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Are You Ready? My parents were married for six years after my birth. For those years, my dad was on transfer to another part of the country and seeing each other was only during holidays and sometimes when he had little breaks. I cant describe their relationship with each other that much. I was a little kid back then and i could swear that the first thing on my mind was food ; still is (guilty and not ashamed). After my mom died six years after my birth, my dad stayed unmarried for years and if there was one thing that could show how devoted he was; that was it and of course how much he showers us with his love. I'm one of those that live vigorously through other people relationship. I invest my time in them. I've never been in a real relationship. Of course I've been in plenty fake ones. Am not a saint, even though my face says otherwise. When two people i know and really likes starts a thing, i automatically becomes the middle man. I don't know it happens, it j...

HOW TO MAKE OMELETTES Good day FAM......How do you like your eggs? Well personally OMELETTE is my favourite... YOU WILL NEED 1. Eggs 2-3 2.salt 3. Pepper 4. Butter or oil 10g STEPS 1. Break the eggs into a basin, season lightly with salt and pepper 2. Beat well with a fork or whisk until the yolks and white are thoroughly combined and no streaks if white can be seen 3. Heat the omelette pan 4. Add the butter and heat until foaming but not brown 5. Add the eggs and cook quickly moving the mixture continuously with a spatula or fork 6. Then remove from the heat and half fold the mixture 7. Tap the bottom of the pan to bring up the edge of the omlette. Visit our social media pages..... Facebook: @chachops pastries Insta:  @cha_chops

The Search For Sala It's been days of sorrow for the football family and humanity at large, as everyone anxiously awaits the fate of missing Emiliano Sala. On 19 January 2019, Sala joined Premier League side Cardiff City on three and a half-year deal for a club record transfer fee reported to be £15 million. Sala rejected a late bid from a club in the Chinese Super League to join Cardiff, despite being offered a higher transfer fee and salary, due to his desire to play in the Premier League. After completing his medical at Cardiff, Sala returned to Nantes on the morning of 19 January on a plane arranged by football agent Mark McKay. His intention was to return to Cardiff on 21 January in order to attend his first training session with his new club the following morning. Sala had been invited to attend Cardiff's match against Newcastle United by manager Neil Warnock but chose to return to France in order to say goodbye to his Nantes teammates and collect personal belongin...

Hi guys!, How is everyone doing? I trust we are all having an amazing week so far. I’ve been reading a lot of crazy messages on joro this days and it leaves me baffled more than entertained especially at the rate at which love is getting harder and harder to find, at this stage I don’t know which is easier to find True Love or a camel passing through the eye of a needle. It’s so sad to think that all that matters now is sex, money and flaunting what we don’t have on social media, it saddens me because I’m such a hopeless romantic and I’m beginning to think that my husband is somewhere stuck with the wrong girl, sending ‘Dear Joro’ Every morning. I would love for somebody to sit me down and explain what went wrong, when and where, I think that ‘somebody’ can only be God because the remaining people are busy doing turninoniown, demoning and joining all manner of association up and down. I think most people have simply refused to believe in love for reasons best known to them but the...

Hello Everyone and welcome to another wonderful day here on TTB.. I do hope I didn't keep you on your toes and if I did I'm sorry (not) haha. OK let's get down to business shall we?          BROKEN (Recap) I was talking to a client when I felt dizzy and when I woke up I found myself in the hospital. My client had rushed me down there. First thing I noticed was the empty room and the crazy smell of antiseptics not to mention the whirring of the heart monitor. The Nurse rushed into my room to check up on me (I guess she heard the sound of the heart monitor). She looked at me with an emotion I'd beat describe as Pity and rushed out to call the doctor. I was still trying to figure out what was actually going on until he (the doctor) poked my arm. I guess he'd been asking me a question. "Do you have any family around? Anyone we can call I mean?" I thought of my mum but I knew she'd have a pressure seeing me here. So I told him to call my P...

Good day TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Usually we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex, to even slang words. Today  though, we'll be doing something a bit different. I'm sure some people question why we would attempt to learn new English words when perhaps we aren’t always fluent and accurate with the vocabulary we already know. Well, the answer is simple – Vocabulary is our Communication Tool Box. The word bank in our heads is a tool we have instant access to. This word bank helps us communicate better. If we wanted to fix something we would need the right tools for the task at hand in order to get the job done properly and in an efficient manner. Having a wide range of vocabulary works in the same way. I have a tip for vocabulary development today sha; memorising long lists of words is not the most effective method to learn new words. Let's encourage ourselves to think the words thro...

