tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730745630726737412024-03-08T20:18:18.488+01:00THIRD WORLD PROFASHIONAL . comThird World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-38720909568550755982017-02-21T16:40:00.001+01:002017-02-21T16:41:20.423+01:00Sights: Cape Town, South Africa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, in this <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/06/sights-johannesburg-south-africa.html" target="_blank">post</a>, I talked about my first trip to South Africa in June 2016, when I visited Johannesburg and Cape Town. I only wrote about the first part of my trip in Jo'Burg and promised to follow up with a Cape Town post, but that ended up not happening. Plus the first time I went, it was for work and I really didn't see much outside of my hotel and the conference venue.</div>
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I'm working out of South Africa for the month of February, so last weekend I decided to do a proper, if short, Cape Town trip from Friday to Sunday and it was glorious.<br />
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I went with my friend Achenyo, and we managed to fit in quite a bit of activity in just two days; from patrolling the famous Long Street, to the Waterfront, to the Winelands, to the nightlife (hello Coco!)...it was a great couple of days.</div>
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The elevator at the African Pride Marriott Hotel had these fabulous gold chairs in them.</div>
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I was so struck by how picturesque the whole city is, everywhere is so beautiful. It almost looks photo-shopped. The views are amazing! </div>
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They have their own version of the London Eye at the V&A called the Cape Wheel. Didn't bother going up because I remember the London Eye being a complete snoozefest, longest hour of my life.</div>
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Like the Pico Basile in Malabo; Table Mountain, and other ancillary mountains/hills, literally encircle the whole town. So every spot has a great view. Nothing like that scam of an Eiffel Tower that Hollywood has led us to believe you can see from every window in Paris. </div>
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The town of Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands was, and I know I sound like a broken record at this point...absolutely gorgeous. I couldn't imagine what a bad day there looked like. For miles, you can see mountains, valleys, vineyards, beautifully preserved historical homes...the beauty is a sensory overload.</div>
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We went to two vineyards, the Delaire Graff Estate and La Motte. Delaire has the better views and is the more famous of the two, but I preferred La Motte. First off, the wine tasting was more affordable; 50 Rand for 7 tastings, while at Delaire, I can't exactly recall, but I think it was about 400 Rand or so for 4 tastings.</div>
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Secondly, at La Motte, they had plantings close to the tasting area you could walk through, with signs explaining the kinds of grapes planted there. The grape rows at Delaire were very far off, you can see them in the background of this picture.</div>
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South Africa has the most affordable fine dining I have ever experienced anywhere in the world. The food, the wines....an experience you'd pay top dollar for in another country, costs almost next to nothing here.</div>
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I mentioned in my previous post, that I was blogging from South Sudan. Yup...I'm back in Malabo now, but even typing it is a little unreal. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined going to South Sudan of all places. But it happened, and it was definitely an experience.</div>
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I was down there for work, and going by CNN and most of Western media, I expected to see kids with distended bellies running around, bombed out buildings and bullet casings on the floor. What I got instead was Sunday pool parties, luxury SUVs, awesome food, great people and tons of shisha (which made me super ill btw, but that's a story for another paragraph).</div>
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Not to say that South Sudan isn't undergoing the realities of war, a lot of it was still very evident, like bullet holes all over the Ministry of Petroleum (the latest conflict had been in June). But it is clearly a society on the mend, full of people working hard to improve their lot, so I don't understand why Western media chooses to ignore that story of resilience and only depict the tragedy.</div>
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The Republic of South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, they gained independence on 9th July 2011, and some teething problems are to be expected, but NGOs and aid groups, who are making a killing financially by perpetuating the stereotype pf the war-torn African country, even though they are helping the country, continue to block its progress by being too much of a crutch (in my humble, non-foreign correspondent opinion).</div>
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Funny thing though, all the people we saw have a very strong resemblance. You see the way South Sudanese models; Alek Wek and Ajak Deng look exactly alike but are not related, imagine a nation packed with Aleks and Ajaks. Wallahi they all look like them. The guys all look alike too, and they're all so TALL. I could wear 6 inch heels there and only come up to the guys chins. I didn't see a single South Sudanese man under 5'10. </div>
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I was a huuuge hit too, marriage proposals left and right. Apparently I'm worth thousands of heads of cattle. Imagine, and you people don't appreciate me in Nigeria.</div>
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If you want to start small, like maybe within West Africa first, you can do Asky or Cronos airlines. Asky is notoriously unreliable...think Arik but on a larger scale (I flew Asky to Bangui in Central African Republic a few weeks ago and my flight back to Malabo was canceled). But both Asky and Cronos fly from Lagos, Accra, Douala etc and go to a good number of West African countries. They're really expensive though.</div>
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I'm as surprised as you are that I'm blogging right now, because 30 minutes ago TWP hadn't crossed my mind in months. Right now I'm in bed, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Juba, South Sudan. I'd opened up my laptop to make some notes for a meeting I have on Monday...and before I knew it I was typing www.thirdworldprofashional.com.</div>
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I didn't deliberately stop blogging, it started out with the vile internet connection in Malabo making it ten times harder to churn out a single post, to not really having a lot of time to blog, to finally losing interest. TWP has been my baby for 8 years and for much of 2016 I just haven't felt like taking care of that baby. The whole internet notoriety/infamy thing had been grating on my nerves for years and combined with the reasons previously listed, I had to put my baby to the side for a bit.</div>
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Not like its some utopian paradise or anything, but simply that I was so horribly, terribly wrong about the city, I felt like I had to make some kind of public apology. I went to Addis for the first time in June and it was dreadful, I left there with a completely vile impression of the city and the whole country of Ethiopia as well. I even grudgingly gave two paragraphs in this <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/06/catch-up-110616.html" target="_blank">POST</a>, to talk about how much I hated Addis.</div>
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Now, I was in Addis over the past weekend again and I fell in love with this city. How I could have had two extremely contrasting experiences in one city, within the span of 6 months is the meat of the humble pie I'm about to eat right now.</div>
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I made the mistake of the single story (shoutout to da gawd CNA). The first time I went to Addis, I stayed in the hotel assigned by Ethiopian Airlines, and to say it was dingy is an understatement. It was a health hazard. The neighbourhood was awful and smelly and creepy, and without seeing any more of the city, I based my impression of an entire country, on one dingy suburb.</div>
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This is what foreigners do to Nigeria all the time and here I was an African, doing it to another African country. Trust me, no-one is more ashamed than I of my dreadful behaviour.</div>
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This most recent trip however, was divine. I was traveling with my boss this time and he (bless his heart and high standards), put us up at the Sheraton Addis instead, and it is honestly the most beautiful hotel I've ever seen in Africa. The grounds, the building, the lobby, the rooms, the views...it is definitely a sight worth seeing. Also its in a much nicer part of Addis, with the UN HQ and other fancy schmancy trappings. </div>
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It was basically the equivalent of seeing only Oshodi and assuming the whole of Lagos is like that, then being taken to VGC or Banana Island or something. Massive contrast.</div>
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-8774478233507547752016-06-13T14:30:00.000+01:002016-06-13T14:31:20.380+01:00Sights: Johannesburg, South Africa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent last week in the South African cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Even though I was there for work and saw more of my hotel than the actual surroundings, it was still pretty memorable.<br />
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I pulled out my beloved Aqua by Aqua flasher jacket which I haven't worn on the blog since 2012 <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2012/03/triple-denim.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It was actually being held hostage but luckily it was liberated just in time. Wore it over my TNL scuba dress, seen <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/04/work-style_27.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. for my first day of work in Jo'burg.<br />
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....where I had, I kid you not...the best ribs I've veer tasted in my life. They were the juicy, fall of the bone type the guys over at <a href="http://eatdrinklagos.com/" target="_blank">Eat Drink Lagos</a> are always searching for in Lagos. This thing was like the size of my arm and perfect from start to finish. I highly recommend this restaurant if you're ever in Johannesburg. Absolute quality.<br />
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As the guide explained to us, sometimes an inter-racial family could have children who looked like different races. For instance, if it was one black parent and one white parent and they had 3 kids; they could have one child who looked white, another who looked black and a third who looked coloured. According to Apartheid, all three children would not be allowed to live under one roof because they were considered different races so the family had to go before the panel to prove all three children were from one race. If that couldn't be proven, they'd have to convert races, basically try and prove that the black child was coloured....or vice versa, just to be able to live as a family.<br />
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I saw Sarafina and Invictus, read Wilbur Smiths books and thought I knew Apartheid.<br />
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I knew nothing. It is even more amazing to realize how recent it was, up to the early 90s. This isn't the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust or the Vietnam war of decades ago. People my age lived under Apartheid.<br />
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My friend Mia of <a href="https://miafarradaily.com/" target="_blank">Miafarradaily</a> has long since advocated trans-atlantic flights as the perfect period for introspection, writing and drinking lots of wine. My usual over 6 hour flight practice is eat, watch something, read, sleep....rinse and repeat. But today is a work day back home in Malabo and in between assuring clients I am not going to abandon them because I'm going on vacation and furiously responding to work e-mails that materialized overnight, I decided to blog as well.</div>
