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shymexx: Team Romney - the Pres-select has a message for you...

Stay calm and peep this...



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ashmanpolo: In one sentence explain how u feel running into someone that's putting on the same type of shirt you are wearing especially if the person happens to be A conductor, agbero, mechanic, mortuary attendant, agbepo, onigo etc.

spyder880: Point noted Oga, but in some places women do this work even better than the men. Go to Emene Enugu or Abakaliki town and you will see that women outnumber men in every decking concrete works. They will term me as very unfair if I had refused women from ferring concrete upstairs yesterday.


Happy Sunday everyone.

brabus: My response:

I never said Ikorodu, Mowe, Siun etc are not nice place to live in any of my posts, I just said they were cheaper locations to consider when you have a tight budget.

However, here are my views on assessing locations for building projects.

Note: this views are generally subjective

- Does it fulfill your personal aspirations?
- Does it provide the essential ingredients that will allow you and your family to feel comfortable? (Consider the fact that commuting time is much more important than commuting 'distance')
- Does it feel instinctively right?
- Will it be incongruous with other housing in
the neighbourhood?

Assessing 'best value' for land depends largely on your NEEDS (important matters which includes the quality of local schools, leisure facilities, shopping, health centres and, of course, access to the motorway network and to public transport), the FUNDS you have available and the PLANS you have made for the future.

If Ikorodu can meet you needs, budget and future plan - Go for it!


Lesson: Find the right balance between quantity and quality as this will help you determine what you want and where you want it.

Gabry: Amaka, Those Red Velvet Cake looks soo freakin delicious!!! That I look up on it~

Red Velvet Cake:

2 1/2 cups (250 grams) sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons (15 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated white sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk

2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 1/2 (360 ml) cups heavy whipping cream

1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature

1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) tub of Mascarpone cheese, room temperature

3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup (115 grams) confectioners' (icing or powdered) sugar, sifted



Red Velvet Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Butter two - 9 inch (23 cm) round cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.

In bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until soft (about 1-2 minutes). Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

In a measuring cup whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour.

In a small cup combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter.

Working quickly, divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 25 - 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool the cakes in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. Once the cakes have completely cooled, wrap in plastic and place the cake layers in the freezer for at least an hour. (This is done to make filling and frosting the cakes easier.)

Cream Cheese Frosting: In your food processor, or with a hand mixer, process the cream cheese and mascarpone cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar and process until smooth. Transfer this mixture to a large mixing bowl.

Then, in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. With a large spatula, gently but quickly fold a little of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture to lighten it. Then fold in the remaining whipped cream, in two stages. If the frosting is not thick enough to spread, cover and place in the refrigerator for an hour, or until it is firm enough to spread.

Assemble: With a serrated knife, cut each cake layer in half, horizontally. You will now have four cake layers. Place one of the cake layers, top of the cake facing down, onto your serving platter. Spread the cake layer with a layer of frosting. Place another layer of cake on top of the frosting and continue to frost and stack the cake layers. Frost the top and sides of the cake. Can garnish the cake with sweetened or unsweetened coconut

Makes one - 9 inch (23 cm) four layer cake.

brabus: Happy Independence Nigeria

~ Your JAMB score is 73 and you want to study Medicine to become a Doctor? That's not even enough marks to make you a NATIVE DOCTOR... Get a life! ~

~ You do not have a land and you want to purchase tiles for your dream house. That's f00lishness of highest order... Get a life! ~

~ Your house plan is for a bungalow and you want to add extra floor without due consultation? That's suicidal... Get a life! ~

~ Your build budget is N2m and you want to buy land in Festac, Lagos. That's not even enough to settle the council boys, omo onile and agents... Better look elsewhere in Mowe, Ikorodu, Siun, Agbowa, Ibeju-Lekki, Agbara, etc... Get a life! ~

~ You're 30 years old. You work in VI and you went to build your house in Agbara. That means you want to remain as a tenant till retirement age... Location is key. Nearness (to the market, church, school, work, airport, parks etc) is very important. ~

~ You just finished paying for your land and you're already bragging. Land purchase is just 5% of home ownership. In fact, shell construction (ie. Roofing stage is just 40%). Take am softly ~

Hi Brabus

Ive been a silent follower of most of your post.
I thought Ikorodu was a nice area, maybe you can advice us on the pros and cons of why you think these areas you have mentioned are not very nice, so for future home owners, we can learn because not everybody can afford to build in VI and Ikoyi. Thanks

redsun: It is part of oyinbo influence,and it is quite detrimental to africans,because they seems to be more prone to diabetics and obesity.I wonder if our precolonial ancestors ever suffered from diabetics? and obesity

Ozegbe: aren't you guys tired of all these 10 things, 15, 23 or 5 things you should say, dont say, do or dont do in an interview?
the only one thing i have learn so far is that, in any interview you go just be confident and speak correctly.
Dont ever get addicted to all these kind of craps, they get in your way when trying to present your speech.
JUST BE YOURSELF and remember all interviewers are not thesame and moreover they know all these things better than you.

otokx: Why the national anthem of Greece?

cap28: okay this is good - wonderwall - but why have the gallagher brothers changed their name to beady eye?