In the recent view of all that has been happening in town;
I have had to literally fight my thoughts and fingers...
I'm fighting my thoughts because I do not want to join the teeming millions who are so quick to dish out their opinions and are comfortable just sitting pretty on their butts and never take the initiative to actually "DO" something bout 'em.
I'm fighting my fingers because once I get all these crazy thoughts going on in my head, my fingers start itching to write...
So its literally been a battle for me to keep my thoughts to myself and not bore anyone with the rumblimgs of a disturbed mind.
Either ways, its a battle that I'v lost considering the fact that I'm here writing this.
I'v been at home for literally a week now; bored stiff;
My daily schedule since the strike started has been: Sleep, Wake up, Eat, Take a bath, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Eat, Sleep, Tweet,
Chat, Watch the news, Sleep. (ok you get the picture).
The country has been nullified by the nation wide strike and mass protests.
I'v been at home for literally a week now; bored stiff;
My daily schedule since the strike started has been: Sleep, Wake up, Eat, Take a bath, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Eat, Sleep, Tweet,
Chat, Watch the news, Sleep. (ok you get the picture).
The country has been nullified by the nation wide strike and mass protests.
It is admirable that we can embrace this sense of oneness and unity. As Nigerians, we have come a really long way.
It is something that we all should be proud of; we have not reached where we wanna be but we are definitely not where we started from.
The fact that we have lost some people in this struggle for survival ( Bless their souls) and we were still not deterred;
The crowd getting bigger with each passing day is a really great feat.
The crowd getting bigger with each passing day is a really great feat.
For those of you who have no idea about what I'm talking about; lemme explain to you.
On the First of January, 2012, the President of Nigeria made an announcement that the subsidy on fuel had been removed.
This led to the increase in the price of fuel and currently leaves it as 141 Naira per litre of fuel.
(160 and above in some parts).
(160 and above in some parts).
Protests ignited in different parts of the country.
OccupyNigeria was birthed.
What started as a protest of simple civilians quickly intergrated into a unifying theme.
As for the governmental aspect, I'm not going to embarass myself with my lack of knowledge.
Point is, its heroic what is going on in my country today;
We just continue to pray.
PEACE... LOVE... AND ALL GOOD THINGS...
Marie.
