HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (excited and screaming at the top of your voice)
Everybody is excited to see a new year, hugging the closest person to you, making phone calls to loved ones, sending broadcast messages on bbm, whatsapp, sending sms to friends even deciding to forgive the people who wronged us the previous year that ended.
It’s a fresh start, a new beginning, a clean slate is stretched out and the writing of another 365 days has begun. Faiths are held high, hopes are kept up and like a child who just received a gift of a new toy, we keep our optimism high. Whether a Christian or not, we all are praying the new year is good to us, expectant of the year.
Target are set, resolutions are made, achievements to be made are listed out, things to be done, things not to do, friends to stay away from, friends to stay close to, a new idea to work on, previous ideas to improve on, each and everyone his own aspiration for the year.
A new year is like a wake up call for many of us. Haven lived a few years on earth, sometimes we loose track of time, purpose, faith, optimism, hardwork, achievement, targets, etc. We forget the only real new year we ever had was when we were born and every other new year is a wake up call to purpose. It’s a reminder to live life and to not just exist. Penning our names in the sands of time.
What are the lessons learnt the previous year, what are the mistakes made the previous year, what are our weaknesses, what were the things that stood in our way to becoming a better person, stopped us from helping others, it’s a wake up call to look back and forge ahead.
I personally don’t see life as a race but each day make steps. I don’t mock people who make resolutions, if that will help you make steps why not. Determination, discipline, diligence, strong-willed, never quitting, trustworthy, honesty, confidence, will get us to our aspirations. Standing on each of our laid out plan for the year, working on it and keeping our faith high even when all hopes are lost.
Sometimes all we need to see us through the year is the same optimism we started the year with. Winners never quit but quitters never win.
I hope this write up helps us through the year. Agree or disagree, all comments are welcomed (kisses and hugs).
Sunday, 29 January 2017
TEENAGE PREGNANCY (DEBATEABLE POST).
Sex is a choice between two consenting adults and when I see teenage girls moving around with protruding stomachs, I wonder; how did this happen?, how did the baby get there?……WiFi, Bluetooth, flashshare or rather xender?. Somebody please answer (lol). Now Sarcasm aside, this is a much more bigger issue than I thought.
For a whole week I kept seeing different teenage girls with pregnancy. My thought is how are they feeling?. And then I give kudos to their parents for allowing them keep their babies since I am not a fan of abortion. Sometimes trying to correct one mistake (abortion) could be costlier than accepting it (keeping your baby).
I read an article sometimes back which said that research shows that women who give birth after the age of 25 have greater chances of living long when compared to women who give birth before the age of 25. I don’t want to concern myself with the health risk, the shame the teenagers have to live with, the way society reacts to teenage pregnancy, how it affects the lives of the teenagers and finally how their parents have to cope with it because the result is not always a friendly one.
My concern is where did it go wrong, who did not do their home works well; parents, teachers, religion or lack of it, over protectiveness or lack of it, too much of civilization or lack of it, unlimited access to the internet or lack of it, lack of sex education or too much of it (for our teenagers who like to experiment) or should the male involved know better?
I stand to be corrected, I believe the male or rather men involved are of a higher age and should know better. Most times they are adults. So is sex with a teenager rape since they are not adults (I don’t believe they have the choice of consenting or not) or sex.
Comments are very much welcomed
#beautyallaround #openurhearttoseeit
HOW I SPENT MY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
This topic is a funny one right (lol). It reminds me of my primary school essay topics. I remember after every Christmas Holiday our first English assignment is always how I spent my Christmas Holiday (lol).
For this year I broke my first law of Christmas which is to not go anywhere and just stay home with my family and enjoy the day. But today I went out (yes I did lol) and that is because a new life is involved (Yay…. So happy). A new baby which Means double the celebration.
Usually I spend more than half of my Christmas day in the kitchen after which I freshen up and then hang my feet on the table sipping drink (lol), watching TV and having my siblings run around (for people who have younger siblings, u know how it can be lol) while I have to drag for the TV remote with my brother if I want to change the channel (we all always have that one big bully right…….lol).
This year was a really different year. It was a beautiful morning and I woke up to a confession (let me spare u guys the details… Winks lolz). After which I decided I wanted set off fireworks (I never use to do that but this year I did and it was awesome…….lol) and then the cooking, cooking, cooking. After cooking I went out (smiles). I went first to see the new born, the major reason I broke my first law of Christmas. Getting there, there was talks of who the baby looks like and the joy of motherhood and then all the talks of your time and all that (let me spare u guys the story but they were pretty interesting to listen to) after which I left and then I stopped by at a friend turned sister’s house. I just met her but we clicked. We have gotten quite close too.
I got an awesome welcome. Her dad even came out to say hello to me. After chatting for a while and of course taking the menu menu I was offered (I even had to turn down some….i don’t want to add any pound after Christmas lol) she walked me a little distance on my way home and then that was when the talking started. We talked a few minutes about every other thing, then She told me things that touched my heart . The first thing she said was “do you know I am always happy when I am around you”. I didn’t know and she told me she even told her dad this and that about me (let me spare u guys the details….lol but they really made my head swell) and her dad said I am a friend to be kept (Doyin really I am honoured) and that was why he came out to say hello to me specifically. She made me feel blessed to be who i am( I guess this is really what Christmas is about, giving positive energy to People and Doyin I am happy we crossed path). To think I left her house early because I wanted to get home on-time to watch jenifa’s diary(lol…. i never miss that show) but I ended up getting home late (awww… but it was worth it). Today I broke a few laws and it was okay(lolz). In all, my Christmas was a simple one but it was full and I enjoyed it.
Hope u all had a wonderful Christmas and let’s remember to give positive energy to others (hugs&kisses).
I REALLY HATE MY EX
Why is kidnapping a crime while heartbreak is not (lol). That was the question asked by an angry woman whose heart had just been broken. She could not let go so she kidnapped her ex and her two other friends who had similar situation did the same thing. All three men kidnapped (lol). This was the plot of a movie I saw a few days ago which had the same title.
It’s one of those times when you watch a movie not just for fun alone. I watched how these women walked their way through heart break and found their happiness. I summed it up in three stages. So how did these women become ex free.
