tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14372723489574559962024-03-23T06:05:39.899-07:00Mena UkodoisReadyMena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-75846830465491019722021-02-12T22:12:00.000-08:002021-02-12T22:12:35.745-08:00Men are scum'? unexpected gifts, Black is back and this and that Welcome :)Forgive me if the title is confusing, I am wierd like that. I hope you are 'keeping safe' Covid came in and changed the game! May all the dearly departed rest in peace. My heart goes out to their survivors. Its truly devastating!On black is back: Okay I am quite late, but we have a black female Vice President, as well as a black Duchess now. I will never forget the black POTUS Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-45484065681764892572021-01-12T13:39:00.001-08:002021-01-12T13:39:51.950-08:00AN UNUSUAL NEW YEAR! Mario de Andrade poem and how to cope in 2021
I counted my years And realized that I have
Less time to live by,
Than I have lived so far.
I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first he ate them with pleasure
But when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste them intensely.
I have no time for endless meetings
where the statutes, rules, procedures and internal regulations are discussed,
knowing that nothing Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-20360475375532549592020-12-26T18:22:00.008-08:002021-01-12T13:50:29.217-08:00Of Pandemics, Suffering and Civil Unrests, I too will die, but for now, I must live!! WelcomeLets do a quick catch up, I still work in a dayjob, I am once, twice, three times an Aunt to the most amazing nieces ever. I write this from Abuja, Nigeria and (scratch head smiley) we are all caught up, I think. Believe it or not, this is a festive post as expected this time of the year. :-) but it also touches on the biggest and most consistent concern of the world Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-43477730481696644772020-09-02T01:38:00.000-07:002020-09-02T01:38:05.912-07:00If you drive or are planning to drive in Lagos, Nigeria, this is for you Hello :)So yesterday I had the misfortune of entering wahala with the Federal Road Safety Commission. The person driving me was totally at fault, he felt he was smart and tried to beat the traffic lights, na so we enter trouble. I dont have a license, hence the need for him (who has a valid licence o) to drive me. His lack of patience put us in trouble.I spent a lot of time explaining Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-88123853012957781102020-08-19T04:09:00.001-07:002021-01-12T13:51:43.509-08:00A SLICE OF HISTORY ON MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MANHello,Lets muse on the reality behind the subject matter, with today's offering focused on Indigenous AmericansA white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: “What do you think about Indian mascots?” The Native elder responded, “Here’s what you’ve got to understand. When you look at black people, you see ghosts of all the slavery and the Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-81466501894902186482020-07-30T08:41:00.000-07:002020-07-30T08:41:32.457-07:00Similar Pandemics from HistoryHey there!So I saw this quote and it captures the current mood as per the novele 'coronavirus'. It is a long read, but totally worth it. The author, Boccaccio, is awesome!This is the introduction to Boccaccio’s “The Decameron”...written around the time of the great plague...particularly the 2nd paragraph.
Thirteen hundred and forty-eight years had passed since the fruitful Incarnation of Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-58857867175622689022019-07-11T11:10:00.003-07:002020-08-19T04:12:26.111-07:00Evil and you
Recently, it occurred to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through circumstances of birth, nor between classes, nor between religion either but right through every human heart and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it swings with time, goes left or right as the years go by. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small minutiae of good is Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-68336673164591271102019-01-09T14:06:00.000-08:002019-01-09T14:58:36.078-08:00Musings on forgiveness and retentive nemory .Help
HMMMM (Musings of one who they say 'dont belong...')
This not the usual jokes or self deprecating humour.
Life is both sunshine as well as that endless rain that comes with
storms. Also I typed out without editing, just typed as it
flowed..expect terrible writing..
I am typing this to myself, as a
way of understanding self...to look back at the issue critically, how
an insignificant eventMena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-37850826868142301552019-01-08T16:51:00.001-08:002019-01-09T13:25:52.441-08:00NIGERIANS (INCLUDING NORTHERNERS) DONT EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION? excerpts from Ike Anya
I read..a lot..to say the least, plus when online I read expansively, once in a while catching a gem in an article or a book...sometimes its not from the main theme, or the monologues or even the moral lessons. Its the little details that get to me. I read this a long time ago, it moved me and I saved it to be used at an appropriate time.
