Today's lyrics: Flowers by Miley Cyrus

 

We were good, we were gold

Kinda dream that can't be sold

We were right 'til we weren't

Built a home and watched it burn

Mm, I didn't wanna leave you

I didn't wanna lie

Started to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowers

Write my name in the sand

Talk to myself for hours

Say things you don't understand

I can take myself dancing

And I can hold my own hand

Yeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Paint my nails, cherry red

Match the roses that you left

No remorse, no regret

I forgive every word you said

Ooh, I did not wanna leave you, baby

I didn't wanna fight

Started to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowers

Write my name in the sand

Talk to myself for hours, yeah

Say things you don't understand

I can take myself dancing, yeah

I can hold my own hand

Yeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Can love me better

Oh, I

I did not wanna leave you

I didn't wanna fight

Started to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowers (oh)

Write my name in the sand (mmh)

Talk to myself for hours (yeah)

Say things you don't understand (never will)

I can take myself dancing, yeah

I can hold my own hand

Yeah, I can love me better than

Yeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby (oh)

Can love me better

I can love me better (than you can), baby

Can love me better

I can love me better, baby

Can love me better

I

Things a man should have in his apartment

 

To the upcoming dudes who want to call themselves men, I believe this one is for you. You want to keep a lady and impress her but why not look at yourself and also look around you, are you well kept and groomed? What about your home? Is it good looking and clean? Now don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about those owning a mansion, no no no. It could be a self contained apartment, or a two bedroom flat, or even a single room in the city or trenches, which ever it maybe.

Now a lot a men keep wandering why these ladies stop coming back for a visit, have your looked at your surrounding, are you even comfortable in it? You don't have to wait until you become the next Elon musk before you step up your home, easy and steady with little money you can. You can purchase pre-used item as well provided they're working. 

Now with less much attack from me(😁) let's talk about some basic thing you bachelors need in your home.

1. Bed and mattress if you can afford the bed set, you can just purchase a good mattress. Some sell the bed foam, you can just get a material to to be worn for the foam and you're good to go. But that does not stop there, get bedsheets for your mattress at least two or three that you can change from week to week (at least) depending on your good hygiene level but please not more than a week.

2. Cooking utensil: please trash all this pot with no cover or cover that doesn't fit, trash those bended spoons that have rusted,, your kitchen should also be neat at all time, don't invite your lady to your kitchen with left over dishes full of dirt, it's a turn off.

3. Get gadget and appliances: your visitor should not be bored, sometimes you might run out of things to say, you can simply distract them by playing some music, playing a movie etc. Also if you can't afford an air conditioner, have a standing fan or ceiling fan available.

4. Chairs or sofa: not all your visitor will need to sit or your bed, this is for those in a single room or self contained apartment, offer them a seat rather than have them sit on your bed.

5.Glasswares: how can we have a drink and you're bringing rubber cup, dude that's inappropriate. Get those tumblers, wine cups, champagne cups etc, they're quite affordable ones that are cheap.

6.Cleaning equipments: this play a major role, it's not all about stuffing the house with gadgets. If you can't afford the electronic gadgets, go manual, sweep, clean and mop and don't forget the fragrance to keep the air pleasant.

7. Condoms: we don't know how or when but then I'll leave you all to explain this to yourselves.

I hope you've learnt a lot today. Now go change those sheets and clean up your room.

Today's lyrics: Let somebody go(Coldplay ft Selena Gomez)

 

We had a kind of love, I thought that it would never end
Oh my lover, oh my other, oh my friend

We talked around in circles, and we talked around and then
I loved you to the moon and back again

You gave everything this golden glow
Now turn off all the stars 'cause this I know
That it hurts like so

To let somebody go

All the storms we weathered, everything that we went through
Now, without you, what on earth am I to do?
When I called the mathematicians and I asked them to explain
They said, "Love is only equal to the pain"

And when everything was going wrong
You could turn my sorrow into song
Oh, it hurts like so
To let somebody go

To let somebody go

Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh)

Oh-oh-oh
(Let somebody, let somebody go) yeah

Oh, oh-oh, when you love somebody
When you love somebody
Got to let somebody know
Oh, oh-oh, when you love somebody
When you love somebody
Got to let somebody know
So when you love somebody
When you love somebody

Then it hurts like so

To let somebody go
It hurts like so
To let somebody go

But you're still with me now, I know
(Let somebody, let somebody go)
Oh-oh-oh
(Let somebody, let somebody go)
But you're still with me now, I know

Hair growth routine for black hair

Black is beautiful and so is our hair but having a natural hair these days is quite stressful which has led a lot of young girls and women especially in Africa to use relaxers on their hair. This has damaged a lot of hair and a lot of ladies are switching back to afro. Thanks to inventions and technology, they have helped to encourage and help ladies to keep and maintain their afro hair.

I used to relax my hair as well but I noticed my hair never grew beyond that length, maybe it's the unfavorable weather I African or maybe I wasn't maintaining it properly so I decided to start all over again and this time around I'm sticking to my afro hair.

So here are some tips on how to maintain your hair..

1. Wash your hair regular: nothing beats good hair hygiene. Always wash your hair regularly to keep it neat, fresh and moisturized 

2. Deep conditioning: if you can buy hair products, you can make one for yourself, I blend avocado, coconut oil, egg and mayo as my deep conditioner, very easy to make, you can also check for other homemade deep conditioning methods and go with anyone suitable for you.

