How to revive a dead blog??

Hello fam!

Phew!

My last post was almost a year ago...

When I wrote that , one very sharp person said hope I wouldn't take another one year to be back.. At that time I thought "Naah, can't be" but look she needs to pick up her fortune telling career because I dey tell you she go sell well well.

 Ladies and gentlemen with a round of applause help me welcome the one and only Lara of gene Afrique.!! *claps... my new official fortune teller..

Back to the matter.,my apologies to this page that allows me write things that I like .. Forgive me blog for this severe abandonment syndrome! 

I've tried to get my life back to how it used to be, ..but loosing my dad.. Hmm it hasn't been the same... Ok don't go "aww" it's been over a year so don't start rubbing my back saying "Pele"...

Sincerely it still feels like yesterday.., he was a huge chunk of my life and boy oh boy do people ever forget?? Personally, I don't think so or maybe I'll still find out,because not a single day has passed without him crossing my mind atleast 5times!!! I miss him everyday!

In the wake of that.., I ate myself to oblivion, oh yes I'm an emotional eater plus the stress of working in yeye government hospital in the mega city of Lagos..biko, I added a bucket load of 13kg in approx 14months .. Yes from a nice 68kg to a whooping 81kg ! yes..  yes , please clap for me nau!! 😄

You can go ahead and call me onijekuje ( a person who eats with no control in yoruba)... Lol

Not once in my life have I suffered from lack of self confidence until recently when everywhere I go people who know me look at me like Micheal Jackson saying orisirisi ... I bet you know the kinds of statements , diet and fitness principles that the self made dieticians will  throw at me , just because baba God has buttered their bread and I'm now fatter than them...diaris God oo!!

Please, I am a whole 5ft9, I am allowed! #denial....But these children of Adam and Eve are getting to me too much.." Ahh is it because of holiday you went and added all this weight.. Ogaooo, are you pregnant?" Kilode make una free me abeg.. 

So, my new mission "operation shed the excess pounds"!! Who cares to join me?

Ring the alarm., we are going to have goals, target, objectives and maybe a lifelong friendship to keep ourselves in check or atleast keep me in check😄😄.

Interested people., please gather. A moderator will be needed , people with ideas and people like me who just want to tag along to loose weight and keep fit!!

Reach me by email or comments..

Biko forgive me if typos plenty ... In a rush.. My fellow Nigerians are waiting..

keeping people waiting to blog? Yes and no, so bite me...that's what nigeria turns you into..

Good news: my new niece..I leave you with her cuteness

Xoxo..

Cheers people! 

wow! it's been a long time since you last saw me

Hello blogfam!
Is anybody home?

It's been almost a year since I touched this page..alot has happened good and bad and oh yes the ugly!

A phase ended,a death, a new job and life changing decisions...
Tough ride..

Thank God I still came out on top..
Will bring back the gist later...
Don't worry ....it won't be a year before I'm back again.

I sincerely miss you all.

P.s tell everyone I'm back in town!

Cheers people!
xoxoxo

Birthday!

Hello people!

Pheeew! Time flies oooo...!

I'm a year older again .... Now now ....my last birthday still soo fresh with my "cold sore" outbreak on my cheek!!

I spent all day in bed, some friends you can never chase showed up( wonderful people) and it was a chatter filled day..I was in my nightdress with hair net all through...full lounging!

Some photos attached..

...and oh the cake was a super surprise and it tasted divine!



I can see the grey hairs ooo..
Lmao!

Thank you Lord for increasing me all around!!

Cheers people!

My current rotation

Hello my darling people!!

I have been neck deep in a ton of work, hence the blog abandonment. Pardon me..xxx

My current rotation is OB/GYN and it's my third of its kind in 3 years... But this time something seems to be different.
For every case I attend, every procedure or every chart or diagram I FLINCH EVERYTIME AS IN I ALMOST BURST INTO TEARS and the only thing in my head is "OH MY GOD! I HAVE TO DO THIS SOMEDAY!" Like push this head out of my thingy!!

