It is hard for me to desist from ranting about this dark sexual communication nonsense, because I have never felt that unnecessary railing over social issues resolves the problems, but consistent positive acts are the only way our society can change for the better.
No, I am not a hater and I am not discriminating! I also appreciate the good side of sex very much, but that is hardly the topic of my vexation.
It is not a religious rant! Being a christian does not make me any better than anyone else out there, neither does it place me in a position to judge anyone.
I am just a community minded human, who sees the wicked seeds planted carelessly out there with disregard to its consequences and they are disguised under the ambiguous blanket of freedom of expression.
I have plenty of my own planks that needs to be removed from my eyes each day, but one thing that I will not fail to try is to respect others, their sensibilities and propagate as much positivity as I can.
In the bid to be politically correct these days, truth is shunned and lies encroach like a wily burglar that calls when the owner is not around.
Stop hiding under the voluminous cloak of seeking sexual equality rights to propagate your filthy degrading acts.
These prolific dark pornographic communication targeted at young children are no different from those of men who use the cloak of religion to perpetrate heinous acts!
Excessive propagation of insane, extreme sexual proclivities in the name of campaign for sexual equality, is very much part of today’s problem.
Do these adults who spend time in selling these items for material gains, infiltrating the entire web with filth that should be kept in their dark minds and rooms where it belongs realize the wicked seeds of indiscreet promiscuity, sexual degradation and laxity that they sow into the lives of the upcoming generation?
Nowadays, such materials are available at the click of a finger which is such a crying shame.
Young impressionable children are targeted and fed with pornographic nonsense which takes root in their minds and breeds so much more negative repercussions than you care to think of and most of these young ones have these gadgets at their disposal.
We all wish for a better World and it starts from each and every one of us.
If you think that your acts don’t count, please think again!
Do show some care for the future generation.
Life does not end with perverted selfishness.
An intelligent person can make their arguments known without the graphic bestial nonsense that is put out there.
I was thoroughly shocked this morning as I went through my reader and opened a seemingly innocent blog only to have my eyes pop with the graphic pornographic video content of this blog.
Nowhere did it indicate adult above 18 content.
I am not preaching to anyone to change their lifestyle.
Far from it! Someone’s lifestyle is their prerogative.
Just Act Responsibly! Or is the mental decency acuity dead as well?
This is simply irresponsible of this blogger and wrong on so many levels.
Pornography gives birth to hydra-headed monsters. You may like to read this article.
You know yourself and I am chewing your ears.
It might not mean anything to you, but know this and know it well, PROVIDENCE never forgets.
Have we become such a selfish generation filled with entitlement and gratification that we have become so desensitized while we are busy selling ourselves the mantra that it’s only our happiness that matters?
Whoot! Whoot! You don’t say! My 200th Blogging Milestone post is in!
I feel like floating out of my seat and singing loudly and off-key too!
I didn’t set out to hit this mark so soon just after hitting my 100th blogging milestone on the 8th of September, but I just did it!
I am truly surprised because according to the timeline/goals that I had set for myself, I expected to get here by the end of the December. Naturally, I expected to gain a few more blogging friends as I went along, but I have managed to exceed my own humble expectations.
I personally don’t like putting too much expectation out there and wearing my heart on my sleeves; that way, I won’t feel particularly disappointed or perturbed if things are a bit slow.
To have started this 5 months ago and happily sustained a tempo is what really makes me glad. I had expected the fascination to wane a bit, but not yet! It has only grown stronger by the day.
The desire to write solidifies more and more.
I take a closer look at my posts and found that in September alone, I had churned out 86 posts and this month 29 posts so far! I firmly believe that Blogging University contributed a grand deal to this scheme and I would like to encourage anyone having second thoughts to give it a shot.
I also look at my stats and yes I am pleased to bits. I try not to check it too often – maybe once a week to decipher which day or what article came out strong.
Compared to my 100th post which took me 3 months from May to September to arrive at and my stats stood at:
I am celebrating my 100 posts, my 192 blogger friends, my 4,247 followers and my 5,220 stats on this blog.
TODAY:
I celebrate, my 200th blogging milestone, my 435 blogger friends, 6,556 followers and my 12,327 stats! More than a double jump in a month and 5 days!
To say the least, I am very happy! No! my bank account did not swell from blogging and that has never been the reason why I started blogging in the first place; if it comes as time goes on, of course, I will celebrate that too.
Have a cupcake with me, its virtually fat-free
I like to dream realizable dreams and though this might not mean much to some big bloggers, it means a lot to me!
