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A lot of people studied courses that their parents wanted them to study. Some other people didn't get the course they applied for and ended up studying something else. Some people are not practicing what they studied. Are you doing what you planned to do when you were a child? Is your present career better than what you planned to do? Every week we'll be sharing stories of people and their Career Truth. This week I had a chat with a 26-year-old who made her decision at 15 without any family interference. What did you want to study? I don’t know... I wanted to be many things. Growing up, I said I wanted to be a Scientist. That’s the first thing I remember. Later on I thought maybe I could be a Farmer. Haha. Interesting. I know right! I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I got into secondary school and didn’t think so much about it until after we wrote Junior WAEC in JSS3. What happened after Junior WAEC? I was put in commercial class after the ...

A lot of people studied courses that their parents wanted them to study. Some other people didn't get the course they applied for and ended up studying something else. Some people are not practicing what they studied. Are you doing what you planned to do when you were a child? Is your present career better than what you planned to do? Every week we'll be sharing stories of people and their Career Truth. This week we have Victoria, a Broadcast Journalist. Who had to choose between her Mother and her Father's choice but eventually chose herself. She says she’s happy and fulfilled. What did you want to study? The truth is, I didn’t know what exactly I wanted to study. Let me just give you a brief story before we get there. I’ve always known that I wanted to be on TV reading the news. Growing up as a child, I used to be very obsessed with Tokunbo Ajayi. I felt she was so smart. Then I didn’t know there was anything like TelePrompTer. I felt everything she...

A lot of people studied courses that their parents wanted them to study. Some other people didn't get the course they applied for and ended up studying something else. Some people are not practicing what they studied. Are you doing what you planned to do when you were a child? Is your present career better than what you planned to do? Every week we'll be sharing stories of people and their career truth. This week Ayomide shared his story about how he had plans to study Computer Engineering, went on to study Mathematics, dropped out of school and is doing amazing as a Music Writer and Content Marketing Consultant. ______________________________________ My name is Olaniyan Ayomide. I'm 25 years old. So, let me give you a little backstory. I'm the only male child in my family and I happen to be the first born, so there's this pressure from my parents and people in my family. I won't say I'm an extraordinary student but I consider mys...

A lot of people studied courses that their parents wanted them to study. Some other people didn't get the course they applied for and ended up studying something else. Some people are not practicing what they studied. Are you doing what you planned to do when you were a child? Is your present career better than what you planned to do? Every week we'll be sharing stories of people and their career truth. This week I had a conversation with a  22-year-old who said she has made her family happy by getting a certificate in Accounting and  Finance , now is the time to make  herself happy. What did you want to study? Growing up, I always wanted to be a model. I had a thing for fashion.   In SS2 I decided Mass Communication or Theatre Arts. I really just wanted to do anything that had to do with fashion and television. Nice. So did you get any of the courses? Hahaha. No. I studied Accounting and Finance. Okkk… How did that happen? ...

A lot of people studied courses that their parents wanted them to study. Some other people didn't get the course they applied for and ended up studying something else. Some people are not practicing what they studied. Are you doing what you planned to do when you were a child? Is your present career better than what you planned to do? Every week we'll be sharing stories of people and their career truth. This week I had a conversation with a 24-year-old who didn't know what he wanted to study but is flourishing in the communications industry now. What did you want to study? I didn't know what I wanted to study before I got into the university.  Oh? so what did you study and who chose the course? Yes, I didn't know what I wanted but I applied to study law at Babcock University. It was my parent's idea. My name came out in mass communication department  though. I also applied to Bowen and my name came out in Law department. My dad pressu...

So my friends and I went to Tarkwa Bay beach the other day. As we started our trip I decided I would write about the experience. The day before, I found myself in another part of Lagos after going to and fro Lagos Island for 4 hours with my friend W. I was supposed to link up with my other friend M but I couldn’t. So we agreed to go to the beach the next day. I invited my other friends D, T and W and we had an amazing day. So before we left the house, my friend T googled “Tarkwa Bay”. She called a travel blogger and another friend that’s been there before. We were trying to get information about the place, how to get there and what we should expect. T sent the article she saw on google to me and I sent it to my other friends. From the article, we learnt that the beach is only accessible by boat and boat ride costs between N300 — N500. We’ll also need to pay a gate fee of N200 at the beach. We’ll also pay for a tent, chairs and tables. This should cost about N1,000 to N2,000. So ...

Happy New Year everyone! I wish y’all a beautiful 2018! So my first post this year is for the Twenty Somethings. Yes us! And how we can make this decade (20-29 years) useful and enjoy it. Many Twenty somethings go through a lot. You see us complaining about how tough the Decade is. It feels like everything is happening at the same time. We are struggling with trying to know ourselves while going through life. Sometimes we are confused about the next step to take.

