tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64261238435856095092024-03-13T13:27:11.017-07:00YENIQUERelationship tips and random musingsyenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-33541773707133881662021-11-05T08:40:00.004-07:002021-11-05T08:45:52.146-07:00SELF(The Journey to being truly Altruistic).<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHiGwcyWd375OqJ2Xjil1u8aPBJbHpcBwKV6OrtNtOBIQq8kYghL4-18oPze1vrBFZv-fBHYLy1PNIp5lblwq7aRp6_sWYQdVVOMApC2ccZUF_IRmyxAeaNX_Tfo4v52WN2HYr7GfFYI/s2508/SELF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2508" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHiGwcyWd375OqJ2Xjil1u8aPBJbHpcBwKV6OrtNtOBIQq8kYghL4-18oPze1vrBFZv-fBHYLy1PNIp5lblwq7aRp6_sWYQdVVOMApC2ccZUF_IRmyxAeaNX_Tfo4v52WN2HYr7GfFYI/w634-h318/SELF.jpg" width="634" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">one night</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> last week while trying desperately to keep myself awake, I had a pep talk with myself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">(more like a TED talk, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">because</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I was there acting like </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">there was a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> live audience </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in front of me </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and being so Zen).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188982613 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Well i</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">n my usual Pep/TED talk fashion I was mouthing the words ever so peacefully, a skill I wish I have mastered in life</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, you see </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I fancy a Zen outlook, an understanding personality and a calm voice but like most things I fancy </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">these are all still a work in progress, but you can say I am working</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW188982613 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{178}" paraid="603270993" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">In like manner my talk focused on something I am</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> also </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">working to be,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> put</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> quite simply “A genuinely Altruistic Person”. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188982613 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW188982613 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{178}" paraid="603270993" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Altruistic (simply meaning unselfish</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188982613 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I am trying my best in all ways to be as unselfish as possible.</span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW188982613 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{e722e141-a0eb-4ab7-a2de-14f321851b00}{31}" paraid="1061222899" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">So a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">part from trying to stay awake this started from hearing/seeing the phrase “focus on your own happiness” a lot more in the past week and something about that statement rings the wrong alarms in my head. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{196}" paraid="1423399910" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I truly get distressed when I see that statement or it's likes, “it's all about your own happiness” etc. etc. because we have subconsciously become so absorbed in “SELF” in our own individual satisfaction, peace, fulfilling so selfishly our own desires and forgetting that the we are all on a journey with others and that's not an ignorable truth. </span><span class="EOP SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="800" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOJclXF-RmhBp3yxMM5_OUpTXR0aiO191rO7kfHvUiXxnL48mARMLDAu179SDU5p_xoFfMlBYw669nGSsqDMe8gk02Zbe74CrVHbpfdabDnVaQKUGIjddrBDzQ-jaZburpBUIonnMQ_s/s320/illustration-mixed-ethnic-festival-crowd-partying-rain-stylized-drawing-young-rainy-weather-coats-umbrella-97813639.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{196}" paraid="1423399910" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{200}" paraid="2143829462" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">These statements</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, the public applaud for it and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">actual</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> perpetuating of this </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">untruth</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">”</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> makes me uncomfortable</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, truth is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> once I was sold on same ideologies and it hurt more than it healed. In my imaginary talk session</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I was explaining the way I saw the world through a wayfarers' eyes and here it goes, each of us is on a journey</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10044809 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the beginning and end of which none of us truly knows(another debate for another day), our parents and people older are the wayfarers who've cleared the path for us to arrive-”the people before us”, we and our current acquaintances, spouses, colleagues, neighbors are wayfarers who are seeking just as we are-”fellow travelers”, our children and the generations to come are the ones we are directly or indirectly paving the road for to continue on this journey we have started-”the ones after us”.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{200}" paraid="2143829462" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW10044809 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{200}" paraid="2143829462" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I6NeRD5OGRzUJFDFhxrk6Tu8h8GXH5BCn1BbGgy_W1MXlyV0Ty7LcM_-vjwiNkjq2f-fHstdLJhCsjmtuBoIcdd0YkoW-6kLuFoCZg9rQWxNjuFZJlsH_tpUZRwdFLNp5BqX3BJItrA/s576/istockphoto-178820905-170667a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="576" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I6NeRD5OGRzUJFDFhxrk6Tu8h8GXH5BCn1BbGgy_W1MXlyV0Ty7LcM_-vjwiNkjq2f-fHstdLJhCsjmtuBoIcdd0YkoW-6kLuFoCZg9rQWxNjuFZJlsH_tpUZRwdFLNp5BqX3BJItrA/s320/istockphoto-178820905-170667a.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW3852934" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{204}" paraid="98153755" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I hope I have not lost you there but the whole point is, I see our interactions in this world in three parts, we are constantly in relation with “the people before us”, “fellow travelers' and creating a future for “the ones after us”. </span><span class="EOP SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{204}" paraid="98153755" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW3852934" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Everything we are, everything we do affects in one way or another at least one of these three sets of people, there's absolutely no action</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">(or inaction) that is in isolation. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">So,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I think it's pretty unreasonable and unrealistic to be absorbed in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">self</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">”</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">considering the phases of our journey. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Being absorbed in self begets decisions like spending that extra fund on a really lavish meal you truly cannot afford while forgetting your savings plan because “make yourself happy” or “give your soul what it desires” this action would make “self” feel fulfilled but indirectly affects the “ones after us” because continued perpetuating </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">same </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">would see us having little to nothing for future use. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I could go on analyzing so many selfish thought processes and the outcome is mostly </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">alike, we</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> cheat on a whim because “self” requires satisfaction and our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">partner (</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">fellow traveler”) has been recently unable to satisfy like before</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> etc</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. If we constantly put ourselves in the center of every feeling, desire, want or need we are heading for a disaster</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> in some cases not for us but for other journeyers. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3852934 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bed8accb-3425-4e13-9a4e-7b98f8c10556}{102}" paraid="871673201" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">My philosophy is as much as we can let us consciously not make any journeyers' trip worse off, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">yes,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW3852934 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> I strive for happiness but would consistently ensure I am not encroaching on any other journeyers' joy or fulfillment. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW3852934 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><p class="Paragraph SCXW10044809 BCX0" paraeid="{820c0d77-eab0-454f-9917-d0234ba31c8b}{200}" paraid="2143829462" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW118366420 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{298f54a6-f44c-4bb9-bea0-e05b49752e4d}{61}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; 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I feel if everyone of us thought of the people we walk with before speaking, doing or even thinking we would have minimal reports of abuse, pain or </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">dis</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">satisfaction. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW118366420 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{298f54a6-f44c-4bb9-bea0-e05b49752e4d}{61}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">As much as I understand it's impossible to magically make the whole world more selfless or in the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">least </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">nicer</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I hope this makes you try or even to think of the bigger crowd before putting ourselves in the center of every desire. </span><span class="EOP SCXW118366420 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW118366420 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW118366420 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{429c176e-e7da-4e3f-b2be-5b566bbf0f36}{3}" paraid="736518931" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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Extreme need, for comfort, food or warmth...just need. Then nothing, big-nothing not from oblivion of course but from feeling nothing anymore, no desire, no acknowledgement of their presence or absence, nothing. Just nothing.</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's become apparent that there's no remedy for this, it's the way the world works and its inevitable. I however, have decided to stop expecting this, to stop waiting for it and watching for its signs before it arrives. I used to be welcoming of this stage, expectant even and it didn't bother me. Now, I am consciously acting, doing, trying to deter this rot in my interpersonal relationships.</div><div> Instead of accepting that there's nothing I can do about nothing, I try to create memories, moments, emotions in the now that make "nothing" less feasible. That even if eventually we drift apart, I would always be a part of your story, a good part. I just can't be nothing. I refuse to be, especially when I can be more.<!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/share/clipdata_210903_192156_295.sdoc--><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>I hope that through my conscious efforts, I can have more meaningful relationships and less of "nothings", that I can be a better friend or lover for longer and longer. I hope that I continue to experience less heartbreak and more lasting love. I hope you do too.<br />
