WIW/Happy festive celebration

So today is WIW. I don't have much to show and ask for today. It also 9 days to a brand new year. I'm so excited. A lot of festivity in the air and also all i want for the remajning part is of year is for everyone to have a lovely time with their family and also a better 2016. 2015 has been a great year and I'm convinced that 2016 would even be greater. Remember to grab every positive opportunity you get and step out of your comfort zone. Don't be put done by the current situation especially if it's bad. Just remember to keep your head up high and keep on fighting to the finish line.

I wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous 2016. From Chi Ari's blog it's time to take my leave (lol) till next year.

Ciao
Xingyang

The future!!! A bright tomorrow

So today's blog is dedicated to amazing children around the word. I attended a Christmas Cantata/Concert and seeing the children performed melted my heart. I thought to myself, I was once like this so bold, loud,  confident and eager to take corrections and learn new things. Most times as we grow up we loose those important characteristics we had a children. Let's sit back this festive season and ponder on what childhood means and how you can better the lives of our children (the future).

This writeup is dedicated to the Future generations (our children)

We heard the rumbles of distant drum announcing your birth.
In a land of abundant luxury we celebrated your birth.
With the thrill of being the child of all you desire.
The thought of being the beloved of all you admire,
You braced up for a bacchanalia,
With the lavish of love people a pool you have made for yourself
Ecstacy of outstanding performance you have learnt to its depth.
The excitement of young and old friends you have in full measure.
All in a land of perpetual utopia and unfocused philosophy.

At birth you were the darling of all,
Now you are the hope for tomorrow,
A star waiting to shine.
Alas! You can correct the mistakes of this present generation.
The thorns of the rose flower does not take away his beauty.
Stand firm child! Stand bold! Bold like a lion!
There is light at the end of the tunnel

Letter to self

Dear self,

It been forever since i wrote a letter to you but this letter is a reminder of who you are. Remember those years where you never felt confident and you were always fearful of what you would become. The fear of the unknown future always hunted you. Now, you have become a confident version of your former self. Why because you realise that the only thing you were afraid was you and how much potential you have. This rude awakening has created a new version of you. Look in the mirror 'self', and tell me what you see?

"My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate. My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure. I ask my 'self', Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? I was born to make manifest the glory of God that is within me. And as I let my own light shine, I unconsciously give other people permission to do thesame" (Marianne Williamson). Now do you see that you have a bright future?

Just remember you can only get better each passing day. Don't waste your time criticising others rather use that time to make a better you. Dear self, remember that you can't give what you don't have. So I ask you self what do you have? You say you want to change the world but have you changed you? What do you have in you that can bring about the change you seek? You're 100% full of potential and the world awaits your manifestation.

Dear self, don't join the crowd who fidgets at the thought of limitations and impossibilities instead let those word make you break boundaries and do things that 'the crowd' never knew could be possible.

Dear self, keep this letter and read this as a continous reminder of how you ought to see the world and ultimately your'self'.

Sigining out,
Letter from A Flawless Representative of my Creator who is perfect in all ways....

‘Maintain your champion’

Hello Bloggee long time no gist. So today’s blog was inspired by two things: a vlog (Ngee show link would be posted below) I watched and also a celebrity show on some random channel. So let’s talk about the blog title. Maintain your championship simply means sticking to your talent(s). Everyone has a skill or talent whether discovered or not. I’m all about discovering what they are and this involves researching and trying things out. So one of the examples shared in the vlog was becoming a makeup artist. This has become a recent trend if yall have noticed the famous MUA hashtag. I love makeup and trying out new makeup related things but I cannot give myself the MUA title because I have not invested in becoming a makeup artist so I cannot magically become a MUA overnight because I feel like I know ‘much’ about makeup.

The second inspiration was a show I also watched recently. A veteran actor (Saint Obi every high school girls crush lol) was featured in the show. He has been silent for many years and all of a sudden he made an announcement that he is now a musician. I was a bit sceptically but I’m all for discovering all your talent so I became excited to hear what songs he had already released. My dear bloggees I could not believe my ears. It was 100% autotuned and lacked any form of creativity, or rhythm or even ‘amazing’ afro beats. I was super disappointed. It reminded me of all those MTN project fame audition or 9ja idol audition were some people just decided to embarrass themselves on national TV. Sometimes I wonder if they have no friends in life. It just funny and sad at the same time.

You can watch the vlog to get some few areas where people refused to maintain their championship. If you decide to share your talent on a professional basis or use it to make money then be at least 70% that what you are doing has met an acceptable standard. Make sure you do your research, invest in yourself and your talent. Make sure that the services you are offering is approximately equivalent to the amount you charge. World best footballers are paid that huge amount of money because they have developed and trained their talent. They have full knowledge of their worth and can happily share that amazingly developed talent with the world.