Now I realise there is nothing like 'appropriate Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-8804352810625253432019-01-08T14:46:00.000-08:002019-01-08T16:52:14.119-08:00HAPPY 2019!!! AUTHOR UNKNOWNHey hey
As it is the time of the year..I was going through a number of fwd fwd messages, fwd wishes and fwd 'preaches/sermon' sent from people wishing others a happy new year.
This one stood out..Will the real author please stand up so I can give due credit. Thank you
This BRAND NEW 2019 May your days be Useful, your night Restful,
May your homes remain Peaceful, May your hands and Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-3667457163539149272018-12-29T21:18:00.003-08:002018-12-29T21:18:37.244-08:00RISE AND SHINE? WHEN? WHY? (including helpful tips from a celebrity writer Nkem)
WHO, WHY, HOW, WHAT WHEN?Who knew spending a large amount of resources and energy trying to give back to ever demanding 'humanity' or just being there in almost every way for humanity, whether working hard at a job, and yet the salary keeps reducing while tasks become overwhelming for one person or helping someone else's business to grow (with zero expectation) yet receiving negative Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-38828775663387393062018-07-16T00:52:00.003-07:002018-07-16T00:52:45.927-07:00Why 12th of July?
Why 12th of July '18? It could have been any other day but that day remains one of the worst days...The effects of that day continues and today she is just about to face it, the next few hours she will face it..
She has used all methods of escapism and now there is no more.As one who. even on a normal day, worries a bit about events occurring a million miles away, in the last few days, she Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-86664507204268380032018-06-26T14:59:00.002-07:002018-06-26T14:59:43.399-07:00We held on to each other as I slowly took off her thong with my teeth.... Hello!So I was alarmed at the number of young people not taking their sexual health seriously. By young I mean from the age of consent to 22yr old.I would have thought with the rise and rise of instant!information on all topics, the igeneration would be more worldly wise? Who would have thunk that??I think its time for a repost, presenting the evergreen moral lesson, written by Obi Eze.......
Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-27631349692117073812018-05-20T20:43:00.004-07:002018-05-20T20:43:57.757-07:00Amazing advice for ALL generation— written in 1997 by Mary Schmich, Hi,
I hope you are very well. :-)
Its been a while I shared anything here. Life happened and is still happening. Might share a bit if motivated or....might close it, if not.
Lately, I have been thinking about how life simply does not come with a manual, and somehow I remembered these lyrics and it contains some valuable advice.They are from a famous essay — written in 1997 byMena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-45460874848449649912016-06-20T13:31:00.000-07:002016-06-20T13:31:07.536-07:00THINGS TO DO WHEN YOUR SPOUSE UNEXPECTEDLY DIESHello and Welcome,
I hope you are very well. I have not blogged in a while and I apologise, there has been so many changes to adjust to and unplanned events kept coming up.
Do pardon me from regular blogging as I am still adjusting, however I do this for a dear sister and friend who has asked us to share, she recently lost her husband and has some tips. She is African American but some of her Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-5832592529198201562016-01-22T10:50:00.000-08:002016-01-22T10:50:09.753-08:00MAN WRITES REASONS WHY MEN SHOULD NOT WASTE THEIR TIME DATING SINGLE MOTHERS
(If you’re a single mother, you won’t
like this..:-)) An American author named Shawn James this week wrote a controversial
essay titled ‘Why Real Men Avoid Single Mothers’ – detailing 15 reasons
why men should not date single mothers. It’s got people talking.
1. Never Available. A single Mother’s schedule is never open.
Single mothers are the kind of women to always cancel dates at Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-10429515444134993732016-01-10T08:36:00.000-08:002016-01-10T08:36:09.588-08:00MOTIVATIONAL: WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD DO...NOW!!!!
