Sunday, 29 November 2015

Halos

I'm sure we can relate with this.

just trying to blog on my phone.

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Dear Make up artists, keep up your great job of making Ladies beautiful.

Appearance is a vital factor in a person's life. On a daily basis people perform the same routine to make their appearance more attractive. After waking up they brush their teeth, wash their face, style their hair, apply their makeup and the list goes on. Because of people's superficial values of wanting to look better to the public, applying makeup seems to be the most important factor. It's almost as if makeup becomes a part of them. It is a mask that is applied to enhance their true identity. Not only is it used to enhance our looks, but it is also used diversely throughout the entertainment industry.
Makeup is greatly used in theatres. Have you ever gone to a theatre production? Believe it or not, every actor on that stage is wearing tons of makeup. The makeup the performers are wearing is called stage makeup. Stage makeup is only found in costume boutiques, or selected liberal arts shops. This makeup is a little on the expensive side, and arduous to find a legitimate match for your complexion. It is not noticeable from the audience's point of view, but that's the key; it's is not supposed to. According to high school drama teacher, Rosa Bravo, "Stage makeup is designed to over exaggerate the human features. She goes on to say, "It creates the illusion that the actors' faces appear normal from the audience's point of view. From personal experience, if during a production a performer had regular makeup, then their face would look blurry. Because the stage lights are so bright, it tends to wash out the face making it look as if you don't have one. Therefore, this makeup is only to be used during stage performances

Dooney’s Kitchen: Having Guests Over For the Holiday? Don’t Fret! Check Out These Creative Menu Options

Dunni has been inspirational........ art of hosting, but today is all about tying all that up with food.

The concept of Starters may be foreign, but starters already exist in Nigerian Cuisine, we don’t just call them that, or we call them Appetisers. For Starters – you just need two, max three, and the third one should be related to one of the other dishes, so it doesn’t feel like you have to cook three different foods.

Option 1 – Batter/Grill. E.g. – ‘Prawn Tempura a.k.a battered prawns’. If you are going to scoff your nose at the price of prawns especially for people who won’t respect themselves and take two or three, how about using cheaper cuts of ‘Fish or Yamarita Fries‘.

Or ‘Grill a whole chicken/a big slab of Meat (lamb, beef, ham etc)’, and cut into slices. Serve with an easy salad at the side. Think about it, you can marinade the animal the night before, throw in the oven for 45 minutes (or more depending on the size) on the d-day. The entire cooking process is done in the oven, while your energies are directed elsewhere. Perfect! Better still, if the weather permits assign the men in the family to barbecue. Make them contribute too.

Option 2 – A soup. E.g – ‘Fish soup‘. A quick and simple fish soup, you can throw together and let it simmer away on low heat. Start on the fish soup, just before you deep fry the prawns. Or a meat based Peppersoup. Not your everyday variety but ‘Ukodo – Urhobo Peppersoup‘. Not so familiar eh? That is the idea.

Option 3 – Bread based. E.g – ‘Tuna and Crab Bruschetta‘ or ‘ Tomato and eggs Crostini‘. Bruschetta’s and Crostini’s are antipasti’s (english for ‘before the meal’ i.e. starters) eaten in Italy. Both are just fancy Italian words for toasted bread rubbed with garlic and olive oil with a variety of toppings. You can make everyday meals party standard, it all depends on presentation. You can get creatively Nigerian and add your own toppings. Place on a platter for guests to pick up.

The idea of a bread not sitting well with you, okay ‘Giz-dodo‘.

The above 3 dishes should take you less than 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete if you planned and did the prep work the night before or early in the day. These dishes will work irrespective of the volume you are cooking.………….and that’s your Starters sorted. Better still, if you are having assistance from friends/family delegate one course to one or two people. No awards for being Martha Stewart. Trust me, even she has help. For guests who arrive pretty early (there are always some), just serve them dips with chin chin, plantain chips, crackers to get out of your hair while you cook. Examples of homemade dips are my homemade ‘Ube and Corn Guacamole‘, ‘Ata din din‘ and ‘Mayonnaise‘. Make them days before, and refrigerate. Zobo or lemonade for the kids and Zobotini for adults.

