tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80452590254444265442024-03-13T02:35:37.139+01:00Amaka's BlogFor the love of writing:*Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-54855534188604562922014-09-12T18:43:00.001+01:002014-09-12T18:43:17.109+01:00Amaka's Blog http://uzoamakaazubuike.blogspot.com/Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-45230080480162966172014-02-12T16:27:00.002+01:002014-02-12T16:27:21.037+01:00To My Valentine!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a name='more'></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">To my valentine</b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">…these words so true</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Night and day
my heart ponders</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Why you are
so yonder </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Even though
you are far away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I know some
day you’ll come to stay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To manifest
this bond that we share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Though not
yet physically declared</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Love so true;
Love so kind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And, when you
are mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The rest will
be in time.</span></div>
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Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-57317189441812673492013-12-19T11:04:00.000+01:002014-01-08T14:27:14.178+01:00Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: No. 1 on BBC's Top 10 Books of 2013<img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/624_351/images/live/p0/1n/ln/p01nlnyz.jpg" height="351" width="624" /> <br />
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In the BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131218-the-ten-best-books-of-2013" target="_blank">LIST</a> of<i> Best of 2013: Top 10 books</i>, they placed Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as No. 1. According to BBC Culture:<br />
<dl class="item-caption item-9"><dd>"Chimamanda Adichie is supremely smart. She has won the
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (for Purple Hibiscus), the Orange Broadband
award (for Half of a Yellow Sun), and a MacArthur 'genius' grant. With
Americanah, a star-crossed love story that spans three continents, she
proves she is also supremely funny.<br />
Ifemelu leaves her boyfriend behind in Nigeria to study in the US.
After her initial disorienting days as an immigrant and a string of
humiliating jobs, she finds an outlet in a satiric blog. "Dear
Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you
become black," she writes. She becomes a Princeton fellow and dates a
Yale professor. After 13 years her heart brings her back to Lagos, where
she is not 'black'. She's Igbo. And Americanah.<br />
Adichie is fearless when writing about love, hate and shades of
blackness. She tempers her directness with wry humour as she holds up a
mirror so we can see ourselves. (Knopf)".<br />
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Source: Linda Ikeji's Blog<br />
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Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-87642207018027554342013-12-10T15:35:00.000+01:002014-01-13T13:21:49.536+01:00“We will Never See the Likes of Him Again…” Read the Full Transcript of President Barack Obama’s Speech at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial Service<h1>
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<small>Posted on Tuesday, December 10th, 2013</small>
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<a href="http://cdn.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/President-Barack-Obama-at-Nelson-Mandelas-Memorial-Service-in-SA.jpg"><img alt="President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service in SA" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-314967" height="594" src="http://cdn.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/President-Barack-Obama-at-Nelson-Mandelas-Memorial-Service-in-SA.jpg" width="428" /></a>“To <b>Graça Machel</b> and the <b>Mandela</b> family; to <b>President (Jacob) Zuma</b>
and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past
and present; distinguished guests – it is a singular honor to be with
you today, to celebrate a life unlike any other.<br />
To the people of South Africa – people of every race and walk of life – the world thanks you for sharing <b>Nelson Mandela</b>
with us. His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph.
Your dignity and hope found expression in his life, and your freedom,
your democracy is his cherished legacy.<br />
It is hard to eulogize any man – to capture in words not just the
facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of a
person – their private joys and sorrows; the quiet moments and unique
qualities that illuminate someone’s soul. How much harder to do so for a
giant of history, who moved a nation toward justice, and in the process
moved billions around the world.<br />
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Born during World War I, far from the corridors of power, a boy
raised herding cattle and tutored by elders of his Thembu tribe – Madiba
would emerge as the last great liberator of the 20th century. Like
Gandhi, he would lead a resistance movement – a movement that at its
start held little prospect of success. Like King, he would give potent
voice to the claims of the oppressed, and the moral necessity of racial
justice. He would endure a brutal imprisonment that began in the time of
Kennedy and Khrushchev, and reached the final days of the Cold War.
