Rose tells endless pointless stories. Blanche is carefree and flirtatious. Dorothy is sensible and sarcastic. And Sophia, well Sophia is just plain crazy. These are the main characters of the old but popular sitcom Golden Girls which chronicles the life of 4 mature women living together in Miami. I spent my Saturday watching the entire first season without taking a…
By Glory Edozien It started with a kiss. Well not really. It actually started when I met up with Temi and her new beau Seyi at Spicebar after work. Seyi invited his friend Tayo, who had just moved from the UK, to join us. Seeing as there are probably a million and one UK returnees named Tayo, it never crossed…
Money, of course, isn’t everything. Not by a long shot. Where your definition of success is concerned, money may rank far down the list. Everyone’s definition of “success” is different. “Success is making those that believed in you look brilliant.” Here are the steps we suggest. They’re neither fast nor easy. But, they’re more likely to work than the quick…
There is something about the facelessness of technology that makes us all bolder. We are able to flirt and say things via typefaces that we wouldn’t normally say face to face. Any comment made via digital messenger accompanied with a smiley or “LOL” can take all forms of meaning. But even more seriously, digital mediums allow us more expression than…
Most woman have their go to male friend that gives them advice on the opposite sex. They tell us when we’ve gone a little too far and when we need to tell that dude to come correct or get stepping! For the last few years, Steve Harvey has filled that role for many women. With the raging success of his…
Being a single woman in Nigeria is a tough business. If you are career driven, you are accused of driving men away with your ambition, if you require high standards from your suitors, they say you are picky and if you expect excellent work ethics from colleagues they say you are bossy. Alas! Who can set us free from the…
By Glory Edozien I had an amazing weekend! My friends and I had a major cook out, just for the sake of it! Peppered chicken, jollof and fried rice, cat fish pepper soup, honeyed barbequed ribs and all the ‘medemedes’ you can think of! So much for my diet! After, we had eaten till we were bursting out of our…
By Wendelyn Okemini Anne and I have a running commentary on the meaning of purpose. There are no conclusions just yet; every time the subject slinks into our gabfests, we sort of twirl about the topic, we hot-potato ideas from palm to palm and resignedly conclude, “…when it comes, we will know it.” Today I asked a colleague for her…
Its been two days since Beyonce’s iconic and flawless performance at the MTV Video Music Awards and yet the world is still transfixed by the phenomenon that is Queen Bey. Let’s face it Beyonce is one of the most talked about celebrities of all time whether it’s her marriage to Jay Z, how many times she combs her daughter’s hair…
A noun is the name of person, animal, place or thing. That’s probably one of the first definitions I learnt at school. Today, it has become the foundation of my English language progression. More than two decades later and the exact wording of the definition is still etched in my memory, framing the phrasing of various sentences and my use…