I will not despise my little beginnings, because we all have to start from somewhere.
The magic that it holds for me is that I got up from dreaming about it, to actualizing it! Well that’s a little dream come true for me!
My heart swells from meeting so many of you. To some of you, I have already imagined who they are in real face time based on our exchanges and their blogging voices and I so hope, that maybe one day in the future of WordPress, we may be opportune to encounter in real face time.
To all of you, I do say thanks. Thank you for the encouragement. Thank you for the smiles. Thank you for adopting me in this community of well meaning individuals.
I Thank God most of all for the sustenance and Grace.
Now let me go and hoot my horn and make some noise in my house 😉
This award is in recognition of blogs that share positivity in the blogging community.
As the saying ”three times a charm goes,” in that spirit, I humbly accept all three nominations and merge the rays so that I can leave some fingers of some Sun shine for other friends of mine 🙂
In my native land, when a person wishes that the Sun will shine on you, they project Life, Prosperity and Brightness in your life. The spoken word bears a lot of weight on our lives even when we fail to realize it. In deed, the power of life and death lies in our tongues. When you lift up your face to the rising Sun, may the shadows fall behind.
A big thank you to my nominator blog-some friends. Do take a little while and visit their virtual corners.
The Rules:
Thank the person/people who nominated you
Answer the eleven questions from your nominator(s), in this case 32 questions.
Nominate eleven other bloggers and give them eleven questions to answer
The merged questions: 30 in all
Where is your favourite place you have lived?
Ans: I have lived in so many places, briefly and lengthy. From the Eastern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt, North and West in my growing up years. Stints in Europe and migrating to the US. I presently live in Dubai – United Arab Emirates, but in the innermost part of my heart, my favorite place is the place of my childhood. A small University community known as The University of Nigeria Nsukka. It was a childhood of dreams; a place, where it took a community to raise a child.
If you could change one thing what would it be?
Ans: The fact that I didn’t start writing seriously earlier than now!
What is your favourite childhood memory?
Ans: Christmas in the village 🙂
What is your dream job?
Ans: My aspirations have changed over time and snowballed back to my passion and first love which is writing. It’s time to take it to higher grounds.
What was your best subject at school?
Ans: English, History and Literature.
Do you prefer to live in the country or the city?
Ans: I love both places and since I am living right now in a major city, it is better to be in love with it.
If you were stranded on a desert island which celebrity would you take with you?
Ans:Â I am not so much into celebrities but I could live with Oprah. I love the wisdom that she shares.
Everyone has a song that makes them want to dance, what is yours?
Ans: It is almost common knowledge that I will dance to anything called music apart from the cat’s noise.
Favourite colour?
Ans: I love them in splashes. Not fair to make me choose but there is something about orange and white.
Do you prefer camping, caravaning or staying in motels?
Ans: The thought of marauding snakes has made me not to enjoy camping; even when I was in the girls guide. Now, I would settle for the comfort of a decent motel. There must be a writing table in the corner.
How many different careers have you had?
Ans: Five
Name one aspect of yourself that you would consider quirky/odd/amusing/weird.
Ans: I cry over silly things.
What do you do to relax/unwind.
Ans: Reading, writing, dancing or lounging by the poolside, playing with my kids, people watching…..
Name one thing that is vital to your daily routine.
Ans: Writing things down and praying.
How many posts do you have in your drafts?
Ans: Fourteen posts.
Regarding blogging: are you…a) obsessed – you would be embarrassed to add up the hours you spend reading, writing, commenting etc. You also sneak a peek at WordPress while you are at work.
b) intermediate – there are moments when you can’t leave the screen, but there are also times when you don’t look at it for days.
c) you write your post and leave.
Ans: I think I am a B. I have been able to have a successful one week without looking at it.
The blogosphere is most often read through:
Ans: On my laptop.
Name one possession you covet – something that if your children/friends/family wish to touch, you hover over them protectively, watching them to make sure they handle it delicately, if you allow them to handle it all.
Ans: Nothing. My wedding rings, maybe? Oh yes! My laptop too! 😉
Name something that you read, or do, that you feel enhances your personal growth.
Ans: Asides from my Bible, lots of motivational books from different authors.
Since I enjoyed answering this question…If you could channel your soul into an animal, what would it be and why?Ans: An Eagle or a Panther
Ans: An Eagle. I would soar high and free. I would visit so many places and see so many things.
Who are your favorite published authors?
Ans: There are loads of them and more are joining the list. I am currently enjoying Marian Keyes.
What did you want to grow up to accomplish in your life?