REVERBERATION 14th March 1990.   He was folding his clothes, humming happily to himself when she hit him with the question. He thought aloud, chuckled and turned to her, "'What are we?", She drew the covers of the blanket to her chest and assumed a better position to contain the dreadful feeling that had slowly begun to rise in her. 'Yes. What are we!' He threw his head back in harsh and mirthless laughter. That was perhaps, when she knew, no longer assumed that something was wrong. "See", she stammered, unable to contain her alarm, "See eh, this is,no laughing matter. What are we?" He stared at her in surprise, like some horrible mandrake root, had sprouted out of her ears. This trusting little bitch, he thought rather guiltily, had the temerity to think of asking him that question? She didn't already know? "Hey!", she banged the mattress with that anger that anticipation brought, "What are we?" He twirle...

Chi tilts her head, "I swear, I have never seen anything like that, is it a Lion? Or a dog, a wolf, a snake, oh my God!!! It's hideous, I almo st pity it." "I think it's a Chimera but really a sort of experiment gone wrong." The hound growls and leaps at Maria, she jumps but it's too late,  the hound has one of its claws in her stomach. Chi screams and tries to jump to the other side, the cage is shifted again and the splitted part starts to come together, causing the hound to hit the bars of the cage. Chi hurries to Maria and pulls her to the edge, she stands in front of her with the knife in her hands and faces the hound, who stares and glides closer to them. Maria tries to talk but comes out as a whisper, "Try to stab it's eye." "Easier said than done, which of the eyes? Because I can see more than four on this side, it's really really ugly." "Any, we can't die here,  not like this, not by a dog thingy....

Dear Me, How are you and how was your weekend. It's a beautiful Tuesday morning and I should be writing you a letter for relationship 101, but unfortunately, something came up. You would have to make do with this old letter. It's what I call my recipe for the new year. I hope you learn from it. So 2018 was a good year, but 2019 can be better. How, you ask? Here's my recipe 1. Review: Although there's the general believe that you should move on from the past, it's equally important to look behind. What did you achieve last year? What were your small wins? Last year I started my own blog and by its third week, I'd gotten over 70 views. Small win, I know but that's something to celebrate. And the best part is, remembering those small wins helps you to want more. So go through your previous year. Don't dwell on the negatives though. Positive vibes only 💃. 2. Set Goals/Priorities It's only when a boxer shadow fights that he hits a figu...

Noomi Osaka, Novak Djokovic make history at the Australian Open The 2019 Australian Open had its final curtain fall on Sunday in Melbourne Park, with Novak Djokovic outclassing Rafael Nadal  to clinch the title. But before the men's final, was Naomi Osaka's emphatic victory over Petra Kvitova in the women's final on Saturday. Osaka, aged 21, defeated the Czech in three sets to clinch her second straight Grand Slam title and then, became the first Japanese - man or woman - to be ranked number one in the world. She also became the first woman since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to back up a maiden Grand Slam title with another major title almost immediately. And on Sunday, history beckoned to Novak Djokovic and the Serb responded, more so, brilliantly. The world number one produced a virtually flawless performance to beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 and claim a record-breaking seventh Australian Open title. Nadal was hoping to become the first man in the Open Era to...

UNASHAMED Hey there! I hope you are well and living the best life you can right now! If not, you must begin that today. Today on Opened My Eyes, we talk about being unashamed. But just before we talk about being unashamed, why would someone be ashamed?. There are many reasons perhaps but I believe that two reasons stand out. You are either ashamed because you KNOW who you are or DO NOT know who you are. I was telling my girlfriend today that when I was younger and less aware, I frowned upon being called a pastor or evangelist or anything like that. I just wanted to be my normal christian, just floating by. How naive! I still hear grown-ups who say they do not want to be called pastor or man of God or spiri spiri. My dear friend, you are called to be all that and more!!! You are a son/daughter of THE KING OF ALL KINGS. To be normal, ordinary, to fit in and be politically correct is what we ought to be ashamed of actually. You were created for much more! Let go of the fear! ...

