Fashion Fairy Chronicles: Episode One

Ladies and Gentlemen! Why do we constantly buy and use only a small fraction of all the clothes, shoes and accessories that we have?

WHY!?  WHY!!?  WHY!!?

Is it because we think those mustard colored shoes could never go with our favourite jeans? Or that print just makes you seem 19th century? Or maybe you think that a leather jacket would only make you look out of place?

BANKSTATEMENTS POST 2

Stuck Between Waters 

Hi, @bankstatements1

My story starts two years ago. I was in love with this girl and she loved me too or so I thought. We started dating after several months of friendship. 
One day, she called me and said that she had lost interest in the relationship,that it just didn’t work for her anymore. I tried to talk to her and hold on but after dragging on for days, I had to let her go. 

Her best friend who was my confidante and close friend who I met my girlfriend through, felt sorry for me and even tried stepping in and talking to her not to do it but it was all in vain all so much so it became alright with me. All through my pain and sadness, her friend was there for me and she didn’t care or look back. Months went by and I got even closer to her friend.

Dear Mr Muse

[2 mins read]

Dear Mr Muse...

So it's you....

You're the one that keeps me writing

DEFEATED NOT - Episode 1

[3 min read]

By TOSINMILE OLA-AMUDA

Waiting was worse than I expected. I had expected it to be sooner and was really excited that I would be out of here by now. I threw out hopes of ever getting a family of my own ages ago and I was utterly shocked and anxious when Miss Bola told me a week before that a family wanted to adopt a girl and having seen the necessary documents especially my medical history, they thought me the best choice. I asked Miss Bola so many questions that she had to send me to the room to keep from questioning her further.

The best choice? What a nice way to frame adoption. I heard other girls talk about how impossible it was to get adopted in Nigeria because of the cultural beliefs. I thought it cruel that they made us watch movies of how children in other parts of the world living in orphanages get their happy endings usually by getting adopted into a nice family. But then, it was as if I was in a movie of my own.

Love Unrequited

I wanted love;
Not the average chocolate and flowers kind of love –
I wanted something deep and intense,
I wanted long conversations about spiritual matters,
I wanted a lifetime of future planning,
I wanted desperately for you to depend on me.
For you to come to me.
No, run to me with everything that caused a stirring in your soul.

IF YOU TELL ANYONE - PART 2

By Adeyalo Kolawole

IG: @adeyalo

“Uncle no” I said to him half pleading half scared stiff.

He was no longer smiling and he furiously rubbed my vagina until i hurt. His eyes were blood shot and his mouth opened a little. Tears rimmed my eyes and i furiously fought with him in a bid to escape.

“Stay there you idiot don’t even try to fight me. Do you want your mother to die? abi you don’t want me to give you food or money again? just shut up”.

Movie Review: Jumanji

Hey there, you watched Jumanji yet? Hehe, it's really an amazing movie. something about The Rock and Kevin Hart in a movie seems to set the mood. You know, they're sooo hilarious together.

I would seriously recommend the cinema with a whole lot of popcorn and coke.

The story starts in 1996 in Brantford, New Hampshire.
 Alex Vreeke's father approaches him with a Jumanji board game he had found during his early morning run on a beach. Alex refuses to play the so-called game, and since it's not his usual catridge game, he is uninterested.

The Drug Free Club

[1 min read]

Good evening everyone, 😀
The #1000 from 1000 people💸💵has been going on successfully but still it has been noticed that some people don't even know what this is about🤷🏼‍♀🤷🏾‍♂

The drug free club is an association of students👧🏽🧒🏽 who believe in the possibility of creating a drug free🚭 community starting with ABUAD. It's a nonprofit organization and is usually funded by the members of the club and other willing people.

This time around we decided to involve the community in the raising of funds that's why the #1000 from 1000 people emerged to raise funds for the club.

The idea is, if all the members of the club can donate,  as well as make their friends donate a sum of 1000 naira, it would go a long way as funds for the club.
Also getting people outside the school, that is our parents and other willing donors to donate to the club as well.

