“YOUR HOUSE IS NOT AN ASSET”.
BY: ROBERT KIYOSAKI
A WRITER’S DIARY
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- My Heartbeats For Ajoke
In the labyrinth of life, where fate weaves its intricate tapestry, there exists a story of love, loss, and the indomitable spirit of the human heart. This is the prologue to “My Heartbeats for Ajoke.”It begins in the bustling city of Lagos, where the sun sets in a blaze of colors and the streets pulsate with the rhythm of life. Here, amidst the chaos and clamor, lie the untold tales of ordinary people whose lives are intertwined by the threads of destiny.At the heart of this tale are two souls, each burdened with their own dreams, desires, and burdens. Taiwo, a young man from a modest middle-class family, carries the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. His father, Mr. Ajayi, toils as a government worker, while his late mother, Mrs. Ajayi, remains a guiding light in their lives, even in her absence.Raised in the embrace of love and faith, Taiwo and his twin sister Kenny find solace in their mother’s unwavering devotion to family and God. But tragedy strikes when the cruel hand of fate snatches their beloved mother away, leaving behind a void that seems impossible to fill.In the wake of grief, their father, burdened by the demands of life, makes a decision that threatens to unravel the fabric of their family. The prospect of remarriage looms large, casting a shadow of uncertainty over their once-stable home.Kenny’s fierce resistance to their father’s plans sets in motion a chain of events that will shape the course of their lives. With resolve burning bright in her heart, she seeks refuge in the home of their Aunt, Ajoke’s mother, leaving behind the familiar comforts of home in search of her own truth.And so, against the backdrop of loss and longing, begins the journey of Taiwo and Ajoke—a journey marked by the tumult of emotions, the clash of wills, and the undeniable pull of destiny.For Taiwo, Ajoke embodies the essence of everything he holds dear—the memory of his mother, the promise of love, and the hope for a brighter tomorrow. But little does he know that Ajoke carries secrets of her own, secrets that will test the very foundations of their bond.As the curtain rises on their story, the stage is set for a tale of love and longing, of heartache and redemption—a tale where the echoes of the past reverberate in the chambers of the present, shaping the destinies of all who dare to listen.This is the prologue to “My Heartbeats for Ajoke,” where every heartbeat is a melody, and every sigh a verse in the symphony of life.
- Heat
I don’t know about other countries,but Nigeria is currently on its Economical Warming…….where the hotness is suffocating and alarming.
Many has been infected with heat rashes and some are suffering from fatigue from being unable to sleep at night. Coupled with the fact that, the season is dry and the electricity is very bad resulting in a more terrible situation.
This is a sign that the anthropogenic activities is starting to deplete the ozone layer. Therefore, the assumption of the world’s heat increasing from 5% to 15% is coming to reality.
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What were your parents doing at your age?
Well they got married
- Health Is Wealth
Yay🥳🥳🥳🥳
You can now stop worrying about going to the health medical centres where you’ll queue for hours to see the doctor.
Soryol app has been launched to help diabetic patients and their family members to manage and correct the disease effectively.
It has many exclusive offers such as meal plans, diabetes master education plan(where you can watch this video in any language you want), and many others.
All you need to do is download the app and start enjoying this offer - OMG, its been days I’ve written.
This was in my mind, as I write this article. I have no excuses but I still knew I needed to write an article.
One of the things that has happened to me in the last few days was I tried writing a story, though I’m now in chapter 2…still stuck anyways.
Another one was I started to read 3 books too, I pushed myself to finish one of the books, the second one remains 3 chapters for me to finish and the third is just a startup for me.
There’s always a price for everything, one of my friends told me yesterday. I sat down and dwell on it for a long time before I was able to understand it.
What about you? The saying, “there’s price for everything”, do you understand it?
- What I do after getting an amazingly fantastic news
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?
I start by thanking my God, Alhamdullilah
- Multiple Streams Of Income, Good or Bad?
Having multiple streams of income is something we all fail to know/do in our youthful years.
We’re usually told in our schools, homes and societies to have good grades so you can secure a high paying job and yi can build your family. In which it ends as not to have enough money and the person keeps working hard.
Yes you can love working in a company, you can love teaching, even cooking too. But will company job you’re doing give you life you want? Will it be able to provide for you and your family even if you quit?
The answer is a big NO. It won’t give you the life you want, instead you’ll keep accumulating debts. You can be a teacher and still have other things that brings you income, you can be a chef in a reputable restaurant and still have other income-earning streams.
This brings me to those government or even company jobs we are doing either we love it or not. It has happened and it’ll keep happening; the restaurant you’re working for will run backrupt, the government fire you without no reason or even short of notice. So what happens to those employers that has been dependent on that single source of income? They become stranded, some government workers that are already in Level 13 will start all over from level 8 because of change of company. They will try to work their days up to reach level 13 but won’t be able to because they’ve gotten old. They wasted their youthful years in that job that had fired them without reason.
But what can I and you do not to end up like that employer? Having different multiple source of income, as one begins to fail, another one is there backing you up. Or much more better all the sources of income are doing great, so you and I never run of income.
