I am...

1.I am Ifeoma(literally,a good/beautiful thing).

2.I am crazy about Chimdindu,my little man-child.

3.I absolutelutely hate unambition and mediocrity.

4.I read Stephen King.

5.I think that all men are unique AND intrinsically similar.

6.I listen to wind in the trees, the patter of rain on my roof, the breathing of my sleeping man-child and of course, Bob Marley.

7. I want it all...a fulfilling career, friends, family and world peace, naturally.

8. I am confused about racism, tribalism, sexism, and ALL forms of discrimination.

9. I am sure about the love of God.

10. I value my privacy, intergrity and independence.

Maya Angelou..living legend!!

Ok,so underneath all the veneer of hard sophistication, I'm an incurable romantic.Shoot me!!I know not a lot of people have seen Maya Angelou's works.But,this is one of her softer poems.Brings tears to my eyes EVERYTIME (I swear)!You can watch it in Madea's Family Reunion by Tyler Perry.

Enjoy!!!

In and out of time…

In and Out of Time by Maya Angelou

The sun has come

The mists have gone

We see in the distance our long way home

I was always yours to have

You were always mine

We have loved each other in and out of time

When the first stone looked up at the blazing sun

And the first tree struggled up from the forest floor

I have always loved you more

You freed your braids, gave your hair to the breeze

It hung like a hive of honey bees

I reached in the mass for the sweet honeycomb there

God, how I loved your hair

You saw me bludgeoned by circumstance

Lost, injured, hurt by chance

I screamed to the heavens

Loudly screamed

Trying to change our nightmares into dreams

The sun has come

The mists have gone

We see in the distance our long home

I was always yours to have

You were always mine

We loved each other in and out,

in and out, in and out of time

Sleek Make-up(Nigeria)..419-ing?

I'm sure a lot of you have heard about the "new" product in town.Personally,I have nothing against it.In fact,I like a few of their stuff.It's the distrubutorship package that I have a problem with.

Case in point,a certain struggling upcoming make-up artist was told that for the registration fee of  sixty-five thousand naira,she could get a certain percentage slashed off her purchases (from ANY Sleek Store).In addition,she gets a bunch of sleek calling cards and free pallete of creme-to-powder foundation,transclucent powder,blush AND eye-shadow.So,she pays...full price at the Head Office.Then she is told AFTER the fact that they were out of face-books as well as calling cards.  

Over the next four months,she calls over and over and over again to find out the status. After a lot of phonecalls,she is reluctantly told that the face books will now be split into seperate palettes and that she is only entitled to the foundation.Others will have to be purchased.So,she says can she get it at the distibutors price in ,say,the UK.Guess what she hears?Of course not.Then at a later date,she is told that they will be available in the next 3 months(hopefully).As for the calling cards,they said it was being printed at the time of each of the calls.

Frustrating,isnt it?Yet,they have the nerve to send her a stupid text inviting her to a branch-opening party when all the while NOT ONE PERSON deemed it fit to call and let her know the status quo.Now,my question is this.When are we going to learn to be true to our word and promise what we deliver?Isn't it blood money when the rich decide to rip-off the poor struggling masses?I sympathise with the young artist and advote for divine justice and punishment on those in charge of the Sleek Head Office in Victoria Island,Lagos!!!

The Perfect Life...adventures in a hot place.

For those of you that are looking for the perfect vacationing spot,try the UAE(Dubai).Words are not enough.These pictures say it all.I shall comment on it further..after I refill my wine glass,that is.Enjoy...

Ideas rule the world..yay or nay???

IDEAS RULE THE WORLD
It has long been recognized that ideas rule the world. Ideas have been around even before the creation of man. For instance, the Holy Bible records that God thought to send forth the word and six days later, the earth as we know it came into existence. This is the concise version of the story of creation.
Even the works of geniuses have its roots in the ideas of the past. Introducing Sir A. Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist in London. One morning in 1928, he set a Petri dish with Staphylococci near an open window. Upon return, he found some mold had contaminated it. Instead of throwing away the ruined experiment, he studied it under the microscope to discover that the penicillium mold was dissolving the deadly bacteria. Further experiments were performed and the rest, as they say, is medical history.
Ideas exist on very different levels. On one end of the spectrum, there is the little school boy who thought to save his daily snack money, rather than indulge in a much-wanted akara.This in turned earned him the necessary fee for his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. His SSCE and further qualifications gave him (and only him) the necessary knowledge to qualify for a job which he otherwise would not have qualified for. On the other end of the spectrum are the likes of Bill Gates (Microsoft) & George Stevenson (Locomotive Engine) whose ideas have led to great innovations which directly affect the lives of millions of people across the world, everyday.  

Regrettably, not all ideas are manifested as good or useful to man.3 A classic illustration of this is Adolph Hitler, a single individual, who outlined his vision of a future in which all Germans would be united in a single Reich which would include Austria, Czechoslovakia and parts of Germany. Soon, he took the first step towards slowly but surely achieving his aim.In the most horrifying crime against humanity known as The Holocaust ,seventeen million civilians (of which six million were Jews) perished. 

Throughout history, inventions and events have been documented. Whether it has to do with creation, sustenance (see Fleming) or annihilation (as with Hitler), a seed of an idea was nurtured and set in motion. Its ultimate destination can, and most often, does change the course of the world for good or for evil.