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...

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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

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!!




Follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=372815556087755

P.s you would need to be logged on to facebook to view and it won't post any crap on your wall. I tried to find an alternative but since I am no computer guru I had to stick with the easiest method

Neurosurgery rotation: The dying girl.

Hi, everyone this is going to be a pretty long post.So if you are tired please turn around and visit later but if not, you could please hang in there and help me send forth your prayers.

My post today is going to be one of the most unusual I have written and as the title shows the story is from my Neurosurgery rotation.

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The rotation started last week and I was having a pretty good time, nothing out of place ,nothing seeming too difficult until today.

According to the syllabus of the rotation, we are bound to observe surgeries and visit the Neuro ICU(intensive care unit).

So,on the day of our introduction to the Neuro ICU ,I was quite excited (people may wonder what is exciting about seeing sick people..I can't explain it myself but that's how Medicos are wired). We got there my wiring changed!(when I say we I mean myself and my 8 colleagues)

I don't know what I was expecting to see in the NeuroICU other than unconscious people attached to uncountable machines with wires, tubes and syringes hanging from virtually every body surface but there and then I did not want to be in the ICU but had no choice.

We were told to carry out some examinations on the unconscious patients and I kept moving to the back urging my other colleagues to step forward.

Let me sneak in an explanation, an unconscious body in this setting is virtually like a rag doll,you can slap,hit,pinch in short play football on it and nothing will most likely happen!

So, I kept moving behind but there was this particular patient that I moved forward to actually get a proper look at hoping to examine her.
Why you ask..,I was drawn to her bedside because she was really young early 20s in an ICU that is usually filled with older people with strokes.!
As a matter of fact I still did not touch her but I just kept looking at her face hoping she would miraculously open her eyes.
How did she get here?
A few days before she did a voluntary blood donation and she collapsed a few hours after..,she hit her head and she started bleeding into her brain..,blah blah blah and the story goes downhill from there..,usually when that happens,its not a joking matter.
She gave her blood and now here she lays motionless..I said a prayer for her in my heart and moved on

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Today, we had to do follow up..,so we were back in the ICU. Let me state here that I left the Neurosurgery department around 4pm yesterday and I was back in 8.30am today and follow up began around 10am. Lo and behold 1 patient was missing..where is he?....Dead!!
I swallowed spit and moved on and there she was looking pale,her heart beat was racing, her arms and leg swollen and she is still in a coma.., all these signs are bad bad bad!In truth and medically speaking she is going to die no two ways about it..

I asked "Is there nothing more we can do for her?"..,and the surgeon/teacher in charge of us said with a tone of finality "we have done everything we can"

I was sad.
I am hoping for a miracle for her..,all she did was try to save another life by donating her blood and now she is laying there dying soon and someone else would get her blood and most probably live.

I say a prayer for her again.

I don't know what will happen tomorrow but today I thank God for the gift of Life.


Hope you are having a fair day?

End of Immunology rotation

Greetings!

I just came here to vent, cos I just spent two weeks of my life going for a rotation at the Regional Hospital's Immunology department, which usually costs me a two-way 35-40 minutes bus ride to and the same amount of time fro!!..

Why am I angry?

I was in  the hands of one of those crazy ass doctors who think there is possibly nothing they can teach you anymore.!
Why the heck won't he just let me have the two weeks in my home instead?
The rotation ended today and we had a computer module..can you imagine? After the guy did not teach A for apple...He even had the guts to ask for a research work!! (the nerve of that guy)

Anyways there was an upside to the whole thing I scored 97% on the module( yeah ..yeah..I don't mean to brag but hey..that's a good grade right there!...In the spirit of fasting and prayer I hope I get more of such scores..Amen)

Tomorrow a new rotation begins "clinical pharmacology". Wish me another 97% or more!! Amen!

P.s : New post in feminino. Click the tab up there or here  you might learn something new.

Cheers people..

xoxo!

Choice.

Life is a journey..

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I watched a movie today,it was a Yoruba movie as u would be able to tell as soon as you read the reason behind this post.

