Rosie R.
I see myself as an observer. I like to see both sides. I prefer to play devil's advocate. I firmly believe no one is ever always wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I determine the worth of a person by how much love he/she gives to those around them, how hard they work at being better in everything they do and how much time they spend not judging other people's shortcomings and inadequacies.
Articles by this Author
Twice a week for three freaking hours, I had to sit in a room and look into the faces of people just like me - except they were not me. I had to look at my failures dead in the eye and face them. If I had a gun, I would have gladly put a bullet in my head...
I Have a Sun
- By Rosie R.
- Published 03/26/2008
- Relationships & Gender
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On this particular day I was perfecting my multitasking skills - channel surfing, web surfing and chatting on the phone with Johnny. Some of you might remember him from One Sunday Morning. By now I am safely 1200 miles away from the sexy bastard, smack in the middle of nowhere...
The Cinderella Story
- By Rosie R.
- Published 02/11/2008
- Relationships & Gender
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"Remember Nkechi's wedding? You know how skinny and tall she is, right? Well against all reason, she wore a body-hugging dress. Nice dress, but she looked like a rake. I am taller than she is and I am not wearing a body-hugging dress!"
Is Foreplay Un-African?
- By Rosie R.
- Published 01/12/2008
- Relationships & Gender
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I want you all to think -seriously- the last time you did it, how much time did you put into foreplay. Did you tease your significant other with come hither looks and subtle touches? Did you take your time to get him or her in the mood?
White Out
- By Rosie R.
- Published 11/26/2007
- Life Abroad
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When you live among people that have not had a lot of exposure to black people, you start to notice things you normally would not notice in a bigger city. The most evident is that now I know for sure that although not all white people are racist, about 70% of them are prejudiced...
The Inquisition
- By Rosie R.
- Published 11/16/2007
- Relationships & Gender
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Abstain from praying for me. From your track record, God is getting the wrong messages and you might screw mine up too...
An Inventory Nine Years in the Making
- By Rosie R.
- Published 11/10/2007
- Life Abroad
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On my first day back home in Nigeria
This Thing Called 'Personal Space'
- By Rosie R.
- Published 07/29/2007
- Life Abroad
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I was working in a nursing home when a male nurse, also a fellow Igbo, displayed understandable excitement at meeting another Igbo on the job. He proceeded to playfully hug me but I froze and did not return the hug. That was the first time I knew I had acquired a Personal Space...
So there I was with several pills and two bottles of wine and a six-pack Heineken in my system when the cops showed up at my door and told me it was either I came willingly or they would drag me off to the hospital...
How to Break Up with a White Man
- By Rosie R.
- Published 07/16/2007
- Relationships & Gender
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When the opportunity came for Hafsat to live in a foreign country back in 1998, it was seen as blessing. Now, Hafsat has come to realize the move she made to a foreign land has been the biggest loss of her life....