The funds are to be used for the present

drug free week💃🏽💃🏽and also for the incoming executive members to have funds to carry out their activities as well.

Now we can continue to spread the word about the #1000 from 1000 people and explain better as we now understand what it's about.

Tell a friend to donate today starting from you.

Pass the ❤
say no to drugs 🚭💃🏽
😊

Sunday Style: Episode 5

Welcome to TRJ Sunday Style!! It's Episode 5!!

You can see amazing outfits, styles and poses here from every Sunday. Unleash your inner model every Sunday. That cement road is your runway. Strut those long legs, like you're glamorous and you know it. Look good for the Lord, and trust me - we will capture your beautiful moments.

So it's not only black is beautiful. Red is delicious as well.

IF YOU TELL ANYONE - PART 1

[5mins read]

By Adeyalo Kolawole

IG: @adeyalo

PART ONE

I wasn’t born with a spoon; talk less of having a silver one. By logic, I was born with dark concoctions, through unbelievable stress. My dad died trying to provide for a child he needed, but couldn’t take care of, while my mother just had to make due with carrying her bowl down the street in a bid to salvage peanut from the well-wishers. I turned 10 amidst turmoil and bad weathers and piercing eyes.

It is safe to say I am very beautiful; blue eyes, long hair, soft body and naturally red lips. I drew a lot of pity and generosity from people who only gave because they wanted to help a fine girl. For some reason, they were all confused that I was still in the slum with my mother.

The Break-Age

[3 min read]

Enioluwa Adeoluwa

The Millennial generation is left to struggle through, there are no employments out there, there is no peace in our communities, people are suffering, and homes are breaking leaving children in the dilemma of divorced marriages. People take suicide as an option each day sunk up in depression feeling life isn’t worth it anymore and yet nobody seems to care. We hear our neighbors’ dying brother scream for help but instead of helping, we take on to social media and give our pages the latest headlines and until he slowly fades away no one says anything rather than our tears to carry him home.

OH! DEAR PAIN.

"You can't be serious Phoebe, can you hear yourself?"; He said; 'Babe I love you, I can't do this without you, I can't function, you drive me."

"Stop getting me worked up please, I hate it when you use the personal pronoun."

He continued; "Shit! Alright, I'm sorry, isn't apology what you need? Here it is. Honey you know we belong together."
Just don't make the mistake of saying 'I' next time, it's always 'we', I hate correcting that. Please always say 'we'."

"But that's the problem', she said; Chris you yell and rain insults over unnecessary 'choses'. This isn't meant to be an issue, I don't even know when I said 'I'. I think I need a break from all this, it's so overwhelming."

"What the frack are you talking about?", With clenched teeth, he wished she was with him at the moment, he would really hit some sense in.

'You're my answered prayer. Phoebe, on the 1st of January, I prayed for a soul mate and God gave you to me, can't you see that we're meant for each other? Baby you complete me. No one can love you like I do.  Alright just forget this happened, let's move past this Duchess."

"Hello, hello, are you there? I hate it when you're this quiet, it's either we're in this or we aren't and so help me "Mon Dieu", baby mind your response.' "

With shaky hands, she hung up and switched off her phone. She slumped on her feet, and buried her face in her palms, tears building castles and mucus dripping. "How on earth did I get to this point in my life?", she thought.

I'm only 21 years, I can't handle all this  at my age. I'm too "jeune" for all these baggage. Utterly confused, she remembered "le jour" she met Chris; A working student looking to earn extra pennies for her bogus school work et al. All thanks to her father who thinks her studying "la musique" is a classic curse from the gods and would have nothing to do with supporting her financially. Her "pauvre mere" can only try, her crayfish business didn't thrive as much as before. She had evening shifts after school in one of the fast foods within. It was during one of those working hours that she met Chris. He was everything she didn't want in a man; Muscular and firm, looked like a heavyweight boxer, fair and has an amazing "visage". A sweet talker and quite the orator. He smiled as he walked up to the counter. And boy, was he fine! His well set dentition didn't help "les affaires" either.

