SELFIE TAKING: ADVANTAGE AND ABUSE

The rate at which people use phone in Nigeria is astronomically increasing. It is very rare to see a house without at least a phone, especially android phone. An average Nigerian prefers to buy “Android” phone than to eat or even to cloth him or herself. The zeal for possessing a phone is skyrocketing now just like hunger and sex urge. The producers have no choice than to channel their products to a country that prefers to buy outside than to produce. Well, these producers are not meant to be blame for the high prices they sell these gadgets because they are selling their ideas, as “Ideas rule the world “.
Virtually all camera phone users ,especially with android phone users, the rampant behaviour now is taking of “Selfie”.Although, taking selfie does not start recently but it is just that the level at which people take selfie recently is geometrically increasing.
WHAT IS SELFIE?
A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a digital camera or a camera phone held in hand or assisted by a selfie stick. Selfies are always shared on the social networks such as facebook, twitter, instragram and a lot more. The taking of selfie started some years back in 1839 by a man called Robert Cornelius. The official use of the word selfie started in 2002.
Despite the unimaginable joy selfie takers derive from their doings, they also tend to witness some forms of stress and frustrations. It was discovered at University of Parma that a selfies taken by non-professional photographers show a slight bias in their appearance. At times, the cheeks may be bigger than normal, the body may be thin and the likes and this has led to frustrations among people. In 2014, a man was diagonised with”body dysmorphic disorder” recounted to have spent ten hours attempting to take right “Selfie”.Ten good hours? Imagine the progress that can make in one’s life if well maximised. Psychological studies conducted in 2015 among media users revealed and suggested that there is a relationship between selfie posting and narccism .Selfie taking has brought countless evils to people in abroad. The likes of a 21 year old Mexican Veterinarian who had been drinking, pointed a gun to his temple for a selfie and released a shot, killing himself. To say but few, many have died on selfie taking abroad.

SELFIE TAKING IN NIGERIA

I asked myself questions just of recent that “Why is selfie taking going on rampant nowadays? Is it that they just invented it or we are just moving to that spectrum of socialisation as we normally do. Selfie taking is crazily increasing among students in Nigeria especially where I school, that is Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. Students now enjoy selfie taking than any other reasonable things. Selfie in lecture rooms, selfie in toilet,even selfie on a bike, selfie on the middle of expressway and the
likes. We are now in the era where students get back to their homes or hostels to pick phone while exam is about to start, just to take selfie after exam. The rate at which people are taking selfie nowadays, I am scared of not having bad sides of selfie as some foreign countries are witnessing it.
TAKE SELFIE WISELY
The concluding art of my article will be in form of pieces of advice. Selfie as I have explained before is the art of taking portrait and to see your real picture.Then, why do we need to harm ourselves in the name of taking pictures. As adage says, “Sick ones will always like to consume what will kill him or her”. Ours shouldn’t be like that. Never get yourself addicted to taking selfie so that it will not be something you can’t do without. Selfie taking is very good but on important occasions and not at all time which eventually take a lot time to be used for productive things
#AMID#

Intimacy and Sex: How Men and Women are Different — and Why

The first path to a satisfying sex life is through increased knowledge of your spouse's sexual mindset.
Guys, one of your challenges is to understand the incredible complexity of your wife's sexuality. I recommend reading The Way to Love Your Wife by Cliff and Joyce Penner. Gals, we need help understanding our husbands' struggle and temptations. My eyes were opened after I read about the sexual temptations men face. As you read, talk openly about what you are learning.
I've already mentioned the need to become a student of your spouse. The greatest roadblock to this is a lack of communication. Although couples often argue about sex, they rarely talk about it. Consider discussing your insecurities, temptations, turn-ons and turn-offs. Try to talk and pray together about your sex life at least once a month. Because these topics are so sensitive, be a sympathetic and supportive listener.
Accept what you can't understand. In all my efforts to understand my husband, I eventually became frustrated with the gender gap that we could never bridge. We could talk until we had no words left and still not know what it feels like to be in the other person's skin.
The problem was rooted in the fact that neither of us had accepted what we could not understand: Men often view sex as a physical release and a way to reconnect with their wives, while women tend to see it as an outgrowth of their emotional intimacy.
Gals, we struggle to understand why men are tempted visually. Guys, you may not understand the emotional energy sex requires from your wife. (What makes matters more complicated is our own human shortcomings and selfishness.)
There comes a point when we have to move beyond understanding and come to a place of acceptance. God simply created men and women differently. When we genuinely accept each other, without judgment and resentment, we can begin to enjoy our differences.
I have often wondered why God made men and women so different. Wouldn't it have been easier and more pleasurable if we had the same needs, drives and preferences?
These differences are actually designed to show us how to give ourselves to each other in love. According to the Bible, true love can be expressed only through unselfishness.
Were it possible for me to love my husband while pursuing my own selfish desires, I would never know the beauty of real love. A great sex life is only possible as both the husband and wife commit to laying their needs down for the other.
One of God's great gifts for us is marital sex. Through it, we gain an even richer blessing: the experience of loving and being loved unselfishly.