Emerging from prison, without force of arms, he would – like Lincoln –
hold his country together when it threatened to break apart. Like
America’s founding fathers, he would erect a constitutional order to
preserve freedom for future generations – a commitment to democracy and
rule of law ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to
step down from power.<br />
Given the sweep of his life, and the adoration that he so rightly
earned, it is tempting then to remember Nelson Mandela as an icon,
smiling and serene, detached from the tawdry affairs of lesser men. But
Madiba himself strongly resisted such a lifeless portrait. Instead, he
insisted on sharing with us his doubts and fears; his miscalculations
along with his victories. “I’m not a saint,” he said, “unless you think
of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”<br />
It was precisely because he could admit to imperfection – because he
could be so full of good humor, even mischief, despite the heavy burdens
he carried – that we loved him so. He was not a bust made of marble; he
was a man of flesh and blood – a son and husband, a father and a
friend. That is why we learned so much from him; that is why we can
learn from him still. For nothing he achieved was inevitable. In the arc
of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through
struggle and shrewdness; persistence and faith. He tells us what’s
possible not just in the pages of dusty history books, but in our own
lives as well.<br />
Mandela showed us the power of action; of taking risks on behalf of
our ideals. Perhaps Madiba was right that he inherited, “a proud
rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness” from his father. Certainly
he shared with millions of black and colored South Africans the anger
born of, “a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand
unremembered moments…a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my
people.”<br />
But like other early giants of the ANC – the Sisulus and Tambos –
Madiba disciplined his anger; and channeled his desire to fight into
organization, and platforms, and strategies for action, so men and women
could stand-up for their dignity. Moreover, he accepted the
consequences of his actions, knowing that standing up to powerful
interests and injustice carries a price. “I have fought against white
domination and I have fought against black domination,” he said at his
1964 trial. “I’ve cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society
in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal
opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve.
But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”<br />
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Mandela taught us the power of action, but also ideas; the importance
of reason and arguments; the need to study not only those you agree
with, but those who you don’t. He understood that ideas cannot be
contained by prison walls, or extinguished by a sniper’s bullet. He
turned his trial into an indictment of apartheid because of his
eloquence and passion, but also his training as an advocate. He used
decades in prison to sharpen his arguments, but also to spread his
thirst for knowledge to others in the movement. And he learned the
language and customs of his oppressor so that one day he might better
convey to them how their own freedom depended upon his.<br />
Mandela demonstrated that action and ideas are not enough; no matter
how right, they must be chiseled into laws and institutions. He was
practical, testing his beliefs against the hard surface of circumstance
and history. On core principles he was unyielding, which is why he could
rebuff offers of conditional release, reminding the Apartheid regime
that, “prisoners cannot enter into contracts.” But as he showed in
painstaking negotiations to transfer power and draft new laws, he was
not afraid to compromise for the sake of a larger goal. And because he
was not only a leader of a movement, but a skillful politician, the
Constitution that emerged was worthy of this multiracial democracy; true
to his vision of laws that protect minority as well as majority rights,
and the precious freedoms of every South African.<br />
Finally, Mandela understood the ties that bind the human spirit.