The Questioning: This is always the first thing to ever happen after a break up. You get filled up with question like why, what, how, where, when. It’s in a woman’s DNA to ask and it’s in the men DNA not to answer (lol). I have not been able to piece why the men always run away from those questions (lol). So I concluded it’s because they are chicken hearted (lol). Either ways the questions are asked and most times it’s left unanswered (sigh). But believe me you have your answers right in front of you.
Silence: This is the second stage. Silence everywhere. You drop a pin you hear the sound. Silence sometimes is the highest form of screaming. No one is saying anything to each other technically but both have each other thoughts running through their hearts. Getting the silent treatment can be annoying even when it’s not from a loved not to talk of it coming from one. So you just want to get it off your chest and move on (smiles). Sometimes all you need do is to embrace the silence because there is no better time to have a clear head to make a decision.
Acceptance: The main character read from a book saying to be ex free means either heal your wound and move on to get back together or you will heal your wounds and move on to stay apart but either ways you will move on to be ex free. I couldn’t agree less.
In it all to be ex free is a choice. You make the choice to move on, you make the choice to find your own healing, you make the choice to be happy, you make the choice to stay true to yourself,your Heart and to others, you make the choice to not accept less than you deserve, you make the choice to not let anyone make you feel you are not good enough, you make the choice to become a better person, you make the choice to love harder next time and finally you make the choice to give it your best shot again.
I believe we cross path with people for a purpose and when they were asked in the movie to say something their ex did for them, they all had something to say. They either make you see your weaknesses or they make you find your strength. So it was never a waste meeting that person. They are a part of your life and be happy you met them.
Feeling heart broken, just get in touch and lets kidnap your ex together (winks……. Lol).
Agree or disagree comments are welcomed
WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO, A MAN CAN DO BETTER
I saw a write up online about how a man was in a bus and there was an argument about what a man can do can, a woman can do better. He didn’t want to listen so he plugged his ear piece and didn’t get into the argument with them. He got home and asked his wife and she jumped and answered in affirmative like are just knowing. He didn’t argue with her but rather carried her like he carried her at their marriage registry to the sitting room and told her to carry him back but she couldn’t so he gave a standing order for her not to join other women in such conversations.First of all I will like to say when this statement was first made I am sure it was not to measure physical strength and when I hear men say things like “can you impregnate a woman” or a woman say back that “can you carry a child in your womb” I go dumbstruck. Those are cheesy lines.This is not a gender argument post neither is it a philosophical talk. It’s simply reality. Men are awesome, women are awesome and our men cannot deny the fact that women overtime have proved the statement “what a man can do, a woman can do better” right. We don’t need to get into loud argument about it or make noise.Men naturally were created to be the head, they have ego and they like to dominate and I don’t know why women like to struggle that stand with them. I have never seen a man struggle a woman’s stand with her but we all know that the stand of a woman on earth cannot be overemphasized. If you have a woman in your life you can relate well with what I just said(lol). Men will never give up their stand as the head with mere talks and I doubt anybody will ever do that. If as a woman you have something to show that makes a difference (different from what a man would do), then do do it and prove the statement right.We have women who have made history. Has anyone ever thought about why Queen Elizabeth ( popular known as the virgin Queen) made history? (if u don’t know the reason, read up). We have women like Helen Keller, Emily Murphy, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dora Akunyili, Tegla Loroupe, Benazir Bhutto, Shirin Ebadi, Billie Jean King, Betty Williams e.t.c. The list can go on. Those are women who have proven that “what a man can do, a woman can do better”. They made a difference.So I was wondering why we have never had a saying like “what a woman can do, a man can do better (lol)”. I would have preferred making history to making loud arguments or loud noises on this topic. So I concluded when next I hear such argument about “what a man can do, a woman can do better” I will just tell them “what a woman can do, a man can do better”. This is just to confuse them and stop this argument(lolz). Talk is cheap, so let’s stop the noise and make history.Agree or disagree, comments are welcome (kisses and hugs)
MY TWO CENT TO SINGLE LADIES
Marriage changes a lot of things for people, most especially the ladies. While some people may think that I have no right to say this because I have not experienced married life, but you all will agree with me on this.
This is the order in which as ladies you should plan your life. Education, career, love and marriage. I should say this that there are some exceptional cases but they are rare.
For the ladies who want an education, it’s better to get it before marriage but if you don’t, you may never find the time after marriage to go back to that path.
For the ladies who have an education and want a career, make sure you are on your career path before marriage because after marriage and the children start coming in, you may never find the time to go back and build a career.
For the ladies who want to find love, get an education and get a career. This will help you define the Kind of man you want to end up with and believe me every guy wants a posh girl but no guy wants to end up with a lady that will become a liability to them.
Finally, it’s the dream of every lady to be married. Make sure you get all three: Education, career and love before settling down.
It’s very important you define a path for yourself and be on that path so you find purpose and fulfillment in life if not you end up living the path of your spouse which may never be fulfilling.
Agree or disagree, opinions are welcomed (kisses and hug).
This is the order in which as ladies you should plan your life. Education, career, love and marriage. I should say this that there are some exceptional cases but they are rare.
For the ladies who want an education, it’s better to get it before marriage but if you don’t, you may never find the time after marriage to go back to that path.
For the ladies who have an education and want a career, make sure you are on your career path before marriage because after marriage and the children start coming in, you may never find the time to go back and build a career.
For the ladies who want to find love, get an education and get a career. This will help you define the Kind of man you want to end up with and believe me every guy wants a posh girl but no guy wants to end up with a lady that will become a liability to them.
Finally, it’s the dream of every lady to be married. Make sure you get all three: Education, career and love before settling down.
It’s very important you define a path for yourself and be on that path so you find purpose and fulfillment in life if not you end up living the path of your spouse which may never be fulfilling.
Agree or disagree, opinions are welcomed (kisses and hug).
TOKE MAKINWA'S "ON BECOMING" BOOK REVIEW.
From the very first time toke launched her book and I read a few excerpts, I knew in my mind that I wanted to do a review of her book. There has been mixed reactions from people on her book and I believe she expected it.
On becoming is a can’t-drop-till-I-am-done-book and I must applaud toke for her strength. Life threw lemons at her and she made lemonades out of it. She did a very good job telling her story same time driving home her message.
Majorly my concentration will be on why she stayed with her ex with all the obvious signs. I once asked a group of friends if love is strength or weakness and they all said strength. Reading, you can tell toke grew up from a very strong Christian background with parents who love their children and then having to lose all that at a very young age, she was forced to grow up. She was lucky she had her big mummy to take over even though she didn’t make it easy for them but I guess she needed something more.
