The Classroom Bear...is it that serious?

On a daily basis, newspapers put out articles that have me worrying what the world is coming to.

Today, was no exception.
In the Sudan, British school teacher Gillian Gibbons is being brought up on charges because she let the children in her class name a teddy bear Muhammad. Her charges range from inciting hatred, insulting religion and showing contempt of religious beliefs.

Hmm...Inciting hatred? With a teddy bear? Was it wearing a white hood or something??

According to the article:
"if found guilty of insulting religion, [Gibbons] could be punished with a whipping of up to 40 lashes, a fine or six months in prison."

Ok...Lets have a look at the facts, shall we? She let a child bring in a teddy bear and then asked her SEVEN-YEAR-OLD PUPILS to name said bear. The class voted on Muhammad. Then the kids took turns taking Muhammad home and had to write diary entries about what they did with the bear. The diary entries were collected in a book with the bear's picture on the cover, named, 'My Name is Muhammad.'" And because of that, Gibbons lost her job and is likely to get beaten to death, too...smh.

- SistaLova

My Summer

Notice how I haven't written one single post since June. HA! That is what 'supposed' LOVE does to you. Can you imagine!! ME... GABRIELLE...IN LOVE!! See, I thought I was in love, I thought I had all the symptoms, but there are no classic symptoms and the sooner I get that into my head, the better off I'll be.

I'm a sucker for being 'in love'... I love the idea of being 'IN LOVE' and I know I'm not alone. Many ladies across the world are fooled into thinkingthat they’ll live a BROWN SUGAR story or miraculously bump into their love interest whilst shopping, working etc. The truth is you might not find HIM like that; the truth is I walk around aimlessly looking for him and it needs to stop.

A brief relationship in summer, I was happy, he made me happy but I couldn’t tell my mum about him. And yes, you may sigh, but I’m at an age where I don’t have to hide anything from my parents, the fact that I couldn’t at least hint to my mum that I was even ‘liking’ someone meant something was wrong. To cut a long story short, it didn’t last! It hurt a lot at first but later on I realised that it was for the best. Ever since that failed relationship I’ve been intent on finding a permanent replacement. Yes I said it! PERMANENT! I’m tired of getting to know someone, getting to know their habits, likes/dislikes, interests, I’m talking like I’ve been in loads of relationships but really and truly it’s just a long process so forget that!

Starting from my birthday outing I was on the lookout! I turned 21!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Good times, lots of laughs, I was looking for him - NO LUCK! KMT! What is it with LONDON nowadays – I MEAN! NOTHING WHAT SO EVER! So never one to dwell in such defeat, I decided to go to Nigerian Independence… hence I am Nigerian, and what’s better than settling with a fellow countryman… KMT…. Only he wasn’t there either. And it wasn’t so much that he wasn’t there, more that I didn’t even get a chance to cast eyes on him. The event got locked off. My people! My people!

Something happened that night that I will get into later but all hope was destroyed that night, all hope destroyed. I gave up a part of my soul… OK OK lets not exaggerate, but I was disappointed.

You guys know what kind of person I am though, yes my heart sank, yes I was disappointed but hey life goes on and so do I… he’s out there somewhere, I know it and when I find him you’ll be the first to know!!

- Gabrielle

Tomorrow is not promised...

I was checking out the black gossip site "Crunk and Disorderly" this morning and it had a story on kanye West's mother passing away suddenly during the weekend. Dr Donda West was only 58 years old, reading it made me think about my own love ones and how in life we generally think everyone around us is always going to be there. Many of us are guilty of taking those around us for granted. when I see my family and friends It never crosses my mind that it'll be the last time and I'm sure for many of you its the same.
I really do appreciate my family and friends and I hope they know that, but sometimes hoping people know, isnt enough. I'm going to make more of a conscious effort to show I'm truly thankful for the people God has brought into my life, positive or negative.
It also made me re-realise that life really is too short to waste on petty issues and that we should'nt wait to rectify things within our lives, because we may not be here to do it.
So like the old saying goes...
"Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last...Tomorrow is Not Promised".
Peace

- SistaLova

Party with Cavalli...

The day has finally arrived, and I shall be in attendance. I've had a look at the collection and I personally think that the mens line is much better. However there are a few pieces in the ladies range that I like...anyway If you see a random black girl fighting over the last black ruffled blouse, do'nt hesistate to call my name!

- SistaLova

Sign "O" The Time

I'm not a big fan of "Big Brother" or reality-like tv shows, and I try my best to avoid them(however I did watch the last season...I blame "bag lady"!) Anyway...I did'nt realise that there was an African edition, until I was browsing online and came across a story that was quite shocking.

According to The Times, SA...
"Viewers of the incident, which took place on Saturday afternoon after an extended drinking bout which ended in copious vomiting and apparent blackout for Molokwu, remain adamant about what they saw: Bezuidenhout lay down next to the comatose young woman and penetrated her vagina with his fingers. He carried on despite the pleas of another female housemate for him to stop. Under the law in South Africa - where, on average, a woman is sexually assaulted every 40 seconds - such an act constitutes rape. Bezuidenhout, who is married, finally desisted and went off to sit by himself while drunkenly sniffing his fingers."

The camera's were still rolling while all of this took place and only when the housemate Bezuidenhout had finished did the creators of the show stop the live feed and call in the paramedics in, then....broadcasting resumed. Huh? wtf? What kind of sick people are running this show? I do realise that this info is from a random article, so figuring out what parts are fact and fiction is anyones guess. Even with the controversy surrounding this incident, Bezuidenhout is still in the house and is favourite to win.

I'm not sure about you guys, but how is it possible that this man could be left in the house and still a favourite?!

- SistaLova