Wednesday 6 March 2013

The Obstacle : Part One

Nobody is perfect, Nobody knows all, We all make mistakes. Sometimes, we have to take a step back to take 3 steps forward. Some people even say.. "Every failure, is a blessing in disguise".
Have you ever been in a situation whereby everything you do, just always seems to go wrong? or when you start something or a project in your life..you have difficulties finishing it? Like there's always something in your way?
Do people make decisions for you? Have you ever had a say in your own  life? Has your mother always looked at you like you are nothing? She sees you as someone who is a total wreck and can never achieve something good in life? Or do u feel like God is punishing you for something u did? Hmnn. let me tell you a story.


Nisha went to one of the best High schools in Lagos. Her mother went through hell to pay her school fees till she graduated from high school. Nisha has always wanted to school abroad, but her mother couldn't afford such(This wish of hers was known to no one).The father was never around, So, i will not be talking about the father.Besides he's late now (died when she was in grade 10)
When Nisha graduated from high school, it took her two years to gain admission into The University Of Lagos. She entered through a diploma. She was 19 years old. Nisha made good friends and all, but later on along the line, she derailed. She wasn't the Party all night type of girl or drug addict or even an alcoholic. She was just lazy with school work, sometimes she wouldn't even go for lectures. First semester exams came... she failed.. second semester... she failed again. Then she had to repeat the diploma program. This time she was ready to be serious, attended lectures regularly, did assignments and all that. But then.. The University made a new rule for the diploma students. They had to pay the full school fees for the year, before they could be allowed to write the first semester exams. At this time Nisha's mum had already paid half of the school fees. so she had to complete the payment for Nisha's to write her exams, but she din't have the money. She even went to see the VC of the university but all efforts made was in vain. So Nisha couldn't write the exams, and that's how she lost the opportunity of repeating the Diploma program. Nisha was so sad and confused, she din't even go back home..People started calling her, her mum, brothers, aunties, grandma, and others. Nisha didn't pick up their calls , she just stayed back in school, because she didn't know where to start from.

(Nisha grew up as a lonely and scared little girl. She was scared of her mum, because her mum could be crazy sometimes. Nisha was in a world of her own. She never asked for advice. she was never allowed to got to birthday parties and visit friends when she was a teenager. she drowned in silence.)


After a few weeks, Nisha's mum called one of Nisha's friends to tell her that her Aunt will be taking her to South Africa to continue school. When Nisha heard this, she was not really sure, she just thought her mum was saying that so she could come home, but hen, there was evidence that Nisha was really going to SA, so she went back home to get all the paper work done and all for her trip to SA. Obviously when Nisha got home she was scolded and insulted and what not. For the fact that Nisha  was not allowed to go out, or even go see friends, she decided to take that step on her own. (By then she was 20 going on 21).  She started leaving the house without telling anyone.. sometimes she wouldn't even come back home for 2 to 3 days. She went to school to chill with friends and just fill free. But then Nisha met a young man, He was studying Law at the University Of Lagos. Actually.. Nisha met the young man, the 2nd year of her being in The University of Lagos(when she was repeating her 2nd Diploma(that she was unable to complete). She met him through her male friend IBK, who she had feelings for, but it wasn't mutual, so she fashy'd him. Not that they stopped being friends, but they never had a relationship. Nisha got pregnant for IBK's friend and she din't even know until the pregnancy was 4 months. Her mother had noticed some changes in Nisha, she had put on weight (Nisha  is a slim girl), her stomach that used to be flat, had lost it's shape and was becoming bigger.. she looked fresher and she used to spit a lot
Nisha noticed this changes as well.. but she never thought she could be pregnant, of all things.


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