I read about the man that committed suicide on third mainland bridge today and I've been sad. He allegedly asked his driver to park on the Bridge, the driver did as he was told and the man jumped. It's really sad. What could he have been going through? What happened before that time? What was going on with him? What's going on in his family? How long has he been trying to be fine? Did he try to talk to anyone? Or did he try to man it up as society expects men to? This is really sad.

Happy International Women's Day!   International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

  Happy new month my darlings!!! Welcome to March. I hope that this month will be good to all of us. It's another episode of our Fashion Friday series. Today we are featuring Sharon Ojong, Shamazing ! She is one of my favorite. She is a fashion blogger amongst other things. The first fashion blogger I checked out some years ago. I admire her sense of style and I thought I should share because I love you guys. Haha.  On today's episode we're mixing and matching prints with Shamazing.

Yaay, I'm starting the "Eat Good" series with my favorite soup. Afang soup ! I'm in love with this soup. This was my first meal in Nysc orientation camp. After struggling with registration, I ended my day with Afang soup. I had it almost every week when I was serving in Uyo. That's how much I love it.

My first fashion feature has to be my favorite fashion blogger, Tee of www . diveintomauve.com . I like how she slays effortlessly! Yaa, she slays! So let's see how she styled a basic white button-down shirt.

There is an environmental hazard currently building up in Rivers state, Nigeria. There are black particles everywhere. Residents first noticed this SOOT in November 2016.  This is a toxic black particle, composed of carbon, produced by incomplete combustion of coal, oil, wood, or other fuels. Soot can consist of acids, chemicals, metals, soils, and dust. They are extremely tiny and can travel deep into the lung. This can cause serious damage.

Story story! Igbokwe was a hardworking man, he had five wives, Adaku, Adaobi, Ifunanya, Ebube and Eberechi. They had many children and lived happily together. Igbokwe had two colleagues, Gift and Ekemini. They had their own wives, Ibinabo, Tambari, Idongesit, Aniete, etc. and children. One day their boss at the office said everyone should move in with Igbokwe and his family. They needed  to renovate the other part of the company's apartment.

Okay! This article was triggered by Tweets I saw a few days ago insisting  Rivers state peoople are Igbos/ Biafra ns . Recently, there was a protest by members of IPOB (Indigenous People Of Biafra) in Port Harcourt. This is not the first time this will be happening. Once again, like I said in my other post - I AM IJAW - http://tariahh.blogspot.com.ng/2016/06/i-am-ijaw_30.html I do not have any problem with the Igbos or IPOB, neither do I have a problem with where citizens decide to exercise their right to peaceful assembly and for whatever reason but I have a problem with people assuming/insisting that the people of Rivers state are Igbos/Biafrans.  A lady on Twitter asked “What’s Port Harcourt’s business with Biafra?” and a young man responded proudly “Fam! You don’t know Rivers state people are more or less Igbo and only changed their dialect and names after the war??? Maaaaaannnnn!” LOL.

Thank you! Thank you! Of course I know you said congratulations when you first saw "My Liebster Award". That's okay, I appreciate.

(Photo credit: Eldo Photos) I was with a friend the other day and while we were talking he called me "Omo Igbo". I have had to explain to people on several occasions that I am Ijaw and not Igbo. A lot of people outside the Southern part of Nigeria assume that Rivers people are Igbos. I am from Kalabari and we are Ijaws alongside the Okrikans, Bonny, Opobo, Nkoro, Andoni, Bille, Engenni, and Kula. Other ethnic settings in Rivers State include; Ikwerre, Ogoni, Etche, Ahoada, Ogba-Egbema, Orashi, Ndoni and Egbema.

Brethren! They wanted to kill me with AC in the bus but thank God I'm still alive. Call me bush, but I am not used to being in an air-conditioned place for so long. I was freezing. My teeth was clenching but God is alive, so I lived. We stopped briefly at Ughelli in Delta state. I was very hungry and pressed. I quickly jumped down and entered the fast food. I used the convenience then I got something to eat. I couldn't eat comfortable because I was looking out for my bus.

I got into Lagos at 2:50pm. As expected, I started seeing yellow buses. I heave a sigh of relief like "finally, we are here". This is not my first time in Lagos but technically, it is. Okay, don't be confused. This is my third time in Lagos but this is the first time I had the typical "Lagos experience". Are we good now? Okay! So my first time in Lagos was in 2015. I came during "Id el Kabir". It didn't feel like the Lagos I read about on my Twitter timeline. Most of my followers on Twitter are Lagosians, sometimes it feels like I'm one. They made me think Lagos was stressful (even though they will never agree), hustle and bustle, people are always on the move etc. so I expected that, as soon as I got in but it wasn't so.