"Can I have Farm fresh yoghurt please and a sausage roll?" The words rolled out of his lips so well, in a nano second, she wasn't in control of her body movements, they were all working against each other. She managed to get his orders without burning her fingers. She can't be falling for this guy.
Phoebe are you stupid? But he was like a breath of fresh air, like he walked out of TRJ Sunday style magazine.

 "You're really pretty, Can I have your number, seems you're busy. We could talk some more when you're less 'occupée' ". This dude isn't cut out for long stories, and he's damn precise "aussi".
Well, she's sorry but he has met "le faux" person this evening. With courage from nowhere, she put up the most serious look and said "No Sir, I don't think it's necessary to have my number and if you don't mind, I've got others to attend to". She wasn't gonna bulge, he should take his handsome face elsewhere. Next s'il vous plaît.

He was shocked to the marrows. Women don't say 'no' to him, especially not her kind, she looked so fragile that he thought she would be malleable.
Even he could have sworn she fell for his charms few minutes ago, or did he misread something? No no no, "les femmes" don't reject his advances, it doesn't work that way. Well, time would tell. He was in town for the next few days so there is "beaucoup de" time.

After he left, Phoebe couldn't stop thinking about this guy, the air around him wasn't cool but she felt so drawn to breathe it still. She didn't like the effect he had on her but he seemed so virile and dapper. But then she had too much drama going on in her life, was she ready for more? Was she?

#Anticipate

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♫ If You No Come Party... Hide Your Face ♫

So I went for a party yesterday night, to do what people usually do at parties...

And I ended up doing what I usually do whenever I get a rush of emotions.

I wrote an article. *Ghen Ghen*

Sunday Style: Episode 4

[5 mins read]

Welcome to TRJ Sunday Style. You can see amazing outfits, styles and poses here from every Sunday. Unleash your inner model every Sunday. That cement road is your runway. Strut those long legs, like you're glamorous and you know it. Look good for the Lord, and trust me - we will capture your beautiful moments.

Everybody be like this guy. Honestly.

Twitter Stories - Week 2

[7 mins read]

The Dance Floor of The Mind

Moods come in various shades
Some, cloudy
Some, like the stars
Others like rain
And even a few, are like the Sun
The dark ones, almost choke out all the light.

The Mirror, The People and The Mind

By Olamide Oluwole

I'll give you three scenarios, you'll decide.

Case 1
She looked in the mirror
She decided she's beautiful
She went out,
Her mind convinced she's beautiful
But then,
Someone asked if she's okay
Her face looks tired
At that moment,
Her mind was convinced she's not beautiful

So she continued her day sad and solemn
With the mindset she's not beautiful

Gender Inclusion: An oversight of some Feminists

[4 min read]

IDOWU MARY

A while back, I wrote an article on women and the power that lies within us; this time, I'm going deep in. I will be writing on what many ‘feminists’ do not always seem to know about 'feminism'.

Chimamanda Adichie wrote a book titled, ’we should all be feminists’, and from it, I agree that indeed we should all be. Everyone, both males and females should be feminists. Every girl who is a teenager and upwards is a feminist to say a few, but often times, it seems they do not understand what it really means. Females always want "gender inclusion", ie that they want to be included in every activity the male gender is included in; given the same opportunities the male gender is given; basically treated the same way a guy should be treated, but often times, we girls get selfish. Yes, selfish.

#LEAVE THE SHAWTY ALONE

[2 min read]

Now I am actually fed up and I have reached saturation point, shuu!!! Is it my fault I am compact; trust me if you call me short (even by mistake) I am going to bite you. I am the only person allowed to call myself short, well…my brother too, It’s not like I can do anything about it…

Smoky Nigerian Party Jollof Rice

     

Okay, so I was a bit confused as to what my first post in this section should be, but it didn't take long to decide because this food item is practically everywhere. (it's probably what you are eating now) - Rice.