The moral of the story is just maintain your champion #inchigurl’svoice#

Links to Ngee show’s maintain your champion vlog

Ngee's show

Ngee's show

Links to a funny compilation of MTN Project Fame 2015  

MTN Project fame auditions 2015

MTN Project fame auditions 2015

Saying goodnight while I eat my budget suya 

Xoxo

Xingyang 

THANKSGIVING

It’s Thanksgiving today (in the US). I decided to do some research into the origin of Thanksgiving in the US and in Canada.

Thanksgiving in the United States is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated the second Monday in October.

In a 1789 proclamation, President George Washington called on the people of the United Stated to acknowledge God (this is very important and has easily been forgotten over generation, but remembering this is quite essential) for affording them “an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness” by observing a day of thanksgiving. Devoting a day to “public thanksgiving and prayer,” as Washington called it, became a yearly tradition in many communities.

Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863. In that year, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln made his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. He asked his fellow citizens to “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise …”

It was not until 1941 that Congress designated the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, thus creating a federal holiday.

However official, the idea of a special day of giving thanks was not born of presidential proclamations. Native American harvest festivals has been celebrated for centuries, and colonial services dated back to the late 16^th century. Thanksgiving Day, as we know it today, began in the early 1600s when settlers in both Massachusetts and Virignia came together to give thanks for their survival, for the fertility of their fields, and for their faith. The most widely know early Thanksgiving is that of the Thanksgiving is that of the Pilgrims in Plimoth, Massachusetts, who feasted for 3 days with the Wampanoag people in 1621.

CANADIAN THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is celebrated on the second Monday in October. The first Canadian Thanksgiving Day was observed on April 15, 1872, to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.

I was so amazed at my findings. We have to be grateful in life for the things we are blessed with, for our dreams and our aspirations. Develop an attitude of thankfulness and gratitude. I saw this on my friend’s wall on Facebook and I decided to share it.

Comment below if you would embark on this wonderful activity next year (mine might not be a jar but I’m definitely doing it).

Signing out,

Xoxo

Xingyang 

WIW

Want it Wednesday!!!

It's guy's WIW today. Why not want/buy something a 'wee bit' edgy. Are you ready for it?

Giuseppe Zanotti (Men's Leather High-Top Sneaker with Golden Wings, Black)

Giuseppe Zanotti Calf-Sneaker with Golden Side Wings

Description
Giuseppe Zanotti calf leather sneaker with golden side wings (Zanotti no dey dull). It has round toes and lace-up front. A tonal logo plate at tongue and zipper details at the sides. Has leather lining and insole with a contrast rubber sole. Finally it was made in Italy. Price na ($1,250.00) approximately 250,000 naira (as a boss that you are).

You can also try a nice casual blazer (gold and black details). I know must guys hate colours but their no harm having one of these beauties in your closet.

Slim Fit Men Gold Blazers

New Luxury Brand Design Slim Fit Men Gold Blazers. It's single breasted with a full sleeve length. Made from Cotton, and Polyester. Price ($249.00) approximately 49,800 naira (only).

Hopefully I'll get to see one of my blogees rocking one of these outfit or both. Send a picture to me and I just might share it on my blog.

Yawning,
Xoxo
Xingyang

Add Value to Your Life / Reflection Sunday

Hello Bloggees. How has your Sunday been? Well mine has been amazing. Been pondering on this phrase (add value to your life) and I thought I should share with ‘yous’ (in Geordie accent lol). Think of this scenario, what if Facebook crashes and even Mark Zuckerberg can’t fix it. You happen to be the only one with the solution? Wow that is mind blowing right? Even if you live in Sahara Desert you will be sorted out to help solve the issue. That would lead to instant success, recognition and wealth.

Okay so something similar happened in Babylon several years ago (I’m not a fan of history else I would have found out the date, those interested can do the research). When a strange writing appeared on the wall and no one could interpret the writing except one man Daniel. So you can begin to apply this in life. God has deposited special gifts in each person. You are a gem waiting to be refined and finally displaced to the world. My question is what exactly are you doing with your gifts, skills and knowledge acquired from school? What are you doing with all your relationships (work, school, church, market, business, mosque, labs, family etc)? Are you adding value to what you already have?

