Random Reads

Have you ever heard the saying - when life gives you lemons (sour) make lemonade (sweet). I would add make lemon Smurfs. I was prepping to make puff-puff ( a Nigerian pastry) last week, like most people due to lockdown in UK I have been baking  loads. I made an error by placing the dough which contained yeast in the fridge instead of in a warm place. An hour passed and then i remembered, by this time the dough was quite cold. I tried to fry the pastry but it was looking so weird , like a retired doughnut. I panicked because there was nothing else I could think of to do with the pastry and the last thing I wanted to do was to bin it. I was hoping and praying when an idea came to me - heat it up in the microwave. I did that until the dough was warm and I was happy to fry it. It turns out to be one of my best batch of puff -puff I have made so far.  Life is filled with the ups , downs, waiting and mids. How do you react to the downs in life, we might not be able to co...

For any couple to succeed in raising children that will be assets rather than liabilities to the society, they must be psychologically and physically prepared because the task is onerous. I however find this manual by Angel Benson Nwobum a very good aid to proper parenting. 1. Give your children age-appropriate domestic tasks, even if you have a thousand and one domestic servants at home. It is sheer ignorance to think that doing everything for your children is a mark of honour or a way of bequeathing royalty on them.  2. Teach them to be useful and make their impact felt positively wherever they are found – in the school, place of worship, in another person’s home, etc. 3. Encourage your children to always leave a good impression wherever they go to; teach them to be courteous, respectful, friendly, cheerful and helpful. 4. Teach them good toilet manners – they must know how to keep the toilet neat for the next user, let them know that it is unacceptable to leave the bathroom floo...

Television has become an important part of everyday. We put it on everyday. If you are part of the people that control the time your television is on - kudos you have achieved a great task. I was so hyped about the wall paper TV but the price tag quickly quenched my desire. Where there is a will, there is a way. Drum roll as I introduce to you the diy wallpaper art TV. It does not require any parts or anything just a TV with a YouTube link. I love paintings and art and found this great feature on youtube where for 4 hours you can display art from Van Gogh,  Remberant and so many great artist .  As Thomas Merton said " Art enables us to loose ourselves and find ourselves at the same time ". The next time you get bored, or just want to read a book but still look at your TV, after all most of us has become glued to this black screen go ahead and play wallpaper art on youtube.  Bring the art gallery to your home  4 hours Wallpaper Art .