- My favourite food to cook
What’s your favorite thing to cook?
Well, I don’t really have a favourite food I do cook. But I know something for sure,when I have cravings, I make them.
- Yay, Its Friday😊
When I was in primary school, on Fridays after the assembly meeting, we usually sing this particular marching song in which we match to our various classes. The song goes as thus:
Today’s Friday, Yaomul Jumuah, the best in the week. I thank Allah that I can see and witness today.
As a Muslim kid that was trained in a Muslim home, I was always excited for Fridays because of the goodies my dad always buys.
But now I’m an adult, things has changed. Fridays aren’t exciting anymore. It just looks like a normal day that just passes me by.
I miss my Fridays as a kid
- Very Fascinating!!!!
A small girl of 4 years old comes to me. She said had wanted to buy something from the pharmacy. The fascinating thing about her was “her way of approach”. She sounded like an adult and her words were clear and profound.
I fell in love with the way she spoke. Unlike other kids of her age, they can’t pronounce simple sentences clearly for an adult to hear.
I had to ask who her parent was and guess what, they were not learned persons, she told me she was staying with her granny who was a professor before she started living with her parents.
I could have imagined her granny to be a very poetic person from the way she speaks about her. Truly fascinating, I had thought to myself.
- Complain
What do you complain about the most?
I really hate complains so I won’t say I complain about things. What I mostly do is, what I won’t allow other people do to me, I will not do it to other people.
- The books I recommend to read
What books do you want to read?
Rich Dad, poor Dad
FU Money, Psychology of persuasion, How to talk and influence
- The Law Of Attraction.
What your brain, mind and your soul focuses on gets attracted to you. Its the law of the universe.
Our minds, bodies and souls work together like a magnet, the universe will attract whatever the 3 thinks or focuses on. You wake up in the morning with a bad mood, automatically your remaining hours of the day will become much more worse.
Yeah, you can wake up in the morning with a good and lively mood, then something, someone or a situation will spoil it. Don’t continue to dwell on it, because the more you dwell on it will automatically spoil your mood. Instaed think of something or play any tune that will lighten your mood.
The Law of attraction states that “when your brain is designed to focus on your “bad memories, problems or whatever situation you’re in”, the universe can see and hear what your thoughts are, so it will automatically keep happening to you. And vice versa.
And most of those things that we focus on are not the things we want, instead let’s focus on the things we want and the universe will bring for us.
Let’s control our thinking and minds today, so the universe can also be merciful to us.
- My Leisure time
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?
Reading, trying out new things and eating
- Witches and Banana Tree, A myth that never gets old
Growing up as a Nigerian, especially in the yoruba land…there are many myths, some maybe true, some might be superstitious.
One of those myths I found unrealistic was this “The meeting place for Witches would always be plantain fruit trees”.
Well, many of us believed it as a child because of the yoruba movie we watch then. In those yoruba movies we watch, the witches would always have their meeting under the banana tree which made the myth very true.
I can still recall how most people in my town back then uprooted their banana tree because of this myth. It was only my father that did not believe in the myth.
This is rubbish and nonsense, said my dad. My mom would pester him to uproot the ones he had planted in the compound. My dad never answered her, till after the myth had died down.
What other myths do you know about as a Nigerian? Feel free to drop your comments below
- Things I Do For Fun
List five things you do for fun.
1. Cooking(trying different recipes).
2. Reading
3. Writing
4. Browsing through social media
5. I love eating 😊😊😊😊
- Middle-class Mindset Vs Million-dollar Mindset
You can have all the money in this world and still be broke afterwards. This is an example of a once rich man that had a middle-class mindset.
Someone with the million-dollar mindset can be poor today and be rich tomorrow.
Its not about the money, wealth or the fact that you can buy expensive things, are you a middle-class mindsetter or the million-dollar mindsetter.
The middle-class mindset people are those that are always satisfied with the situation they are in. The are okay as far as their bills are paid, as far no debts is accumulating, as far they can buy expensive things for themselves and family. They are satisfied with their life, which makes them “the average rs”
The million-dollar mindset people are those that strive for more, they want more, they want to reach their potential. They want to know how far they can get. They are the people that gives purpose to their living. That purpose is their passion that drives them to become better, to reach their potential.
So which one are you? Are you comfortable with your life with the way it is? Or you want give meaning to your life, you want to be remembered for something great?
The ball is in your court. Either you push yourself out from your comfort zone or you lie there in your comfort zone and just be the “average person”.
- Pets and Language
If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?
Read and write I guess. But I am not really into pest so I can’t really say though.
- THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION
By: Haneefah Uthman
A Nigerian adage says: show me your friend and I would know who you are.
Truly, the person that came up with the adage is right. The people you keep, the association you let in to your life affects you. It will affect you physically, socially, mentally, financially, I mean in every aspects of your life.
The people you let into your life will influence you positively or negatively.
Be it friendships, relationships….whatever ship it might be, make the power of the association be a positive one, an interesting one……the association in which you can be yourself, not begging to be yourself.
Remember the power of association matters alot in your life because the people you let in your circle will influence you, whether you like it or not.
