being yourself is the best gift you can ever get.

yes you'll meet different people with values similar to yours, and others with different ones,

never feel the need to do things so you can make others happy.

gone are the days when you could do things and blame it on peer pressure,

having reached adulthood...or semi adulthood, it's time to start thinking for yourself.

embrace the people who appreciate you for who you are and forget about those who don't.

love yourself as you are and change what you feel needs to be changed (not what your friends think should be changed).

don't even dare compromise to please other people, sometimes your happiness comes first

avoid being your worst enemy

accept yourself just as you are and other people will too.



 This is me and my friends, whom I was blessed enough to meet this year, the people i've grown to know and still getting to know, who've been there for me in the past few months, the crazy friends who've made varsity life worth living. Through all our arguements and clashes, I've grown to learn more about them

 This is us beautifying (if such a word exists) each   other after the easter holidays, the biggest advantage you can ever have as a student...hairstyling skills. It's perfect for extra cash, no one wants to go to class with terrible hair.
      

stone heart 101

Being a student, and living away from home, I realised that independence is not about going to parties every weekend, drinking non-stop or leaving your room in the worst state when going to class. In the past four months I've learnt a lot about being independent, not only socially but emotionally as well. This is the stage of my life where I learn more about myself and realise that relying on other people for emotional comfort just won't get me anywhere. This is the time where I realise that my family and friends are not there to hold my hand through every situation, but rather to share the beautiful moments in my life, and the sad ones too. My lack of emotional dependence has probably led to me being a bit cold hearted, as most of my friends would say (which can be really helpful most of the time). Being emotionally independent, I try by all means to guard my heart, to avoid having to go and cry on someone's shoulders. I'm not saying it's a good thing but it's working for me and I haven't found myself sitting in front of the TV screen eating loads of ice cream while watching a chick flick. So my advice...guard your heart, you only have one

"you are what you wear"

Have you ever looked at someone and wondered what they do for a living...or if they do anything at all for a living? That happens to me, a lot. sometimes you just look at someone and think, "hayi, this one is a gangster", just by looking at the way they are dressed. Yesterday I learned that clothes don't always define who we are or what we do, to some people they are just clothes. But unfortunately they affect the way people perceive us, 'cause the first thing that comes to your mind when you see some guy with not-so-clean three quarter pants and a faded t-shirt is; "hide your purse". When you spend time with that particular person, you realise that he 's more than just what he's wearing, he is a person and like everyone else, he deserves some decent treatment. Basically, we are not always defined by what we wear but rather by what we do and how we present ourselves. So think twice before judging that book by its cover, you may be surprised to find that the content is actually quite good.