Toke took alot from her ex and a friend of mine told me she did all that for the fame and money but I think not. Ranging from cheating (which is a major deal breaker for most people), left her at the court twice, sex tape with another woman and you say all that for money. From all she said she was doing fine herself. Also even if all toke’s friends are bad, I am sure there is that one friend who will stick it out with her and gave her reasons to leave her ex but she still stayed till she said I do.
So why did she stay?
I in particular have reservations for relationships that last longer than necessary. You are not sealing the deal but you are still together. For me it’s like you are not sure of that person, just marking time. Toke has known her ex for more than ten years. From her teenage years till the marriage eventually crashed. Apart from the obvious fact that she loved him deeply there is something else about women who stay long in relationships. I read this somewhere and then I took note of all my friends who are finding it difficult to walk out of their relationship and I saw it’s true. When women get into relationships they show you their best part and their purpose and then the man loves them for that. It gets to a point they start to feel threatened about the relationship breaking so all that comes to mind is wanting to become all that he wants so he does not look outside. Loosing who you really are as a person. She said she bleached her skin because she felt the reason he was cheating was because he liked light skinned girls. She also agreed to do a sex tape with him even if she had her own fears about doing a sex tape but she did all for him. At that point most times for the woman it all about the man.
When some women love, I can’t help but say they help their man fan his ego by staying when they should leave. Most men end up taking it for granted. Toke did help fan his ego. I watched his video after the break up and you can tell from his body language that he regrets his actions. A baby is involved now. He has to be a daddy to another lady’s son. I guess for her then was the time to leave. What more is left to fight for. Someone once told me that if you have no control over your emotions then you are doomed. You don’t let your heart rule over your brain. That was her greatest weakness and then waiting to be accepted by her ex, forgetting herself in the process but in it all she became a pretty fine woman (lol allow my English).
Agree or disagree, your thoughts are welcomed
On becoming is a can’t-drop-till-I-am-done-book and I must applaud toke for her strength. Life threw lemons at her and she made lemonades out of it. She did a very good job telling her story same time driving home her message.
Majorly my concentration will be on why she stayed with her ex with all the obvious signs. I once asked a group of friends if love is strength or weakness and they all said strength. Reading, you can tell toke grew up from a very strong Christian background with parents who love their children and then having to lose all that at a very young age, she was forced to grow up. She was lucky she had her big mummy to take over even though she didn’t make it easy for them but I guess she needed something more.
Toke took alot from her ex and a friend of mine told me she did all that for the fame and money but I think not. Ranging from cheating (which is a major deal breaker for most people), left her at the court twice, sex tape with another woman and you say all that for money. From all she said she was doing fine herself. Also even if all toke’s friends are bad, I am sure there is that one friend who will stick it out with her and gave her reasons to leave her ex but she still stayed till she said I do.
So why did she stay?
I in particular have reservations for relationships that last longer than necessary. You are not sealing the deal but you are still together. For me it’s like you are not sure of that person, just marking time. Toke has known her ex for more than ten years. From her teenage years till the marriage eventually crashed. Apart from the obvious fact that she loved him deeply there is something else about women who stay long in relationships. I read this somewhere and then I took note of all my friends who are finding it difficult to walk out of their relationship and I saw it’s true. When women get into relationships they show you their best part and their purpose and then the man loves them for that. It gets to a point they start to feel threatened about the relationship breaking so all that comes to mind is wanting to become all that he wants so he does not look outside. Loosing who you really are as a person. She said she bleached her skin because she felt the reason he was cheating was because he liked light skinned girls. She also agreed to do a sex tape with him even if she had her own fears about doing a sex tape but she did all for him. At that point most times for the woman it all about the man.
When some women love, I can’t help but say they help their man fan his ego by staying when they should leave. Most men end up taking it for granted. Toke did help fan his ego. I watched his video after the break up and you can tell from his body language that he regrets his actions. A baby is involved now. He has to be a daddy to another lady’s son. I guess for her then was the time to leave. What more is left to fight for. Someone once told me that if you have no control over your emotions then you are doomed. You don’t let your heart rule over your brain. That was her greatest weakness and then waiting to be accepted by her ex, forgetting herself in the process but in it all she became a pretty fine woman (lol allow my English).
Agree or disagree, your thoughts are welcomed
FRIENSHIP: MY MEMOIR
A friend of mine sent me a text one day saying a coin is easy to earn but real friends are hard to find. The coin depreciates but a friend appreciates so when u find a real friend keep him or her.
This is a memory I want to keep. It was a very delicate time of my life, was a time when I was shutting people out and was a time when I needed to make some certain decisions that will affect my future. They helped me out without even knowing and took the weight off my shoulders. They helped me feel great with whom I am as a person and helped me see hope that there is a better tomorrow. They deserve more than just this memoir so they will always be in my heart. I have other friends too, great friends, awesome friends and they all hold a special place in my heart.
Three guys one girl.
Azor( CEO learnTutor),
The one to be very blunt with you and tell u,“ ah ah why, it’s my destiny”. When you need anybody to encourage you and push you to bring out the best in you, he is the one. When you need someone to help you even when it is not convenient for him, he is the one. When you tell him you need a job he tells you create a job. Always pushes people to be their best. He has a good ♥ and a great spirit. A good friend to have.
Benjamin (keengskeed CEO 360 music) The one who said, “you know when you don’t wait for them to zone you and you zone yourself, I have brother zoned myself already”(lol so stop touching my hand). He is the one to show that he is wild so people get scared of him. He is the one to light up the room and make everybody laugh but underneath it all he has his fears too and he has a good heart. He is a good example of do not judge a book by its cover. You remember the $500 we want to get from YouTube to take to the beach to celebrate Christmas and the channel bag you promised it’s still hanging oh (lol) also remember what I always say that when u become well known I will always tell people that we use to drink garri together at jedidiah(i spoil show? 😂)
Yinka (CEO putme academy).
When I first came into jedidiah he was the one who will care for me. Get the food and say i brought spoon for you, we will wait for you when you are done. When you call him and say yk buy this or that when you are coming, he will ask is that what you want, OK I will and he will get it. The one to enter into the computer and turn it upside down. Any issues You have with internet and computer, he will solve it for you. He is the quite one and the apostle amongst us. But I heard you like woman( no be me talk am, na Azor tell me oh 😁). He is calm a person and a great friend too.