The movie revolves around a woman who had 9 children and 8 of them died within a time frame I am unsure of but judging by the plot it should be about 5 years.
Most of the children were already of working age, meaning she was supposed to just relax and enjoy the fruits of her labour and then they started dying one by one.

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While she was lamenting at the 8th one's graveside ,blaming God for everything some women appeared(you get the drift na) and they offered her help which she readily accepted.

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She was presented with 3 calabashes each one represented 3 different lives:

1. The son would live for as many years revealed in the calabash with riches and then die as soon as the time is up even if its 1year.

2.The son would live a long life with riches and fame, but the riches and fame have a duration that has expiry and on expiry the son will become a famous mad man.

3.The son would live a freakishly long life that he might have to be killed after living for too long, but he must never enjoy riches. Even if he comes by them by chance he mustn't spend,if he does he would die.

At the last option, I thought "what is the difference?"

My thoughts: If this woman makes her choice do I have the right to fault her?She had 9!!! and now just 1!

My prayer and my resolve: May God never put us in a dire situation beyond that which he knows we can control and may we never loose sight of God being the pillar of our lives because if anyone looses sight of God for a second there is no telling what desperate measures that person would apply.
May God give everyone the strength to keep the faith in trials and tribulation..because yes those times definitely come.
May God give us the strength to choose and remember him always...Amen!


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LOVE the LORD with all your heart.


Cheers people!!!
xoxo

Gratitude...A year older

Glory to the Almighty I added a year last week Friday!!

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It wasn't a "rooftop raising" affair but I was surrounded by my beloved ones...,friends,colleagues..
simply put it was awesome!!

It was a beautiful coincidence that I was also hosting a "cell group".
I didn't get a chance to dress up fancy and all tho'....,I baked my own birthday cake too not a professional job but everyone said it was lovely...yaay!!
My only concern was for the "oyinbo" that came too cos my God the rice I made was pepper yo even by my standard which is not so high!! The guy just struggled with it and at the end had to say "you make good chicken" I fought with all my inner will not to laugh...




HERE..you might have to tilt your head at an awkward angle or squint for the beauty of the cakes to come out....lol( anyway u try it would look pretty much the same)

I try small na ....abi?

 sorry no picture with my face toward the camera cos I would have loved to show off my haircut which I did myself but I had herpes simplex 1 breakout on my left cheek ...:( talk about perfect timing eh?

...but if u look well well you might just notice the roughage on my left cheek..
If you need to see my face visit my profile..cos there ,no herpes...*wink*

and please ignore the groovy chic pillow case..*covering face*

Cheers people!!

International Marriage

I know a lot of people will disagree with my opinion about this issue but i will go ahead and give voice to my thoughts anyway...

I came across some photos on facebook,bb and even twitter sef...and i started to question "are these oyinbo people still safe?"...i know some of you would have seen the photos but for the sake of those who haven't i will gladly share...

Pic 1: pls my people look carefully at the first  picture....!!! What the heck??? that's almost his mum's mate if not his grannie....by the way there's also a picture of him and the woman at MMairport set to leave the country(unfortunately i did not save that one but would keep an eye out for it again)..

Pic 2: they look like a real couple though..,nothing looks out of place
 but, the effect of the previous couple and so many more like the gives room for such thoughts that it's all a sham..

OK..let me ease on the first guy a bit, he might actually be in love with the woman (i don't believe so tho) but because of the previous stories we have heard about various people coupled with the naija mind...hmmm i shake my head..only God knows how many oyinbo and black hearts have been broken over these kinds of arrangement..

Sham marriages between Africans especially Nigerians and foreigners have put us under scrutiny by oyinbo people and also it has made every such union look like sham even if it's not..

Call for honesty; Every time you see a black and white couple especially the male being black ,whats the first thing that comes to your mind??

