ARIKE || Update

Hello People,

This is just a simple update about what i've been up to (well kinda), some people would've noticed that i changed my blog name to "ARIKE" that's because i finally got over my multiple personality disorder  self and chose a name i would like to bear, and its one of my birth names, my Oriki - like the yourba people call it.

Literally ARIKE means; "We see, we care" but namically (Carry ya eyes from the dictionary, its not there) It means "We've seen this one to care for" and since i am looking at the big picture and i don't want to confuse people, i want everything i'm doing under the name ARIKE  :) (Big dreams) x_x

So, what does ARIKE entail?

For now?

My Photography passion and my love for Make-up. I've started all that and i'm keeping up with Gods strength.

Also, for this blog i also want to post more often but i won't jinx it at all, i've seen people on here promise to blog more often and don't follow through. I want to be action and not all talk, that's why i won't exactly share what i've been thinking about. But you will see it as i start getting consistent. AMEN!

That's really not all there is to ARIKE and i pray know that it will gets bigger than i have it visioned in my head. I brag on Gods strength.

P.S: There is also this huge thing - even huger than the huge one i thought was huge - (Okay that's abit dramatic) i am starting to work on by myself and really its kinda scary, can i ask a favour? Pray for me, please.  

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Recovered - My Testimony

I must have mentioned how much God answers prayers on this blog before, He did it again this morning, I would mention later in this post.

***Disclaimer: The title has more to do with 1samuel 30:18 than it actually has to do with this post, there are somethings i don't understand too***

Anyways, straight to what God did for me. Since God met with me in the dusty town of Kontagora (click to read the story) i have been basking in his Love, learning and craving more of him. I've become so spiritually ambitious, Me sef i know i am x_x

That aside, the first week of this month was easily the hardest i had to go through.

It started on the Monday, 1st of July. During the day i started feeling a pain on my left arm and at first i thought it was because of the air conditioning, i endured through the day hoping that it won't last long.

Fast forward to like 20:00 and i've had dinner already and i was doing my round of reading for the night, the pain came back, just on a particular spot on my arm. Soon i was feeling numb, from my legs gradually my arms and i just laid there, looking up at the ceiling and balling my eyes out.

The engulfing feeling of it being the end was all around me, I have never felt anything so strong, Imagine if you know that you won't wake up the next day?  at that time i could not pray(and i still don't know why) a few minutes later as if a bulb was turned on in my head, I dragged my self to my feet(numbness and all) and i started praying, didn't know what i was praying for or against but i prayed, spoke in tongues and cried till my soul felt content, it felt like i was given a breather. the pain relieved me and i was feeling a lil better but that voice will not stop telling me that it was the end.

with the little strength i wrote somethings down in my journal, telling God that i didn't understand what was going on in my body, psalm 23 and little goodbye notes to everyone that mattered to me with tears streaming down my eyes (If they ever found the journal that is)

Trust me, it was not easy at all, i felt stupid for writing it and at the same time i felt really convinced that it was the end, i thought of not sleeping at all, but i prayed some more and some more till i slept off.

I woke up, without pain, without the numbness.
i wrote
"I don't know whats wrong with my body, please save me" and he did exactly that.

The rest of that week wasn't so much fun and all but i went through it with Gods help, by Friday i can in his presence rejoicing and now more than ever sure why he has me here and pumped to get it all done before its time to go home to him.

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"Dear God,

Who are you? 
Thats all i want to know. make known yourself to me who you are, your essence, your principles, your process, your works, your power, your majesty, your all. Everything. Let me know who you are.

Your daughter,
Tomilola"

This was me yesterday, some guts i have right? but i have just been on this journey with him and listening to different peoples opinion of who God is, it was just enough for me and i wanted to hear from him myself. i wrote this having absolutely no idea that he would respond the way he did and so quickly.

I know i still said the prayer this morning, but still didn't expect an answer.

There are so many things i know that my mind can't still wrap around. he came through less than 24 hours later after writing.

This morning i was chatting with my best friend and still teasing him that he got to work early as its never the case with him *side eye* (not like he would read this sef) and out of the blue he sends me this bible verse, let me point out that Sope doesn't send me Bible verses like that unless the need arises which has been just once in recent time.

Amos 4:13(KJV)
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.

(CEV)

I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn and step over hills. I am the Lord God All-Powerful!

I paused and asked why he sent me the verse and he said he had no idea and i instantly told him that i knew why he did, and told him about my question to God and he was marveled. Now, as i am still wrapping my head around the fact that GOD just told me who he is, by himself in all his GLORY and POWER, i've been smiling sheepishly like a mumu all day and to think that my relationship with him is just beginning. Jeeeeez! Is he not amazing? 

Song of the day: I stand in awe of you - Hillsong

P.S: Someone unexpected decided to go through my 23 before 24 list and is helping me achieve 2 of the things on that list by next weekend and i also got gifts this year, books, make-up, shoes, cake, pizza, drivers licence and above all i got a deeper relationship with my father.

What more could a girl want? 
Now are you going to praise God with me?!?

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31DayReset: Day 22

Challenge: Start a side hustle

I have been thinking about a side hustle for a while now, and I've chosen an aspect of my "interests" but I want to go and learn more about it first, and I'm making plans for that when am done in this my "village", the come up with a business plan of some sort but I have a name already :D that's a start right??? I can't talk about it now, you know? Don't wanna jinx it, soon! Very soon! I'm super excited!!!

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When I came here I just seem to notice the moon more, this place has the best moonlight ever (maybe till I see another better) and its like they are blessed with full moons almost everyday. Its amazing!

So used to the moon here that I can tell the time of the night by what position the moon is from my room :) best part? I don't have to sit outside to enjoy the view.. I just look out my window and its staring back at me. Beautiful!!!!!!!!! ^_^

View From my room

Another View

My best shot of the moon

Thanks  for  stopping by,
Love.