Ans: Sincerely speaking, I am still growing up and learning new things. However, leaving my footprints in the sands of life through my writing, mentoring and life coaching would be my greatest accomplishments.
What is your favorite holiday and why?
Ans: A holiday at Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi combined with Burj Al Arab in Dubai. It was pure decadence.
If you got to choose your last meal in life, what would it be?
Ans: A very large greasy steak, with mashed potatoes and a glass of Veuve Cliquot, to send me off.
What is your favorite temperature? Mine is negative 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ans: 30 degrees sounds fine to me.
Introvert or Extrovert?
Ans: I am a blend of the two. An introverted extrovert 🙂
What about yourself would you change if you could?
Ans: Stop eating too many sweet things.
What scares you the most? Claustrophobic, myself. That and I hate needles.
Ans: Snakes. I don’t mind being cooped in as long as I have a good supply of good reads and a jotter + Food
Why do you blog?
Ans: So that I can meet people like you. So that I can share my thoughts
Who is your favorite musician?
Ans: Women of Faith, Dido, Bob Marley, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Nigerian Musicians: It is a very long list.
At long last, I get an opportunity to ask you to come over for a cuppa coffee. We need to catch up on a lot of stuff.
You and I know that I take coffee in spare quantities. That I am an Iced-Tea babe or a sinful Caramel Macchiato chick. It gets me to loosen up and share every delightful morsel of gist that I have been saving up to share with you..
If you were to come over for a cup of coffee, I reckon we wouldn’t settle for the living room; there would be too much distraction with the children and the husband underfoot. We would probably go to a spot that I discovered by Dubai Marina where we would imbibe in several cups over laughter and enjoy watching the scenes of the Marina dotted with expensive yachts.
Alternatively, we could opt for Starbucks at one of the Malls (The Village at Dubai Mall is my favorite) where we catch up with gossip and people watch too. We could equally feast our eyes with window shopping until they glazed over with all the beautiful over priced goodies beckoning to us. Sounds like a good deal right?
Of course, you know that we won’t have just a cup of coffee without something chewy to go with it. All the lovely smell of baked goods would cause some rumbling in the tummy and I bet my last dirham that we would convince each other to add a slice of something nice. We might settle on a carrot cake and red velvet or anything that appears decadent…we can always walk it off together, tomorrow 😉
Settled down in a vantage position for people watching, I would listen to you regale me with tidbits of the current goings-on in your life and I would interject with an aah, ooh, or you don’t say! It would all depend on the expression that fits the moment.
If we were having a cup of coffee right now, we would cluck over the abysmal situation of migrants and the sorry state of affairs of the World, and possibly end on an optimistic, philosophical note that things would hopefully look up soon.
Over that warm mug of drink, I would share tales from my last visit back home and my experience so far in moving from Houston to Dubai. I would tell you how the search for a new abode went and how expensive living spaces are over here.
I would tell you about my fascination for the new culture that I am experiencing and my plans to immerse myself in learning Arabic language whilst I am here, so that the snippets of conversation shared by passers-by would make meaning to me.
I would tell you fascinating tales of the places (like the Underground pub, the Gold Souk, the Safari) that we have been to and would urge you to come for a visit longer than a quick cup of coffee so that we would share a memory.
About how at odds I feel having my Sundays as a work/school day and today, Friday is a weekend – I am still struggling to adjust to the change. It’s only been six weeks anyway!
I would tell you how much I minded having my status classified as ‘house-wife‘ instead of ‘writer‘ because my resident permit comes under my husbands own and you know how things are in this part of the World.
I would share the thoughts warring in my head about diligently seeking full-time employment over here or should I focus on my writing and the little things that I do to earn some income? What do you think?
If we were to have a cup of coffee right now, there would be so much to share. So what do you say? Are you coming over?
Lest I forget, I would tell you of the blogging ideas bouncing around in my head, then I would share this link: A little pick me up with you as well as little bits about the fascinating people that I have met so far in the virtual World and how husband has grown used to my bursts and cackles of laughter….
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
In response to Writing 101 – Day 10: Update your readers over a cup of coffee
I am 100 today. Not in age 😉 but in blog posts. In my place, there is an old saying that “you celebrate the small things, in order to pave way for the bigger ones” and this is precisely what I am doing. I am celebrating my 100 posts, my 192 blogger friends, my 4,247 followers and my 5,220 stats on this blog.
Vividly, I recall the trepidation that I felt on May 6th when I made my first post on this blog.
