naijababe:


Yes it does look diluted, the real McCoy is almost forest green in colour

Damiso, na you be the real fitness winch, chai!!! You went for a run today

I am not worried about December, I started my healthy eating last October and rode out the festive period! If I can do it then, I can do it now. I drank wine like crazy on Xmas day though

I don't know what came over me

Ewuro4:


Well I praise and thank God every time for He's been very good to me and mine... I don't curse and mock people with death unless someone takes the first punch.

I however will curse anyone's generation and wish them dead if they're hell bent on defaming my person. Pronto

Good morning

Good evening here

Sis wishing people death is not necessary if we actually really believe and follow this God who we thank And attribute all our blessings to. I believe a lot in 'out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh'

I think I only know as in really know (who they are)about 5 people on NL in my life off NL .i really don't worry my head much about what the others are thinking about me.

I agree that if someone attacks you incessantly self defence is necessary. However in defending I draw the line at insulting parents/curses/wishing death.its not necessary to roll in the mud with pigs. However I acknowledge that we are different individuals.

I think it depends on the serving/portion.

But 95 cal is a lot for an accompaniment sha o

EfemenaXY:


I'm not worried about the turkey though. What I am skeptical about is the gravey. Isn't it fattening?

Let me check my fitness pal.

EfemenaXY:


They say turkey (white meat) is good.

I'll still keep away from sugary drinks and sweet / chocolaty stuff (I hope) But come to think of it, if we've come this far - can't we successfully conquer the December and January festive temptations?

Abi o .. I actually think it's doable. Like you said turkey is ok especially as it will be roasted. Instead of over indulging on the desserts one can allow for a few and portion control too. Instead of a large piece of cake maybe half?
And yeah sugary drinks too.
I will really try not to go overboard .

And some of you lot will be saying 'it is well' 'praise God' etc and all 'Christianese' slangs with the same heart that could curse and mock people with death.

SMH

hottestlesbian:

SHE STARTED IT ND MUST END IT.

So insults with people who lost loved ones in a terrorist attack is necessary?

EfemenaXY:


Re: the bolded What can I say?

You went for a run today? Didn't the snow showers reach your end?

Abeg, I'm sinning this weekend but with small sense sha. I'll always remember Chillisauce's comment about cheating being allowed but then, one shouldn't place the whole "expo" on one's lap!

I will repent and go for pennance on Monday via the grass drink route.

It Kuku did o that's why hubby was shaking his head

I had to defrost myself when I got back home.

I am trying to be good cos I don't trust myself in December

I usually don't get angry but please this Francis and hottest whatever can you please buzz off

You lot are sick seriously sick.

EfemenaXY:
Anyway ladies - believe it or not, I had a GRASS drink. Proper grass and I kid you not!

I missed brekkie and doing my normal morning exercises at home, so this was the alternative - opted for a plain wheat porridge (no cream, no sugar) as usual - and a green crush (apples, cucumber, kiwi, lettuce, grapes, etc). Then decided to try out the grass thingy.

You know how it's done like when you go to the pub and order a shot of whisky or something similar? So I asked for one shot of grass drink. Omo you need to see the amount of grass that girl cut into the "grasser" juicer. Had to ask her if it was washed oh!

Anyway, even to drink the thing, see as my heart dey beat...kpom, kpom, kpom, as per "who send me?" And the smell? Gosh! It smelt very grassy! :DI eventually summoned up some dutch courage to drink it, but had to hold my nose in the process. Men see as dem dey laugh your sister. They even gave me a slice of apple to make it more bearable.

So, that's the long and short of my Thursday's experiment. It wasn't too bad sha. Afterall, they say grass is detoxifying.

Anyway, the very very dark green drink is the concentrated grass solution I had. Now it doesn't get much healthier than that, does it?

Oya, in no particular order:

Chillisauce
Cococandy
Ifyalways
Edwife
BurntPalace
Damiso
Smartmom
Mindfulness
Xoxomum
Kimoni
Thelish
and last but not the least: Sambarry, Sambarry, Sambarry, and Sambarry.

Efe has joined the health and fitness winches club officially

But based on this naijababe revelations I am tempted to try it . green gooey stuff don't scare me that much anymore .Please Abeg can I buy at normal green grocers or do I have to go to a specialist Health store.i am dreading all the parties and chop chop on this season.

Hubby thinks me sef don become winch with the way I dey screen my meals these days. But the day I discovered that you would need to do 502 burpees (I struggle with 40 sef) to burn large fries (not adding the burger or wrap) I just dey respect myself.

Had Eba with okra this afternoon but have paid penance with a 8km run and some other exercises.my husband was shaking his head cos even my 3 yr old Eba was more than mine.

This healthy living ish is hard man.

