Golden Duck - GABRIELLE UNION

Previous episode on Golden Duck here

GABRIELLE UNION

Hey!! Don't Judge me! "If I was so happy with charming, how come there was Gabrielle Union?!" Charming and I were amazing together, we had a lovely time together.. But we grew apart. From distance, to time.. It was a lot of strain to get back from.

See, after my amazing time with charming, I had this... Confidence around me.. This vibe (I'm avoiding using the word 'charm' so it doesn't sound like a cliche) around me that boosted my self esteem.. I was bolder, stronger... and sexier..

It was like a high. And guys, there's only one thing I know ladies have in common with dogs; they can sense your confidence, and it's attractive.

Golden Duck - CHARMING

Previous episode on Golden Duck here

CHARMING

The next year brought a new change in my life as my entire family moved to a new house. Farther away from Rachael and all those emotional ‘BS’. It was an avenue to start afresh; I wasn't even thinking about all those kinda things as I had school on my mind with how to survive from seniors and still graduate with a good enough result.

5 years went by so fast as I finished sec. school and I found myself in year 2 of University.. Still a golden duck that hadn't even had his first kiss. I never really bothered about it.. Even with friends around me that gave tales of their many escapades with girls. Yeah, I was up for trying again, but I wasn't going to go out of my comfort zone.

Facebook CEO In Nigeria

The seventh wealthiest man in the world came into Nigeria discreetly on Tuesday afternoon after spending Monday in Rome, Italy, where he also met Pope Francis

Top tweet from @BBCAfrica:

Apple to pay 13 billion euros in tax

The European Union on Tuesday hit Apple with a $14.5 billion tax penalty, ruling its deal with Ireland was illegal.

EU antitrust regulators say the 13 billion euro payment to Ireland could be slashed if other countries, including the US, demand the company pay more within their own jurisdictions, the European Commission announced in a statement.

The 18 Things To Accomplish Before Turning 30

I saw this post on LinkedIn and decided to share because I liked most of the things in it and thought it was a good read. Soooo, happy reading:

Ref: Forbes

I read this “17 Things To Accomplish Before You’re 30” article earlier this year and thought to myself “is that really it?” Are those really the experiences I would stand behind as the accomplishments of my 20s?

So, in the name of August birthdays, I reached out to some of my favourite friends, role models, business owners, and pre-1986’ers to see what their take on the question “what would you advise others to ‘accomplish’ by the time they are 30.”

This was the list we created:

The Golden Duck

From Benny:

 As a late bloomer in life, I got to experience pleasures late in life. While I was enjoying the pleasures of toys  and action figures, my mates were already on cartoons, while I was watching cartoons, they were already inclined with sports. As such it was no surprise to me that I didn't have any idea about the whole dating experience when they were already veterans in it.

However, my first experience with affections for the opposite sex was in Js 3 when I became... "aware" about this particular girl; I was literally obsessed with Rachael. She was a family friend who attended the same church I did. After the whole junior WAEC exams, we were given 5 months break of some sort to stay at home and await results.

25th Internaut Day!

Happy 25th birthday to the World Wide Web

On this day in history: On August 23, 1991, new users for the first time were able to access the World Wide Web. The occasion is known as Internaut Day.

 

The NeXT computer Tim Berners-Lee used as the first server for the World Wide Web.

Coolcaesar

5 Tips To Becoming A Millionaire Before 30

We might think, oh it’s easy to make a million naira before 30. How about when we aren’t talking naira? Making a million dollars before 30 is possible as well and we think the following are steps to aid it’s happening:

1. Ignoring traditional industries.

Lawyer or doctor is not on a path to becoming a millionaire in your twenties. Those professions require many extra years of schooling and training. Individuals with these jobs often have a very real earning ceiling that is difficult to break through. You may never reach millionaire status doing just that.

Kiki Series 8

Kiki is a weekly series. Click for episode 07

*Do I consider myself a feminist? When I say no, people (in this case feminists) usually think I'm one of the reasons they're still fighting for gender equality. Truth is both genders can never be equal, why do we even want to be equal to men. Our biological makeup is different already. However, I'm an advocate of women empowerment. We should stand for more than most people offer. We shouldn't fight to be equal to men, we're greater than men. A man is just a movement and needs a woman to be at his best. Women pick up the pieces, women should be strong, women should be leaders. Don't even get me started on relationships, how..*

"Kiki". Daniel interrupted the thoughts in my head. *Men never know when to interrupt but I guess that's what makes us stronger, ability to balance it all* I think.

My brother seemed worried though,

                "What's going on Dee?".

                            "We think Tomi is pregnant".

