LollyciousTalks

 I don't know if it's me that I'm not serious with my life or the world is just turning upside down.  I could vividly remember how secondary school child's play/ love life looked like, it was a low-key something and even if you're a free person with your parents, it still had limitations of what they could know about your so-called love/lust life. All we see nowadays is just love in tokyo of these teenagers, proposals, matching outfits and all sort of public display of affection. Issokae.   I went out today in a public transport and a girl was sitting next to me, she was on uniform so it's obvious she's a secondary school student. I described her as a girl not just because of her looks but other things kinda showed she may be between 14-17 years at most. Then her phone rang and I saw "Ife Ayemi" with  several love emojis.   I sha cannot block my ears, all the conversation was entering my ears not that I was eavesdropping o. From what I heard the gu

When we see cheerful people around, we may be thinking they have everything going well for them but I'm sure you know life is beyond that. Just like when people see my posts nd start to hype me. Lol I actually posted on my WhatsApp status that I've been scammed twice this year already but had to delete the post just immediately because people were asking what had happened. It's not as if I'm reluctant to narrate the ordeal but I'm not ready. The purported scam that would have made it three this year was a delivery I had made to Benin. I took the risk of payment on delivery after the customer convinced me he was a music pastor (of which he was for real). First, I was broke and wanted to just have small change through the sales, second is I wanted to win myself an additional customer. I had borrowed money to buy fabrics of like 20k but was scared at the same time. Something in me kept warning me not to take the risk but I just had to. I sent it through an interstate b

Knock knock Is anyone here? I'm very ashamed of myself getting more active on social media and leaving my blog to grow weed😟 but I honestly would not want September to just go like that without dropping by. I hope you all are fine? Even though the stress that is stressing me is not from this planet. Lol. Well, my penultimate semester is gone. Yaaaay💃 Hmmmm, so this thing I want to talk about is almost very general. Can you remember that moment you are being corrected to do something right and you are like "leave me o, that's how I am" or "that's how we are in my family." That's not how you are, you've only chosen to repudiate corrections meant to better you. So, someone I look up to was actually having a conversation with her mentees where she pointed out that issue as a sign of immaturity and yes, it is. Please let's not confuse things o, there are certain things we do that we have the audacity to reply "that's just me" For i

I'm grateful for the fact that I've moved from the position of "I can't" to "I can try" I've seen so many people belittle themselves when they are asked to do some things, you'll hear "Me I know myself o, I can't do this thing at all." By the power bestowed on me now🤣 I'm telling you to please let go of that mindset. It ties you down so badly. I want to see a generation that dares to do, a generation that challenges the undoable. The worst form of failure you can never have is not trying at all. Fine, some people know their strengths and weakness as to what they are good at or bad at. But just because you're good at something doesn't mean you can upgrade yourself in what you think you are bad at. Guess what? You can turn out the best. I've read so many motivational books that says if you know what you're good at, just focus on that and leave the rest. Well, I'm not disputing that but my dear, the world has g

Oga o, you people didn't see me and nobody asked of me. Shey na like that life be??? Not that I've actually been so uptight but I never knew why I haven't dropped by here in two weeks? Or you probably thought blogging has ended for me??? Naaa So fam, how do you do? And what have I missed so far? Incase you didn't know, my birthday was this past Sunday (July 18th) and it was one of the dry"est" yet thankful birthday. I actually received a birthday cake early that Sunday morning, like one or two credit alerts and several posts on social media. I wanted more though. I'm sure the next birthday would be better than this one 💯. God spares our lives. FYI: I'm still open to every gifts. Back to the matter. I'm actually propelled to write this based on recent happenings, I mean DEATHS of young and old. Oh no, I'm sorry this is not to scare you but I'm driving somewhere. You see when Obama DMW died, the veteran plus-sized yoruba actress Eniola Badmu

On the part of self assessment, are you doing worse or better? Can you be sincere with yourself please? To be honest, setting goals is easy but working in tandem with that goal is a bit hard. Let me remind you in case you've forgotten of the resolution(s) you made in the beginning of this year. Remember how you listed this and that, what you'll stop and you'll start, what you planned to do and how you intend achieving it.  You must have been so up to it in first few days of January but can you see June has wrapped up and we've moved to the second half of the year in no time, what's up with all those things? Maybe I should kukuma do aproko about a girl called Lollycious. This is meant to be confidential, please don't tell her o. So, it happened that when she was checking through her resolution list, she's supposed to have read at least 12 books by June (i.e minimum of 2books per month) but you see her ehn, she has only read 3, thinking she would still meet up

I think this is like the first time a movie will be out in the cinema and I'll go see it almost immediately (the following day). Most times, I go after a week cos of the fear of crowded cinemas but this time, I could not wait. Fam, I got to see #ÀYÌNLÁthemovie last weekend and all I can say is the hype is worth it. Why did I rush to see the movie? Could it be because I was so confident in the directing role of the veteran Tunde 'TK' Kelani? Or because the producer Jade Osiberu (Producer of Sugar Rush starring Banky W, Adesua Etomi, Bisola Aiyeola, Bimbo Ademoye, Toke Makinwa, e.t.c ) or maybe just because my crush Lateef Adedimeji is out here again to give us another angle to his versatility. All I knew was, I wanted to see the movie myself before someone starts narrating it for me and yes, I sure did. I felt in love with the combination of both art and science. Art in the aspect of creativity. How Jade Osiberu was able to explore the life and death of the Apala music maest

