Reasons Why Men Fall Out Of Love

Here are some reasons why your man is falling out of love>>>

1. NOT MEETING HIS EMOTIONAL NEEDS

It's a given that men are likewise emotionally needy. They also want to be showered with deluge of love the same manner in which they give. Ditto with compliments, care, calls, etc. And depriving them of virtually all these is a sure way of shifting their attention elsewhere. Truth is, not every man will go rent a mega phone and a loud speaker to announce that he wants to be loved too- except he has some mental challenges.

2. YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH HIS MUM/FAMILY MEMBERS

Experienced house wives would tell you that bearing any ill will for one's mother-in-law is a quick recipe for marital frustration and possible separation. You'd agree with me that mums always have influence on men and not being on good terms with them means you leave the men in an awkward dilemma of making a choice between you and them. And we all know what the choice would be, don't we?

3. WHEN ATTRACTION FADES

No matter how blindly in love a couple could be, a time would come when the intensity of the attraction would subside. Now, here is a stage to exercise caution. Since you both have somewhat recovered your 'eyesight', flaws of the other partner becomes visible. And if yours is to constantly pick quarrels with your man like you under the influence some steroids, then you might as well sooner or later forfeit your prince charming.

4. UNFAITHFULNESS

If there is anything that could make a grown man be urgently admitted to the hospital like he was suffering from lassa fever or become sober like he had been severely starved for a month, then it is a heartbreak gotten from his spouse's sexual unfaithfulness. More often than not, the trust, love and connection consciously or unconsciously diminishes.

5. YOU ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN

A man that is struggling to cope with the financial and material demands of his partner might eventually fall out of love to save his finances from being sentenced to life imprisonment. No matter how much the love of a man is, it doesn't take more than an expensive partner to wake him up from that daydream. And trust me, he'll wake up- they always do- however sweet it is.


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Weird: Will Smith’s daughter sleeps with snakes at home

 

If you thought the Smith kids, Willow and Jaden are weird then you are not far from the truth.

The siblings have snakes as pets and even sleep with them.

According to Us Weekly, there are snakes slithering at the Smith household, where Willow and her brother, Jaden allow them into their bedrooms.

“Willow is obssessed with them,” a source says, adding that 15-year-old Jaden “cuddles” with them in bed.

The source adds, “She has 10 sleeping in her room, and some aren’t in cages!”

The 13-year-old singer is not the only Smith family member who adores the serpents. Her brother refers to his sister’s pets as his “girlfriends”. They slither into his bed and curl up with him.

Willow got her first boa constrictor which she named Beauty, in 2008 when she was just 7 years old.

Their mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith confirmed this in an interview  last July.

Willow welcomed her first boa constrictor, Beauty, in 2008 when she was just 7 years old. She explained to Redbook magazine what made her finally cave and allow the reptiles into the home.  “I’ve always loved snakes but was afraid of them.” 

“But Willow had wanted this one snake forever. She’d go into the pet store and pick it up and wrap it around her. I’d never touched a snake before, and I put out my hand, and Beauty (mimics the snake slithering up her arm). I’ve been in love with her ever since. I said to Willow, ‘You did Mommy a big favor. You helped me overcome a fear.’”

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Look at this picture, isn't it sweet? Wouldn't you say our victory's complete? Wouldn't you think we're the cause... the cause which has... everything? ...Ahem, sorry, been singing a bit too much Little Mermaid with my students. Point here is that the "March 4 Marriage" orchestrated by the "National Organisation for Marriage" has been a complete and total bust. Worst "march on Washington" ever. Epic fail.

Apparently this thing was supposed to be huge. Big names were going to make speeches! Thousands of people were going to appear, ready to express their moral outrage that the gayness was spreading throughout our Christian nation. There would be fire and brimstone, and taking back 'MERICA for the Godly, and turning the tide by demanding our elected leaders stop the completely and totally Constitutional and legal trend of expanding marriage rights to same-sex couples. THIS IS ABOUT FREEDOM (except for the gay people, because they want super special freedom, not Christian, heterosexual freedom like this country was founded on, dagnabbit).

Hmm... Seems like someone didn't get the message out, though. I've seen bigger crowds at my junior high school's pick up baseball game with the school in the next neighborhood over. Better luck next time, NOM. Oh, wait, not really. Keep having epic fails. I like to cover those.

My Opinion On Opinions

I have a lot of opinions, everyone does, and we like to believe we choose our opinions objectively but do we really? Have you ever heard a song for the first time and you just decided the song sucks and go on to tell anyone who asks just how much it sucks, but then a friend tells you he/she loves the song then you actually listen to it and end up falling in love with it? Well it happens to me sometimes, and most times I refuse to admit I was wrong about the song or whatever the subject was and end up keeping our love affair a secret. Same thing happens with a lot of things, you might change your opinion of a subject matter just because someone else has a different opinion of it. There are songs I decided I liked but once I heard some people voicing their love for it I just automatically dislike it, and it’s not just regarding music, it’s the same for a lot of things, the opinions of others makes you either rally for or against a subject matter. We might like to claim we don’t care what others think but the truth is everyone does, just in varying degrees and on different issues so know this, your opinions are not solely yours, they have been influenced by outside parties in some way, so in the end, even a case you consider a no brainer, someone else would have a different opinion. This is all just my opinion, what's yours?

Tissue Paper and The New Economy

Lots of shit has been happening over the past weeks. New Orleans and Louisiana has been turned into watery graves and typhoons blew across Taiwan and China. It's as if Mother Earth has finally had enough and decided to retaliate. Still, its incredulous that there are still disbelievers who disclaim that all that is not a result of man's wanton ways and the repercussions on nature.

