Loved By The Twin Princes

I made it to the second stage

I lie lazily in bed after practically sleeping throughout the day and checked the time on the wall opposite my bed to see that it is around two pm in the afternoon.

today is the fourth day of the selection process and it is also a free day, but you can as well call it the calm before the storm because the officials have started putting together our performance and by evening they will be screening out nine out of nineteen contestants.

unlike the other days, I have spent in this villa and as a rule, I had to wake up by 5:30 with the other contestants, I decided to sleep in today and by the time I finally woke up, all my roommates were out possibly touring the villa since we were giving such a liberty today.......I mean what do you expect them to do when we don't even know those ppl that will remain and those that will get weeded out.

so far, I don't know if my dream of being in the top five will see the light of the day though I have enjoyed myself here and the worst that can happen is me not being in the top ten.....even at that, I couldn't waste such a beautiful morning dampening my spirit that's why I decided to sleep since it was starting to stress me out more so one of the ways I relieve stress is by sleeping but let me spell it out properly

"I want to be in the top five but even if I don't get in, life Still goes on.....I will sulk for a while but I will eventually be okay."

but on a more serious note, a part of me wants to be in the top five but at the same time, the other part of me wants to get wedded out. I have never really been the type to resign to failure but this time around, that part of me just wants to rub it in my parent's faces so badly.

As per how I will be spending my free day today, I have no plans of looking around the villa neither do I want to get a sight of the breathtaking environment because I am still going to resign to my normal life after this so I feel there is no point. I don't have big plans for today but I want to check up on Maddie and spend some time with her before five pm when we are going to get the news that will determine if I was going to make it to the second round or not.

So far, Maddie and I have not been sitting down to talk at length or spend much time with each other because we are not in the same hall of residence, more so my hall of residence is behaving like the king himself that is staying upstairs because if not, I just don't get why there are tones of rules for us to follow that doesn't apply to the other contestants

Though I came to this selection process because I wanted the prize money, I also came here to have fun and enjoy the vacation villa but what I am facing here is the opposite of my big plans for myself. imagine me being in a room as silent as a graveyard, in the little time I have to myself after the stressful day I have gone through but at the same time I don't want to sleep but just have a little bit of fun, just tell me if anyone won't be bored to death here???

It's in this same hall of residence that we even have to light out!!! we were asked to be in bed by ten pm and make sure that all the lights are off....for crying out loud we are adults and not kids that you tell its time to sleep because I just don't get it

Out of curiosity, I asked Maddie about what time their light out is in their hall of residence on the second day of my stay in this villa and she looks at me like I am crazy. I kept on pressing her for an answer and she told me that there is nothing like 'light out' in their hall of residence. on the contrary, they all sleep very late and sometimes even organize mini parties

Mini parties!!??? why did I not get lucky enough to be in the same apartment that she is, why am I so unlucky?? ? because it's obvious from all that she said that they are enjoying their stay here so why is it that the reverse is the case for me??

That aside, the main goal that brought me here. On the first day that I got to this villa, after settling into my room and returning to the assembly hall for briefing, we were briefed that the selection process will be conducted like a beauty pageant but not exactly like one since they want their crown princess to be Educated, serious and talented. so they will be focusing more on our platform rather than placing all the focus on fashion and modern style

Them telling us that the selection process will be conducted like a pageant is because they divided it into three stages. we have been given different missions to accomplish and submit our results to the officials in the morning. in the afternoon, we are evaluated based on our level of knowledge based on the book we were given about princess duties and it's called a pearl coat princes chronicles.

though if I am being honest.......I am still enjoying my stay here because the royal family didn't just provide us with services like hair, makeup, and feeding or wardrobe allowance in the evenings we always have things to do to relieve the stress that we have gone through during the day and I think that's a plus for me instead of my graveyard of a room.

