A brief introduction

I honestly don't know what made me decide to start a blog, especially one called the teenage textbook, maybe it's because I became a teenager three years ago and although I'm not fully developed I just want to see if other people relate to the dilemma's I have had throughout my teenage years so far... or it's just the fact that I read a really cool blog and decided to write one anyway because I'm bored and don't know what to do with myself. Either way, I get to write and stuff so here we go.

Who am I?

You're probably wondering who I am, I'm also wondering who I am. Like, I've got about five names and my parents aren't married so I've got two surnames to choose from. Over the past few years I've dreamt I was someone else, changing my name each time. I started off with Joanna Bako (that's the name on my birth certificate) then Evonne Bako, then Evonne Ene, then Joanna Ene, then Kosisuchukwu Ene, then Mana Bako (actually pronounce mono) that sounds Latin, sort of. So what is my name? Lol, this isn't one of those what is the meaning of life things ( I honestly hate those sometimes). Going back to the point, after about three to four years of careful consideration I have decided that I am Joanna Bako, I cannot believe I went through all that trouble to be called by my normal name anyway. The name was given by my mother but the surname is my fathers even though he only ever calls me Evonne, it sounds weird when he calls me Joanna makes me think someone kidnapped him and replaced him with a robot.

I am sixteen years old! Sixteen is literally the most boring age of my life like honestly. All I'm doing right now is preparing for the rest of my life, which if you think about it is what you're doing for the most part of your life anyway. So I'm writing exam after exam and studying day and night, I have also started drinking coffee and I'm almost near the point of drinking it black (with loads of sugar of course) and it makes me feel happy :) Anyway, back to the point. I don't go out much even though I want to. Like, I go to a boarding school and I'm a weekly boarder but like when it's time to go home I'm only allowed out with my Mum or someone else that she knows. So I don't have many friends, that means that the friends I have live very far away and they are not always free when I'm free so I just stay home and watch TV (when I'm not studying, of course) while eating ice cream.

                     NETFLIX+ICE CREAM= MY LIFE

So that's why my sixteen year old life is boring. Where am I from? Nigeria, that's in Africa you know. Since I moved to the UK that has actually become a common question. Lol, they don't know they're geography. I am half Igbo and half Nupe and I am fully Christian, Small unimportant fact, I am growing an afro.

So at the end of the day after changing everything, from my name to where I come from (I used to say I was born in London so I'm definitely British) I have finally decided who I am: Joanna Evonne Bako, from Nigeria who is a Christian with chop- chop hair like most people (it wasn't funny but you should still laugh anyway). I have covered the basis of who I am. Now, who do I want to be? That's a very difficult question that involves a lot of decision making.

Right, so now I have to go to prep and study some more. This blog thing is actually helping me a lot, I feel like I'm talking a lot more than I usually do even though I'm a shy little mouse :) Which I am. Thanks for reading :) I should really stop with the smileys. Remember that you're beautiful!