March 13, 2014

Re: Public Speaking Event

Hello,

I posted about the following Diction Workshop last week, and shared that it would be great for people who have stage fright, make presentations (at school or in business), are in entertainment (radio, TV, movies, vlogs, etc), in politics, networking and more. Basically, if you want to improve on your manner of speech for any reason at all, this event is FOR YOU!

The organizers have reached out to inform me that the event price has been slashed by 50%!!! So it's now N5,000 ONLY for an event that will help you improve a skill that can only take you farther in life.


Alrighty, enjoy!

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March 12, 2014

On Broken Engagements

Hey friendly people!

Something's been on my mind for a few days now. What happens to the ring when an engagement is called off?

Source
In my humble opinion, the girl/lady/woman should get to keep the ring because it was a gift from the man. HOWEVER, there are instances where I would say that man deserves to get the ring back.

  1. She cheated 
  2. She called off the relationship because she had cold feet, had a spiritual awakening, or something along those lines. If she breaks up with him because HE cheated, she gets to keep the ring. 
What say you?


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UPDATE: View poll results here.

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March 10, 2014

Natural Hair Definition

Hey hey hey,

Gawsh, another Monday. I'm tired. I want to go away and sleep, waking up to breakfast/brunch in bed, waking up again to go sightseeing, eating different cuisine, going shopping for unusual/different jewelry items, etc. Yes, I want to go on holiday to some European city and just relax. Alas, this is not going to be me for a whiiiiiiiiiiiiiile, so I should just shut my head up and embrace today.

Anyways, there's this thing that irks me. I've come across the term 'Natural Hair' being used loosely, especially in Nigeria. My dear friends, Natural Hair is hair that has not been altered by any treatment. That is to say, if your hair is relaxed, texlaxed, jheri-curled, etc, your hair is NOT natural. Your hair does NOT grow out of your scalp in that manner, so PLEASE stop calling relaxed hair natural. I understand that you want to distinguish yourself from people who wear weaves or braids. You can say "This is my hair. This is my own hair." You cannot say "This is my NATURAL hair." That's an F9 for you if you say that.

For some of you, you might think that I'm being nitpicky, but let me help you. The definition of the word is...

natural
ˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
adjective
existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.


Now, friends, is relaxed hair derived from nature? Does it exist in nature? Isn't a relaxer made by humankind?

*Does this mean that colored natural hair is NOT natural, since the hair doesn't grow out in that color?*

Please note that I have absolutely NOTHING AGAINST relaxed hair. What I have a problem with is when people call relaxed hair, natural.

Maybe we should all just call hair HAIR and leave it alone.

#RantOver
#BacktoRegularyScheduledProgramming

UPDATE: As of 12:20pm on March 13th 2014, I have to say that I'm actually getting bored with this post. As you know, I typically blog randomly and a lot of times, a post reflects what's in my head at that particular moment and after putting up the post, I' move on to something else. Sooooooooo, if you have comments, feel free to leave them but please forgive me if I don't reply after now. Thanks :)

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March 5, 2014

This is a Public Speaking Service Announcement

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

I present the following Public Service Announcement to those who get stage fright like me, want to improve their public speaking prowess, who are hesitant about making presentations, budding actors/actresses and more. In fact, I think that if you're a politician in the making, you NEED to read the following announcement. I cringe whenever I listen to Nigerian politicians... their manner of speech is simply embarrassing!


So you want to be a powerful speaker?
You’d like to hold the audience spell-bound whenever you get the chance to speak?

I guess you want to be that radio presenter with the voice that captivates the listeners, that actor that passes auditions and wins great roles or that event compere that everyone can't help but love.
You want your voice to command attention and attraction!

Maybe all you want is just the ability to wow people with your articulation and speaking prowess.

Whatever your goals are, make sure that you attend the best learning platform that’ll help you SPEAK YOUR WAY TO THE SPOTLIGHT!

Some of the areas that will be covered during the workshop include:

* Rudiments of Speech Sounds
* How to Manage your Audience/Listeners
* Making Your Voice Memorable
* Dealing with Fear and Nervousness
* Achieving Clear & Crisp Speech
* Your Message & Your Spirit and many more

Who Should Attend?

* Anyone interested in self-development
* Aspiring TV presenters/Radio OAPs
* Public Speakers / Teachers/Trainers
* Event Comperes
* Aspiring actors and actresses
* Singers

Date:
March 15, 2014

Venue:
UNILAG GuestHouse, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos

For more information, please contact:
Sharon - 08187342584, MacHenry - 08035533391


Registration costs N10,000 only and entitles you to refreshments, materials, a complimentary one-on-one diction session with the diction coach and a discount if you sign up for our 6-week diction coaching course.



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March 3, 2014

I did it!!!!!

What did I do, you ask? Well remember how I said I wanted to cut, color, put in faux locs or a weave in my hurr? Well I put scissors to it!!!!

Here's the BEFORE, after I got it blowdried...
Blowdried innit?

Here's the DURING...

Cut it off!!!!!!