Name: Maureen O. Blaq
Given Name: Maureen Ogechukwu Umeh
Interests: Reading, Writing, Singing, Movies, Jewelry Making.
Belief: You can always do better
Best Movies: 3 Idiots, Maid in Manhattan, Pretty Woman.
Favourite Series: Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Burn Notice, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy.
Favourite Authors: James Patterson, J. D. Robb, Patricia Cornwell, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Nelson DeMille.
Favourite Colour: Purple
Turn On: Humor and Intellect
Turn Off: Insensitivity and Arrogance
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🙂 Ogechukwu is a beautiful name. Hi there, I think anyone who openly admits to liking Maid in Manhattan and Pretty woman is okay in my book,lol
Come on, this is the stuff diehard romantics are made of…we hope beyond hope love conquers all 🙂
Patterson,Grisham,Clancy,….you deep sis! I love them all. It’s cool what you are doing here, I’ll stop by often.
That’s very kind of you. I haven’t posted anything in a while. Will surely try to remedy that. Thanks for stopping by.
Hello Maureen. great blog you have here. keep up the the good work! cheers 🙂
Thanks Emeka.
I can tell from your about page that you keep it real. I look forward to following your blog. Keep up the good work.
I’ve kinda lost hope of keeping up my blog but I just might do sth abt it.
Hey there! Thank yo very much for recently visiting our blog and liking a recent post! It’s been a great experience being part of this expat community. Talking abut being an expat, I’d like to invite you to visit our article on ‘Bolivia for expats’, our current home…. at least, for a while!
http://www.expatsblog.com/contests/709/twenty-reasons-for-adding-bolivia-to-your-expat-visiting-list
It’d be great if you could leave your feedback for us – thank you very much and wishes for a great holiday season!
Simple and sweet intro, thanks for dropping by my blog. 🙂 You posts look really nice to me. Looking forward to see more from you 🙂 Have a great year ahead 😀
Wish you the same
Thanks for the follow!
You’re welcome, Joy.
Thank you much for the follow! What a blessing! Look forward to getting to know you. Have a lovely blessed day.
You too, Elaine.
Thanks for stopping by, I too believe we can always do better! Best to you!!
Thank you, sysmoe.
Thanks for knocking on my blog. You are very welcome here. Come on in and have a cup of tea. Steve…
With milk and sugar, eh?
For sure
Hello Maureen!
I look forward to really diving into your blog. Also, thank you for following my blog at Faith1st Ministries. I hope it has and will continue to be a major blessing in your life. May God richly bless you as you continue to write and blog. Please continue with us on this journey and remember to have Faith 1st because the “just shall live by his faith.” — Sebastian
Thank you, Sebastian. I look forward to the journey.
You’re welcome…me too! Blessings!
Hi Maureen ,
Thanks for the likes and follow, all much appreciated.
-Hope: http://storieswithoutborder.wordpress.com/
You’re very welcome, Hope.
I too believe you can always do better AND I have nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award, participation in strictly voluntary. Thank you for your inspiration. http://betternotbroken.com/2014/07/13/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award-thank-you/
Thank you for the nomination. It’ll be my pleasure to participate.
Thank you and Congratulations! Your work is appreciated.
Thank you for your kind words.
http://meredithlbl.com/2014/07/29/recognized-and-passing-it-on/
I’m happy to nominate you for the One Lovely Blogger Award.
Thank you, Meredith for the nomination. I appreciate it.
Love your blog, btw do you know there is a Maureen Umeh who is a news anchor in Washington DC
Nope, Juju. I didn’t know that. Should I consider that information significant?
Hmmm significant? not really then again I know a Becky Umeh a singer and dancer also in DC.
I guess Umeh isn’t ‘that’ special. I used to think it was a sort of rare name.
Must be special since you have some remarkable people with the name. Is Umeh Anambra, Imo or Enugu?
Mine’s Anambra. But I’ve found some in Enugu too. Are you Ibo?
My mom is.
From Anambra? We’re good people.
No doubt, I was in Nnewi for Ojukwu’s funeral. I love Igboland.
Great. Somehow I pictured you as Yoruba. I’m glad to be wrong.
Lol I am Yoruba on my father’s side and grew up Yoruba. So what is it about Yoruba men that you are glad to be wrong?
Just my guess. Call it tribal profile. I haven’t had any problem with Yoruba people. I haven’t met many of them.