It never bothered me but its like now I'm older and close to that future!! My first ever delivery taking was 4years ago and I was smiling and eating chocolate sef as it was going on but now all I can do is flinch and wince and almost push with the lady in labour!!

My colleague Dr Pato told me, if it was that bad your mum won't do it the second time! And I just said oh sharrap! You are just a male goat....LOL

My dear mothers of the world ...I hail thee!!
May you reap the fruit of your labour MOMS.

Big hug and lots of love!

Cheers people!

If you could see yourself

Somewhere in Africa ...
Just a few days ago, another young soul was gunned down,
You put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger maybe because he refused to part with a few quid or his phone..
You shot him point blank without mercy..that is someone's son,brother and friend..he was a Doctor
If only you could see yourself...

A few months before that ,4 promising young boys met their doom at your hands..
Someone shouted "thieves thieves"..
You didn't think twice , no questions asked you rushed out with machetes, tyres, stones and ever precious petrol...
You threw the tyres around them, added sprinkles of petrol asked around for matches , opened the box picked out a matchstick and lit it and set the boys ablaze...all these time the innocent boys were begging for mercy
It makes me wonder why you didn't call up your wives for some pepper,salt and seasoning so you can have a tasty meal of their flesh and pretend its roasted meat.
There were 4 of them and yes YOU killed them..
Yet another family you destroyed..
I wonder if you went to bed proud that night..
If only you could see yourself...

Somewhere in America..
You got out of bed that morning.., maybe you even had breakfast..
You put a gun in your jacket walked into a school and started an unbelievable scene ..
You shot 6 and 7 year olds and their teachers and then put a gun to your own head...what's with the cowardice ? You should have stayed on to defend your "heroic" dastardly unjustifiable act..

Your strange Asian twin woke the next morning somewhere in Asia and stabbed the same number of children you killed..
If only you could see yourself...

The prayer:
I pray you.., I mean you all including those who are still planning to carry out such acts..,those of you planning to rape and chop up humans both young and old for rituals and whatever..
I pray you all go to bed and dream, fall into a trance, get a revelation or whatever in which YOU are the victim..
The gun is put to your skull, the tyre around your body as the petrol drizzles on your bruised and torn up body and as you beg for mercy you hear chorus "kill him, set him ablaze", you are the one on a plane on your way to meet loved ones and someone else is strapped up with bomb trying to take you to your death with himself, you are the one being raped as you beg teary eyed and loose consciousness, you get stabbed and left by the roadside...the list is endless..

I would like to know the temperature of the sweat that would be pouring down your face when you wake as you hear A billion voices in your head chanting "now that you have seen yourself ..would you still carry out these acts?" while images of your acts and your plans flash before your eyes without cease in 5D and HD....

If you could see yourself... Would you still do it?

You might never get to read this ..., but the number of hearts that would echo these prayer and words will eventually transmit the effect to you...

Yes ..YOU will hear Our voices in your head..and it wouldn't be a serenade.

Signed,
The Voices.

Happy new year!!

Holla!

Yeah I know someone just thought "is this girl for real!" Happy new year ?Lol...yea I know it's 8th of  January already but hey at least I'm still sending my heartfelt greetings to all you beautiful people out there..

Wishing us all a year filled with the Almighty's ever bountiful grace and mercy...with those two under our belts this year...trust me there is no stopping us!

How I entered this new year? Well.., a lot of people must have spent the crossover praying mountains to move and pulling down stronghold and powers of "orisirisi"(I seriously hope one of those people prayed for me oo...#insurance-cover...lolz), others sitting with family simply thanking God for one another in a calm environment, some in the club doing their thing ....so many ways to get into the new year....
...but me..? Ahh you couldn't guess in a million aeons( if there's such a thing....lol!) how I crossed into the new year...
 Guess? Nope! You are wrong!!! Told ya you won't guess right..😄



People I slept peacefully and soundly into the new year ooo! #covering face shamefully ..I woke up Lo and behold ! it was 2013!

But hey! You can't blame me nau....I had to change time zone to meet family for the new year....and ohhh I could only get out on 31st ...you can imagine now yeah?  So after about 6-8 hours of travelling....I was wasted by touch-down!

