BE YOURSELF,EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN.

Most of us don't celebrate our individualism,we hate who we are,we wished we were related to Audrey Hepburn or we were one of the Kardashians. We don't know how to express ourselves and be happy with the way we are. And this is most common amongst the ladies,when a girl allows societal influence gets to her she starts lying about herself....Heard about the girl who said she likes going for holidays to london but has never gone to the United Kingdom? YES!!!! Thats the kind of not being yourself i want us to gist about.

They are different kind of lies- The Big lie,the bluffing lie,Lying by omission,Misleading/dissembling,Noble lie,Perjury,Puffery,Compliments,White lie,Lying through teeth,Jocose lie,Fabrication,Exaggeration,Emegency lie,Barefaced lie,Contextual lie and so on.


I have met different kinds of fake boys and girls,mostly girls. When i started school in University of Abuja back in 2005,i met a girl on one of those days we were queueing for registration,i made friends with her,believed everything she said until the day she said her mother lives in the UK and she visits her mum every summer,that their house is in Paris.... I have never been to Paris before but i know very well paris is not in the UK. After that i started suspecting her every move and words,i never believed a word that came out from her mouth,her so-called mother as i later found out sells food stuff in the market back home and her grandmother who sends food stuff is her mother.

Some girls lie about everything,i mean you even deny your mother and father. What you see in movies is reality. Look for "I belong" and watch staring Omotola Jalade,a home video about fake life and a fake girl. Some girls even write a book about themselves and live the life from the book. My father this,my father that... this kind of people are found mostly in towns like Lagos,Abuja,PH,NY,Carlifonia,London etc Yes! not only Nigerian girls live the fake life.

How about the people on social networking sites like facebook,that have 2pages. the one where they put their real status(married) and the other page they use to flirt or do business. We find ourselves in an environment where misconception is a regular. Some lie about where they live,their location on facebook is London meanwhile they live in warri. LIES LIES LIES.

Or is it the girls that lie about where they shop,where they live,where they school and when you get to know them you realize they live in remote areas,shop in balogun market and don't even know what a school gate looks like. When a girl lies to a boy,its not okay but i think its better than when a girl lies to her fellow girl. Inshort,NONE OF IT IS BETTER. Living a fake life to suit the world will whittle you and your lies will definitely catch up with you. Always be a first rate of yourself,instead of a second version of somebody.... Don't get accustomed with disguise that in the end you become disguised to yourself. If God wanted you otherwise,he would have created you otherwise.

It is funny how, many people use money they don't have, to buy stuff they don,t need,to impress people they don,t like. Some people are pathological liars,they live in the ocean of lies,they always have an answer to everything,they can,t be caught. Some move from state to state with different names and a new story.

I HAVE SOME ADVICE FOR YOU if you are one hell of a FAKE.

1. LEARN TO DEFINE YOURSELF: Try to create time for yourself and contemplate your life and choices,try not to be anyone as everyone else is already taken.

2. STOP CARING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE PERCIEVE YOU: Don't be caught up wondering what they think about you. However,if someone criticizes an aspect about you,feel free to judge whether or not it is accurate instead of accepting or dismissing the critique unconditionally.

3.BE HONEST AND OPEN: What you have to hide is what someone who sincerely likes you will take. If you feel ashamed or insecure about any aspect of yourself and you feel that you have to hide those parts of you-physically or emotionally,then you have to come to terms with that and learn to call your so-called flaws into INDIVIDUALISTIC QUIRKS.

4. RELAAXXXX,stop worrying about the worst that can happen,especially in social situations...Turn your story into a funny tale you can share with others,it is attractive when someone is able to be able to laugh at themselves and not take themselves too seriously.

5. ACCEPYT that some days you are the pigeon and some days you are the statue. People might raise eyebrows and even make fun,but as long as you can shrug and say "Hey,thats just me" and leave it at that,people will ultimately respect you for iyt,and you will respect yourself.

6. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: If you are always working to be someone you are not,you will never be a happy person.

7. FOLLOW YOUR OWN STYLE: Stand out

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2010: WHAT'S IN AND WHAT STILL TRENDS.


Fashion keeps changing,and with a new year comes a new style...and what might be last years' could still be IN this year.