3. Conditioning: you need to understand the difference between these two, I use conditioner I got from the store to apply on my hair after I shampoo, this makes my hair soft after wash.

4. Leave-in conditioner: I use olive oil leave-in conditioner, I realized that works better on my hair. I apply this when my hair is semi dry, this helps retain the moist in my hair.

5. Style your hair: this helps protect your hair from external damage. You could braid, fix weavons or wear a wig.

6. Don't go to bed with your bare hair lose: always protect your hair, you can segment your hair and give it a quick braid before hitting the pillows and using a silky hair bonnet would help reduce friction with your hair when you're asleep.

7. Avoid heating gadgets: hair straightener, hair dryer, hair curler etc, these gadgets can damage your hair and if you have a good intention of growing your hair, try by all means to avoid them.

8. Eat enough vegetables and vitamins: this play a major part in your hair growth, healthy body equal healthy skin so chew on that steamed broccoli, lol

9. Don't be too hard on your hair: you've only got one hair to take care of(at least visibly) so be gentle with the combing and hair styles. Avoid hair styles that are too tight, they can break and damage your hair and also cause you headache, that's too much pain to bare.

10. Use hair growth oils: there are a lot of hair growth oil made for easy usage, just find the one that works best for you or better still a homemade oil will do.

In my next post I'll share some homemade recipes for deep conditioning and hair growth oil but for now, try this hack and let's see the magic. 

How to spot a bad friend

 

A friend in need is a friend indeed. We all at some point in life referred to someone as a friend. This could be someone you've know from childhood or probably someone you met at school, church or work. We all need a friend at some point in our lives and the reason some individuals decide to keep off the fried zone is due to some bad experience they've had with friends.

Let's take for instance now, I'm Nigeria, a lot of people most especially girls have develop a habit of keeping besties. See have been lucky to have such friend around them who have helped them in several ways at different points of their lives while some have severally suffered and even died from the hands of their besties. Are you such a person who has a friend and want to recheck and be sure of the kind of person you keep as a friend? Well ponder no more as I will give you 10 tips to help you identify the bad eggs amongst them.

1. They are bad listeners: we've all had bad experiences or we could have been in a tight urgent situation and we always seek that one person to talk to and seek advice from. A bad friend will never pay attention to the things that bothers you, they barely listen and can easily change the topic and you'd end up feeling empty.

2. They only show up at good times:  you just got that cheque or probably got a new house or just post yourself having a good time on social media, these set of maggots will hop-in in no time to enjoy your hard earned work and then disappear when things go sour, you need to flee.

3. They're jealous of you: you might be thinking, "what do I have to make them jealous?", My dear it take more than fortunes to get  these bad friends jealous of you. It could be your beauty, your degree, your spouse/boyfriend, the way you even walk or talk etc. They're are less interested when you talk about any of the above and you can easily read the jealousy on their faces

4. They gossip about you: if you have a friend that talks too much and always talk about people and yet always say negative things about them, then you've got a friend who also talks bad about you behind your back. Such people are not good to keep secrets with because once the sun sets, your secret will be all over town.

5. They will never celebrate you: just call them and share them a good news about yourself and hear how cold they react, you might as well be shocked on what they'll say once the call drops.

6. They'll intentionally hurt you: they'll play harmful and stupid pranks on you to hurt you, they'll intentionally want to disgrace you in public especially in front of someone you care about, like a crush. There have been death cases on friends playing stupid pranks on their friends which led to their deaths. If you have a reason to live please disassociate yourself from such people.

7. They'll never support you: they can never spare their time to show you support and cheer you up then the least you should expect is for them to be there when you're down.

8. They steal from you: it could be your money, your assets or your ideas or even your lover.

9. They hold grudges and want to revenge: you might have wronged them and have seek for forgiveness, a bad friend will not only not forgive you, they'll seek to take revenge and this can be very dangerous because it might cost you your life, just stay away if they refuse to forgive.

10. They'll never tell you the truth: your makeup is bad, your outfit is inappropriate, your hair is not well done, they'll never tell you, they'll rather let you embarrass yourself outside but when you're all looking fine they'll tell you the opposite. Just listen to your mirror okay.

So there you have it, what did your friend score? A 10/10?(lol). As for me it's not necessary to have close friends or numerous friends and it's not everyone you should identify as your Friend, there are colleagues, classmate, co-workers etc. These few words are enough for the wise, have a friendly day 😊.

How to make local African salad

 

Ever heard of local African salad? Well this is not new to people who come for the northern part of Nigeria. The north is known to have just a few variety of food but when it comes to junks and street food, they top it all. One of those street food is the local salad made with green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, cabbage, moringa leave etc but my favorite is the one made with lettuce and I'll show you how it's done but before I do that, let me give you the list of ingredients you would be needing

1. Lettuce (or any green vegetable of your choice)

2. Tomatoes(fresh)

3. Scotch bonnet/pepper (optional)

4. Onions

5. Seasoning cubes 

6. Sugar or salt (salt for diabetic patients but I use sugar)

7. Grounded kuli kuli 

Procedure 

1. Wash and chop all vegetables (greens, onions and tomatoes) pound or grate pepper along side if required.

2. Layer all ingredients in a bowl and mix with seasoning, sugar or salt and finally the main ingredient kuli kuli 

And there you have it, you can refrigerated or serve immediately... Enjoy ☺️

Click on the video below and watch how it's done... Enjoy