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On Trust me: The False Prophet

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  I had written about Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey documentary about 3 years ago but somewhere in the back of my mind, I always wondered what happened to the community when their head honcho (Warren Jeffs) was still manipulating from jail by sending these edicts.  Well, Netflix heard my inner thoughts because this new documentary, (Trust me: The False Prophet) is kind of a follow up. So because Warren Jeffs wasn't getting any action in prison, dude legit banned his followers from procreating. Yes, even married folks. This was someone who had earlier dictated that every year, there should be a new child in each family.  And no surprises, another man who thinks himself God assistant took on the community to continue the nuisance. Why? Oh because he couldn't keep it in his pants with the ridiculous edicts. So he branched off his new group called Samuelite. And I'm trying, really trying hard to have empathy for the older adults in the room but it's hard cos wow, this brain? T...
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On the Church as Business Venture

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  Ever since I started seeing the church primarily as a business venture, I stopped wasting my breath postulating about tithing and the role of the church in humanitarianism.  I mean, let's observe Pastor Jerry objectively. All that shouting and screaming praying sessions are amazing workout sessions. And they're HIIT sessions not even LISS. I estimate nothing less than 400 calories being expended per session. If only I can stand all the screaming, I'd probably even add to my fitness routine on days where I am not able to do road walk. His ministry being primarily digital from onset? Brilliant strategy. The community he's built, the devotion... I can't help but admire the business venture. That YouTube money must be very very long and I can't help but respect the hustle. Apart from oil and gas, traditional banks, and fintechs, I'm not sure there are booming sectors like the church in Nigeria.  And they're providing a service, let's be objective, they...
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On Divine Grace and Forgiveness

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  I wrote something similar about pedophilic Jeffery Dahmer that not only abused and killed young boys, he ate them. Like sliced them like beef and kept in his fridge. And when he was eventually imprisoned, he repented, got baptized by a priest and from many indications, was having his Bible sessions daily with the priest and changing his ways??. And I just can't wrap my head around it. Sure, Jesus told the other thief, "today you'd be with me in paradise" and all of that but genuinely, it doesn't fucking make sense that just repenting absolves people of punishment.  When I was younger, I'd be spitting fire and brimstone arguing against the Catholicism belief in the purgatory but as an adult, that is more logical to me than someone lying just before demise would immediately castigate them to hell. While the worst of the human demons could repent and everything is then a clean slate. So if someone like fucking Jeffery Dahmer is going to heaven, then miss me wi...
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On Artemis II mission

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Consider the enormity of earth from this Artemis II exploration. And the tininess of this dot from the above image. This universe is incomprehensible and I can't even begin to wrap my head over the vastness and our mere existence on earth. I saw a comment on Reddit about the Farthest documentary that a lady said that after the film, she went to flick a speck of dust from the canvas before realising that's our entire earth in an image. You can't help and wonder how minuscule, just infinitesimally small we are. Meanwhile, the ocean is about 70% of the earth's surface. Humans have barely tranversed 5% of the ocean and from what I saw online, about 80% remain unmapped. On the atheists on Reddit... I would describe them as insufferable more of... I mean I would wager the astronauts should even be more religious. Cos being out of this space makes the marvel of all that we are more incredulous. I can't even imagine seeing earth and not shudder on the magnitude of the unive...
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On Caroline Girvan's Influence

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Left: My trainer’s legs who has 20 years of workout experience. Right: My legs after following her programmes for 9 months now. I'm seeing my thighs definition (that's if WhatsApp haven't butchered the image quality). But my thighs were previously hanging/droopy thighs from excess adipose tissue. Now they're  firm and this is just from working out from home.  Caroline Girvan is the GOAT. I won't stop recommending her, she's the real deal. If you've been thinking of strength training and you can't afford the gym yet, start with Grow with Jo and progress to Caroline.  I'm very satisfied with my results with my measly 3kg pair and 6kg pair dumbbells. And I will keep progressively overloading the dumbbells when I get the financial capacity to do so.  Honestly, she is the only thing I kept consistent this March cos between multiple application rejections, being ill with malaria and house hunting, March didn't quite go well for me. But it's well. W...
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On Golden Kiss by Beguile by Ọma

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It took 5 years but here we are. 5 years for Seduction to have not just a competition but get itself knocked out of my being my favourite perfume. I got the new release by Beguile by Ọma, Golden Kiss. I wasn't really tempted to buy it first cos of the cost and I was looking at being financially prudent. But luckily I got some monetary gifts during my birthday and having come out of a malaria ailment and getting a few client gigs, I figured I should splurge on something. And the only thing I really had interest in getting is it. It's currently my most perfume spend yet but totally worth it.  How do I describe the scent profile? Literally, it's a sweet floral scent. But to evoke the emotions, it smells luxurious. Like you see those old money aesthetics and being put together. Like someone aptly described it, "it smells like the woman I want to be." That's the vibe it gives. The notes are giving vintage perfume vibes but not in that granny (coughs in Coco Channel...
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On What is Success for me in 2026?

I think I grew up too fast. I don't know, I suppose I reached a level of maturity in terms of intellect early cos it's surreal at 21, this was my version of success. I ended up winning best writing of the year for the same article I was referring to. Remember that thing I mentioned about envy being a fuel for me? I'm telling you, you need to start seeing envy as a fuel. I don't believe in it being sin and all of that bullshit. It's downright motivation for me. I had more audacity at 20 and 21 years old than I did at 24 and 25. Well, thank God for previous writings cos I go back to it and I get myself right back. I have mentioned I can't be more satisfied than I am daily. Nothing external can make me happier than I normally am. It's a state of being thanks to my younger self for reading Marcus Aurelius That's not to say I don't feel bad some days. The way I was venting to Ada yesterday, you'd have thought that woe is me and all of that. But that...
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