Cyber Bullies

In the event of you waking up to see a debit transaction on your phone from your bank, what do you do?

So I woke up, my bad habit picks my phone up first. Ok, maybe it's not really a bad habit, I have my alarm which I have to turn off on it. I go through my notifications, to get to my devotional and I see a debit transaction of 12,068NGN. My first thought was “TF?!!”. Ok, so you can guess I got distracted and opened the email. So the email goes:

4 Easy Ways To Make More Money This Year

Photo reference: Photo Bucket

Every entrepreneur goes into business for the purpose of making profit. You need to make a profit. Otherwise, you’re not a business -- you’re a charity.

Still, despite this obvious rule, some entrepreneurs get lost along the way; they get caught up in the "busyness" of running a business and the incessant drive to keep the cash register ringing continuously. And in that regard, they will have made the mistake of thinking that "making sales" means "making money."

Take Action For The People

To be rich, it’s not about having money more than your average Tom, Dick and Harry. I guess that’s why the poorest countries have millionaires/billionaires. I think this should help us realize that poverty cannot be eradicated personally but collectively as a whole.

If an individual has to spend so much to be comfortable, then I don’t think the environment/community where the individual resides is quite there yet. You might be doing fine but you’d be doing way better if your environment was good.

Inasmuch as they say Nigeria is the giant of Africa, I think it’s a poor country. Yes, there are poorer countries and yes we have very rich people in the country.

Methods To Increase Employee Productivity

Picture from David Dewolf

Employees are at their desks for an average of about five hours every day, and companies are paying for that time. But often the results of an employee’s work versus time spent don’t actually match up. A model employee that seems perfectly productive can turn out to be one of the worst offenders.

Some of the following methods may seem to defy logic but entrepreneurs will find that following them can lead to a happier workplace and an increased ROI (return on investment).

Our Homemade Pizza

How To Make Pizza at Home

Hi guys!

Today we tried out making homemade pizza with pastry chef Olaolu (Ojay).

Although there are some basic procedures, there is no ironclad procedure for making any type of pizza. A bit of creativity and courage can get you there. Just combine anything you can lay your hands on and GO ALL OUT  ^__^ !!!.

The recipe below serves as guidelines to making a delicious chicken-pepperoni pizza. Feel free to add more interesting ingredients to the recipe.

Left handedness: A curse?

“My younger daughters are doing well in school but the eldest worries me a little”. Peju was telling Toyin while at her house. Peju has three children, and Toyin couldn’t find the right words to tell her children are special in their own ways and one need not worry. Then Timilehin, Toyin’s child brought a painting he was working on to show his mum. “Good” she nodded and he went back to continue painting. “Ah! Why are you letting Timilehin use his left hand?” Peju asked shocked. “Titi started that rubbish and we beat her out of it” she continued. “Same Titilayo you are complaining about? That’s why your daughter is not doing well Peju, being left handed is not the child’s doing and more than you think” Toyin warned. “It’s not the reason jo, she’s too playful” Peju became defensive and story goes on…………

Why did you get married?

I read a story about two weeks ago on a blog. This story, is about a man finding out on his wedding night that his wife who claimed to be celibate while they were dating, was actually sleeping with another man. Despite all the “yeepa, ooh, aah’s”, what actually caught my attention was what I read that he typed “after I had praised and worshiped her in front of family and friends”. It made me wonder if all he liked about his woman was the fact that he thought she had a chastity belt on.

Kiki Series 7

Kiki is a weekly series. Click for episode 06.

My last YouTube video hit the 10,000 views mark. A little over 3 weeks ago, I started my YouTube channel where I put up videos in form of picture slides and short clips and my voice in the background, like a presentation of a topic. My topics were from a broad range of life issues.

Kickass Torrents down, but not the KAT family

Aaargh! So I was late in hearing about this. Perhaps because I was off the radar for a bit last week. Apparently, KickAss Torrents (KAT) founder Artem Vaulin was arrested in Poland on July 20 by the US officials for copyright violation in connection with distribution of movies, video games, music and other content worth over $1 billion.

The site’s domains were seized but, as has been learned from the Pirate Bay experience, these bans don’t last long. On Friday, Kickass Torrents resurfaced on the world wide web via clone sites. Some of the links other blogs have put up seem to not be available but I found two working ones as at today.

Is Verizon going to give Yahoo brand another chance?

“Yahoo is a company that changed the world,” Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said in a note to employees. “Now we will continue to, with even greater scale, in combination with Verizon and AOL."