There is a word in South Africa- Ubuntu – that describes his greatest
gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that can be
invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we
achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those
around us. We can never know how much of this was innate in him, or how
much of was shaped and burnished in a dark, solitary cell. But we
remember the gestures, large and small – introducing his jailors as
honored guests at his inauguration; taking the pitch in a Springbok
uniform; turning his family’s heartbreak into a call to confront
HIV/AIDS – that revealed the depth of his empathy and understanding. He
not only embodied Ubuntu; he taught millions to find that truth within
themselves. It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but
the jailor as well; to show that you must trust others so that they may
trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a
cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion, generosity and
truth. He changed laws, but also hearts.<br />
For the people of South Africa, for those he inspired around the
globe – Madiba’s passing is rightly a time of mourning, and a time to
celebrate his heroic life. But I believe it should also prompt in each
of us a time for self-reflection. With honesty, regardless of our
station or circumstance, we must ask: how well have I applied his
lessons in my own life?<br />
It is a question I ask myself – as a man and as a President. We know
that like South Africa, the United States had to overcome centuries of
racial subjugation. As was true here, it took the sacrifice of countless
people – known and unknown – to see the dawn of a new day. Michelle and
I are the beneficiaries of that struggle. But in America and South
Africa, and countries around the globe, we cannot allow our progress to
cloud the fact that our work is not done. The struggles that follow the
victory of formal equality and universal franchise may not be as filled
with drama and moral clarity as those that came before, but they are no
less important. For around the world today, we still see children
suffering from hunger, and disease; run-down schools, and few prospects
for the future. Around the world today, men and women are still
imprisoned for their political beliefs; and are still persecuted for
what they look like, or how they worship, or who they love.<br />
We, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf
of peace. There are too many of us who happily embrace Madiba’s legacy
of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms
that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality. There are
too many leaders who claim solidarity with Madiba’s struggle for
freedom, but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. And there
are too many of us who stand on the sidelines, comfortable in
complacency or cynicism when our voices must be heard.<br />
The questions we face today – how to promote equality and justice; to
uphold freedom and human rights; to end conflict and sectarian war – do
not have easy answers. But there were no easy answers in front of that
child in Qunu. Nelson Mandela reminds us that it always seems impossible
until it is done. South Africa shows us that is true. South Africa
shows us we can change. We can choose to live in a world defined not by
our differences, but by our common hopes. We can choose a world defined
not by conflict, but by peace and justice and opportunity.<br />
We will never see the likes of Nelson Mandela again. But let me say
to the young people of Africa, and young people around the world – you
can make his life’s work your own. Over thirty years ago, while still a
student, I learned of Mandela and the struggles in this land. It stirred
something in me. It woke me up to my responsibilities – to others, and
to myself – and set me on an improbable journey that finds me here
today. And while I will always fall short of Madiba’s example, he makes
me want to be better. He speaks to what is best inside us. After this
great liberator is laid to rest; when we have returned to our cities and
villages, and rejoined our daily routines, let us search then for his
strength – for his largeness of spirit – somewhere inside ourselves. And
when the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts,
or our best laid plans seem beyond our reach – think of Madiba, and the
words that brought him comfort within the four walls of a cell:<br />
It matters not how strait the gate,<br />
How charged with punishments the scroll,<br />
I am the master of my fate:<br />
I am the captain of my soul.<br />
What a great soul it was. We will miss him deeply. May God bless the
memory of Nelson Mandela. May God bless the people of South Africa.”<br />
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Source: Bellanaija.com Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-38140063798504993062013-07-16T07:05:00.001+01:002013-07-16T07:12:59.142+01:00PINEAPPLE DAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GQFU8Tu-zCM/UeTindp-BuI/AAAAAAAAAH8/lPrQKAuQzIU/s1600/IMG_20130716_064812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GQFU8Tu-zCM/UeTindp-BuI/AAAAAAAAAH8/lPrQKAuQzIU/s640/IMG_20130716_064812.jpg"> </a> </div>Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-65003605707045532222013-07-08T15:54:00.000+01:002013-07-08T15:54:14.731+01:00The Thieves Were Only Passing By! Watch the Final Episode of Gbenga Salu’s Web Series – “10:10″<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Yda5eXMNupU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-2208465805094052942013-07-08T15:47:00.000+01:002013-07-08T15:47:37.483+01:00To Inspire Young Africans: House of Tara 100 Voices!<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bc-vSJYmJhs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-61581038464207960282013-07-06T10:30:00.001+01:002013-07-06T10:30:36.396+01:00MORNING EXERCISE!<p>Morning exercise is great for your body metabolism. When you wake up in the morning do as little as aerobics to start your day, trust me this alone (OK and your breakfast too),will pull you through the day.</p>