Good day,Bad day

****LONG POST ALERT****

Day;Saturday, 21st of January 2012
Location:1. My flat
              2. Traumatology wing. Regional hospital

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#Good:My outlook for today was very bright because I woke with a smile across my face. Reason It was the longest sleep I had in days past and it lasted a whooping 5hours!!
I got out of bed sluggishly ,made my way to the kitchen to set up baking things for a cake i would be taking to a group feasting later in the evening.

#Bad ; Burnt cake
I don't mean to brag but the very first cake I baked in my awesome life did not even get a crack on top not to mention getting burnt, but this morning put an end to my spree of never burnt cakes.
Now I need to stop at the store on my way back from the hospital to bake a new one..:'(

#Bad or Good? ; Trauma in Traumatology department
I got to the hospital pretty early shinning with confidence cos i was pretty sure I had enough in my cute head...that's the sweet part
Hello????Madam Dammy fall from that high cloud now!!!(*Dr House voice*)
I bounced heartily into my teacher's office, he smiled and told me to sit ,gave me a load of questions after which my brain started to hurt (my confidence was at 45% at the moment, if u get my drift). and just when i thought I was about to receive mercy from his claws, I heard "Room no 1, Patient 1, go prepare his case history" and in my head i'm thinking " what the heck it's saturday for heaven's sake can't you let me get to that on monday? " but outside my head I just nodded in compliance.
I get to the patient's room...empty!!!(horror..!! this would only keep me here longer!!)
I went to the corridor and took a seat, in a few minutes my teacher walked past and he said "why are you not with the patient?"
Me: He wasn't there( I was seriously hoping for "Ok you can get to it on Monday")
Instead,
He turns toward the rooms and i automatically get up and follow him..,Lo and behold
the patient was lying there...If i were an "oyinbo" child I swear you could have seen me go pale because he turned around and looked at me like i was a joker and just walked out of the room.

The bright side; My patient a 25 year old driver and his pretty wife were awesome people..,they made me laugh all through the questioning and examination that time just flew by.

But I had another problem ,I couldn't figure what was really wrong with the guy so after about 2hours I went back to my teacher for some help which he offered some really unnecessary ones and his last statement to me was "It's your problem not mine.,go solve it!"

For the first time, I had tears of frustration with Medicine as a whole in my eyes...,I walked away from his office, put my things together and left for home telling myself I'll fix it later but not today...cos today I just want to try a new fruit..(my way of consoling myself)

#Bad; I get home ,open facebook and it's bad news everywhere..,bombings here and there. What happening to Nigeria. May God help us

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I just have to go try that new fruit and I decided it's going to be a kiwi fruit..


Hows your day going?

Happy new year..Ever smiling nigerians...

First i'll say a very happy new year to my beautiful fellow bloggers!!
May God's grace that has brought us this far never depart from us..Amen..

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After spending all day lounging I decided to bake after that I thought of going through my Facebook page to see what my beloved friends were up to..,peeps what my eyes saw made me rage and at the same time gave me hope..that is my faith in my fellow Nigerians went up...and a prayer came to mind "May God in his infinite mercies always give us a reason to smile even in the worst situation..Amen"

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Our leaders gave Nigerians a new year gift...sky-high fuel price!
In my rage at the news..,some wonderful Nigerians still made a joke of the annoying situation and instead of me getting mad at their making a joke of such a dire situation I found myself smiling until laughter at some point..

See for yourself..

this guy his trying to fill his tank with pee..

...chained to my fuel

..save my money

...it even helps loose weight..lol..

...master Jesus turned water to wine..,lets try for fuel..

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need i say more?

May God give us leaders with the welfare of the masses at heart..Amen

Thought; If only our leaders would slash their allowances and put into the subsidy..for heavens sake 1billion naira on food???? *smh*

Good tidings..

Merry Christmas people!
May this season bring you all joy that knows no bounds...,
peace that passes all understanding...,
joy that flows like a river...,
happiness that shines forth like beautiful sunshine...,
fruitfulness that comes with the breath of spring...,
satisfaction like a peacefully asleep infant...,
a merry spirit to keep you smiling this beautiful season..
....and may you know Christ more and more!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL SEASON 'COS A KING IS BORN UNTO US THIS DAY IN BETHLEHEM!!
read: mathew 1 vs 18-25..

xoxo

Packing and Pondering....