I felt like an amateur fisherman who was sitting in a boat that gently rocked on a calm lake, with an occasional ripple of the water, croaks and chirps from the surrounding shrub to interrupt his concentration. He hooks a wriggly, skinny worm as bait and simply casts his line into the water, in hopeful hope to catch a fry.
His minutes turn to a slow time of humming, sipping his beer and holding his bated breath; then SNAG, the pull of a first bite tugged at the end of the pole and he nearly topples over into the water out of elation and excitement of his first catch.
Now, that was precisely my reaction when I sent out my initial 2 posts and 3 bloggers Stuart M. Perkins – Story Shucker, E. I. Wong and gpicone liked my feeble attempt at getting my toes wet in the choppy bloggy waters.
To say the least, it gave me such a buzz, that the thrill nearly jolted me out of my seat. Thus, my expedition in blogosphere began. Almost each day, like an adrenaline junkie, I return for more jolts; to write, to read, to listen and to learn. I have met lovely blogging souls on this path and I thank you all for staying with me.
Need I say more about this blogging milestone? If truth be told, the warm reception at WordPress exceeds my expectations.
I am going to go off on a festive tangent as a way of celebrating my little drops by re-blogging old posts of mine as well as posts of others that catch my eyes each day for at least a week.
I love spontaneity, which I try to limit to my shopping,writing and other fluffy things of life. In such times, my guts have stood the test of time.
However, in contradiction, I don’t like guessing games when it gets to the crunch time of making a serious decision.
I sit down wherever I find myself, with my note pad and pencil (never too far from me) I run the pros and cons, think and rethink before making a decision.
If I don’t have my writing material handy, who knows, I might resort to reciting Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe on my fingers and thinking the decision to death.
Eeny: Decisions, decisions
Meeny: weigh Pros on fingers
Miny: weigh Cons on fingers
Moe: Catch the Tiger by the Tail (and hope it doesn’t bite me).
“Encouragement is said to be the oxygen for the human spirit. Do not forget you are carrying someone’s air with you. Encourage them. Help them breathe” – anonymous.
The Encouraging Thunder Award comes with very simple rules:
a. The nominee posts the Award on their blog and adds the logo.
b. Pay it forward by nominating others.
c. Mention your purpose for blogging and thank the person that nominated you; also add their URL to your post for ping back.
For me, this nomination could not have come at a better time. In recent weeks, I have being overwhelmed with the responsibilities of family life, adapting to new things, trying to get my writing Mojo up to speed and in all honesty, there have been some days I just felt like pulling the duvet over my head and refusing to do anything.
Nothing like a little encouraging shove from the right quarters, to get up and get it going. Thank you KeenVision for your generosity of thought.
At the very beginning, May 6th 2015 precisely, this was my very first post on my blog;
“Now, why did I start this blog I ask myself? Just to share my quirky tales and thoughts as well as get to know yours. It’s not all ironed out yet, but what is life without a few wrinkles, I ask? So lets hobble along, tell some tales, read some minds, drink some wine and have some fun. Who knows? We just might end up making a perfect medley of this and that!”
I loved to write long before I knew what it meant to be a writer – now I wish I had taken better care of my young teen journals where I wrote uncensored; it would make a good read and laugh. However, I hated the supposed rigors and strictures I felt was required to make it as a writer, I have come to realize that the notion was a mental slavery in which I had trapped myself.
Writing as we all know, is not a walk in the park. It is hard work which requires boundless mental energy, steadfast inspiration, focus, acuity and even business savvy, so the efforts of writers should never be undermined. I doubted I had the above requisites nevertheless, I decided to try.
The desire for an outlet to share my stories, poems and perceptions as well as the need for a medium that would help keep me grounded and accountable in starting something and seeing it to fruition gave birth to my blog.
I tossed all the mental hindrance out of the window: the fear of putting myself out there, the fear of not having support, the fear of not being good enough and I chose to enjoy the experience and to take each day as it comes.
I am glad I ventured, the short stint of 3 months and a few days shy of 4 months has so far wrought many positive creative changes in me. The choppy bloggy waters are full of creative and encouraging currents, and it feels good to be here.
I would like to nominate a good number, but I am limited to only 5 bloggers:
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Its an honor to be nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by three different blogger friends Honestme363, hallenterprises132 and Inspiring Max.![1442564797239[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/14425647972391.jpg)
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I would tell you about my fascination for the new culture that I am experiencing and my plans to immerse myself in learning Arabic language whilst I am here, so that the snippets of conversation shared by passers-by would make meaning to me.![1442565344603[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/14425653446031.jpg)
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