LIONHEART Release Date: September 7th 2018 (I am the tardy reviewer after all) Lionheart is a movie about a family business almost crumbling to nothing after the CEO Chief Ernest Obiagu played by Pete Edochie made an unguarded decision, leaving the company in great debt. Unable to do anything partly due to his bad health and financial state. He sends in his brother Chief Godswill played by Nkem Owoh to perform damage control to the disappointment of his daughter Adaeze. In the end she would have had it no other way as his unorthodox strategies and no nonsense yet comical approach to the challenges encountered yields results and keeps her from losing her mind. The introduction of Alhaji Maikano and his son was a subtle hint at the need for unity between us all as Nigerians regardless of our location on the map. The budding romance between Adaeze and the Northerner was so mild and a minute part of the movie that made me appreciate the movie's maturity. Not because I am not a hop...

CountryStyle Kitchen with Egwuje Importance of Traditional foods What are Traditional Foods? Traditional foods are foods that were consumed throughout history before the modernization and industrialization of the food supply. These foods are not only free from additives, chemicals and many of the things we find in food today, but they were exceptionally nourishing. Traditional staple food and other food groups such as nuts, seeds, wild fruits and vegetables are significantly used in diet and  area specific. Traditional food system plays a significant role in maintaining the well-being and health of Indigenous People. ... Changing food pattern can damage the good health of the society. Though the specifics of traditional food varied by culture, many cultures included some variation of the following: • Healthy proteins like free range meats, fish or eggs • Beneficial fats from healthy sources including coconut based fats, handmade butter and olive oil • Organ meats...

The God Forbid Syndrome- Cervical Cancer... Happy Sunday Fam, welcome to our Sunday "Health Meme" episode 1. I might be a little bit partial/personal and straight with my statement today(this is specially to my ladies😊), so bear with me, the topic is really "touching" me, that's why😅. So I had time to reflect on why some kind of things happen to good people and this scenario or analysis came to mind. January has been all about Awareness for cervical cancer for an NGO i worked with and For a while now, I’ve been advocating for getting screened and vaccinated against the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer(a type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus); an exercise that would mitigate the risk of contracting the virus, hence, reducing the spread somewhat(you could read to know more about it) At some point, a lot of people began to ask if I was carrier myself. We equally asked why I was so into the whole campaign. Even some others questioned my Chr...

Hello, Welcome to the New Year Tellrheaders. Let's begin with a story... AREWA LOVE 1 Yes! There were times when we danced the rain dance. And, we would gather in front of Kaka to tell a tale of two cities, or a random 'Tatsuniya'. I can't remember when but I know our palms once locked all through got sweaty and we felt some warmth in our hold. Time and number, we played the Mother and Father serenade, cooking with sand, using dolls as children, having a car of sardine tins, and we loved our actions in such simulation. We longed forward to growing up and having a family of our own. But, not this way, not the way Farida was taken. I feel my eyes gather steam at the thought. Farida was always the one I liked.  Then, we began to grow. Height, weight, body, puberty, and she was the fairest of them all. At 14, Farida was starting to learn Womanhood. However, the narrative changed when Alhaji Umar came into the picture. My emotions betray me now. This is my accou...

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO???     Hello and welcome to "A glimpse of hope" on your favorite blog "the tellrhodes blog".     The world is constantly changing, people are seeking better ways to get things done.     The world is driven by result oriented factors, where they are no results competence would be questioned. Some people complain, I need more time, money, space and resources. Now my biggest question to you today is... IF YOU HAD UNLIMITED EVERYTHING" that is, unlimited time, money, space and everything, what would you do more efficiently???     Your answer to that question is what you've been wired to do. The statement, "Jag of all trade but master of none" has been misunderstood because of the letter "n". It is jag of all trades but master of one.     Don't forget to maintain a high hope in this coming week. Thank you. Facebook: Aboje King Kenneth Instagram: abojekenneth

 very happy new year to you..succinct mind with Mo starts powerfully this year...this year has started with so much energy,dreams ,aspirations and goals..you should put this counsels handy enough as you go on this year No vision becomes a reality without prunning Invest all your life to this vision Any vision is not the first that has ever existed. Gather knowledge. Books,biographies, read vast!! Believe in the vision Work it out...ask yourself this Can i die for my vision? Can i live without it? Can i give my life,for my vision,? If you can live a day without your vision.then it is an option. So get deliberate about smashing the goals...go for it.. Go girl!!!! Go dude!!!!.. See you at the top.. Facebook..oshadare mosunmola I.G..mhizz_mola.