Back in 'pee sai' Singapore, we are battling a natural disaster of a different kind. The victims count for dengue dever exceeded the whole of last year hence ringing alarm bells. The Anti-Mozzie campaign has hit pitch fever with ministers and agency heads out in full swing to launch a Weapons of Mosquito Destruction (WMD) campaign against the potent Ades Mosquito. According to one expert's postulation, the Ades mosquito is adapting to our environment by looking for alternative venues to breed instead of its traditional joints. The NEA is now deciding if it needs to cut down all palm trees because they are new breeding grounds for the Ades.

On a more eventful note, Jess and Sal managed to have their photos taken together with PM Lee during the National Healthy Lifestyle Walk-A-Jog! A serendipitous opportunity to wave at the PM from a safe distance emboldened them to assail the PM when he waved back at them and gave them his best Kodak smile. After that, they just could not stop raving about it. I have to admit I was at first embarrassed by their puerile behavior but such was their spontaneity and reverence for the man that I was delighted for them too.

Meanwhile, the NKF saga proved to be the Pandora box with other charities like SATA confessing to some "issues" one way or another. Just yesterday, NKF let 92 staff go as it suspends all fund raising activities until further review.

On the subject of retrenchment, I've come across more and more people peddling tissue papers for a living. I was particularly stumped when I came across this lady at Maxwell Market. Stumped because unlike many of the others who were old or crippled men, she was relatively young although sloppily dressed. Why was a healthy abled woman reduced to selling tissue paper? And how is it that people could turn her and the many others like her down I do not know. Some time back, I was disappointed that a parent rejected the polite old man when approached to buy tissues. That man was right in front of his kid! I really don't know what kind of example he is setting for the child.

Granted what P said about the profit margin is true, it still should not prevent people from reaching into their wallet for a dollar to help the needy. At least I find that a better use of money than donating to the charity where I do not know WHO the money is actually helping. And please spare me the graphic images of sobbing beneficiaries. How many times can one see such pictures and not grow immune to it?

Personally, I am not saying all this to glorify myself. I will even confess that I'm am donating not necessarily out of chivalry but because I'm afraid that I may someday end up the same in this ephemeral economy. When that happens, I would really appreciate some sympathies thrown my way if that be so. Call it sowing seeds if you like but the future looks bleakfully tenebrous.

As expected, I flunked my CFA exams again. This time, I was really hesitant to retake it again as it has not translated into any real economic benefits although the intention was to prove that I could do it. But I've since been vindicated by the Tickle IQ test and I really do not think I am stupid. If at all, I am careless and suffer from a severe case of ADD. But I've resolved to give it a shot again just to see things through. And to make up for lost time, I've also decided to enrol for the ChFC couse. I'm hoping N will be agreeable to sponsor my ChFC studies. If the company can subsidise millionaires like HO and JT, then I see no reason why it should deny me this opportunity to upgrade myself.

On a more postive note, Toon invited me to his spanking new 25th storey house at TPY to watch Liverpool play. You can never underestimate the power of a simple message could do to rekindle an old friendship. If Toon's new house which cost him S$50,000 to renovate is any yardstick, I am way behind in this rat race. Of late, P has been asking me when I'm gonna pop the question again but the best I can do is say "when I have the money loh." Truth be told, I don't know if I'll ever have money.

Death Becomes Me

Barely one week into the new year and I almost managed to kill myself.

Was driving home from Orchard after my shopping spree on Sunday 4 Jan 2008 at about 1pm on a very hot but wet afternoon. There was a whimper of a drizzle so the road was wet. I took the usual slip road to exit BKE and was righting the car to go straight when the wheels locked and the car veered uncontrollably to the right. I was fast heading towards the the opposite kerb as I tried desperately to counter steer. (Fortunately?) all I managed to accomplish was to steer the car into a 180 degrees tail spin.

As the car was skidding to a halt, all I could think of was praying in vain for it not to hit the wall! In my liminal state, my mind was a complete blank and I held on tight to the steering wheel as I tried to gather my soul. I was thankful that those passing vehicles did not hurry me to drive off but instead waited patiently for me to turn the car around. All I could think of as I was scamping home was how much my bank account was going to bleed to rectify the damage to the car and how this was a warning from heaven!

You hear all the time about people talking about near death experiences. Well, I just got mine first and my last (I hope!). There have been a few encounters in the car where the car skidded while doing a hard break to avoid the car in front but this was as close to death as I've ever been in this bloody tin can. Now I truly understood what is meant by your life flashing right before your eyes. Its something quite beyond words and not exactly like a super accelerated silent movie.

When I got back into the carpark, despair turned into relieve as the car only sustained scratches on the bumper. Otherwise, it and I were largely intact. What a lucky escape! I did not give much thought to the experience thereafter but was instead too eager to admire my shopping exploits. As I lay in bed at night, the experience returned to haunt me. The car could have flipped many times over. The car could have rammed sideways into passing cars or even a passenger if the car had dived into the opposite roads. The devastation could have been many times worst. How I managed to escaped unscathed is beyond me. Life truly is very fragile and any single thing could extinguish the flame of life that moments ago was blazing brightly.

Its funny how I felt a sense of betrayal by the inanimate car too! I recalled that I might have braked very lightly as I was turning but imprimis I was definitely not braking hard enough to jam the wheels surely? Then the words of wisdom of my driving instructor came flooding back into my mind. I recalled how once he warned me that braking while turning was highly dangerous. I had always remembered this and refrained from braking while taking turns but this experience was his words turned "live" after nearly 10 years of exerience.