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Personally I'm enjoying this "empowered and liberated"/"I'm more than my body" power tussle women are engaging in. I mean in one breathe we mention how we're empowered, liberated, not bound by traditional norms and cultures so we're free to flaunt our bodies, keyword "our" specifically to remind the men not to advise us on modesty. Then as soon as men start to objectify women and talk about how the ass looks perfect to be tapped, we jump on the train of " I am more than a body". Sis for the life of me I don't get us. <br>
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What are we on about? First of all if you're a model, Onlyfans star, porn actress (and other similar careers), body activist, artiste, actress I totally understand why your full breast/ass is outside. The others though, WHAT IN THE BEJESUS HELL IS THAT? <br>
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Queens forget the whole liberation talk let's face it, we have the stage. We can be out here talking about fighting domestic violence amongst the underprivileged, legalising abortion so more women can live better lives, lending our voices to getting more women off the streets or a variety of other women's rights causes but we choose "liberation" in the form of objectifying our own bodies and selling ourselves as the perfect bedroom toy we fight so hard to claim we're not. <br>
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No I really need someone to make me understand what "The face, The Ass" is all about, "The face, The body", "The face, The titties" what in the actual f-word is that? Women. Sis it's really obvious your body is banging, trust me if you like wear boubou 24hrs like mummy Okonjo Iweala or wear dresses like Chimamanda, we still know your body's banging. You don't need to undress to tell us. Now before you quote me wrong, I am not saying these women up there are the standards we live by, I absolutely adore Ashley Graham, she's hardly fully dressed but that's the point, she's a model and body activist so that's her job. Korra Obidi too(I watch her Instagram like a movie) so my point's not to say fully clothed women should be the standard. <br>
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My point is there are a zillion ways to show you're an empowered woman, stripping and teasing online in the name of liberation isn't one and frankly it's distasteful. Also if your job doesn't require you to be half dressed, why are you? You know you encourage being objectified and please don't ask me to tell men to "do better" cause I totally objectified boys in the past because I don't know why a grown man would be dancing half naked and not want to be objectified. It's plain logic. If you're trying to sell lingerie and you're naked I understand it's your job, but don't do the "buss it" challenge with your thong literally out and then cry "men are animals" when they're drooling in your DM, were you expecting Bible verses or a medal honouring you for honouring women and our rights to be sexy. Oh you think I only just felt liberated after you paved the way with your naked twerk video, you mean I waited for you to get naked to enable me appreciate my body? Same body I awwwww at in front of my mirror every morning but your liberation showed me the way? Come off it. <br>
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Like I said there are still so many wars to be fought on our journey to liberation, to making rules that directly affect us by ourselves and we can't twerk our way through it all. If we're going to be taken seriously, we need to first become serious ourselves. Women stop objectifying yourselves, it's distasteful. <br>
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By the way I love all of us "woke" or not. We're all QUEENS, we deserve the crown. Own it. <!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/share/clipdata_210125_151258_423.sdoc-->yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-77299934385949685362020-09-18T09:52:00.001-07:002020-09-18T09:52:34.371-07:00Self Seeking <p class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me begin by sharing with these kind readers beautiful memories we share. I once made a friend via yahoo! Messenger (yea that one) so many years ago, I cannot recall when exactly but he is the only “Tunde” with a good heart. We had good times, we were friends as far as friendship goes but he had the “sickle cell” disease and last I heard of him he was on dialysis, you see every time I log on to any chatroom on your space darling I keep praying he would pop up again and I can get to tell him even if I got only one chance “ I love you Tunde and you are strong”. I guess I lost that one but the memory of such a glorious friendship made via the web would forever be cherished. I guess I made a few terrible friendships here, but nothing turned out bad. Yea still on friendships and connections thank you for bringing my “Omotola” and all other lost childhood friends back into my world…Facebook would forever be a sweetheart. <br>
Since we are at it, thank you for being my safe space when I was depressed or sad or just feeling I was the only one going through a phase. You held me with the comedy skits, the journals, the articles, the poetry and everything else you provide for both my comfort and joy. Now I am not saying you are a sadness alleviator, but you damn well try and most times you succeed. I cannot thank you enough for keeping my head in place, seems normal but I thank you.<br>
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Now let’s talk about the wealth of information you possess, thank you for doing my calculations, warning me about the weather, being my map, my dictionary and grammar corrector, my English, History, Government, Literature, Science, Economics and all round teacher. I would make so many blunders daily if it were not for you. Thank You. Especially for Wikipedia, Thank You.<br>
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Thank you for the books, thank you for the tutorials, thank you for the amazing/not so amazing Twitter and Instagram connections/forums, thank you for the music, thank you for the Ted Talks and lessons, thank you.<br>
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Last week I fixed my weave for the first time and I took up gardening, both turned out well, turns out I knew nothing about these from anyone else but you darling. I am now a part time chef, research buff, writer, fake manicurist, gardener, indoor exercise researcher, hair mender, blogger, podcast presenter, digital marketer amongst other things because you made all these look so simple and attainable. You are my daily motivator and I cannot thank you enough. <br>
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I would stop right there with the accolades my love. I would check in with you on our 25th anniversary having graduated from more online schools. Keep being a learning hub and a safe space for most. <br>
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Yours sincerely, <br>
Yenique. <br>
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name of “COVID-19”, deadly deadly disease that’s been eating up humans and the
very core of our existence, literally keeping us off our streets and eating at
our economy daily but that’s not where this started from. It just so happened
that when this pandemic hit my country “Naija” it kind of crept in and suddenly
we were getting advised to stock up our pantries, well me I like fish, meat and
so and so. I obviously knew I was going to stock up on these items so I was
thinking of how to preserve my precious food items for as long as a month(I don’t
know how long this would be for, in fact we have no official memo yet) this led
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afford our rent anymore (sad thing) and we were tossed out of our home. I mean
tossed, as in tossed, if you’re Nigerian and you remember those home videos
where some landlord just comes in with “goons” early morning and starts
throwing items belonging to a tenant out on the floor outside, yea that’s what I
mean. Horrible day but that’s the beginning story of the fish. We were tossed
out, we had no where to go but for a while we the kids were asked to stay with
a particular uncle and family. God bless their hearts as I imagine this must
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well the fish story happened there. There’s this local very populous fish that’s
mostly eaten by “Yoruba” people. It’s called “panla” but it’s hake, small hake
usually roasted and then dried and sold. Thing about this is the fish is cheap
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you can imagine my utter confusion when this particular family still dried this
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we ate it, it was even served to us on days that felt special because I presume
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their own kids but for the poor homeless kids as a rule. For some weird reason
I can’t begin to phantom, I am craving that fish as I think it’s my
preservation savior. I mean I want its dryness and inability to chew and
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cravings are weird, sun drying already dried fish is a form of good preservation
and you should practice it, pandemics are terrible, remember to stock up your
pantries and most importantly do everything you can to practice social
distancing. By the way always remember to be kind to kids, those tiny people
never forget a thing. So family of the “chewing gum fish” any day you get to
visit me I am going to have some “dehydrated panla” ready to serve you, just
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our sentiment levels have skyrocketed. Suddenly everyone’s optimistic for the
New year and we all seem to have goals only 2020 can inspire us to work on.