Main Course – The same 2 or maximum 3 rules applies. I am recommending one rice dish, a native soup served with one starchy solid plus one wild card dish thrown if you have the bandwidth for it.

Option 1 – Stew or Curry and Rice based. Have you thought of serving rice and stew? Hold your horses, this is not just your average home cooked stew, but ‘Seafood Stew‘. We have our own native variation called ‘Fisherman’s Stew‘ cooked with Palm oil. Nothing says special or festive like a stew made from an array of seafood. Go extra special and serve a fragrant rice like Basmati or Jasmine rice rather than regular long grain rice. You want to be brave, serve Wild Rice. Trust me, your friends and family will be talking about your party for weeks to come.

If the price of seafood will be discouraging, how about a ‘Thai Chicken Curry‘ or a ‘Goat Curry‘ with Jasmine or Basmati rice. That’s also special isn’t it, and definitely not common plus quick and simple to prepare. Don’t forget the lemongrass. It will take this dish from simple to sublime.

If you are still not sold on the idea to serve plain boiled rice. Okay then, stay away from the staple Jollof and Fried rice and serve ‘Coconut rice‘ instead, which will take about the same time as the other common two. Think, when was the last time you eat Coconut rice at a party, if ever? Watch as this goes down very well with your guests, with many people asking for seconds.

If you can’t have a party without Jollof rice. Okay, okay. How about Native Jollof rice made with Palm oil called ‘Iwuk Edesi‘. I call this Jollof Rice 2.0. Deeelicious and rememberable.

Option 2 – Native Soup – I will usually advice one soup, but if you feel you have to serve two types, ensure one is a creamy soup and the other is vegetable based. Why? Creamy soups usually “cook themselves”, while you focus your attention on the vegetable based one. Examples of special/festive Creamy soups are ‘Banga Soup‘, ‘Groundnut Soup‘, ‘Owo Soup‘, ‘Miyan Taushe’, ‘Ofe Nsala‘, ‘Egusi Ijebu‘, ‘Ewedu served with Buka Stew or Alapa stew‘. I will leave my So You Think You Can Cook Kitchen sisters to regale about the special delights of Buka Stew and Alapa, with a huge shout out to Boss Lady, the Group owner Bola Odegbami Coker.

Examples of Vegetable based soups that haven’t be served ad nauseum at parties are: ‘Edikang Ikong’, ‘Ukwogho Etidot’ (bitter leaf version of afang soup), ‘Black Soup’, ‘Ottong Soup’ and ‘Oha Soup’. I’m sure there are lots of examples, if you dig deep into your culture.

Option 3 – Wild card. i.e. something unexpected. Which can be something like ‘Yam Porridge with shredded Efinrin/basil‘. ‘Ukang Ukom – plantain porridge’, ‘Ifokore’, ‘Burabisko’, ‘Alkubus’, ‘Ekuru’, ‘Ebiripo’ and ‘Yam/Boiled plantain and Garden Egg Stew’.

Your Wild card could also be a Chinese dish – Smoked Turkey Stir Fry Noodles

The main course is probably what will involve a lot of attention, but considering you had an easy time with the starters, you are not flustered, rushed, stressed, neither have you spent hours labouring in the kitchen. You’ve spent a good deal of time making your guests feel welcome, they won’t miss you if you disappear into the kitchen for a bit. Besides, all the ingredients for the main should have been prepped with assistance from your friends/family, you simply need to combine and cook. Just pick options you can comfortably prepare in bulk.

Dessert – if your guests still have the stomach for it, serve a simple dessert that will wow them. Cake and Ice cream has been served so many times. Even if you bake it yourself, it’s still Cake and Ice cream.