<p>I know some of you may feel reluctant to exercise, maybe because you have to be at work early enough or outright laziness lol...yeah that's right, because what other excuse would you have for not working out or stretching those muscles before the day starts.</p>
<p>There are so many reasons why we should embrace exercise as our daily lifestyle routine. From my own experiences-</p>
<p>Exercise:</p>
<p>~Keeps you healthy<br>
~Help keep a regular heart rate, so you don't have to feel tired or weak when you do a little task.<br>
~Checks your weight<br>
~Makes you wealthy; since health is wealth<br>
~Keeps you in tune, body, mind, spirit and soul!</p>
<p>Let us be encouraged from now on. Write it down, make it your screen saver or better still choose a partner that will assist you with it. With exercise, you will feel empowered! </p>
Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-27676386354258221742013-07-04T14:54:00.001+01:002013-07-04T14:54:27.183+01:00My Office Cup!<p>It fell down today. My office cup is special because it was one of the many gifts given to me at the end of my service year as a teacher. It reminds me of those lovely students I taught;their enthusiasm and participation. Above all, it reminds me of what I learnt as a teacher and how one can be appreciated for good deeds.<br>
This is dedicated to the students of Command Day Secondary school Abeokuta, Nigeria.</p>
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Good thing all the girls in this video are dark-skinned...hehehe!Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0Lagos, Nigeria6.441158 3.41797700000006445.9363595 2.7725300000000646 6.9459564999999994 4.0634240000000643tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-24311189758484379202013-04-29T16:27:00.000+01:002013-04-29T16:27:24.767+01:00Ray J Releases New Video "I Hit It First"<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ntcbAlGB3p8?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This song is so about Kim K!Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-36670666358858302602013-04-29T08:29:00.001+01:002013-04-29T08:29:37.188+01:00SUPER WOMAN: MULTI-TASKING ABILITIES
Multi-tasking simply involves doing two or more things at the same time. You can have this ability when you adopt the “I can do it” spirit; and especially when you are not a lazy person. When you have a lot to do, whether at work, home, market; basically wherever you find yourself, the need to multi-task is very essential. Companies these days add this as one of the requirements for them to employ a new staff (i.e being proactive and ability to multi-task: they work hand in hand). No wonder women dominate major roles in companies these days… lol…yes I said so!
As women, it has been our innate ability to multi-task. It all started in creation, when God decided that man needed an assistant, according to Genesis 2:18, “And the Lord God said, it is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him”. Even as a child, we are exposed to domestic chores that groom us for our future. That is how we have been able to handle the challenges we face daily both at home and at work.
Alex asked me one night what I did before bed, and I replied that I cooked, ate and had my bath all at the same thing. He asked me how that was possible and I told him that he should ask his mother, who she has been taking care of her five boys all these years (that includes her husband). So that answers and clears all doubts.lol… In all, for everyone, do what you can as they come and plan ahead of time (be proactive)!
This is to encourage the women out there, keep doing what you do and don’t be afraid to aim high because there is no limit to us. We are super women! We are indeed wonderfully and fearfully made indeed! *wink*
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I was asked this question recently and I discovered that I had no clue; nothing at all came to my mind; but really who asks such and i am purposed to answer that?! I’m sure that he expected me to say: God-fearing, kind, loving, tall, dark-skinned, maybe RICH lol. Who knows? We all have our various preferences when it comes to subjects like this. Some even paste wall papers by their bed-side so that they can dream about the guy or girl. Or even set targets for themselves.
Nowadays, who has the time to make-up an ideal man or woman in his or her head? Fine, we all hope for a special person, but along the line things may change due to fact that change is the only constant thing. I’d say, why go through all the torture? Yes torture because you will indirectly hurt yourself keeping up with that. And yes, it may have worked out for “some” people, but are you really ready to go through all that. Really, I don’t expect anyone to ask me who my ideal guy is. Maybe when we eventually I’d know because my heart will tell me.
The truth is that there is nothing like an ideal; even if there is, people tend to change overtime depending on what they are exposed to in life.
The secret to identifying your ideal partner is when you get to know the person and share your life with the person there there’s this bond between you both; that even if you have a misunderstanding it doesn’t escalate beyond you two. Now, that is your ideal man or woman!