First, I hate sentiments and I hate fake mirth…so this period is not exciting
for me based on secular reasoning. I am genuinely grateful that I am alive this
morning to type, to feel, to want, to have a clear head(a great blessing in my
case) but I have no sentimental desires for the New Year, mainly due to the fact
that years prior I have acted as the typical Nigerian and set resolutions,
desires, plans, weight loss goals, to-do lists and what not and at each I have
failed. Woefully. So I decided that it takes more than a date change to inspire
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things proven by science or experience (my experience). So I am going to be
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from a self-survey in 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>KIND</b>. As in say hi to strangers you pass by on the street, gift a beggar that
loose change, buy something for your colleagues, be extra courteous, bite your
tongue when you are about to make that salty comment about someone, compliment
someone’s looks…just be nice. It’s not just good for the receiver, it helps you
feel good about yourself and sets the mood for a good time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><img alt="*" height="16" src="file:///C:/Users/oayeni/AppData/Local/Temp/2/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="16" /><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be <b>INTENTIONAL</b>, you prayed 31<sup>st</sup>
night for a holiday trip abroad and you are still going to spend all your
salary leaving nothing behind, be there ooo. You are just “jonzing’, I get
miracles happen but people let’s be intentional, so we do not get disappointed
when those dreams aren’t actualized. Save up for your dream trip, prepare for
that exam you’re about to write, learn something new about your dream job, send
out those CVs, put in effort. Also, do not wait for any date to be intentional
about anything, start now. The internet is your friend use it to your
advantage, there are online piggybanks, travel planning agencies, online exam
tutorials, Nairaland(yea I said it, it’s a learning hub and info center). Plus
even if you do not succeed you have succor in the fact that you tried. <o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><img alt="*" height="16" src="file:///C:/Users/oayeni/AppData/Local/Temp/2/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="16" /><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be <b>SELFISH</b> about your space.
Toxic people, leeches, the “constantly-brooding-sad-complaining” prototypes
please let them all out. Stay away from anyone and situation that affects how
you see yourself or your sanity. It’s not even something you can compromise on.
I hardly block people, but I had to block some of my friends last year. I just
knew it had to be done and I have slept more soundly since I did. I mean it was
difficult to intentionally cut people off, but it had to be done. Every
encounter with these folks left me doubting my existence and though toxic
people always claim not to “know what they are doing wrong” even at that it’s
not your place to teach them, let them be. Be very selfish with yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><img alt="*" height="16" src="file:///C:/Users/oayeni/AppData/Local/Temp/2/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="16" /><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Put positive and legit <b>PRESSURE</b> on
yourself…I get this phrase often “don’t put pressure on yourself” but my people
if you don’t pressure yourself the world will, who better to put the heat on
you than yourself. Set your eyes on a goal and go for it with everything you’ve
got, pressure and all. When I first got a job, I was overwhelmed, traffic, work
stress etc. I totally stopped blogging, writing or doing any of the things I
had passion for, my excuse? “I can’t come and go and kill myself”. In truth
though my body has the capacity to work 10 hours and still spare an hour to
read, write or do any other thing other than sleep. 2019 was the year of
pushing myself to limits my mind had created and it was super fun, plus I
didn’t die of exhaustion. So I guess my point is push yourself, don’t assume
you can’t until you try. Your body and mind would amaze you, they are willing
to work put them to the test.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
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Don’t try to change your “good’ core values for anyone. It doesn’t last and
only affects you in the wrong way. As for me, I am a “weird nerd” and I am
owning that sh#t, I don’t care about heels and flashy looks, I would rather sit
in and read than party, so to my friends, I am declining those invites this
year and don’t worry I am prettier without makeup.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><img alt="*" height="16" src="file:///C:/Users/oayeni/AppData/Local/Temp/2/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="16" /><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly <b>BELIEVE</b> in something, someone, a deity,
a totem, GOD. Just have something to hold on to in times of despair. Preferably
someone/thing you have proved to exist or work based on your own conviction.
There are times that reading, talking, therapy won’t work and you just have to
hold on to your belief system with all your strength to pull through
situations. Personally, I am a Christian and I run to God for comfort when down
and I can tell you boldly that I feel ease after. Every man needs to believe in
something. <o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
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we are curious creatures and we always want to know…information is sweet abiii?
The problem I have with nosiness is the assumption and “ajasa” part, I mean it’s
fine to be curious but if your information is incomplete don’t fill the empty
spaces with made up lies and then spread that nonsense around. Ok so let me
tell you a short story…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stayed in the previous apartment for three years. So I am very single, have
been for a while I also stay alone, so my nosy-ass landlady, her kids and battalion
grandkids have the most outrageous stories about my life. I am hardly home so I
think that gives them the basis to build story upon story about my life. Sometimes
she calls me and says stuff like “aunty Funke e maa n fi okunrin shako”(Funke
you don’t give men the chance) or “mo la la pe e se oyun, e de ku”(I dreamt you
aborted and died) or “boda to gbe motto wa yi oniro niii, e gbudo re ara yin
sile ke bale ri oko” (the guy that drove that car here is lying to you, don’t
have too much class so you can get a husband)... and other ridiculous nonsense.
