Decades: Chunks of Time

 A puzzle kept me awake most of the night and its still boggling my mind. Backstory: I belong to many WhatsApp groups, one of which is a group for the members of my predegree class of 2001 (yeah I know what you're thinking. Dont say it out loud though). Someone posted this puzzle on the group yesterday: Some birds were flying and met a bird in their way. The bird greeted them, hello hundred! They said we are not hundred, we need half of us plus you to make us hundred. Question - how many birds were flying? Possible answers are - A. 198 B. 49 C. 66 D. 51 E. 101 F. 199 I copied the script verbatim for a reason. My default answer was 199: (x/2) + 1 = 100 (x/2) = 100 - 1 = 99. x/2 = 99 x = 99*2 = 198. Total number of birds flying = 198 + 1 bird they met = 199. But the poster said it's wrong. I wasn't the only one who derived this answer, but the poster kept insisting that we got it wrong. The other posted answers are 198 and 66. The person who supplied the 66 answer used the fo...

 I know its been a minute I posted to this blog... make that ten minutes. Several times I have reached for my phone to type my thoughts, but the drive to actually post isn't there. Today that ends. Happy New Year x how many years? 6? 12? 2024 finds me rounding up my master's degree program in Rwanda, and let me tell you, the feeling is way different from when I was in my undergraduate degree program 18 years ago. Wait... if I'd had a kid back then, s/he would be a full-grown adult this year... wooow. I actually don't find the fact that I'm older than most of the lecturers odd - I try not to think about the time lost while getting into and trying to rise above the 'presents' Life gave me since 2009. I focus on learning a lot from my peers and the teachers. I'm trying to soak up as much as I can and to catch up you see. Today I want to share what I learned about Africans, but let me first give you context. Our lecturer had schooled in South Korea, and we a...

Imagine a life where you sacrifice your own happiness based on what other people want for you. From small things like wearing a dress you don't really like because your friend said it looks cute, to picking a career just because it's what your parents want you to do. Next thing, you're sitting in an armchair at 70 years old with a life you're not happy about thinking, "How did I get here?" Doing what others want may be fine for a while , but when you don't put yourself and your own choices first, little decisions could build up to resentment and regret down the line. We want to be sure we're choosing our own path at every point in time Adedayo Adeniyi because it's easier to give your best self to the world when you're happy inside . She Leads Africa newsletter, Saturday January 18, 2020. I feel as if the writer took a peek into my life and decided to write about it. The last quarter of 2019 had me rolling around one though...

via Instagram Still at #WordPressMeetup #Lagos. Sitting among techies makes me smile

via Instagram Another song that's been moving me lately. Amen

via Instagram I've been playing this song nonstop since @aramideogedengbe mentioned she went to their concert. I love it so much. And it totally describes how God pulled me out this time last year and showed me love. Believe me when I tell you that God's love is overwhelming, never-ending and reckless.

I wrote that in 2012. Little did I know that a huge storm was waiting for me in 2014. I still believe this is true, and because God has helped me I will continue to help others. This is for someone out there: #Godhasnotforgottenyou #Godhasaplan #letgoandletgod and watch him turn all your tests into testimonies. Don't fret. via Instagram

via Instagram More fun at #wp15 @WordPress 15th anniversary. There's a child in all of us 😇

via Instagram You see that ever-smiling ever-laughing ever-grinning attitude I have? It's in the genes.

via Instagram #Life is top on the priority list. Choose #Life and #peaceofMind if you find yourself in a toxic marriage. Reach out - God will always send a helper.

via Instagram Scars are reminders of battles won. Your painful memories should be scars, not channels for bitterness, pain or anger. Wonderful service today @daystarng and as usual Pastor @thesamadeyemi was on point. #marriageandloveseries

via Instagram Your peace of mind and self-worth is very important. Without it, so many things will not work no matter how hard and long you try #believeme #ihavebeenthere #wasntworthit

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via Instagram Met the versatile and gifted @tigernutsrepublic.ng yesterday too. The kiwi tigernut mix is awesome! I bought the avocado chilli sauce too - I'm told it's not out yet. Feeling #priviledged #gtbfoodanddrink 2018.

via Instagram Did you know it was possible to use dates as sweetener? I never thought of it! Met @date_sweeteners just now and walked off with the chocolate date jam. #gtbfoodanddrink 2018

via Instagram At the @ohsonutrition stand. Lovely quinola salad! #gtbfoodanddrink 2018

Ruti Olajugbagbe Image credit: FemaleFirst.co.uk Another Voice  is born - For the second year in a row, a Nigerian has won The Voice UK . The winner of The Voice UK 2018 is 18 year old Ruti Olajugbagbe. The chubby beauty has such a pure voice, and an open personality, I would have screamed murder if she did not win.

via Instagram #Truth #loveneedsnurturing always.

Since I discovered I could actually read a bible on a mobile phone, I have been an avid fan of mobile bibles.

One of my nieces came over for the weekend, and I was so entertained by her. She has developed into a full woman, and I kept thinking about what I must have sounded like, at her tender age of twenty-three.