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Maeve7:
Deal.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/14834/simple-artichoke-dip/

I’d most definitely add some minced or powdered garlic, black pepper and a pinch of salt.

wonyi:
The spaghetti are appealing. How was it prepared? How long did it stay in hot water? Parboiled ?

Thank you.

I usually boil in salt water for about 10 mins. When it’s soft but not all the way done, I strain it, add olive oil (so the strands don’t stick to each other) then cover and let the remaining steam finish the job.

Maeve7:
I can’t think of anything. If I try something and don’t like it, I won’t eat it again.

Maybe I should force myself next time but there is not much I don’t like. I hate Brussel sprouts and artichokes though. Don’t know if I can force myself here.

I get Brussel sprouts but Pls give artichokes another try maybe in a dip.

Maeve7:
Strong woman.
And funny.

What’s something you didn’t like at first but ate it anyway?

Maeve7:
You forced yourself?

Because of the benefits

TheWinterBird:
~Scrambled Eggs with Salmon
~Whole Wheat Bagel
~Bacon-wrapped Scallops

Alexa, play me "Book of life" by I-Wayne.

Nice. I like seafood omelette

Crab. Shrimp. Smoked salmon. All go great with eggs

Maeve7:
Very nourishing and healthy. I love chia seed pudding.

Thank you.
It took me awhile to get over the texture but I love it now too

I guess he finally decided to put his personality to use

Store in a tight container to avoid staleness. It’ll be shelf stable for weeks.

And use good grade maple syrup and you’ll get deep rich flavor that’s just not plain sweetness

Cuppa coffee, Homemade granola and chia seed pudding in oat milk for breakfast.

I mixed my granola so I can have the ratios that I prefer and control the sweetness level.

Ingredients coconut flakes, dried berries, oats, pumpkin seed mix, cashew nuts and maple syrup for my sweetener. You can mix in however ratio you prefer.

Add the syrup and pop in the oven for about 30 minutes on 350 degrees Fahrenheit. I made a full tray, so 30 mins was enough time. But check yours frequently if you’re making more or less. Remove when it’s not sticky anymore. When it’s completely dry some of the red berries will darken. That’s alright. But if you want the bright pop of red colored berries to remain, use freeze dried berries and add them at the end when the out of the oven. Enjoy

Maeve7:
Thank you. I love the last answer.
Why Sia?
The second one, that’s the impact of your profession, right? And it is a superpower darling .


Would you like to tag someone?

2nd one yes I’d like to believe it’s a side effect of my profession but I know some people in the same line of work who are very much “the sky is about to fall” type of people. So I don’t know 🤷🏽‍♀️


Sia IMO is the best in her genre. She’s very underrated and doesn’t seem to mind. I wonder what I’d feel like to have that kind of power and talent.

I’m tagging Ishilove

Can’t wait.
Wondering what distraction he’s going to come up with now. Him and his story telling vice president wannabe

Maeve7:
Just saw an old thread and thought it would be nice to play again.

Please answer the questions and tag a person to answer them too.

1. What qualities do you admire in people?

2. What is your super power?

3. If you could change one thing about you, what would it be (character or physical trait)?

4. If you could be someone else for one day, who would you like to be?

5. What advice would you give your children or niece/nephew for choosing a spouse?

Cococandy,

Oh fun
1 I admire people with a deep sense of justice. Who do not keep quiet and look the other way when something unjust is happening

2. Tough one. I would not call it a superpower but more of a strength. I have grown braver as I’ve got older.. I can go face first into a catastrophic situation without losing my wits. Keep my calm and help others navigate through the situation. Like I have an idea of the worst that can happen and that’s not what’s happening right now so we’ll be okay.

3. 100 percent I’d be 5 inches taller. I admire tall women

4. Sia

5. If they feel like home, they’re the one

kkins25:
Ahhhh, now I see, StillDtruth, is the infamous, Dtruthspeaker... Hahahahaha. I'm like, do ya'll know this guy somewhere....

Oh interesting

I usually don’t know people’s alternate monikers like that

budaatum:
Already? Lol.

🤭

budaatum:
No, no, I'm not saying there's no hope of changing his mind o! I trust and respect you far more than to tell you what opinion you should have of this particular person. And besides, you might have 'changing his mind: superpowers that you might use on him.

Just let me know how you get on please, is all.

I gave up

StillDtruth:
Wrong sis!
i have seen the wisdom of never following the crowd plus this thread is not really about the good welfare of his children but rather a father seeking the praises of people plus an attempt to sell.incest between fathers and daughters.

Sincerely speaking, you’re the one making it what it’s not.

StillDtruth:
What else would an incestful pervert say?

Pls we do not tolerate Gloriousgbola slander around here

StillDtruth:
Instead of kiss i let him barb his hair whatever style he wanted during the holidays and i got the same "daddy i love you" look

Kai this man.

Okay well start from hugs if kissing is too much for you and work your way up.

StillDtruth:
You did dear.sorry.. thought you were the op i addresses

okay. No wahala.