First my life does revolve around men, I wasn’t doing shakara for any man and I
was not even fcuking at the time she was dishing out abortion advise, last last
it wasn’t her business what I did with my life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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questions and stupid suggestions I always felt that’s her issue and it doesn’t
affect anything. So here comes 2019 and I was going to leave her house around
May to another apartment where I would be staying alone again but this woman’s
mind just couldn’t wrap itself around that idea. So when I went to her and said
“grandma mo fe park” (I am moving) she beamed like the sun in children cartoons
and was like “e ku orire ooo” (congratulations). My people I was lost like wait
did I miss the memo? Is there something I am celebrating? Is it my birthday? Lo
and behold I am pregnant and I don’t even know…according to my landlady and I
am moving because me and my boyfriend have decided to stay together which would
erstwhile be “ori re oooo”. Till now I am still in shock as to what I did to
deserve being called pregnant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hi occasionally and was going to help me move. As a confirm fake actress that I
am as soon as she said “mo ri na bobo yen ti n pada wa sibi fun igba die, ara e
o ya ni last week, o tun ko si buu buu” (the guy has been coming back recently,
you were ill and you’ve been wearing long flowing dresses) me sef follow smile.
I can’t carry last let everybody be excited together after all I am pregnant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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until I discovered people smiling sheepishly at me on the street and saying “e
ro ra o” and anytime I forgot my act for the remaining weekends I spent in the
house and wore tight fitting clothes I was simply advised by “pregnant people
before me” that it was the wrong thing to do. The level of commitment these people
had to this crazy theory of theirs was ridiculous and not for once was I asked “are
you pregnant?” or even “who is that guy?” They just decided in their myopic minds
it was an easier thing to assume and believe their made-up nonsense. So I moved
in peace and I am still pregnant in their minds and they even went as far as inviting
themselves to my baby’s naming ceremony in about 6 to 7 months from now because
according to them “o se l’oyun ni”. I am sure if by mistake one of them sees me
in some months with a flat tummy(hitting the gym to ensure that) and no baby
they would think something died but “na their brain die”. Another down side
thing is if “dem see the poor bobo with hin babe make dem noh help me beat am”.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I must be afraid of the dark, I am not but maybe
that’s just because I have not been diagnosed by an expert yet. Those
psychiatric doctors with long faces and white hairs that reek of experience in
knowing our innermost thoughts, I long to sit in front of one. For the fun of
it and also so they can put a diagnosis to this thing I have.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">First I am not insane, it’s nothing intense like
that but I am not sane as well. The saying “there’s only a thin line between
sanity and insanity” is a ruse, you can easily skip between the two sides and
find there’s no divide. Normal, not normal, normal, not normal and on we go.
It’s not actually the boxes that matter because everyone has their perception
of what’s considered normal and what’s not. For example my mother finds it
ludicrous that I called her recently <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in
a very high pitched voice declaring “my feet looks like grandmas’”, she doesn’t
see the humor in that, in fact she is horrified her “almost 29years old daughter’s
feet are beginning to get smaller and wrinkle without her having achieved
anything (i.e. Marriage). It was humorous to me because I have always wondered
why my feet were so small and boom I connected the dots but I was met with a
“she is crazy and senseless” silence. So many other examples like when I
laughed at the breakup message my boyfriend of 5years sent to me and cried when
I got home and there was no light. Point is I doubt that insanity can be truly
measured.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Personally I have always skipped between what’s
considered normal and what’s not since I was little but I don’t think it was
ever at a noticeable rate, I have no recollections of my mother (a
psychologist) trying to semi-analyze the little me to find cracks in her mental
state but now mother, father and some extended relations are increasingly
sitting on the psychotherapists’ chair trying to figure out my level of crazy.
First bulb that lights up in their head is “she is not married” which is quite
archaic I mean, it’s the new age there are more goals to desire like actually
publishing, getting a proper education, building a business empire but when and
if I mention these I would be bound in chains and dragged to see a psychiatrist.
Now I actually desire to see one and that’s normal to me. I have always been a
realist and I like to put labels on things and situations around me, I would
never believe a big foot sighting even if I saw one walking in front of me, I
would look for a way to make it something real, something that already exists,
that everyone knows about not something magical and unreal. So my desire to see
a “white haired, well experienced, glasses wearing” therapist stems from this
fact. There has to be a name for this thing wrong with my mind and I strongly
feel its fear of the dark. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s not get things twisted, I sleep with the
lights off, love with the lights off and can find my way around my little
apartment even in the middle of the night with no lights on. But I am afraid of
the dark, there has to be a lamp present, even if it’s off. There has to be
rays coming in from the stars in the night sky when I take a shower without
lights on in my bathroom, my phones must be charged even though I would turn
them off, there has to be light even when I do not need it or use it. It has to
be there. That’s a legit fear right? Something not being there, something you
might not need at the present or ever but mustn’t leave, the fact that it’s
gone or not present is the scary part. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I was 16 I had my eyes on this guy, he was
much older and had us teenagers giggling anytime he looked our way. He was
quite handsome and had such a cool air around him when he eventually came to me
and asked me for a date/learning session in his house after my classes I
agreed. I was super elated and the dates started, he would kiss and tease and I
the naïve girl I was had butterflies fluttering about in my stomach when I told
him I couldn’t do the “sex” thing yet and he agreed. It was so exciting, then
one day during a lesson, between teasing he asked to play a game. Peek-a-boo
and to play this game effectively I had to be blindfolded, he did and tied my
arms to the bed and started touching me. Took all my clothes off and wouldn’t
listen anymore when I said “stop that, it hurts”, the act ended with him
inviting his two friends to partake in the fun. At a point I knew it wasn’t
him, the hands were rougher and I begged to see what was being done to me and
lo there were three men who were taking turns at shredding me. I cried, when I tried
to scream, I got threatened to be made to walk home naked. I was told to get
cleaned up and given my clothes when they were done and till date nothing beats
the horror of those hours. Funny twist to the story is, he came back, apologized
and explained the other guys put him up to it and he had no choice. There my
fear of the dark reared its head and I took him back. Why? I do not need a
therapist to explain that people saw us together, I was the lucky one and he
had broken me, taken all I had that made me special (then) so why would I allow
him leave? Then I would be left in the dark, with nothing, no one and my pride
gone. I took him back. Fear of the dark.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Years later when I was in an abusive
relationship while in the university this same fear hooked me to a spot and I still
didn’t want to be left alone in the dark, I took the punches, fought back a couple
of times but never left. I have seen this pattern in various aspects of my life
over the years, fear of being left alone so I would rather stay with a pompous,
self-absorbed man with no plans rather than sleep alone at night. It was never
like I had to be with him every night but I could be alone in my room,
comfortable with the fact that he’s somewhere telling another lady he loves how
her thin arms wrapped around him as long as he was still mine…in a way. Stay in
a job that depressed me daily than jump into the world of small scale business,