Option 1 – ‘Crepés Suzette‘. These are simply thin pancakes drenched in an orange caramel sauce. You can make your crepés a day or two before, as they keep well in the fridge, or on the day if you have multiple frying pans and lots of help. Make the batter in the morning and store in the fridge. Or buy from a good pastry shop. One thing truly special about Crepés Suzette is that you flambé the sauce. So, if your guests are adults, you can put on a show for them by flambéing the sauce right in their presence. Google videos on Crepés Suzette to see what I mean. I’ve had this done for me at a restaurant on my birthday and it was a beautiful performance.

Option 2 – ‘Tapioca Pudding‘. Tapioca is something many people have not eaten since their childhoods, so watch the joy and nostalgia on their faces when you serve this for dessert. We are kind of wired to see Tapioca as breakfast, especially if you are from Yorubaland. The way I make it, it is a bonafide dessert. Prepare to see empty bowls staring back at you. It is also simple and quick to prepare, plus the cooking process does not need too much of your input, so you can start on tapioca pudding, while you clear the dishes from the main course.

Feeling adventurous? Try my very Nigerian Pudding

Option 3 – Pap and Pineapple Brûlée. Think Créme Brûlée but with Pap instead of double/heavy cream. No one is going to see this coming. Make it fun by choosing your choice of sweet fruits.

okay, okay you still want Cake and Ice Cream. Try making a simple Melted Butter Banana cake and serve with Ice Cream. This recipe is so simple, a child can make it. No need for a mixer at all, just melt the butter in the microwave, add the other ingredients,mix with a wooden spoon and throw in the oven. Serve with chocolate chip ice cream. Or you want to throw in something completely unexpected – Zobo and Pineapple Ice cream

…………….and that’s a winning Party Menu. I hope I have inspired you, to think outside the box for your next party. Of course, for Bella Naijarians in The West who feel they must have a traditional Roast for Christmas, you can also work this in with the rest of the dishes I listed.

I would implore you to look at this menu from two viewpoints. As a host/hostess, this menu will not take more effort than the rest of the common dishes served at parties. You may spend more than you normally would, if you are going with seafood, but depending on what you are trying to achieve with the party, Seafood is a winner any day. I have also listed cheaper alternatives. If you are thinking, geez Dunni, all these new things to prepare, I don’t want to risk something going wrong on the day. Well I’ll tell you now is the time to practice. Even I will not advise you to experiment on the d-day. As a guest, now look at this menu and think to yourself, if I was served this at a party, how pleased and special would I be leaving the venue? Will this not be a party for the books, that will be remembered for a long time? When next it is your turn to host, this party will be the benchmark for you to attain.

One thing I would also like to implore you to take up is plating/presentation of your food. If you are having a large party, use fancy large serving bowls like this

but if you are having something small and intimate, put more effort into plating your food. Start from the dinner service. I am sure if you look into your store, you probably have lots of plates you have forgotten about.

Bring them out this season and put on a show you will be proud of. Those fancy china, expensive wine glasses gathering dust in your cupboard, or wedding gifts you haven’t used, bring them out and set out your table restaurant style. Make your friends and family feel special and earn your Martha Stewart stripes in the process. You don’t even need all the plates to match, but show that you made an effort.

P.S – the recipes for the foods I listed are on the blog. I hope you get to clicking and experimenting. I wish you the best party you have ever hosted, and for new brides and hubby’s who may be hosting their first Christmas party as a couple, set the standard this season and do it like a Pro. Seasons Greetings from Dooney’s Kitchen!!!

happy friendship day,friends, values, inspirational, stories , quotes, pictures, thoughts, stories

A story tells that two friends were walking
through the desert. During some
point of the journey they had an argument, and
one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt,

but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
They kept on walking until they found an oasis,

where they decided to take a bath. The one who
had been slapped got stuck in the mire and
started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near

A Life that counts.