- A Good Leader
What makes a good leader?
Perseverance, patience, lead good example, a strict commander
- Un-invent something
If you could un-invent something, what would it be?
It will be the way school curriculum has been running for the past decades.
I am not saying going to school and getting good grades are bad.
The manner of teaching and the subject and courses being taught needs to be reviewed.
- THE HIGHER THE PAY RISE, THE HIGHER THE DEBTS ACCUMULATE
By: Haneefah Uthman
You will always continue to pay taxes no matter how much you earn, no matter the position you are in a company.
The “Rat-Race” pattern is what most of us out there are doing. Wake up very early, go to work, by the month-end, you collect your salaries. This continues for a lifetime till your retirement days and die off.
The fear of being broke, not having money pushes us to the rat-race pattern. Life pushes you around till you grow wear and tired, then many regrets later, in their old age.
Our fathers and mothers, including the society has taught us only one thing: Go to school, get good grades, and find a secured job that pays well to cater for you and your family.
This has affected our thinking ability because our brain was programmed for this after our birth.
Some of us will start our businesses saying “we don’t want to have a boss”. Yeah, its nice not to have someone boss us around. Its wonderful that you can go to your business at any time of the day and no one controls you. Still, things don’t get better…….we still have our debts piling up, bills to pay and even worst of it all “NO TIME FOR OUSELVES, and our greed continues to increase.
Become financially educated today. Be knowledgeable on how money works. Read books such as Rich Dad and Poor Dad, Financial Education, and many other books written by “Robert Kiyosaki” on money.
Do you want to be a marathon racer or relay racer? The answer lies on the decision you make today and for your future generations.
- A BIRTHDAY WISH
Sometimes, I wish I had done somethings better. At times, I would beat myself up for not doing anything at all. However, I will always give myself positive affirmations everyday like:
“I’m just a human being, blood runs through my veins, therefore, I will make mistakes and I will learn from them. I learn, re-learn and un-learn”.
Just like that, I have added an age today. I am growing, learning and I will not stop until I reach my goals.
Happy birthday Neefah, the sky is your limit!!!!!!
- Heart Pounding Heavily
I heard the sound of a pestle as it pounds the mortal. The mortal and pestle hitting itself together sound as heart pounding heavily.
The sound woke me up from sleeping. I checked time and realized it was past the “Fajr Solah”. I went to the restroom and made my ablution and observed my prayers.
I saw a friend’s post on facial skincare, well I was hooked because Acne has being one of my facial puzzling circumstance. I chatted her up and asked her for her skincare routine. She referred me to a seller anyways.
The cold was still there, I could not bring myself to bath…..but I had to because “Work is waiting for me”. I rushed out of the restroom, dressed up and wore my hoodie.
Boom!!!!! I am set for the day.
- Questions And Answers
Where can you reduce clutter in your life?
I am the rushing type of person……i literally rush myself whether I’m under pressure or not. This results in making rash decisions, mistakes and even sometimes I will fall.
This is one of the things I am trying to change for years. Though it hasn’t been easy…..i know I’ll get there one day.
- Personal Challenges
(Nimue) I intimated recently that there’s serious stuff afoot, but at the time I didn’t know how to talk about it. However, Keith has made the decision to chart his experiences on Facebook, and we’ve talked through how to handle the blog. I’m not going to be sharing anything too personal about him, but I […]
Personal Challenges - Fountain of Youth
This photo enhances the sense of gratefulness in some who have table water.The empathic sees this and sympathy flows.But life is a mystery, sometimes funny, this dear boy will outlive many who drink from the fountain of youth.
Fountain of Youth - I missed him
By: Haneefah Uthman
As I walked through the paths we used to walk together, I remember his smile and his words. It was just like yesterday when he came to meet me and said “Hey I’m Charles while smiling from teeth to teeth. I told him, its Augustina, my name.
I hated the fact that I was a new environment where I had to start anew. Charles really made me feel at home. He will always come to my accommodation to check up on me and I do go to his place as well.
I will make food at my place and take it to him. At times, he will blush when he sees me bring the food. Most of the time, he will just smile and say “Thank you”.
As time goes on, I saw myself liking him so much, to the extent that I saw myself lieing with him on his bed, cuddling together. I keep telling myself, I should not be falling for him, I have a fiancé already.
And boom it happened, we actually had intercourse. I regretted it so much because I realized that I just cheated on my fiancé, and I gave my virginity to Charles.
I stayed away from him for days, I could not bring myself to see him. He came to my place and confessed his feelings for me. I couldn’t believe it. I pushed him away and made him to not come to my place again.
He sent a lot of text messages, but I never replied any one of it till he left finally.
As I passed through his house yesterday, I saw he wasn’t there anymore and I realized how much I loved him and missed him.
- Communication
In what ways do you communicate online?
I love to write about myself most of the time, and when I see a blog that I like, I repost and put a comment on it
- My Memorable Road Trip
Think back on your most memorable road trip
I don’t fancy road trips because of many challenges that surrounds it such as bad roads, drunk drivers, even bad vehicles.
But on this day which I can never forget was a mind-blowing journey for me. I would never have thought that its something that could ever happen in a road trip.