digital marketing or even begin publishing my writing, all things I am pretty
confident I can do but…fear of the dark. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stability has always been that one thing I have
always required to keep a balance in my mind and hence give the people around
me less to worry about. It’s what people see so they don’t see that my insides
are a mess, that I am still scared of blindfolds or that men removing their
belts in front of me would send me into a fury or that I never felt complete
since I was sixteen, that something was taken and this façade is how I have
kept it all together. Now it goes against the grain of my structured life that
I would be 29, single, contemplating hopping up and leaving town to start
afresh in an unknown location, ditch the friends and job that have kept me
going all these years. I have always been the type that would have just gotten
married to “keep the peace” and stay miserable for the same. I have always been
in a relationship, never single for 13 whole years, I always had someone or a
backup someone that might just be as terrible but someone all the same. I have
always had friends, a job, a house and basically I always had light even if
were turned off. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s unusual for me to intentionally throw my
lamps out this time and that’s why I need a “white haired, well experienced,
glasses wearing” therapist to help me label this thing and hopefully get me not
to jump out the window with the lamps. Though I have come to the realization
that all my life I have lived for others, created a façade, smiled, cooked,
cleaned, be good in bed, worked, called, texted, loved and moved a certain way
for people to see and then be sure that I am fine in the head. Truth is I have
not been fine for years, I was just too afraid to let anyone know. I am
presently taking a list of things I do and things I love doing, comparing lists
and doing only the things that are good for me, that “me” wants to do, the
others can go out with the lamps. I never used them anyway. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">PS:
It’s quite possible that this is a figment of my imagination and the postulated
scenarios are not true or even about Yenique. </span></b></div>
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yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-81003275313769885062018-12-27T02:12:00.001-08:002018-12-27T02:12:30.931-08:00A visit to the Museum <div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Yesterday was a public holiday and a perfect opportunity to step out and feel the Lagos breeze. I had a plan though, a visit to the Museum. I once visited as a kid, my parents thought it nice to intimate us with our heritage and culture, now I want to tell them another round of thank “yous” as it turns out they took me to The National Museum Onikan Lagos and I only visited its shadow yesterday.</p>
</div><div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">First the Museum was looking quite dull from the outside and then we paid an entrance fee of 300naira which is fair for what I thought I was going to see. I have been working on a series of short stories about the Yoruba creation myth and about our gods so I thought I would find some sort of inspiration from seeing relics of my culture…how wrong I was.</p>
</div><div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">The air was humid, either the Air conditioners were not working or they weren’t turned on and the fans were just too few to help with that stuffy air. The “Ifa”/Yoruba relics were there but obviously from recent times and the stone carvings from the old times were dusty, cracked, broken off at the edges. Some descriptions were missing and others had wrong spellings or incomplete information. For example I would have loved to see or learn a little about the Igbo culture as well and there were too little things and then no sensible descriptions. The only thing I noticed there seemed to be a good number of were from the Akwa-Ibom/Cross Rivers region, they were beautiful pieces.</p>
</div><div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">Now let’s not even talk about the Nigerian Government section, the curtains were dusty and then same few descriptions. I would think they would employ a storyteller to write captivating footnotes under each president’s image. I am not one to bash my country but honestly we could do better. This is a sham and they know, I guess that’s why we were instructed not to take pictures.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> A museum is a representation of our culture and heritage and I am of the opinion it should at least be in good condition. For me as a kid it was a fun place to be but now some 18 years later I can neither find the thrill nor purpose of this place.<br>
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</div><div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">I would still continue on my search for inspiration and I hope I find it because I can’t wait to share more comical versions of Yoruba Myths for your pleasure.<br>
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</div><div align="left" ><p dir="ltr">XOXOXX…cheers to a happy New Year.<br>
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</div>yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-40432766845548778292018-10-04T13:02:00.001-07:002018-10-04T13:02:28.098-07:00What's your poison?<p dir="ltr">Your body gives you what you give it. I saw a movie yesterday about drug abuse and it's indirect impact on society. I kept saying "can't they see? Don't these people know it's dangerous?" It took me a while to realise I must be an hypocrite, I drink not excessively but I do and I cannot deny it's detrimental. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I have had migraine, days of being in a haze and insomnia due to my alcohol consumption yet here I am condemning drugs. The last migraine episode I promised never to drink again (lord help me) and it took me so long to get here. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Coming across this picture on @ugojesse page I understood the phrase "what's your poison?" Alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and other addictive substances are dangerous, we need to understand this. Steering clear off it's path is the only way out. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for the wake up call Ugo.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">I got to the park quite early and our mini van hit the road almost immediately it didn't take long before the driver and fellow passengers started a conversation. It must have started as an innocent discussion until someone brought up the Ekiti guber polls then things got exciting. Initially I was pretending not to listen until a fellow passenger(who I later discovered was a Mopol officer) said "The Buhari administeration is quite efficient, we just can't see it yet" , I legit looked at him as if to say "oga don't angry me" (it's an online joke). I decided to join in the talks and pointed out that 2019 was virtually here and if we can't see anything now we'd probably never see and that excuse alongside the "the previous administeration scattered everything" is stale. Please you can't be giving us these same excuses three years down the line, also considering the new issues arising, killings that could have been curtailed, same old electricity issues despite a huge increase in unit price and above all our deaf President who neither comments on our constant complaints or acts like he hears us rant. I mean dude can fly a chopper to campaign for Fayemi in Ekiti and open a bus station in Lagos but when there was a fire that claimed lives on Otedola bridge due to an avoidable situation the chopper ain't available? This Buhari man clearly does not care or he's plain insensitive and I won't stand by and watch anyone defend him. I got an "amen" from everyone except oga mopol but he had his face bent and that was enough for my ego.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now after a couple of inputs from other passengers our journey continued on a lighter note and we started analyzing the Ekiti situation. How there's usually tension and the insatiable Ekiti people, they unitedly chase out a sitting governor and barely four years later they are suddenly clamouring for him, we laughed over that and reached an agreement that the people must have issues. Getting into the state we discovered "oga mopol's" benefit as there were over fifteen checkpoints before the state capital and all it took was a nod from him for them to free us. That was super cool by the way.</p>