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Over the past week I have been in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Addis Ababa, Malabo, Frankfurt & Lagos (transit), and I am now headed to Los Angeles. That should give you an idea of why I'm currently wild-eyed, unable to sleep, watch another movie, or even read. I am so sleep deprived and running on pure adrenaline that I have turned into one of those crazy people who never switch off. I left Malabo yesterday at 8pm to arrive LA around 9pm today WAT, people at work must be wondering if I'm mad sending in-flight emails at 2pm instead of getting the rest I truly deserve.</div>
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I am well aware I haven't blogged in a month or so, as my regular Profashionals have come to understand, I take breaks from TWP periodically when certain aspects of my life become manic. As I work towards achieving a balance, slowly I come back to my little piece of internet real estate.</div>
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For the first month after I moved to EG, things were a bit slow, it was election period there and because I work primarily for the government not a lot was going on, so I kind of gradually eased into life there. Then at the beginning of May everything kind of exploded, work became CRAZY. I've been so used to in-house Counsel life and having just one un-demanding multinational client, that I'd completely forgotten what it was like to work for a law firm and have multiple clients expect you to ask "how high" when they tell you to jump. I literally wake up in the middle of the night to check if I have any emails because I am such a stickler for responding <i>at the earliest possible convenience", </i>which according to my boss means IMMEDIATELY!</div>
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The funny thing is, despite the ridiculously high stress levels, the lack of sleep, the staring at a screen constantly figuring out a way to solve someone's problems...I am happy.</div>
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I've never been one to shirk hard work but my current levels of discipline astound me. I can be terribly lazy and always ready to do tomorrow what I can do today, but working here has revealed something about me to myself that I certainly did not know. I've honestly become a workaholic and I was never one before. I took the pursuit of pleasure very seriously and sometimes I could get so involved in inconsequential nonsense DURING work hours that I'd neglect work, knowing I could catch up later, but not deeming it important enough to attend to just then.</div>
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But now I go DAYS without checking my social media because I have so much work to do I actually forget its there. I've never been the "checking up on friends" MVP but I have now deteriorated so badly that if I didn't have some of them in groups constantly talking amongst themselves I'd scarcely remember they existed. My poor mum has given up on trying to stay in touch with me and I recently forgot a very close friends birthday, which NEVER happens!</div>
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I even had to take a hiatus from<a href="http://genevieveng.com/tag/daks-in-the-city/" target="_blank"> Daks In The City</a> because I just couldn't.</div>
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I'm not saying its a good thing, but I've never considered myself as one of those people who would prioritize work over personal relationships and its started to happen and its just SO WEIRD.</div>
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Now I just realized I've spent the past 7 paragraphs talking about work....FML.</div>
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Ok so besides work, what else has been happening?</div>
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Life in Malabo keeps going on at its unhurried pace. I've gathered a little tribe around me, and besides flashes of FOMO when I watch Lagos weekend snaps, I'm coping quite well.</div>
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I think my favourite thing about being out of Nigeria is that I haven't heard anything regarding marriage in over two months. In Nigeria, the pressure is ever present, all the "when are you calling us o", to "I can't wait to wear your aso-ebi", to "your womb don dey tey o" (lol, true story, someone said that to a friend of mine.)</div>
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Not a peep here.</div>
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Though I love my Lagos with a deep abiding passion, I will take peace of mind over the constant haranguing I get while I'm there, and stay away for as long as possible.</div>
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Like I mentioned earlier, I went to South Africa and left my heart there.The country is SO BEAUTIFUL, the people are SO LOVELY, everything is SO AFFORDABLE, the food is DIVINE, the wines are FANTASTIC. Honestly I am so washed by SA at this point. </div>
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I've always had the slight Nigerian bias against SA, don't know why, I guess its a competition thing. Maybe I'm romanticizing it a bit, because I was only there for a week, for work, but visiting has completely changed my perspective and I'm fully prepared to pack up my 7 suitcases the day my boss says "go"!</div>
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Will blog more about it next week so you can see it through my eyes.</div>
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I also had to spend a night in Addis Ababa because Ethiopian Airlines don't care about no-one but themselves, and the contrast (for me), between the two cities was stark. I wanted to linger in South Africa but I couldn't wait to get out of Addis Ababa. I don't mean to offend anyone but the parts of the city I saw were so run-down, I couldn't believe it.</div>
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I only spent a day and a night there so I am aware I can't really make an informed assessment but I don't know how to explain it, it was just depressing. Right from the airport, all our spirits (my Team and I) sank, everywhere was just so dingy. Old Abyssinia has always been a romantic place for me, I've wanted to visit Ethiopia for ages. The history, the people, their stories, their leaders....its all been very fascinating for me, but seeing it in real life...not so much. Definitely not looking forward to going back.</div>
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Just basically checking in to say I'm alive, I'm well, I'm thriving and for the whole of next week while I'm in LA I will be kissing my ejima niece and nephew, eating loads, sleeping even more, catching up on my shows and hopefully....blogging.</div>
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p.s. Massive congrats to my egbon Noble and his gorgeous wife Chioma. Wish you guys a lifetime of friendship, happiness, children and prosperity.</div>
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<i>Location: Sofitel Sipopo Golf Hotel</i><br />
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I went to Sipopo Island over the wekeend, read more about it on Daks In The City <a href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-sights-sipopo-island/" target="_blank">HERE</a> and while I was there, decided to do a little impromptu shoot with my friend Fernanda (<a href="http://instagram.com/fernlorena" target="_blank">@FernLorena</a>), who's Nigerian/Brazilian but the Naija in her is dominant as she's a photographer, model, fashion designer, actress, marketing expert and an all round soji babe.</div>
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I modified a borrowed (stolen) denim shirt into an off-shoulder, tie-front, cropped shirt (yeah, it needed that much description). </div>
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The shirt belonged to my brother, I bought it for him a few years ago but got the sizing wrong and when it arrived it was too big, so my brother stared spreading rumours around the family that I bought him a denim lab coat.<br />
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So a how-to basically: I buttoned the two middle buttons of the shirt and slid the collar down till it was around my shoulders. Folded the lapels down and tied the tails at the bottom for a cropped effect.</div>
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<span class="s1">I haven't done a lot of exploring since I've been in Equatorial Guinea, mainly because I work 6 days a week and the most I can manage is hookah and drinks on weekends. This long weekend though, I decided to remedy that by going to Sipopo with friends.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="text-align: left;">Sipopo is in the Northeast of Bioko Island, about 20 minutes outside Malabo and is the most exclusive area in the country. Its where the new luxury shopping mall is being built, the estate where the houses for all the African Heads of State is situated and also the location of the Sofitel Sipopo Golf Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in EG.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Oh yeah, one thing...the island is teeming with insects and all sorts of prehistoric type flying things. They claim they're birds, I call 'em things, because I could not identify a single one. So everybody has to be completely covered up or you'll get bitten to pieces. A friend of mine had malaria that lasted for 2 weeks the last time he went. We piled on the mosquito repellent, wrapped scarves over every inch of exposed skin, wore long sleeves etc. We were sweltering but what is an hour or so of extreme heat compared to wo weeks of malaria. Not ben negotiable. So yeah, that's why I'm wearing a scarf in the previous picture.</span></div>
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-19427162022688869062016-04-21T12:22:00.001+01:002016-04-21T12:22:48.695+01:00Re-post from Daks In The City: Women are from Venus, Men are from...I Don't Really Know Where - On Nigeria's Gender Equality Bill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I've never been more aware of the differences between men and women than in the past couple of years or so. Feminism, gender equality/inequality, women's rights, violence against women...and all such other clarion calls, have always been present in various forms throughout time but recently, propelled by social media have accelerated at an amazing velocity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The battles being fought by women back when Emily Davison was killed by the Kings Horse at Derby in 1913, have transcended beyond the right to vote and receive an education to simply the right to be recognized as a human being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Battle after battle being fought and the status quo never seems to change, sure every few years we'll be thrown some bone, a minor concession to make us seem like we're equal players, yet women in Saudi Arabia are still fighting for something as ridiculous as the right to drive a car, women in the West are requesting equal pay and the right to make a choice as to what they do with their bodies, women all over the world are being slut-shamed for being sexual beings, and here in Nigeria, the "Giant of Africa" a <a data-mce-href="http://www.aacoalition.org/images/Gender_and_Equal_Opportunities_Bill_National.pdf" href="http://www.aacoalition.org/images/Gender_and_Equal_Opportunities_Bill_National.pdf" target="_blank">Gender Equality Bill</a> is being opposed for a number of amazing reasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Nigerian Gender Equality Bill seeks to undo years of patriarchy, mysogyny, discrimination and sexism by focusing on eliminating discrimination based on gender in the fields of politics, education and employment. It also prohibits violence, domestic and sexual, against women. It also hopes to achieve “the elimination of gender stereotyping, prejudices, and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes, or the roles for men and women.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now why, why for the love of God would any reasonable person not want that? Why would something that benefits over half of the population, at no cost whatsoever to the other half be rejected? What are you men so afraid of? What do you really think would happen if...God forbid... a woman had the backing of Law to do exactly what men have been able to do for centuries?