President Obama to send not less than 300 'military advisers' to help Iraqi army repel Isis

Barack Obama announced on Thursday that a contingent up to 300 “military advisers” will be sent to help Iraq's beleaguered army repel the advance of Sunni insurgents, but insisted the US would not be dragged into another bloody war in the country.
The troops, drawn from US special operations forces, will assist the Iraqi military to develop and execute a counter-offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis). Their mission is likely to spread to the selection of targets for any future air strikes, but Obama stopped short of accepting a plea from Baghdad to order US air power into the skies over Iraq immediately.
Instead, Obama said the option of air strikes would be held in reserve. Any such strikes would be “targeted” and “precise”, Obama said, warning that the fate of the country “hangs in the balance”.
The fighting continued in Iraq on Thursday as Isis militants fought Iraqi troops in an intense battle the at the Baiji oil refinery. The facility, the country's largest, is between the cities of Mosul and Tikrit, both seized by Isis last week.
Mindful of the long shadow cast by the last Iraq war, Obama said the deployment of military advisers, expected to be taken from US special operations forces, would not be drawn into combat. Only Iraq would be able to heal the sectarian divisions ripping the country apart, he said.
“American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again,” he said. “We do not have the ability to simply solve this problem by sending in tens of thousands of troops and committing the kinds of blood and treasure that has already been expended in Iraq.”
However, he said it was in America's national interest not to see “an all-out civil war in Iraq”, warning that it could become a haven for terrorists.
The lack of reliable intelligence identifying clear targets against Isis, which is embedded in several towns and cities it recently captured in the Sunni-dominated north, is one factor holding the White House back from launching strikes.
The contingent of special forces will train and advise Iraq’s troops, who crumbled in northern Iraq last week in the face of the rapid advance of Sunni militants. They will be deployed in several teams comprised of about a dozen , embedded into “joint operations centres” with the Iraqi military, a concept borrowed from the 2007-2008 US troop surge.
The teams will first be based in Baghdad, primarily at senior-level command centres and then at brigade level, with a focus on assessing what additional support is required by the Iraqi military. Senior administration officials said they might later be based outside the capital in places such as northern Iraq.
Their presence on the ground, and close to the field of battle, is also intended to provide the US with intelligence that could be used to guide any air or missile strikes.

Preteen Transgender Boy Wins New Birth Certificate in Alberta

 

A transgender boy has received a new birth certificate from the Canadian province of Alberta officially recognising his sex as male.

Wren Kauffman, who at only 12 years old, finally received the birth certificate at a pride brunch with Edmonton's mayor. He had previously filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission because he could not change the sex listed on his birth certificate.

Until Kauffman's complaint, Alberta only allowed a person's sex to be switched legally if sex reassignment surgery had been completed. Increasingly the view that SRS is necessary or can be legally required is changing. In Kauffman's case, a judge ruled that Alberta's requirements were outdated and unfairly discriminated against transgender people, but the Premier of Alberta, Dave Hancock, had actually said the requirement would be dropped a week before that ruling.

Such complaints have also been filed in three other provinces: British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The requirement has already been dropped in Ontario.

A small bit of misreporting by The Canadian Press, however, is annoying. According to how the story is reported on Global News, The Canadian Press insists on saying, "Wren, who was born a girl, had said it was stressful being listed as female" and Global News titled the piece, "Alberta gives new birth certificate to 12-year-old boy who was born a girl."

Wren was not "born a girl," any more than I was "born a boy." Is major media ever going to get this one right? When we get new birth certificates, is that not enough recognition for the errors made when we were assigned a gender marker at birth? Wren may have his new birth certificate, but The Canadian Press seems to have trouble recognising the truth that the birth certificate represents. Ugh.

Woman Sells Deployed Boyfriend's Dog, New Owners Refuse Dog's Return

 

A soldier left his three-year-old Shiba Inu with his girlfriend when he was deployed in March. His girlfriend (for some reason or another) sold the dog on Craigslist. Now the dog has been found, but the new owners say that they won't return him because their kids are "too attached." Everything is awful.

The dog's rightful owner, Robby is still in Afghanistan where he is not only serving the country but worrying about whether he'll see his dog again, especially considering that the family that now has Baxter refuses to return him to his rightful owner. Why? Because it might be hard for their kids.

Here's the deal, though: Lots of shit is hard for kids. And yet, the world keeps turning. If you've bought a dog off Craigslist, had it for a month, then realized that it was sold by a confused/malicious/whatever girlfriend, you take the time to teach your kids that yes, this is very difficult, but that doing the right thing is sometimes worse than sucking freshly-shorn donkey balls. Especially if the right thing is going to benefit someone who is on another continent serving in the military. Ask for visitation, find another dog, anything. Just let this guy have his dog back. You have had this dog for a month. The rightful owner has had his dog for three years.

Facebook supporters have been raising money to find the family a new dog (really, though?) as well as a lawyer that will help the family facilitate the transaction anonymously so that their identity is never revealed.

Robby's mother had this to say to KOAA 5: "They keep saying they have children that are attached. Well my child is attached to the dog. Just because he's older doesn't mean he's not my child."

And supporter Nancy Wallace added this:

Thats just not something we should let him sit over in Afghanistan worrying about, his dog.He should be doing the job he's there for and not having to worry about that. He should know that his dog is home and with his family and will be waiting for him when he gets home.

Agreed.

National Waste Parade

I wonder if its just me that is greatly inconvenienced by the whole National Day dress rehearsal thingy. Just yesterday, was caught in yet another jam enroute home from Old Airport Road and was "treated" to another display of well-oiled SAF machinery while the traffic came to a complete standstill. Not to mention for the past couple of weekends, I had to make a big detour along ECP to get to favourite haunt Suntec City.