LIFE The Years have passed by, In the blink of an eye, Moments of sadness, And joy have flown by. People we loved, Have come and have gone, But the world never stopped, And we all carried on. Life wasn't easy, And the struggles were there, Filled with times that it mattered, Times we just didn't care. We stood on our own, And we still found our way, Through some nights filled with tears, And the dawn of new days. the worries and fears, That plagued us each day, In the end of it all, Would just fade away. But how much we reached out, To others when needed, Would be the true measure, Of how we succeeded. And how much we shared, Of our soul and our heart, Would ultimately be, What set us apart. And how much more kindness, And love we can show, Before the Lord tells us, It's our time to go. Poem by Rowland.....

Hey FAM... Happy New Year Did you miss me? if you did click the like button just below this post...and if you didn't 💁‍♀ still click like..... Let's learn How to make PANCAKES WITH APPLES. Shall we...👇 You Will Need 1. Cooked apple, thinly sliced -150g 2. White flour or whole meal flour-100g 3. Salt (pinch) 4. Milk (whole, semi skimmed or skimmed)-250ml 5. Melted butter (margarine or oil)-10g 6. Oil for frying 7. Caster sugar to serve STEPS FOR THE PANCAKE MIXTURE 1. Sieve the flour and salt in a bowl 2. Make a well in the center 3. Add the eggs and milk, gradually incorporating the flour from the sides, whisk to a smooth batter 4. Mix in the melted butter STEPS FOR THE PANCAKES WITH APPLES 1. Place a liitle cooked apple in a pan, add the pancake mixture and cook on both sides 2. Turn out, Sprinkle with caster sugar and roll up or fold. Thanks for going through..... Post By:Charity Lakpini Follow us on insta: @Cha_chops Facebook: @chachop...

THE FINAL TEST (Chelsea vs Tottenham Preview) Tottenham travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg. Tottenham will take a 1-0 lead into their Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Chelsea tonight, but will be without some key players. Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son will not be available, with the two England internationals both out until March with injuries and Son away at the Asian Cup. Kane scored the only goal of the game in the first leg at Wembley, converting a 26th-minute penalty, with the game marred in VAR controversy. "I am so optimistic," Pochettino was quoted as saying. "We are going to prepare for Chelsea, try to find solutions. Try to be solid, aggressive, offensive and keep our identity. "Of course it's going to be tough. I don't say we're going to win easily on Thursday. But we are going to try. That is the most important thing and I know that afterwards I will be happy becaus...

Patriotic, you say! Welcome to the 24 day of 2019 and congratulations to everyone who made it. It's 23 days to election and i guess while some people have chosen sides, some others are still on the fence. This piece is for all of us. My immediate elder sister is a Burharist. When election was conducted about four years ago, she had to go collect our neighbour's radio because ours was faulty and there was no power. Up till this day she has been loyal. You could see evidence of this on social media as she is like a lioness protecting her cub. My other siblings and i often joke she should change her surname to Buhari. Sometimes i believe she's quite crazy but it makes me respect her more. For her to believe even when others aren't and keep going through this path is something am envious about. When that election was conducted, i'm going to be honest and say i wasn't in support of anybody. I was this and still young guy who wanted the best for his count...

Good day TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Usually we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex, to even slang words.  Today  though, we'll do something a bit different. So I was searching the internet last year for something I no longer remember and I stumbled on a poem titled "Words gave me wings" by Faith Ubido. I just extracted two stanzas and I felt like sharing. "See my words growing wings it changes situations . You know, when I speak in simple harmonic motion – my words cut deep like a chain saw in action, either causing harm or diluting aggravation, migrating population sometimes... Before una say something make una think am TWICE because, The tin wey  u say – it fit just come alive and make you or break you, maybe just change you. See words gives you wings, And wings are meant to fly, But you don’t have to fly like a baby butterfly, All you suppose do na speak And reme...

Hello guys!! Is it too late to wish you a happy new year? Happy new year anyway, beautiful readers of TTB, I hope this new year brings us lots and lots of laughter, genuine laughter and love . I’m so excited to be back here and promise not to run away anymore, I just had a really busy end of 2018, so much was happening at once and I didn’t have time to think, let alone write a post for TTB but trust me I really missed you all!! Today, I’m just going to be talking about 2019, plans, goals and all the New Year push that you need! Lol please don’t roll your eyes , I’m sure we must have heard over a million and one quotes, motivational talks and even had your pastor preach about pushing for the new year and of course the most popular one “2019 is a new page blah blah”, it’s everywhere there’s no way you can even miss it, everywhere you turn to somebody is trying to motivate you for the year, somebody is saying and claiming that 2019 is their year, somebody is making new year resolutio...