On the second day, we were offered room service spa treatment from this particular company green life that uses Eco-friendly materials to provide services and It’s encouraging to see a beauty brand that is ever making commitments to eco-friendly choices and giving back to environmental causes to help us go green when making beauty purchases

Thinking back now, green life is not just a beauty company because most of the fresh foodstuffs that we have been using to cook since day one of the selection process have been constantly supplied by this same company And its nice to see that there are brands like this that are constantly doing more to make better choices when it comes to sustainability and I love the company........hats of to the one who came up with this idea.

In terms of the book we were asked to read, I don't have problems because reading is something that I enjoy doing be it school books or novels so I should still have a chance right??? but what if the other contestants also enjoy reading the way I do,won't my chances be slim???

you need to see the other contestants, they are so beautiful and as for me am just there......am not very beautiful neither am I ugly, I think I am just in between. I don't have a jaw-dropping figure like Maddie, but growing up my father used to tell me that I am unique in my way and that makes me beautiful.

Enough of all this philosophical talk, let's face reality if they were to judge this selection process by looks, I don't think I stand a chance though We were asked to Embrace the best versions of ourselves because at the end of the day the decision will be made by the members of the royal family so I should be safe right??

There is just one thing that they kept on emphasizing and it is the fact that we should not pretend to be who we are not because there will be eyes and ears everywhere observing us for the next one week so we were asked to be as realistic as possible.

I lazily dragged myself off the bed after gathering momentum for so long to take my bath and at least look like a human being an after which I went to the kitchen to fix something to eat because am starving, I missed breakfast and every unit in my stomach needs food so badly.

as soon as I entered the kitchen I saw food on the kitchen counter with a cute sticky note on top. normally I am the type to mind my business but today I just want to be nosy so I carefully took off the sticky note to see what was written there and I saw breakfast for Kiara from Angie and I almost cried......this is the cutest thing someone has done for me ever since I got to this camp and am also proud of my self for deciding to be nosy because if I didn't, I would have gone through the stress of preparing something to eat so this food met me at the very point of my needs

I didn't bother returning the sticky note, I just left it on the counter and took the kitchen napkin used to cover the breakfast tray to reveal sandwiches, and yogurt and I happily take the food to the dining to enjoy. there is something about free food for me, it tastes much better because I didn't stress to cook it.

the Angie that made this food for me is the other person to pick the same purple card color with me, so under normal circumstances, we are supposed to be roomies and though we didn't talk much, my perception of her is that she is a nice person.

after my breakfast, I went to Maddie's room to look for her but she was nowhere around and there is no way I can locate her in this big villa so I have two options to choose from, I either continue searching for her or conserve my energy and find something more productive to invest my time in.

I decided to stick to the second option so I return to my hall of residence grabbing a few snacks as I passed by the dining and settling on my single bed to read the newest novel In my collection but because of all this selection process I have not even had time to read it.......all I can just say is that the first page hooked me to the book that's why I bought it and also brought it along with me to the camp.

I read for a while and was halfway done with the book when my other roommates started coming back and Angie also came back. as soon as Angie got closer, I quickly thanked her for her breakfast because it was right on point, we got talking and she informed me about Maddie coming over to look for me while I was sleeping and it made me feel good that Maddie was also thinking about me.

I was going to go to Maddie's room to spend time with her, but at the same time, there are things I need to do and it is almost five pm. we were asked to tidy up our things for our departure and get our boxes ready so that if we were to be evicted we won't have to dwell on that later. I did my tidying up and went with Angie to the assembly hall where we all waited patiently. we were expecting the officials to over but this time around a palace attendant comes over to hand us color cards with our names written on them. I got a green card so also did Angie and Maddie.

"for those nine contestants that got a red card can you please step forward?" the attendant addressed

your journey in this villa has come to an end and though you guys put in your best, it was not just good enough. am sure you have learned one thing or the other in this camp.....I wish you the very best"the attendant announced and the only thing that kept on ringing in my head is that I scaled through, and I made it to the second stage so my top five dreams are very much alive