I remember Mr Apata teaching me Literature-in-English for the first few weeks of my 5th year in secondary school. He made us memorise Hamlet’s soliloquy in Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. The soliloquy is made up of thirteen lines and I have carried the first four lines with me till this day. I am sure if I […]
I was not born a reader. I believe some people are born with the love of written words in their bones. One such person is my brother, Dimeji; no one taught him to read. When I was 6, and he was 5, he said to my mum one afternoon, “Mummy, I can read now…” My
I recently took a work placement test that examines your personality and identifies potential challenges that might occur on the job because of your personality and how you view life and work. “While Oreoluwa’s high drive for achievement may have led too many successes, they may be particularly uncomfortable with potential failure. This discomfort may
I have arrived at my late late 20s, my next milestone age is 30 and I find myself terrified of turning the big 30. Here is why: I have this mental list of things I want to achieve by 30, and many of the things on my list feel out of reach and this has
Are we still friends? I don’t know. Were we ever?
Will we still meet up and talk? Maybe. That’s all we ever did anyway.
Was I in love? Most definitely not.
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How do you explain missing something that was never yours? It is the worst kind of missing. I am stretching all the memories I have, trying to make them last a lifetime, running them over and over in my mind to somehow create ownership and justify the missing. How do I explain that, if I
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A really good friend drew my attention to the fact that I haven’t uploaded a lot of original content on The Over Thinker this year so the month of May will be dedicated to sharing more of myself with my readers from journal entries to facts about me and a truck load of embarrassing things.
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Hello Everyone This is a follow up to the series ”Her Version of Events”,I should clear up a few things, the events in these letters are totally made up. LoL! You can catch up on the earlier letters below; Her Version of Events 1 Her Version of Events 2Enjoy!! I hope it doesn’t take me another nine months before
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This is a list of things to do and work on, before my next birthday. I made a list around this time last year 24 and I did a few things on that list, it felt so good to check the items off one after the other. I thought Ore why not make another list
I have this black notebook I got at the beginning of the year from Mr. Abidoye {Father}. I carry this notebook with me all the time, in it I write my ideas, opinions and many of the post on this blog start from this notebook. The pages of this notebook are almost completely filled with
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