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, let me tell you what some of our Nigerian men are afraid of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the most ludicrous reasons being bandied about for opposing the Bill was that "<em><a data-mce-href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/200202-nigerian-senate-rejects-bill-seeking-gender-equality-marriage.html" href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/200202-nigerian-senate-rejects-bill-seeking-gender-equality-marriage.html" target="_blank">it was in conflict</a> with the Nigerian Constitution and negates the principles of the Sharia law, which the Constitution recognizes</em>", this nonsense was spouted by Sani Yerima, a senator from Zamfara State who at the grand old age of 49 allegedly <a data-mce-href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/05/2010518858453672.html" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/05/2010518858453672.html" target="_blank">married a 13 year old girl</a>. Yup, THIRTEEN. To put that in perspective, a girl who's in JSS2 or JSS3...a CHILD. This was not his first foray into the rarefied annals of paedophilia, our Nigerian Constitution and Sharia Law upholding Senator also previously married a 15 year old girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A key provision of this bill was to introduce 18 a the minimum legal age for marriage though...so we get why our righteous lawmaker was antsy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now this conflict has been raging for a while, so you may wonder why I am just getting het up about it. I've been SEETHING for weeks, but the final straw was when someone called Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe representing Abia State, said...oh my God...somebody's son, husband, father...said that <a data-mce-href="http://pulse.ng/local/gender-equality-bill-senators-believe-law-will-turn-women-into-prostitutes-lesbians-id4918340.html" href="http://pulse.ng/local/gender-equality-bill-senators-believe-law-will-turn-women-into-prostitutes-lesbians-id4918340.html" target="_blank">the Bill was rejected out of fear</a> that it would turn women into prostitutes, lesbians and make them abdicate their responsibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It boggles the mind that a human being born of a woman (#NoMacduff) would spout such drivel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This opinion goes beyond the the walls of the Senate and extends its tentacles all over the world, there are several men, and women even, who truly believe women should have no say over their own bodies, lives or choices. Who believe that it is best a man makes all the important decisions for them. That we are lesser beings as a result of our gender. That we are incapable of thinking for ourselves. That we cannot handle freedom. That no amount of achievements, successes...anything, can make up for not being born a man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nigeria is pretty much THE most hypocritical society I have ever seen. People constantly seek to police other peoples bodies, choices, lives...while flagrantly engaged in similar or even worse acts. Is this Senator trying to say since men are considered superior and have all this freedom, they are also prostitutes and homosexuals just prancing around abdicating their responsibilities?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A man who grew up in a household watching his mother take care of the whole family, provide financially, deny herself pleasures to ensure her children are taken care of, turn a blind eye to her husbands infidelities and focus on her children, turn to God every day standing in the gap for her family...it is unbelievable to see such a man truly believe he is superior because he's a man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Not to say all women are model parents but more often than not, this is the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This issue may have been over flogged, but thankfully there are millions of women out there who are ready to beat this dead horse to life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Women who stay ready to protest, to write, to talk to their women, talk to their ignorant sisters, to use whatever pedestal or advantage they have to push the issue of gender inequality. This fight is not only for ourselves, it is for our daughters, grand daughters because it is our mothers and grandmothers...all the amazing women who came before us who ensured that today we can get into a car and drive wherever we want, we can go to university, own businesses, own property, leave our houses without our fathers permission, marry who we want, live alone, travel alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The memory of the scores of women who literally gave their lives for our cause ensures that we stay strong and united and never stop fighting to be recognized as human beings in our own right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Gender Equality Bill was thrown out at the 2nd Reading but it will surface again. In preparation for when it does, we Nigerian women have to get in formation (yaaasss Bey).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We need to organize, break down the false information surrounding feminism and women's rights and show people that it is to a society's advantage that women are empowered. Engage young girls actively to ensure they understand the kind of world they're growing up in and arm them with the tools to survive. Raise your sons to know and do better. Shame your men into joining the struggle. Vote out enemies of progress like Senator Yerima and Senator Abaribe, so those that come after them will know their constituents are watching them. Become active ourselves and hopefully one day be elected to such positions from where we can influence decisions concerning women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Your mothers, sisters, daughters, the ones that will come after you will thank you for putting yourselves on the line for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Remain vigilant, remain ready to fight. Complacency gets us killed, beaten, raped, abandoned.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Do not go gentle into that good night, rage against the dying of the light."</span></div>
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Before I moved here I researched the country massively but couldn't find any first hand information about it. Most of the details I could find on Malabo were written by foreign nationals, who are not usually the most reliable sources of information.</div>
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I mean, Trip Advisor has Metisse as the best Thai restaurant in Lagos...imagine. This information was of course got first-hand from expats.</div>
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Every morning I wake up to see a mountain wreathed in clouds, its just so different from what I'm used to. I haven't even done that much exploring but there are tons of natural sites to visit; white sand beaches, black sand beaches, rain forests, nature reserves, mountain hikes, waterfalls...I mean. I'm not the most outdoorsy person yet I'm raring to go. The potential for tourism in this country is limitless.</div>
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The city itself is very picturesque and has retained most of its Spanish colonial architecture. So many areas could have been transplanted in entirety from some Mediterranean city, so beautiful.</div>
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I forgot to mention in my last post but Malabo has 24/7/365 electricity, running at full current ALL the time. Before I got here I'd actually read something about its intermittent power supply and how most of its citizens relied on generators, which of course turned out to be fa-fa-fa-foul. I can't even remember where I read that now but if I find it I'm going to message the writer and tell him/her that he/she is a big fat liar.</div>
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Last week there was some sort of glitch somewhere and power at the office went out for a couple of hours. Everybody was so frantic, running around like Chicken Little, shouting that they hadn't had a power outage in over a year. I got a lot of hard stares when people passed my desk. Its common knowledge that I come from a country where the government couldn't give a toss if your meat spoils because your freezer hasn't had power in a week. There were low mutterings about me bringing them bad luck. Had to excuse myself and go home for about an hour to allow tempers cool off, which brings me to my next favorite thing...</div>
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<strong>Afternoon Siestas</strong></div>
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So business hours in Malabo are 8am-1pm and 4pm-7pm.</div>
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Basically the entire town shuts down at 1pm and re-opens at 4pm. In this time everybody goes home, picks kids from school, has long leisurely lunches, maybe even nap for a bit. </div>
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After this you're energized and you go back to work at 4pm brimming with vim and vigour. This is usually the case for stores, public buildings, most businesses really. For companies like mine, we have a shorter siesta period because we close on the dot of 5, so ours lasts just an hour. My house is so close to the office though that if I have a light work load most of the time I go home, eat, nap and come back to the office later.</div>
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This is regular ass red peppers, but they turn it into a sauce and do something to it here that makes it taste phenomenal. Its so amazing, you get a bowl of picante at any restaurant you go to with every meal. As a pepper loving Igbo girl, trust and believe that I'm on that tip daily. Even the finest of dining restaurants serve you picante with everything.</div>
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I don't think I'm portraying the awesomeness properly here even, you have to taste it to understand.</div>
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Its so popular that the Heinz ketchup with picante is sold here. I've only ever seen Heinz with chili and that was in the UK, not even in Nigeria. This is only the 2nd time in my life I'm seeing it.</div>
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There's plantain in Nigeria I know, but the plantain consumption here is on a different level. Fried plantain is to EG what jollof rice is to Nigeria, its pretty much the staple food here.</div>
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Like in Nigeria you can't get plantain at regular fast food places or really nice restaurants, but here its EVERYWHERE. Hotels, the best restaurants, roadside koro's, fast food joints, as bar snacks, always accompanied by a bowl of picante of course.</div>
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<strong>Its Easygoing Nature</strong></div>
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I don't know if its because everywhere is so close and there's only 300,00 people in the whole city so they don't have to struggle with traffic or because they get to sleep for 3 hours in the middle of the day, but everybody is so languid and easy going and things just get done a little slower. Its very unlike me to like a milder pace of things, what with being a typical Lagos girl with my love of its frenetic nature. But since I've been here I've become a little less angry, definitely calmer, less stressed and I guess its due to the fact that no one here is in a rush. I've come to appreciate a more languid pace in life. If I keep this up I might not be able to drive properly in Lagos anymore since you need to be Mad Max to survive on our streets.</div>
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<strong>The Languages</strong></div>
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Coming to Malabo I was really excited to learn Spanish, still am, even though I'm now learning from the school of life and not Duolingo anymore, but I didn't realize that I might pick up some other languages too.</div>
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Malabo has a massive expat population, people from all over the world speaking several languages. Equatorial Guinea itself has 3 official languages; Spanish, French and Portuguese...with Spanish being the official language. Most people can speak all three, plus a bit of English.</div>