Did anyone tell the National Day parade planners that petrol prices are now at an all time high of $1.7 per liter (or $1.9 if you are using Shell Synergy)? What the fuckerdos are they trying to do stopping the traffic just so that the tanks and APCs can steamroll through empty roads? Aren' t they made to crash and burn in jungle tracks? Can someone feed these monkeys more peanuts please!

No wonder the entire human species is expected to guzzle 1 trillion barrels of oil in 30 years instead of the 125 years it took us to vapourise the first trillion! (This comparison reminds me that NKF reserves can only last 3 years instead of the actual 30 years. In legal jargon, is this "reverse passing" in its most perverse form?)

I confess that I've never been to a National Day Parade and I never intend to unless they revive the Singapore Wave and the cursing that is normally associated with the Malaysia League days. I will also admit that I feel a sense of pride every year watching the same program year in year old in the comfort of my home. It never came across my mind to ask why we have the parade every year until yesterday when it occurred to me that all this is just one big wayang show we could do without.

I mean, it took me an extra 30 minutes just to get from Old Airport Road to home. Not counting my charge out rate as a professional, the amount of petrol that was wasted collectively by fellow monkeys stuck in the monkey race (not rat race anymore) surely begs asking why have the National Waste Parade?

My thoughts:

- Why put out the SAF machines for show only once a year? Who's watching but the Malaysian spies? Are all the weaponry well oiled and shiny like those on show or are they more like the one Signal tonner I saw in camp which huffed and puffed just to make 10 meters?

- Anyone keeping count of the youth wasted by our poor National Servicemen? One look at their faces and you know they are all thinking "Why the fuck am I wasting my time here?"

- Anyone keeping track of the opportunity cost of deploying entire traffic police force for traffic control while they endanger their lives trying to stop our maniacal road rage drivers at the traffic lights? Wouldn't they be better deployed issuing tickets to errant drivers and contributing to our government reserves (which incidentally is not publicly disclosed)?

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Monday, 16 June 2014

Poise and Temperament.

Poise is like the oil that coats the duck’s wings and make sure it doesn’t drown in water. That’s what I picked up from the first chapter of “Jesus in Blue Jeans” while in Pasir Ris Camp doing my national service duties.

Temperament is what separates the great from the good.

Instead of felling triumphant yesterday after our CPA games final victory, there was a sense of hollowness and disappointment. Hollow because instead of responding positively to PWC’s aggressive play, I reacted with my elbows and let my mouth do most of the talking. My elbows never connected with any part of anybody but I am ashamed because I was never a dirty player. It was only when Rex muttered “fucked up” when I swung my elbow to protect the ball that it hit me. Those guys didn’t play rough, they didn’t play dirty, they were just out to do their best. Despite all our taunting, they remained calm, in control and gave a good account of themselves. That is poise.

Disappointment because once again, I have performed badly in a big game. Instead of converting all those easy lay ups and shots, I fumbled time and again. One split second of doubt was enough to cause the shots to go astray time and again.

Scene 1
Me: Laying up. Mind: Rex is going to foul me. Me: Doh! Miss lay up but ref blew the foul even though Rex was backing off. Maybe the ref's read my mind.

Scene 2
Me: Below the ring for easy basket after getting into good position. Mind: I may miss the shot. Me: Doh again! I messed it up again!


By the time I was substituted mid-way in the third quarter, I never felt like going back into the game again because not only was I not playing my normal game, Ken was stepping up and playing much better than I am. By the time I committed that last foul I had to give, I was glad it was all over for me. It was a stupid foul to give away and was the perfect ending to a miserable performance.

It is amazing how I can do no wrong in the eyes of the elders. Toh was extolling how well I can shoot the ball and why I should take more shots the whole of last night. (For the record, I made just one pathetic shot the entire game from outside the zone.) Everything I did, Teng Cheong lapped onto and praised. David played me time and again even though Ken is more than a capable substitute. There are so many players on the team who can contribute it makes me feel guilty to know I am depriving someone more worthy of a chance to sweat it out for the team.

I was glad we won. The team has grown from strength to strength and it gets more and more enjoyable to play each year. The old hands like Harry, Toh, David, Billy and Teng Cheong gave us stability. The core group of younger players gel very well and with big time players like It Phong and Chin Whay and a centre that is the Yao Ming equivalent in Singapore, our victory was never in doubt though it did worry me when they raced to a 14-7 lead in the first quarter.

Photo: Wizkid hangs out with Tyrese and Akon in LA

 

Wizkid is obviously having a blast in LA. First with Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Bu Thiam, and now he's hanging out with Tyrese Gibson and Akon.

Eleven Minutes

Apparently that's all it takes for love making.

Was a productive day by any standards as I managed to finish the book in one sitting while waiting fulfilling national service obligations. All the while nursing an erection, in quiet anticipation of the moment when Maria would finally make love to her lost half. (According to Plato, the male and female body was previously joined together, whereupon the jealousy Olympus God Zeus split it with lightning. So love was a magic key to joining the lost halves together again).

Never set a goal to finish the book within a day but the book like its predecessor, The Alchemist, was a very easy read. Basically, the book is about a sexually frustrated young girl who dreams of fame and fortune and the accompanying rich husband who loves her undyingly. A chanced encounter brings the village girl to Switzerland where she decides to whore herself. Our intellectual prostitute then embarks on a journey of self discovery as it dawns on her that she and her colleagues were in Copacabana not because life was harsher on them but by choice. She was fortunate to find and be mentored by two "special clients" Terence and Ralf Hart.