...when my sister tried to complain....I simply told her it was new year in "my" time-zone a few hours earlier already and since I'm still on that timing bed time is earlier and here new year is a few hours after mine....lmao! Can you beat that?
Even as I was saying it....I couldn't help but think to myself..."well I actually am not lying" #straightface

Due to my sleep-in....I have decided to caption 2013 as my year of peace, ease, pleasure ,comfort and satisfaction...!😊 Cos that sleep ehn....it was superlicious....(well word doesn't exist ! But I know you get the jist *winks)

Now thinking of a resolution list...#unseriouspikin !

Hope your new year started on a good note!

Cheers people!!
xoxo

The "gods" of medicine

"I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement................."

( excerpt from Hippocratic oath)

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The "gods" of medicine smiled upon me these past weeks..,before I proceed I am not an atheist or agnostic or whatever silly terminology all these unbelievers have coined, but my religious orientation is "twisted" anyways.

To my story, these past weeks, I have been blessed with the best mentor ..for that I thank God and those other "wannabe" gods of medicine..

My current rotation is Internal Medicine sub Gastroenterology.

I ended sub Hematology last week and ohh the patients were super cool, annoying, nice...(please help me conjure up a sea of mixed emotions)..,.

Imagine you are on rounds with the oga patapata(the overall boss) and when it's your turn to present your patient, you try to touch the patient and he lets out this shrill,earth-shattering kind of yell that had everyone in the room looking like what the heck is going on? and then he bursts out laughing saying "got ya!" ... In my mind I was thinking my oh my these oyinbo people have gorrit going good ooo!! you try that with a nigerian dokita in Nigeria? with the oga patapata.....hahahahha...I laff in japanese...no comment.

Another patient maybe cos he see say I be black person and he is half-caste so he decided to mess around.

Me: tell me what your complaints are?

Patient: I'm hearing voices in my head

In my mind i'm like O_o I have to go and tell the prof there's some patient mix up..,this guy should be in psyche ward before this guy jumps and grabs someone, outwardly ehn see me forming composure but inside I was taking steps backward thinking home is far ooo..,I still wan see my granny...abeg ooo.

The next instant the patient started laughing hysterically..,my first reaction was to take-off but then I looked closely and I caught the joke..,Can you imagine..?This 21 year old pikin was using me to catch trips ni oo...Choi!! I was thinking in my mind "if to say na naija we dey ehn>>I for first chase am comot for my front..but being in obodo oyinbo I had to smile and proceed.

I had another patient who has been a doctor about 10 years above my level....hahahaha...even you can conjure up a mental picture of what must have transpired...*kmt....I felt like knocking the man more than half the time.

 Anyone who is in Medicine would agree with me that you know you have a problem when your patient is a doctor...Oh it's always a big issue.

They refuse examinations, techniques, surgical methods...you just name it....they argue everything...arrrggggh...#toomuchtrouble.

All in all...my week has been super..

P.s: what's popping for Christmas oo??...send me invites to your Christmas parties abeg!! *heheehhehee. #mogbomoya (only the yoruba speaking people will get the hashtag part...i no know how to translate am>>no vex)

Cheers people!

xoxo

100% Mum's Day!!

My mommy is a year older today!!

My dearest mom,
 I just want to wish you a wonderful day..,there isn't much I can say or ever do that can adequately express my love and gratitude.
 A gem and a superwoman ..,ever working ,ever ready ,ever sure.
The only person in the world who calls me "Dee" .
The only person who tells me sorry and apologizes even when I am point blank capital letters WRONG...
The mother who "got" me a younger brother just cos I wanted one....

I really can't say much.

Everyone says their mom is the best in the world so I won't repeat the cliche..,I would just say you are my mom and I won't have it any other way if I had an offer.
I wouldn't trade you for anything.

May you live long to reap the fruits of your labour of love.


p.s: Mom i still haven't forgiven you for not being the one who picked out my first bra sha oo..
you know I always refer to that issue atleast once a year even if it happened donkey years ago>>>*smiles
...and Mom pls stop calling me "child" I'm old now jor...*wide grin...I know you will call me when you see this and still repeat that "child" just to rub it in...I know



Lots of love momma!
From your dearest pikin..