A REVIEW OF ADELE’S HELLO AND IT’’S NIGERIAN COVERS

I don’t know which is more depressing – randomly calling an ex to dissect your failed relationship or the ease with which Adele makes the rest in the game sound like a broken piano. Her ability to get out the deepest part of our emotions in a single track makes me see her as a musical sorcerer. The single is to introduce her 3rd studio album 25. After the success of her last album that rocked the “Grammy” with songs like “someone like you” , “ set fire in the rain” and  “ rolling in deep” , hello is like an appetizer to what her new album will sound like.
“Hello it’s me, I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet to go over everything,” the Grammy winner begins the ballad over simple piano keys. “They say that time’s supposed to heal you.” Adele looks for answers to familiar questions as the song progresses, which might come across as MOR to some, but strikes a chord with anyone messy or insecure enough to seek closure from someone who has already moved on.
It comes as something of a relief that Adele is still tortured. She’s the spirit animal of the emotionally bruised and I’m glad she’s back to spread more misery. “Hello” was worth the four-year wait.
Her lyrics in the song were poetic and painting a story no other artist could share better. The producer which such simple chords was able to produce a masterpiece and Adele’s vocals was a master match to the sound.
Rating: 9/10.



NIGERIAN COVERS

OMAWUNMI……
Same lyrics from the musical sensation that sees Adele’s hello as an opportunity to let Nigerian music lovers that childbirth has taken her vocals instead it has made it incredible. She was bold and commanding in her approach to the song and the reggae switch in the chorus showed how awesome and creative Omawunmi and her producer can be….it was nice seeing her adore and replicate good music.
Rating: 7.5/10.


PRAISE
When I heard praise was to cover  “hello” I screamed not because he isn’t an amazing artist because I wanted to see if he could get through the vocal barriers of d song without making the song loose its purpose and he did just that. Infused his personality into the music and it was a great shot from the one time project fame finalist
RATING: 6/10

NIYOLA.

Niyola stole my heart when I listened to her song “toh bad” thank God she gave me the chance to get it back from her and give it to Adele who truly deserves it. Though she is one of the recent Nigerian acts who jumped on the song “Hello” there was no goose bumps when I heard her version. She lost touch between the first verse and the chorus causing few seconds of dryness before the chorus sprang up. She sounded like a Nigerian version of celine deon in this one and made it her thing but I saw less of the niyola factor in the vocals she was too busy trying to sound like someone else than sounding like Niyola. RATING: 5/10


  OLA DIPPS
Ola dipps turned me off from the very first second of the track and he took me to the island of boredom to slay me in this cover of his.. Believe me it’s not worth being called a cover at all. His rap lines could have been a hit track for another of his songs maybe his diss with dbanj or any other song but to cover hello? I wasn’t disappointed but I just got too much than I bargained for. Ola dipps don’t ever cover a classic. You can cover Gangnam style or windeck.
RATINGS: 2/10

VIRUZ ZAMORA
OAU’s sensation captivated me since his days of “TINA” .virus Zamora who has become one of the university’s great performers. His choice to jump on hello made me quickly pick up my mobile device to download the track. The level of autotune and effect from the producer showed a whole lot of immaturity in the business. Virus’s twist of the lyrics to fit a style he created for himself wasn’t close to impressive from such talented artist. I believe people have a bad day at work and this track was one from the upcoming musical sensation.
RATING: 3.5/10