Terence taught her the pleasure of pain whilst her lover Ralf taught her unconditional love. In fact, their love was so pure that the prostitute recovers her spiritual virginity (as opposed to sexual virginity).

I swore I experienced an orgasm myself walking back home just thinking about their passionate love making and the ever so romantic ending where Ralf flies to Paris to intercept his lost half on a transit flight. How could anyone not love the ending? Especially a sucker like me.

My Queen

You make me hate me so much it hurts.

You declared me righteous, yet you make a mockery of me with your wanton coquette and incessant declarations of love and admiration. You taunt me with your tergiversation and led me on to apostasy. Now I am damned. Damned!

Yet, your foolish king yearns for your meretricious equivocation, nevermind they be piffle and nothing more than ditties in your rumbuctious theatre. Your praise, a fungacious blossom. Splendiferous, yet decayed to the core.

You soaked in every careless word I whispered, yet denouce me for my slight transgression. How can you faulty an amorous tyro? Did I not declare I am but a hobbledehoy? A discombobulated outsider?

Now, as I have foreboded, the RAT (Righteous, Astute, Tolerance) Tower has crumbled. I am a foresaken knave, a rapscallion in your furious conniption.

Yesterday I was your precocious poet...

Game of Boners: Daddy, Daddy, You Bastard, I'm Through

Last night, after calling my dad to wish him a happy Fathers Day, I settled into my couch to watch the season four finale of Game of Thrones and was surprised by a very special holiday episode. The show's characters were also celebrating their dads. The only difference is that they were celebrating Father's Day in the tradition of the Seven Kingdoms. And what do you get the Westerosi dad who has everything? (Answer: an arrow to the chest while he's taking a shit.)

Before we get started with our recap, a fun fact! Last night's episode is the only one that GoT producers submitted "for your consideration" to this year's Emmys in the category for Best Writing. It's a highly unusual move (most shows submit several episodes), but showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are so proud of the season four finale that they didn't feel like they need anything else. Good move? Bad move? All in the thumbed-out eye pit of the beholder, I guess.

Titled "The Children," the season four finale was about just that — both in a mythical sense and in a more literal one. First, Bran Stark finally reaches his mysterious destination beyond the wall, but once he and his band of protectors arrive, they're attacked by by a skeleton army and it's all very Pirates of the Caribbean/Jason of the Argonauts. Unfortunately, Jojen Reed dies in the fight, which is...sad? Maybe? I don't know — at this point in the show, I am very stingy when it comes to who I get invested in and Jojen was never really merited that much consideration from me. RIP, li'l buddy. #AllMenMustDie

Around the same time that they lose Love Actually, they're quasi rescued by a little cave lady who looks like the monster from Splice.. She comes from an ancient species known as "the Children" and protects them from the zombie skeletons with an arsenal of fire balls. She then leads the group into a cave where Bran will finally meet the three-eyed raven that he's been seeing in visions since becoming paralyzed. Of course, it's not an actual raven, but an old wizard who lives in a tree on a pile of bones. Coooooool.

Also north of the Wall, Stannis' army comes to the aid of the Night's Watch right in the middle of Jon Snow's sulk-off/parlay with Mance Rayder (played by the always great Ciaran Hinds). Congratulations, everybody! We've finally had a collision of the show's two most boring story lines. So great that all these austere dullards can finally team up and us to death.

I'm sure there's lots we could go into (the look Jon shares with Melisandre through the flames, the way Jon Snow evokes the name of his father Ned Stark to win over Stannis), buuuuuut we have a better Stark to talk about and that Stark is Arya, who continues to be the most exciting character in this whole damn fantasy world.

Throwing fans a major bone, the GoT writers gave us the Brienne of Tarth/Arya encounter that we've long been dreaming of. The pair have a wonderful talk about growing up as women who prefer fighting over more typically girl-ish things, but the moment of bonding is disrupted by the return of the Hound and his observation that Brienne is all decked out in Lannister gold. Of course, WE KNOW that she's as honorable and valiant as they come, but for Arya, an association with the Lannisters is more than enough to earn distrust.

During the exchange, Brienne realizes that she's not just talking to a scrubby little girl with a love of swordplay, but Arya Stark, the child she's been charged with bringing to safety, although, as the Hound points out, "safety" in Westeros is a rather false concept. The argument between Brienne and the Hound is almost like that of two parents arguing over what's best for their daughter and, in a twisted way, that's exactly what's happening. The Hound, for better or worse has become Arya's father figure, teaching her some invaluable life skills (like how to kill a man) and actually growing fond of her — or at least as fond as the Hound can get. 

Sadly, this parental argument ends with a nail-biting duel.

RIP: Lucky The Dog

Lucky heaved his final breathe some time on 11 July 2006.

Had not supected a thing because his food bowl would always be empty every day I go back to feed the dogs. Until the good hearted neighbours (god bless them) alerted me yeterday that they saw the dog in the same position for the last two days.

My worst fears were confirmed today. His eyes were glazzed and he was gone. To doggie heaven he belongs. Our most long-lived faithful dog

Military arrests 486 suspected Boko Haram members in Abia

 

The commissioner spoke in the presence of the Battalion Commander, Lt. Colonel Rasheed Omolori, whose only comment was that the report had already been sent to his headquarter.

It was also disclosed that somebody whose name was not made known, had come to secure the release of the suspects but was arrested and detained.

Reacting to the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO),  Mr. Geoffery Ogbonna,  said  that  the matter was a military one and had not been reported to the police command. He said that when he contacted the Army Public Relations Officer in the state whose name he did not mention, he told him (PPRO)  that he was not yet aware of  the matter.

