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Me firi Ghana

Me firi Ghana ( I am from Ghana)

Let's be honest a couple of years ago, it wasn't easy being African. I remember it was cool to be Jamaican, everyone wanted to be Jamaican. Being African was deemed as being rather embarassing. Our parents were different such as every saturday we had to follow our mothers to the market to buy meat and hold those ghastly blue market bags. Or parents evening when the teacher told our folks we were misbehaving, our parents would feel no way to clap us around the ear. As the teachers watched in sheer disgust. Our parents spoke differently with thick African accents, that always pronounced our white friends names in a completely different way!! For the females , our mothers would 'style our hair' in a spider web style with thick black thread. Those were the days, I remember in the playground boys would chant cruel taunts such as ' medusa hair' and other names I would simply not like to remember !!

Thank God, there is a completely new and different generation, where the youth of today are proud to be African . It's like Africa has been put on the map again. I am not being biased , but I have noticed it seems Ghana has become the leader of this. It's cool to be from Ghana . There's an influx of Ghanaians where ever you go, whether it is music with artists such as Sway and Dizzie Rascal. Football , where the blackstars displayed amazing performances at the 2010 world cup in South Africa. Ghana independence raves etc. Patriotic Ghanaians fly the flag with so much pride.

Me firi Ghana is a brand that has interested me this past two years, an innovative brand that has caused solidarity and cohesion amongst young Ghanaians , I admire them. Me firi Ghana has simply described themselves 'as British born patriotic Ghanaians, we decided to do our part to bring about unity within the Ghanaian community and re-invest back into our country'. I was lucky to have the opportunity to model for Mefiri Ghana at one, which I throughly enjoyed, the pics are below. Also check out Mefirighana.com. So please guys continue to fly the flag for Ghana :)

It's been a while

Hello Beautiful people,

I know its been a minute, I have not blogged for ages. So much has gone on this year and I can't believe we are already in August, how crazy is that!! At the beginning of the year I listed some goals and aspirations, my motto was 'go hard or go home'. To me, the term 'go hard or go home' means, giving it your all, whether it's blood, sweat and tears(okay maybe not the blood). Putting 150% into whatever goal you want to achieve, or you can simply just go home. I wrote about eleven goals and I am pleased to say, I have achieved about four. Okay , I have about seven more to achieve, but I will still give myself a pat on the back. Some of the goals I have achieved is, buying my first car (good times!!) . Started my acting lessons again and most importantly developing a conventant with God, which has been a tremendous and positive journey. The year is not over and I am hoping to achieve some more of my goals. I do hope you enjoy my posts , peace :)

Roll on 2011

Hello my beautiful people :)

I have not posted a blog in a while , these past couple of months have been extremely hectic. So much has gone on, good and bad. But hey , that's life for you. Fastly approaching 2011, 'let's out a big yay' lol. 2010 has been a crazy year for me, in terms of Finding the right job, Financial security, Faith , Health ,Relationships and even Friendships. But I am glad to say , Iam so grateful the Lord has seen me through it. In a strange way, I am glad that I experienced the high's and lows this year because it has made me such a stronger individual that has come to believe that never ever put your faith in man . The Lord is our reedeemer and mostly importantly are protector and he will see us through the good and bad. Which is extremely comforting when your going through so much heartache in life .

So roll on 2011......

At the beginning of a new year, I have always been extremely optimistic,phrases such as 'this year is going to be my year' or 'new year , new beginning'. A person that is fiercely ambitious, I had so much I wanted to accomplish in 2010, so yes I am disappointed in myself that all my plans were not accomplished. Its time I stop saying, 'I'll do this and I'll do that' and actually do it. Again, I have so much I want to do in 2011 lol and yes by the Grace of God and all my strength and determination , I will make it and push through. I have completed a vision board with my aspirations and dreams , and a good friend suggested I should write up a plan of what I want to achieve. I am excited and slightly apprehensive , but lets see what 2011 has in store for me.......

Motivation and determination

Ever since being a young girl, I have always been madly ambitious. People would ask me at a tender age, what did I want to be. Most young girls would say something innocent such as a 'ballerina', or ' dancer', maybe a 'singer'. I wanted to be a journalist. I loved writing at a young age, and expressing how I felt in my writing. Even at school, I enjoyed creative writing, it was an opportunity to drift into another world, to delve into something deeper, a way to express how I really felt.

Fast forward to year 2010, I graduated in January, (picture of me and one of my good friends Jackie). Years ago, I felt like I could be and could do anything I wanted to do. Since graduating, it has been incredibly tough to find that ideal job, know one said it would be easy but I did not expect this if Im going to be honest . Its funny how, when we were children we all wanted to be grown ups, now being a grown up completely sucks. I would exchange me being a grumpy money orientated diva to a five year old that has no care in the world and throwing my dummy out of the pram. Its funny how life changes. What I am trying to get at, is yes my motivation and determination has waned slightly due to the lack of jobs ad not alot of opportunities out there. It does make you wonder 'why the hell did I suffer for three years ' , would you call raving 24/7 in your first year of uni consistently, dozing off in lectures and handing in our assignments late suffering?m aybe not ! But sometimes I do ponder, was it all worth it ...........

In March, I was lucky to get a nine to five, yes the dreaded nine to five, yikes ! I had many mixed emotions at the time, apart of me was filled with happiness that I finally found financial security after all the rejection and apart of me felt saddness.Who in the right mind of frame went to university and paid money to be an ADMNINISTRATOR. Im sure I didn't. But however I felt grateful to have a job. As the months went by things got worse at work, I started to feel resentment, I went to university, the majority of them that worked in the office did not . They had either been middle aged and worked there for 25 years or lacked AMBITION. I was petrified I would end up like that ! I was angry to be there and incredibly moody .Some of my colleagues were the most lovelist people I have come across. Compliments such as 'Your very beautiful and glamorous' 'you should be on tv' 'where are you from'. It begin to sink in this is not where my adult life is going to begin or god forbid end. The hours and the pay was not worth it. Most importantly I started to lose HOPE, MOTIVATION AND DETERMINATION . July 2nd I a made a bold choice and quit my £17k a year job. Some may call me stupid and unwise, I call it wanting a better life. I am the first person to admit, I'm no Einstein but most importantly I am motivated and determinated more than ever. When you fall back down, get right back up again. Life can be tough, trust me I know. But with the help of the Lord, all things shall be well :) Stay motivated and determined

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