PAIN I've felt it TEARS I've shed them SCARS I have them EMOTIONS I've lost them DRUGS I've used them WHO I AM?? THATS FOR ME TO KNOW.. AND FOR YOU NEVER TO FIND OUT Hello readers and permit me to officially welcome you to the new year.. This year I'll be going all the way with lots and lots and lots of stories and poems.. Now, for every story or poem (non-fictional and vice versa) there will be a lesson attached to it and at the end of each story or poem, I get to hear from you! Sounds fun right?? Great! Tittle of the first story is (drum roll)           BROKEN It’s December 25th, but today isn’t Christmas, at least not for me. Christmas doesn’t come when you’re in a hospital bed sick with Ischaemic heart disease. I vividly remember the day the doctor announced that i was sick. I was talking to a client when I felt dizzy and when I woke up I found myself in the hospital. My client had rushed me down there. What happened next? ...

LETTER TO ME Hello! Hello!  Hello! Tellrhodess fam (I call y'all Tellreaders 😋). How are you all doing? A very Happy New Year to everyone of you. Never too late right? 🤷‍♂ It's been a speedy January. Seems like someone put the month on fast forward, but we are grateful all the same, cos that means we'll reach our goals faster - aka, "We go buy benzzzzzzzz". 😂 Let me also say a big welcome to the 'Letter To Me' section this year. You'll notice we've been moved to Tuesday. Cool 😎 yeah?. Anyway, it's part of moves to give you only the best contents this year. So let me tell y'all what to expect. 1. Themed/Serial Letters: So last year, our letters were based on many different topics scattered about. But this year,  our letters will be themed and be in a series. 💃 Yup! You heard me. Starting next week, our letters will be based on relationships and relationship matters - just cos I love love and I smell 👃 February 14. Is someo...

Paradigm with Rygles Happy new year!!!! What exactly does this mean to you? Just another day to some, a chance to eat jollof rice and chicken to some, an opportunity to start anew (I know, cliché). We hear stuff like why do people wait till new year to make new resolutions that would not last..... New year, new me bullshit. Calm down !!! New year means different things to different people and the fact that what new year means to you is different from how the other person takes new year doesn't make yours more or less important. Whatever new year means to you, it's significant and it is a completion of  cycle that so many people couldn't make, you did and that means you have every reason to be grateful. Sure, things might not have turned out the way you wanted, but that's life! You are alive, breathing the air -polluted but still free all the same-, you can correct mistakes, fall and rise again, fall in and out of love, make mistakes and learn from them, forgive a...

Hello leaders of thought, The long hiatus is over and we are back and running. Isn't that beautiful?😊 What are the memories we create the previous year and hope to reflect on?😀 How many of us are still keeping to our new year resolutions or have most us like myself discard that idea of keeping to some of them?😂😂 The yuletide season has come and gone. The chickens and the goats meat had long digested. So, it's time to move on. And Oh Yes!  Hamz's Musings is back to keep you on your toes throughout the year with his thought provoking articles, inspirational talks and creative short fiction to soothe the desire of it teeming audience. Was 2018  good to you? Make this year better! Was 2018  horrible for you? Make this  year better. Let's Bid last year good-bye. It has come and gone forever, never to be seen again with all its successes and/or failures, victories and/or defeats. Let's Move on with the determination that the maximum of your yesterday sho...

Welcome to the first episode of Digifact!!! Statistics has shown that over 84 million Nigerians use the social media 😱😱😱 and it's most likely to rise to 93 million in 2019😵😵😵. On Digifact, we will be seeking to teach our followers how to turn their social media pages and accounts into money spinning machines and not just a socialization platform as we have used it in the past. We will be discussing Different ways to get your brand visible on social media, how you can make money from social media,  social media trends, latest tech news in social media and lots more Brace up 😎 as it promises to be a great time every Monday.  Please like and comment below.  You can also drop questions and they will be attended to as we proceed. Cheers Fam🍻 See you next week. Facebook: Favour Onojah Instagram: Teevah_imagery Twitter: FavourOnojah