And following the bomb found on the premises and inside the Living Faith Church (a.k.a Winners Chapel), Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, capital city of Imo State, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha,  in conjunction with security chiefs yesterday launched what he called “Operation Know Your Neighbour.”

The occasion was attended by a cross section of stakeholders in the state amid heavy security.

Gunmen massacre dozens in Kenya

At least 48 people have died after suspected Islamist militants attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say.

Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles went on for several hours and reported seeing buildings set on fire.

The town is close to Lamu island, which is a well-known tourist resort.

Kenya has suffered a number of militant attacks since 2011 when its forces entered neighbouring Somalia to combat al-Shabab fighters.

The BBC’s Yusuf Dayo in Nairobi said the attack started at 20:30 local time (17:30 GMT) on Sunday as locals were watching a football World Cup match on television.

Local residents told the BBC that the attackers had hijacked a van and used it to attack various locations across the town.

Witnesses said gunmen, who had their faces covered, threw explosives into the local police station before entering and stealing weapons.

Dora Akunyili To Be Buried August 28th

 

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Late Dora Akunyili who died on the 7th of June in an Indian Specialist Cancer hospital will be buried on the 28th of August her husband has said.Mr Akunyili thanked Nigerians who stood by her during her 2-year battle with cancer, and those supporting them now after her demise.He encouraged anyone who has a tribute or testimonial in her honour to send a mail to any of the below addresses and also call any of the below phone numbers if need be. He also thanked President Goodluck Jonathan for the special valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council held in her honour.amazon4life@doraakunyilionline.org, amazon4laif@yahoo.com, or amazon4laif@gmail.com. 08181333222, 08103198444, or 08098020976.

Leader of All Progressive Party, APC, Bola Tinubu, a year after the demise of his mother, speaks of how much he misses her.

 

He made this emotional statement, yesterday, during the one year remembrance ceremony of the mother of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji who was the Iyaloja General and President General of Market Men and Women in Nigeria until her death.
Tinubu said: “I miss my mother dearly but I know that all of you who have come here today are there for us. All those who have come here today, I pray that your son will also achieve greatness.”
Prominent Nigerians and All Progressive Party, APC members stormed Lagos for the one year remembrance ceremony one-year fidau prayer which held in Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos among those at the ceremony were Governor Babatunde Fashola, former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Others were Deputy governor of Lagos State, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, a member of the House of Representatives, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, former interim chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, first lady of Osun State, Mrs. Serifat Aregbesola, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Justice Utman Muhammad, retired judge of the Supreme Court.
Also in attendance, were Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, Speaker of the Lagos and Oyo states House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji and Mrs. Monsurat Sumonu respectively, Hon. James Faleke, among others.

Guess they are back on! Tania Omotayo sends special message to Wizkid on Father's Day

 

For those in doubt...doubt no more. The lovebirds are back together. I know its no concern of yours... but no be you dey find entertainment news? lol

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – The Chibok girls should not be victims forever

 

The kidnap and enslavement of over 234 school girls from Chibok, an act so brutal it shocks the imagination and mocks any notion of human decency, is still in full swing. It has been two months of unfathomable horrors since they were kidnapped; two months in which we have read and observed several gory accounts of the hapless girls being shepherded to hidden swathes of west and central Africa, humiliated in propaganda videos, forced to convert to Islam, and stripped of their humanity and dignity.

 The #bringbackourgirls social media campaign has moved on; but the problem has not been solved. The girls have not been rescued, and their plight seems to have been forgotten.  Indeed, the kidnapped girls have every cause to feel abandoned by the world. If we can forget them in captivity, what evidence is there to suggest that they would not be abandoned and forgotten when released from captivity? Where are the strategies and plans to provide them with the empathy, compassion, support and sense of security they need to move on with their lives?

As we have said before, this kind of violence is an affront to the body, soul, and dignity of every human being.  But the issue here is not only about bringing the girls back physically. We have to bring back their humanity, their self-esteem, their emotional stability, their belief in a just and fair world, and their psychological balance.

For women, the victimization often goes beyond the physical abuse. Women who are victims of sexual abuse are often held in shame. They lose social regard and are treated like outcasts. And in most conservative communities, they are treated like spoiled goods, unfit to marry or have children. Not only do they face discrimination and stigma in the foreseeable future, but poverty and lack of opportunities may force many into prostitution or suicide.

This is perhaps the nightmarish fate that awaits the girls of Chibok if they are rescued from the kidnappers. The prospect of a normal life is improbable. Beyond the physical and psychological trauma, which would not be easy to recover from, there is also the substantial weight of negative perception that will follow them back to the communities they live in. The perception goes beyond the fact that their virtue has been stolen and points to the likelihood that the girls may not have a dignified re-entry into society. It then becomes imperative to make plans on how to re-integrate the girls into society, for what would be a tough life going forward.

Sad! Singer Kefee has passed on

Kefee Obareki Don Momoh passed away this morning June 13th at the US hospital where she was taken to after she collapsed and went into coma. She never came out of the coma. Her international manager Adeline has confirmed her passing and Kefee's husband also confirmed to a Star FM staff, where he works. What a sad day. May her soul rest in peace..Amen.


This is just too sad! She was just in her mid 30s...looking forward to a great future...recently released a song...working on an album, spent 8 months in the US to pursue courses in video production and directing so she could pursue her dreams...and now she's gone. Too sad!

