Prepare for the Pool; be happy with your Hair!

There is absolutely no need to worry about my hair anymore when going to swim. I love swimming and now I have discovered ways to take proper care of my hair and will like to share it with you; yes you!

1.Be ready for a good swim;

Before swimming, it is important to be prepared for it and plan how much time to be spent in the pool. Swimming is not only fun but also helps to keep the body firm and above all, contributes in the lose of weight (which is important to me). Plan what to do; and do it.

2.Damp hair;

This works well in preserving the hair and makes it absorb less chlorine when in the pool. Chlorine is not good for the hair especially if there is too much of it.

3.Condition hair;

Add moisturizing conditioner to the damp hair to coats the hair and add moisture also protecting it from the chlorine.

4.Apply oil;

This provides extra protection alongside the conditioner. Any oil will do, my best oils are 100% olive oil and 100% coconut oil. Massage the oil to the scalp and allow for a while to absorb before going to the pool.

5.Wear a swimming cap;

Finally, tie up hair and cover with a swimming cap. Don’t worry if your hair gets wet cos you are in the pool and should expect that, only bear in mind that your hair is safely secured. Have a great time swimming!

Remember to wash off hair after the nice time....

I Hate school; I hate assignents.....

I need motivation to study for my exams cumin up in three weeks time, I need to finish up my assignment due on Friday, I need to work on my power point slides for presentation Wednesda, I need to.......

Am so sick and tired of school right now, I only want to sleep sleep sleep. I pray my folks dont ever get to see this blog cos they will KILL me without a second thought; nobody dares put the family to shame by attempting to not get to at least Masters level...argh.

Hate my fact that my family is so supporive of education, yet I HATE school. I need to motivate myself by myself.

I Love this New HAIR; itz so ME.

My hair has being taken care of by me for almost a year now, am so proud of my gud work! I usually carry it in a straight style, but today I decided to try something different....It isnt bad afterall........:D

I have to limit myself to these few pictures for now cos I need to go to bed. Nothing feels as good as taking a hot shower and retiring to bed after a hectic day....the only frustrating part is that my hubby isnt back yet, Arrgggggh.

Honey I want TWINS

When my hubby and I start talking about having children, I will tell him I want TWINS!

I suppose it wont be a problem since I have a history of twins in my family and so does he, am only not sure he'll want our first issue to be twins.....thatz why am a Psychologist, am only to psych him to agree so we can have TWINS; I love them and want two boys.

My New Hair Regimen

Am so tired of my hair and want to cut it shorter or even completely low. Before I do, am going to try some new products and see how it works.

I went to sunway pyramid today and spent over a hundred ringiit on these hair products; they better work or else...!

I went swimming afterwards, then I applied a mixture of oils on the hair to begin my one week of trial. I mixed coconut oil with olive oil and anti dandruff oil, put on a shower cap and am in bed updating my blog before retiring to bed.....Tomorrow I will continue by washing the hair and flat ironing it, the new products are;

Herbal essence moisturizing shampoo and conditioner for my dry-frizzy hair

So happy to have this 100% coconut oil, all the way from India. My flat mate told me that it will make my hair grow fast and healthy just like Indian hair!

Hair serum, will apply this before I flat iron the hair to protect it from the heat

100% olive oil, this is very thick and smells awesome too. I will be applying it to my hair every night before I sleep.

Wide tooth comb to detangle hair after washing, and rat-tail comb to make lines before flat ironing.

My lovely lovely FLAT IRON. This is the best thing I have ever bought.

Me, last week and my hair. Next week I'll take another picture to see if therez any difference. Hope I get convinced not to cut my hair!

7 Years of my Life Gone to Sleep!

"I must sleep for at least 6 hours a day or else I wont be able to function" was my number 3 on the list of 5 important things to know about me. My class mates had an in-class training for me and some of my other colleagues as part of course work that was worth 15% in Psychology of Education on presentation skills. We were asked as part of the training activity to prepare presentation slides on "5 things you want your class mates to know about you".....

Exactly one week after my lovely presentation and getting good comments from my classmates and even lecturer, I finally realized how much of my life time I have actually wasted by allowing myself sleep for so long hours.