-Dee

Those who "DO" and those who "DON'T"

Hello people!!
I have been MIA and y'all know why ..,but now Surgery rotation is over!!>>(although it's just for now)

Back to my header...,alot of drama goes on around me on a daily basis and I'm sure most or all of us can identify with the issue. It's like battle of wills and one wants to win everytime infact it's not about winning ..,it's more about shoving one's preference down the opposing party's throat! Yes that's how I see it.

It's about battles between 2 groups of people .,those who Do and those who Don't!

PART 1:

#1. The "ammonium thioglycate"/ alkaline junkie(relaxer)/weave-on = the fake hair VS the "natural hair" woman.
 First, let me start by saying I do not like this argument one bit! In "MY" experience the "natural hair" woman is the first to start the drama and the questions sort of go like this "why are you not being natural?..,must you do everything to look like the white-man?...are you saying God didn't know what he was doing when he created you with natural afro hair...? The barrage of question format is endless...I met a deeper life person who said to me that one of my friends who is(was) a deeper life church member that relaxed her hair needs deliverance..! I didn't reply her because I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I was afraid I was going to say something really extreme...but in my mind I was like..."oh God..! I didn't just hear that right!!" like SERIOUSLY...deliverance, relaxer? what do they have in common..,please whoever knows should kindly explain it to me...cos my I.Q seems like it's not enough to help me figure that out!

 I have a full head of un-relaxed hair( some of us know when I transitioned) and above it I have a full stitched on brazillian weave...,what does that make me ?"hair hermaphrodite" ?
I wear my natural hair out when I feel like it and slap a weave on when I feel like it...! Big deal ,I ask?
Please my natural people stop trying to attach too much to the relaxed/weave wearing female. I understand that being people of colour our race has been oppressed for as long as history and we are trying to "prove" we are comfortable in our own skin but the hair is not the solution or the cause of the problem and please stop playing that "natural woman" card when you still apply coloured lipstick, eye pencils, mascaras the list is endless...you love your hair the way it is..,tell people how much you love it instead of making it into a deliverance sermon ,maybe they'll love the way you style your hair well enough to copy you sometime..but for now please leave behind the drama.
I have a new natural hair convert in my sister who said she was going to tie me to the bed-post if she had to and relax my hair..,but guess what ? I made a deal with her..,I told her to let me show her what I can do with my hair...after a few days she was on my side..trust me she is not an easy one to convince because of her super strong ties to the popular fashion culture but she had to agree with me!! No force or deliverance involved!! 

My relaxer junkies/ fake hair people: the next time I catch you calling a natural woman names ehn!>>well there's really nothing I can do! But, really...you like your weave and you chemicals that doesn't mean the other person is born-again,SU,deeper,scruffy and all sorts of name they get called...Infact when i wear my styled natural hair..trust me I look nothing like all the names i listed above you can ask my sister!
Stick with your fake hair and chemicals and stop the name calling!! Maybe just one day they'll like the weaves enough to try it..well who knows?

For "we" the "in-betweeners".... What more could anyone ask for..? Life is good..point blank.,period!!

cheers people!

P>S I want to add the "captcha" to my comment box!! please don't let it discourage you from adding your comments...please!! *puppy eyes
I have been getting too many spam comments that's why.

xoxo

LOL + Greetings!!

Holla Blog fam!! It's been awhile and I know y'all missed me ( don't form>>you did jor!>>*winks) .

I'm currently on Surgery rotation *pheew!! ....the rotation is a bulldog..!

Long hours in surgery on my feet...I can't explain the feeling>>my back so numb and my legs feel like jelly as I walk out of the OP room...i'll spare you all the explicit details...

Today I saw a "Pheochromocytoma" and an "Adrenal gland" with my two eyes( now..,follow the link and read a little....join me on the Surgery rotation! *smiles)....no viewing screen at all...with my two eyes!!...but I sulked through the whole surgery but once the tumor came out...i was joyous and energized maybe cos I knew I would leave the OP soon or cos I saw the tumor for the first time ...I'm not sure ooo.