As soon as a fashion trend becomes universal,it becomes out of date but some universal fashion still trends. Like LEGGINGS
You guessed right,LEGGINGS are still in. it has become so universal but it all depends on how you wear yours. Every time i go to the movies or the salon,most of the girls i see have leggings on,but the good part is they all accessorize differently. Its either you have a dress on them and a flat pumps or to look more sophisticated,you pair them with stilettos and an off-the shoulders top. And now we have them in sequins and metalic for mostly nights.So if you cant figure out what to wear,put on a pair of leggings,an oversized shirt/Tees/top and your pair of GLADIATORS and you are good to go.

TEES
T-shirts are a basic for every wardrobe,They are the quintessential layering piece and the go-to top perfect for the Nigerian weather. Tees and tanks never go out,instead they come with different designs,the best thing about them is that they can be used as a canvas, and that's what makes it IN(with the use of graphic arts,funny words and sayings or just about anything)like this one.


FADED DENIMS.
Faded jeans are so back and so IN. and they look hotter when they look distressed. They are so casual and comfortable.This is a destructed rolled capris
.

CLOAKS AND CAPES
With a bit of super hero charm, capes and cloaks are back in style, and will be seen on the runways. Be on the lookout for many versions, from smaller, cropped capelets to longer, full length capes. Though too warm for the Nigerian weather but its the rainy season you know, you just might need them.

TIE DYE
This is so IN, from skirts to tees to jeans to tops,tie dye gets you psychadelic as they are fun and funky....YES! Tie dye is back this year.

PRINTED LEGGINGS.

Like i mentioned before,leggings are so IN...they are pumping up the volumes and getting a whole lot funkier in prints and patterns...SUPER TRENDY AND HOTTTTTTTT. Don't be afraid to mix and match your colours,this year everything goes-just allow your imaginations set free.


FLAT SANDALS.

In Naija, flat sandals are all seasons except the day its raining.They never go out,they only just come in different types. They are hippy and comfy. Go dressy with a metalic pair,go funky with a gladiator or just stay simple with a basic pair.

HIGH SHOULDERS AND ONE SHOULDERS.



These are huge fashion trends from 2009 but they still rock in 2010. The high shoulder trend was re-evoluted by Rihanna and Lady gaga in 2010 and they are a fashionistas top item. Showing only one shoulder can be interesting, and the choices for the design are varied. One-shouldered look makes a bold fashion statement without looking tacky. It accentuates the shoulders, arms, neck, and collarbone. A single shouldered top can go well with denims as well as gowns.


LEATHER CLOTHING.
Trends in leather will extend far beyond simple jackets and well into other types of clothing. Leather shorts, dresses, leggings and many more are IN.

CLOGS
These are not just for hippies anymore,this boho wonders can be very chicky.


FLORALS

BRAIDS
The loose braiding of your hair to one side is a trend now. The trendier when not too organized.

CUT-OUTS
Cut-outs helps you show a little skin when you are in that mood. Light skin girls should go for dark colours and dark skin girl brighter colours.




ELABORATE EARRINGS


PICNIC PATTERN

HIP-SLUNG BELTS
I never dreamt of ever wearing this hip belts again ,but here....ITS BACK!!!! See how Fergie pulled it off with a moreB polished effect and Model Iman went for an ethnic style for her cutoffs.

PRINTS PLUS PATTERN
Who said print over print or print over pattern is a NO NO should stop dragging us back to the 19TH CENTURY...LOL. Mixing print and pattern is a very modern style with a very high degree of difficulty and risk, but you can rise to the challenge by sticking to one colour. See K. Stewart and W. Port pull it off well.


I am so going to dig out my YELLOW BAG...COS YELLOW BAGS ARE BACK AGAIN. So are spicy colours bags.


BRIGHT LIP COLOURS ARE SO IN....

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24 YEARS AND 24 THINGS

24th March, a date i can never forget.
No matter what i do,where ever i go or how old i become, that's a date i can never forget and this years' 24th march is one years' 24th march i will always remember,the year i turned 24. If you know me very well you will know this is also the year i look the age people guess...When i was 22 someone said i looked 24 though another person said i looked 18(i guess he was just trying to make me feel good so he can lure his way to see my panties,trust me i blushed at first but something just told me,oh shazz! get over that cheap flattery).....
I have been through my share of ups and downs over the years,but this is the year i started my company,i became a CEO *BIG SMILES*. Honestly,i knew i would be in this situation one day,but i always thought it would be earlier,you know the whole teenage dream of,i finish school at 20,get work experience for a year then start up my business and before i know it i will own a company,then i will get married to my prince charming,my own Edward Cullen...but life isn't as easy as we think it is,even @ 24 i know i haven't even started,more responsibilities will come up....anyways,back to being 24. Life is so unpredictable,we can plan for the best but everything unfolds itself with time.