<p dir="ltr">By the time we got into town and went through our glorious bridge I absolutely went "awwwwwwwwwwwwww", Fayose deserves an accolade for this. The bridge was not done halfway as per Naija goverment style " 20years project", it was completed and nicely so. Roads were clean, more infrastructure and a welcoming look. This could inadvertently bring companies and some other few parastatal into the state. But oga noh pay salary...for nine months. I fit don dey sleep for front of hin office, nine months no pay in a state where most of them work for the government!!! Even doctors, teachers, nurses, how then are they expected to do their jobs well? I wanted to support him because he undoubtedly has upgraded my town but I can't, I have uncles, aunties and a very young and bright doctor cousin he wasn't paying. People I planned to hang on their necks to come and pop bottles for me now can't, na dulling be this ooo. Anyway it seems supporting Fayose was a not going to be possible, but my town looked dope. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I intended to stay for a week but my journey was cut unexpectedly short as there was even more tension after the alleged assault on our dear Governor. Bike men avoided areas close to the state house and movement was with constraint. I headed back, quite sad I didn't have enough fun or gist with mum more. The journey back was long as there was no "oga mopol" and we got stopped at about 10 spots just in Ekiti. The millitary presence in the state is enough to wade off a war. Within a couple of hours we were back on sane ground (ie. Lagos) and I couldn't be more pissed to get home.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Last night as I was on my way to the store to get ONE supply I was constantly reminding myself “Funke you need only one thing from that store, one thing only”. It’s funny that I always do this drill before I enter any store whenever I am paying with my card and I constantly loose the fight except tonight. Now while in there I overheard another customer saying the charge on her ATM surprises her when she gets home as she is totally oblivious she has spent that much. I laughed because this is the total story of my life.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">For example I get in there hoping to buy bread for breakfast then I pick shampoo (I still have some), I buy some random essential oil (I would only use it for 4 days judiciously and forget all about it till a pimple appears), I would buy noodles and eggs and soft drinks and kilishi and all other stupid things I know I don’t need but I am just being “card Happy”.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Usually it’s easier to pay with your card at cash points but it gives access to a lot of reckless spending. The simple logic is you know you can’t run out of cash there’s always that other important money for upkeep in your account you are not supposed to spend but then you can spend it. Anyways, I would like to spell out three simple tricks to help you stop this habit. I succeeded twice yesterday and I hope every time I remember I wrote this I can curb my unnecessary spending especially since I am broke.</p>
<p dir="ltr"># Always share your funds between accounts, one with easy access to the credit card and another/others for savings and apportioning purposes. This way when you are going shopping simply forward the right amount you need into the ATM card account you are shopping with. You can start with a little excess of maybe a thousand above your budget till you are stronger at this.</p>
<p dir="ltr"># Make a list of things you need every month, at least the things you remember. Of course I know you might not stick to it judiciously but that is just one step in the right direction. Instead of walking into a groceries store just shopping blindly, your list guides you to the important things and with time you ignore the things non-existent on your list.</p>
<p dir="ltr"># Lastly, the most foolproof way to curb your spending is withdrawing cash enough to get the things you need maybe with just minimal change. Walk into that store strong and determined with only your cash (leave the tempting card at home) and watch your spending reduce drastically.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well well, that’s all for now. Do have a great week ahead and remember to follow the tips up there.xoxoxxxxxooo</p>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me tell you the story of one Yoruba god. It is
Obba...the goddess of marriage, domestic things and meekness. She was
breathtakingly beautiful the story says, after all she was the daughter of
Yemoja. Her husband the valiant king of the Oyo Empire Sango, god of thunder,
war fighter, strong and a man after the heart of many a maiden, he was the
beginning and end of her. A tale that shows that love existed even in the days
when the gods ruled the earth and that rivalry is usually atop a woman’s heart.
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sango the valiant had married Obba, Oshun and Oya but for
some reason he desired Oshun more. This of course led to a rivalry and the ever
meek Obba lost all ideas on how to keep her beloved husband in her bed or keep
her thoughts in his head. In a drastic move she sought the advice of her very
rival Oshun the apple of the King god's eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She asked in desperation "my fellow wife, please tell
me how is it the king is always with you? How do you make him love you
so?" Oshun must have smiled in her heart and said her next words
sarcastically and out of spite "I cut off my right ear" she said
"I put it in a soup and ever since he tasted it, he would want none
other". However sarcastic she sounded, the joke was lost on our pretty
queen who went ahead and did just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sad day it was for she went ahead and made a soup with her
ear for the king and when he saw an human ear floating above the potage he just
could not believe his eyes. In a fit of rage which we all know should not be
fun from a god of thunder (and lightening) he sent poor Obba away. Obba was
devastated beyond words, she lay down somewhere along the road and her sadness
overwhelmed her. She literally cried a river for she turned to one, the River
Obba that runs through Iwo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Till this day it can be heard at that spot two rivers still
fighting for a man long gone. For Oshun also turned into a river and their
waters meet, it is at the point of meeting you can clearly hear clashing and
loud arguments (if only you’d listen closely). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PS: this is a personal version of one Yoruba myth. No
evidence whatsoever to these stories but who needs that?</span></div>
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yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-28730682870839314222017-06-30T20:58:00.001-07:002017-07-01T17:42:35.676-07:00Let's talk about the web<p dir="ltr">What has social media done for or against you?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Personally I have sweet and sour tales from my social media addiction. I think by now everyone that knows me knows how addicted to the internet I am.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well online I have made sales, learnt about SMEs', I once got a PR job through instagram(that turned out awful), I have been able to express myself through writing. Social media for me has been more of a blessing than a curse.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But then...there are the curses that make me check and double check when I am online. The first annoying thing that happened to me online was the job, tar@#$ put up an advert for an online PR manager and since I loved that I jumped at the offer. We argued about the pay for a while, then reached an agreement on work hours and pay. Babe breached agreement on both levels, I worked till 10pm sometimes, 12am once and I was living at least 2hours away from her studio. She was verbally abusive and damn she ended up not paying me a dime. All my efforts and little money in the bank gone. That b@t%$ had to ask "who diz?" When I called her a few weeks after quitting for my pay. I discovered later that was her tactic, she posts job openings(tantalizing ones), makes you work your ass off and then intentionally irritates you so you can quit. She has done this to several peeps, so now I just shake my head when I come across her posts on IG. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Something else about social media is the addiction, it's like a part of me that I can't cut off. That's totally not cool. I've met a few scammer boys too but I always find out their silliness before any harm is done. Except for this one dude that was all over me, so consistent and loving. Of course I was sceptical but the whole "mushiness" got to me, when I started falling I found out this guy's acclaimed ex is his fiancee. I carry my slippers run, e noh pain me sha cause I was treading softly initially so no damage done, but I kinda felt stupid(I could have been smarter). </p>