I was traveling from Ilorin(Kwara State, Nigeria) to Lagos State, Nigeria. Though its not my first journey……..i completed my degree at Ilorin but I am based at Lagos State with my parents. So going and coming wasn’t new for me.
I had woken up since 5am to prepare for my journey. I had set out at 6:30am and got to the car park by 7am. The car got filled with passengers as quickly as possible.
And we started the journey, at first it was so boring. I don’t know anyone. In between, the passengers were mostly youths in which their age range from 17-25 years of age. So mostly the passengers where young and college students.
A guy asked the driver; yo driver, you have a speaker there, mandem wanna connect his phone to listen to music. I looked at the person that decided to act like a black American. In a funny tone, I replied him saying; this is Nigeria, act like one bro.
Everyone started laughing at my comment. A lady had asked him where he was schooling. He replied; Yo, I schooled in Nigeria. Then how did you get your American intonation from? Asked the lady, I did not even waited for him to reply…….i said its from the American movies he watched.
Just like that, the guy sitting beside me tapped me saying that, I should not rush the guy like that. I have to calm down and listen to what he has to say.
After all the questions and answers, the guy with American intonation connected to the speaker and played a street song. He was rapping and dancing to the song that was playing. I couldn’t control my laughter because his “pidgin” was much more stronger than tge person that didn’t watch “American movies”.
It was fun for me because I got to see different behavior and character in the car on that day.
- A Memorable Road Trip
Think back on your most memorable road trip.
I can remember vividly a road trip I had went with my
- DUSTY
As I unlocked the room get to open the door, I was welcomed by Dust. What the heck, I shouted…..
All my furnitures were covered with dust…..it was so late in the night and I was very tired from the journey I had gone through. I unpack my things, changed my clothes and started to clean everywhere.
I was covered with dust as I swept and clean the carpet. I did what I had to do that night and continue the next day.
I was awoken with sharp headache and cough. I knew already that it was caused by the dust and cold of the environment. I brushed my teeth, took my bath and went to the pharmacy. I was prescribed some drugs and went home to use it.
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- TIRED
I woke up tired this morning due to the night traveling I had underwent. I have always hated night journeys but this one had happened yesterday. I was very tired and weak from the journey.
Road transportation is one stressful type of journey(If you are a Nigerian), you will understand what I am saying.
It dawned on me that I still needed to wake up early, prepare and go for the Community Development Service(CDS) as a corper. I had just finished arranging my things, and my fellow corper called me and said that the Local Government Inspector has arrived, which means the clearance had started.
I rushed to the bathroom and went to take my bath and prepare to go the place of the clearance. I had gotten there only to realize that I had not bought the documents for my clearance.
In a nutshell, I missed my cleaarance and with my tired self, I’ll have to transport myself down to the secteriat.
- My Favorite Snack
What snack would you eat right now?
Shawarma and parfait
- A Bright Morning
I had woke up as early as 5:08am. My abdomen felt heavy due to my bladder filled with urine. I rushed to the restroom to empty my bladder. I was feeling a slight headache due to the fact I had slept late from arranging my loads to travel the next day.
I am not a fan of traveling long distance but schooling forced me into it. I usually get tired easily while arranging load and while in the bus/car, being in a position for a long period of time tires the shit out of me.
Being a Youth Service Corp Member has never been easy. With the fact that, the Federal Government still pays, lol…..its still so hard.
At least, For a month, I was able to forget I was a corper, but here I am now…..going back to that life again(the corper life).
Anyways I wish myself a safe journey
- DAY 2 OF USING LAPTOP TO WRITE MY ARTICLES
Today is day 2 of me using laptop to write my article. Well I have gotten used to the keyboards, I even learnt many shortcuts while using the keyboard. I still love the keyboard sound so much. I never get tired of it.
I have racked my brain on what to write but I cannot seem to figure it out. I am just writing any thing that comes to my finger as I type on the keyboard. Should I write a poetry, or a life story or I should just write anything. These are the questions that I asked myself as I write this.
Do other writers face this problem as well? Short of ideas, not knowing what to write….but just keeps writing anything that comes to my head.
IS THIS NORMAL?
- The Season Is Dry
The dry season comes after a wholesome rainy season. It comes with heat and dust. Most people don’t like the dry season because it causes with a lot of dust which causes flu and other dry season sickness.
Just like the saying “everyday isn’t christmas”. Everything can not be rosy every now and then.
Sweet things don’t last forever. There will be hard days as well. But the best thing you can do for yourself is to be patient and make the hard days pass by.
In conclusion, be patience and prayerful, because the Almighty is with us.
After months of dryness, comes the rainy days. Being patience after a whole lot of hard days, comes the sweet days.