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So you can have conversations taking place with people speaking up to 3,4 languages at once, any one you understand you'd just be responding to. Most of the time I conduct entire convos with people who speak a bit of everything and with my broken Spanish and French and their broken English we can honestly yap away for ages. Its helped me pick up a bit more French, very minimal Portuguese and surprisingly Hebrew.</div>
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Its a real life Tower of Babel and I love it.</div>
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<strong>My Friends</strong></div>
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I was VERY fortunate to land smack bang in the midst of super friendly people. I'm not the friendliest person and having to initiate new attachments or conversations are not very easy for me. I think this is probably why 99% of my friends are very gregarious and every outgoing people, therefore they were able to bring me out of my shell and basically impose friendship on me. If I met someone else like me...no poss. We'd just side-eye ourselves and keep it moving. But I seem to attract pretty insane, lovely people and Malabo is no exception.</div>
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Literally from Day 1 I fell in with a great crowd of people and I'd be lying if I said they hadn't helped to make my transition much easier.</div>
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<em>photo credits: www.enjoyequatorialguinea.com, www.bbc.co.uk, www.love2fly.iberia.com</em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">So two weeks ago when I wrote </span><a data-mce-href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-the-quintessential-lagos-experience/" href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-the-quintessential-lagos-experience/" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" target="_blank">THIS POST</a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> reminescing about all things Lagos you probably won't have guessed it was a last hurrah of some sorts.</span></h1>
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Not Guinea Bissau, not Papua New Guinea (I've gotten a lot of these recently), but Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa, which sits pretty, right on the Equator, hence the name.</div>
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<em>view from my office...the Basile Mountain. You can see the mountain from almost every location in Malabo. Unlike the scam that is the Eiffel Tower that Hollywood has deceived us into thinking you can see from every balcony in Paris.</em><br />
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I got a new job and it involved relocating to Malabo…indefinitely. Besides the fact that it was pretty much my dream job, I was up for an adventure and due for a prolonged change of scene so I jumped at it. A month and a half after I got the Offer, I was ready to pack up my life (7 suitcases) and move across the continent.</div>
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Shoutout to my company for being absolute bricks and handling my entire relocation. I had to cargo my suitcases via DHL and if I had to pay for it myself I'd have entered this country starkers. DHL was fantastic and got my stuff to Malabo in 3 days, my suitcases landed before I did even.</div>
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I also had to learn Spanish as that's the official language. Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish speaking country in Africa. Other languages are French, Portuguese and the native languages...one of which is Igbo :)</div>
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I've been using an app called Duolingo to learn Spanish and I'd picked up quite a bit but I feel enormously betrayed, because after studying for over a month I get here and find out I've been learning Latin American Spanish, but in EG they speak European Spanish. Pissed is an understatement to be honest. There are a lot of similarities so I can grasp basic things but in the long run 'd have to learn the correct Spanish to communicate effectively here.</div>
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I flew out of Port Harcourt because it was the only direct flight to EG, other options would have involved flying through Addis Ababa or as a friend of mine did once; he flew Lufthansa to Frankfurt, from Frankfurt to Abuja, then from Abuja to Malabo.</div>
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Basically it’s a bitch to get to.</div>
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Anyway Malabo is 35 minutes from PH. I was really bummed I didn’t get a picture of the city from the air because it was BEAUTIFUL. Picture a seaside resort from an Enid Blyton Book where the Famous Five would visit and solve some ridiculous crime and there’d be a corner shop selling ginger beer and sandwiches with bumbling adults. Well Malabo looks a bit like that from the air, without the bumbling adults. Next time sha.</div>
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The airport is small but very photogenic; it was a great first impression. I found it funny that after getting my luggage; Customs opened it up to search through. I thought that was only done in Nigeria, I need to apologize for all the racking I’ve done at Customs in Lagos over the years to prevent them from opening up my luggage.</div>
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First thing I saw when I got out of the airport…I cackled.</div>
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First impression I got of Malabo was one of extreme organization. There are obviously some not so picturesque areas as in every city, but everything you encounter as a foreigner seeing the city for the first time is pretty much fantastic. There’s no traffic, streets are clean, road network is amazing, no beggars, no hawkers, no annoying alternative vehicular traffic (read: okada and keke). Everything I’d read about the place prior to moving did not prepare me for what I saw honestly.</div>
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It’s a former Spanish colony and the Spanish influences are very evident everywhere. Not just the language, the buildings, the streets…everything. So many places could have been picked right out of a European city and dropped in Central Africa.</div>
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I got in last Monday, went to my flat, met my flatmates who are lovely and certifiable and have been showing me the best time since I've been here. Same day I got in one of my flatmates took me to the supermarket or <em>Supermercado </em>as they say to get some essentials. As I walked in, a wave of P-Square blasting out of the speakers washed over me and brought tears to my eyes, and then I saw these and instantly felt at home.</div>
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Went to the Hilton later that night for dinner. It might seem like I'm over-rhapsodizing about EG when I say this but the Hilton there is gorgeous. When I put it up on snapchat (LoveTWP), videos and all, everybody was asking me what exotic location I was at.</div>
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Spent the rest of my night unpacking and I brought my babies with me. I buy souvenirs from every city I go to; usually an ornament, a fridge magnet and a key-holder. I buy all three, and these have followed me from my dorm room in uni to my flat in Aberdeen, to my flat in London, to my parents house, to my flat in Lekki and now a house in Malabo.</div>
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Wonder where else we'll go.</div>
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I resumed work and when I say I lucked out in major way I am not exaggerating. I have the LOVELIEST colleagues and boss I've ever had in my professional life (no offense to everyone else I've worked with), but these people I've met here, who don't even speak the same language as I do, have gone over and beyond to make me feel safe and comfortable.</div>
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Honestly if not for the internet and phone service, this place is damn near perfect.</div>
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<em>Yeah, the internet is supernaturally awful, I will never again say anything negative about Swift or Etisalat again for as long as I live. Compared to what I'm facing here, they should put them up for Telecom Awards. That's how unbelievably bad it is, but God dey.</em></div>
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Magno has already become one of my staple places, the food is great, the wifi is passable, its 2 minutes from my house and I'm currently typing this post from there.</div>
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Malabo is a very expat community, the only locals I've met since I've been here are the ones that work at my office and the staff. My entire network is at least 90% expat. I feel it kind of gives me a limited view of the city. For example I'd go to all these places with my friends and all I saw were the dodgiest looking locals and I was just like "where are all the <em>alright </em>people". Then I twigged that if I were in Lagos and only went to Step Inn or Pat's Bar which are expat hotspots, I'd think that's what everybody in Lagos looked like. So now I'm a bit more open-minded about where I go to or people I meet.</div>
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Its also a very expensive city, because again..tons of expats, all the entertainment is geared towards the people that have dollars. For example I bought malaria medicine the other day for 68,000 CFA.</div>
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1 CFA is $500 so obviously I nearly had a coronary at the price...a coronary I'd definitely not be able to afford. I can't even afford to catch a cold here.</div>
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Also I planned to go to a beautiful island called Sipopo for Easter brunch at the Sofitel Hotel until they told me brunch cost 35,000 CFA.</div>
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Pay the equivalent of about $70 for brunch? When my stomach usually closes up after rolls and soup...I wasn't having that at all.</div>
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I've learned to shop like the locals and go to markets and street vendors to buy basic stuff and not go to the supermarket for plantains for instance, which are a staple here. I bought a bunch of 10 from a street vendor for 2,000 CFA, a little over N1,000, which is about what I'd get it for in Lagos. In the supermarket thought, that would probably have been about 4,000 CFA. So since my mama didn't raise no dosgbe, I got with the program ASAP.</div>
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Another of my biggest issues has been food. I'm a very picky eater and I pretty much eat the same things over and over again (I can eat rice and plantain every single day for the rest of my life and not be bothered. My stomach is like a goldfish's memory). But a lot of things are cooked differently here, its the same staples we eat in Nigeria but cooked very differently.</div>
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Its been a struggle finding food to eat that won't make me hurl, I've narrowed down the restaurants I can eat at (will do a post later on where to eat in Malabo, if you're ever able to make it in, lol) and I've been sticking to them.</div>
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The week passed pretty uneventfully, just work.</div>
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Oh yeah my commute to work...glorious. It takes me about 7-10 minutes to get to work every day. Malabo is a very tiny city, about 300,000 people (isn't that just the population of Admiralty Way?) and you can get around the whole city in about 2 hours. I've never felt so well rested in my entire life. Even when I worked in VI and lived in Lekki, my commute was a struggle. It could take me almost 30 minutes to get out of Lekki in the morning then I still had to face toll-gate traffic.</div>
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This past Easter weekend, my colleagues and flatmates again proved to be absolute champs and took me out every single day of the holiday.</div>
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Researching the city before I moved did not reveal a lot of information about entertainment and I wasn't really banking on having any Lagos style night outs but this weekend has proven me wrong.</div>
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I have had probably one of the most intense partying experiences I've ever had here and I've partied in some pretty amazing places. A social life wasn't high on my needs coming here because the work is so intense and I work 6 days a week, but it is nice to have a balance, and nightlife in Malabo may be limited in number but it ranks very high on experience.</div>