Everybody seems to be doing something great for themselves but in it all, each one still have time to be each others backbone. That is what friends are for. You know that junction where we use to stop and gist for a few more minutes before departing and everybody takes their different route like we will not see each other the next day, I feel people would have noticed it so let’s change location (lol). Even with our individual differences, there was still unity. I am grateful we crossed part.
You all are welcomed to share your experiences too with friends. When you comment invite them to come read it. Make someone smile today it goes a long way.
This is a memory I want to keep. It was a very delicate time of my life, was a time when I was shutting people out and was a time when I needed to make some certain decisions that will affect my future. They helped me out without even knowing and took the weight off my shoulders. They helped me feel great with whom I am as a person and helped me see hope that there is a better tomorrow. They deserve more than just this memoir so they will always be in my heart. I have other friends too, great friends, awesome friends and they all hold a special place in my heart.
Three guys one girl.
Azor( CEO learnTutor),
The one to be very blunt with you and tell u,“ ah ah why, it’s my destiny”. When you need anybody to encourage you and push you to bring out the best in you, he is the one. When you need someone to help you even when it is not convenient for him, he is the one. When you tell him you need a job he tells you create a job. Always pushes people to be their best. He has a good ♥ and a great spirit. A good friend to have.
Benjamin (keengskeed CEO 360 music) The one who said, “you know when you don’t wait for them to zone you and you zone yourself, I have brother zoned myself already”(lol so stop touching my hand). He is the one to show that he is wild so people get scared of him. He is the one to light up the room and make everybody laugh but underneath it all he has his fears too and he has a good heart. He is a good example of do not judge a book by its cover. You remember the $500 we want to get from YouTube to take to the beach to celebrate Christmas and the channel bag you promised it’s still hanging oh (lol) also remember what I always say that when u become well known I will always tell people that we use to drink garri together at jedidiah(i spoil show? 😂)
Yinka (CEO putme academy).
When I first came into jedidiah he was the one who will care for me. Get the food and say i brought spoon for you, we will wait for you when you are done. When you call him and say yk buy this or that when you are coming, he will ask is that what you want, OK I will and he will get it. The one to enter into the computer and turn it upside down. Any issues You have with internet and computer, he will solve it for you. He is the quite one and the apostle amongst us. But I heard you like woman( no be me talk am, na Azor tell me oh 😁). He is calm a person and a great friend too.
Everybody seems to be doing something great for themselves but in it all, each one still have time to be each others backbone. That is what friends are for. You know that junction where we use to stop and gist for a few more minutes before departing and everybody takes their different route like we will not see each other the next day, I feel people would have noticed it so let’s change location (lol). Even with our individual differences, there was still unity. I am grateful we crossed part.
You all are welcomed to share your experiences too with friends. When you comment invite them to come read it. Make someone smile today it goes a long way.
OLAF (my precious animation friend).
Can I ever outgrow animation stories? Does it mean I am still a kid?. Why do I like the character olaf so much?…… You will Find out after reading.
It is tricky right……. Olaf is suppose to be a snow man but he likes warm hugs. I can’t picture why anybody will not like olaf especially if you like to give warm hugs. Olaf as a character is very interesting.
Olaf has so many good character but I will be progressing from his childish innocence because to me was what led to his other good attributes as a character.
Olaf has this childish innocence round about him that even when the reindeer wanted to eat his carrot nose he told the reindeer"i know you are trying to kiss my nose but I like you too". Does it mean he was oblivious to the fact that the reindeer wanted to eat his nose (reindeers love carrot)? Ofcourse he knew . Then why did he give that response to the reindeer?.
Meeting olaf for the first time he talked about summer without knowing he will die when summer comes. He just rattled on and had his own thoughts of how to enjoy summer and then he sang (I love the song olaf sang about summer). Even when olaf knew he will melt he was still helping out to bring summer back with careless abandon. He was willing to sacrifice his life for the common good of everybody.
Olaf had his really funny moment but the one that really cracked me up was when olaf considered himself a love expert, can you Imagine that (lol). Olaf was also ignorant but not in a stupid way it was wonderful ignorance. If there is any such word.
Olaf was protective of everybody even protected the reindeer that wanted to eat his nose but that singular act made them best of friends at the end of the show. That is why one of the sentences that captured my heart from the show is “only an act of true love can fall a frozen, heart”. Olaf persistence stay with the reindeer even with his nose at risk and showing him love let the reindeer become olaf friend. It is noteworthy that olaf loves his nose because to him it added to his beauty.
I could keep talking about olaf but I want to draw lessons from his character. To me frozen is not just a cartoon I learnt from the story but olaf’s character intrigued me more.
His childish innocence , protective ability, funny nature, love, wonderful ignorance, willingness to give up his life for the good of everybody, his care for the people around him and so on. As adult we can learn from olaf.
It is tricky right……. Olaf is suppose to be a snow man but he likes warm hugs. I can’t picture why anybody will not like olaf especially if you like to give warm hugs. Olaf as a character is very interesting.
Olaf has so many good character but I will be progressing from his childish innocence because to me was what led to his other good attributes as a character.
Olaf has this childish innocence round about him that even when the reindeer wanted to eat his carrot nose he told the reindeer"i know you are trying to kiss my nose but I like you too". Does it mean he was oblivious to the fact that the reindeer wanted to eat his nose (reindeers love carrot)? Ofcourse he knew . Then why did he give that response to the reindeer?.
Meeting olaf for the first time he talked about summer without knowing he will die when summer comes. He just rattled on and had his own thoughts of how to enjoy summer and then he sang (I love the song olaf sang about summer). Even when olaf knew he will melt he was still helping out to bring summer back with careless abandon. He was willing to sacrifice his life for the common good of everybody.
Olaf had his really funny moment but the one that really cracked me up was when olaf considered himself a love expert, can you Imagine that (lol). Olaf was also ignorant but not in a stupid way it was wonderful ignorance. If there is any such word.
Olaf was protective of everybody even protected the reindeer that wanted to eat his nose but that singular act made them best of friends at the end of the show. That is why one of the sentences that captured my heart from the show is “only an act of true love can fall a frozen, heart”. Olaf persistence stay with the reindeer even with his nose at risk and showing him love let the reindeer become olaf friend. It is noteworthy that olaf loves his nose because to him it added to his beauty.