My awesome and faithful readers, before you start reading the body of this post I urge you to please ponder the stories sincerely and leave your comments without bias...

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I was busy packing my bags for a quick trip to Naija yesterday when I decided to breeze through my facebook(something I do once a week or two), then I stumbled upon a video and a story on some of my friends walls..

The first story is a video by a British-Nigerian journalist who came to nigeria to interview our mega millionaire pastors...I met a lot of surprises and I beg you all to please patiently watch and then share your thoughts about this question " Should we still go about looking for churches to worship or simply make our hearts our place of worship?"
Here's the link http://www.worldstaruncut.com/uncut/39919 pls I beg you watch...


The second is a story I have tagged "dead woman walking"...as unbelievable as the story might seem it is sincerely true. Some of you might have heard of the story but please still share your thoughts.

A 42 year old woman who has been married to her recently deceased husband got a shocker of her life at her husband's burial.
All through the marriage they tried to conceive but to no avail, so the husband being a "very" loving man stood by his wife solidly..
The woman is from a very rich background but the husband is just a civil servant.
In the course of the union, the woman acquired lots of properties in lands and buildings which her husband encouraged her to put the name of their unborn child on the documents of all the properties.
To the main part, on the day of the husband's burial, another woman claiming to be the man's wife showed up with 2 kids,the first being about 7years old..that's the bad part...
The worst part was her discovery that the 7year old child bears the exact supposed name of the unborn child!!!The name her husband chose for her unborn child..
Now, the husband's family are planning to give all the properties to the 7 year old...


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Please don't be too shocked to leave your comments..

xoxo
P.s I will bring goodies from naija for you all...
going home

Live Fish or Dead???

Funny..,I woke up this morning and the first thing that came to my mind was my blog..and then I did a mental recap of my week and I started laughing to myself....*still laughing now sef..

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As of this morning I made two perfect decisions

1. I will never ever think of specializing in Oncology
2. I will never buy fish from anyplace they have a fish tank except they give me a valid death certificate for the fish (yes!! na me talk am..)

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My reasons;
For the Oncology part...my people that course is too sad...ahhh (kilode!!!), that is my current rotation and people I haven't had fun for a teeny weeny second!
It mostly has to do with telling someone "you are dying soon" or "your tumor is gone for now but may be back anytime from now" ...
or if the person is lucky "your tumor is gone and may never come back" or "your tumor is benign and not malignant"

..and I said to myself capital NO ,I don't want to live my life delivering bad news approximately 50% of the time(..no thanks Oncology..I'm staying married to my choice surgery!!)

For the fish part...hmmm...my people I felt like eating fish so bad, I walked into a store that I could see clearly with my two two naked eyes that they had live fish tanks
(like my yoruba people oju mi korokoro) and I bought fish that my tired mind assumed were dead...!! yes ke!! dead..(who the heck walks into a store with a fish tank and assumes the fish is dead? well FYI ..I did!!)

Ok..lemmie go on..
I bounced home happily already imagining the tasty soup I was going to make with my fish.
So immediately i got home I dropped my bag at the door (as usual) and went straight to the kitchen picked out a large plastic bowl and ran water into it (yea I ran water into it...I should have just put the fish in the bowl without water first but no I ran water into the bowl..Swweet Jesus!!) and I turned the fish from the bag into the bowl of water...! Oh no It was chaos!!words can't describe just use your imagination, see fish jumping like dolphins from the bowl it was like I was in a horror movie...(lmao!) I ran from the kitchen called a friend who then called her boyfriend....who eventually took about 20mins to murder the fish...it was plain nasty!! blood splatter on my perfect kitchen wall..all the while the killing was going on I was stationed at the door of my apartment...and I was thinking to myself "how the heck did I think I was buying dead fish from a store with a fish tank?"

Versatile bloggers!!!