Photos: Artist under D'banj's DB Records Label. The Lee Family

There are five of them in the Lee Family which includes Dbanj #BANGALEE, his youger brother K-switch #KAYSWITCHLEE, Tonto Dikeh #POKOLEEwho is their first lady, MossKriss #MOSSKRISSLEE and RalphKriss #RALPHKRISSLEE who are also Brothers.
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Graphic Pics: Boko Haram men killed, weapons and cars were recovered after battle with military.

  

Yesterday the Nigerian military released a statement saying they foiled an attack by Boko Haram men in Adamawa and Borno state on Saturday which resulted in the death of 50 of the sect men.

Presidential Spokesman Reuben Abati this afternoon posted some pics of weapons recovered after the battle on his instagram page. He also shared a pic of some of the Boko Haram members killed.

Among the weapons recovered are 3,500 rounds of ammunition, 6 smoke grenade canisters, locally fabricated guns, 30 rifles, 36 hand grenades, 7 machine guns and 11 rocket propelled grenade tubes. See more photos after the cut...Warning, graphic pic when you click continue...

Nigerian Lesbian plans to submit her own gay sex tape to prevent deportation

 

46 year old Nigerian lesbian, Aderonke Apata, who is currently seeking asylum in the UK over claims that she will be killed if deported to Nigeria, says she is ready to make a sex tape with her partner just to prove that she really is a lesbian after the UK Home Office said they doubt the authenticity of her claims of being gay.

Aderonke, pictured above with her lesbian partner, Happiness Agboro, has been in a running battle with the UK Home office for a while now. Despite sending them love letters from former girlfriends and supporting statements from friends that she's really gay, the Home Office is not convinced. Now she says she's ready to send them a very personal home video to back up her claims. Continue...

"I was asked to bring my supporting documents for my judicial review for the court to look at. What evidence do we have to compile apart from letters from people? I knew we had a home video of ourselves, so I thought why not just put it in? I cannot afford to go back to my county where I will be tortured, so if I have to prove it with a sexual video, then I have to do it. I feel so bad it’s got to this stage. It’s such a desperate and precarious situation to be in, very dangerous, because anything could happen to those pictures, those videos.”Aderonke told UK's Independent newspaper

New Miss USA Says Women Need to 'Learn to Protect Themselves'

 

On Sunday, the Miss USA pageant title was awarded to a 24-year-old woman who is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

The title went to Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez who holds a fourth degree black belt. In her question-and-answer segment, she expressed some ideas about on campus rape that might make you do a little bit of a double take.

Sanchez, who wore an intricate red gown during the latter part of the three-hour nationally broadcast contest, addressed the issue of sexual assault on college campuses during a question-and-answer session faced by all six finalists. Sanchez said she felt some colleges, fearing a bad reputation, might sweep the problem under the rug, and that "More awareness (of the issue) is very important so that women can learn to protect themselves."

She added that as a 4th degree black belt, she learned "you need to be confident and be able to defend yourself ... That's something we need to start to implement for a lot of women."

While I certainly admire how hard she's worked to obtain her status as a black belt, college women shouldn't have to "learn to protect themselves." College men should "learn not to rape." But somehow I doubt we're going to hear those words come out of the mouth of a national beauty pageant contestant anytime in the near future.

Jai Paul is working on an album

We couldn't be more excited about this – Jai Paul is coming back. In a new interview with Dazed, XL's in house producer Rodaidh McDonald has revealed that the R&B/electronic artist is currently working on new material in the XL studios.
McDonald says: "I did something with him last week, some vocal production on a new song. We finished it, whether he wants to put it out or not I don’t know. It’s just a very long process for him I guess, he’s been working on (his album) for years. One of the things that I sort of identified was that he might benefit from some help using vocals. But his music sounds so good, he doesn’t need any help, I think he’s perfect."

Jai Paul emerged in 2011 with the glorious "BTSTU", a beautifully lazy R&B number layered with a "don't fuck with me" vocal, a message that would go on to embody the artist's reclusive persona. Beyoncé and Drake were both impressed enough to sample the song for their own tracks. A year later he released "Jasmine (Demo)" and the stage was set for the prodigious artist to drop one of the most anticipated records of the 2000s. But things didn't quite work out like that.
His unfinished "debut album" appeared on Bandcamp last year – a fragmented and unmastered collection of 15 tracks which nevertheless showcase the producer's incredible songwriting craft and unique, alien production style. Jai Paul claimed that the uploaded demos were the result of a stolen laptop and the music had been illegally leaked. Others weren't so sure – Crack In The Road did some serious detective work and found that the email address on the Bandcamp linked back to Jai Paul.
Publicity stunt, stolen laptop, a frustrated artist? Who knows. For more from Jai Paul, re-visit his only ever official interview, with Dazed in 2011.

Photos: 91-Year-Old Great Grandmother "Marjorie McCool", Digging It With A 31-Year-Old Toy Boy "Kyle Jones! She Says She Can't Even Get Enoug

 

its weird when a 31 year old boy hangs out with someone who is very old enough to be his grandma.

 

Marjorie McCool, the 91-year-old great grandmother cougar is getting herself some 31-year-old 'rudeboy' of her 31-year-old boy toy Kyle Jones of Pittsburgh. Kyle Jones is a self-proclaimed Cougar Champion who is single-handedly helping to keep the game alive. Kyle tells Barcroft (via The Daily Mail) that when he was just a young lad, he knew he didn’t want to be with girls his own age. Some dudes get the tingles in their peen tips from looking at blondes, Kyle gets the tingle in his peen tip from watching the Golden Girls.