HAPPY 2016!
Every new dawn is a new beginning and an opportunity to start over....This list tells shows you 70 things every woman must do now to have the life she wants.
Don’t let others dictate the terms of your life. Start living life on your terms.
Wear your hair the way you want.
Wear your makeup the way you want or don’t wear any at all. Remember, it’s your choice.
Dress Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-6510609695429055192015-12-30T08:42:00.001-08:002015-12-30T08:42:17.501-08:00Recycled: The Big 'O' HOW WORDS SAID DURING ORGASMS LINKS TO PERSONALITY TRAITS
Hi!!So according to healthguide.com,
an orgasm is 'the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual tension
resulting in rhythmic muscular contractions in the pelvic region that
produce intensely pleasurable sensations followed by rapid relaxation.
It is obviously experienced by males and some females(not all)they are
often associated with other involuntary actions, including muscular
spasms Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-35649060657122411462015-12-25T11:14:00.002-08:002015-12-25T11:14:22.977-08:00THANK GOD FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS, HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMASMena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-49757215953757710082015-09-30T11:38:00.002-07:002015-09-30T11:38:30.131-07:00THINK YOU HAD A BAD DAY?Hi
Following this and this story. Here is one more unedited and true story that makes you ponder...
I
was born around 1968 and married my high school sweetheart at the age
of 20. A day before the traditional marriage, somebody from my father's
side of the family confronted me and said it would be over her dead body
before I will have any children since I chose to marry before some of
Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-59038844423162571762015-09-22T23:39:00.000-07:002015-09-22T23:39:27.452-07:00WON TI BERE OOOO
Found this funny story! I used to live in crazy Lagos and as funny as this is, it could have happened....enjoy
This Lagos sef don tire me. Jeje I was sitting in my car on a very
long fuel queue from the Mobil in Maryland. This queue was almost
getting to Anthony bus stop. It was one
of those days when there was no fuel at all. Suddenly na him I see one
guy run past my car with jerry can Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-81966297462594490882015-08-29T14:11:00.001-07:002015-08-29T14:11:19.095-07:00HUMAN AND LOOKING FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS?Read these words and ponder a bit.....
You were born in a first class hospital, I was delivered at home, we both survived. You went to a private school and I went to a razz government school, we both ended in the same University. You woke up from the bed and I woke from the floor, we both had a peaceful night rest. Your outfits are all expensive, mine are all simple and cheap, we both stillMena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-53167663346637890212015-01-04T19:21:00.001-08:002015-01-04T19:31:04.381-08:00NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS....!!! (at least Tozo, Abodi and Kpomo no dey the listHello!
So I am a member of this weight watch group and the challenge is listed below
This will be kept in the 'mena makes no promises mena cant keep box'
Think this is really doable?Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-8419931698420996442015-01-04T19:15:00.001-08:002015-01-04T19:47:20.757-08:00VERY GRATEFUL! HAPPY 2015! WE MADE IT! AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOUUU.
Soo what are you thoughts on forward mail? Are you like me who deletes by
default? I have a friend who only forwards mail to me, and then
considers that to be communication! Well the fact that I never reply
should indicate that consider that to be b*ll sh*t!!
Then again, you do get the odd one that is so nicely done that it gives that warm feeling in your heart.
The
Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437272348957455996.post-35477942230353105052014-10-11T17:14:00.000-07:002014-10-11T17:14:38.314-07:00HELP ME 7 ( DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER..TODAY MY PARTNER LEFT ME TO DEAL WITH IT AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN BUT NOT BEFORE TELLING ME I DESERVED TO GET CANCER ) Hello!!!
So I have been M.I.A. I went to India for about a month and a
half and wow the experience is very different to every single thing I am
used too. I will probably publish some of my experiences and photos
here soon.
I hope you have all been very well. Any thing new? Please lets share.
By my thinking any one of us can be silently going through terrible
ordeals in our lives thinking Mena UkodoisReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395537925341263961noreply@blogger.com2