But my vain self loves the look on people's faces when they have not seen me in a while I don turn weight loss poster gal in church.

Onegai:


Thank you. I'm not saying stay home and teach your kids. And like you, I am MORE exhausted staying home with Baby E daily (there is no boss on earth as absorbed and demanding as a baby. No-one is THAT cray-cray )

Hmm, I'm intrigued by the idea of hiring qualified teachers and home-schooling. Because for all the millions spent on school fees in this Nigeria, more than half of them are not the top performers compared to their peers when Nigeria is being judged on the International market (chances are an ex-FGC schoolkid will outperform the almighty Corona schoolkid).

I know right looking for ways to constantly engage and entertain a toddler or baby is the most exhausting thing everrr. Now I eat my lunch in peace and can decide not to even talk to anyone outside of work stuff for a whole day as I type I have answered over 50 questions today.

I was also intrigued by the suggestion as well. But I feel it's a bit more workable at primary level than at secondary school where subject areas get more streamlined and specialist.

Why is there an inference on this thread that stay at home mum equals home schooling?

Few children are home schooled.

Onegai's point was more about the fact that a stay at home mum has more disposable time to impart further knowledge that might not be covered extensively one on one in the school curricula.There is only a percentage of stay at home parents who actually home school their children.

Not too sure about home schooling though because I feel education is not just academics but also preparing children on how to interact with others/social skills etc etc .funny enough was going to start a thread on the issue of home schooling just never came round to it. I belong to a parent and teacher educational page on FB where someone posed the question but he was talking more of hiring actual qualified teachers on a salary that would more or less be the same costs that you would pay in most Naija private schools.His argument was at Least the child would be getting one on one tutoring. I thought it was an interesting idea and something that had existed in aristocratic England i.e hiring governesses.


Like I said I have always been of the opinion that the constant comparison is not necessary. I feel both sets have different challenges and none actually have it easy especially for those who have their children as their utmost priority. I would know cos I have been both.

And contrary to what is touted on NL, I was actually more tired on some days when i was home than now when I work full time. Get rid of the stereotype ,not all stay at home moms spend all their day gossiping and getting fat.

Na wa o..

All this is not necessary ladies seriously life is just too short to be harbouring all this needless beef. Especially online



Ignoring sometimes does not mean one is weak it just means one has decided not to expend energy on negativity.

EfemenaXY:


Your own strong pass. C'man take the heat off me jare.

Your own pass my own o,mine was my dad worried that I would lose my school fees

Onegai has saved me epistle on this one .i agree whole heartedly with all your posts.And you are right most Nigerian women are not stay at home mums in the true sense of it. Most of the permanent stay at home mums (with no side income etc) that I know are white women(most of them educated)Na dem full 'mummy and baby yoga' 'tumble tots' 'mum and baby coffee mornings' etc etc black women no dey plenty for all those things. They always used to have rota of activities and I always wondered how they had the energy.


Enough of all this divisive 'studies' that try to pitch one group of women against the other.

I

EfemenaXY:


Ajebor.

Both my parents took me to uni oh. Momsie spent a week with yours truly for the registration process. Even down to bringing my own wardrobe to the hostel, arranging EVERYTHING in it, down to my knickers and frog-marching me to the ABC Bank on campus to make sure my money was safe. Christ she
even went with me to sample the cafeterias, suya joints, faculty, departments, NITEL office, and church! Popsie was miffed! Lol.

Ah! Sweet memories.

See pot calling kettle black

xoxom:
Hi all,
Agadi nwanyi cococandy,how pushing dey go?
Efe,darling how r u and family?
Tearoses, how ur side be?

Able chief priest bellong, u too much.thanks for everything.
Chillisause,damiso, Ewuro, idowu,and many many others, how r u all?
Kisses to everybody.

Kimoni, how is baby?

Reading stuffs about coogar and babe3, very unsettling and now edwifey's family.
It's well.

YPPPPPPPPPPP

How are you and everything?

((((hugs))))
Family is well we thank God

salsera:
damiso

Naija styled boarding schools were gangsta. The stories I heard were....hmmm
I no go oh. Stayed with my day school jeje.

edwife

I really am speechless I honestly blocked out Paris tragedy from my mind because I didn't want to imagine ...

Lots of hugs your way and that of your family.
Take your time and I hope for a miracle foe your aunt and your cousin.

Very gansta..

But like all tough situations/enviroments I guess there are life lessons to be taken away. Life lessons that cant be learnt in books.

My dad drove me to my Uni registration for the first couple of days. He always used to say he should not have let my mum talk him into keeping me in day school as I wont lie I was very very very naïve ( almost gullible sef ) at that point.

University changed me a bit sha LOL.