When I was 10, I wanted to open my first email address. I had just seen spy kids and was pretty much stoked about it. Then I tried to use yahoo mail and all my variations of spy kids were taken, eventually had to use ‘mail.com’. What point am I making here? Yahoo was huge, all email addresses had yahoo in it, infact I had to open another yahoo email because I wanted to be on messenger and basically just have a yahoo account.

Digital and Social Media Marketing

To make money, you need to sell something. Be it a good or service, you are giving something of value to make money. When I say money, it’s not limited to fly paper. Let’s look at the dictionary definition:

money

ˈmʌni/

noun

noun: money

1. a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.

   "I counted the money before putting it in my wallet"

   synonyms:

   cash, hard cash, ready money;

   • formal

     sums of money.

     plural noun: moneys; plural noun: monies

     "a statement of all moneys paid into and out of the account"
   • the assets, property, and resources owned by someone or something; wealth.

     "the college is very short of money"

     synonyms:

     wealth, riches, fortune, affluence, assets, liquid assets, resources, substance, means,deep pockets, prosperity "she married him for his money"

   • financial gain.

     "the main aim of a commercial organization is to make money"
   • payment for work; wages.

     "she accepted the job at the bank since the money was better"

     synonyms:

     pay, salary, wages, remuneration, fee, stipend;  rareemolument "I took the job here because the money was better"

Welcome back

Hi guys,

Mosterly has been away for a week. We’re sorry about that and we wouldn’t blame the economy because good entrepreneurs work a way around obstacles. We have found away around our obstacles to an extent and hope to serve you better. We also would like to make this blog more fun and interactive from now on.

Followers of Kiki series can expect Kiki back this wednesday (yay! We’re excited ourselves).

Have a lovely Monday and expect to see our making money post by 12noon (UTC+01:00).

Jack of all trades, master of none?

JACK OF ALL TRADES OR MASTER OF ONE?

Simple Definition of jack–of–all–trades

·    : a person who has many skills : a person who can do many different jobs

Full Definition of jack–of–all–trades

plural

jacks–of–all–trades

1. :  a person who can do passable work at various tasks :  a handy versatile person

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Kiki Series 6

Kiki is a weekly series. Click for episode 05.

There are no words to describe the previous week. I had to deal with all sorts of emotions; fear, regret, relief, hopefulness, hopelessness, gratitude and the list goes on.

What does google know about you

Google knows everything about you -- everything!. Everything you have put out there for it to capture. Especially if you frequently use Google's many products, such as Android, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, YouTube or Google Search.

It’s not bad news that they know everything about you, they take your privacy seriously and there's some good news to it, sort of. Google has introduced a new data dashboard called the “My Activity page” where you can see just about every single piece of data that Google has collected about you over the better part of the past two decades. Every website you've visited, every image you've viewed, every guy/girl you stalked, every riddle you cheated and searched for the answer and lied that you just knew, every fake account you created, every search term you've typed into the Google Search box, EVERYTHING!.

Bad habits to get rid of or minimize

Nothing sabotages your productivity quite like bad habits. Unless of course, you can sing about it (like destiny’s child) and make money from the song. They are insidious, creeping up on you slowly until you don’t even notice the damage they’re causing.

Bad habits slow you down, decrease your accuracy, make you less creative and stifle your performance. Getting control of your bad habits is critical, and not just for productivity’s sake. A study conducted in a University in the United states shows that people who exercise a high degree of self-control tend to be much happier than those who don’t, both in the moment and in the long run.

Music video review - Soft Work (Falz)

Hi guys!!!!, Happy holidays! Hope you had some chicken or fun this break?. This is like the longest holiday ever!!!

So today we’re doing an amateur review on Falz new video that was released yesterday, “Soft work”. Soft work is from the album stories that touch. I think Falz has done incredibly well for himself and I’ve grown to like videos from Mex films, I think him putting his name at the beginning of the video made me bias already, I just knew I couldn’t hate the video (lol).

Kiki Series 5

Kiki is a weekly series. Click for Episode 04

It was 2 weeks to my 24th birthday. A lot of times it's amusing, even to me, how far I've come. At the moment what was amusing was how close I was to the entrance of Laura's office in the pleasure fm building.

I had not planned to return, but after some thought, I decided to turn in my resignation and to be professional about it too. The other day, I had gotten defensive. Laura was just so unbelievable!

17 skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur

Seventeen skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur in pictures:

1. The ability to manage money: A good entrepreneur knows what to spend money on. A good entrepreneur earns/saves more than he/she spends.

Drone regulations: Home vs Away

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently released drone regulations in May. We understand that it’s not everything that works for the western world that should/would work for us here in Nigeria. But today we’ll be making a side by side comparison of NCAA (Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority) and FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) rules for commercial drones (small unmanned aircraft).