2017 IN REVIEW: 7 THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR Hello, lovelies! In my previous post, I considered leaving a little thank you message at the tail end as I had assumed it would be my last post for the year. How wrong I was- and so thankful I am, because how awful would it have been ending the year without sharing some of the biggest lessons I have learnt this year with you? There really would have been no coming back from that, would there? 😁 So, in the next few lines, keeping it as short as I possibly can, I am going to share seven things I am really thankful for this year. With that will come snippets of some of the things I have also learnt in the process of enjoying these blessings. If you're as ready as I am, let's get it moving. 1. GOD'S LOVE IS AMAZING! In 2017, God well and truly overwhelmed me with His love. I think this was the year that I came to the full realization that when He says in His Word, how much He cares about me, He does mean every single wo...
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THANKFUL, STILL It is 01:48am as I type these very words. I have to be up early for Church in a few hours, which suggests that it would be a great idea to get my hands off this keyboard and channel my energy into fighting my current state of sleeplessness. But I am stubborn. Relentless is another word that comes to mind. I'll most likely regret this decision later on as I struggle to recollect momentum, jumping out of bed, shamefully attempting to outdo my alarm, with the haste of one who's just shared the same bed with a stranger she never hopes to see again, whilst the reality of my situation sets in, at nearly the same time as the morning sun gives its first crack. I will inevitably dislike myself for a few minutes or so for being SO strong headed. Yet this stubbornnes- or relentlessness- that would be the cause of this, is one of the things I am most thankful for. I feel the urge to describe it as a blessing and curse in some form. You'll under...
RANT:THE BANKY REVEAL Hi, guys! How's everyone doing? Hope life's treating you well? And if things aren't going so smoothly, hope those lemonades you're making out of the lemons are looking good! Keep at it, things will get better. :) I have been away for the longest time for so many reasons. I bet you're tired of my endless apologies- but your girl's trying really hard to sort out her life, you know. I have my first major project out of the way now (God is amazing), just currently working on the other! :) However, today, I did not come here to laugh. I am here for serious business and what I hope will develop into and propel very serious/mature conversations. I, honestly, could easily air my thoughts out on Twitter, but then 280 characters won't do them proper justice. On the flip side, too, the things I desperately need to say aren't necessarily long enough to require a whole thread. So, blog it out of my system, I shall. :) Realistically, th...
RANDOM: UBER BAN IN LONDON. SHOULD LAGOS ADOPT THE SAME APPROACH? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. I promise you, my heart is in the right place here. I have nothing personal against Uber as a company at all. If anything, it stays easing my life's journey. Haha, see what I did there? However, when I heard of the recent development, I was in stitches. Until this day, I could not comprehend why. I will say this though, social media first brought the news to my attention so you can imagine the amount of memes and jokes I had to deal with, mostly from #UKTwitter. Londoners were not particularly pleased about it. But they are a strong and relentless people so they found all the ways to suck out the humour from a seemingly hopeless situation. Anyway, fast forward to today as I did a bit of research in readiness for this article, all the reasons why I had found the ban somewhat hilarious came flooding in. Don't worry, you'll find out in a minute. Let's start fi...
SELF MOTIVATION/DEVELOPMENT: YOU ARE WORTH IT Dear baby girl, I know you have been limited. More by the many thoughts in your beautiful head. Your Mother makes clear to you everyday that you are the most beautiful thing she's ever laid eyes on. Your father, difficult as he is, lets you know how proud he is of you- especially when you've just served his favorite meal. Your man, the most important person in your world, has sworn oath to do anything to make you happy. But they don't know. They don't know all the things you know. They don't know about all the many 'back and forths' you have in your head. They don't know what you've been through. They just don't know. How can they understand? They don't know about the many times you've been mocked and disgraced for things that aren't even your fault, things you didn't ask for. Or that time he led you on, made you believe you were his everything and left as soon as ...
RELATIONSHIPS: IS LOVE EVER ENOUGH? I don't know if you have ever been in love. I don't know if someone in particular has ever been at the center of your entire life. I don't know if love has left you so broken that you're genuinely unsure how the many pieces that your heart has now become, will ever become whole again. I used to believe with all my heart that love could never be enough. I mean, you could be stark, raving mad about somebody and they could feel the exact way about you, but that could never provide the assurance and security you need for it to last forever. I thought there had to be something else, something extra. I had to hear a host of angels singing in unison "he's the one for you, stay put." I have come to realize that I was awfully wrong. Please bear in mind that I refer to circumstances where you are compatible with your partner in every other regard- he...