Edwife if you are readin it is well (e hugs)

cococandy:
Damiso boarding house is fun.
You missed. Seriously

Forget all the soaked good ish. That's optional. (And tasty by the way ) when you the acquire the taste for it.

But asides that, it's really fun.

That was my best schooling experience ever.
And where I made my few lasting friends who I still have until today.

I am sure it was fun.esp the whole hostel camaredrie and all. My first two nights at nysc camp am sure I must have cried seeing as i slept in a corridor on the thinnest mattress ever but by week 3 I was used to it and even having fun.

And I actually really wanted to go to boarding house as a child o. I thought they were all like St Clare's and Mallory towers my favourite Enid blyton books at the time

A couple of weeks in a military based typical naija boarding school quickly cured me of my fantasies

chai winter is depressing.

looking outta the window at work and everything just looks grey...

No wonder dem don begin dey put on Christmas light for November

Noted as well .

naijababe:


I be wan ask when yoyo became posh? But you don correct yourself

LOL I know yoyo is not posh naa. that's why I had to qualify for all these people saying not drinking garri and milk is posh.

abi na dem dey form posh sef.

salsera:


Its a serious matter though I already know where u went to uni

real serious matter LOL

chop knuckle jare you and naijababe .

Leave all this dunkers to be spoiling the' authentic ijebu garri' experience. LOL my mum will even say if the ijebu garri is mega dry and kan( cant say that in English but am guessing sour) you don't need sugar not to talk of milk.

Naijababe your head dey there ori eja or fried yoyo/shrimp or suya ( if you want to posh it up a bit).

its not about posh sef cos yoyo is not posh.

bellong:


Thought you went to Ife.

Which other Nigerian university vet better staff quarters like Ife?


Burntpalace,

Australian open is in January. Are you ready?

Schools with fine staff quarters plenty now.. all this Ife people and their mouth.

Btw did you got to Great Ife or OAU( we can deduce age from that one LOL)

I have aunties/uncles that will be say 'I did not to go to OAU I went to Great Ife ' LOL no be the same school ni ?

naijababe:


That one I get, in fact, I used to eat the soaked indomie at home and my sister would yell that my intestines would rip from ingesting uncooked MSG

Bellong, I grew up in Mushin GRA, I over posh sef! All na GRA na

Chai Salsera, so you be catfish?

Thank God for healthy eating in your life LOL

bellong:


I can borrow you shakabula to do the shooting...

Oya tell me...

Damiso,

Did you stay in two bedded room in PG hostel throughout your stay in Ife?

Now I know this your gods get K leg. LOL

E ti si pa I did not go to Ife oooooooooo

In year 1, I went to school from Home and thereafter I stayed in a room in staff quarters.

that's all I will say
I plead the 5th after that

pesin no fit dey jabo on NL again LOL

bukatyne:


Duh...

Ask your hubby..

Only boarding house can produce fine men like him

[size=2pt]Apart from my hubby sha[/size]

Duh thank God I was spared if yall were eating disgusting soaked food. LOL

I was actually in boarding house for like 2 mins in JSS1 (outside lagos) but I kept falling ill and my mum was scared so I was withdrawn to become a day student.

Maybe I missed sha. I have never lived in the typical crowded hostel situation even in University.I have always had one 'proper' room mate at any point.

I remember how I felt at NYSC orientation camp. It was like they threw me into a Jungle LOL. but funny enough I started enjoying it after a week.

bukatyne:


I suspect you seriously

Besides, biscuits and tea is not dunking na...

You break the biscuits into the tea per serving, not all at once

I remember my mom giving us soaked bread in thick milk when sick; despite my love for milk and bread separately, I would get well instant when she starts prepping that stuff.

Ok, what about feshelu (eba made with cold water) and geisha sause made over iron?

yuk yuk yuk yuk


soaked bread ****pukes again****

Thank you mum for saving me from boarding house horrors. LOL

damola1:
Man pickin must train pickins wella o.

Ain't no free lunch in free town.

Even d kids we will have must understand how the world works.. Not just go to skool and act dumb.

Them no use apa test stores, Na your skool fees... Haba...

Oya , make up... Oko draw ya iyawo come body.. Una dey use jail time play for here and both of una no dey 9ja or Malay. Na Yankee and jd were dem fit read this. Study am una dey play with like this...

I just had to quote this.

we gats to train this pikins well I tell ya.

My dad used to ring that saying in my ears ' no free lunch anywhere'

Kimoni:


Hmnnnn, babes don rock town once upon a time

naijababe:


Walahi, I nor just fit close my mouth and I can't quite reconcile the naivete o. Haba!!! See the convo sef, she dey ask if money dey the card and if e go work? Who asks that kind of question unless you already know the card is hot ?!

Bonnie and Clyde things like you said .. I dey go sleep jare