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A Love Note

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This is a short love note. I hope you open this and read what my heart has to whisper into your ears. The one thing I desire in my life is the type of love that is true and beautiful. A love note I want what is true and genuine, the type of love that eases the soul and enthralls the body, a worthwhile relationship that doesn’t entangle in uncertainty and fear, but instead discipline, structure, and purpose. The admirable type of love that is designed to unravel one day at a time- to close my eyes and see my lover, to behold you within the four walls of my heart. Lovers. Nothing missing nor broken, just love that is intense with fierce impetus. Cheers, my baby, and you’ll always be my favorite no matter where I go in this world.

The Everyday Life: Embrace The Journey

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Document your trip through life; every single milestone of your life. Your life is your number one business, and you should treat it as the most important thing that will ever happen to you. These are little moments that define some of the major parts of our everyday life- thankful for what we have now, appreciating the journey, and believing in creating a worthwhile future. Matinkyla beach Embrace the breeze as the wind billows, and listen to your heart palpitate as you transcend through this exhilarating experience that we call life. Feel alive one more time, this life belongs to you and me, we only have one life to live, and to feel alive, we will.  I admonish you to feel alive one more time, to live and to dream again- call your loved ones, reach out to your old friends, learn that course and upskill, put a smile on a stranger’s face, and do what is in your heart as our time here on earth is quite limited. The life we have now is only as beautiful as the minute is.  ...

Tribalism: Understanding The Importance of Your Fellow Countrymen

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  The thing about tribalism is that it eats deep into our system. Tribalism is the proverbial insect in the vegetable, instigating mental and emotional ailments. Tribalism is unhealthy to both the plant and the consumer. Tribalism hinders progress and fails to propel a society, continent, or nation toward unity, conviviality, and development. Tribalism serves little to no purpose; it doesn’t propel national development, nor does it bring about any form of meaningful existence to the lives of those who practice it. Multiculturalism is designed to beautify and promote unity in our communities; tribalism breeds resentment and division- where there is separation, progress is disregarded and abandoned without achieving any worthwhile results. The Rock Tribalism makes life difficult and makes it impossible to dwell peacefully in a community as friends, family, acquaintances, and fellow countrymen. Our language and ethnicity might suffer; however, we are of similar genealogy, race, and ...

Squid Game 3: Suicide, other notable events that happened in concluding season

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  The third part of the voraciously anticipated Netflix series, Squid Game, debuted on Friday, June 27. The theme of suicide and self-harm was predominant throughout the third season of Squid Game. Lead character, Gi-hun, a previous winner who returned to the game to ‘destroy’ the organization from the inside, took his own life in the concluding episode of season three. Moments before taking his own life, Gi-hun said, “ We are not horses, we are humans and the humans are... ." before jumping off the cliff to sacrifice himself over the baby. The producers of the show mentioned that season three will be serving as the final part of the series. The series, which peaked in 2021, received predominantly negative reviews from pundits and social media commentators. Backstory: Squid Game In 2021, Squid Game, a Netflix original series, gained immediate success following its debut on the movie streaming platform. It was one of the most prominent stories on Netflix, social media com...

Oodi: A visit to Helsinki central library (PHOTO STORY)

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  I was fortunate to visit the Oodi library in Helsinki last week. It was awe-inspiring to follow the architecture, structure, and compartmentalization of the building. It’s somewhere I’d encourage everyone to visit and enjoy the experience; it’s worthwhile. If you are bored and looking to relax, or you want to impress your date with your artistic skills, the Oodi library is the place that you should visit. Unlike other libraries that are predominantly only for studying, at Oodi library, you can create music, meet robots and learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI), become a day fashion designer, among several other things. The Oodi library guidebook What You Should Know About Oodi Library The impressive staircase in Oodi In Finland, every municipality and city has a library. In total, there are over 800 libraries in the country, and as of the time of this report, there are 1.9 million cards. Oodi is one of the nearly 40 libraries in Helsinki city library network, and a par...

Japa: The sexiest thing about travelling abroad

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  When you travel abroad, you realise that it is possible to have a 24/7 power supply, and there is something called a ‘ zebra crossing ’. There is orderliness in the society, and these petty things are sexy, not in the form of coitus or sensually, but I mean it arouses the strand of hair on your skin, this is sexy, fam! Now that you are here, I would like to extend my congratulations to you. You have made it abroad; I welcome you to the new phase of your life. You’re overseas, welcome to Amsterdam , Berlin, London, Helsinki, or wherever you migrate to. You have prayed for this moment, talked to God about your desires to fly to Bakersfield and watch the rooftops of beautiful cities, escape from the heinous and nefarious ideologies you have known the entirety of your life- you are here now, big sexy. Bola Ahmed Tinubu chilling in France (Photo Credit: X) Before your departure at Muritala Muhammadu Airport , you didn’t know what to expect; you just took faith in the new phase, yo...

UPRISING INTERVIEW: 'Beyond The Black Skin'- Meet the Enigmatic Artist, Olamide Jasanya

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  Olamide Jasanya is one of the finest visual artists to emerge from Nigeria. In this interview with the leading documentation channel, the Uprising Platform, Olamide Jasanya will be talking about his journey through the years and how he has been able to impact his generation through his creativity and ideology. Background and Inspiration Can you tell us a bit about your journey as a visual artist? How did it all begin? My journey into visual art wasn’t a straight path — it was more like a gentle unfolding of self. I’ve always had a creative soul, but for years, I channelled that energy into performing arts, which was what I studied for my Bachelor's, communication and storytelling through words, which was what I did for my 9-5. Olumide Jasanya  It wasn't until a period of personal stillness during the pandemic that I truly reconnected with painting. What began as therapy became expression, and expression soon evolved into passion. My early works were raw and intuitive,...