes:  By God's grace, I am on the right path so far.
  17. Get Educated about investing and actually start investing:  Not doing this yet, can't invest money that I don't have.
  18. Earn more training certificates in Public Health:  Earned 5 over X-mas break.  Need to work harder at this though.
 That's all folks!  I need the strength to be able to accomplish all of these in 2010.

Exhausted

I am incredibly exhausted. In addition to full time grad classes and a regular job, I decided to pick up a side gig, tutoring Yoruba to an elite group of students at my school.  Lawd have mercy!
I officially know what it must be like to be a teacher, incredibly exhausting! Mind you, the people that I teach are college-aged, but still, damn.  I am even more dependent on my planner now, if it ever gets lost or stolen, I will be in deep sh*t!

I have spent the entire day (besides when I went to the gym for an hour) filling out supplemental applications.  I know you are probably thinking kini big deal, but damn, those things are freaking stressful.  Of course each school's application is very similar, but also different enough that I have to write every essay from scratch!  And you know each school has like 4 to 6 short essays per application.
Seriously, I have gotten to the point where, I don't even care where I go for my Doctoral degree anymore;  I just want to get in somewhere! 

I am honestly just praying to get invitations for interviews soon so I can quit while I am ahead.  These application fees are no joke mehn!  I am freaking working extra hours just to be able to keep up with the costs! FML! 
I have a freaking headache from staring at the computer all day. 
Pray for me o, abeg, seriously, I need it!!!!!!

Friday, January 22, 2010

#SSDSWAG Event

Hey y'all, I am participating in Solomon Sydelle's #SSDSWAG event.  She will be giving away attire for either the children's line or the adult line of Wewe Clothing.  Wewe Clothing is a line by our fellow Naija sista, Folake Huntoon.  Her line includes beautiful pieces made out of incredible fabric, including Ankara. 
Check her out at the Wewe Clothing Website


Woohoo, hope I win :)

Thursday, January 21, 2010

"Isé ni òògùn ìsé", Translation as requested

 As I promised earlier, here is the translation to the poem.  Now, I am no Yoruba expert, but from my translations sha, you should get the full gist of the poem.  Abeg, if anyone out there in blogville can assist with translating better, holler o! 


Miss Fly High and Myne Whitman , both of you need to love me for this! It was kinda hard trying to make sense of it in English. :D


Isé ni òògùn ìsé  [Work is the medicine for poverty]

Múra sí isé re òréè mi  [Work hard my friend]
Isé ni a fi í di eni giga  [Work is what we use to elevate (think in terms of importance, relevance, etc) ourselves]
Bí a kò bá réni fèyìn tì, Bí òle là á rí; [If we have noone to lean on, we appear lazy]
Bí a ko réni gbékèlé,  [If we have noone to rely/depend on]
À tera mó isé eni [We will work harder]
Ìyá re lè lówó lówó [Your mother might have money]
Bàbá sì lè lésin léèkàn [Your father might have horses]
Bí o bá gbójú lé won [If you depend on them]
O té tán ni mo so fún o
[You will disgrace yourself, I tell you]
Ohun tí a kò ba jìyà fún [Whatever we did not suffer/work hard to earn ]
Kì í lè tójó [It will not last]
Ohun tí a bá fara sisé fún [Whatever we work hard for]
Ní í pé lówó eni [Is what lasts long]

Apá lará, ìgùnpá nìyekan
[Your arms are relatives, your elbows are siblings I think this is just trying to tell you that you only have yourself pretty much. ????? help here abeg!  ]
Bí ayé n fé o lónìí [The world may love you today]
Bí o bá lówó lówó [While you have money]
Ni won á máa fé o lóla [They will love you tomorrow]
Tàbí tí o bá wà ní ipò àtàtà [When you hold a position of importance]
Ayé á yé o sí tèrín-tèrín [The world will honor you with smiles/laughter]
Jé kí o di eni n ráágó [Wait till you become poor]
Kí o rí báyé ti í símú sí o [And watch how the world will look down on you]
Èkó sì tún n soni í dògá [Education also elevates people to higher positions]
Múra kí o kó o dáradára [Work hard towards your education]
Bí o sì rí òpò ènìyàn [Even when you see lots of people]
Tí wón n fi èkó se èrín rín [Who are laughing/not being serious about their education]
Dákun má se fara wé won [Please do not emulate/copy them]
Ìyà n bò fómo tí kò gbón [An unwise child will meet his/her suffering]
Ekún n be fómo tó n sá kiri [Tears await a child who is unserious]
Má fòwúrò seré, òréè mi [Do not play with your youth]
Múra sísé, ojó n lo. [Work hard, time is running by]

Omo, I try for una o!  Thank you, thank you, thank you in advance :D  I know these are probably not the textbook translations but I try small for una jare.