<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CHINWEORANYE]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHINWEORANYE]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:01:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.chinweoranye.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Odogwu, What’s Your Body Count?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, you think you’ll toast Sade, Nneka, Obata Obi, Bisi, Sadia, sleep with the girl from the gym, your colleague, your friend's friend, somebody you met at a wedding and one woman whose surname you probably never knew, and somehow come out of all this thinking you were the prize?]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/men-you-thought-we-weren-t-counting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95f6d12b5677ea443f0d90</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:37:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_5ca3d59519814f5b94983e6519b3092b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_507,h_338,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selling Puff Puff Was My First Lesson in Hustle 101]]></title><description><![CDATA[That day, I swear I ate nothing less than 25 buns, meat pies - they were so delicious with a rich beef filling, puff puff and doughnuts. I didn’t bother with cake, I stuck to my favorites. ]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/selling-puff-puff-was-my-first-lesson-in-hustle-101</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0f4ab693cb63b5317cb4c1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:40:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_fcaaf223924840f9b950938fb9e44261~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                          Me Vs The Bees]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will never figure out how I got home, but I know I ran away with all the other kids. I ran with purpose. I ran with fear. I ran like my village people were pursuing me with koboko - and they were, because what was all this bee business?  ]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/the-bees-and-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f4e1a87db2f4343a418cc6</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_df5d4a1bb3054bf5803693986589012d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men and Women Can't Be Friends - Who Said That?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of my friendships growing up were with boys. We went to primary school together, moved on to secondary school, and even when university took us in different directions, we always found our way back to each other during the holidays. ]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/men-and-women-can-t-be-friends-who-said-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f29fc424f9d3e5cd7454be</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:35:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_43f2839192764ff7accf1df1101fb777~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["May your secrets never be exposed."       Asiri e abo.                                                               I didn’t understand that prayer… until recently.]]></title><description><![CDATA[After purchase, she would pray for me passionately in pidgin English and then end it in yoruba with asiri e abo o. I would chorus Amin oo.]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/may-your-secrets-never-be-exposed-asiri-e-abo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee1b4840a0465aa6c6c9ab</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:30:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_5fca4984c3c349468e0bdd3e7294ea42~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Was Better In Our Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[We didn't have much. No real money, no elaborate dates. No expectations that your dress or makeup would be paid for (we didn't even wear so much those days), or that he would cover your transport to his place.]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/love-was-better-in-our-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e138f545b641fceca09385</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1d53640a067d4ab4bfde90a2d7980b26~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did our parents send us off to school with no phones, No Nothing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I stood there scratching my head, she quietly got me a nylon bag and told me to put all my wet clothes inside the bag or I would get a proper thrashing. “Today you will understand what your laziness will cost you,” she told me calmly.]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/how-did-our-parents-send-us-off-to-school-with-no-phones-no-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dfd5e7c0d279b375a6d28b</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:01:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef70f1_8b2c661e3b5e42b0ac5966c9aff5e1e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audio: The Day Our Backup Plan Failed]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often wish that those days were like now, when people can whip out a camera and record anything. It would have been mad content, because just imagining the way we looked - my sister and I in our short dresses with the mad hair - it was nothing short of riotous.]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/audio-the-day-our-backup-plan-failed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cffec2f7044e6cf7aba46e</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:54:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/ef70f1_03556e8b32d44e30afdb441106f1f672/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before You I was ... writing everything Down.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I won’t say much - but he looked like Ralph Tresvant… maybe even more handsome. Skin as dark as polished cocoa butter, white perfect teeth and he always had a smile on his face. I on the other hand had a straight face everytime he was near and never showed my feelings. I caught him stealing glances at me from the corner of my eye so many times.]]></description><link>https://www.chinweoranye.com/post/before-you-i-was-writing-everything-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6b2b5d2e55f64fe0d88ee</guid><category><![CDATA[Before You, We Were]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:05:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0cfe25816fb64a4fa71a3fbebac49d7c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chinwe Oranye</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>