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MUCH ADO ABOUT FENTY BEAUTY ...And rightly so! Bad gyal Riri's never been one to shy away from repping the culture and she's proved this to us one more time! On the 8th of September, Rihanna debuted a brand new, beautifully rich make up line and the internet went agog- and hasn't been the same ever since! Rihanna adds this to her already existing fashion foray, which has given major brands like Puma and Armani the opportunity to collaborate with her . Rihanna at Fenty Beauty Lauch The line currently stocks foundation, highlighter, primer, contour & lipstick products as well as highlight, amongst other, brushes! Beloved, the foundation comes in 40 shades! 40 SHADES! Amazing! Unfortunately, eye shadow palettes are not currently provided for in the range,which I reckon is for all the right reasons- she's probably taking her time, engaging in research and what not, perfecting the colours, only to leave us mostly satisfied yet again! Revie...
FASHION: MALE ROMPERS- YAY OR NAY? Hey! Hey! It’s AJ, reporting live from my bedroom, high on the ecstasy of bringing you new content! Am I getting an A+ for consistency or what? Lol. Hope your weekend’s coming on all well and good? I’ve spent most of mine learning the hard way that kids these days are incredibly smarter than we actually give ‘em credit for. All the ways I’ve been outsmarted by my little cousins, yeah? Let’s not even get started. I’ll leave that for another post. To set the tone for today’s, I’ll start with a quote you’ve probably heard or seen about in your daily dealings: “Life is too short to wear boring clothes.” With that, ladies and gentlemen, the gentlemen especially, ROMPERS are in style! If you’re not too sure what I’m going on about, there are photos below. To be honest, I was gobsmacked the first time I laid my eyes on a pair of these (for men). And when I realized that a lot of guys on my Twitter timeline were feeling it, I think I f...
MUSIC: VIDEO OF THE WEEK! Hey people! Look who's back and it hasn't even been up to a week yet! :) I hope y'all are as excited as I am to have me back so soon! Today's post has me dancing over the moon, swaying back and forth to the sonorous melody of he whose latest craft I'm about to share! In my very first post, I mentioned that I'd be sharing all sorts with you- music, fashion, food- honestly, lifestyle in general! Following that order, let's begin with music today, shall we? If you know me- really, really know me, you should know about my love for this man. If you don't, are we even friends? 😕 I have been a HUGE fan right from back in the day, have followed his career and bought every single album (except his very first- Back in the Building), know every lyric to every single record he has produced, have loved him right from when he had hair up to this moment when he's about to take one of the biggest steps of his life- with someone ...
THE FISHY RANTS Hellooo to everybody reading this, wherever you might be! I’m really grateful that you’re taking time out of whatever you should be doing right now to read my fairly random rants. Hope all’s been well with you and yours! ☺ I know it’s been a while and I apologise profusely. Before embarking on this journey, I made a promise to myself to ensure that I would never have to apologise to you for my inconsistencies. But life, in all its full glory, happened and here we are! I’ll be really honest with you- it’s a bit tough trying to joggle everything I’m involved with at the moment. As I mentioned in my previous post ( please read here if you haven’t ) I’m currently enrolled at the Nigerian Law School and if you live in Nigeria or have friends et relatives who do- or even if you’re merely accustomed to the process of how things work in any Nigerian institution, you might have a reasonable idea of how things tend to go. Nobody really cares about what else is in your di...
FIRST BLOG POST- WELCOME! Hey there, If you’re reading this, thank you, thank you so much for stopping by. My name’s AJ ( @WelzyWelz on Twitter) and I LOVE to write! I think it’s the most beautiful form of art there is. Now, that’s a lot coming from me considering how long thoughts and ideas on what I want to achieve with content on this blog have tossed back and forth in my head- coupling that with the AMOUNT OF TIME it’s taken to churn out my very first post. But we’re finally here-and there’s certainly no going back! I’d love to give you a blow-by-blow account of everything there is to know about me- but hold your horses, we have forever to go. Yes, I do intend to write for the rest of my life- not full-time or professionally, but from one blog post to another and perhaps author a book some day. Speaking of profession (which is about the onl...