Okay...I haven't been feeling much love towards my blog these days....maybe mostly cos I'm tired after my usually busy day..(sometimes even busy nights!!!...not what you are thinking ooo) or I simply lost the initial gingah....anyways my blog has been suffering...

...but today I feel refreshed cos it's like...thank God someone has my blog in mind..I got tagged by coy introvert as a newly discovered blog as a versatile blogger..hooray!!! ( visit her blog via the link..its awesome there..)

Now to the responsibilities that comes with this award..;

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post..
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Pass this award along to 15 recently discovered blogs and let them know about it.


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So...
Coy Introvert ...I salute...thanks for remembering me..much love...xxx


Arrrghhh...7 things..


1. I love shoes...yep i do...I'll do anything for a gorgeous pair even if i won't wear it more than once..my father even calls me octopus cos he says i buy shoes like i have more than two feet...(what a wise man!!..xx)


2. I love order...yes everything has to be "spic and span"....if you scatter something around me...wow..don't try it..lol


3. I hate cockroaches...I almost jumped off a two storey cos one was after me...#fact...(my father had the whole house fumigated after that...and has become a tradition since to fumigate)


4. I love music...not the "pakurumo pakurumo" type sha ooo...when i say music ..i mean music something from Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, you know the likes of them(not like i don't listen to party jamz ooo..ehn ehn..before you tag me a dulling..)


5. I play the guitar intermediate and the keyboard beginner......i also read sheet music intermediate..


6. I never leave home without a pen or pencil and a jotter in my bag on a work day...if i do, something just feels awfully wrong!


7. I have NEVER used a phone more than a year...or lets say 10 months..if i try to its as if the phone itself gets a hint and begins to malfunction...i still don't understand why...


pheeew!!! 7 and done..


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Passing on in no particular order:


vickii
s and s
madame sting
seriously doughnuts
ginger
septavalent stone
mounah
ync
dayor
Ms JB
stelzz
destinysayshomeiswheretheheartis
ilola
sweetly broken
seshe james

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yea DONE!!!..>
p.s before any old blogger i tagged decides to have my head for tagging them in newly discovered blog..let me explain myself..i tagged you cos ur blog is new to me not because you are new to blogsville...

Thank for reading people....xxxx
Cheers!!!

My legs are stronger...

So..,after my painfully short 6weeks of summer vacation the hustle began again 1st September..

My first rotation was Infectious disease and it lasted 15days..and I never really bonded with the Doctor in charge maybe cos she complained about my patient case history or simply cos even if you deliver to her 100% it never seems to be enough, she seems to always need an extra 5-10% to be impressed ..one of my colleagues calls her "the devil's niece" that the devil himself does not like..(not that i totally agree but hey..her over sabi na die..)but thank heavens its over for now and i don't miss her at all and i solemnly pray I get a nicer and more understanding doctor when my rotation takes me to that department again(help me say Amen abeg!!!)

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My present rotation is Surgery and yea I am beginning to question my choice of becoming a surgeon..cos my God i feel exhausted,,,i woke up 6am, left home 7.30 and got back in 6pm..(now that's harsh)...
I spent 5hours on my feet standing over a motionless body on the operating table in the theater praying silently in my mind that this old sixty something year old woman makes it off the table..she had gastrointestinal cancer and a procedure called Whipple's had to be done..

....but thank God she made it off the table....and yes I made it home(thats why i'm blogging ..*smile*) and I did not pass out this time even though it was the same professor of that very sugery..I guess my legs are getting stronger..lol..

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Cheers people...mmmwah!!

The journey was hectic..

The fastest summer break of my life just flew by rapidly..8weeks in naija just ended..instant rapido..
*sadmuch*
but hey what do I do..i've got to sit tight and be ready for the next 9 months before its summer again..

and i'll keep you posted on the happenings..


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Thanks for staying on and keep coming back oo...ehn ehn..*kisses*

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For those who waited for the video to my previous blog..i'm sorry i did not upload..naija internet speed was a bore...will upload soonest..

mmmmwah!!!find here my previous blog..