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We went to a restaurant called L'atelier for dinner</div>
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There was a live band at L'atelier that played mostly Nigerian songs but they didn't know the words, I guess because they don't speak English and these people boldly chopped mouth through half of the songs, I was in tears. Because their audience mostly speak Spanish or are expats from all over the world and don't know the songs they could get away with it, but unluckily for them I was in the building and just stood in front of the band judging heavily.</div>
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From L'atelier we went to an outdoor bar called Cafe Del Mar which was pretty chill. Packed to the rafters again with Nigerian music. I've heard more Nigerian music here than their own local music to be honest. Its EVERYWHERE. P-Square, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Yemi Alade and Kiss Daniels being the current favorites. Their music is on heavy rotation all the damn time.</div>
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We started out with drinks at my Old Faithful, Magno Suites</div>
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Then went on to a Casino later, again pretty chill. I don't gamble so I judged.</div>
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Found frozen yoghurt, I was in raptures!</div>
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Went on to a pool party/barbecue where I ACTUALLY SWAM.</div>
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Yes, shocker. I've only swam at two pool parties in my whole life. My 16th birthday and my friend Achenyo's pool party last year. I don't do pools but some weird spirit was upon me on Saturday and I didn't just dip a toe or a leg, full body immersion.</div>
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and had drinks at an Irish pub called Aviator where I got yelled at in Spanish by a lady of the night and I spent the whole time mumbling "<em>Los siento, por favor" </em>to avoid been roughed up. I don't even know what I was apologizing for, I just didn't know how I'd explain to my boss I'd gotten beat up by a prostitute in Old Malabo. So I just apologized profusely for breathing or whatever.</div>
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It was a major life decision to decide to pack it all in and move here indefinitely but so far I am not regretting it one bit and I'm so stoked I get to see more of Africa. It was one of my resolutions to travel within Africa more and when I made that resolution I definitely did not see this opportunity coming.</div>
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Equatorial Guinea is an amazing place to start because it is one of the most beautiful and picturesque countries in Africa and because its not open to the public a lot of it is untouched. Mountains, volcanoes, white sand beaches, camping, islands, nature reserves, its proximity to other African countries like Gabon, Sao Tome and Cameroon...</div>
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There's soo much to experience here and I've already started plotting travel moves for the year. There's no rush though, because I live here now so I can take my time and explore properly.</div>
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I've been here only a week but I am so ready for what the city and this experience will bring.</div>
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Career, life..everything is changing and I am here for it.</div>
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-48806092738604772792016-04-10T21:12:00.000+01:002016-04-10T21:28:24.494+01:00Re-post from Daks In The City: Career Advancement Through The Use Of Social Media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So in my last post on my blog ThirdWorldProfashional <a data-mce-href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/03/new-beginningsagain.html" href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/03/new-beginningsagain.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, I mentioned that I'd look into a post on how I used social media to further my career. This isn't a "how-to", in the sense that I'm not saying this is how it should be done, what I'm saying, is this is how I did it and if my method is able to help anyone then its all good.<br />
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In my entire career I've had three jobs, interspersed with internships at law firms while I was an undergraduate and as a Volunteer Legal Adviser at a non-profit during my LLM in Aberdeen.</div>
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My first proper job was during NYSC, as an Associate at a top 5 law firm in Lagos. I got that job because I had interned at the particular firm while I was at university and maintained a relationship with the staff and partners, so when I applied again for NYSC they were very glad to take me on for my trainee year.</div>
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After that I went off to get an LLM in Oil & Gas. After my LLM, I moved back to Nigeria and got a job at GE after a month. I got that job because a connection (whom I didn't know personally) reached out to me on LinkedIn saying she had heard so and so company had a vacancy and she thought my profile fit the requirements and would I like to apply for it. At the time I didn't even know what company it was, she just said it was an oil and gas servicing company. I applied, interviewed and was hired in two weeks.</div>
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I left GE three years later and started a Legal Consulting Firm called DAX Consult and expanded beyond my Oil and Gas niche to a Corporate Commercial Practice. LinkedIn was invaluable in helping me source transactions and helping clients find me. One of my biggest transactions was for a Gas to Power company in India and they found me on LinkedIn through a convoluted process by searching for "energy legal consultants in Nigeria".</div>
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I put my practice on hold to join a pan-African law firm in Equatorial Guinea, with 8 offices in 8 countries around the continent, and with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. As you know by now, I got this job by applying for the vacancy via LinkedIn. I applied on January 11th and got the Offer February 7th.</div>
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Besides my first job, the two companies I worked for subsequently were initially as a result of social media, most specifically LinkedIn. I didn't know anyone at any of those companies before or during my applications, nobody called in any favors for me, my parents didn't help out in any way despite the fact that they could but I never gave them any reason to. They were all got solely on merit. Not that there's anything wrong with getting help in a job search if you need it, I just want to dispel the belief that it is almost impossible to get a job in Nigeria or anywhere for that matter without some form of nepotism.</div>
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I cannot stress how important it is to have an updated, <em>truthful, </em>LinkedIn profile. Times have changed and the standard resume/cover letter hiring gambit is almost obsolete. Yes you still need all those things but the days when companies and hiring managers were shadowy figure sifting through tons of paper applications are over. Nowadays the company is on your Twitter feed, on Facebook, on LinkedIn. Hiring Managers are your e-friends. Your LinkedIn profile is your virtual resume. Make it as detailed as possible, cover every single ability or qualification you possess, you never know who might be searching for you.</div>
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I have the most amazing LinkedIn connections. I have searched for every and anybody in my field of practice and on the fringes and sent them requests. I may not even have a direct or present use for the person but the intention is to keep them within my sphere of observation in the event that sometime in the future I might need them or need someone that they may know and vice versa, and this has paid off umpteen times.</div>
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In real life I am not a typical effusive, ebullient person, I am very reserved and tend to not like to overstep boundaries or interact constantly, but online I am a socialite. I'll initiate conversations, I'll participate actively....there's no famzing on LinkedIn. You're there for a purpose and you've been given this opportunity to interact directly with people you'd never see on a normal basis. Use it.</div>
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This is all part of interacting online. When I see an interesting article written by one of my connections that is also useful, I'm right there commenting and liking aggressively. Sometimes it may be a bit difficult to initiate conversations with people you don't know but you can get them to notice you by commenting <em>intelligently </em>on something they've written. That can sometimes lead to a deeper professional connection. Also writing article of your own can't hurt. Ensure the topic is relevant, current and thoroughly researched. It can lead the right people to you and show them the persona beyond the profile.</div>
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This is something I did when I first left GE. In the short period between my leaving and starting DAX Consult, I thought I might like another job and proceeded to send out a whopping 479 messages to 479 different people requesting for opportunities. Someone reading this may have received one of my missives even, I was aggressive, I was thorough and it paid off massively. Through one of the responses to my email, I got the resources to completely flesh out my idea of going into legal consulting and starting my own business.</div>
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I tweaked this message for every individual person but this is the general format of what I sent out (g<em>uess I'm going to have to come up with someone else now since I've given this one out for free</em>)</div>
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<em>"Dear Mr/Ms/Mrs......., I'm aware we haven't been properly introduced and this probably isn't the best possible medium. I also realize approaching you like this is probably a little inappropriate. I am just reaching out in case there are any opportunities within your organization in the ---------------- functions. I can forward my resume as well. Please let me know, it'll be much appreciated. Thank you very much and anticipating your kind response." </em></div>
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I sent this message out in varying forms to 479 different people; CEOs, MDs, Hiring Managers etc and I got the most unbelievable responses. I got interviews, calls, encouragements...I had CEOs of top multinational companies, people I had only read about in the news call or message me personally to give all forms of advice or help. It was mind-blowing. A few of them were my initial clients with DAX Consult and several keep in touch till today.</div>
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In real life I'd find that excruciating, to walk up to someone and just reel out your elevator speech but online...I was Miss Congeniality. Striking up conversations right and left.</div>
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I put the word "invest" in that subtitle and not "pay" because LinkedIn Premium is a worthy investment. Some profiles are set up in a way that if you're not connected to them you can't send messages on LinkedIn, they can only receive "InMails" and you can only send an InMail if you're subscribed to a premium LinkedIn Service. Obviously, the more important a person is, the tighter their security is. So it is safe to assume that the really top professionals on LinkedIn won't have any old profile you can just message whenever you feel like it.</div>
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Other advantages of Premium are when you apply for a job, "you can use Applicant Insights to see how you compare to other applicants by seniority level, education, top skills, and more, so you can apply with confidence. When you eventually apply, your application hits the job poster's inbox along with several others but you come in at the top of the list, immediately drawing the poster's attention. You can also see who's viewed your profile in the last 90 days. Free members only see the last 5 viewers."</div>
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It costs $29.99 a month and its definitely a worthwhile investment.</div>