I could keep talking about olaf but I want to draw lessons from his character. To me frozen is not just a cartoon I learnt from the story but olaf’s character intrigued me more.
His childish innocence , protective ability, funny nature, love, wonderful ignorance, willingness to give up his life for the good of everybody, his care for the people around him and so on. As adult we can learn from olaf.
FAMILY.
I have always wanted to write on this topic but I wasn’t able to put the words together. Being in the right environment and in the mood of celebration, I feel happy to finally be able to hold my pen and write on this topic.
A family is said to be the smallest unit in the society but in the real sense of it, it is not. The bond,the love and the togetherness shared here is greater than the society as a whole. I have not had time to sit and think or really notice how much my family means to me but I know better now after deciding this topic as a case study(smiles). After going out and not seen them for a very long time I understand better. It is really true that distance makes the heart grow fonder. After getting back from church on Sunday and everybody is at home I start to realise how happy I always am whenever I am with this particular set of people. Watching my parents smile and watching my siblings laugh and running around I realised how important it is for me to always want to see this. I could keep watching the laughter and smiles everyday of my life. I also noticed how important it is for me to be a part of the reason they are smiling and laughing.
As a family when we get angry at each other or even shout at each other, they don’t always last and the next minute we are playing together again. As a family we get each other’s back and fill in for each other’s short comings.
Till now I haven’t put much thoughts to people I consider my true friends. If u will agree with me you will also notice that people you consider your very good friends after a while you start to consider them a part of your family. Either you consider them your brother or a sister. That is now considering them more than a friend. This because having a family is very important to anybody.
After all the hustle and seriousness attached to a year from the beginning which is January to the end December I bless God for the birth of Jesus and a date being fixed before the end of the year to celebrate. So we all get to put the hustling and the seriousness aside and just be happy. Which means no more parents going to work and siblings going to school or me going back to go and finish my one year enslavement(lol). I know you are laughing back at me that it is just for a while but I bet you I am going to make the most of it and I bet you will do the same.
With the joy of the holidays in the air and the celebration of Christ in mind I know I will be getting and seeing a lot of laughter and smiles so I hope to watch and enjoy every moment of it and make a memory of it that will last me till the end of next year. I need it to carry me through the hustle and seriousness of next year(lol). I will try not to be too stingy and do an edited version of this topic which will be on how this holiday went with me, my family and friends.
From the song used in lion King 2 “we are more than we are, we are one family” and I also thank God for creating this unit called family.
A family is said to be the smallest unit in the society but in the real sense of it, it is not. The bond,the love and the togetherness shared here is greater than the society as a whole. I have not had time to sit and think or really notice how much my family means to me but I know better now after deciding this topic as a case study(smiles). After going out and not seen them for a very long time I understand better. It is really true that distance makes the heart grow fonder. After getting back from church on Sunday and everybody is at home I start to realise how happy I always am whenever I am with this particular set of people. Watching my parents smile and watching my siblings laugh and running around I realised how important it is for me to always want to see this. I could keep watching the laughter and smiles everyday of my life. I also noticed how important it is for me to be a part of the reason they are smiling and laughing.
As a family when we get angry at each other or even shout at each other, they don’t always last and the next minute we are playing together again. As a family we get each other’s back and fill in for each other’s short comings.
Till now I haven’t put much thoughts to people I consider my true friends. If u will agree with me you will also notice that people you consider your very good friends after a while you start to consider them a part of your family. Either you consider them your brother or a sister. That is now considering them more than a friend. This because having a family is very important to anybody.
After all the hustle and seriousness attached to a year from the beginning which is January to the end December I bless God for the birth of Jesus and a date being fixed before the end of the year to celebrate. So we all get to put the hustling and the seriousness aside and just be happy. Which means no more parents going to work and siblings going to school or me going back to go and finish my one year enslavement(lol). I know you are laughing back at me that it is just for a while but I bet you I am going to make the most of it and I bet you will do the same.
With the joy of the holidays in the air and the celebration of Christ in mind I know I will be getting and seeing a lot of laughter and smiles so I hope to watch and enjoy every moment of it and make a memory of it that will last me till the end of next year. I need it to carry me through the hustle and seriousness of next year(lol). I will try not to be too stingy and do an edited version of this topic which will be on how this holiday went with me, my family and friends.
From the song used in lion King 2 “we are more than we are, we are one family” and I also thank God for creating this unit called family.
CIVILIZATION OR DEEP TRADITION
For the compulsory one year enslavement Nigerian youths are forced into, I serve in ondo state(lolz).
I discovered while staying here that ondo people still live in the past (Oops let me use a more friendly term like fetish). They still carry out archaic festival rites where it is believed women shouldn’t come out to see certain masquerades.
I got bored and was chatting with a friend and he told me that civilization is tradition. He said he wasn’t willing to sell the fact to me but i bought it anyways without him knowing( smiles).
What is believed to be civilization today is the western tradition or rather culture. As an African or rather a Nigerian do i prefer deep tradition or civilization?.
Deep tradition would mean no phones ( can i give my phone up……….thinking) knowing i will not be blogging now if there was no phones is making me have second thoughts lol. I probably would have been in one forest half dressed in leaves, probably will not have beds to sleep on, probably will have different marks drawn on my face or probably would have been born among the Zulu people and be greeting like them(i.say this not because i have anything against their way of greeting but because i harbor a secret desire to learn the greeting. Did i just spill that lol). All these sounds funny and interesting.
Though i like civilization because it has helped to make life easy but thinking about deep tradition still makes me remember the taste “bitter sweet”. Anyways I am indifferent to the two because i was born when civilization has taken place may be if i was born when we still had our traditions very much alive i would have appreciated it more but none the less i still appreciate our tradition.
I will like to say that civilization has brought in a lot of changes in all but truth is some traditions will always be kept no matter how much of civilization we borrow. Though civilization is embraced we still and will always have our traditions.
I discovered while staying here that ondo people still live in the past (Oops let me use a more friendly term like fetish). They still carry out archaic festival rites where it is believed women shouldn’t come out to see certain masquerades.
I got bored and was chatting with a friend and he told me that civilization is tradition. He said he wasn’t willing to sell the fact to me but i bought it anyways without him knowing( smiles).