This is simple logic and calculation that even me who barely managed to get a C in Statistics can do. There are 365 days in a year, and since I am 23 years old that means I have slept for 8395 days (365 * 23). I sleep for at least 7hrs a day which is a total of 58765 hours in my life time (7 *8395)..........I have slept 7 hours in total sleeping.......

This is so disheartening, I cant believe that I have used only 16 years out of my whole life. Truth is, it may not even be up to that number of years if I take out time I use to shower, hang out with friends, eat etc. I may end up having not even up to 6 years of productivity in my life....how sad

My calculation could even be wrong for all I care, the bottom line is I SLEEP TOO MUCH. The irony is AM NOT WILLING TO SLEEP ANY LESS cos as my lecturer said in class today, an average adult needs about 6- 7 hours of sleep for good health and sustainability of the body metabolism and blah blah blah

Life sure sucks; I sleep 7 hrs and feel am wasting my time, I sleep less and am told itz not good for my health. Am doing what I want to do, whether it takes my time or not, am still going to SLEEP.

I WANT TO GO HOMEEEEE

This is the time in my life when I feel my brain is wired to be at home, on my bed, cuddling my teddy (Ata), watching a movie and falling asleep afterwards.....

Am in skool actually in the library but all I wanna do is go home. However I have a klaz in the next 3o minutes and it'll only be wise for me to stay back in skool and attend before I go.

Itz so frustating that most times I feel itz so hard to do what I really want to do because what I need to do always stands in my way. In simple terms; my "ID" tells me to go home and do what I want to do, my "EGO" tells me am suppose to stay back and attend my lecture, and my "SUPER EGO" reminds me of the consequences of missing my klaz. I love studying Psychology and knowin about all the theories of boring old men like Uncle Sigmund Freud.

That is the only thing keeping me back here in the library while I wait for time to tick fast; I love Psychology and am proud to be a student of Sunway University!

MY HEAD TELLS ME, I BELEIVE IT!

Here I am, pretty, very pretty! am trying to make myself feel GOOOOD. My head tells me am good enough, pretty, in fact so BEAUTIFUL. God has really made some people DROP DEATH GORGEOUS.....I want this crown, eventhough I know itz very impossible rite now

Why do I want it and know I cant have? cos itz meant for...

I cant help staring at these women, gosh, sooooooo preeeeetty.....:D

Now, am telling myself that am pretty, I refuse to be intimidated by these.....

This is sheer make-up, am very very very sure that if I have a beautician work on me, I'll even be more prettier.....I await to see who wins the crown, am going to watch the contest live tonight to know who wins Miss Universe

How I wish, I only wish it were me. One thing I know is that I love myself and have people who love me, so even though I dont get a chance to contest for and win Miss universe, I can make a difference in my own way!

Life is a product of our thoughts and actions; I will not allow these pretty women make me feel... My head, mind tells me am more than good enough to make it in life and that is absolutely what I believe.

WEEK 1; STILL NO DIFFERENCE.

This is really not what I bargained for, I assumed that my plan was goin to work well and I'll see results in no time, but the opposite seems to be the case here. I had planned that within the 15 weeks that I have before I go home during my holiday, I'll lose one kg every week so that as planned I'll weigh 70kg instead of the annoying 85kg I now weigh.

Everytin was suppose to go fine, I managed to make myself eat solid food only once in a day and avoided climbing the scale until the beginning of the week which is Sunday. On Sunday to my greatest amazement, I still weighed 85kg; no more no less. I stared a the scale and thought for a while, "it must be the scale not me" so I got down and adjusted the pointer which was supposedly deceiving me. Again, I climbed and it was the same, in fact this time it read 86. In a bit to console myself, I told myself that I'll try again tommorrow maybe then I would see that I've actually lost 1kg.....

Today, Monday I gave it another shot and itz still 85kg.

I give up. I didnt lose any weight this week despite my eating training, even though I guess itz because I eat heavy meals once a day instead of small meals at different times. Am goin to see wat happens this week, maybe I have to use a different strategy.

Whatever the case though, am optimistic that at the end of this week and on sunday when I go on the scale ,am going to lose a kg. Even if I dont, I'll still be happy with myself cos I know that I have managed to control binging every now and then. I know I can do this; and I will do this!