I'll be on the rotation for a month!!....beam your prayers my way for extra leg strength so I don't pass out like I did on one of the past surgery rotations..If you don't remember the event ,go HERE.

>>now the LOL part of this post: these pictures were sent to me by my sister and they lifted my spirit after a long tiring day...

ok,,, no idea what she's doing!..;)

I ask the mother...na by force??!! LMAO!

i baked myself this treat to calm me down....looks yum right? yea, I know!

Hope to be back with some fun jist from Surgery department....I have to disappear for a bit again , i said it before surgery is a bulldog! 

Cheers people!!

xoxo!

Thought: Choices are not options given to us..,choices are the decisions made by us...

How I spent Oct 1st

I had a wonderful day baking for a little celebration we had here....! Trust me I love Nigeria that much>>>hehehe..

The first cake fell as I was getting it out the oven but nooo! the devil is a liar!
I started over and came out with two lovely cakes...

I'm no pro and didn't learn to bake from no one but I give myself a proud pat on the back cos my cake is sought after...*wink!

sorry you have to work your neck muscles on this one

See pictures below and tell me what y'all think!

Cheers people...and happy Independence!
Independence from who or what??...#justsaying

cheers people!!

FITNESS: Greetings from Cardiology!!

Hello people!
I just completed this month's rotation in Cardiology department and phew!! It was a whirlwind.! I totally loved it..maybe because I was rocking it with a man (my teacher ni oo.....lol) that I would love to give the title of "Cardio God".

I learnt a whole lot and my scope in Cardiology is broader...thanks to Cardio God.

I brought a real good moment with a patient...enjoy!

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Doctor ; How often do you drink alcohol?
Patient ; Everyday more than 2 litres.

Doctor: it's unhealthy for you and it has gone a long way to endanger the health of your heart and general well-being.
Patient: well what can i do? I heard somewhere that daily intake of alcohol is good.

Doctor: (smiles) well,yes but the alcohol we are referring to is wine and it should be about 200ml per day not 2litres.
Patient: (with a serious look on his face) 200ml is too little for one day! what if i stay off alcohol all week till one day on weekends and drink the total for the alcohol free days at once?

hehehehehe....I fought so hard to stifle threatening loud laughter waiting to explode out my chest.. and managed a small teeny weeny smile because cardio god's eyes were on us all..

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A message from Cardio God: The tortoise's heart rate is about 6 beats per minute while that of a rat is above 200 beats per minute. The life span of a tortoise is above 200years while that of a rat is about 2years.
Moral of the story, care for your heart! The ways to do so, eat healthy and wisely..,exercise regularly but don't overdo it!

Fact: If you are fit your heart rate would be lower than a non-exercising individual's heart rate..,that's why athletes generally have lower heart rates about 40-60bpm!!
Normal Heart Rate: 60-100bpm.

How to check your heart rate: If you have an automatic sphygmomanometer(forget the big word..,its just the stuff that goes around the arm or wrist to check blood pressure) good for you! You get to check your blood pressure and heart rate at a go...,but if not or just in case you don't have access to one and you need to check your heart rate at rest or during physical exercise, the touch method still is the way! No need for extra baggage all you need is a watch or timer with seconds counting!
Just locate your pulse on your wrist..,turn one palm facing upward and apply slight pressure to the outer 1/3 of your wrist..,do you feel it?? yep ! yep! that's your pulse..,just count for 15seconds and multiply by 4..,whatever the figure is your heart rate! Bet you have seen that done in tons of movies..

Or you can go for checking at you neck!Locate your pulse just at the corner of the lower jaw(see picture) just count and multiply as above..

Do this well and you can audition for a role in "House M.D"...lol..but pity the series has ended,,,*smiles

Note: heart rate less than 60 without any form of PROLONGED athletic fitness and accompanied by symptoms like weakness,dizziness and fainting is NOT normal..! contact your doctor immediately oo!
Before you will say it's DammyJewel's blog that said it is normal to have heart rate of 0.5bpm..(LOL)

Eat well ...,Be active!!

cheers people..!!
xoxo

FEMININO: How often do you check?