Don_dave

THE "TOWN-IGBORO" FRONT MIRROR PHENOMENOM

This is OAU, the ‘oba’ of all Universities. And I am here standing in Anglo-moz waiting for the next town-igboro bus, and just before someone starts getting ideas, I am an Awoite and I only have to get to town ‘sharpaly’.
I wait for a while before I see a bus approach, sliding down the road down PG, it turns the bend that leads into the anglo-moz car-park, stops and then people begin to drop off: Angola, Moz, Awo, and then I motion to step into the bus.
But then an Angolan who don’t even care about how many ‘strikes’{internal, external, ASUU and NASU} i’ve been through on this Campus hijacks the front seat that I have been hoping all the while to get. But not only does he not get in, but he holds the door wide open for me. Now don’t get it all twisted and think that this was a kind gesture. Oh, Far from it.
I looked him straight in the eye, and prompted him to get in, he does not even move, and stares me back in the eye with such mean audacity that could only have a word equivalence of, ‘’are you getting in, or have you changed your mind? .
Let me jump in now before you even start taking sides,
You see on this here ‘ogba’, there is a phenomena I have recently observed whereby students often struggle to secure the front seat right next to the mirror, that one right next to the door opposite the driver’s, This phenomena i have termed the ‘town-igboro front mirror phenomenon.
I don’t exactly know why, but I had an explanation of why this phenomenon occurred which was that sitting in the front seat close to the mirror affords you the luxury of taking a look at yourself time and time again in the mirror, and this time not in your room, but in a bus that was really moving.
And our Ladies are usually in the habit of doing this, but quite surprisingly, I have also caught a number of guys at several times in the act too, looking up themselves in the mirror, adjusting their face and making faces too. And of course, I myself have been guilty of doing this quite a number of times.
But I was not satisfied with the results of this observation, so i went around asking different people why they would rather sit close to the front door than sit next to the Driver in the front seat, and yes, a number of people corroborated my idea, saying they preferred the front seat due to the fact that they could take
a peek into the mirror, make funny faces, pout and even touch and retouch their make-up.
But I was shocked at another admission. Some students actually hold the door
wide open for another to enter into the inner seat just so they could enjoy the
view along the road.
Which view I ask them? No be gate dem they go ni?, I wonder what they still want to see o, the same thing they’ve been seeing over and over again; Alumni hall, Archi, Moremi, Faj, Bus-stop, Sport-complex, UBA, GT, the green trees before school gate, and then the school gate. Alright.
The last group of people I met with were those who claimed their reason for using the front seat close to the door is simply because of comfort.
Someone also added fresh air to the list. Okay.Usually in this arrangement, the person who gets to the door first determines who gets to sit where, the inner seat or the seat next to the mirror, usually
depending on the mood, personality and motive of the person. But I am thinking maybe there are more perspectives to why people prefer the front seat close to the door as opposed to the seat closer to the driver. Maybe I should ask you.
Why do you open the door for another to get into the inner seat of the townigboro bus, just so you can have the seat closer to the door and the front mirror?
Oya discuss. 5 minutes and your time starts now.
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The Top Five Foods to Increase Your Intelligence