Everyone wants to be knowledgeable and most times we do this by going through school (I mean from Kinder Garten to Post Graduate Studies). One major question you should ponder on is how much do I know about my profession? Not just the theoretical knowledge but also practical (hands-on experience). I would say adding value to your life is an investment that you have to make to get returns. Been knowledgeable would set you apart in whatever you decide to do (Business, Professional Career, Voluntary work etc). Don’t underrate yourself, you are more valuable than you think. You are a problem solver and the world is awaiting your manifestation. Don’t sit doing nothing, always invest in your personal development. Remember don’t let anyone talk your dreams down (I always say I can dream for Africa). It might sound silly but keep on adding value to yourself and work towards achieving your dreams.

I will share this story to inspire people studying a not so popular course at University. I had never heard of Biomedical Genetics until 2010 (5 years ago). I was extremely fascinated about the course so I did some reading around that area but I didn’t do much about it after my research. I met some ‘disappointment’ and couldn’t study the popular course I wanted. So I decided to try untested waters. It wasn’t easy and I never knew I would end up starting a career in genetics (even my shoe designs sometimes are influenced by genetics, gist for later). Sometimes I felt like giving up but I kept on pushing keeping the bigger picture in mind. Which is being a problem solver (that sort of solution that would move me to my next level). Never underrate your course or your skills because you never know where it would take you to.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: For a course or skills to be ‘unpopular’ means that there is so much value you can contribute to making it ‘popular’. 

NOW ACTIVITY: WELL I’M CURRENTLY LISTENING TO ONE THING REMAINS (REMIX) BY ISRAEL AND THE NEW BREED (COVERED LIVE IN ASIA). LINK IS BELOW

One thing Remains Israel and the new breed

Klizzes (In Falz the badh guy’s voice)

Xoxo

Xingyang 

Travel Dairies part 1

Evening my amazing blog readers or should I say 'bloggees'. I should be doing a WIW today as it's Wednesday but I decided that I would do that once every 2 weeks.

So I'm doing a travel dairy today.

Dear Travel Dairy, 

It's been a long time since I wrote anything on your pages. Why because I truly don't have anything to write lol. I really do love travelling especially road trips. I get to see beautiful city attractions and some random tree figures. Travelling to me is like eating Marshmallows wrapped in chocolate. Hmmm yummy right (you should try it sometime)? I had the opportunity to tour another beautiful city in Nigeria and indeed Nigeria is blessed with so much sites that most people don't even know about. That is not only the problem, these attraction sites are most times not well maintained and loose their 'attractiveness' over the years. I got to see some beautiful mountains and momentary arch-bending trees. It was just a beauty to behold. I also had a tour of an man-made lake in Nigeria (to be honest I never knew anything like that existed in Nigeria). This lake was a beauty to behold giving me instant peace and a sense of inner joy. It reminded me of the old hymn with the lyrics 'peace be still'.

A thought struck my mind. What is the difference between Dubai (and other countries) with high increase in tourism and Nigeria. I realized that Nigeria lacks a maintenance culture. We could be making so much money from tourism and various festival (that are now extinct). Just a way of diversify the economy (post comments if you agree or disagree).

So finally, I can say I have fully fulfilled the Nigerian ritual. I went to a market as big as the famous Balogun market. What more can I say it was thrilling but I sha fell my hand as I couldn't bargain (price) properly. Overall, it was I had an amazing time and I brought presents for my bloggees. Check below.

I don't know the name. Someone help me out!!!

Some random fun link I came across today. You should try it. How Ayepako are you? I'm 75% Ayepako and here I was feeling like a fake Ayebutter lol. Link below try it out and post your rating in the comment section.
Ajepako quiz


Signing out
Xoxo
Xingyang

Motivational Wednesday/ WIW

Heya my wonderful readers. How have you been? It's Wednesday and I would say that half of this week is already over? Are you still feeling as motivated as you felt on Monday? Do you already feel the frustration of work or business or school? Life is not an easy journey but you just have to push forward towards your goal. Always keep your goal in mind even when you are feeling down or you don't feel like heading off for your daily activities. Remember life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it - Charles R. Swindoll.

Something to cheer the ladies up next week would be the turn for guys. WIW (who can guess the meaning since the new trend is acronym creation)... It means Want It Wednesday. Well its always good to dream. If you can afford it go for it but if not then it is good to want it. Remember what you cannot visualize, you cannot achieve.

