#shoutouts

I decided to make a post, just telling you about my friends / people who I love / people who inspire me / people who make me happy. It is not exhaustive. 

My two closest friends at the moment are Zeinab and Agata. What more can I really say than that I love both of them to bits. Both know me better than anyone else in the world and without them, I would not be the person I am to day. I would like to think that their friendships have sort of saved me. Just having someone there at the moment of need does so much more than you would think. Agata has to be the most creative person ever. Literally. She is so cool for this world. Zeinab is quite argumentative in a good way.

I have known Evelin a year and a bit now and I love her especially as I can see a bit of myself in her. She is so kind and hard working. She is either studying or working, and how she makes time to be their for others, is just beyond my comprehension. 

I have known Amelia for that amount of time too. And she is just simply awesome. I don't know how else to put it. When I first met her at the bus stop, I was sort of hesitant. Thinking, she's Agata's friend. Has no reason to talk or interact with me. However, she is just the sort of person who just gets along with people. 

Lamis is literally the most smartest person I know. And hard working. She was in my English and from class in year 11 and at first, I just sort of talked to her sometimes. But near the end of the year, we grew closer. We meet up once every week and walk into Wembley together. 

I loved Umi. She was literally like my soul sister. Annoying at times, but I loved her laugh and weirdness. She would always draw teddy bears on my books and obsess over ice cream.

Nadia, I will never ever forget. There are good people out there and she is one of them. She stuck up for me when I was being bullied in year 7. Like I did not feel as if I was worth anything. As if I deserved to be treated well. 

Hayat literally fell of the face of the earth. I did not know her too long at all. She was new in Chemistry, and I turned around to talk to her. Like the first time I talked to her, I could tell that she was literally perfect. (Loved Doctor Who, Florence + the Machine as well). And like I could just sort of talk to her. But now she is gone and I do not know where but I won't forget our brief friendship because she inspired me.

I just met Lima 3 weeks ago but I already love her.

I have two Victoria's in my life.  Victoria A is awesome. Victoria N can get a bit annoying at times. However, she always has an interesting anecdote. 

Mike inspires me so much. Like he just has a sort of way of encouraging me. I was talking to a girl who said Mike was like sort of sceptical about her doing medicine and I told her maybe he just wanted her to be a bit realistic. Then I sort of realised, that with me, he is always trying to push me that extra mile. When he enrolled me, he suggested I do 5 AS's - said I needed to be challenged. After AS he suggested I keep all 4 A levels. I am the only ever person he predicted an A* in Psychology. I am scared. I find Mike, just so cool. Like the way he talks. He knows something about everything and always had an interesting anecdote up his sleeves. He plays opera and classical music and is inventive about education us. More adults and teachers should be like him.

In College, the careers advisor is very nice to me. She arranged me work experience in a hospital and did not get disappointed when I told her I did not want to do medicine, even though she bothered her daughter to arrange it for me.

I quite like Wendy. She is a librarian in Wembley Library and just by the way she walks, you can tell she is a nice person. She is really really nice to me. :) 

A lot of my high school teachers were supportive and inspiring. There was Mrs Alawiye, who scared me at first, but she did care. There was Ms O'sullivan. In a class once, I felt like crap and she stopped the class and told them that they should not think that enthusiastic people are crazy and that she loved me because I was enthusiastic. There was Mrs Hamdoun and Mrs Saeed, I can never forget. They both were there for me when things got tough. Mrs Hamdoun had a massive plant in her office. She let me sit there sometimes. At first I found her weird, but soon I learnt that she was just really nice. Mrs Saeed, was more like a friend, if I am honest. I would just be in her class sometimes, talking to her about random stuff.

I love my family. I really do. Especially my brother. We did not get on well when we were younger. Then one day, he called me cold and that changed everything and I became a proper sister. He is stereotyped as the typical black boy and he takes a lot of crap from my mother. He is very aggressive as well. However, I think there is a lot of goodness in that boy. There is a whole lot of stuff that people do not see. He did a week volunteering at a food kitchen and he liked it there so much that he goes there after schools. It's so cute. I love my sisters. Joy is the fierce, take no nonsense one. Tobi is the weird, quirky one. Busayo is my princess. My parents are amazing. My mum shouts a lot but she is cuddly and I love her. My dad is very funny. My family is dysfunctional, however, I would no have it any other way. 

For all the people, who have ever wondered why I talk so much. Why I turn around in class if there is a new kid and introduce myself. Why I make sure I have talked to pretty much everyone in my classes.

I like that everyone else is unique and different from everyone else. I like learning about people's experiences. I find that quite inspiring. A lot of my friends have been bullied. A few have been diagnosed with mental health issues. All have been through tough times. Seeing a person in there highs and lows, for their perfections and their flaws. I like that. I like how everyone has a story to tell and I want to listen to as many of these stories as possible. 

And I want to tell mine to anyone who will listen. I realised that talking about emotions and feelings has really made a difference in my life. 

There are amazing people everywhere. We just have to look. :)