It's been a while I posted on the label FEMININO and it makes me feel negligent.

The reason I opened the page is to pass some information across which to those who already know it will serve as a reminder and to those who don't it becomes a source.

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So, some might wonder "how often do you check what?".

What = Breasts!

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I have stumbled upon a few more cases of breast cancer online these past weeks and most of the cases were pretty advanced! It made me wonder, what if they had checked more often?

Don't get me wrong I am not implying that checking regularly will prevent the cancer from developing but it sure would aid early detection! Early detection means better prognosis.

Key points:

Q: When is the best time to perform the breast self-exam?

A: it is best to check halfway through your menstrual cycle(anytime from the end of the menses is fine)..,because most female tumors are hormone dependent.,,,,have you ever wondered why your breasts feel fuller when you are expecting your period? It's pretty much the same way any abnormal growth inside will most likely increase in size around that same period! 

Q: How to perform the breast exam?

A:  M-B-S....Mirror, Bed, Shower!

 Start in front of a mirror: Study the shape,size,drape,skin color and symmetry of your breast carefully first with both arms hanging loosely on your sides, then move your hands to your waist and then clasp them behind your head...all the while studying your breast carefully.

Next starting from the middle with one hand still behind the head make small circular motions on the breast with the free hand from bottom to the other side..,paying attention to any swelling visible or felt in the armpit area. Switch hand and repeat. The breast should feel uniform without abnormal bumps.

After the both breast have been checked slightly press each nipple between thumb and fore-finger..In  norm there should be no discharge with exception to lactation.

To the Bed: Same movements only with change of body position..,lie back with a pillow beneath your head and shoulders..,repeat the hand motion as above on each breast.

In the Shower: The importance of this part is the ease of hand movement due to the extra slipperiness given by soap.., so make sure you have enough lather..,then repeat the hand motion on each breast.

Finito! You are done.

Take note of all your findings..,if you sense anything off..,contact you gynecologist immediately!

Once every month, approximately 15 minutes of your time could be a life-saver and an opportunity to know your body more!

P.s: For those who are not confident they are doing the exam right ,ask your gynecologist to directly teach you on your next appointment, also when you are there you could ask for the breast self exam cards..,they are tiny cards with pictures and step by step instructions on how to perform the exam..,get one of those and give it a place on your bathroom mirror!

Be health conscious, be body conscious, be wise...

Know your body!

Cheers!!

50 shades

I got so bored on this holiday, that I keep telling myself I should have just gone on hospital training...,so so bored that I was scouting for things to keep me busy...

So, I finally decided to join the train of people who have read the 50 shades series to really look into what the madness was about.

I also heard 3 out of 5people have read the book..na real wah ooo..

I eventually gave in to the pressure and decided to read the book 'cos after watching my sister read the book holding on to it with one hand and brushing her teeth with the other....and listening to my cousin ramble on about the book for over an hour...Ok that's it ! I have to see for myself..

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The book is in 3 parts..yes three parts

1. 50 shades of Grey.

2. 50 shades darker.

3. 50 shades freed.

I have gone through part 1 and 2 and it took me 2days....! I told you i was jobless didn't I?

...but I am not to  excited about the third part, forgive me those who loved the book.

I agree it had some good moments but the storyline was too redundant and I feel like the story could have been compiled in two volumes instead of three and the constant thing in the book and maybe the major reason most people were hooked on the book is the explicit erotica details....Oh my the book glorified BDSM like it was the best ever thing in the world! Every 2 pages or so there had to be some sexual moment in great detail...,when i mean great I mean GREAT details...argggh! no be small thing at all ooo! The details were explicit enough to feel like you are actually in a classroom with a very competent teacher...I had to open google to view almost all the "equipments" described in the book!

At some point to be sincere I was annoyed..,the only thing that kept me flicking the pages was the fact that the hero was a 27year old mega millionaire with a 21 year old damsel who he kept showering with gifts enough to keep a girl's mind running.!