Like I said in my previous post, a lot has happened while I was away which I've planned updating you. So, it won't be as though I am stingy, I'm presently taking watermelon as I type this and it won't be bad if you have a bite of the fruit too. Lol I had the intention of eating banana because of what I had felt in my throat but since I couldn't get it, I opted for watermelon sha to help push the dryness I'm feeling in my oesophagus away. Ehhhhhm, I've not been reading books as I ought to these days, it's been looking as if the 24hours a day is not enough even though I sleep for like 6hours. But the thing is, I decided to act out some of the books I've read in the past. Among which were: Smart Money Woman, Richest Man in Babylon and Rich Dad Poor Dad. I'm sure you would know for sure these three books are majorly about finances (if only you have read them though). The most constant sentence in those books was keeping a part of one's earnings b

Firstly, I would like to applaud people that believe in my potentials. You guys are the best. Do you know what it feels like for your friend to reach out to you and say ''Lollycious, I saw something online about this thing, you should give it a shot.'' Especially about modelling and broadcast presentation, I would always see someone to send me the e-flier of one thing or the other. If you've been doing this, I do not take this for granted and all your acts of kindness would be repaid in due season. This TECNO Ambassador of a thing isn't a destination but a journey. I would not want to sound like a motivational speaker if I should start saying ''If you believe you can, you can'' even though that's like the reality of how I got here. Although, I'm not really where you all thought I am but I know I'm on the road to stardom and God's grace will lift us all beyond our imaginations. To begin with, modelling started as a part time career

Oh goodness, taking a break from here seems to be taking forever. A whole month??? Damn This is me listening to Running to You by Chike right now and all I can hear is my blog calling on me that ''lollycious, why has thou forsaken me?'' You know what? I'm back with full force.... yeaga So, as I entered here after a while I noticed I needed to dust, remove the cobwebs, mop the floor and finally fumigate. Would be needing herbicide too cos I noticed the weed around the LOLLYCIOUSTALKS compound. Lol Here's the gist so you all can know what's up with me all these period. Two phones were stolen in my bag on my sister's wedding (I mean mine and my bride's) on the first day of the month. Kai, e shock me. Prior to this time, I had been losing interest in blogging because of the dropped readership statistics due to network issue and I thought of quitting but a part of me is still saying ''baby continue.'' Back to the phone issue. The more I de

  Ever had a reason to make a false impression? Don't say NO WAY. We all do, it could have been in the past though. This false impression I'm talking about is the way we pretend to be something else to achieve an aim. Maybe I should start with this, those times we were young (even till now) when we notice our parents or an elderly person wants to send us on an errand at a time not convenient for us, we may pretend we've slept off and not answer. You did that, I caught you😜 Lol. Do you know what brought about this? I was in the kitchen planning to prepare ewedu for lunch and I remembered one of my friends was on call and had formed for the guy at the other end that she doesn't eat ewedu including other swallow food. Adunni why???  She had told me she doesn't want the guy to think locally of her. That was even another issue entirely, it was low self esteem and a willingness to pretend. Shikena! There are various reasons why people make false impressions but are they

Yaaaaaaay, it's my first blogversary and although I should be excited, I'm having a mixed feeling. Well, I guess you all have been fine? I am though but really busy with preparations of some kind which I would gist you about later😜 Hmmmm, this whole year hasn't really been smooth if you'll likely agree. Down the memory lane, LollyciousTalks started as a practical of one of our virtual ICT classes during the pandemic. The lecturer had created a WhatsApp group and had told us previously in class before the break that we would be creating a blog. When it was time, the instructor (whom was a Computer Science student in my school and we became friends afterwards) taught us the steps and asked us to go ahead and do ours. Firstly, I was reluctant because I was not active when the class was going on which made me just mark notifications from the group chat read. I could remember a few of my friends had called that they didn't understand the process too (since it was indivi

 It's close to 45days of being at home and we have not resumed yet o. I just said I should inform you all sha so you'll feel my pain and help ring the bell to these people's ears. I've been helping my sister sew some fabrics but I'm having backache and I've decided to rest my back for a while.  One thing that keeps coming to my mind is a post I had seen on social media where a lady I had presumed to be a devout sister was saying she can't date a cleric. Well, I won't want to sound prejudiced cos of course I'm not but I'm sure some of us would have seen related posts or even said it ourselves. This lady in question is used to updating religious posts, reminding people of the time to pray and regularly quoting passages of the holy book. All these I think gave the impression that she would make a religious wife fit for a cleric which made a quite number of them approached her. Now, she said openly that she can't be in a relationship with any not

