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COVID-19, I'm just not feeling you.

Hey again, Just felt the need to throw this in before Wednesday expires. This particular corona virus has proven to be a pain in the worlds behind. It's doing major damage practically everywhere and countries are responding in the only way they know how. Truly, I understand the need for social distancing and quarantine. But if someone told me on Saturday that I would get an emergency phone call from my mum on Sunday telling me to pack my stuff from school (in Osun state), that we would drive to Lagos that day, fly to Kenya the next, just to end up in mandatory quarantine for two weeks, I'd have laughed in their faces. Hysterically. To break it down, my school had been given the okay by the Osun state government to continue operation until this Saturday, because that's when we were closing. But then my mum got a message saying the last flight to Kenya (where we live) was on Sunday. As you can imagine, she was on the next flight out, on the road and on her way to pick u

Dear Diary

Good evening everyone, My name is Dera. I recently created this blog, and by recently I mean thirty minutes ago. It's been a dream of mine really -having a blog- but I've lacked the commitment for a while. This is my official do over. Welcome to Dera's Diary!!! Here, I'll be talking about my views, opinions and experiences. Hopefully over time, you'll feel comfortable enough to share yours too. I intend to be brutally honest, hence the "diary" part of the name. I hope you can handle it!