<p dir="ltr">Now all my bad experiences online(including writing for popular online magazines and not getting paid or getting your name edited out of the file) are not as much as the sweet ones. Online poetry forums, meeting friends who want nothing except ideas sharing and fun, knowledge, spying and hope are some of the few good things I've come across. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Care to share your social media experience?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Xoxoxo</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Often I remember those days that my heart seemingly pounded for no apparent reason only to have one exciting or sad thing happen later in the day. My body was aware and it had informed me. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Watch, look, feel...after all we are African.</p>
<p dir="ltr">***********Superstition**************<br>
Listen patiently every morning<br>
All elements are speaking<br>
They tell you to move or stay<br>
The wind blows this way and that<br>
Speaking words only the sharp can understand</p>
<p dir="ltr">The way the sea rolls tell a tale of do or don't<br>
An African mind should know how to forecast it's own "whether"<br>
Seat still and let the pounding of your heart<br>
The first feet you take<br>
The sound of running water<br>
Lead you home.<br></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><u><b>You are what you post!</b></u></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Yes yes we hear you are what you eat, drink, say and so on, I bet though that you have not heard about being what you post. When I say post I mean on social media, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">By now we all should realize the world is a global village and anyone with a cellphone and as much as your phone number or Instagram id. Or even your nickname can get enough information on you that makes or mar your image.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Sometime back a colleague chatted me up pretty worried because he thought I was going through a heartbreak, I wasn’t, he however thought so because of the very gloomy pictures that I had kept using as my DP(display picture) over a couple of days. In his mind he had created an image (which was fuelled by me) of this heartbroken girl that could not hold it together she had to start posting pictures relating to her situation. Since that incident I became ever watchful of what was on my DP, I didn’t and still don’t want anyone assuming things or situations about me.</p>
<p dir="ltr">More recently with the advent of  the “Facebook memory” feature I got constantly embarrassed by the things Facebook reminded me that I had done, posted, said, liked and friends I have made. Most times I am like “oh come on F$#^& what were you thinking” or “was that me?” and then I mostly thought “people shouldn’t have to see that”. Some posts were good but honestly most posts from 2011 or so were mostly childish, naïve, mostly about love and thoughtless. They absolutely do not define who I am, and I can imagine my present day colleagues, friends, even foes stumble on them, I mean they would look at me in a totally different light albeit a bad one.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now let’s imagine I had known ever since that I am what I post at least in the eyes of lurkers, employers, friends, love interests and so on I would have been a tad more careful and thoughtful as to the pictures of me and posts I shared online. Imagine someone meeting you in church and he goes to search your name on Google, only to find the raunchiest pictures of you in the image section. You have created an image, an appalling one and in all fairness to you, you aren’t a “hoe”, just a girl who has fun a couple of times and likes to share this information with a few close friends. Well well a “few close friends” is the whole cyber space now and that person who stumbled upon your pictures won’t come asking for any explanations, people just assume.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">So I went back to some of my online pages, including this blog and deleted a couple of things (including my articles with the highest views) because I am not best described or represented by those things and I wouldn’t want people creating a wrong impression about me before even getting the opportunity to hear me speak. Don’t get me wrong I am not saying, delete hence deny ever being young and naïve. I am saying, think twice before you post things. Look at your location, what you are wearing or saying, access your intent and the possible outcome, could they be passing the same message?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Posting online is like communicating with people who don’t know you and try being cautious so you don’t misinform them. Don’t go strutting half naked on Snapchat and then get pissed when a follower tells you he has a sugar daddy who likes you. For guys too, don’t pose in a private jet with money as pillow and then get mad when we say you are a “yahoo boy”, dude rich ass corporate guys don’t pose with money biko. If however you are a victim of your once silly past posts, please try going back through your timeline and erase them, you might not get all but enough to salvage your face.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">I hope this makes sense?????? Do have a lovely week all xoxoxooxxxooo</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A few months ago<br>
In the season of thundery downpours<br>
My heart lied to me<br>
Yet again</p>
<p dir="ltr">I thought I heard it beat in sync with your heart<br>
I thought it received signals from your heaving chest<br>
Signals of truth and decision and love<br>
Again</p>
<p dir="ltr">And again it slowly stopped beating<br>
You had run a knife through it<br>
Again, it fell apart<br>
Broken, shattered and torn into a thousand pieces</p>
<p dir="ltr">My heart had lied to me again<br>
Leading me one more time on a perilous journey<br>
I feel betrayed by my very own self<br>
To have believed a slitherer so</p>
<p dir="ltr">Again I know my poor heart's hurt<br>
But never beyond redemption<br>
For time heals all.</p>
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Hi ya’all <img alt="😘" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f618" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f618" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />so I’m here again and I feel I should actually begin to cover my face<img alt="🙈" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f648" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f648" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> really, I am taking too many breaks from my sweet passion.</div>
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Well, abeg forgive me once again<img alt="👊" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f44a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f44a" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />. So I am having a problem, an addiction. Jidenna’s new song Bambi<img alt="👀" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f440" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f440" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="👀" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f440" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f440" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />, chai I have literally played this song to death<img alt="😫" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f62b" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f62b" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />. By now I’m sure Jidenna knows he’s some sort of wizard <img alt="👹" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f479" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f479" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />but “dis song be messin wit me real byad”.</div>
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Na “youtube” start this craze, I think what interests me is
the fact that the concept of the song is deep rooted African (and I am
biased #killme<img alt="😜" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f61c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f61c" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />).
First, he’s in love with Bambi who he calls dear(Deer) and then he says
he’s caught in a web and his grandfather had seven wives, which I
assume means he has to have so many wives or at least another woman
apart from Bambi too. Another Jungle like twist is the part he says
“it’s my design, to run the jungle I must be a lion(liar) or
cheetah(cheater)” well thank God one man agrees it’s their design<img alt="😝" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f61d" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f61d" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😆" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f606" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f606" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />.