Do you ever feel like you’re walking around with your head in a fog? Maybe you’re not quite as quick to the punch as you once were or you find that common words seem to continuously slip your mind. Well, this doesn’t have to be. Certain foods can actually help to boost your brainpower, clear away your mental fog and leave you with enviable quick-thinking skills.
So if you’d like to increase your intelligence to the level you’re capable of achieving, take a moment and read through the list below. Choosing these foods will not only make you appear smart to those around you, they will actually help you to increase your mental clarity and ability to think.
Krill Oil
As the old saying goes, "Fish is brain food." Unfortunately, I can’t recommend fish because it is overwhelmingly contaminated with mercury and dangerous PCBs. What I can recommend, however--and I can’t recommend it highly enough--is fish oil. Packed with beneficial omega-3 fats including DHA, fish oil may reduce inflammation in the brain and offer a protective effect.
Our brains are made up of approximately 60 percent fat, and most of this fat is either DHA or AA (arachidonic acid). AA is best obtained from uncooked dairy products like raw butter and raw cream, but DHA is primarily obtained from sea food sources, not plant sources like flax seed.
Organic, Raw Vegetables (Metabolically Appropriate)
There is little that compares to the nutritional value of organic, raw vegetables according to your nutritional type. Specifically, low levels of folic acid, a nutrient found in green leafy vegetables, have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, and the many antioxidants and phtyochemicals in vegetables will help to keep your mind sharp.
My general recommendation is to eat one pound of vegetables daily for every 50 pounds of body weight. The easiest way to achieve this is be regularly consuming vegetable juice.
However, if you know your Metabolic Type then you will want to modify this recommendation based on the results. For instance, if you are a strong protein type (like me), then you really don’t need as many vegetables, perhaps as little as half a pound to a pound a day would be sufficient for the typical protein-type adult.
If you find you are more of a protein type then your vegetables would also be oriented more toward lower potassium varieties, like cauliflower, green beans, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, celery and avocados. Regular lettuces and typically wonderful vegetables like collard greens, kale and Swiss chard are far too high in potassium for protein types and will tend to cause biochemical imbalances. This also means that if you are a protein type, vegetable juicing may not be necessary at all. On the other hand, a carb type may benefit from consuming far more vegetables, and the best varieties would include the collard greens, kale, Swiss chard, and so on, which were not ideal for protein types.
Please note that while I recommend organic vegetables for the most nutritional benefits, if you can’t find or afford them, don’t use this as an excuse not to eat any vegetables. Eating any vegetables, whether they are organic or not, is much better than not eating any vegetables at all.
Raw Eggs
Raw whole eggs are a phenomenally inexpensive and incredible source of high-quality nutrients that many of us are deficient in, especially high-quality protein and fat. While it may take some getting used to, this is a simple way to improve your mind and your overall health. Eating cooked eggs will not have the same effect, although the less you cook the egg, the better it will be nutritionally.
There are several ways to consume raw eggs: "rocky style," a whole egg with the yolk intact swallowed whole, blended in a shake using some raw milk, or stirred gently into your vegetable juice or Whey Protein with Aminogen^® or Pea Protein.
If you’re concerned about salmonella, please review the raw eggs article in the links below for information that will relieve your concerns.
Avoid Sugar
This is obviously not a food, but more of a "foods-to-avoid" category. If you want to perform at your top level, intelligence-speaking or otherwise, it is imperative to limit, if not completely avoid, sugar. High-sugar foods will disrupt your body's homeostasis and insulin levels, which will contribute to disease and brain fog.
Some easy ways to avoid sugar in your diet is to cut out soda and candy, but also watch out for less obvious sources like fruit juice.
Blueberries
Not only do blueberries taste good, but they are one of the most potent antioxidant foods on the planet. They are small and densely packed with a variety of potent phytochemcials that can do wonders to normalize and improve health, including direct benefits to the brain. Blueberries have been shown to actually reverse some of the aging that occurs in the brain.
Blueberries are full of other health-promoting qualities as well, and my only caution for them is to watch how many you eat at once due to their sugar content. Other small, darkly colored berries, like cherries, raspberries, gooseberries and mulberries provide similar health benefits.
We now carry delicious and convenient Wild Blueberry IQ Softgel Capsules in our store that are made from whole fresh blueberries -- and contain 40mg of potent disease fighting anthocyanins per capsule -- more than any other available supplement!

THE CONGREGATIONAL SONG….

My shivering hands should have done justice to tis mandate but my busy eyes have shared the severity of “meticulousity” each can pay. My weekend escapade doesn’t end until its Sunday where all I do is direct observation of my subject in their natural habitat or do I say spiritual habitat.

As the music faded and the message began every member began to pick up their hobbies or do I say boredom retractors, the pretty lady on my left in a pink dress and flexible hat which I couldn’t take my eye off because it was sitting on a very hot body and I was hoping it doesn’t melt…..i was just too caring. I watched her pick up her mobile device to chat after all talking is also the pastor’s hobby let’s all fulfill desire jare…  if he is enjoying himself why shouldn’t i?

I thought she was unserious until I saw these categories of young men were sleeping as soon as the minister said praise the lord! What could they be dreaming about? Heaven? Hell no. it’s not holy to sleep in church but if they are dreaming of hell they should be sweating na!!!

Pondering on that led me to this talkatives just as the minister didn’t apply his break pad, they didn’t also apply theirs in their gist.   Ehmmm ehm I won’t forget this busy body ushers they are also annoying mehn.. they won’t want you to sleep in your father’s house, if you sleep the will talk, if you concentrate too much they want to come and see if you are not sleeping, if you bring out your mobile phone they are with you abeg bro when do you get to listen to pastor sef?

I am sure the sister beside me thinks I am seriously jotting the pastors teachings…but hell no , the last category  is the ME category that sees everything and is writing and didn’t even know when pastor said bro David what did I just say? If truly I was writing it how come I don’t know?

Well that’s the congregation for you oooo as our faces are different so is our receptors to sermons. I would have said came to hunt for chicks and dudes in my church but you stand a better chance in the military barracks than my church!!!!
The pastor just said lets share the grace!!!!!!!!!!

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