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My Hair Dresser

Iya Jamal is my hair dresser and she is a face to face nice woman, but she never stops talking about all her customers. She has a customer friendly character only when you stand in front of her, maybe she did a little bit of customer care while training as a hair dresser, but believe me, the moment you make your first 90degree turn, the colour of her eyes changes and her smile turns to a mocking pout, when you complete the remaining 90degree and head away, behold the story of your life is brought before the people of the world. Then she starts, 'Na she dey go o, see as she be!.' The customers seated will try to catch a glimpse of the Lady in question. Then one customer who first pretend not to be interested wee now use style and put mouth, 'Iya Jamal ahah, no curse the girl na. Wetin she do?' Then Iya Jamal wee now leave my hair and start talking, 'Imagine o, she come my shop last week do hair, till today, I never see my money collect, she just dey post me de

Depression and Suicide Saga

Why do people commit suicide in the first place?  For whatever reason, suicide is not justified. 😫 Its heart breaking when I wake each morning to meet disturbing news about suicidal attempts and deaths rolls of homicide, ayam tired 😢. We are humans, we ache, we bleed, we break, sometimes we refuse to get mend, we let our wounds open the more, we do not treat it, not because we don't know where to go but because we do not even trust who we want to go to, even now, a problem shared makes Facebook headlines. 😞 There was a time in my life, I was depressed, I was always depressed, bothered, disturbed, I didn't know if I truly needed help, I didn't think there was someone out there who could help, I kept to myself, I toiled in my thoughts, had series of sleepness nights, but there was one thing I always reminded myself, "Ammie, no matter how bad things are, don't ever think of killing yourself, don't you even dare!" I gave my self that stern warning