Did I Become a Celebrity?!

"Facebook should be a word in the dictionary" I saw my friend write that on her wall and I was agitated, some how I felt she was indirectly referring to me simply because of the fact that am always on facebook. I hardly ever take a break; even in klaz while lectures are going on, am on FB playing scrabble or chattin wit my klazmates who are also suppose to be seriously listenin 2 lectures. No notification ever passes me by cos am always nearby, the moment anytin happens on my wall, be it friend request, message or whatever, I see it immediately and respond if need be. The only tym am not active is wen am sleepin....

So, u see how confused I was few hours ago wen I woke up from sleep early in the morning and went "OH MY GOD" I saw 38 friend requests. Am not kidding, this is real like Michael Jackson is dead real. What happened overnite, within only about 6hrs is what I can not explain. Did I become a celebrity so sudden over nite without my even realizing it and people want to be associated with me? what is this? I cant be excited about this bcos I believe something is wrong somewhere... and the amazing part is that I dont even know all these people, ok, I know some but only a few. Definitely some thing(s) isnt right

Am going to skol now and hope that by 5:30 wen am done with lectures, I will be able to figure what happened. Or could it be that I really am a Celebrity now? I wonder!

Did I Become a Celebrity?!

"Facebook should be a word in the dictionary" I saw my friend write that on her wall and I was agitated, some how I felt she was indirectly referring to me simply because of the fact that am always on facebook. I hardly ever take a break; even in klaz while lectures are going on, am on FB playing scrabble or chattin wit my klazmates who are also suppose to be seriously listenin 2 lectures. No notification ever passes me by cos am always nearby, the moment anytin happens on my wall, be it friend request, message or whatever, I see it immediately and respond if need be. The only tym am not active is wen am sleepin....

So, u see how confused I was few hours ago wen I woke up from sleep early in the morning and went "OH MY GOD" I saw 38 friend requests. Am not kidding, this is real like Michael Jackson is dead real. What happened overnite, within only about 6hrs is what I can not explain. Did I become a celebrity so sudden over nite without my even realizing it and people want to be associated with me? what is this? I cant be excited about this bcos I believe something is wrong somewhere... and the amazing part is that I dont even know all these people, ok, I know some but only a few. Definitely some thing(s) isnt right

Am going to skol now and hope that by 5:30 wen am done with lectures, I will be able to figure what happened. Or could it be that I really am a Celebrity now? I wonder!

Triumph Mirror; an Eye Opener.

My trip back home was interesting and worth my decision, I had fun all through my stay and the only regret I have is not taking all my pictures from the camera before giving it back to my brother....Aaargh..

I have heard it time without number that I am fat, but seriously, I have never seen or even realized that I actually was fat so I felt they were all making a big fuss about nothing and as far as i was concerned, I was cute just the way I was until something happened recently...

On my way back home, I went through Egypt for a transit and I lodged in Triumph Hotel, Heliopolis,Cairo. I took off my clothes to shower and "OH My GOOOD LORD" I saw it all in the gigantic mirror on the wall, it was as if I had never seen my body in a mirror before!

Without further ado, I am fat and am going to lose weight now because I have seen for my self for the very first time that I have a lot of excess fat and there is need to shed them.

On my arrival back here in skol, I decided on my weight loss plan; before I go back home in about three months time, I will lose at least 15kg because I weighed myself and am 85kg ( dis is so disheartening). I intend to lose at least 1kg every week from now till November 2010 when I'll finally weigh 70kg...

Am grateful to the mirrors in Triumph Hotel that were an eye opener; I have made up my mind on what I want to do and there is no stopping me.

My Carrot Juice is BETTER than yours.

Hahahahaaaaaa........I feel so good today, I have a feeling that something good is coming my way today. My night was splendid, I had a dream about my love (will blog about him someday) and when I woke up, I was overwhelmed with the thought of going home when am done with my exams to see my family again after about 6 months.

The thought of going home reminds me of how much weight I have added now and I know my mum is going to KILL me when she sees me and what has become of her cute baby. Now I have to shed these extra fat speedily and since I have only one month to do that, am going to do it the easiest way possible. I seriously cant starve myself because I love food, so am going to eat lots of fruit cos I believe that will work for me.