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Besides searching the 'jobs' tab on LinkedIn, its also a very good idea to download the Jobs App. Its a separate app from LinkedIn itself and it comprises of only vacancies. You can personalize it so you only get specific job alerts, say you're looking for "Engineering, Procurement and Construction jobs in Port-Harcourt", you can set it up that way and every time theres a vacancy in EPC in PH you get an alert.</div>
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This man however offered me free access to attend the seminar on all the days, the dinners, the networking drinks etc. You can imagine my face when I saw that email, like nah...which kain one chance be this. This seminar was worth $5,000 and he was offering me a chance to attend for free. I definitely asked why and he said he liked my profile and the interactions he had seen and he thought I'd benefit from the experience.</div>
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He didn't have to tell me twice, on the day I was ready in my best black dress, my bag bristling with business cards and my firm profile. I networked like mad and met a few noteworthy contacts at the seminar but something else also happened there that I didn't realize the impact of for a few months...I met my current boss.</div>
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He was a keynote speaker at the event and I wandered into a circle where he was talking to a few other people. At the time I'd heard of him and his firm, knew the work they were doing and was suitably impressed, so I stood there, listened to him expound on different views, offered my own opinions and moved on. Didn't think anything of it, didn't even think he noticed much less remembered who I was. Even when I saw the vacancy for my current position posted a few months later, I wasn't motivated enough to apply for it.</div>
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<i>I got a few comments on my last Genevieve <a href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-daks-in-a-new-city-malabo/" target="_blank">article</a> asking that I do a post on how I got my job and basically how I use LinkedIn effectively. That was the intention when I started this post but as you will see, things sort of went awry. So that will be the subject of a future post; How I have maximized social media in enhancing my career.</i></div>
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In the eight years since I've been writing this blog I've done a lot and you guys have been with me every step of the way.</div>
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Well I think we may be on our most exciting journey yet.</div>
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Last week I moved to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, I already chronicled the basics of the move on Daks In The City <a href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-daks-in-a-new-city-malabo/" target="_blank">HERE</a>, but TWP is my safe space and I wanted to fill you guys in on the BTS bits.</div>
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In the past 6 or so months I've written 2 personal-ish posts on TWP, when I'd usually write one every 3 years or so. What I find funny is that when I wrote the first one, I kind of did a round up of what was happening, what had changed, and then about 3 months later I had to do another update because shit had got real fast and the previous one was no longer valid. Now barely 2 months since I wrote my second update I have to do another one yet again because...beloved, a lot has changed yet again.</div>
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In <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/10/things-i-learned-in-2015.html#more" target="_blank">OCTOBER</a> and <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2016/01/new-year-old-me.html" target="_blank">JANUARY</a> I talked about changing lifestyle habits, career choices, personal habits and I thought I had my year mapped out, knew what to expect etc. </div>
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In the past year that I started my own legal consulting firm, as I mentioned, I had a few hits and tons of misses. Shout out to entrepreneurs everywhere, because you guys are the ultimate MVPs, I don't know how you do it.</div>
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I felt things were not progressing as I had planned and started to feel very disillusioned and like I had made the wrong choice...and yes I know success does not happen over night, but I couldn't help how I felt and frustration set it. Luckily I have my blessed release in writing and it helps loads, especially when I feel like my numerous degrees and certificates might as well be window dressing.</div>
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Then in December, I saw a vacancy on LinkedIn for a job in Equatorial Guinea, I initially balked because...<i>Equatorial freaking Guinea of course!</i></div>
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If I was ever going to leave Nigeria, Central Africa was definitely not on my top 50 locations to relocate to. I'd heard of the firm and knew it was excellent and it was exactly the type of job I'd dreamed of doing when I decided to study Oil and Gas Law; making an actual difference and not just reviewing interminable terms and conditions. I looked at the JD, it seemed hella daunting and I just thought "this isn't for me" so I shelved it. </div>
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Mid-January, my friend Achenyo sent the link to the application to me and told me to just give it a shot, this was a day to the closing date and I just thought "<i>what the hell</i>" and went for it. I applied via my LinkedIn profile, didn't even send a resume, so when I heard back from them in a week, shocked is putting it mildly, I was amazed. </div>
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I started the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes on <b>February 2nd</b> and I prayed like I'd never prayed before. In my mind I was like confession is possession and I started to give out my things in preparation for a move. </div>
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I put EG on my Google Alerts and read every single thing I could find on it, I subscribed to their Government website, followed all their officials on Social Media and immersed myself in this country that almost 3 weeks ago meant zero to me. I even downloaded a language app called Duolingo and started learning Spanish, lol.</div>
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The email was sent at 8pm but somehow I did not receive it until I'd finished my Novena for that day...at 2am. The very reason for the prayer was answered 7 days in. </div>
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I'm very averse to change, a typical Cancer I love to rhapsodize about the old days, I can spend hours just being nostalgic and the first thing that came to mind after reading that email was "<i>shit, what have I got myself into</i>". I had received the answer to my prayer and the old fear stepped in. Its a massively prestigious role at a massively prestigious firm and I couldn't believe they'd picked me. </div>
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I got a 2:1 in Law School and worked at one of the top law firms in Nigeria for NYSC. Immediately after that I left for the University of Aberdeen to get an LLM in Oil and Gas and graduated with a Merit and a Distinction in my thesis. I moved back to Nigeria and a month later, got a job as Legal Counsel in the Oil and Gas division of GE. I spent three years at GE and left last year to start a successful-ish (lol) legal consulting firm called DAX Consult.</div>
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I know how annoying it can be when you ask someone how they achieved something and all you hear is "<i>na God</i>". Yes I know you prayed but what were the practical steps you took to achieving your goal. I don't understand why people feel like helping someone light their candle will diminish their own flame. I've always been very open about my career path and I currently mentor about 7 girls, at various stages of their education and careers. I help them pick dissertation topics, give them research ideas, edit resumes and LinkedIn profiles and just generally help any way I can because I know if I had had that kind of help when I was younger, I wouldn't have hit so many dead ends, and had to figure out so much on my own. Plus helping them helps me as well, its a win-win situation.</div>
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From the outside, my path may look like it had been a bit easy, but its been very far from that. I had a major upset during my LLB which derailed me for an entire year. I spent 6 months job searching and battling bouts of depression while living in London after LLM graduation. This led to my decision to pack it in and move back to Nigeria, and I definitely floundered massively in the year since I left GE and set up shop on my own.</div>
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I had undergone a rigorous interview process by supremely intelligent people and they had decided to move me from Nigeria, offering me incentives I could only dream about, to their country to help them build the ultimate international firm. Based on that, nothing could shake my unwavering belief and faith in myself and my abilities.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It used to be a bit of a regular thing; <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/06/twp-x-bld.html" target="_blank">BLD</a>, <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2012/12/restaurant-review-pats-bar-restaurant.html" target="_blank">Pat's Bar</a>, <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2012/12/twp-restaurant-review-bar-campione.html" target="_blank">Bar Campione</a>, <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2012/12/restaurant-review-bottles.html" target="_blank">Bottles</a>....I even got blacklisted by a certain restaurant once because they didn''t like my review. Owner told a few mutual friends that I was no longer welcome in his restaurant. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lagos has a lot of great restaurants, every day a new one is being opened and the wealth of choices are widening, but Nok By Alara is by far THE best dining experience I've ever had in Lagos.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Something usually happens with Lagos restaurants, where they may check one or a couple of boxes but something always trips them off. The food might be great but it'll take hours to arrive. The surroundings might be tasteful and appealing but the service is shit. Or the prices are outrageous. They never get everything right.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The experience I had on Saturday night at Nok ticked all the boxes for me. The aesthetic was visually appealing, the ambience was lovely. The food came on time, each course after the other and every single thing was delicious. The drinks were great. The staff were courteous and attentive. The price point was fair. The crowd was good. The music was not overpowering.</span></div>
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The decor is lovely and minimalist and doesn't overwhelm the senses at all. We Nigerians like our flash, case in point...all those sofas with lions claws for legs...<i>why Lawd! </i></div>
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<b>ThirdWorldProfashional and Elpis Megalio have come together to give one TWP reader an outfit and a pair of shoes from Elpis Megalio!</b></div>
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My opinion of <a href="http://elpismegalio.com/" target="_blank">Elpis Megalio</a> was always that it was a very celebrity focused brand. </div>
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Seen on the likes of Omotola, Tonto Dikeh and Iyanya, I pegged it at that and didn't really pay attention to it until I want to the store one day and was blown away.</div>
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First off, every item of clothing in the store is made on the premises. Elpis Megalio provides bespoke, alteration and ready-to-wear services and they produce a new limited RTW collection every two weeks.</div>
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So they don't fall into the Nigerian brand trap of having one big blow-out collection a year with pieces still languishing on shelves 9 months later.<br />
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The RTW line is also divided into three; <i>Elpis Megalio, Efosa by Elpis Megalio and Elpis Megalio Luxury; </i>to meet every price point.</div>