Do me a favor and give your son/s one big forehead kiss today. Just once. Watch their reaction (they’ll probably be very happy) and examine how it makes you feel. I promise you that you’ll have a testimony 😌. Don’t forget to share the testimony with us on this thread

Good for her. Congratulations to her

lagostrendboy:
Fashion designer Sophia Momodu creates a sensation as she shows off her recently purchased home in a flamboyant manner.

Following anger for allegedly going too far to tease her baby daddy and his wife, she promised to show off more of her personal life after flaunting her boat trip with a Caucasian man. Eyes Of Lagos reports,

Sophia Momodu

The mother of Imade Adeleke, the daughter of Afrobeats musician Davido, stunned fans on Friday, September 20, by sharing a photo of her recently purchased property on Snapchat.

While the mansion is still under construction, it is clearly stunning, as seen by the video in which Sophia gives a virtual tour of the opulent area, which includes a grand staircase and other unfilled rooms.

She also showed off the elegant, white exterior, highlighting the sophistication and magnificence of her new house.

Sophia Momodu acquires a new house, flaunts property

In the clip, Sophia confidently stated, “So ready to be done, Thank you God,” as she proudly celebrated her success, showing she was ready to embrace the fruits of her labour.

https://eyesoflagos.com/2024/09/21/davidos-baby-mama-sophia-momodu-acquires-a-new-house/

You’re speaking for me too

Unexpected forehead kisses give warm and fuzzy feels.

Klass99:
I think it's a female thing, whether young or old, we all crave affectionate gestures from our significant other. Please include madam in those forehead kisses, it's a simple gesture that causes a lot of inner pleasure, it does something for us which I can't explain (let me speak for myself though).

budaatum:
I don't think you know whom you talk about. So I'll give you time to engage with him more, and you must promise to tell me when your mind changes.

I’ve not met this person on here before. At least I don’t recall. You’re saying there no hope of changing his mind?

StillDtruth:
Did you point out the fact that fathers should kiss their sons too? No

Yes that’s specifically what I said.

You said children and you already know that the boy child is always left out.
So showing set up pictures is pointless.

I specifically said sons.

And already my children cherish i and their mother because of the life saving and life giving giving values we teach which I am happy to see them able to deal with every and any devil, anywhere and i am happy to die knowing that they beat all the stupidities and curses of the world which people have.

That’s awesome. I’m happy for you and them. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with not kissing them. But they’ll appreciate if you do.

It’s a bloody waste kissing your kids and they turn out to be whorrs, drug dealers, thieves, smokers, cultist, drunkards and dishonorable people living with many Curses.

Well you can only do your best. It’s actually more likely for kids who are denied emotionally connections with their parents who end up seeking it in outsiders and end up in the den of wolves who take them down these parts. You’re not mandated to kiss your kids but don’t deny them a well rounded emotionally balanced relationship with you

LordReed:
Don't mind StillDtruth, he sees everything through his twisted self identity.

budaatum:
I don't think this is good advice for stilldliar, for he has shown where his twisted diq will go.

I don’t blame him specifically because men are often socialized to abhor any show of emotions. Some people really believe that and internalize to the point of shunning emotional connections with their children. But times are changing and I know he’ll come around. Right StillDtruth?

Fathers should kiss their 10 year old sons too.
Kiss them even when they’re older.

Stop living in a mental prison that you built for yourself. Hug and kiss your children and tell them you love them. No matter how old they are.

One day you’ll die and those are some of the most tangible parts of you they’ll have with them when you’re gone. How beautiful are these images?

StillDtruth:
You say show your children love and care but no father kisses their 10 year old boy child oo but if it is the girl, they would be huggy huggy,

Ashawo papa.

As a father does not touch the boy child so should he not touch the girl child and one can still love and care for them without any of this rubbish abomination touching.

Trust atheists to always promote abominations hiding under the covers of love and care

LordReed:
.

Fellow dads, listen up. We often get a bad rap for being stoic and unemotional, but trust me, our kids crave our affection. So, don't be afraid to show your love and get a little sappy. Your kids will appreciate the tough-guy exterior, but they'll adore the softie inside even more. Take it from me, a dad who's learning to embrace his inner cheesiness.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Or other Africans

Doesn’t necessarily have to be Nigerian. I wasn’t lucky to have a lot of Nigerians around me when I first migrated but some of my African friends I made are still friends for life. You’ll find we have similarities with them and it’s not marred by tribalism or any of the other issues we normally deal with amongst ourselves

armyofone:
Bali with one of those coconut trees hotel by the sea, any place with abundant rainfall. You just stay in, eat exercise, sleep with rainy breezy night 🌙

You know - it would be nice for Nigerian here to forge friendships like Sex and the city kinda friendships...and travel together for fun.

Hard to form close friendships like that. So so and bad talks must ruin it
If you have nig friends, ask them out for some fine dinner outings to unwind...so so excuses

IbeOkehie:
I'm grouping all advance practice nurses as Masters Degree...Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Anaesthesiologist included. I know a doctor that hired an NP for his office. I asked him how much he paid and he said $130K. How is that terrible? Cheating? That's the going rate unless it's strictly contract work....during Covid health workers in general were making over $100/hr on contract work.