Without a second thought, I left my bed and now in my kitchen to see what I have, opening the fridge, and there it is; carrot! So am going to do carrot juice and have it later for dinner instead of eating heavy meals at night. This is my first attempt and hope it turns out good as I anticipate it will

Carrots in the sink waiting to be washed

Washed carrot in my lovely plate

Chopping board and a knife to cut the carrot

cut carrot, almost ready

Ready for blending, with water

A sieve to take out the part not needed

Taking out the juice with the sieve

Hahaa, my juice, ready

Put it in the fridge and leaving for my class now, when I return I'll drink it all

My friend told me to add milk to it, so I used this little

Finally, this is the mixture of milk and the juice I made. Now am back home from school and I Love this. Am going to do this again or maybe the next one will be Apple juice. Time for bed; it was better than I even thought and if I do this everyday, I'll be more than happy going home and so will my mum too and virtually every one that sees me. HAHAHAAAA

Obesity.....am on my way!

Now I weigh 75kg and if I continue like this, next week, I will be over 100kg and will need to be chosen for "Biggest Loser Africa". Probably I can work towards making Biggest Loser Africa a reality so that I help my self cos I apparently dont know how to stop my self from eating. Or better still, maybe writing this will help me reduce and slow down cos I really dont wanna lose it all...

Last week, I was fasting all through so never ate anything in school till I got home in the evening. I was only drinking water so that it gives me strength and I dont pass out. Apart from the fact that I lost 2kg within that period, I was also able to save my whole lunch money (about rm50) and felt active instead of heavy like I do rite now...

First thing I did today was to buy a big bottle of water, even though am not fasting I wanted to drink the whole thing before class ends at 5pm, but the sad thing is that am not home with my water now cos I forgot at the cash deposit machine while I was trying to bank in my rent money . Then during my 2hours break, I went to buy chicken rice and decided I wanted extra rice on my plate which the "abang" serving me willingly gave. I washed the food down with a cold bottle of iced lemon tea and drank my water and sat still for my 3 hrs lectures. I got a 10 minutes break and asked one of my classmate who was goin to the cafeteria to buy me chicken nuggets, and as if that was not enough I began to think of eating waffle after class. Since I couldnt resist the temptation, I went straight there after class and she smiled at me "chocolate and peanut butter?" I smiled back and gave her a nod to say thatz actually the waffle flavor I want, then I payed the money (rm2.50) and stopped a taxi to go home.

As I ate my waffle in the car on my way home, I reflected back on all the things I have consumed and that voice came back "stop eating junk Nanko, loose that weight cos I want u to luk gud" the warning voice of my sweet dad. Thank God he's not here cos then I would have felt worse, but the truth is I have had too much to eat today and am not even ok yet cos I still want to eat noodles before I read and retire to bed. I definitely wont look at my weighing scale today cos am sure I have added the 2kg that I managed to lose in 1 week within just a day.

I have to stop, I must stop else obesity will be staring me rite in the face soon, sooner, soonest.

SHREK 4; wat r our kids watching?

I had my whole day planned out, I was going to;

deep condition my hair with Tresemme Keratin conditioner,

bake cookies from the new recipe book I got at MPH bookshop,

watch "hangover" for the 20th time,

sleep for 2hours on my newly washed bedsheet

blog about LOVE and

work on VINELAND assignment.

Then my phone rang, I didnt wan2 pick up at first but when I looked at the caller ID, I couldnt resist. Rejoice was calling, she must have gist for me, I thought and yeah she did only that she reminded me of my promise to watch a movie with her this weekend. Of course I wan2 watch a movie, so we fixed a time and went to watch SHREK 4 at 7:20 pm, we actually wanted to watch the 3D version of it but got no seat so we settled for the normal seat; am kind of glad I didnt watch 3D cos I would have regretted wasting my money

We bought pop corn, I ate hot dog and got coke to wash down the pop corn as I prepared for the movie. A lot of kids were at the cinema today and they were all there to watch Shrek 4, itz a cartoon and kids lyk cartoon so itz not a big deal, afterall most of them were there with their parents.