What is believed to be civilization today is the western tradition or rather culture. As an African or rather a Nigerian do i prefer deep tradition or civilization?.
Deep tradition would mean no phones ( can i give my phone up……….thinking) knowing i will not be blogging now if there was no phones is making me have second thoughts lol. I probably would have been in one forest half dressed in leaves, probably will not have beds to sleep on, probably will have different marks drawn on my face or probably would have been born among the Zulu people and be greeting like them(i.say this not because i have anything against their way of greeting but because i harbor a secret desire to learn the greeting. Did i just spill that lol). All these sounds funny and interesting.
Though i like civilization because it has helped to make life easy but thinking about deep tradition still makes me remember the taste “bitter sweet”. Anyways I am indifferent to the two because i was born when civilization has taken place may be if i was born when we still had our traditions very much alive i would have appreciated it more but none the less i still appreciate our tradition.
I will like to say that civilization has brought in a lot of changes in all but truth is some traditions will always be kept no matter how much of civilization we borrow. Though civilization is embraced we still and will always have our traditions.
FATE.
The question of if i believe in that word “fate” can be answered after I end this write up.
Some people believe you should leave some things in the hands of fate. They are like “just believe what will be, will be”, why do i have a big problem with this sentence lol… Just like the song “Que se ra se ra” I am of the opinion that her mum was wrong. people tend to hide behind fate becoming lazy to work for their future, becoming reluctant to do anything other than to seat back and expect what will be, to be.
I am of the opinion that you take from life what you want from life. You work hard towards what you want . I am trying really hard here not to be religious but even the bible says faith without works is dead. You need to move to get a result.
If you want to be happy, you can be happy. so stop lazing around and putting hope on fate and get going. You put efforts even if it is just a little efforts and see if what will be will not be. so i will rather prefer the sentence to be “Efforts(even if it is just a little effort) will make what you want to be, to be.
Some people believe you should leave some things in the hands of fate. They are like “just believe what will be, will be”, why do i have a big problem with this sentence lol… Just like the song “Que se ra se ra” I am of the opinion that her mum was wrong. people tend to hide behind fate becoming lazy to work for their future, becoming reluctant to do anything other than to seat back and expect what will be, to be.
I am of the opinion that you take from life what you want from life. You work hard towards what you want . I am trying really hard here not to be religious but even the bible says faith without works is dead. You need to move to get a result.
If you want to be happy, you can be happy. so stop lazing around and putting hope on fate and get going. You put efforts even if it is just a little efforts and see if what will be will not be. so i will rather prefer the sentence to be “Efforts(even if it is just a little effort) will make what you want to be, to be.
EUTHANASIA (MERCY KILLING).
The topic is weird right…..smiles. I just keep stumbling on this subject matter this past week and i decided to blog it. I saw an interesting Indian movie that made an impression on me by one of my favourite Indian actor and the whole plot was centered on this topic euthanasia . Few days later i decided to read a novel by sidney sheldon titled “nothing lasts forever” and the story was also on this topic. What a coincidence right…..the reason i decided to write.
Before science people die from the slightest of disease but now thousands of lives have been saved. It has helped relieved the pain of many to the extent that some people see their doctor as their God. so should i say it has been a blessing or is it otherwise. I am talking about the people science has not been able to help. These are the people placed on life support system. They are people in comatose state or rather vegetative state which is as good as dead.
I will refer first to the book i read. One of characters had cancer that even chemotherapy could not help him. He just had to wait patiently till the cancer eats out his life but the bad thing here is that the more the date of his death draws near, the more his pain. He can only be given drugs to reduce his pain. He could bear the pain no longer, he asked his doctor to help end his life. The doctor understanding how much pain he must be going through decided to help him by letting him die a less painful death. He was given an overdose of insulin which allowed him die peacefully. He died with a smile on his face. At this point i will let you know that euthanasia is not allowed in any state of the world. At least so far as i have researched this is what i found out.
In the movie the main character was paralysed both hands and legs. He also had kidney problem which led to other health issues. For fourteen years of his life he struggled and had hope. He made the most of his life even in that state by anchoring a programme which touched thousands of lives. He made many smile with that programme and gave people hope. He was an inspiration to many but he was helpless. He lost hope with each passing day and decided euthanasia was the only option for him. He could no longer wait for death because it seemed far and his health kept deteriorating. He was so helpless to the extent that he needed someone to help end his life. He moved the motion in court with the help of his lawyer who was also a friend but the state refuse him his offer saying it was against the law. He decided to use his radio show to plead public sympathy but he didn’t get positive answer because people didn’t want him to give up on life.
My questions on the movie is was the state wicked by not realizing how bad his health was and help relieve him of his misery? were people selfish by not helping him end his pain because he was giving them hope and making them smile?.My question from the book is, should the doctor have helped him end his pain because she understood how much pain he was in?.
I believe life that cannot be created should not be taken. I am against euthanasia or rather mercy killing. I believe life is precious and every moment spent in it should be cherished. Life is a gift and i believe everyone who has onced received a gift cherished it. For the character in the book, the love he would have gotten the few days he had left to spend would have been greater than the pain he felt if he had family to show it to him. when you smile you don’t remember your pain. He should have made memories that will make him live on in the hearts of his loved ones for a long time rather than thinking of death. That would have helped his pain more than any drug.
For the movie, the smile he puts on people face daily, the lives he has helped put back on track and the love he was shown daily. If he looks back on these, it was enough hope for him to want to give it another try in life. I understand he lived like that for more than ten years but he had people there for him. He was a mentor to many and admired by many. He will live long in the hearts of many. Some times you look beyond your pain and when you see you are the reason some is smiling or giving life another chance i think that is enough to make you happy. I really don’t know but it is easy to please me and that would have made me want to fight and stay alive . Having a strong will to live.
Comments are welcomed and i want someone to try and convince me otherwise. Though i doubt anyone will be able to make me change my mind but the try is very much welcomed. I end like this LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND SHOULD BE CHERISHED.
Before science people die from the slightest of disease but now thousands of lives have been saved. It has helped relieved the pain of many to the extent that some people see their doctor as their God. so should i say it has been a blessing or is it otherwise. I am talking about the people science has not been able to help. These are the people placed on life support system. They are people in comatose state or rather vegetative state which is as good as dead.