I believe you. However, It’s normal now for RNs (not all) to make that so it’s kinda poor for an NP. I can see how a low stress clinic job type NP might be okay making that. Soft cushy office job. Lower stress for less money. And I’m not talking of Covid. We know those were different times long long gone.

As for becoming a registered nurse, in my city a student can do all the prerequisites in High School and graduate as a Nurse Assistant...a few Nigerian kids have done it. From there to Community College for 2 years and they get Associate Degreee. With that they can take the license exam and become an RN.

okay gotcha. Makes sense but I thought we were talking about immigrants. Of course it’s not going to be the same for a kid growing up here and having all their precerts already recognized by the colleges. An immigrant will most likely have to retake those classes hence the additional year.

Besides there's so many commercial minded for-profit schools that make anyone an RN in a year. Yeah it's extreme but dem dey.

Wonders.

But where do they even do fit clinicals in that one year? To graduate from a reputable recognized school, one needs clinicals for pediatrics, obstetrics, medical surgical, mental health, emergency/critical care and acute care. I’m sure these schools exist but they are cracking down on them hard. Like that scandal that happened last year with the Florida school that was giving degrees to immigrants. They probably heard it was easy to become a nurse. Only to find out it wasn’t. So, then they resorted to buying their degrees from the degree mills schools like that one. They’re on them now like white on rice. States like California and Washington won’t even give you a license if your degree doesn’t satisfy their requirements. You’ll have to go back to school.

Pardon my long post but I want people to know what they are getting into if they choose to go that route. Just cos they know someone who did it doesn’t mean it’s easy breezy.

And oh yea weird as it sounds to you, people look down on nursing as a career. Even the ones who haven’t passed a math class without cheating before. They couldn’t even explain a simple physiological principle if their life depended on it but here we are. Stick around a little you’ll see them

It’s so interesting to me how nursing salaries are always on the discussion boards on nairaland.

Anyone with a masters degree in nursing making $130k/yr is being cheated. They need to leave that place.

I’ve to correct something about the timeline though. No one is coming in from not having any prequalifications/precerts and is able to get their RN in 2 years. The basic course is 2 years but prerequisites are mandatory and can take any number of years depending on how determined the student is. Usually 1 year minimum for that. Then the 2 years of the associates and then another 1-2 years for bachelors . So total of 4-6 years actually from prerequisites to BSN.


And yes anyone can become a nurse if they’re determined enough and they can do so much with it. Bedside is only a fragment of the experience. Even if you don’t like to provide direct care to patients (or packing of shit) like our darling nairalanders love to describe it one can become a

Research nurse
Aesthetics nurse
Telephone triage nurse
Nurse educator
Legal Nurse Consultant
Forensic nurse
Health informatics nurse
Risk management nurse
Public Health Nurse (cdc has many openings now)
Nurse administrator
Telehealth Nurse
Nurse Recruiter
Occupational health nurse
Case Manager
Flight nurse

The list is endless. Virtually any big organization with a health department can employ a nurse.

IbeOkehie:
Your pay scale is accurate, but with a little effort to get a Master Degree equivalent in Nursing, their pay jumps to minimum of $130K/year.

Nurse Anaesthesiologists for instance earn over $200/K per year on average. I personally know two of them. Here's a Google search for starters:

https://www.google.com/search?q=average+pay+for+nurse+crna&rlz=1C1NDCM_enUS837US837&oq=average+pay+for+nurse+crna&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBDDIxMTg0MDM5ajFqOagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

By the way, the MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD income in the USA $65/K per year or about $30/hr. So where are these other jobs that pay better? Do they offer the same job security? I've always advised young people from poor or middle class homes to strongly consider nursing. It only takes 2 or 3 years to become a Registered Nurse, after that you can do whatever else with the backup of a secure income with very FLEXIBLE schedule. Anyway, that's why nursing careers are very popular among Nigerians.

Good Luck to Nigeria.

armyofone:
I think Nursing is one of the jobs people can easily get through and get a job right away if you can put some efforts and it has OT unlike other jobs.

It’s the length of time to get the license once you’re actually in the program that makes it attractive time wise. But it’s not easy to get through at all. And most hospitals require you to have the BSN within 2-5 years of hire which means that to continue working, you have to keep honor the contract and get the BSN.

Prior to getting in though, you might have to go through one year or a few years of prerequisites depending on how quick and dedicated you are. Math, anatomy, organic chemistry, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology etc and bunch of social science courses as well that aren’t part of the program but are required in order for one to even understand the discussions that happen in the nursing classrooms.

descarado:
This landed me in the hospital twice.
The first time was rashes all over as my body was releasing histamine.
The second was my period was running like tap water for more than 2 weeks with the rashes.

I decided to tell myself the truth after my GP Sat me down for serious talk.

My manager looked at me last 3 weeks and said,babe,book a holiday ASAP.
Can't even find where to squeeze it.

Take care of yourself Biko.
Listen to your manager

Job will be there when you come back from vacation.