- DAY 1 OF USING LAPTOP TO WRITE MY ARTICLES BY:HANEEFAH UTHMAN
BY: HANEEFAH UTHMAN
Writing was one of a hell decision i made few years ago. Though i was not consistent with it but once in a while i do write articles, sometimes i post sometimes i do not. I remember telling one of my friends about starting to write articles, he told me in his words “writing is a burning passion, its either you make the fire burn so well or you make it die”. He also advised me to be consistent. Well i am not sure if i followed the consistency advice or not. I have always written my articles with my phone, but today being my first i used my laptop. It was great and not too great because i had a lot of challenges. As a professional reader, you will realize there are no paragraphs in this article. Another challenge was i could not write faster as i used to do with my phone. Another funny thing was that, i kept pressing the screen like i do with my phone. But one interesting i learned was that, i love how the keyboard sounds as i press on it. The CHA CHA sound the keyboard makes as i press it was so sweet to me, it makes me not want to stop writing.
- WHAT A DAY!!!!!
By: Haneefah Uthman
So I went out today, gosh it was so hectic. Those living in Lagos State, Nigeria will understand what I am saying, t-fare has become very expensive and the traffic has gotten really worse.
As usual, I went to my man’s place…and so I left taking tricycle back home….i sat down beside the driver seat, I hung my hand on the iron(people that takes tricycle very well will understand the iron I’m talking about).
Few minutes to the journey, na so “Aunty” started falling asleep. Maybe the breeze from the journey made me fall asleep….i can’t even say. Just like that, the driver just shout say, you dey sleep for here, no sleep o.
I just wake up suddenly after he said that. Two minutes later, my head was going down again, I Don doze off oooo. The passengers at the back was shouting “Alhaja you dey sleep”
It was then I realized that my village people was following me. One of the passengers said, comot your scarf, if you no dey okay…i couldn’t say anything till when I got to my destination.
I don’t understand why I sleep inside any transport……..any small breeze, I’m gone. They shouldnt even go and kidnap me.
I am sure I made you laugh tonight. Thanks for reading.
- MORNING
By: Haneefah Uthman
As the sun shone through my window, I stretched out my body…….i felt really weak to stand up maybe because I did a lot of work the night before. I staggered to stand up and went to the restroom. As I sat down on the “WC”, my mind ran wild into different directions, this shit happens to me whenever I sit on the “WC”. As I stand up from the “WC”, my legs felt heavy from sitting on the “WC” for a long period of time. I flushed the toilet, wash my hands and perform ablution and went to pray Fajr.
My father won’t stop complaining on how I have become lazy to prayers, especially the morning prayers.
So here I am preparing for my day and I just picked up my phone to write on “my morning”
- Memories
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
I don’t even think about the past nor future…..i used to be a very depressed person, most times I do think of committing suicide. I had a set of friends back then that made me feel like shit. It was so terrible, but anyways I’m now good.
In between, be it relationship or friendship, be with someone that knows your worth and never downgrade you. If you’re in that type of a relationship/friendship that makes you feel like shit, that makes you feel like you are not enough or it makes you have a very low self esteem……..please run
- I remembered when……
By: HANEEFAH UTHMAN
I remembered when……I was going to do presentation my Industrial Training(IT) . We do call it Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) since its all about your student academic experience.
My Head Of Department(HOD) told me he has a place in mind where he wants me to observe my SIWES. I was shocked when he told me that, to be honest I wasn’t even expecting him to tell me that. Though I wasn’t the only student he told this. I started my SIWES in the place he recommend for me. Fast forward to 6 months later, I was done with my SIWES. I was so excited to go home because I didn’t go home all through the semester. Then all of a sudden, I heard we’ll have to do presentation on our SIWES experience, I was really shocked…….i was almost crying…..because I have never done a presentation alone. From my 1st year to my 3rd year, I have always done group presentation.
I remembered my HOD telling me that “I recommended that place for you to do your SIWES so you could present to the lecturers and colleagues what you’ve learnt there”. I am glad he recommended that place for me because that was shaped me to become confident in talking to people in public.
I was so nervous, telling myself how would I be able to pull this off with my voice not shaking and all that. I practiced for days, at the same time collate the materials I would use for the presentation and finally the “DAY” came. I remembered having a sleepless night before that day.
I took my bath, dressed up and prepare for the presentation. I finally took a look at myself at the mirror, and told myself I have got this. I got to school, well I was late because I couldn’t sleep well, and I woke up late. They have started the presentation by the time I got to the hall tho it wasn’t my turn yet.
Then, I suddenly heard my name: HANEEFAH UTHMAN with matric number 17/57eh/246,my heart skipped as I rushed into the hall. As I entered, I saw all eyes on me, I became very nervous and my hand started shaking. As I plugged my flash drive to the laptop connected to the screen, it displayed my presentation on the big screen, my hands were shaking as I hold the mic and looked to the audience.
I started stammering, I could say simple sentence, I was already disappointed in myself, then I saw my favourite lecturer(DR. ADIAMA), my eyes met his, he signalled with his hands that I should calm down, I should breath in and out, I did that and the words started flowing out naturally. To be very honest, I don’t even know how I started and finished my presentation. Applauses were made and my heart beat with joy.
As we finished the presentation, my HOD came to congratulate me on being confident in the presentation including Dr Adiama, which came and told me encouraging words “you did well”.
In a nutshell, its normal to be scared, nervous and feeling like you cannot do it. But when you set your mind to something, you can accomplish it.
THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO READ
- I remembered when……
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What is the greatest gift someone could give you?
Money making advice
- SPONSORSHIP FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
My name is Haneefah Uthman. I am a Nigerian. I am undergoing my compulsory service year in Nigeria called “National Youth Service Corps”.I want to execute a project titled “CLEAN COMMUNITY: ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, SANITATION, HYGIENE AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES IN ZARIAGI, KABBA JUNCTION KOGI STATE NIGERIA”. I have been to some selected schools and homes at the place I am undergoing my service year to distribute questionnaires to obtain my primary data. The questionnaires is aimed at assessing the sanitation, hygiene practices, availability and accessibility of sanitary conveniences and quality and clean water. Now, I want to go back to the places I distributed questionnaires to provide some sanitary items like handwashing facilities, handwashing soaps, hand sanitizers and so on and I will create awareness on the importance of good hygiene, sanitation and sanitary conveniences. I am soliciting for financial support for this project I want to execute because I can’t do it alone. I need your support financially and I will really appreciate it. Thanks for reading and God bless you
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What colleges have you attended?
I attended Khadob College, Oba-Ile Akure Ondo State Nigeria
I then attended Kwara State University Malete Kwara Nigeria
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- memories left
I walk, and watcha time of treesand of the silences that speaksof mist covered eveningsand of the memoriesyou left by the gravestoneetched with the blood ofour love a time of desperationand of sorrow dwelling in heartsbeating in sync with losttime andwith the cosmic qualitiesof our lives Photo by jplenio, Pixabay We Are Poetry: Lessons I […]
memories left - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days
My Dearest Friends, After some much needed rest following the book launch last week, I have chosen a new event for the month of September to celebrate #1 Amazon New Realease Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow and each of you. Here is my invitation to you. Beginning today, and lasting until September 23, I […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days - When Marriage Feels Like A Time Bomb
My husband doesn’t love me. I know it. I can feel it in the air when we sit to eat. I hear it loudly when he sighs. He knows that I know. And he makes no effort to conceal it. On the contrary, he goes out of his way to let me know his love […]
When Marriage Feels Like A Time Bomb - New Years 2024
TO ALL MY FRIENDS, READERS AND CASUAL VISITORS; LET’S MAKE 2024 THE BEST YET!! HOW THE MILITARY SPENDS NEW YEARS TO ALL… ############################################################################# Civilian New Year Humor – ############################################################################# Farewell Salutes – Lawrence C. Baldwin – Washington D.C. – US Navy, Japanese Occupation, US Naval Academy, Comdr. (Ret. 20 y.), test pilot Opal C. Cecil […]
New Years 2024 - A Shadow, and A Prayer
Tangled weeds thread hopeand despairthrough the nub of desire a sensuous screenplayevoking memories of you softened by timeby the windand by the telepathybetween two souls destined to beginagain one momentmirrors the nextas time becomes irrelevant —existing are twomade of onea shadow, and a prayer calling down the hopes of another sun Image aalmeidah, Pixabay Twitter […]
A Shadow, and A Prayer - Reading and eating
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?
- Learn from yesterday and build your today to have a better tomorrow
What principles define how you live?
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What makes a teacher great?
By attentive to the students, not only in teaching also knowing them behaviorally, mentally, physically and socially
- Yes
Do you believe in fate/destiny?
- Today’s new day to start doing things for yourself…
Today’s new day to start doing things for yourself. Focus on yourself today, be happy and don’t allow yourself to get intimidated by other people. Have a good day🙂😊
Today’s new day to start doing things for yourself… - Tears Burn
My mom passed away tonight, about an hour ago. So here I sit in a dark room, tears running down my face. I feel lost and alone. I don’t really know how to feel or think. My head is still spinning and it is hard to focus. We all knew it was coming. knowing something […]
Tears Burn - The Digital Age is Changing our Minds
In 2011 while at the Blackwell’s in Oxford, I came across Future Minds: How the Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It. At that time I was just beginning to feel a change in my relationship with the internet. I had joined Facebook in 2009 but […]
The Digital Age is Changing our Minds - No true friends
I am supposed to go back to school today cos I’m in my finals and I need to have resumed earlier…. Been looking for someone to stay with since yesterday on my WhatsApp list but I can’t find anyone. The ones I called my friends cannot accommodate for just few days, well my resumption to […]
No true friends - Spillwords Author of the Month Update, and rhythm and sound
Spillwords Press, NYC I am elated and honored to share with you that I was voted as the Spillwords Press Author of the Month of January and February! I am deeply grateful to Dagmara K and the entire team at Spillwords for supporting my work; and deeply grateful to each of you for being here, […]
Spillwords Author of the Month Update, and rhythm and sound - cloudless drifter, Published at MasticadoresIndia
I am so pleased to announce that my poem, cloudless drifter, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece. cloudless drifter oranges and limes fill the skya scent reminiscent of another time when love was like a drop of […]
cloudless drifter, Published at MasticadoresIndia - purple tears
