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(image courtesy ldsactivitydayideas.blogspot.com) “Hi my name is Lisa S. and I’m your pen pal” So I had a penpal. And for some reason, I can even recall her name. My parents would get mails and so would I. I remember how excited I was when I got the first introductory mail. I felt grown up. I had somebody writing to me from 'america'. I really can’t remember what it was we exchanged in those few letters, but I often wonder, how it was that I was excited to get a letter from my pen pal. My sister and I each had our different pen pals. My pen pal would write in fancy looking papers and so I would tear out the blank glossy sheet from my dad’s annual report and write back. I was under ten. I really don’t know what I had to say; probably about my school and family. I lost touch when we moved houses and omitted to communicate the change in address. Again I was under ten.  (image courtesy realifebh.com) I think my pen pal influenced my hand writing 'cos

I’ve been accused of blogging once in a 'pink' moon, so here’s one for the New Year! (image courtesy www. travelscopeng.com ) From my corner at the waiting lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, I keep staring at the Med-View Plane that had just arrived from Lagos. My mind tries to process why the plane has the EU logo and that of another country imprinted on it. I try even harder to recall what the Med-view logo actually is; the blue wavy stripes at the tail of the plane do not seem the least bit familiar! Perhaps Med-View has commenced flights outside Nigeria, I conclude. Soon enough my flight to Lagos was announced. We go through the normal security process and that’s when I see the first one. At the door of the aircraft is a Portuguese young man to tell you where your seat is. I have never quite made sense of the need for direction on a local flight. How much help is ‘your seat is to the right’? And while I’m at it, I have also never made sense of

(image courtesy www.freepik.com) 2013!!! The year beautiful ones were born and according to Mrs. Ayede, the year great ones left us. In less than 10 days, 2013 will become history, a year that will only be remembered for calculating milestones and anniversaries. Never again will we have dates like 11-12-13, there’ll never be another 2013, at least not in this lifetime. Sadly, we leave behind those we loved and lost; those whose life journeys ended in 2013. Nelson Mandela Kofi Awoonor Margaret Thatcher Adenike Ogungbe (Ewar) Lou Reed Cory Montheit Mrs. Christy Adebimpe (Shekere Alaafin) Chinua Achebe Kehinde Okikiolu Simpson Paul Walker Dr. Emmanuel Iwelomen Mike Akhigbe Peter Okodua Dr. Irawo Adamolekun Mrs  Ali-Ameh Solomon Lar Susan Oluwabimpe “Goldie” Harvey Omolade Balogun   Bukky Oni Festus Iyayi Sometimes I wonder if there’s a reason certain people leave together in the same year. Yet again, every one of these people would have wanted the

Recently, I have been trying my hands out on some food -Xperiments, been reading Food Blogs like the dailies and been discovering some amazing food secrets like the Sesame Seed Oil (thanks to my food network watching cousin)!!! I'm not a big eater, in fact I can be perfectly defined as "the lady that does not eat" I get comments like "that's why you're not fat" "when you won't eat" "you need to eat" yada yada yada. I tell anyone who cares to listen, food is not the reason I'm not fat. In fact, while I may not be a big a eater, the composition of my tiny meals will send any one with fat genes to the gym. I love any meal that comes with colour and has an aroma that has me sniffing around. So I basically try to turn everyday meals into something with an aroma and color or a different shape. Sometimes, I stand at the door to my refrigerator and just keep staring. My financial industry work has me staring at every food

The Pont des Arts and Pont de l'Archeveche in Paris have been re-branded by tourists from all over. Neither of these bridges still maintain their original identity, they are now known simply for the hundreds of padlocks attached to the bridge. To be honest, I do not even remember which one of these two bridges I crossed, all I remember seeing is an unbelievable number of padlocks. From the foot of either bridge, tourists are met with hundreds of padlocks either attached directly to the railings of the bridge or attached to other already attached padlocks on the bridge. Let me give a brief history of the locks of love before I throw on my African cap. Couples go to these bridges prepared to “seal” their love with a padlock. This is obvious from the fact that most of the padlocks have engraved names while some simply have names inscribed with a felt pen. They call it a symbol of love and commitment (whatever happened to the wedding ring).  The lovers, both of whom mus

Image courtesy Ewar Makeovers from the Album Reds The beautiful Adenike Kareem ;  that was how my friend 'B' and I first knew you With your cute room in articulate hall and that bucketful of nail polish I remember the tiny piece of rug which had a huge pile of wiped off acrylic That piece of rug that belongs in a museum, wonder where it is now. The beautiful Adenike Ogungbe ,  we kinda knew you would marry B. Ogungbe Remember when we first saw you in action in Ijebu-Ode at S’ wedding? We all sat and watched you transform the bride; You’ve come a long way from there now. The  beautiful CEO of Ewar Makeovers ; You were not just the CEO of Ewar makeovers, you are 'Ewar', beauty personified How do you know how to tie gele ? people ask; I learnt from Ewar I always proudly say; I remember the protein diet when you wanted to lose weight in 2007 I still recommend it to everyone who wants to lose weight now. You were strong; You were selfl

DSTV Seems to have touched nerves this season. Below is an open letter to DSTV by an angry customer. I laughed hard when this was sent to me by Mistah Cole. Image courtes y  teeveetee.blogspot.com Dear DSTV, "I am writing this letter to you,  Multichoice/DStv , as a client of yours who has been with the company since the 90's when it was still known and referred to as  Multichoice , and i have to say- this is an ALL time low for you guys as you are now obviously out of content despite your exorbitant rates. Some few months ago, you increased the fees for bouquets and also "added" some new scam stations which would normally have pacified people. However this was not to be the case as the repetition of content only increased. For some weeks now a number of movies have been on heavy rotation. Examples of such movies are Jackie Chan's THUNDERBOLT, DIE ANOTHER DAY,  TOMORROW  NEVER DIES and all the other James Bond movies (Except CASINO ROYALE, QUAN