Lilian Ogbuefi

Letter to self

Dear self, It’s quite glaring that we are now in the twenty first century, however, its okay to hold on to your primitive personal values, given of course, that they do not affect others negatively so, if you’re not comfortable giving up your pride before marriage , don’t do it! Now, if you’re still trapped by the romanticized…

The time I thought I had cancer

Those who have had a brush with death know it’s an inherently scary idea, the fact that what lays beyond is, till this day, unknown. Maybe you’re among the few who allude no fear towards death, who remain ready to gallantly embrace its coming. Or like me, you’re a youth, whose vibrancy provides a useful…

The Problem With Yemi Alade’s Message on Gender Equality

I was browsing through my discovery page on Instagram yesterday, when I saw a picture of Yemi Alade (Nigerian pop singer and BET nominee for Best International Act-Africa) holding a plaque that read “gender equality”. Being the amebo that I am, and a genuine admirer of her hard work and independence as reflected in the…

The time at the dentist

15th June 2015 The internet is not a nice place to visit when you’re scared or sick. Somehow, google always manages to give you the most negative of results with each search term you input. All I had to type in was “hole in tooth” and from nowhere these horrendous results started attacking me with…

The thing with my teeth

It was the beginning of a new semester, fall 2014. I had plans and resolutions, the top of the list being to look extremely nice all day every day. (I can’t say I completely lived up to that, that semester) The eagerness to wake up two hours early and dress up fashionably every morning before…

New age, New resolutions

I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago, on the 4th of August. Well, there wasn’t really any celebration involved; it was more of a stay-at-home-do-house-chores-and-sleep-later-on kind of day. Still, the day marked my final passage from teen age into adulthood and with it came the sudden dawn of realization, that I was no longer…