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Focus

A look at this picture would send a message. It just depends on the interpretation we give. Some would prefer to see it as focusing too much on the little things that the bigger or more important things gets ignored. Some others might interpret it as appreciating the little things and knowing that without the accumulation of the little, there might not be a bigger version. Whichever way we choose to look at things, events, or occurences in our lives, depends sorely on us. Everyone including you is entitled to their opinion but the way you choose to view life determines how you get to live it.  

Your Smile, Your Choice

Imagine being best friends with Telemundo the Indian Channel. Ridiculous right? Do you remember that passage of the Bible that says if men don't worship the Lord, He would raise stones to worship Him? Well,  I think same goes here, if people no longer value each other and decide  to no longer be friends, well, things like Telemundo take their place. Well, things haven't exactly been great for Mr. O.  He went from loosing his job to loosing his wife, then loosing his friends and getting a new job, winning his wife back to loosing his salary and loosing his wife again. The only thing he hasn't lost is his Faith, his Child and of course, his Telemundo.  I'm sure he didn't see this coming. He used to be a very happy and generous fellow who always had people around him. People he shared dreams, goals, and even names with. He isn't exactly the most attractive of men but his beautiful heart taught  some people that the content was of more value than the contain

The Game of Blows

Hmm!  I saw this video on instagram of people fighting in the House of Rep abi na House of Senate, I'm not so sure of the particular one, all I know is that there was a fight and the characters in this game of blows are men old enough to be my dad at least, men that are supposed to be examples, men that were put there to protect and fight for a  better life for us. I don't know what led to the fight sha but I was wondering if they use this same strength to fight for our rights as citizens and people under their care, if they can raise chairs to strike anyone that embezzles the money kept for the reconstruction of our roads and gutters to prevent cases of flood, if they throw blows at people that are behind the reason why Nigeria can't enjoy stable electricity, if they push anyone that tries to stop our students from going to school hence the ASUU strike Isorait! Sometimes the things we do, do not matter as much as how we do them. See as I see them dy fight, the fir

Our Naija Brothers in "The Abroad "

A Naija brother in "the abroad" would walk up to me say he doesn't like dating Nigerian girls. In my mind, I would be like "errmm, sorry I'm not Portuguese, Russian or even Chinese 🙄" ,  he would go on to say "I don't know why I just like you, in fact you are the first Nigerian girl I've asked out since I left naija " . You won't believe the number of guys that have said this to me. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a problem with being a Nigerian girl outside Nigeria. Is there something in the air which we unconsciously take in that probably changes us that Nigerian guys living outside Nigeria don't inhale? Abi is it just because of  "green card" ? I honestly don't know why our men would come to the conclusion that Nigerian  women are totally unworthy of their love when they are not longer in their home country. The only reason they might want to even talk to you won't be far from eating Nigerian food,

Chameleon in Cape

      I know I'm not the only person in this situation.         The world has taught us that to enjoy it,  we need to showcase our talent, bring forth our gifts and probably with a little touch here and there, we would make it in life.      Well, some of us don't actually have something we can call our talent or our gifts. I personally have tried to figure out what I love doing or something I'm really good at but I've come up with nothing because today, I'm good at writing or cooking and tomorrow, just like that, I find out that I'm not interested anymore. The only reasonable explanation I can give is "I'm not in the mood " to carry out that activity. It reaches down to things as well. At first I thought I loved perfumes so much but then I found out that I could go months without using any and still feel just fine. Same goes with jewelry, hand bag and some other things other ladies go crazy for. I don't have a favourite food or color or thin

Summer in Thoughts

      The summer holiday was gradually coming to an end. She had just 1 week left before the new semester would commence and she couldn't bring herself to think that she didn't really travel as she planned to and  for a traveller, it wasn't a good holiday.    She was supposed to be in France improving her French language, having fun with her cousins and generally enjoying the scene with a breath of fresh air but here she is, stuck and forced to take a review of life, wondering why people need visas to visit other countries, why things don't always go the way we plan and generally why life is so unpredictably difficult.     Just to amuse herself, she decided to make a trip to another city within the country for a week. It was there it dawned on her that her love for traveling didn't come simply because she was going to a new place, it was actually because of the attitude behind the journey, the thrill of planning the trip, the places you want to visit, the people

We Live by our Words

                       We live by our words        When people do or talk about something a lot, it slowly becomes part of them. These things find a way to settle in and that's why it's important to talk or do the right things. For instance, if one talks about being kind to others a lot, with time he would find himself practicing the act of kindness. Before he realizes it, kindness would be a way of life for him such that without a single act of kindness done, he won't feel sane.      Same goes when we talk about the wrong things, cheating, corruption, sexual immorality and the likes, with time, we don't get to see the evils in these things anymore. We laugh about them, create memes about them, indirectly promoting these things such that they become so popular that no one sees the extent they've come in ruining our lives and society. They creep into our lives and become part of our lifestyles and when we realize what has happened, it would not be very easy to mak