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I just had to play dress up in the store and I spent an amazing afternoon trying on the most gorgeous clothes.</div>
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<b>Location - Elpis Megalio 15b Fatai Arobieke Street Lekki phase 1. 08109490000</b></div>
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<b>Photographer - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tobbinator/" target="_blank">Tobbinator</a> for <a href="http://tcdconcept.com/photography/" target="_blank">TCD Photography</a></b></div>
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<b>Make-up - Beat By Daks :)</b></div>
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I felt so Swingin' Sixties in this dress!</div>
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The Elpis Megallio brand is not just restricted to clothes, they also make leather goods (shoes/bags) and accessories.</div>
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<a href="http://elpismegalio.com/" target="_blank">Elpis Megalio</a> is at 15b Fatai Arobieke Street Lekki phase 1, 08109490000<br />
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-70263901909949463022016-02-12T21:19:00.000+01:002016-02-12T21:20:39.117+01:00So Cliché...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One time I wore red on Valentine's Day, completely by accident. </div>
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But whether I like it or not, red is the 'official' color of Valentines Day and the bad belle in me decided to give a not so subtle nod to that flaming vermillion.</div>
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Dress: ASOS </div>
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Shoes: <a href="http://www.konga.com/gbemisoke" target="_blank">Gbemisoke</a></div>
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Make-Up: Beat By Daks (Me!)</div>
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Location: <a href="http://www.bicsgarden.com/" target="_blank">BICS Gardens Lekki</a></div>
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Had my eye on these Gbemisoke pumps for a while, even did a post on the brand a few months ago <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/05/gbemisoke-shoes-by-gbemi-olateru.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I received this pair last week and I loved them so much I ordered two more! They are SUPER comfortable and trust that comfort is a big issue for me when it comes to shoes, I have flat feet and cannot wear uncomfortable shoes for love or money. </div>
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Shoutout to Ola of BICS Gardens for being an absolute star!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For years I've gotten comments and emails off and on about doing a post based on my skincare routine. I never did because besides a bout of teenage acne, I had pretty good skin, and up until November 2014 it was simply soap, water and moisturizer...nothing fancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Things changed drastically in April of 2014 when I decided I needed to accelerate my hair growth. I have long hair but its always been really thin and early last year I started to see ads about a particular vitamin which could not only grow your hair at a stupendous rate but it could also make it thicker and fuller. I bit the bullet and signed a contract with the devil aka Hairfinity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I used Hairfinity for only two months and in that time my hair grew...yes, but my skin also fell apart. I started to break out and it wasn't a light smattering of spots or the standard one or two zits when Aunt Flo is on her way...but huge, rep destroying pimples, all over my face. At first I didn't connect the facial apocalypse I was undergoing to the vitamins I was taking but after reading reviews on the internet and hearing personal testimonies, it dawned on me that it was Hairfinity whodunnit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Even after I stopped taking Hairfinity I continued to break out horribly for the next 6 months. Things came to a head at about October 2014 when I went on holiday to Las Vegas and the dry desert air joined in increasing the havoc my skin was undergoing. At that point I knew drastic measures had to be put into place and finally, reluctantly decided to map out a skincare regimen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I really didn't want to use anything specifically for acne as I was trying to avoid the dependency issue (hello Proactiv), so luckily, at that time my mother had just started using Olay's range of Regenerist products and even though I had never considered using anti-aging products while in my twenties (r<b>ead my Genevieve article about making a case for starting anti-aging products before you actually need it <a href="http://genevieveng.com/17026-2/" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</b>, I decided to give it a try and within 3 months, my face had cleared up to the extent I was going about bare-faced 24/7 and even went for a visa appointment without a smidge of makeup. I kept getting compliments about how clear and even-toned my skin was. I'm now the biggest believer in adopting a good skincare routine and STICKING to it, because you can't be flitting from one to the other, you need to stick it out, a lot of products take a bit of time before you start to see results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This is basically the routine I adopted and I am still using currently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I swear by Crusader soap, like I can stake my life on its skin clearing abilities. I started using Crusader when I was about 14 or 15 and had really awful teenage acne and I've used it ever since. it can be really harsh so if you have very sensitive skin I won't advise you use it without the recommendation of a dermatologist, but it works wonders for me. For the first week or so after I started, my skin got super dry and started to peel, basically I was a mess. But by week 3, what lay underneath all the dry skin was revealed and it was pretty damn perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Its a scrub and cleanser in one and d<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">etoxifies with deep cleansing and exfoliation, without drying out my skin. Its also really great for diminishing pores</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">. Its pretty much the mildest, most effective scrub I've ever used.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Now this is where the anti-aging magic comes into place. The serum is supposed to make your skin firmer and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Now on an older person with actual wrinkles, you'd easily be able to judge its effect,s but I'm still at baby's bottom facial level...so no wrinkles and my skin is still super elastic. I did notice my skin tone evened out very quickly, but I can't judge the firmness at all. But I know if I stay ready I never have to get ready.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This baby is very rich and my skin literally feels like its drinking water when I'm applying it, and at the same time its oddly light. So my pores don't feel clogged and my face doesn't have that shiny, oily feel. Its supposed to "delay the need for a cosmetic procedure", so I guess while everyone else is at Dr. Miami sorting out facelifts I'll be eating ice-cream :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;">Standard Regenerist format; it brightens the skin around the eyes and leaves skin looking firmer, reducing fine lines and wrinkles. This actually kicks butt when it comes to those pesky bags. Bad news is its not sold on its own and I usually buy it in a 3-step pack with the Microsculpting serum and moisturizer, but I think there's an <a href="http://www.olay.com/en-us/skin-care-products/regenerist-micro-sculpting-eyeswirl-eye-cream" target="_blank">EyeSwirl eye cream</a> which does the same job.</span><br />
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-10593167384498744062016-01-06T10:22:00.000+01:002016-01-06T10:23:19.289+01:00TWP x Zazaii Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The holidays are over, bank account looking like the Mojave, and the January blues have set in. But Aunty TWP says "not today Satan", my people will flourish in 2016...</div>
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ThirdWorldProfashional and multi-brand concept store Zazaii have come together to give my awesome Profashionals a whopping N50,000 gift card to spend in-store at Zazaii. </div>
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<a href="http://zazaii.com/" target="_blank">Zazaii</a> founded by <b>Isoken Ogiemwonyi</b>, is a re-invention of the pioneering L'Espace concept and stocks contemporary ready-to-wear womenswear, menswear and accessories from foremost African fashion, lifestyle and beauty brands like; <b>Andrea Iyamah, Ariaba, Arimex Wines, Beatrice Black Atari, Blinx Lashes, Cadence, Cadence, Cam Cam Sweets, Chechi Arinze, Cookie Skin, Denaki Lingerie, Didi Creations, Eve & Tribe, Grey, House of Nwocha, House of Tara, Sanusi Lagos, Things Nigerians Love....among others.</b></div>
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<b>1. You must follow me (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lovetwp/" target="_blank">@LoveTWP</a>) and Zazaii (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/experiencezazaii/" target="_blank">@ExperienceZazaii</a>) on Instagram and Twitter</b></div>
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The Giveaway closes on Friday 8th January 2016 at 12pm. </div>
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The winner will be chosen randomly (<b>via the comments on this post</b>) and announced the same day at 4pm. Just in time for you to dash down to Zazaii and sort out gear for your weekend rocks.</div>
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Zazaii is at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/''/zazaii+address/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x103bf530230d67b3:0xd3049370636fa7f7?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFnKrE-pPKAhUGfhoKHaeCBWkQ9RcIcjAM" target="_blank">36 Balarabe Musa crescent off Ozumba Mbadiwe street, Victoria Island, Lagos.</a></div>
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-1154810148713158502016-01-04T00:41:00.000+01:002016-01-04T10:38:07.737+01:00New Year, Old Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I like the me that I was back in 2015, don't see why I have to become someone new because Pope Gregory XIII created the modern Gregorian calendar to get one over Julius Ceaser.</div>
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I already did a recap of my year back in October <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/10/things-i-learned-in-2015.html#more" target="_blank">HERE</a> and I really didn't think anything monumental would happen in the last 2 months of the year, but boy was I wrong.</div>
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I did two fantastic campaigns for <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/12/short-story.html" target="_blank">Forte Oil</a> and <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/2015/12/vlisco-campaign-christmas-to-remember.html" target="_blank">Vlisco</a>. </div>
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Interviewed <a href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-interview-with-bonang-matheba/" target="_blank">Bonang Matheba</a> and <a href="http://genevieveng.com/daks-in-the-city-interview-with-claire-sulmers-of-the-fashionbomb-daily/" target="_blank">Claire Sulmers</a> for my column Daks In The City </div>
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....and this was just in the last two months of the year, when I thought I'd already shut up shop.</div>
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When I tell you my year ended on a high ehn, not even joking at all.</div>
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The fact that I have all you amazing people reading, commenting, liking and sharing has contributed a whole lot to the opportunities I've gotten this year. If not for all the awesome Profashionals out there, my blogging would be the equivalent of talking to a blank wall, but because of you guys my voice is heard...and valued, and I am eternally grateful</div>
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I've been saying it and I'll keep saying, 2015 was a hell of a year.</div>