purple colors fill the skya mixture of violet and lavender like tears that have dried they crumble through my poresleaking a love that’s lived through more than this man can definethe last time I faced these truthsI cried and cried yetknowing this truth todaymy fear subsides and sits in my heartwhere love always resides Photo […]
purple tears - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days
My Dearest Friends, After some much needed rest following the book launch last week, I have chosen a new event for the month of September to celebrate #1 Amazon New Realease Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow and each of you. Here is my invitation to you. Beginning today, and lasting until September 23, I […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days - (no title)
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- the blue
the sky’s canopy lives in my mind,restless at any given moment,yet with the bluecontainedinsideof this torment, transformation occurs, givingway to stars that line my veins,and suns that lingerinsidemy eyes for days it isthe natureof life’s canopyon display within the heart of you and I, ifwe learn to love the pain,and give itaway while refreshing ourselves […]
the blue - Reading As An Art
As an avid reader who completes an average of 30 books in a year, I often get approached by people who want to read more but can’t seem to be able to. Well, here are a few tips that could help: Make the decision to read. Reading is a discipline that has to be cultivated […]
Reading As An Art - https://www.piggyvest.com/?newref=1&ref=5ab17d428c0319
- nature’s toil
north, by northwestof my soul I find nature’s toil where flowers bloom in my veinsand tears soakthe soilwith your name etchedin the blood of our love a remembrance, of twoand a shadow from up above Photo by matressa_, Pixabay Submissions are now open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 […]
nature’s toil - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: New Reviews, and 30 Poems in 30 Days Begins on September 24
I am continuously humbled by the generosity and kindness of our loving community. I recently read two new reviews of #1 Amazon New Release Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, and they both touched my heart. Here are the two newest reviews. New Reviews Sadje, of Keep it Alive Nature speaks of love and sorrow […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: New Reviews, and 30 Poems in 30 Days Begins on September 24 - Gumdrops and Glitter, Published at MasticadoresUSA
I am pleased to announce that my poem, Gumdrops and Glitter, is now available at MasticadoresUSA. Thank you to Gabriela Marie Milton, and the team at MasticadoresUSA for their continued support and for publishing this piece. Gumdrops and Glitter the sea rises over my heartwhile I lean into love like a fairytale, made up of […]
Gumdrops and Glitter, Published at MasticadoresUSA - heart strong
the paleand lambent skyis dried and full of mist swirling in colors, made of notesa song adrift in the eastwhere my heart is strongand just enough with you the music of my lifeand my one and only love Photo by brittanygraytoday, Pixabay Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: pale, lambent, east. You can follow me on […]
heart strong - ghosts linger
ghosts of the pastlinger in my memory with a sky full of love, driedbone, and blood which come by land and sea, this onslaughtalways pervades me as I watchthe trees sway back and forthremembering the truth about this paradoxical life course Photo by 12019, Pixabay Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow has been #1 Amazon […]
ghosts linger - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: New Reviews, and a 30 Poems in 30 Days Update
I’ve recently been reflecting more about how much of an honor it is to know that my book is in some of your homes, and in your hands. The feeling is one of deep gratitude and appreciation. A deep appreciation and gratitude for each of you. Thank you for always being here, for your support, […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: New Reviews, and a 30 Poems in 30 Days Update - nature’s toil
north, by northwestof my soul I find nature’s toil where flowers bloom in my veinsand tears soakthe soilwith your name etchedin the blood of our love a remembrance, of twoand a shadow from up above Photo by matressa_, Pixabay Submissions are now open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 […]
nature’s toil - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days
My Dearest Friends, After some much needed rest following the book launch last week, I have chosen a new event for the month of September to celebrate #1 Amazon New Realease Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow and each of you. Here is my invitation to you. Beginning today, and lasting until September 23, I […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Collaborative Invitation – 30 Poems in 30 Days - Coal Dust, Published at MasticadoresIndia
I am so pleased to announce that my poem, Coal Dust, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece. Coal Dust diamond-like resiliencemade from coal dust and a little bit of luck from the sun creates flowersblooming in the […]
Coal Dust, Published at MasticadoresIndia - trepidation arising
I find you in the sun, and starsand in the trepidation, arising with the dawn a feelinglike a cold, and misty dayawaiting our time to dancewith the day while watching the birds, back and forthsway Photo by natureworks, Pixabay radiance wild April 20, 2022 butterfly sensations April 24, 2022 flowered aspects June 27, 2022
trepidation arising - paper moon
the paper moonholds light up to the pain while we strive to make gains out of dust, knowingweary travels create a refrain within my heartlooking to you I wonderabout the stories told to me as a boyonce fresh from the cocooninstability, and ability choose to come along again soon Photo by RosZie, Pixabay Moon’s Dust, […]
paper moon - my muse
my muse lives in the windand under my skin bleeding ink over a transparent skythin and rougharound the edges where the ambit of life is knownand unknown, and we practice returning the love we’re shown Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay guide unknown May 18, 2022 unknown, already unbound… October 28, 2021 Skyward March 4, 2021
my muse - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A #1 New Release, and The First Review!