I will refer first to the book i read. One of characters had cancer that even chemotherapy could not help him. He just had to wait patiently till the cancer eats out his life but the bad thing here is that the more the date of his death draws near, the more his pain. He can only be given drugs to reduce his pain. He could bear the pain no longer, he asked his doctor to help end his life. The doctor understanding how much pain he must be going through decided to help him by letting him die a less painful death. He was given an overdose of insulin which allowed him die peacefully. He died with a smile on his face. At this point i will let you know that euthanasia is not allowed in any state of the world. At least so far as i have researched this is what i found out.
In the movie the main character was paralysed both hands and legs. He also had kidney problem which led to other health issues. For fourteen years of his life he struggled and had hope. He made the most of his life even in that state by anchoring a programme which touched thousands of lives. He made many smile with that programme and gave people hope. He was an inspiration to many but he was helpless. He lost hope with each passing day and decided euthanasia was the only option for him. He could no longer wait for death because it seemed far and his health kept deteriorating. He was so helpless to the extent that he needed someone to help end his life. He moved the motion in court with the help of his lawyer who was also a friend but the state refuse him his offer saying it was against the law. He decided to use his radio show to plead public sympathy but he didn’t get positive answer because people didn’t want him to give up on life.
My questions on the movie is was the state wicked by not realizing how bad his health was and help relieve him of his misery? were people selfish by not helping him end his pain because he was giving them hope and making them smile?.My question from the book is, should the doctor have helped him end his pain because she understood how much pain he was in?.
I believe life that cannot be created should not be taken. I am against euthanasia or rather mercy killing. I believe life is precious and every moment spent in it should be cherished. Life is a gift and i believe everyone who has onced received a gift cherished it. For the character in the book, the love he would have gotten the few days he had left to spend would have been greater than the pain he felt if he had family to show it to him. when you smile you don’t remember your pain. He should have made memories that will make him live on in the hearts of his loved ones for a long time rather than thinking of death. That would have helped his pain more than any drug.
For the movie, the smile he puts on people face daily, the lives he has helped put back on track and the love he was shown daily. If he looks back on these, it was enough hope for him to want to give it another try in life. I understand he lived like that for more than ten years but he had people there for him. He was a mentor to many and admired by many. He will live long in the hearts of many. Some times you look beyond your pain and when you see you are the reason some is smiling or giving life another chance i think that is enough to make you happy. I really don’t know but it is easy to please me and that would have made me want to fight and stay alive . Having a strong will to live.
Comments are welcomed and i want someone to try and convince me otherwise. Though i doubt anyone will be able to make me change my mind but the try is very much welcomed. I end like this LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND SHOULD BE CHERISHED.
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HER LOVE IS FIERCE.
Like my friend will always say “her love is fierce” lol……..this is not the topic i had in mind to post but thinking about how to write this post made me smile and i felt it will make others smile too.
sigh……..how do i start this lol. “LOVE” when i see people do stupid things which to them is the best you can do because you are in love, i begin to wonder. i have not been able to comprehend fully how to describe love.
I have had crush(es) lol , i have really,really, really really (the really can go on) liked someone but never have i fallen in love. Thinking about it now i did do some things that right now i consider foolish for my crush and the people i like so i can imagine how fierce my love would be lol……
some people believe watching from afar and ensuring the one you love is happy and in love with another person is the best way you can express your love to the other most especially in cases where the love is not reciprocated. This set of people i call the noble idiots because they still diligently and steadfastly stay in love with the other person. They are there like the heroes, always there for the damsel in distress or the dark knight in trouble.
some people believe keeping vital information all in the name of saving the one they love from pain which always and always brings short lived happiness is the best way they can express their love. some express their love to the other by inflicting pain. some believe they should be doted on. some believe satisfying their need is the way to show love. some believe love don’t exist. The list is endless.Different people with their own ways of expressing their love.
But the beautiful thing is that love is good, kind, selfless, caring, generous, beautiful i can go on. i believe love is everything good and will really like to know what it feels like to be in love. I envy people who have once experienced it lol….
I am running out of words already but i want to end this post in a refreshing way. if her love is fierce his love can be fierce too making it two fierce love(lolzz) or should it be time for change, time to restart, time to conquer and time to be fierce.
choose whichever one feels refreshing to you. i hope i made u smile and made u want to be in love too.
A LITTLE BIT OF CHILDISHNESS
Growth is inevitable and as adults we passed through the early stages of our lives. That is a stage where you are cared for and virtually everything is done for you. There are times as adult when you want to be cared for and feel wanted like when you were a child.
It feels good to be grown up but it was also nice when you were a kid. Time when you will cry for candy, cry for a diaper change, cry for virtually everything. There are so many fun things about being a kid. Like my younger brother will call rice photosynthesis simply because he was taught plant generate their food through that process.
Kids have a simple and open heart while growing up comes with a lot of responsibility .There are times i just want a little bit of childishness with an open heart. I wish i could be a kid for one day to take a break from adulthood.
The beauty of all this is that even as grown ups there are times when we behave like kids. It seems as though because we all passed through this stage, a part of it will always be a part of our lives. Even if it’s just a very little part of it .
It feels good to be grown up but it was also nice when you were a kid. Time when you will cry for candy, cry for a diaper change, cry for virtually everything. There are so many fun things about being a kid. Like my younger brother will call rice photosynthesis simply because he was taught plant generate their food through that process.
Kids have a simple and open heart while growing up comes with a lot of responsibility .There are times i just want a little bit of childishness with an open heart. I wish i could be a kid for one day to take a break from adulthood.
The beauty of all this is that even as grown ups there are times when we behave like kids. It seems as though because we all passed through this stage, a part of it will always be a part of our lives. Even if it’s just a very little part of it .
MUSIC
When people say music is life, I have not been able to really comprehend fully the meaning. It’s mind blowing. I have heard people say different things about music like “It’s my drug”, It’s soul searching", “it’s my companion”, “Without it i can’t do this or that”. The list is inexhaustible……
I have had experiences too with music. Here is one of it; when singing I absorb myself into the music then I get into the lyrics I become emotional and it feels like I’m in a trance. The reaction from this comes in different forms I could cry, think or become very happy.
Someone said it’s a weakness but i just smiled because I know it’s not. It has brought healing to many and it still is.
I have had experiences too with music. Here is one of it; when singing I absorb myself into the music then I get into the lyrics I become emotional and it feels like I’m in a trance. The reaction from this comes in different forms I could cry, think or become very happy.