Stewardship is not a topic that most churches enjoy addressing on a regular basis. But it's an issue where many Christians are in desperate need of training—both practically and biblically. "Stewardship: Living a Life That Counts" is five-session campaign designed to provide your whole church with encouragement and biblical insight on how we as Christians can use all of our resources—time, talents, gifts, and finances—for the glory of God.

Church Discipleship Campaigns are a great way to provide a full-bodied learning experience for your entire congregation. Each campaign focuses on a specific topic or biblical text, and each includes a variety of resources that can be used by church leaders every week—including sermon transcripts, sermon outlines, Powerpoint presentations, supplemental preaching illustrations, Bible studies, supplemental icebreakers and activities, and a professionally designed bulletin insert.

Note: The different formats for each piece of the campaign are bundled as follows: one PDF for all five weeks of preaching material, one PDF for all five weeks of Bible study material, one Powerpoint presentation for all five weeks, and one Microsoft Word document for the bulletin insert.

Week One: Spending Time

The eternal value of numbering our days
Psalm 90

By taking the advice of Moses and numbering our days, we realize how few we actually have, spend them wisely, and live them out for God's eternal purposes.

Week Two: Finding Financial Freedom

An exit strategy for those who don't want to want more anymoreq

LADIES LISTEN UP

HOW 2 TAKE CARE OF YOUR VAGINA
EVERYDAY 2 AVOID SMELL, INFECTION ON
ABNORMAL DISCHARGE!
It is important to know the dos and don’ts when
it comes to vaginal care in order to prevent
infection, odour and irritation.
1. WASH D VAGINA @ LEAST TWICE DAILY:
If you work out, sweat excessively, or are
involved in some other sweat-inducing activity,
then wash after each activity. Make sure you
change your undergarments at least daily and
wash them in hot water to kill any stubborn
bacteria. This will help to get rid of sweat and
bacteria may have been trapped, leaving you
feeling and smelling better.
2. DO NOT DOUCHE:
Don’t use antiseptic soaps or body scrubs to
wash your vagina. These products make the
vagina unfavourable for good bacteria and
impact on vagina health causing candida super-
infection (the one popularly called “toilet
infection”).
3. ALWAYS EAT PLAIN:,
Unflavoured yogurt regularly or take probiotics.
These have live active bacteria that contribute
to the healthy ecological balance of the vagina.
4. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR VAGINA DRY:
Except you are having sexual intercourse.
Keeping moisture and sweat down there is a
recipe for bad odour and poor vagina health.
You can know your ovulation day; your safe
period (when to have sex and not conceive), and
also your fertile period every month with your
phone
5. ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR TAMPONS OR PADS
REGULARLY IF YOU USE THEM DURING YOUR
PERIODS:
The longer they stay, the faster the bacteria on
them will breed, causing potential infections.
You shall also avoid pads or tampons with
deodorants, sprays or other chemicals.
CAUTION TO ALL BH FEMALE GENDER: From a
medical perspective, it is quite annoying and
shocking to see the sentiments expressed by
some women over their vagina’s. It explains why
Zambia has one of the highest rate of cervical
cancer in the world. Even a grade 10 child can
tell some of these things.
Please if you have ears, LISTEN:
1. DO NOT DOUCH: that means do not clean
your vagina by inserting your fingers or soap or
anything else. THE VAGINA IS SELF CLEANING,
IT DOES NOT NEED YOUR HELP, LEAVE IT
ALONE. Douching can change the acidity and
bacterial makeup of the vagina, causing
infections, which may spread to the uterus,
fallopian tubes, and ovaries. It has been
associated with bacterial vaginosis, yeast
infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and
adverse events in pregnancy. Ladies, there’s no
need to douche or apply products internally. You
can keep your vagina healthy by simply washing
of the vulva (outside) with water during your
daily shower or bath. Even if you had sex, or just
finished your pees, there is NO need to wash
inside, you are damaging yourself.
2. DO NOT USE MADURA STICK OR TUMABWE
OR HERBS TO TIGHTEN YOUR VAGINA: Your
vagina is a muscle, no amount of sticks or
stones or herbs will tighten it. The best you can
do to a muscle to work it, please try kegel
exercise. You can do this exercise anywhere at
any time. Do you know why you think your
vagina is tighter after using the sticks or herbs
etc? It is because they suck out the moisture
from inside and make your vagina to swell,
therefore becoming smaller and you think you
are tight. You are not, you are simply swollen
and having sex while swollen will increase your
chances of bruising, infection and other health
consequences. STOP INSERTING THINGS IN
YOUR VAGINA, LEAVE IT ALONE. Also stop
putting vinegar or ice cubes in your vagina.
3. STOP ABUSING FLAGYL TO MAKE YOUR
BODY BECOME WARM; Flagyl is an antibiotic,
which should only be used when prescribed by a
doctor. Abusing it will only make you resistant to
it and by the time you are really sick and need
it, it will be useless. You are making yourself
vulnerable to infections. STOP IT.
4. NO MAN IS WORTH DYING FOR JUST TO
PLEASE HIM: Please if you have time take a
walk to the cancer ward at UTH, after that visit
trust me you will not come here asking for
Madura sticks or what to put in your vagina. No
man is worth putting your life at risk for. DO
YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DIE OF CANCER,
WHILE THEY ARE BURYING YOU, HE WILL BE
TEXTING HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT, I WILL BE
THERE IN 30 MINUTES WE ARE JUST BODY
VIEWING!!!! STOP RISKING YOUR LIVES TO
PLEASE MEN
I REST MY CASE, if you have ears listen.
Forward this to every Woman that you care
about!!