So today's WIW goes to a gorgeous Gianvito Rossi crystallized embellished pumps and a gorgeous Saint Laurent (YSL) Classic Monogram metallic leather clutch. I customize shoes and purses and I can say that this pump is a little quirky and unconventional. These are the black pumps that will elevate any look, whether you are looking for a bit more sparkle or looking to turn heads. The different textures and unique detailing on these pumps give a little something extra, like standout embellishments, geometric cutouts and asymmetrical detailing. The price is neck-revolving lol ($2,395 which is approximatley 480,000 naira). Style details for the YSL purse.Its simply sleek, chic and inimitably Saint Laurent. The style credentials of the clutch soar sky-high with this metallic leather beauty. Detailed with gold-tone lettering and a linear silhouette, this plus-one will become a permanently reached for piece. Price no be come chop o ($1,950 which is approximately 390,000 naira).

GIANVITO ROSSI CRYSTALLIZED EMBELLISHED PUMPS

SAINT LAURENT CLASSIC MONOGRAM METALLIC LEATHER CLUTCH

Signing out

Xoxo

Xingyang

NIGERIAN OWAMBE

What better day than a Saturday to attend a Nigerian wedding/OWAMBE? If you have never attended an OWAMBE then it should be on your must-do list. Why? Because Xingxang said so. You know that feeling you had when you were a child and it was time for the end of year party. Your parents must have bought you party clothes, shoes and bags to match. Sleeping the night before would be a problem because you dreamt of how you would showcase your new outfit and eat 'party' jollof rice. That was how I felt last night lol. I have not attended a wedding in Nigeria for almost 5 years and I was super excited. Lemme drop some picsure of my ghemghem to-match outfit.

The Ghen Ghen pose 

Operation show your shoe 

Trust some Nigerians with their lateness, me included. The wedding ceremony started by 10am but I left my house by 11.45am. How amazing? Spent 2 hours in traffic and arrived at the reception by 1.45pm. 9ja life no be beans or moi moi. 9ja traffic can make your miss your job interview or even your own wedding. We just had to divert to the reception because we were late comers and the church folast must have been saying he benediction. At least my on-fleek contouring and  make-up did not waste ooo.

Today blog was basically inspired by this quote I saw on my friends wall on Facebook.

I had to add my own colour theme 'morning fresh white'.

Another random moment that is related to the theme colour is the 'cake speech by the cake designer'. If you don't know what this is then ask your Nigerian friend. Nigeria MCs and Photographers are the highlight of a Nigerian OWAMBE. The MC for this wedding was a radio presenter who was funny and brought up some wedding games. Single folks please take note for future purpose.

Game 1: The name calling game. What name would you call your partner? Well you wouldn't believe what the man called his wife after she called him sweet heart. Please guess in 3 seconds... 1,2,3, time is up. Well he called her Brave heart no be fight we dey fight o lol

Games 2: The kiss your bride game. So you have to play the kiss your bride song and jump like a grasshopper towards your wife until she is within a kissable reach.

Games 3: The question game. I think this is a very popular game. Where the groom and the bride back each other and the MC would ask both the bride and groom questions. They will answers by raising up the appropriate shoe (male or female). For more details search google... it's my best friend.

Games 4: I left this for last because it is the best way to retrieve all the money you spent for the wedding. Na joke I dey joke o. The groom and bride or groom 1,000 naira  (approximately 3 pounds, my personal advice to Nigerians in diaspora please call a reasonable amount like 10 pounds or more lol). The person with the highest amount of money at the end of the day wins.

Final advice if you want to attend an OWAMBE you have to dress to impress. You have to show off oh if not you are on a long thing. Bring your all your phones, your tablet and snap picsure till you can snap no more lmao. Nigerian reception time has reduced. I could remember when I was 5 the reception used to last for 2-3 hours but now it's approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. I couldn't be more pleased to go home. To cap my excitement Man U won their match today. If you don't know. I'm a fake Man U. More on that topic some other time.


Good night
Xoxo
Xingyang

First Post 04/11/2015

Welcome to my blog... my personal space.

I always had plans on starting a blog but I couldn't just find the courage to start one. Quite frankly I was scared about how changeling it might be but I'm quite glad I have started.

BASIC INTRODUCTION

This is the part of the conversation in real life were I get uncomfortable. E.g. Hello meet my friend blah blah and that awkward moment where you cannot even remember you own name.

Meet me (Chuku Faith Ariwera). The latest blogger in town. I'm a graduate of Biomedical Genetics from Newcastle University. I'm xxx years old and I'm a Nigerian who loves travelling. Basically my blog would revolve round my world and people and things that influences it. I would talk about my experiences, throw in some random gists, talk about relationships, my boring fashion (and my love for shoes), post videos of shoes, post funny videos etc...

I would post every now and then and try to make it more regular but there would be a Sunday Special each month where I can interact with my blog reader.

I'm signing out and hope to talk with you lovely readers soon....

xoxo
Xìnyǎng (my chinese name)