Here Is My Embarrassing Hair Twist Out, No Thanks To You Myne

 my funny hair twist out

I have kept my short scanty hair to myself, and far away from my blog for a long time. I wanted to

More Pictures From Our Tour Of The Agbokim Waterfalls

 Right in the main bowl of the Agbokim waterfalls.

We are here in December, and the tour guide explains that there is not much to see because at this time of the year, the water level has reduced. The best time to visit the Falls

Happy New year and Thank You

 It's a happy New Year, so we dance

 boogie boogie, it's a happy New Year

I can't thank you enough for making me a blogger. The only reason I still write and publish is because you read and I see the page views increasing.

This blog was born on the 30th of

A Tour Of The Agbokim WaterFalls In Pictures

Just got back from touring the Agbokim waterfalls. I tried to see if it connects, and though very slow internet connection here, I am still happy that I can post a few pics. The day was full of adventure. We were ten in number that made the trip.

The excitement on the faces of the young ladies when I announced to them this morning that we will be visiting the waterfalls in Cross River State. The trip was uneventful except for good music and video CDs that I packed for the girls and which kept us company, some fell asleep in the car, but once the kids set eyes on the waterfalls and the vapor around the falls, the atmosphere changed automatically. We took so many pics and I hope to upload more later.

Posing for photographs on a hill beside the Agbokim water falls. Lol!

Between Water And Electricity

 Free Flowing Natural Water

Now I'd understand better when I hear someone say "water is life."  There has not been a single drop of running water in my area for about four days now. Water board announced that they were having problems and that by Saturday  water will begin to run again. Saturday ran by, Sunday crawled along and now, Monday has arrived. Today is a working day and people are really in need of pure portable water.

Now, to you Water Board, *a promise not kept* and to

I Am First To Finish. For How Long?

Oneroom bathroom (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This morning, I am seriously considering our everyday winner gets a gift thing. It is becoming a chore for me with having to get something for the first to finish on a daily basis. At the end of the day, it is not only the winner who takes it. The loser also gets something because I cannot endure the cries and promises to do better next time.

At the beginning of this School session, I felt a little bit relaxed when it comes to morning rush. This is because the two "senior" girls have left for boarding School and it felt like "OK, with this two little ones, the work is reduced by half," I was sooo wrong.

Eya, Learn A Second Language!

French homework (Photo credit: eefeewahfah)

Learning a foreign language has become very necessary for me. Kids bring homework for supervision, I do it successfully in all other subjects except French Language. Every time there is home work in French Language, I keep my head straight,  put a little frown on,  before giving the response " Leave that one for Daddy or go check Online" If I do not put that little frown that makes me very serious, I will have to answer too many questions for not knowing  the answers to "that simple French Homework"

The kids are learning French in School. Hubby can speak English, French and  German fluently and even a bit of Japanese, so, why can't I just try to speak at least one foreign language. Am I that dull?  I announce to them on Sunday evening that before this year ends, I will not only be learning but speaking French Language in this house. They ask how and I refuse to say.  Why should I?  when all I want is shock them with speaking. 

There was no time to start yesterday as planned,

A Letter To My Daughters

My Dearest Cuties,

How are you doing today? Hope you are doing great and having a good time?  We are fine except that we miss you so much. We are eagerly looking forward to the Christmas holiday. The days seem so slow while the nights drag too long. In just three weeks we are going to be together. These three weeks seem like a whole year to me. How are your friends? Do you find time to talk a little and have some fun or do you just read read read and read? 

Every evening I imagine you two reading in the School library. I see you walk back to your different rooms and Shaloooo, I see you waving goodnight to your little sister Boboo and I just wish that you two share the same room or hostel. If it were possible, I would have ensured that you both sleep side by side. 

It is shocking how

True Confession Night

Spent the whole early hours enjoying #confession night on Twitter and laughing. Will like to share the twelve  that made me laugh the loudest: I refused to confess on Twitter and chose to make my confessions in the "privacy" of my blog readers.

High Heeled Shoes? Not Anymore

Acrylic platform shoes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A short Comment I left at Romance Meets Life inspired  this post. While admiring Myne's collection of  lovely high heeled shoes, the memories just came right back. Never thought I'd say this here, but the discussion  after my comment made me decide to share. I love heels especially platforms. They help you walk elegantly. When you wear high heeled shoes your steps are taken care of. Even without much on, you feel confident and classy. I love platforms, I love heels. However, a fall I had recently made me decide to reduce my inches when it comes to beautiful stilts:

My husband and I were at a

The Ten Commandments Of Our Bathroom

English: Pedestal squat toilet (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Decorative toilet seat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. If at first you don't succeed, KEEP FLUSHING! DON'T RUSH OUT!
   1. You must sit straight up. Bending forward is not permitted as it may splash toilet water on your bum. Bending forward may soil the whole place when you have a running stomach. Sitting straight sends it straight down and neat too.
   
   
2. You must not talk while in there. Lips must
   remain sealed to enable you concentrate.
   
   
3. Do not forget to spray the deodorant before leaving. Spraying more than once can be offensive and choking so one pufffff is enough.
   

What's In A Name?