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GREAT RULE TO SUCCESS: "THINK ON PAPER"
The key to reaching high levels of performance and productivity, as explained in the book, is for you to develop the lifelong habit of tackling your major task first thing each morning. You must develop the routine of "Eating your frog" before you do anything else, and without taking too much time to think about it.
Successful, effective people are those who launch directly into their major tasks and then discipline themselves to work steadily and single mindedly until those tasks are complete. Another thing is for you to always finish a task that you started. At that point, this behavior takes on a power of its own and you find it easier to complete important tasks than not to complete them.
According to Brian Tracy, you need three key qualities to develop the habits of focus and concentration. They are all learnable.
Decision,
Discipline and
Determination.
First, make a decision to develop the habit of task completion. Second, discipline yourself to practice the principles you are about to learn over and over until you master them. And finally, back everything you do with determination until the habit is locked in and becomes a permanent part of your personality.
Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-27952868479186053062013-03-22T16:33:00.002+01:002013-03-22T16:33:32.215+01:00REVIEW: EAT THAT FROG by Brian Tracy
“Eat That Frog” was written by Brian Tracy, who even though came from an unsuccessful background, took up the challenges of life and made it work out for him. He shares his experiences in this book on how to overcome life’s unlimited challenges as they come and how to make them work for you.
The “frog” in the book represents the tasks or challenges ahead of us. It could be work related or personal. The author identified the fact that we may not accomplish all the tasks or goals that we set out to do. Stop trying to focus on how to manage your time and starting planning on how to be productive. There will be no limit to what you can accomplish when you learn how to “Eat That Frog!”
When given a frog to eat, most of us may be reluctant about doing that. That is just the way feel when we have a major task ahead of us to accomplish. As a result it leads to procrastination. There are ways to eat that frog:
You can dissect it;
Marinate it and;
Fry it.
That way it becomes a delicious frog. This is how your tasks should be carried out; instead of procrastinating, break it down in terms of priority and solve them in that order. Brian quotes in his book that: “If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first." Galileo once wrote, “You cannot teach a person something he does not already know; you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.”
In my next blog, I will explain the methods and techniques that you learn and apply to your daily schedule over and over until they become habits; you will alter the course of your life in a very positive way.
Eat that frog!
Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-29161523572462830082013-03-18T11:48:00.001+01:002013-03-18T11:58:12.068+01:00INTERESTS
If you are asked, “what are your interests?” I wonder what you will say.
Well, if I’m asked I’d say something like, my interests are basically on fashion, writing, food, reading and meeting people.
In terms of fashion: I appreciate good clothes when seen or worn by people. Even when I dress up myself it gives me this satisfaction (I feel empowered). The good thing is I don’t follow trends but I have my own style which most of the time creates trends for people to follow (people like my friends and family: since I’m not a celebrity but who knows?) while in school I wrote a piece on fashion think it was about skinny jeans and the shapes and sizes that are allowed to wear them.
My love for writing was born while in school. The saying that “the pen is mightier than the sword” is true in itself. Since I’m an introvert, writing gives me the opportunity to express myself better in ways I couldn’t have done. It’s almost like another “Amaka”- the extrovert. Even though I haven’t written in a while (won’t necessarily call that writer’s block) but pure laziness.
Hmmm, as for food, it just makes me happy. Basically tasty and delicious meals are just so fantastic lol. I know right? Words can’t express the way I feel about food. After a delicious meal, I’m usually alive- I sing and dance. My close friends have noticed that in me and I undoubtedly agree with them. Cooking and feeding others is my specialty and it makes me happy. I appreciate good food wherever; whenever. Of course my cooking skills are on point and I can go the extra mile to learn other intercontinental delicacies. I discuss food with my food-loving friends; trust me it’s better than talking about irrelevant things like boys lol.