Then he talks about “the woman among the tribe”, the song’s rhythm, the
beautiful vixen( and I am biased to pretty gyals too #killme<img alt="😜" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f61c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f61c" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />), the fact that Jidenna had a mock/mild scruffled look somewhere in the video(gosh so classic man can sweat?<img alt="😏" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60f" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60f" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😏" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60f" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60f" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />) </div>
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and the crazy pun in the lyrics gat me hooked.<br />
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Here’s a link to watch the song on Youtube or download audio( hope that’s legal sha)</div>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Eeju2aiGY</div>
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https://www.naijavibes.com/2017/02/download-jidenna-bambi/</div>
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Ok, Naija songs that rock me this week are:</div>
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#eko Miami-Maleek Berry</div>
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#oh baby-Olamide</div>
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#Pass the agbara-Skuki</div>
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I would do a review of Ed Sheeran’s top charting songs next…watch this space..,muaaah</div>
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It's about to be a bright morning according to my phone's weather forecast which can be quite unreliable at times, and I was thinking of how "un-bright" we all seem to think 2016 was.<br />
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I for one definitely agree it was a very harsh financial year, with almost zero investments/savings and plenty plenty spending, but I am damn grateful. God kept us through it all, it was pretty tough but somehow we pulled through.<br />
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This year was sort of a year of deaths in the entertainment industry, especially towards the end, George Michael, Prince etc... but we are fine and I think we ought to be a bit grateful.<br />
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Yes, we can't wait for 2017 already, let it just "shimmy" in "abeg". I have some tips though to ace this coming year like a boss:<br />
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* Delete meaningless relationships/friendships and even family ties that seem to strangle you should be let loose.<br />
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*Make smart financial decisions-no ponzi schemes please. Don't bother with the headache and heart attacks attached to the numerous ponzi schemes coming up allegedly to help alleviate our poverty. It's a game called "Last-to-do-is-the-maga". Ponzi schemes are built like pyramids and at a point they get to their limit and no one <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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* Make yourself happy no matter what the year throws at you. This is the most important point though.<br />
Smile <br />
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Enjoy yourself folks and happy new year in advance!!!!<br />
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XOXXXOOOO<br />
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So tonight I'm having the perfect excuse to rant, not rant more like talk about some other part of me I enjoy so much. My love for music, all genre, country, soul, funk, juju on dat beat errthing errthing. Sometimes I hear a song play by and I so desperately want to hear it again I find myself typing keywords from the lyrics into google search bar until I find just what I want and my face is priceless at that point.<br />
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Tonight I found Emilia's "Big Big World" and I was beyond elated, her semi-crying voice(same thing Adele does to get me all the time) and sweet innocence gets me irked, I mean how can one song be so perfect?<br />
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Here's a link to download the song directly...beautiful you'd see. <br />
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http://mp3goo.com/get/g-hwcOUpKYntjOn91PM_FXCDFxoIkJQejraqMU_V0xpAXwXoGH7QHq5Y2GkiXg9bq1ha50wBrzdjVgVC-c1cuCu1j4SKll97xA46PFLTOvtlGcaJicA254mHMvpyd6xy/Emilia+-+Big+Big+World.html<br />
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There are some other songs that have given me the jitters every night recently:<br />
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# Heathens by Twenty One Pilots<br />
#Hallelujah by Pentatonix<br />
#Kenny Rogers' The Gambler<br />
#Ric Hassani's Gentleman<br />
and yes please my one time and all time love that is my current ringtone Side To Side by Ariana Grande.<br />
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PS: I listen to a lot of music, these are the ones on repeat the past few night.<br />
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XOXXOXX<br />
Love you guys and I hope I get to be here more<br />
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yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-84275640515755343872016-10-22T15:18:00.001-07:002016-10-22T15:18:24.116-07:00Ring_it<p dir="ltr">How many of your phone conversations go like this...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Caller: Where did you drop your phone, I've been calling all day, habba?<br>
You: I'm so sorry, I even had like 5 missed calls, I didn't hear it ring.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Yea a lot shey?...well well here are a few tips to make your ring-tone "unignorable/unmissable" (don't bother trying to correct my grammar).</p>
<p dir="ltr">#1_ as much as you like that Enya/Celine Dion/Sade Adu's track, it's not ringtone worthy. It's for earpiece rocking and your personal pleasure. You need songs like Tekno's Pana or any random lil_kesh or Olamide's music as your ringtone to blast you into awareness. </p>
<p dir="ltr">#2_ put on your phone's vibration. That grrrrzzzzz can actually be felt across counter tops, your bed, pocket, bag. This is especially for those crowded market or party calls. </p>
<p dir="ltr">#3_ choose a music track that starts on a high note...not those that start on a slow tempo then increase as the song goes on. Choose strong beats that start right at the start. </p>
<p dir="ltr">#4_ it has to be a song you know, don't go and choose something that would be ringing near you and your mind does not recognize.</p>
<p dir="ltr">#5_ remember you have a phone. Don't be like those people that only remember their phones at bedtime.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My favourite music tracks for ringtones are: FUN's Some Nights, Tekno's Pana or Where, Ariana Grande ft Nicki Minaj Side to Side, any CDQ/Olamide/Lil kesh/Ycee songs...actually most Naija music.</p>
<p dir="ltr">1love peeps...I hope I made sense. Don't give up on Yenique9ja abeg, we are still here. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Check me out on instagram and facebook for more random musings</p>
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Should we let love judge us, choose for us, change us or even chain us.<br />
Several people think they ought to change their thinking, actions,
characters to suite their lovers'. I am not saying you don't bend, but
how much?<br />
I think changing or losing your friends because of a
relationship is the greatest mishap. If he/she has misgivings about your
friends, sit and talk about it. You can create a middle ground (e.g
keeping a little distance if you understand your partners fears or<span class="text_exposed_show"> bringing him/her and your friends a little closer so he/she can get to know them more)</span><br />
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Let your partner understand and appreciate your individuality. You were
someone prior to meeting him/her and that person still needs to
breathe.<br />
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yenique's pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499959802883553260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426123843585609509.post-81760770524280981832016-08-09T04:28:00.001-07:002016-08-09T04:28:33.808-07:00Go and marry<p dir="ltr">You sit down with mummy for barely an hour, gisting happily, occasionally smiling into your phone and next thing you hear is "when am I meeting your husband sef?". As in I enter defence mode straight up, I'm like "don't start na". <br>
I just unleashed the preacher/counsellor in my mom...she doesn't only start the questions and lecture last as Cele church on Sunday.😢. I tire. </p>
<p dir="ltr">All the dudes out there are still out playing na😒 where I wan see boyfriend (considering na husband she ask ooooo). Anyways the point is...you are the one that matters. Don't ever rush into any relationship cause of pressure from peers, parents or @bellanaija☺. Take your time to study and know your spouse very well. So you won't end up having plenty marital issues. </p>
<p dir="ltr">L👀👀k well before you leap.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Xoxoxox</p>
<p dir="ltr">#love #relationshipadvice #truelove #bellanaija #africanmum #african #africanparents </p>
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Dear Banker Marketer,<br />
<br />
I see you wake up at 4'30, do you not miss your bed?<br />
Is that tie not too tight?<br />
The suit, Italian eh, the sun,consider it<br />
You shall not be in the office but two hours<br />
then into saka, odeku.The sun<br />
Consider it.<br />
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Your pants are too tight...wouldn't it rip<br />
Your hop from keke to bike<br />
Wouldn't it rip<br />
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Is this who you are?<br />
Or is there someone else inside?<br />
Did you always dream of ties, excel sheets and targets?<br />
Tell me.<br />
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Flee broad street and live your life again.<br />
It's simple you know.<br />
<br />Consider it.<br />
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