This is the year i took a stand,took my plan as a project and not just a dream,put it in paper,prayed over it and told God it is in his hands....But the best decision i have made so far this year is establishing my company "LA MAISON SHAZZLE LTD" that's House of Shazzle.....I am learning more about myself and life,life has taught me alot of lessons,life for these past 24years has taught me to appreciate the things and people i used to overlook back in those days...but most importantly i am learning that i am growing up and am responsible for my every action.

I have lost my train of thoughts somewhere between these years but it has being a great and best 24years,couldn't wish for any better,the things i have done,the people i got to meet and know,the places i have been,and the love i have shared and lost....the controversies i caused,the lies i told,the truth that made me better,the exams i failed,i appreciate them all....so i decided to do 24 major things that has happened to me that makes me the 24 year old DEEVA. Pls try not to be negative,just enjoy my experiences so you can understand what life has being teaching me.

1. I was born into the best family...my father may not be Trump and my mother may not be Queen Elizabeth therefore i don't have rich siblings but my family is the best thing in my life...I love them all(4brothers and 2sisters) and i don't or ever wish i was born into the Princess Diana family.

2. I went to a boarding school,that means i drank garri with bathing bucket water and slept on bunks and the floor sometimes.

3. I have been on a reality show...e no easy oh! spent 4weeks locked in a house with girls i never met from anywhere,lived on limited food and drinks and shared my life to people i didn't know that were watching and that's was how i lost my freedom.

4. I graduated University with a second class(upper division), i hold a diploma and am a member of an institute,i wish i have done my masters by now but i would want to do that abroad because i spent my whole educational years in Nigeria,i need change.

5. I have been for over 3 beauty pageants and done like 2 0r 3 runways, i always ended as first runner up or second runner up so i gave that up because i realised that wasn't my path...i realised my part in a beauty pageant show is the part where i style the contestant/models.

6. I represented my high school in an All games competition twice where i played Javelin,basketball and volleyball,outside my state...an kind of turned me into a tomboy which i later outgrew.

7. I have spent 2nights in the most expensive hotel in the world in Dubai,of course i didn't pay....dated a guy that loved to have a nice time....and while i was there i was told Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were lodged there at the moment but i never saw them....oh! dinner was always fun because it was under the ocean.

8. Am i boring you? Yeah that's one of the things i do too, i have written so many many stuff,from poem to diary to write-ups to notes and now to blogging.

9. I went to England when i was 2 but cant even remember anything,for the past 10yrs i have been dreaming of visiting again.

10. I met with MKO Abiola,that's when i was 7,my dad was his presidential flag bearer so he bought us chocolate but i can't even remember what he looked like then,thank God for pictures.

11. I have been in situation where my father couldn't afford to feed us, we had to drink garri to school and have boiled yam for dinner,that's going from grace to grass. yeah i have been there.

12. I have had a boyfriend that beat me up, i locked him in the cell,he knelt down begging to be released and when he was release,he apologised and even promise that he will never beat any woman again.

13. I have fallen in infatuation before,that i even put his name and photos on facebook and when we broke up i had to bear the pains.

14. I have met a girl that i love soooo much as a sister and she has being a very good friend though she's older than me.

15. I lost my virginity in a wrong way..too much info? Well! we all cant be virgins....

16. I haven't gotten married,never planned to at age24 though.....

17. Lost a very dear friend,lost my grandpa,lost a cousin and don't wish to loose any other person.

18. I have visited the motherless,mad people,and old peoples home severally and have given to the needy because i have felt what it feels like to have no food to eat.

19. I have partied,been to bars and nightclubs with friends and relatives and even gotten drunk but never went home with the wrong person.

20. I have met friends both male and females,some i met in high school,some in university and some just along life's journey and i have built walls for them not to hold them but to see who can break them.

21. I have a grandmother who is 98years and still knows me by my voice even though she is loosing sight.

22. I have appeared on the cover of my university social magazines and posters,done a few modeling jobs...

23. I live as a celebrity,a star that i am where people see me and call my name and say hi(though nobody has asked for autograph,but soon they will)..

24. I have a best friend and he's a guy,we made a deal to get married if we are both 30 and none of us is married...you know what they say-marry your best friend.

These are just one of the few things life has taught me and i hope to learn more as the years go by....

much love,
mwah.

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