Ha! Ladies go extreme lengths just to impress guys. They want to feel among. They want to be amongst the doing, the 'fashion conscious' girls on the streets. Such fashion trends make me laugh. Ok I'm a weird, laid back girl, so pardon me if you disagree with the contents of my list. No don't pardon me, tongue lash me! *laughing*
1)-Show me your back!
Can you imagine? We no get back? Abi your own na for sale? Please, think again. Next time you sew clothes, cover your back ehhnn.
2)- Half Covered Hair..
No matter how nice your hair is, someone's own is definitely finer. If you want your hair to be seen, simply take off your veil. No half coverings please! Besides, he has seen different varieties..
3)- Pencil Jeans, Skinny Jeans, Pencil Skirts.. Whatever!
Those super tight clothes really annoy me. They reveal all the curves on one's body. Everything. Plus, they are awfully UNCOMFORTABLE! He go think say you borrow your small sister's clothes!
4)- 6-Inches..
Your cleavage isn't for the world to see. Cover up abeg. It's disgusting seeing your chests half open. Fashion isn't nudity jaare!
5)- Over-Painted Faces..
This one dey trend well well! Green eye shadow, black lipstick, pink blush, blue eyeliner, etc.
Are you a clown? Truth be told, over painting your faces makes you look like a harlot. I don tell you my own sha, paint moderately!
Pardon my bluntness ooooo, I be local Girl!!
Thursday 17 May 2012
Saturday 5 May 2012
A Thought For The Unborn: In Memory Of The Ones I Lost
In less than three months, three people I know died of the same cause. All their lives, they had fought the same enemy. Sickle Cell.
As a muslimah I believe that no one will exceed the time allotted to him/her and illness doesn't necessarily mean the end of life. I also believe that what is destined to happen will definitely happen whether we try to evade it or not.
About a decade or two ago, no lay-couple could accurately tell you why they gave birth to a child with sickle cell. Some thought it was dreadful evil spirits possessing their kids. Others thought it was an angry dead ancestor coming back to punish them. With the researches and enlightenment campaigns, more than 50% of the population can now argue with a medical doctor when it comes to sickle cell. More than 70% now know it is a genetic disease.
For those that do not know, let me share the little knowledge I have in genetics.
AS + AS= AA, AS, AS, SS
From the equation above, in each pregnancy of a couple who are both carriers., there is a 25% chance of giving birth to a child with sickle cell. There is a 50% chance of giving birth to a Carrier(AS) and a 25% chance of giving birth to a child with the AA genotype.
Somewhere right now, someone is happy I gave this little explanation. Such a slim chance of giving birth to a child with the SS genotype, right? You now think it is perfectly OK for you to marry that first love of yours, even though both of you are carriers, right? Its just 25%, just 25% huh?! Sadly, for so many people in love, 'trivial' issues like being carriers would never hinder their marriage plans.
How will you feel seeing your child going through so much pain? How will you feel seeing his/her tears of sorrow? How will you feel when he/she stares at you mournfully wondering why he/she keeps having those pains? How will you feel knowing this child wouldn't have being going through such pains if you hadn't being just a little bit selfish by marrying that spouse of yours? Are you ready to contain the emotional turmoils you will undergo? We are in the year 2012 and we know better about sickle cell. Don't you think you owe your child this selflessness? Don't you think you owe your unborn child the gift of health?
I remember the pains my eighteen year old cousin went through before we lost her. I remember vividly how we rejoiced when she gets better after having convulsions. I remember the tears we shed when she lies in bed and moans out of pain even though she was unconscious. I remember the days we got to gist with her in the hospital and the sound of our laughter, the sound of relief.
All shroud in white, lying on the stretcher, lifeless, was how I saw her for the last time. Fatima Fantus is gone, gone forever.
Fatima Fantus Bukar, Usman Bulama and Abubakar Tahir, we miss you dearly.. Ya Allah, forgive them, lighten their burden and make them inmates of al-jannatul firdaus, Amin!
As a muslimah I believe that no one will exceed the time allotted to him/her and illness doesn't necessarily mean the end of life. I also believe that what is destined to happen will definitely happen whether we try to evade it or not.
About a decade or two ago, no lay-couple could accurately tell you why they gave birth to a child with sickle cell. Some thought it was dreadful evil spirits possessing their kids. Others thought it was an angry dead ancestor coming back to punish them. With the researches and enlightenment campaigns, more than 50% of the population can now argue with a medical doctor when it comes to sickle cell. More than 70% now know it is a genetic disease.
For those that do not know, let me share the little knowledge I have in genetics.
AS + AS= AA, AS, AS, SS
From the equation above, in each pregnancy of a couple who are both carriers., there is a 25% chance of giving birth to a child with sickle cell. There is a 50% chance of giving birth to a Carrier(AS) and a 25% chance of giving birth to a child with the AA genotype.
Somewhere right now, someone is happy I gave this little explanation. Such a slim chance of giving birth to a child with the SS genotype, right? You now think it is perfectly OK for you to marry that first love of yours, even though both of you are carriers, right? Its just 25%, just 25% huh?! Sadly, for so many people in love, 'trivial' issues like being carriers would never hinder their marriage plans.
How will you feel seeing your child going through so much pain? How will you feel seeing his/her tears of sorrow? How will you feel when he/she stares at you mournfully wondering why he/she keeps having those pains? How will you feel knowing this child wouldn't have being going through such pains if you hadn't being just a little bit selfish by marrying that spouse of yours? Are you ready to contain the emotional turmoils you will undergo? We are in the year 2012 and we know better about sickle cell. Don't you think you owe your child this selflessness? Don't you think you owe your unborn child the gift of health?
I remember the pains my eighteen year old cousin went through before we lost her. I remember vividly how we rejoiced when she gets better after having convulsions. I remember the tears we shed when she lies in bed and moans out of pain even though she was unconscious. I remember the days we got to gist with her in the hospital and the sound of our laughter, the sound of relief.
All shroud in white, lying on the stretcher, lifeless, was how I saw her for the last time. Fatima Fantus is gone, gone forever.
Fatima Fantus Bukar, Usman Bulama and Abubakar Tahir, we miss you dearly.. Ya Allah, forgive them, lighten their burden and make them inmates of al-jannatul firdaus, Amin!
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