Dear diary,
I know you are wondering why I started an entry in a new diary from the last day of the year, I know it seems weird but I really do have a reason . I like to do a recap on everything that happened during the year so I can always remember where I am coming from. You know, there are times we feel down and one of the things that cheer one up Is remembering how things got tough but it got better, so surely things will get better, more like a faith booster. Well it helps me so LOL I am not crazy . So yeah, Recap
JANUARY - FEBRUARY :
Removed the eye patch from my eye surgery. Yes , I had surgery done a few days before the new year. I was told I had a defect from as long as I can remember. All I remember was when I was younger I think I was seven years old, I was playing peekaboo with my friend and I realized I couldn't see with my right eye so I told my dad I was basically closer to him than my mum, but you know what he said ? "shut up , do you think using glasses is a good thing ? So stop cursing yourself!" That was exactly what he said. I remember this words like it happened a minute ago. I know you are wondering why I didn't tell my mum but I did. Well ,she took it serious but my dad being you know... threaten her . Well , like most Nigerian homes ,wearing glasses is a curse and a disgrace so even if your child needs it ,they don't listen, except from the few educated ones. Anyways 2018, my mum couldn't take it anymore, she was willing to lose everything for me so we want behind his back to five different hospitals who said the same thing which was basically she can't see with it. They didn't tell me the details so I don't feel bad. Anyways a doctor prescribed glasses for my left eye just so I can manage the left eye which was short sighted. I started using the glasses without his knowledge. My mum finally got my dad to get take me to the hospital to find out ,well we went and he found out and we arranged for a surgery . Well let's talk about other things.
School resumed from Christmas break. I was appointed the queen of my house for the inter house sport in my school . I was in pink house . I know you must be thinking I must be very pretty to be the queen but honestly I don't feel like it , let's just say ,I was lucky.
On the inter house sport day I got someone to do my makeup and hair. I was feeling quite insecure because my eyes. The eye the surgery was done looked dead so i wore sunglasses. I couldn't take pictures because I felt so so insecure. Well that's the end of January.
MARCH - DECEMBER :
Corona virus pandemic!!!! Nigerian government put all of Nigeria on complete lock down. I know you are wondering how would people be able to get food to eat . Well, never fear,Nigerian government made room for market day. It's a day where people go out to buy and sell as long as they have their nose masks and hand sanitizer. Basically this lockdown was on for almost orùp more than six months. For some the lockdown experience was bitter , to some it was sweet but I can tag mine as a bitter sweet. There were days were everything was sweet and other days bitter but all in all I'm still here,right?
I know you want the full details of the events but I won't be able to give more than a summary except you want me to end up completing this entry at the end of the book,LOL!
Anyways, during the lockdown there was no school, no church basically staying at home except on market days. Those days, when we get home from the market we immediately throw away our nose masks, remove our clothes and wash it ,have our bathe then clean up the items we got either with soap and water or sanitizer and then we go and bathe again. Crazy right? But it was essential. I was in my final class in senior secondary school also known as high school. Lockdown meant no final exams till when the lockdown was over. At first, I was excited because my final exams where supposed to start by April so it was going to give me enough time to read. I know you must be wondering why I would want that,I was obviously supposed to have been ready. Well , now is not the time to talk about it I mean we have 365 days to uncover all the misery . Wow , I sounded smart, Lol.
Anyways the lock down got partially turned off around August. Tho school didn't resume, parties didn't hold but church resumed and final year secondary school students had class due to the fact that our exams were fast coming. We all had to keep the five foot rule ,wear nose masks and use hand sanitizer. No one could hug or even shake themselves because the virus could spread through it. I remember my mum coming back from market day ,we wanted to hug her but she didn't let us , she said she had to clean up the way I said earlier. Those were super weird times.
The funny thing was that most people didn't believe there was a virus like that . They felt it was a means of the government to steal money from Nigerians and I am like how? Some even said it was illuminati at it's finest . We were even told that the government will make provision for a vaccine but the vaccine was going to be the virus it self. Everything was quite confusing. We even heard of another virus "HANTER VIRUS ". I was scared tho but here I am.
My mum is a teacher so I know you must be wondering how was she able to pay bills being the sole provider of the family well I will tell you, She invested in nose masks . We were able to eat and for the first time I felt my cheek get plum. You see my mum was in debt due to the school she invested in so when the lockdown started it was hard but thankfully we made it to the end. I was actually scared when she had to go back to work because I didn't want to watch her get depressed , you know something it was basically just a miracle that the person didn't call during that period to ask for the money and God knows I am sincerely grateful.
Anyways around October when everyone was back to school and I had finished my first exam which was WAEC ( West African Examination Council) and i was preparing for my second exam NECO ( National Examination Council),I didn't have to do the two but I'm very grateful to have done it . The reason? You will find out later.
Anyways the end SARS and police brutality protest began . I know you must be wondering what's up with that. Some Nigerians felt that the members of the SARS were taking laws into their own hands, it was said that they pick up and beat up people that dress crazily and other stuffs so basically they were protesting for right to life but at the end it got very messy. Killing everywhere ,the government made everyone stay home for almost two weeks during that period I kept watching news, I know who likes news. I was forced tho, I started having a phobia for the news I know news was generally very boring but I still watched it when there is nothing to watch anyways having to listen to number of people dying each day, its just heart breaking . During the protest properties where destroyed ,lives were lost but I'm grateful for life. After the end of the protest my exams started tho due to the protest I couldn't finished all my papers but I know this new year coming I will finish it by God's grace. Even tho I didn't graduate on time because of the lockdown but I'm grateful I was able to graduate by December. We were given a dress code which was royal blue. My fashion designer disappointed me ,she basically made me the wrong design of dress and it was sky blue. I couldn't wear it but I'm grateful I have a lot of dresses so I was able to find a beautiful royal blue dress I hadn't worn before. I made my hair and for the first time I had my nails done. Funny story, I wasnt able to pick anything with the nails it was basically just there looking cute but I couldn't do anything with it so I ended up removing it and then I fixed another one but this time it was short so I was to use my hand a bit. I guess, I wasn't used to the feeling you know.
How does it feel to be a graduate of high school/ secondary school? Well I really don't know ,maybe because I just became one so I will give it time.
I am off to church for the watch night service. it's a program where we pray for the year coming and thank God for the years past it usually ends by 12am.
This is the end of my entry. Bye ,2020.