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I took so many leaps of faith; failed, succeeded, cried TONS, laughed A LOT. Got into all sorts of debauchery and found God in the unlikeliest of places. </div>
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A rollercoaster and a half I tell you.</div>
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I got into a lot last year, if I were feeling lazy I'd direct you to my <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/p/contact_18.html" target="_blank">ABOUT </a>page...but I'm not, so I'll tell you.</div>
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For the past three years I'd worked as Legal Counsel for the Oil & Gas division of an American multinational company. I left in the first quarter of 2015 and started my own legal advisory and consulting firm; DAX Consult. Since I had more free time on my hands, I also decided to stop treating blogging like a hobby but fully concentrate on it as an actual business and expand the Third World Profashional brand. I also switched gears from writing for <a href="http://www.thirdworldprofashional.com/search/label/Guardian%20Life" target="_blank">Guardian Life Magazine</a>, to writing for <a href="http://genevieveng.com/tag/daks-in-the-city/" target="_blank">Genevieve Magazine</a>. </div>
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I've never really been an entrepreneur before, I mean I sold contact lenses one time in first year of university...but that doesn't really count. I've always been a wage earner not a wage creator so transitioning from a company with a structure and an employment plan to winging it on my own was DIFFICULT. I suddenly had to hustle and I had no idea how to do it. </div>
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The hustle was not only relegated to Law, blogging became a hustle as well. I've been blogging for 7 years, I started when I was in Law School and kept it going through Law School, NYSC, Masters, work...as important as it was to me it had only ever been a side gig, a hobby more like. Now it became a job and I had to treat it the way I'd treat any other job, so just blogging lazily from the sidelines was no longer acceptable. I had to ramp up engagement on social media, network, create more content and establish more brand relationships. </div>
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My fear with going full on pro blogger was the public status aspect of it. I know it doesn't come across that way but having to be front and center like some sort of quasi-celebrity does not appeal to me in the least. But its a necessary aspect of being a lifestyle blogger and I've had to push that fear away and step up to the plate.</div>
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I will always be eternally grateful to my parents because they pretty much kept me afloat in the entire time I was drifting, trying to figure out my next step and exactly what I wanted out of life.</div>
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By December 2015, I think I'd figured it out...partly anyway.</div>
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That's why I don't really want to change with the new year, I mean I know I'd have to change gradually as I get older but right now I really like the girl I've become...</div>
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CEO, Blogger, Writer, Fitness Enthusiast, Health Nut(-ish), Tolerant, Confident, Devout Catholic, Traveler, Friend, Risk-Taker...</div>
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May 2016 be our best year yet and may it be filled with happiness, peace, opportunities, success and good health.</div>
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Third World Profashionalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472833196946572256noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573074563072673741.post-51513709852868463462015-12-29T07:57:00.000+01:002016-01-01T15:18:24.999+01:00OOTD: Cocktails With Claire At Meidei<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here we had two separate outings for Cocktails With Claire in Lagos. The first one was during the day at Meidei, a multi-brand store in Lekki, Lagos stocking diverse African labels, and the second event was in the evening at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lagos.</div>
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So I recently did a shoot with international fabric brand, <a href="https://www.vlisco.com/en/catalog/all-fabrics/?gclid=CJWrooiW9MkCFcvpwgodKZgM0w" target="_blank">Vlisco</a> and <a href="http://www.stylevitae.com/" target="_blank">Style Vitae</a> to celebrate the launch of the Vlisco Christmas collection with Noble Igwe, Samantha Dimka and Bolanle Olukanni. The campaign titled 'A Christmas To Remember', was aimed at celebrating the brand's uniqueness, creativity and complete interpretation of the true African fabric.</div>
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The campaign was shot by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aep_photography/" target="_blank">Alistair Englebert Preston</a> with outfits created by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/moofadesigns/" target="_blank">Moofa Designs</a>.</div>
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To crown the campaign, Vlisco and Style Vitae hosted fashion bloggers, designers, customers, style connoisseurs and more industry pros to its Vlisco Style Sunday at the poolside, Blowfish Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.</div>
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The Vlisco Style Sunday was a day set aside to appreciate, inspire and have fun in the spirit of Christmas.</div>
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According to Adaeze Alilonu (Marketing Manager, Vlisco Nigeria) - "The idea of the campaign was to show how versatile, fun and edgy Vlisco fabric is for men and women, this was depicted in the campaign creatively by Noble Igwe and his team,"</div>
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I really enjoyed working on this campaign, the Vlisco team were so fun and encouraging, the fabrics were amazing and has now totally ignited a love for print in me. Will definitely be getting more Vlisco.</div>
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So I'm off to my village; Arondizuogu in Imo State this weekend. I'm definitely excited, my cousins are going to be around, there are weddings, parties...oodles of activity and to accompany all this will be food, lots of it.</div>
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See I go to the gym 4 times a week, I don't do a lot of cardio because I shed weight really quickly so I stick to weight training. I go hard at my workouts because I find it very difficult to stick to a clean eating schedule. I've managed to completely cut out soda and some carbs but I largely still eat whatever I want. So to offset all the crap I eat, I beast it in the gym from Monday to Thursday for at least 2 - 3 hours per day.<br />
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Now my very legitimate fear with going to the village is that there is going to be tons of food, which by virtue of my being a gully I have to have, but where I'd normally eat then spend 3 hours at the gym the next day, this can't work in the village. No gym...nada.</div>
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I came up with a few easy steps to take to be able to enjoy my Christmas feasts while not neglecting my body.</div>
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You can actually eat as much as you like if you're able to discipline yourself to spread it throughout the day. Eating several small meals throughout the day helps to increase your metabolism and break food down faster. So instead of 2-3 big meals, have about 4-5 smaller meals. You'll feel more full and eat less.</div>
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Eating slowly is also invaluable as the stomach takes a while to communicate to the brain that its full, so if you're a fast eater like me, you could actually outrun your brain and eat way past your capability before you realize that you're actually full.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">This is a trick my trainer taught when I complained of how bloated I constantly got, even from the smallest of meals. You basically do side or front crunches before you eat and after you eat. This tightens your stomach walls so you don't consume as much food because your stomach has contracted. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">You can actually do this while seated; "</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sit tall with knees bent and together (focus on squeezing inner thighs together for more muscular activation), toes pointed, hands behind head. Brace abs in tight and hinge back until just shoulder blades are lightly touching the back of the chair. Bring body forward, crossing right elbow to the outside of left knee. Return to start."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Not being able to go to the gym is going to be very difficult for me so I have to find other ways to stay active so I don't undo all the good work I've done this year. My workouts are usually high intensity ones lasting for about 2 hours but I can't do that over the holidays, so the only solution is to do short bursts of high intensity workouts, reducing my usual time to 30 minutes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I've put together a quick interval circuit routine lasting me only 30 minutes, all of these for only 2 sets of 10 reps:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">"Stand with the feet shoulder width apart. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Squat</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> down as if you were performing a normal </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">squat</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">. Engage your core and </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">jump</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> in the air explosively. On landing lower the body back into the </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">squat</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> position and that is 1 rep"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">"Stand with your feet hip width apart and your arms down by your side. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Lower into a squat position with your hands flat on the floor in front of you. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Kick your legs backwards into a press up position and lower your chest to the floor. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Push your chest back up to the press up position thrust both feet forward so you are back in the squat position. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Jump up and raise both hands over your head" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">"Assume a press up position so your hands are directly under your chest at shoulder width apart with straight arms. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Your body should form a straight line from your shoulders to your ankles. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Lift your right foot off the floor and slowly raise your knee as close to your chest as you can. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Return to the starting position and repeat with your left leg. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">Continue alternating for the desired number of reps or time." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">"Start by getting into a press up position. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Bend your elbows and rest your weight ono your forearms and not on your hands. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Your body should form a straight line from shoulders to ankles. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Engage your core by sucking your belly button into your spine. </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Hold this position for the prescribed time.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Its going to be super difficult with all the ugba, </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">pepper soup, rice, palm wine etc that's going to be on deck in the village, but the aim is to really try and stick to a regimen so I can avoid the January gym guilt that usually hits most people. So when I get back after my trip I'm not struggling to catch up in the gym.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><i>credits: zesterdaily.com, munfitnessblog.com, 30dayfitnesschallenges.com, francescavdwerf.com, newhealthguide.org</i></span></span></div>
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