I am elated to report that Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow remains an Amazon #1 New Release in both the Poetry About Nature and Poetry About Love Categories. It’s an amazing experience to see my book on the top of these two lists! The book is also doing very well in the top 100 […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A #1 New Release, and The First Review! - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: Butterfly Love
I rise from the ashes of pastcircumstances with a ladle of love in my right handand butterflies alighting on my left thinking about the trees dwelling within mehow they do always seem lost in times of chaos, yet theykeep me warm tangled emotionscutting deep within, where love and painare perfect twins and life is lived […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: Butterfly Love - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, Now Available!
I am so excited to announce that Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow is now available in Paperback and Kindle Editions from Amazon! As I write this, the book is already #1 New Release in the Poetry About Nature category at Amazon. What an honor! Here are some of the Amazon links for various countries. […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, Now Available! - take flight
love lives in the skya blanket of stars much deeper than I can knowor, upon rely and, while I’ll always tryI know, my love once hidden, can now take flight Photo by Matryx, Pixabay Hidden Inside, Published at Spillwords Press May 13, 2022 A Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women Event on June […]
take flight - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Reflection, Recap, and Release Day Tomorrow!
My Dearest Friends, It’s been an amazing month, filled with anticipation, anxiety, and a ton of excitement! Engaging with all of you this month was as it always is, filled with amazing support, kindness, generosity, and love. I am filled with a ton of emotion as I type these words. Elation and excitement about tomorrow’s […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Reflection, Recap, and Release Day Tomorrow! - your eyes, Published at MasticadoresUSA
I am pleased to announce that my poem, your eyes, is now available at MasticadoresUSA. Thank you to Gabriela Marie Milton, and the team at MasticadoresUSA for their continued support and for publishing this piece. your eyes nature is full of wonder, all of itsaspects take me under, into a world seen and unseenlike the […]
your eyes, Published at MasticadoresUSA - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Poetry Reading
Welcome to the final poetry reading for Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow. I’ve enjoyed doing these readings and will do more in the future. It’s a lot of fun, and all of your lovely feedback has been wonderful, thank you. Here is Mango Trees. This concludes the poetry readings this month for Nature Speaks […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Poetry Reading - radiant star
light cascades down in a sheena radiant star, and these feelings in between, you and meand the love dripping from our lips apart, for nowwe keep dreaming Photo by 8385, Pixabay The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is only three hours away! Here are the details. The Nature Speaks of Love […]
radiant star - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Zoom Event Invitation Reminder
The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is tomorrow! Ingrid and I are super excited to engage with all of you at this special event, where I will read a couple of poems from Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, we will talk about taking a book project from concept through to […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Zoom Event Invitation Reminder - shadowed backdrop
I sit down, relating to the beautyfound upon the flowers in the nearby parka connection deep and stark perfusewith fragrances misting through the airalighting with the greatest of careand devotion, making me grin as elation comes up and I witness the sun hiding in the shadowed backdrop Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay river deltas hymn June […]
shadowed backdrop - sunshine enchantment
flowers look through meto you telling tales of enchantmentsrare, and at times hard to scaleyet, I seek solace in the diamonds of your eyes remembering, the sunshine living in the stream of you and meis proof of the sacred and serene, our ultimatetruth Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow will be […]
sunshine enchantment - Musical Heart, Published at MasticadoresIndia
I am so pleased to announce that my poem, Musical Heart, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece. Musical Heart morning tranquilitybroken and crumbled, my part of ashes spread all over the flower gardenand within the nest of […]
Musical Heart, Published at MasticadoresIndia - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Poetry Reading
Welcome to the third of four poetry readings this August from Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow. While creating these readings gave me quite a bit of anxiety at first, they have been a blast, and are something I would like to do a little more regularly in the future. Alright, without further ado, here […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Poetry Reading - summertime blossom
look to the sky, my loveand let the sun arisea flower blossoming in the summertime for it is in you, I always confidea whisper, and a prayer in the meantime take me halfway hometo you in my heart and mind Photo by 3569616, Pixabay cherry blossoms May 4, 2022 love blossoms like an apple tree… […]
summertime blossom - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Review, by Jaya Avendel
I am honored to share another advanced review with you, of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, by Jaya Avendel, of Nin Chronicles. I met Jaya last summer sometime, and have been an avid reader ever since. Jaya uses language in ways that invite the reader to continuously ponder meaning, and the ways in which […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Review, by Jaya Avendel - moon arises
the moon arises, like my heartbeating with the tide I relyon the mist in my eyes relatingthe misery of humankindand the stories we disrupt in the night Photo by raheel9630, Pixabay guide unknown May 18, 2022 the moonlit curve March 27, 2022 rose sky April 23, 2022
moon arises - Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Zoom Event Invitation
Another one of the ideas that Ingrid Wilson, of Experiments in Fiction, and I had to engage with all of you about the release of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, was to create a special event. An event where we can all be in one space together, where I can read some of the […]
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Zoom Event Invitation - blood and dust
residing in the nightare you always there, steadfastthrough your heart of care I write from my soulto share a thought built out of love, trustand a common ground forged through blood and dust a reminiscence, like the sultrytaste of your skin deliveredover the many years spent apart drifting like the sea againI find you, the […]
blood and dust
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Life with Hanny 