Not so great a read so far..,in my own opinion but not too bad at the same time.

If you are looking for a great story with excellent penmanship, this book is not for you but if you are looking for a story with a course on sexual dominance 101 the book is the way to go!

Have you read the book? If yes let me know what you think.

cheers people!

Lend a hand

I know this has been on a number of blogs way bigger than this ..,but who knows who may not have stumbled upon this post yet..





"Help is needed for our friend Funmilayo Lawal (On DP), UniLag Law Graduate 2011. She was recently diagnosed with MALIGNANT SARCOMA, a kind of malignant cancer at the shoulder region. The cancer has become so extensive that it might affect other parts of the body if a surgery is not done as soon as possible. It could cost her not just her hand but her life. Please help!



The doctors here advice she go abroad 2 have this surgery within 4weeks; it will cost $15000 (4 Million Naira). PLEASE HELP SAVE FUNMI'S LIFE.

Please send your help to her Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) Account:
FUNMILAYO LAWAL
0002855164.
She can be contacted on 08096617172.

You could also help Fummi by publishing this message on Facebook, BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter, Yahoo, Gmail, Linkedin, anywhere and everywhere. Sacrifice 5 mins to tell a friend about Fummi today, tomorrow, the day after, till when Fummi gets well; don't stop. Thanks for the anticipated help."

Please note ,the words in quote are not mine.


In my own personal plea..,please lets lend a hand with any amount we can.
May the Almighty replenish all as they do so and may the Almighty also bless those who want to but can not.
One thing I am sure of is we can all send in our prayers..,money is not needed for that.
A second could make a difference.
Thank you and God bless.

Photos speak..

It gets more difficult by the minute trying to defend my country.., my dear beloved Nigeria when these foreigners ask about Boko Haram ,Goodluck Jonathan and Dame Patience, and our politics.
It gets worse when a foreigner sends you one of the pictures you see below..

Have a good laugh and get angry too
Cheers!
xoxo

 well they still had helmets on...



 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed if not call customer care...

 is this part of road safety job description??

 sell me your votes for a cup of rice...I wonder if Obama did the same when he was in the senate..


 ok ladies now y'all know where to go..

at least they got the ice block right..

 no comment.




 hair or food....#mega confused

Money excess..

Hi people..,
I feel like a clown as I write this post...cos I still am laughing at myself...*side hurts.

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I was in my home "jejely" and troubling nobody when I decided to check my account balance online cos I was expecting some money ...I opened the e-banking page and still no signs of transaction....mildly vexing I picked up my phone and called my momma straight up forming the angry voice "Mom you haven't transferred the money" and she goes "oh pele oko mi(sorry my dear), I would send it in a few hours".....and you know the drill I just switched to "Thanks mom..,you are the very best" and she hung up saying "check your account in about an hour"

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1 hour later.

I bounce steadily to my PC...check my account and BOOM my account showed a new credit of 20,000 dollars!!....yeepa! Momma I am not trying to pay any fees oo plus I am just on holiday and it's not like my account was totally empty prior to this time which she knows full well...I was doing somersaults in my brain!
Momma has the habit of going overboard when she wants to apologize but this is more than double...or maybe she and dad wanted to do a combo surprise cos I was also waiting on the daddy portion.
...I was joyous but puzzled so I decided to check my other account because I run two accounts with GTBank Nigeria ,one in USD and the other in Nigerian Naira.
..and then again BOOM 2M naira!!!....

...now you can pick up your jaws from the floor and put your eyes back in their sockets and let's move on..
The 2M naira part was a joke....*hehehehehe (ouch don't hit me..,)

..and then I remembered I was expecting a deposit on my naira account from someone and it must have mistakenly be credited to the Dollars account.....

mmmmmmscheeeeew! was the next thing..
I got someone in Nigeria to reach GTBank to rectify the error...

******
But then again..,*ring ring* and the following conversation ensued.

Momma: Hello

Me: Hello..,1 hour has passed and where is my money?



THE END

How did I get here...