Reading I guess goes along with writing. I read to: relax; get information; study etc. my final year project, while in school, was specialized on the reading habits of children. People hardly read these days. Now I know we all have our excuses but I want to encourage us to read; at least a book in a month. YES YOU CAN! I’ll support you by doing some book reviews based on what I read.
Meeting people- This can be anywhere: work, social events, market etc. I get this fulfillment knowing that I’m able to impress others by having good conversations, as well as, learning from them. It gives great exposure.
Our interests most times may develop into strengths, so we can use it for good wherever we find ourselves in life.
BE EMPOWERED!
Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-8082744550821816262013-03-15T16:24:00.000+01:002013-03-15T16:24:35.202+01:00YOU CAN'T KEEP ME DOWN!
So, it’s the 15th day of the month of March, that is half of the month is already gone, and I anxiously await my 1st salary for my new job. My colleague and soon to be dear friend said it usually comes on the 20th of each month. By the way, this isn’t the inspiration I got for writing this morning. I just felt that it has been a long…long time since I wrote anything (ok apart from my personal stuffs).
It’s a Friday today (TGIF), and like everyone else I should be looking forward to a relaxing the days weekend, but unfortunately and fortunately for me, I have been scheduled for a training this Saturday. Oh well, I’m still looking forward to it because it will be my first training at my new place of work. I’m sure you are wondering where that is…well, it’s a bank and that is all I can say for now.
So back to the present, I’m not sure if I’ve lost weight or added, even though I need to exercise more often. There is nothing like being fit. Anyways, I look forward to a great day and nothing; absolutely nothing will stand in my way.
THANK YOU.
Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-86883144731773448282011-01-04T01:01:00.005+01:002011-01-05T17:08:27.191+01:00New Year Resolution: Reassess YourselfIts that time of the year when people draw out a list of preferences to achieve in the new year while eliminating the bad choices of the previous year.Most people get excited about the goodies the new year has to offer in the process forgeting the true essence of commitment to their resolutions. <br /><br />I read in a cartoon column of a popular Nigerian newspaper recently,a dog was asking a cat the meaning of a new year resolution and the cat answered the dog by saying that it meant the things that you plan to achieve in the new year that you only follow in the first week of the year. This was a real wake up call for me,even though it was hillarious,but it gave me a reason to reassess myself. <br /><br />So the theme for *the first year in a decade* 2011 should be: Reassess Yourself.Go all out; get exposed and loosen those boundaries. Some basic topics to be addressed are usually on fashion, love/relationship,finance and life generally.<br /><br />In terms of fashion, if you are the type that dresses dull,try out somthing new and fun with bright colours,designs and patterns; and not forgetting, accessorise your outfit, its the 'cherry on the cake':-)<br /><br />Relationships could be the most stressfull and time consuming engagement in a persons life because emotions are usually involved. So,it is better for single guys and girls to take their time before getting into any relationship, because if you rush in, you will rush out the same way.<br /><br />Being independent this year should be a top priority because it is the determinant for a successfull resolution. Even though money is the root of all evil, poverty is also a sin. so, a good source of income not just from Daddy or Mummy will do the trick for you, especially if you are a student.<br /><br />Above all, God. It is very important that you make God your top priority this year because, he is able and willing to do exceedingly and abundantly in your life. Live today for tomorrow. Every second, minute and hour must count this year. Like they say: Variety is the spice of life, allow a little spark in your life. Go out, meet intelligent people that you can benefit from and as well give back to, because life is about give and take. This will help you to become more exposed. As we all know life goes beyond the classroom. Polepole(Swahili) meaning: relax or; take things easy. Life na je je o!Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-68840897718218126092010-11-01T21:32:00.000+01:002016-03-01T16:46:54.761+01:00GENEVIEVE NNAJI ON CNN CONNECT THE WORLD<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DBK0n5gyz5w?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DBK0n5gyz5w?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>Amakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10750615814332042702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045259025444426544.post-90222543286526625512010-03-12T23:13:00.000+01:002016-03-01T16:52:22.069+01:00GIRLS DANCING TO "HEY DADDY" BY USHER<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c552EVhBjzU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param>
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