Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: No. 1 on BBC's Top 10 Books of 2013

In the BBC  LIST of Best of 2013: Top 10 books, they placed Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as No. 1. According to BBC Culture:

"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.
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.
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)".


Source: Linda Ikeji's Blog

PINEAPPLE DAY!

MORNING EXERCISE!

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.

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.

There are so many reasons why we should embrace exercise as our daily lifestyle routine. From my own experiences-

Exercise:

~Keeps you healthy
~Help keep a regular heart rate, so you don't have to feel tired or weak when you do a little task.
~Checks your weight
~Makes you wealthy; since health is wealth
~Keeps you in tune, body, mind, spirit and soul!

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!

My Office Cup!

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.
This is dedicated to the students of Command Day Secondary school Abeokuta, Nigeria.