A year gone by..

So, my dear readers "JOURNAL OF A NAIJA BABE" is a year old today!!!!

**fireworks**

That means the baby babbles are clearer and the baby is beginning to walk...
Today I choose to remember my first comment and my first member "NAIJAMUM IN LONDON". I am pretty sure most of us know who she is and I can say she was the first on some other blogs too..,the first comment which she wrote kept me here on blogsville( thanks N.I.L) and today I am a proud blogger to 54 member readers! I know some people think 54? I say yes 54! and I am proud. I hope for more but for now that's what I have and it sure would get better!

So, my dear 54 and visitors passing by, Thank you all for being here today.

Does my cake not look pretty..?I baked last night because I couldn't get some sleep...but well it's also my blog's birthday!

Specially to those passing by, come around more and you may take a step further by hitting the follow tab..*wink*

Cheers people!
xoxo

Tag: ELEVENS

I have been reading alot of ELEVENS around blogsville and now its time to share mine...I got tagged by the delicious Toinlicious (see me trying out my rhyming skills..lol)

So, here we go.

Things to do:
1. Post the rules.
2.Post 11 things about yourself
3.Answer the questions by your tagger
4.Create 11 questions and tag another 11 to answer them
5.Note: no tag backs and also notify the people you tagged
6.Let your tagger know you answered their questions.

Phew!! that's a long list and yay!! I get to do that to 11 people..! *evil grin*

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11 things about me
- I do not like window shopping..I think whats the point??
-I drink alot of water...I could go through 6litres a day!
-I have too many clothes but I still rotate just a few of the too many...*odd*
-I love pretty shoes!! They give me "shoe-gasm"...*wink*
-My handwriting is really beautiful and I have had people even teachers seek who is behind it (I don't mean to brag..*smiles*)
-I hate mathematics once it exceeds plus,minus,divide and multiply anything square root,cube root etc to me is just blah blah blah..
-I have alot of handbags and they have to me "ginormous" to make it to my squad.
-I am not a fan of fashion or vogue..*ouch! did someone just pinch me for that?*
-I hate the new abbreviation trend HBD,HML,LLNP,YOLO...it makes me think "what is wrong with people?If you can't type proper wishes to me..please save it abeg" even my father types IJN..*lol*
-I have so many books that I actually have never opened..everything is on computers,phones and tablets now ...you know!
-I love Yoruba old school music talk Haruna Ishola,Kayode Fashola,Ebenezer Obey and the likes(I bet you don't know who they are!) because they make sense....my father says I should have been born decades ago.*wise man*

Yay!! 11 and done...

Now to questions from toinlicious;

1.      What’s the one question you would ask God if you could? Why is there so much hate in the world?
2.      What is your most embarrassing moment? My colleague insulted me in front of friends..and yeah I am the one with morals so I stood my ground and kept a straight face but inwardly I was in pieces.
3.      If you could change one thing in the world right now, what would it be? I would take away discrimination of any sort.
4.      If you could say one thing to the current pope, what would you say? "Could you get me a copy of the bible from the original manuscript?"
5.      What’s the one thing you wish you could "Un-invent" in d world and why? Guns because they have destroyed too many lives,hopes,dreams,futures...it has totally brought more pain than putting down bad guys..
6.      What’s the most terrifying moment of your life? My mum had an accident and I wasn't informed although I spoke to her 3days after it happened and she simply said she had a cold.!My world stopped when my sister called me crying crazily telling me what really happened...thanks for asking she's up on her feet now..*smiles*
7.      If you were to be recognised by posterity for one thing, what would you like to be known for? The person who invented the cure for AIDS.
8.      What colour best describes you? Black.
9.      If you could commit one crime without being caught, what crime would you commit?Break into CIA records..I always wonder what those guys are concealing.
10. If you had to name one lesson of love that took you the longest you learn, what would it be & why? I don't really understand the concept honestly speaking.
11. If you could be guaranteed one thing besides money, what would you want? Guarantee of heaven...lol...'cos I believe it really exists..

Now..
My questions:
1. Money or love ..which would you choose?
2. If you had the chance would you change your career, if yes to what?
3.If you could go anywhere right now,where,why and with whom will it be?
4.Favourite color?
5. Craziest thing you ever done?
6.If you could become a genius right now in what field would it be and why?
7.What did you have for lunch?
8.If you could change one thing about yourself ,what would it be?
9.If you could make a change in the world right now,what decree would you pass?
10.If you could trade places with any celebrity right now, who would it be?
11.What gift do you want for your next birthday?(you never know who might be reading...*lol*)

My tagees in no particular order of preference..
Dayor
MsJB
Stephanie
lovelife4sale
missafroswag
dainjurer
oddnaijachic
northerngirl
OchanyaIgah
HoneyDame
MissPF

Closing remarks..To my tagger loads of love and to my tagees make sure you respond oo ehn ehn
I wish I could tag all my friends..Inshort consider yourselves tagged..
xoxo..
cheers!

FEMININO : OESTROGENS 101

Hi everyone, today is one of those days I want to bore some of us with some medical stories..,yep! I said bore because some of us do not really like anything without fashion,gist or some global news orientation but I would like to say here that knowing some basic things about how our body works is also as important and as much fun too if not more!!
So, lets take the journey together!!

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OESTROGENS!
Someone just raised an eyebrow like "why the Plural?"

Oestrogen as a word per se doesn't refer to just one hormone as it implies as a singular word! That's why in this post I decided to use Oestrogens because its sounds more correct and helps keep it in memory that has components.!

Although if you say Oestrogen or Oestrogens it's still the same.

Oestrogens as a group can be broken down in 4 parts:

-ESTRONE (E1)
-ESTRADIOL(E2)
-ESTROL(E3)
-ESTETROL(E4 only during pregnancy)

Someone just said "hmm so what if they are four don't they just do the same thing?"

The answer: Yes and No.

First I think its important to know that quantitatively E3>E2>E1 that is E3 is more in circulation while E1 is the least!

Secondly, it is also important to know that E3 is the weakest and E2 is the strongest!
So imagine if one had more E3 than E2..,sure that person's organism won't function the same as if it had been the other way round.

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All through the female's life the level of importance and predominance of each of these hormones vary greatly.

For instance during puberty till menarche, the chief controller is E2 , while during pregnancy E3 and E4 take over!
In post menopausal women E1 runs the show.

Where do they come from?
Main source is from the Ovaries (in non pregnant) and the placenta(in pregnant)
Other minor sources are breasts,adrenal gland,liver and fat cells. (Note: Fat cells as a source is especially important in post menopausal women)

What do they do?
They function basically the same (NOTE; Their functions are not restricted to only the female reproductive system. They impact the Blood system, Digestive system, Psychology in short every other system!)
Here I would list only their basic female reproductive system impact;
-development of sexual characteristics e.g breasts
-increase uterine growth
-increase vaginal lubrication
-regulation of menstrual cycle(to be explained further in a later post)

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Hope you discovered something new?
I'd love to hear from you.,so please leave you questions and comments below.


Closing remark:
Everything in the human works in its entirety based on an order of balances, one thing out of place and everything is out of sync.
Don't forget to check my tab on FEMININO or go here
Cheers people!!
xoxo

What is wrong with the world??

This by no means a post in which I would start sharing moral ideas. It's just to show how cruel we humans can be.
 BE WARNED!! THIS VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING !!! SAY NO TO VIOLENCE!!




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