Someone said it’s a weakness but i just smiled because I know it’s not. It has brought healing to many and it still is.
HAPPINESS
Happiness is defined in what you define it to be. People define happiness from different things. I learnt a lot from a little boy I met in an orphanage home named Diamond. He is chubby, fair and full of life. I can still remember that beautiful smile he gave that seems as though his lips would tear, the twinkle in his eyes and his white flashy teeth. He seemed so happy and contented. I thought to myself even without a father and mother and coupled with staying in an orphanage home, he looked so happy with life. Then I made that one of my goals in life to always be happy in the face of whatever, however and whenever. Put a smile on your face today life is not that bad. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking. “BE HAPPY”
I'M SORRY.
I'm sorry’; the extent to which the word can go is beyond what one can imagine. It’s good for one to come down from his high horse and say 'i’m sorry’. It solves a lot and saves one the energy of prolonging the issue. 'I’m sorry’, like my younger sibling would say “it’s a magic word”. It’s melts the heart.
But, is ‘I’m sorry’ enough?. It is not…when it is used wrongly…which is what most people do. Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is not enough if you repeat the thing that made you say ‘I’m sorry’ in the first place. Then, it defeats the purpose of saying it.
The key thing is to say ‘I’m sorry’ and mean it- by not repeating it again. If you do repeat it….your ‘I’m sorry’ is “just a pinch of salt”.
But, is ‘I’m sorry’ enough?. It is not…when it is used wrongly…which is what most people do. Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is not enough if you repeat the thing that made you say ‘I’m sorry’ in the first place. Then, it defeats the purpose of saying it.
The key thing is to say ‘I’m sorry’ and mean it- by not repeating it again. If you do repeat it….your ‘I’m sorry’ is “just a pinch of salt”.
A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE (MY DOG AND I).
I never knew one could get so attached to something. I have always been the type that hates dogs and didn’t want them close bye. This was partly because I was scared of them.
The opposite of this was my mum. she loves dogs and likes to have them around. she has always wanted to bring one home but she didn’t partly because of me. she waited till I was old enough.
Precisely on the second of January this year, she brought home a white male puppy. I didn’t go close to it and refused to pass by it. she went out the next day and asked me to take care of it and feed it milk; this was when my life with it started.
I still kept away from it. It kept crying because it was hungry. I couldn’t stand it and my heart went to it. I decided to get over my fear since my heart was breaking over it tears. I started to want to take care of,then i adjusted to having it around.
It will keep me company when I’m bored .It will walk me to a safe distance before going back home when i’m going out. when I come back also it will welcome me by running all over me and wagging it tail. It also did crazy stuffs like taking slippers left at doorstep,tearing doormat,pulling clothes down from clothesline and many other things that i hated but then I loved it more.
Even when I was away in school for a short while, whenever i call home I’ll ask after it. when i came back home for the holidays I thought it won’t recognize me but it did. for that i loved it even more.
All these was short lived because it died a few months later. I got really sad and it was difficult to get over it. It was like i lost my best friend. After a while, i realized it was actually my best friend and i did lost my best friend. I cried a lot.
Everywhere around the house got really quite and words like “SEAT”, “STOP IT”, “TIME TO EAT”, “TIME TO BATHE” were no longer heard screamed by me. I would go out and expect to see it or for it to walk me out but then i would remember it is dead. writing about it now has brought bitter sweet memories and thinking about how i got attached to it, I have come to believe that there is really a thin line between love and hate. The person you love this minute, you could hate the next, and the person you hate now, you could love the next minute.
The opposite of this was my mum. she loves dogs and likes to have them around. she has always wanted to bring one home but she didn’t partly because of me. she waited till I was old enough.
Precisely on the second of January this year, she brought home a white male puppy. I didn’t go close to it and refused to pass by it. she went out the next day and asked me to take care of it and feed it milk; this was when my life with it started.
I still kept away from it. It kept crying because it was hungry. I couldn’t stand it and my heart went to it. I decided to get over my fear since my heart was breaking over it tears. I started to want to take care of,then i adjusted to having it around.
It will keep me company when I’m bored .It will walk me to a safe distance before going back home when i’m going out. when I come back also it will welcome me by running all over me and wagging it tail. It also did crazy stuffs like taking slippers left at doorstep,tearing doormat,pulling clothes down from clothesline and many other things that i hated but then I loved it more.
Even when I was away in school for a short while, whenever i call home I’ll ask after it. when i came back home for the holidays I thought it won’t recognize me but it did. for that i loved it even more.
All these was short lived because it died a few months later. I got really sad and it was difficult to get over it. It was like i lost my best friend. After a while, i realized it was actually my best friend and i did lost my best friend. I cried a lot.
Everywhere around the house got really quite and words like “SEAT”, “STOP IT”, “TIME TO EAT”, “TIME TO BATHE” were no longer heard screamed by me. I would go out and expect to see it or for it to walk me out but then i would remember it is dead. writing about it now has brought bitter sweet memories and thinking about how i got attached to it, I have come to believe that there is really a thin line between love and hate. The person you love this minute, you could hate the next, and the person you hate now, you could love the next minute.
IS IT ALWAYS BUSINESS AS USUAL?
For a split seconds i thought to myself………how can someone be all business like when you know someone’s life depends on it and it will cost you nothing to do something about it.
Must one always have financial gain from everything? Are there no things you do and forget about all you have to gain from it ?
Hmnn……. this is part of what makes the difference in people. everyone is unique in their own ways, so i try not to judge cos there is nothing that is yours that wasn’t given to you.
Must one always have financial gain from everything? Are there no things you do and forget about all you have to gain from it ?
Hmnn……. this is part of what makes the difference in people. everyone is unique in their own ways, so i try not to judge cos there is nothing that is yours that wasn’t given to you.
NATURE OF MAN
when u and your friend fails………..u re both sad.
when u pass and your friend fails………u feel sad for your friend and happy that u scaled thru but your friend feels worse than when u both failed.
sometimes it may not necessarily be out of jealousy but that is part of man’s nature…..this is not true for all but most people are like that.
when u pass and your friend fails………u feel sad for your friend and happy that u scaled thru but your friend feels worse than when u both failed.
sometimes it may not necessarily be out of jealousy but that is part of man’s nature…..this is not true for all but most people are like that.
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