My introductory post (Have you met me?)

Hello fellow Hiveans, it's a pleasure to be in your midst and I am loving it already. I was introduced to this awesome platform by @surgeoncaspar who is a friend and a mentor, and my journey so far has been nothing short of exciting. Now let's meet me.

My name is Ilemona firdausi Adamu but simply called Mona by my friends and folks, which is a short form of my full name Ilemona. It's a tribal name meaning nobody knows tomorrow which was given to me by my dad who is from the north Central region of Nigeria kogi state precisely.

I am currently schooling in one of the prestigious University in Nigeria known as Bayero University kano, studying Accounting. I had always wanted to be an Accountant ever since I was little, I would imagine my self in an office with a computer system in front of me of course in a corporate dressing, making entries and a secretary by my side, but little did I know that to achieve this requires a lot of hard work and pressure and most importantly passion and not just mere imagination. As I go deeper into the field, I can't help to ask myself all the time"what in God's name was I thinking to ever wanted to study Accounting in the first place". I realized it wasn't something I had passion for, then every kid around me were choosing professional careers, like doctors, lawyers, and the likes, so I thought to my self to pick Accounting, neglecting the fact that am terrible with figures.

But don't feel sorry for me, I discovered a passion I have always had, even though it took me a lot while to see it, bet you want to know what that is... FASHION...yes fashion. My mum was a fashion designer, I remember joining waste pieces together forming funny styles, and I used to draw styles I imagined at the back of my school books, but then my mum always discouraged me saying she wants her kids to take up professional careers. You know they say your passion will never leave you no matter how you tried, so I decided to go to a fashion school the period where universities in my country went on strike and ever since I couldn't be more happier, I learnt so fast which surprises my teacher and she wondered if I had learnt it before. Now I can tell you that am a Fashion designer in it's full glory. I also decided to be a fashion blogger, to write about fashion since I enjoy writing, I write whenever I have a spare time.

These are some of my works, the first picture was my first assignment which is for me to bead a dress and my teacher was proud and satisfied with my work. I can't wait to share more with you guys moving forward.

My hobbies will definitely be listening to music, I love music, to me music is life, sometime I considered being a musician, but whenever I listened to my singing voice, i would be disappointed and I would caution my self not to be a disaster to the world lol!. I remember when I was in high school, I partook in a music competition, I took up the challenge because I love music and I thought that's it. It was my turn to perform, and I started singing, I mostly sing with my eyes shut, and I was singing Adele, set fire to rain, in my head I was sounding like Adele little did I know that to the ears of the audience I was sounding like popsmoke. When I finished singing, I opened my eyes and was expecting a cheer from the audience, but to my disappointment, they all burst into laughter, I had never been more embarrassed in my life, I just quietly went back to my seat and decided to stick to listening to music. I also write musics in my spare time, I have a few music I have written, but I am not ready to put it out there, maybe someday. I also like dancing, Even though I can't dance to save my life, but atleast I do shake my body and flow with the music. I am not much of a sport person because I don't think I have the physical strength to partake in any sporting activities, so I just enjoy watching instead.

My likes is money. I love money am not even gonna lie, legit money please, my dislikes is not having money, I know this is not your regular likes and dislikes, but I don't consider myself a regular girl so sorry I didn't meet your expectations. I Know they say money is the root of all evils, but in my opinion, poverty is the root of evils, so in this sense I try to work hard and smart. I also love exploring which in turn help me to gain more knowledge.

My favorite food has to be Rice. I love rice, anyhow it is served, fried rice, jollof, rice and stew just make sure it's rice please. Even though I don't enjoy cooking, cooking is not a fun thing for me, but I enjoy cooking rice anyday, anytime.

What I intend to contribute to Hive. My contributions to hive would be interesting as I love sharing my experiences both past and present, so I am assuring my audience to be the first to know if anything worth sharing happens. I am also open to learning new things from here, and reading your experiences too, and also looking forward to making new friends on this space. That will be all for now, once again, it's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for the read.