MY BLOG

29Aug
2020

Forgiveness will make you lol.

Forgiveness will make you lol. I remember when I was in the university, our Constitutional Law professor had this written on her door 'I am not religious, but I love the Lord'. This caption was ridiculous to me at the time, as I thought, how can the wife of a pastor not be religious? At least she loved the Lord. She was also a preacher of ‘Forgiveness will make you lol’. This caption has never left me till date.

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16Aug
2020

'Tóy??sí Abíkóyè Kids Foodbank

'Tóy??sí Abíkóyè, Kids Foodbank? The thoughts of 'Tóy??sí Abíkóyè, Founder, Kids Foodbank landed on my laps like a virgin land waiting to be ploughed, after the innovative all-in-one new social impact-donating and receiving platform www.helpcentral.ng

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17Jul
2020

My Legal Dress — Ede & Ravenscroft!

It was almost time for Call to Bar and the search for my legal dress was my palava. Olu, leave me, na!  It has to be the best of the best. I wanted it so badly. Why? I don't know! My brother Olu lamented that a lot of students would wear a cheaper version found in Nigeria. He has friends

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10Jul
2020

How was your Visiting Day?

Not this visiting day! Daddy, why did you come to visit me? Why this visiting day! Why did you come today! Mummy, why? Daddy, why? I screamed from my sleep. These are dead bodies. Somebody, please help my parents! Toyo, wake up! Wake up! What is it? We just slept not quite long. What is it? Tobi asked. Tobi, I just

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04Jul
2020

This is my Fight Song!

This is my fight song, just as Rachel Platten sang; Like a small boatOn the oceanSending big wavesInto motionLike how a single wordCan make a heart openI might only have one matchBut I can make an explosion

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30Jun
2020

Workplace Shenanigans - Part 3

Dear Diary, Workplace Shenanigans - Part 3 June 30, 2020. It was the closing hour at my workplace. I couldn't bear the feeling of been overwhelmed with negative emotions anymore. I had to leave. As soon as I left the workplace, my phone rang, and it was Red Face. What the heck! I am not going to pick this call. I h

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20Jun
2020

Workplace Shenanigans - Part 2

Dear Diary,  Workplace Shenanigans – Part 2 June 20, 2020 I stood in my office workplace, speechless! Blue Face, shey you dey whine me ni? Aye ma ni ka o! Lori system mi? Igi ewedu o ma ni wor pa wa! This is a classic

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13Jun
2020

Workplace Shenanigans - Part 1

Dear Diary, June 13, 2020 At my workplace, some workplace shenanigans can mess with your emotions. Wait for it, this is a recount of a true life event. Oh, Lawd; where is this document again! I worked on it for two days. I saved it before I left the office yester

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22May
2020

Errors in the use of semicolons

Errors in the use of semicolons are avoidable! Unfortunately, the two golden rules of the use of the semicolon is an everyday use of the English language punctuation that is commonly ignored. First, semicolons unite highly related thoughts. Instead of using a period to end too many independent short sentences, a semicolon unites the thoughts and add variety to your

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22May
2020

The Oxford Comma: The Lagbaja of punctuation

Dear Diary - the Oxford Comma. May 22, 2020. The Oxford comma is a subject I have failed to write 100 words about despite all my attempts over the past three days. How could a few words be so onerous? For want of a topic, today, we die here! There's this punctuat

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01May
2020

My Revamp Story

Dear Diary, My revamp story! May 1, 2020. Life has dealt with me so well; I would call myself one of the privileged few. I never had a thing to worry about, and my life moved at the pace every parent would want their child to succeed. I have no complaints about life. None at all.

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