Kyle and Great Granny McCool started dating after they met in 2009 at her job and he asked for her number.  Great Granny McCool was single for 37 years until Kyle awakened her sexual desires and now she can’t get enough. Caution: Prepare to cringe like you’ve never cringed before:

“Sometimes I feel like he’s another son, until we hop in bed and I feel different. The physical side of our relationship is wonderful. I amaze myself, he amazes me. There’s nothing better. I wear sexy outfits to bed. I try to keep my bra on though because I don’t have much left.”

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Sad! Chidiogo Akunyili's Tribute to her late mother, Prof. Dora Akunyili

 

Chidiogo is one of the children of late NAFDAC boss Mrs Dora Akunyili who passed away on June 7th after a 2-year battle with cancer. May her soul rest in peace...amen.

Teenage Girl Steals 1-Yr-Old Baby At Wedding Ceremony In Imo

 

A one-year-old baby was snatched by an unknown teenage girl during the wedding on Sunday, Umuezeala Umuozu village in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.

UNILAG students protest hike in registration fee, shut down campus

 

There's a protest currently going on at the University of Lagos. Students are protesting UNILAG authority demanding that some students pay N20,000 for late editing or registration of Course Forms.

The students first converged at the University's Senate Building where they shouted slogans and sang protest songs, demanding that the school ends this form of exploitation today, while accusing their VC of corruption. They left the senate building and went on a rampage through all the faculties in UNILAG demanding their rights.

The students then blocked entrances to the school, preventing cars from going in and out of the campus.

The students claim they registered late because the school management shut the school portal against registration, only for the school to demand an extra N20,000 from students registering late. The police are currently there to calm things down.

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Location Photos From Elvis Chukwu New Movie Shoot

The movie WALKING TALL is  about a newley wed guy who decided to have the last bachelor party with old friends before leaving for honeymoon,but things went wrong and the centre couldn’t hold.but amidst of all his troubles,hopes to walk tall into a dream marriage. cast include yvonne Nelson,Bishop Ime, Michael Godson, Beverly Osu & introducing BIMP from BBA THE CHASE

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Quebec's National Assembly Passes Right-to-die Law

 

Quebec’s National Assembly passed a bill on Friday giving terminally ill patients the right to choose to die, news reports said.

The legislation was passed in a free vote by 94 votes to 22.

The bill, the first of its kind in Canada, outlines the conditions under which terminally ill residents of the territory could request medical aid in order to end their lives.

The main conditions to be met involve “an incurable disease, an incurable illness, which is causing unbearable suffering,” CBC quoted the legislation as saying.

Meanwhile critics of the bill said it was wrong to give anyone the right to kill another person.

How To Keep The Spark In A Relationship

 

Lets keep the love beats thumping with these 10 tips

*Send each other text messages that make the end of

*Welcome each other with kisses and

* Enjoy a SPA day; book a massage in the Couple room

*Have one meal of the day together;

*Add one out door hobby to your interest; go jogging,

*Make time to be with each other

*Share his passion

*Set up the bedroom as if it were valentine

*Make love instead of just having sex

*Don’t allow the children hijack your intimate moments

*Laugh like you’ve never known sadness

* Be each other’s friend

Ladies!!! Would you rock this Mercy Aigbe's ripped jean?

Actress Mercy Aigbe pictured on a movie location rocking this distressed white jeans. Hit or miss?

Spanish king to vacate throne

King Juan Carlos of Spain has announced his intention to abdicate, after nearly 40 years on the throne, the BBC reports.

“A new generation must be at the forefront… younger people with new energies,” the 76-year-old king said in a televised address.

His son, Crown Prince Felipe, 45, will take over the throne.

For much of his reign, Juan Carlos was seen as one of the world’s most popular monarchs, but recently many Spaniards have lost confidence in him.

His reputation has been tarnished by a long-running corruption investigation into the business dealings of his daughter and her husband.

The monarch has had health problems in recent years

13 killed in Sokoto auto crash

No fewer than 13 persons were on Thursday night burnt to death in an auto crash involving two passenger vehicles in Sokoto.

The accident occurred in Tudun-Dukiya village, near Dogon Karfe, about 10 km to Illela town in Sokoto State.

The crash which occurred at about 9.00pm also left 14 other persons injured.

The deceased persons included women and children passengers.

The accident, according to an eye witness, involved a Peugeot J-5 bus travelling from Jos, Plateau State to Illela and a Toyota Starlet car travelling from Illela to Sokoto.

Rapper, Lil’ Kim’s ex-fiance declared insane after killing 6 people (PICTURED)

A former fiance of rapper, Lil’ Kim has been spared the death penalty after he was found to be mentally ill.

Damion (World) Hardy, who once lived in a New Jersey mansion with the rapper, was charged with 6 murders and is being forcefully medicated with anti-psychotic medicines in a prison hospital to restore him to optimum mental health.

Hardy was facing death by legal injection for his role in the murders but U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder has instructed  prosecutors not to seek the death penalty against him anymore.

Nollywood Actor Femi Ogedengbe Welcomes his Set of twins

Nollywood actor and movie producer Femi Ogedengbe and his wife Nkechi Kenneth welcomed a set of twins recently ‘ a boy and girl’. The couple already have a four year old son.

Breaking: Boko Haram Kidnaps Two Prominent Emirs In Borno State

According to breaking news report by Premium Times, Boko Haram men this morning kidnapped 2 first class traditional rulers in Borno State - the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Mamza and the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta.

According to security officials who spoke with Premium Times, the emirs were seized by the gunmen around 10a.m today Friday May 30th near Shaffa while they were traveling to Gombe to attend the funeral of the Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar, who died on Tuesday May 27th. (pictured above)

The Borno state government is yet to issue an official statement on the abduction.