Let's Whet Your Appetite With Rice

[2 min read]

WAGWAN GUYS,

Food is a very sensitive topic to everyone, those who love it love it, and those who obsess over it are the REALEST!!! (Go and argue with me)

So basically, there has been an argument over these three popular types of rice: Ofada, Jollof and Fried rice.

When I was much younger, I offered this subject – Catering and crafts (and I was the only one doing that because I did not want to do Animal husbandry and the rest of them sha), meanwhile my teacher saw me as a girl with a lot of potential, but me - I kuku did not want to fall her hand so I would always just flow with her.

Life Stories 3

[3 mins read]

Hi TRJ...

This happened many years ago, probably 12 years ago. I was eight and I remember being in primary two then. I had a friend, who I'll be keeping it anonymous because this isn't about her; it's about the lesson I learned and I pray y'all reading this learn from it.

Okay, so we were pretty good friends until one day we got into a quarrel. She had asked me for a book; "My book of Bible stories." But it was torn, so I refused to give it to her. She got annoyed and said she'd deal with me.

How to Dodge A Shot

*Dodge*   *Dodge*   *Superdodge*

We've had quite a lot of articles, and memes, and posts and support on "Shooting your shot". You know... go all out for the person of your dreams. Hit the nail on the head, be brave and all that.

But, have you noticed that no-one has ever talked about how to DODGE a shot?

Let's be honest here. Not everyone that shoots at us is our type. Or good for us. Or comes when we're ready. Most people assume every one is up and ready, waiting for either Prince Charming, or Princess Perfect to look our way. Some people are actually happy being single for a while, some people are just getting out of a tough relationship, and some people are looking for something you just may not have to give at the time.

Now it can be a little distressing when you're approached by someone, either in real life or over the phone, who wants something you simply cannot give at the moment.

I won't lie and tell you that there's a 100% sure fire way of dodging a shot, or telling someone no. There isn't. People are different, and you'll need to learn how to adapt to respond to unwanted approaches.

But hey, let's get into the dodge techniques before you get bored already.


1. Have an open mind.

This is very important. And we put it first, because if we put everything else first you may be wrongly seen as a woman/man hater.

The truth is, no matter who pops into your dm, you can't say for sure what the person wants until they say it. If not directly, then by hinting. Some people actually only want to be friends. Yes. It happens.

Also, the truth is there are times you will discover that people you thought you couldn't fit with, will turn out to be amazing for you. Sometimes even everything you needed. So don't be so stubborn that you're blind to see the colors you need, because it's not the color you've always dreamt of.

Sunday Style: Episode 3

[6 mins]

Welcome to TRJ Sunday Style. You can see amazing outfits, styles and poses here from every Sunday. Unleash your inner model every Sunday. That cement road is your runway. Strut those long legs, like you're glamorous and you know it. Look good for the Lord, and trust me - we will capture your beautiful moments.

For the first time we're starting with maybe the best picture. Or is it? You can judge after checking the rest

"SRC SCAMMED ABUAD STUDENTS"

 [2 min read]

On Friday, March 2nd, 2018 Abuad SRC(student representative council) showed a pirated version of the black panther movie at their in-school movie event. The graphics were very poor, it was cinema dub even; and the movie had Chinese subtitles. I guess those of us who took that Chinese AFE class seriously were the happiest.

Spotlight 9 - Swag Photography

[1 min read]

Looking for a way to take some nice pictures, then Swag Photography is the way to go. Run by young entrepreneur Maro Okandeji, swag photography is a growing venture that has been producing great results:
       

Twitter Stories - Week 1

GET INTERESTING

By Ebi Ashidi

February was short wasn't it? Well, so is this post 😄

Ladies and gentlemen, get interesting.
I know I sound direct, this time I'm not about to beat about the bush, GET INTERESTING!

A respected voice once made this statement, and it stuck with me. As a guy, all that you know about can't be soccer or politics, and as a lady, all you know shouldn't be makeup, fashion or Korean movies. No offence, but I mean can we not expand?