The Ofala Festival

It's day 346 of documenting 2025.

19 days to 2026!

Today's the D-Day!

On a Friday!

It was the festival called Ofala.

But it didn't start with that.

First, I had an early morning lecture.

From 8am till 10am

It was our last Friday lecture...I really thank God 😌

Our lecturer made it clear that she would have travelled by then.

Friday class cancelled!

My coursemates then suggested that I appeal to our Thursday lecturer, who hasn't showed up for 2 weeks now...if we could cancel next week's lecture as well.

That way, we know we'll be vacating on Wednesday.

I could probably message him 🤔

Let's see how it goes.

After the lecture, I proceeded to my hostel and went to look for the lady that was making the outfit I would wear today.

It was even rushed...as I gave her the fabric on Wednesday evening.

I took it real serious 😄

I got to her room, and she wasn't there. It was almost 12pm...when they said the event would start.

I'm already used to coming early for events...or even class, so I became frustrated. I called and messaged the lady...no answer.

At some point, I just laid on my bed and accepted my fate. 

"I probably won't show up"

I messaged my friend, telling him how overwhelmed I was.

Then he suggested that I take a day or two off...a day when I would do nothing but my favorite things.

Twas a nice suggestion.

But these days, I feel like that would be a luxury I can't afford....maybe until the Christmas break.

Tilll then, it's all work and juggling of responsibility.

About 30 minutes later, the girl called me from upstairs.

I saw the outfit and suddenly didn't like it. The style was...not it.

I just needed something simple.

But I was there when she showed me the design. At that point, there was nothing I could do. It wasn't so bad tho...

I tested the outfit and it was quite tight. 

So much for glamour 🙄

I took it off so she would adjust it.

This happened two more times.

And it was already past 2pm.

One of the girls in the room said I should just go "fashionably late".

That's what I did.

When it was 3pm, I finally had the outfit on. By then, the event had already started. I got there...and just like I predicted, my period started. I was horrified!

My prayer was for it to no embarrass me. 

I really prayed!

Apparently, the Ofala festival was all about the king handing over to a newly elected king. Same for the queen 👑

Me, as the king's daughter (for my department), had the duty of helping out when the food was being shared.

I did my job...and did it well.

At the least, I showed up.

Not to forget...took a few pictures as well. Couldn't make a video tho..

All in all, it was tiring...but the day was quite interesting 😄

I made sure to get two plates of food for all my hard work.

Can you imagine that by the time I was leaving, the event hadn't ended?

I'm all about learning tradition, but my dad would skin me alive if he heard that I was out late. Besides, the hostel doors close by 10pm...and I wasn't planning on sleeping outside.

My Lolo (queen) was aware that I was leaving.  It seemed the remaining activities was between the queens.

I thank God for how it all went.

One more highlight...I was able to see the masquerades! 😁

Don't know if I have the video on my phone tho...I'll check.

Alright, let's look at today's highlights. 

The days are going by pretty fast...and very soon, it'll be the end of this blog 🥲

The journey has been wonderful so far.

365 Days With Self-discipline

📌 On Surpassing Yourself

"A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed...I well know. For it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself."

Quote by Georges Clemenceau

One interesting and empowering way to look at failure is to consider it a sign that you’re trying to surpass yourself. 

After all, you can’t fail if you’re doing something that is well within your abilities. 

You fail when you’re doing something that is difficult for you, in order to grow. 

Hence, if you aren’t failing, you’re probably not stretching yourself enough.

If you’ve been going a long time without any failures, it’s time to think bigger. Not experiencing any failures is a clear sign that you’re setting your aims too low and it’s time to seek a more challenging environment or establish new,

more difficult goals.

Success is obviously a positive thing, but bear in mind that if you’re constantly succeeding, it comes with the risk of getting too cocky and assuming that you’re invincible. 

Setting goals with a high risk of failure will help you stay humble and ultimately aid you in keeping success in your life.

Nah...I didn't really have any solid goals when I came here, other than the resolve to serve and represent.

But I feel like I'm failing at the ability to strike a balance.

Let's not even talk about time management 😒

This week wasn't one of my good weeks when it comes to using time effectively.

It's not that I'm wasting time on mindless activities, it just like the new engagements are consuming more time and energy.

Well, I signed up for it, right?

One thing I believe is that it may be very stressful at first and may consume quite an amount of resources, but it will get better with the passing of time 😌

It gets easier.

At least, I can rest this weekend.

Sleeping in, working on some pending projects, maybe a little crochet....basically doing what I want to do.

Like my friend suggested.

Let's see how it goes.

(Why do I keep saying that? 🤨)

I think that would be all for today's documentation.

Thanks for reading 🎀

I just remembered that I haven't posted on my status in days.

Imagine me flooding my status with pictures and videos from the past few days 😅

I'm going to get lots of messages!

Remember, you can always catch up on former posts.

You can even read posts from January, using the tag feature on the side bar on the home page of my website, Documenting 2025.

See you in the next post 💜