There is seriously nothing so fascinating about that cartoon, I prefer Shrek 1 better and still think itz the best ever. However, that is not the main gist, as I watched, I noticed how engrossed all the kids were- laughing, repeating the words of shrek, donkey, Pus, Fiona and almost everyone in the cartoon. "you are a CATastrophy" and "you are reDONKulious" seemed to be the most exciting of it all cos the kids especially the one seating next to me kept repeating that line over and over again...

Itz good when we let our kids have fun and have a change of environment watching movies instead of always being in front of the Tv, but the question is "do we really care about what our kids are watching and what the media is doing to them?". Some one might say "after all itz just a cartoon" and yes it is but what is in the cartoon, is there any morale in there? I watched it too and couldnt help noticing; violence (when Shrek and Fiona fought), witch craft (open display of them flying on broom sticks), and imaginary life (they live happily ever after).

Am not a movie or cartoon critic and never intend to be one, but the truth is parents really have to watch what they allow their kids to watch cos even though it may seem "ordinary" this kids are really picking up things from what they see and hear in this cartoons and most importantly attempt to apply them to their every day life.

Knock...knock "helloooo, can u move now?"

My only means of transportation is by Taxi :D cos I decided that I will never use a bus, not pride, but because I dont use a bus in my country so why should I do so here in a foreign place, after all I can afford a taxi so why not? The truth is sometimes I wish I could walk to wherever it is am going to cos only God knows the type of humiliation I suffer in the hands of taxi drivers, I decided one day to always seat at the back seat and not say a word to any of them till I get to my destination and that has at least paid off....

So, today when I left home for school I was in a very good mood and thanx to Dr Priya, I had an interesting time during my classes. In the same spirit, I left my class to go home only to discover it was raining cats and dogs, "Natalie, itz rainin" I said to one of my classmates who then offered me an umbrella and I set out to get a taxi that will take me all the way home.

I knew I was doomed when I stood in the rain with Natalie's small umbrella for about 20 minutes and got no taxi, my bag was getting soaked with the water and so was my jeans at my feet. I was losing hope when suddenly I waved a cab and it stopped. There was great traffic jam, so cars moved slowly. few minutes away from the school gate I felt like going to the toilet but I told myself that I could hold it till I got home. I was wrong cos the hold up was getting worse and he, the taxi driver wasnt moving fast

I felt lyk givin him a tap on the head a "Knock....knock, hello can u move now" cos this dude seemed not to be in a hurry but I was cos I was pressed and needed to use the toilet or else " I'll die"...

It was almost coming out on me and I ran all the way upstairs to release myself...

Now am relieved and I have made up my mind that as far as taxi is concerned here in Malaysia, I will never again enter a Malay man's car cos I have discovered that they are generally too slowgish for my liking and if anytin lyk ds happens again then I may just die in the car while the driver moves lyk a snail. I will only enter a taxi with a Chinese or Indian driver, even though they generally charge more and tend to be reckless, but they at least take me to my destination fast enough and I dont have to worry about dying or soiling my clothes with SHIT!

"I know am beautiful, stupid"

"You are beautiful my daughter, my lovely daughter" I can to this day hear clearly my dad's voice when he told me I was beautiful, he was the first man to ever tell me how beautiful I was at a tender age of about 5 or probably even younger. So I know am beautiful and dont need anyone to tell me so for me to feel good especially when it is coming from a guy who is trying to get flirty.

Today, I looked good as usual and was on my way to church very early in the morning and I felt good about my appearance and my lovely naija gown. As an usher in the house of God, my position was to stand right in front of the sanctuary and usher people all the way to the front and give them seat. I love doing that and itz no big deal cos I enjoy seeing people getting comfortable. However, it becomes unbearable for me when I have someone staring at me ceaselessly for no cogent reason.

There was this particular guy that just wouldnt look away, what I did was, when I saw the guy standing up to go the wash room I followed him and told him to stop staring at me cos it was making me uncomfortable and I need to concentrate on my work. I gave him a heinous smiled to make sure he got it into his head that it was no joke and quietly walked away. Now, I believe my friend when she said there is no difference between some people and a GOAT, a goat is a very stubborn animal, very agile and annoying that goes back to the same spot where it was chased from.