How do you know?

I was just on a trip home and right to my left I saw a guy seated right beside the driver with his feet on the dashboard. Of course it's not a comfortable position, so I was just wondering why people will be local and not want to develop the local mindsett about themselves.
This is particularly common with Ibadan people (They hail from the south western region of Nigeria west Africa)
*runsaway

DISCOMFORT MAKES YOU WANNA SUCCEED

What makes someone uncomfortable depends on the person, but what's universally true is the value of recognizing boundaries and continually pushing them.

As Quora user Joos Meyer explains in response to the question, "What uncomfortable things such as cold showers can improve your life?" pushing your comfort zone is the key to self-betterment.

"I think the best methodology is to every day or week set a task or find a situation that makes you slightly uncomfortable. Do that thing. This will incorporate the experience into your model of 'normality' and hence expand your 'comfort zone,'" he writes.

Here are some uncomfortable things that other Quora users have found helped them grow:

1. Question everything.

"The most uncomfortable thing one can do is to question everything that is taken for granted and seek answers," writes Malli Gurram. "Try to see the other side of the norm."

2. Be honest.

Being the most honest you've ever been with someone in your life will be one of the most uncomfortable things you can do, Ryan Brown says, but it could also be the most valuable.

To do this, he suggests writing a list of all the people to whom you have something — good or bad — to say; writing down the honest feelings you need to convey to them in a letter; handing the person the letter; and writing down what happened and how the experience affected you and the other person.

"If you're being really honest, each letter you write should make you quite emotional as you are writing it," Brown writes. "That is how you know you have tapped into your actual emotions and feelings — that it actually means something to you."

SECRET LOVE

Hello friends, I call it secret love while others may call it 'crush' and I've felt it before. I can see your eyes widening. lol

Let's share what it feels like..

The person with the most intriguing story gets a gift.

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Sunday, 29 November 2015

Halos

FOREVER MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB

DEAR MAKEUP ARTISTES

SEE FOOD MHEN!!!!!!!

Dooney’s Kitchen: Having Guests Over For the Holiday? Don’t Fret! Check Out These Creative Menu Options

A Wonderful Story of Friendship & Values……

Sunday, 15 November 2015

A Life that counts.

Week One: Spending Time

Week Two: Finding Financial Freedom

Thursday, 12 November 2015

ALOE VERA CARE: NOT ALL NM/MLM COMPANIES ARE CREATED EQUAL