November 28th

Dear diary,
We all know or at least have heard about the rule about dating exes or the eleventh commandment as some like to call it. If you haven't heard, it's one of the unwritten laws in girl code, you do not date your friend's ex or someone who has chyked you friend before, at least no without telling her. She can either give you the go ahead or not to date the dude, it's now up to you to decide if you want to save the friendship and forget the dude or date the dude and forget about the friendship!

So we know about that and what to do if you ever find yourself in that situation. But what do you do when a guy that liked you or chyked you, a guy who you never felt anything for starts liking your friend and asks you to hook them up?

November 14th

Dear Diary,

Why is it so easy for us to jump into conclusion about people without even knowing a thing about them? Why is it so easy to think the worst about a person whose name we do not even know?

I was out with a few people today and we were discussing about prostitutes, they assumed that all the girls that lived in a certain building were prostitutes, I was of the opinion that it was an unfair generalization because families with well-raised daughters lived there too. Just as we were passing the building we saw a young lady standing waiting for a taxi in front of the building, and they both went ‘see, like this girl now, there is no way you can tell me she is not a prostitute’. How can you just look at someone you do not know and jump to such a horrible conclusion about her?

November 6th

Dear Diary,

Today I saw the power of a mother’s love; today I saw a mother’s love in action.

In court today one of the cases that came up had to do with the custody of the kids of divorced parents.

The lady in this case had no lawyer and from the first minute she opened her mouth to tell the judge that a lawyer was not representing her, you could feel the emotions in her voice. She eventually gave in to the tears we, well I, were all trying to hold back.

November 1st

Dear Diary,

I was up as early as 4:30am today, but that’s cool, I was up for a good reason. My family friend had just found out that she passed her Bar finals, not only did she pass, she passed it very well.

Now if you are a lawyer or if you are related to a lawyer, you would know that wait for your bar final result is one of the most tension filled phase of any lawyer’s life. Just one year at the Nigerian Law School makes a joke of the five years you spent studying law in the university. So yes, I didn’t mind being awake at 4:30am while she calls to all her friends and loved ones to tell them about her result and to find out how the had fared, I had been there before, so I understood quite well.