My thoughts

The first lesson I learnt during my one month of hell in Lagos was NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE!!!! I have always thought of myself as one who can read the characters of people no matter what, this talent of mine turned out to be quite dysfunctional when I found myself in need. The thought of losing certain people in my life never crossed my mind but in need somehow you find yourself readjusting your priorities. That was the case with me, I had to let some people go and pick up some people too. I experienced the phrase 'not everyone is meant to be in your life forever'. It was something I use to tell people and never thought I would experience it. I realized that letting go of people or things I value or think are most important in my life is more difficult than I thought, but when I let go I found out I felt lighter. The lesson I learnt helped me in my next phase in my life as I arrived in South Africa. It was time to 'clean house'!!!!

Have you ever felt helpless and frustrated? All you want to do is find a nice corner and cry to your heart's content? That is how I felt on 2nd Jan at 10 pm GMT. I was just told I would not travel back to South Africa. The person delivering this message made sure I saw how pleased he was that I would not "leave" them in Nigeria to "suffer" while I went to enjoy in "ABROAD"!!!! My luggage was thrown out and my passport flung at me. This stress came because South African Immigration services do not communicate with each other. In South Africa I was given a go ahead to travel out with my paper visa, in Nigeria I was told the visa was not valid. I had to apply for a visitor's visa in order to reenter South Africa so I can sort out the mess they had made of my permit. My bank decided at that point to be efficient and freeze my account since I was not in the county at the time I said I would be.  I reapplied for the visa and was told it would ...