As if I had just told this guy "please stare at me and whisper sweet nothings to me" It got me annoyed when he began to say things to me from his seat, and once I turned to look at him and his lips, I figured out that he said "you are beautiful" without thinking, I found myself saying "I know am beautiful, stupid". Only then did I realize that it was wrong of me to have done that.

I hate it when people, especially guyz try to flirt with me for no reason and then tell me things that I already know. It'll only take the grace of God for me not to like this guy and have no prejudices for him when next I see him, am suppose to love my brothers in the Lord and I pray for grace to love all and sundry both those who are reasonable and unreasonable.

I love everyone and hope to bring out the best in everyone, I pray I can continually handle issues like this with all wisdom!

GOOD HAIR!!!

Watching Chris Rock's video "Good Hair" got me wondering what actually it is, what is good hair, and when do I know I have a good hair, do I even av a good hair? A lot has being going through my mind lately about my hair, my hair care and how much time I dedicate to my hair maintenance. Am glad though to some extend cos at least since I left home I have being taking care of my hair without the need of the salon and am doing a great job, since I've heard 'I like ur hair" a couple of times from people.

The truth is I think am obsessed about my hair and how it should or shouldnt be. It all started when I first left home, the culture shock was great and some what unbearable for me, it was hard to believe there was no hair relaxer here in Malaysia and I badly needed one. In my desperation I met someone who applied only God knows what on my hair in the name of relaxer, the whole hair came off and I had to cut my hair short. Even though she destroyed my hair am a bit grateful to her cos that started my hair journey and today am loving my hair so much.

This is my hair journey for 11months.....

I spend a lot of money on my hair, but I have no regrets cos itz paying off. I use a combo of hair products on my hair and it gets good treatment, little wonder itz so healthy; my favourite brands are Ginvera (leave-on conditioner, hair serum, olive oil), Dove (shampoo, conditioner, hair damage treatment), Tresemme (shampoo, protect conditioner) and so many others. My hair regimen is awesome, and am sure that Good Hair is Healthy, happy Hair!

All through the week...Itz no more Latent

Am discovering another aspect of me I thought was latent. Now I have one more thing to add to my list of hobbies; as a matter of fact the only hobby I think I have is combing my hair. I do it with or without a comb cos weneva am not at home especially during a boring lecture all I do is lean backwards on my seat and envisage myself combing my hair. I seriously cant explain why am so obsessed about my hair, I dont think I have a really amazing hair all I know is that I love combing it. And yeah another hobby is staying at home, of course this one is the best of all. I love staying at home above every other thing!

"I have always known derez something special about you" a guy told me the other day on facebook and I kept wondering what is so special about me, then he went on "derez sometin within you that is hidden and you dont wanna show it" I must admit that at first I thought the guy was trying to psych me up for some crazy intentions, but now am beginning to agree, derez rily sth hidden about me and I have discovered it eventhough am pessimistic that derez more about me to be tapped and brought to limelight. Am so happy and pleased with myself cos I know very soon everybody will know my name, very soon I will be known as Nanko the.....am glad that guy told me cos it got me thinking am also grateful to him. Another guy am grateful to is Gaib; you'll never see this I know cos you dont even know I blog but all the same am grateful to my accountant-always-on-facebook friend who told me about this amazing website that added a new thing to not just my list of hobbies but also my life.

On that fateful day I couldnt sleep and He wasnt with so boredom was terribly killing me, then aha! facebook came handy and wen I logged on Gaib told me what he was doing and since I was bored I decided to check it out. I havent looked back after that. Am so glad I did, no regrets whatsoever! Am loving every bit of this, am enjoying standing in front of my mirror and doing my thing all day long while I make every other furniture in the room the audience.I know practice makes perfect and if I continue like this, I'll become a household name in no time.

What is it I have discovered? What is it I do in front of my mirror all day? Itz not talking or even combing my hair, far from it- am seriously Dancing and having fun all day long. Am not dancing to music in my head, am dancing to correct naija jamz live from HOT FM 98.3 Abuja here in my Bandar Sunway room and derez no way I can write how I feel, I cant find the right words to express my emotions . This is because I thought it was completely impossible to listen to naija music on radio while far away in another country, until Gaib told me wasup.

I can say in the midst of my joy that am Proud to be African, am proud to be Nigerian...:D