This is about to be my most off-road post  so far...! I am at that point were I am about to get on the rooftop and just yell on top on my voice like "arggggggggggh"...these past weeks have been something else..

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I have been seeing this particular advert for so long but a few days ago it hit me differently...I bet someone might have seen these adverts where the concept is sort of like following a toddler till adulthood, the child might love playing with a ball and then it ends when he is a star footballer....example is the Kanu Nwankwo version "papilo I know say one day you go make us proud".....I bet we all remember that one....

So why did this advert get to me,,,? 'cos i don't know how I got here..! Running around hallways all day with a special uniform and sometimes with a stethoscope in my pocket...and the books? Oh Lord!,,... My God I never toyed with needles or scalpels or toy stethoscopes or beg my parents for ginormous textbooks when I was little and look where I am.! How na?!

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I remember at some point I wanted to go into aeronautic engineering but now I am in medicine for Heaven's sake!!...Don't get it twisted I love what I do but at times I just think maybe I should have chosen something less arrrggggh..I don't even have the right word.

I think everyone gets to this point at some point. Am I making any sense??

In short I should just sleep right now cos its past 6am already...

Cheers people!
xoxo

For my friends at LASMOCOL UNITES..

Greetings.

I decided to write to you all because of my dissatisfaction with the conduct on the group page as regards to the post started by a member tagged "Confession time plzz". I have to say here that I have nothing against this post title in particular, further, I have to also state here that it was my first time on the LASMOCOL UNITES page.
However, I got there via a post I saw from one of the group moderators about a member's suspension and I got interested so I headed to the page to find out why and at the end I did not end up too pleased.

Firstly, I would like to remind us all that years have passed since we left secondary school and alot of changes would have come about in each one of us.
Secondly,we all have to realise that we all mature individually and our sense and idea of what maturity is varies greatly. For some of us our idea of maturity is being a university graduate,for some it's holding a PG while for others it's getting married and so on....
Going through the comments on the post( although I couldn't finish it was a whole lot..una try) it was evident how each person's idea of maturity was different yet unknowingly or otherwise some were trying to impose their ideas. This post in question asked something else and soon after individuals became topic. I am not trying to call names or point fingers.
Some started asking of others and I was seeing such replies as "she is married to an oyinbo now she has even added some flesh" and I want to ask ,how nice is that?
It went as far as where are the so-called "LaBabes"?,"hope they are married now?".....and I ask does this make sense to you?
Someone even went further to call another a bully back in the days...that is not nice!
Another went on to bring up news about someone he caught in sexual act and I was stunned to see some of us actually pleading for names like it would make the world a better place! A few even went on to find out via inbox messages ..and I choose to ask what has that changed?
My surprise grew when I actually realised some where actually pointing fingers and saying things like "O..I know the person who had the tendency to be loose"...surprisingly that last comment made me laugh...I rest my case but I would just say nothing is ever engraved on ones forehead.,I believe at this height of maturity everyone seems to be claiming,everyone should know that by now.
These comments continued till insults were sent to a father...not good and absolutely not allowed.
At this point of my reading the comments..,I thought little wonder one of the earlier comments said very few people respond to the group, I want to speak for myself by saying of course few people would because after all the maturity claims the stereotyping is non-stop!
More factually, alot of us are busy and are not ardent facebook users, we breeze in check for messages and get out;although some of us are still about the "stereotyping" being the reason for lack of activity on the group.So no one should take offence.

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To the group admin..I quite disagreed with your response as per the suspension.Let's get real I have never used the group page till now and I do not think I missed a thing..You should have called for amicable settlement in the spirit of unity.( albeit this is just my opinion and mustn't inflect on your decisions)
To all, lets us move forward in the real spirit of unity as the group name LASMOCOL UNITES and have each others backs and quit the stereotyping.
Let us also remember ,some things are better left unsaid.

P>S Apologies for writing via blogger I am more comfortable with the interface..,anyone with spare time and love or patience for facebook can make a copy for the facebook interface with my permission so as to counter any thought of me doing this to boost my blog.Thanks.

In the spirit of unity and onward stride.
From your friend,
Damilola.

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