I take it you live in the east, Awka am guessing. I believe Yorubas and Igbos do get along nicely considering the rate of intermarriages between both people.
Yeah, I believe so too. I don’t live in Awka though. Onitsha actually.
You know I was going to guess Onitsha. Hmm how close to Nkpo?
Closer to main market than Nkpor.
No doubt Onitsha is grimy so why ain’t you across the river in Asaba?
Cos this is where I live? Besides it isn’t that grimy.
I suppose, just figured Onitsha was more commercial then again I haven’t spent that much time in the city. The last time I passed through the main highway connecting the Niger Bridge from the NE was under construction, so that might account for the griminess I was referring to.
You’re probably right but it’s harmattan season around the corner. The griminess won’t be far behind.
Now that it is the raining season how is the water level at the Niger, have a shoot there next month
I wouldn’t know. Haven’t been across the bridge all year. But rainy season is over. Prolly just one more rain to usher in the harmattan season. Water level should be fine. I haven’t heard otherwise.
Ok cool
😉
You have a nice blog and you write well. Nigeria is a lovely country because its people are warm, kind and open-minded. Cheers 🙂
Thanks, Dilip. That’s actually very sweet.
You had me at Tom Clancy fan, look forward to reading more of your posts. I’m an American and the only things I hear about Nigeria are generally negative or derogatory due to our lazy ass media.
I get that a lot. And some of our Lazy ass citizens who can’t pick up a newspaper to read or turn on the “national” news channel think the high point of their argument is “I heard it on CNN!” just because. they could afford cable subscription.
Be seeing you, Skipah.
Maureen,
Thanks for the follow! I don’t know Nigeria first-hand. Only through books (novels), former students, colleagues at the seminary where I worked, and my husband’s travels. I just read your piece about the up-coming election, now the past election. Maybe you’ll do a post-election piece? I pray this finds you well.
Cheers!
Elouise
I have been planning to, Elouise. I’ve just been really swamped with stuff. I’ll try and make time though. Thanks for the visit.
I know the feeling! No pressure. Just whenever you’re ready. 🙂
Got it.
🙂
Thank you for liking “Baby Birds” and “Wild Seeds.” After reading some of your posts, it sounds like serving in the National Youth Service Corps is really challenging. Good luck and best regards to you. 🙂
Apart from being challenging, it’s also kind of fun. You get to interact with various people from the 250 ethnic groups we have in Nigeria.
I am glad to know that you are having some fun too. 🙂
I love what you have going here! I’m rubbish at about me’s and yours I found quite a nice, simple way of doing it! I commend you! May I use your categories?
Feel free to use it.
Thank you!
You’re welcome
Nice meeting you … and cheers to your love for humor, intellect, purple, and music.
Nice to meet you too.
Oh God! You’re Oge Umeh Federal Osha?? 😮 OMGawd!!! Woman! Geez how did I not know it was you!
Hmmm. I’ve never met anyone I knew on here. Which Uju are you, pls? We could totally blog hang.
Ugh I must totally look different now 😀
Okay, we were of the same set. Uju Okonkwo, Games prefect?
It’s so nice to finally find a familiar face here. I’ve been smiling all day 🙂
I do remember there were two of you. Games Prefect? Ugggghhhhh
lol it’s aite if you don’t remember much. I’ve been thinking your pix looked familiar but didn’t place it until i saw your name. Remembered you looved Government 😀
Hahaha! I sure did. You were in F?
Lol yes. F
Thanks so much for the visit to my blog today and following along. Am quite flattered! Popped over to have a quick look (my life is chaos again right now) at your site……I love how your posts are all so personal (about you) and short enough to take in quickly (did I mention my life is chaos?) I think we’re going to enjoy each other on here!
Chaos is good. Order is overrated anyhow. We just like to think we got a hang of it. You’re welcome to my space. Tea or Coffee?
i am watching you too, with my leathery wings and black smile
Black smile?! Creepy. Creep-ier than the that wide smile in dark Knight.
I can do creepy
I don’t like again 😔😔😔😔
Lol. I can write all sorts, from romance to horror.
I want romance!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊
serious?
Yes nah! What do you think Pretty Woman and Maid in Manhattan are about?
erm.. Plenty of work on my table at the moment, will fit the romance in somewhere, but na later. did you get the email add?
No. Where?
drop yours, and i will delete it once ii take note of it