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Road to NG

The 2nd FAQ after the 'No' reply to the first FAQ 'Did you work your posting' i heard up until the week of posting was 'Ahan why??' or in the elderly format 'Kilode?'

I've learnt in this my short life that its from one pot of soup to another and no matter how hot it gets, u just gotta live through it *sigh*

I was so excited about the NYSC experience by the time i was leaving school in June/July until i had to worry about where i-was-going-to-be-posted-to which ofcourse was immediatly as people would not let you rest by reminding you everyday *Long Hiss* everywhere i went, all the different people i saw, it was all 'where do you want to be posted to' 'are you working it' 'i hope they don't post you to the north' 'me i won't let you go to the north oh' in different formats, and am there all smiling but if you look really closely you would see i have my hands clasped  against my ears screaming 'Can you all leave me alone and direct your questions to NYSC'

All that constant reminder made me less excited about it all and more worried so when my mum came home one day and said ''take a paper write your full name, call up number and where you want to be posted to, this man is asking for it''  it felt like the time to put an end to the worry and be rest assured of the place, i wrote it quite alright and put Lagos but the paper did not leave my room.

After writing lagos i started asking myself; then whats the point of the scheme? If i stay in lagos it just going to be IT experience all over again, what exactly do i want to achieve this service year? So i pulled out my journal (as usual) and wrote (no editting):

What i want from the NYSC experience.

- Get myself ready for the independent life

-prove to myself that i can make it on my own

-The 'responsible' feeling

-Mentally prepare myself for the life ahead

-Help! Help!! Help!!!

-Live

-Visit places

-Devotion to God

-Service

-Embrace the whole idea

After all these writing and pondering, i was too sure i wasnt going to work my posting and definatly not to lagos, when i prayed sef i said to God anywhere but lagos; not that i hate lagos that much but the only reason i didnt want lagos is TRAFFIC (@gidiTraffic would understand)

I just pray God would help me achieve all of these by the end of my one year serving the fatherland!

So here i am in Niger State.

Otondo

sexy  cofer

Crazy  dust

Notice the diff? my nickname was ''water bottle''

we must sha be fine :)

Body Art

My camp crew

love this

and this

Camp fire night

Last day

I got so blackkkk :(

World Aids day

Learnt nu make up skills

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Dear Mandela... No not nelson mandela Jor!!!!

Dear Mandy,


I know you don’t know that I’ve been using that your hard cover note book -dat one you ‘shared’ during your convocation- to write down notes for my blog and it would soon finish oo..

On ‘our’ way to work tis morning(tobi and i) I was telling her bout the almost-finished-book and how I would get another one which led to her telling me that your younger sis would graduate soon(please keep a book for me)

So one talk led to another which brought about your beautiful-brother as she called him ooo, hearing that my fine-boy antenna (click to knw about fine-boy antenna) came out sharply and I became interested…No! Scratch that…

The thing is that I love to associate myself with fine people, so its not like am looking for him to be my boyfriend ooo..i just want to meet new beautiful people…and I would try my best not to be tempted to put our first meeting here…

I hope I’ve been able to convince you that its totally okay to introduce you beautiful brother to me as my FRIEND…

Your sincerely,

DramaQueen



PS: I still don’t mind an extra copy of the sexy-hard-cover-graduation book oo

PPS: you abandoned me all this while and I forgive you totally from the bottom of my heart…

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Fairy Tal3s

Do fairy tales exist? Sometimes I wonder because as much as there is a cliché saying that ‘fairy tales only happen in movies and novels’ everybody has the ‘ever after’ only some don’t have happily included to theirs….


When I read novels or watch movies I relate myself to the characters -now I wonder how many characters I’ve been considering the amount of novels and movies I’ve seen!- anyways back to ever after-s Some people have happily and some have painfully sadly -that’s inevitable in life- these movies and book tend to deceive us to believe that everything would be happily after ‘true loves first kiss’ oh! Crap if its about that I should have like a zillion happily ever after-s by now-if you know what I mean *winks*- This is my definition of Fairy tales, ever after and happily ever after

Fairy Tale: This is living the story you’ve written about yourself from your dream career, to your dream Job, House, Girl –am sure I get the picture by now-

Ever After: Life after your fairy tale comes true

Happily ever After: Life after your fairy tale comes true with the notion that there is always light at the end of the tunnel – I’ll explain-

There can NEVER be a perfect ever after so what would make it a happy one for you is for you to know that for every NIGHT there is always a DAY, that’s gonna give you the happiness you need.

All we have to do now is pull out a book and pen and start writing the pages of your fairy tale and trust it in the hand of God…so now who says you can’t have a happily ever after???

But then again do you believe in fairy tales???

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DreaMers LounGe

I have this feeling deep in my heart that am gonna be a great person but when? just like GT(the guitar boy) i ask myself when am i gonna be when i wanna be? i have a lot of stuffs really wanna achieve well passion wise i think modelling s going to top my list(this is my personal advert o incase you know pple so hook me up), my charity foundation for orphans, then i also wanna dance and i still want to do all my computer stuff too am sure if my parents hear this i mean modelling and dancing, they are gonna have my head but really whats with parents and choosing for their kids? they live their lives and they dont want to give their children that privilede too(once again i say my children would be very lucky to have me as mummy)
Back to the dreams and aspirations, people make excuses that this country is this the economy is that, but i think if you really have a dream follow it through and if you fall stand up dust yourself and try again(k now am feeling like some fela durotoye...ish) anyway now considering everything i wann do, i don't want to be like jagz  jack of all trade master of none so i ask my self  'what do i do?'
Am just gonna take each one at a time for every stage in my life and stop dreaming instead start living my dream!

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