"Today it is Joy Ojay, Tomorrow it will be Eya. Is she OK at all?  What is her name by the way?"...  "This lady is not serious at all. At a time when we are getting used to Joy Ojay, she suddenly switches to one long African Name Lol!"

Dear readers, please bear with yours truly. It is just one person.

How can I discover my true self?

MY PERSONAL STORY

 While growing up in my village, I started even as a young girl, to gather other kids my age, and begin to teach them by mimicking my favorite teacher then, Mr Williams, may his soul rest in peace. I will hold a cane in my left hand with a piece of  chalk on the other. Stand in front of my friends and try to teach whatever I learnt in school that day. Surprisingly,

Beauty Tips For My Face

These tips are what works for my face. No matter how hard I try, if I do not get enough rest, the pimple ( acne) just won't go. Without any efforts, my face bounces back to it's freshness when I include green veggies and fruits in my meals and then do these three major things: A smooth face is easy to have and maintain, if only we constantly do what works for our faces.

1. Rest whenever I sense that my body is tired. 
2. Sleep sleep sleep. 
3. Remember not to go to bed with make-up

It feels like the second point is impossible but it is't. We cannot get enough sleep because of our priorities and time management. If we take some minutes out of the time we use for each of these:

How I Manage My Kids In Public Places

Unruly children in public can be such a handful. They can get even the most patient of parents screaming and yelling if s/he does not constantly caution herself.
Successful  and stress-free managing of kids in public starts right at home before we set out.
Tutoring and reminders help me a lot. One thing I have realized over the years is that every time I take kids out without having a word with them at home, we get the same old results of rowdiness, difficulty in managing them, At the end of the day, we come back home really tired as a result of a stressful outing.
These are some of my tips:

At what age can my daughter start Dating?

After my eleven year old completed her reading about Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, she walked into the kitchen where I was making dinner and popped the question: "Mummy, at what age can I start dating?"
I have to say the truth, though I teach them a lot of sex education, I never saw this question coming. It just did not occur to

My Personal Tip For Heavy, Long Menstrual Periods!

Ladies, you will agree with me that when our periods come, it can be a period of not just feeling 100% comfortable. Especially if you get heavy flow and if it lasts longer than three days.
I tried something this year 2012, and it is really working for me.
Once my periods set in, I go get fresh

How long can YOU go without sleep?

Sleep deprivation?            

I woke up this morning with a banging head ache, and then my husband tells me that my eyes look like I did not sleep at all.

This is as a result of late night blogging. It is so much fun that I just do not know when to stop!. The night before last, I sat down with my system after the girls had gone to bed. This was at 9pm and I was just posting and enjoying the page views. Suddenly, I realised that everywhere was quiet and when I looked at the clock, it was 6am of yesterday.

Living With Noise Pollution In My Neighborhood

 The noise from the church behind my house was again as loud as usual, I opened my eyes, got down from the bed and started thinking...  about this loudspeakers that are just blaring in the whole neighborhood

.These days, the church band starts playing at five am. The problem is neither the band nor the keyboard, the reason  we cannot sleep at five am and ten pm.is the fact that all the microphones and musical  instruments are connected to loudspeakers. These loudspeakers are then mounted on the roof top.

On days like this one, I begin to wish that I live in pars of the world where everybody is so civilized that he thinks of the next person and how his actions are going to affect them before doing anything.


This early morning and late night loud church activities became so much a problem that some people came together and called the church's attention to the fact that "we can no longer sleep in our houses." This was about a month ago. The church leadership promised to do something about it. *chuckles*


 As at this morning, the loudspeakers are still on the roof of the church. For how long can one continue to live like this. Noise can be really really annoying and frustrating.
Moving out of  this area is the only solution right now, because even though we hear that the authorities have served them notice, we are still up every morning listening to church music.

Coping with noise pollution is what most Nigerians are going through,  as a result of the multiplication of churches in residential areas, the use of generating sets for electricity
  and the loud music at weekends when kids birthday parties are being held.

The afternoons and evenings are better. For me o, I do not look forward to nights and mornings.


Have you experienced noise pollution before?
Can you share here?

Tolerating And Surviving Sleep Deprivation While Raising Kids

I am trying to find out what mothers can actually do about sleep deprivation.
Sometimes, I ask myself, when last did I hit the bed and just lie there sleeping till morning? because like I said in my post on "kids leaving adults bedroom for good" I realised that often times, it is not the kids who come disturbing my sleep. I still have this habit of checking on them, trying to see that they are still properly covered,  sometimes adjusting their heads on the pillows and other  times raising one or both legs from the floor, or dangling positions and placing them back on their beds. 

What really keeps me very happy with all the sleep deprivation is the fact that I keep reminding myself that this is the only opportunity that I have to do all these for them. In a "a few" years they are all gone.   


When kids leave for college, they are gone. After college is not the time to "loose sleep" over a child.
All the long years of sleep deprivation will surely be regained, Yes. A time comes in every mother's life when you will get bored with always having to sleep with no child to attend to. 


For any lady who plans to have kids, I think that sleep deprivation is something to expect, so get  yourself ready for it. However try to feel good about it because a time comes when kids won't be the cause of sleep deprivation, cos they would be gone. seriously!


Any word for young mothers going through this sleep deprivation thing?