This is the umpteenth time I'll be listening to Taking care by Moses Bliss and yea I know God has been taking care of me, and even you too. Ehmmmmm, we started the year together with some people but some couldn't even make it into the second quarter. Nagode Yesu, Daalu Chineke, Ese Oluwa, Thank you Lord, merci beaucoup Baba God. Also, I felicitate with Christians around the world this Easter season, that biggest sacrifice ever. I pray we'll live to celebrate more. Recently, one of big girl moves I'm making is quitting to board commercial buses. Lol. I would rather take bike or taxi and if the worst comes to the worst, I would take keke. The buses look too clumsy and it's kind of belittling the big girl that I am. (I want to be sure you're not mocking me sha😜) The last time I had a terrible experience  boarding a bus, I was sitting at the middle row with a nursing mother beside me. The baby should be in her first year or so because she had grown the first set of

Here's the last week in March which is a year after the pandemic lockdown.  I could remember how the whole thing started in Nigeria through an Italian man in February and the cases gradually increased till we were all shut in nationwide. School, businesses, worship places, relaxation centres, everywhere you can think of. This years March ending, we all can move freely, trusting God to restore our losses and take away this plague completely from our land. Have you taken the vaccine already? I've not either, a bit scared though. lol Oya come here o. So, there was a post I put up on my WhatsApp status about two weeks ago sha about making sure an information is understood before reacting to it. As a mass communication student, I know the importance of a receiver getting a message the same way it was intended by the sender of such message. If a message is not accurately decoded, it's a barrier that could pose a great challenge to those involved in that communication chain. I nar

 Like play like play, my school and other tertiary institutions in the state have been on four weeks strike already and our able governor hasn't yet said anything. Me that I was already counting down to my signing out day and when I will start wearing NYSC khaki, now I've got to extend it indefinitely. It is well sha. Well, the strike hasn't necessarily made me jobless but I've watched three Korean seasonal movies within a week. The last time I enjoyed watching films at a stretch was in secondary school through admission seeking days, the likes of Boys before flower, Jumong and so much more. I started calling myself Reporter Lee. Lol Among the ones I watched this past week was one traditional Korean film. I do not know if you're a fan of Korean films but traditional film revolves round the king, the crown prince, the two factions that influence the King's decree (Chiefs), the noble families and the low class citizens.  The friend of the King whom is one of the C

 Just so you might be reminded that the month of March has divided into two making the first quarter of 2021 due in some days time. Oya tell me, how have you been doing? And I hope Nigeria hasn't shown you pepper like it has to me? Lol. Deep inside me, I just wish I could cast a spell but God will help us. Something has really got me bothered for some while now which I want to share with you.  First of all, I would like to appeal to you that if you have a very hot temper or maybe you just would not be able to take trolls, stay away from the bird app when you finally turn a celebrity. You see there are many people on social media preaching about mental health, how one should be mindful of what one tweets or posts so as not to get someone else depressed in one form or the other but they are still the ones guilty of trolling others. I've seen alot on celebrities fanbase and troll. These fans dey always para sha. Maybe naturally some people no get joy. Forgive me o. It might sound

 Most times we often depict the female gender as vulnerable. They are exposed to danger and all form of ill treatment in the society. I could remember a speech I delivered to my fellow coursemstes some years back in an English Presentation class. It was titled ''You're invaluable as a woman'' and it was targeted at appreciating the female gender. Coming from a family of six where my dad was the only male, I was so interested in the topic which made me treat it personally. Well, I believe by now we should have debunked the ancient myths of ''female children do not need formal education'' or ''a girl child will end up being in the kitchen'' and so on. Even though President Buhari once made a statement that undermined the female gender particularly about the First lady belonging to the other room. He retracted his words later but we all know the school of thought to which he belong. Women go through a lot, let's be factual about it.

We all get happy when we hear our share is bigger than someone else's. Naturally as humans, we would always want more just like Oliver Twist. Shall I say we even hate to share things equally among others? We are most likely to negotiate with others to make them see reasons why we should have more of the normal share. Just like two people sharing the sum of #10,000, one may have to remind the other that he's older, whether he knows the person that gave them the money or maybe he worked more. So, I was eating pounded yam and egusi this afternoon (Well, I'm not willing to entertain any question about how I got the meal package sha). The meat was big and looks too gluttonous to be consumed but deep down I kind of like the fact that the meat was big. Most times, we want big things. Getting big pay, big contracts, big meats, big apartments even some guys like ''big and bang-bodied ladies.'' But wait, with all this big big stuff, what if someone gifted you a dress

Good memories  How precious they are! The not so good memories, how we hate to remember them.  In the world, there are tensions here and there. Hard pressure from the family, finance, peers, economy and many other ones. But when a particular person helps keep your head up in the midst of all these, you wouldn't want to trade the moments for anything. The smiles, laughter, chitchats, hangouts, adventures, snaps, thriller videos and every other beautiful acts are forever cherished. Looking back at events like that gives joy to the soul.  With each person that crosses your path, there are things you can definitely attribute their coming to. Some people are lively and highly spirited, they motivate you to reaching your dreams, they are at your beck and call while some outtalk you of every great dreams, they just exist in your life to inflict pain and sadness. Even after deleting their pictures on our phones and breaking ties, we still can't forget their bad deeds. Whatever thing pe