Trapped In The female Hostel
I went to visit my girlfriend in the female hostel and we both passed out, only to wake up by 8:40pm and guys were not allowed in the hostel beyond 8:00pm. On trying to sneak out from the hostel without being caught i told my girlfriend to help me check if its safe going out, she went went outside coming back to tell me girls were out side all Naked, so coming out wasn't an option. So she suggested I wore her clothes and pretend to be a lady and cover my face with a long hair tie and walk out of the hostel but I was too scared cause i was going to see a lot of girl naked before getting to the gate. And Her roommates were already on their way back.
"I was confused"
I asked her how understanding her roommates could be and she said one of them was a campus fellowship Lady that she will surely report if she knew.
She said she would go outside and tell them snake had entered the room but I said no that they were gonna go call security and I might get caught.
I told her to get me her wig and a wrapper,she brought it and I wore the wig then covered myself with the wrapper and asked her to tell her roommates when they come in that i was her friend who came to see her and was sick and couldn't go back to my hostel in Annex.
So, I slept on the bed and turned my face to the wall. She slept on the bed with me. Her roommates came in, started talking and asked who i was,she told them what i told her earlier.
One of them came close and touched my neck and was like her body is not really hot she said "Yes, I just took drugs." Next thing I heard was can I pray for her? that was the fellowship Lady talking. She said i should just turn my face and have faith that it's gonna be well. my girlfriend was a very smart girl. She told her I was a Jehovah's witness member that i won't like it.
I was so scared.
Two of them changed up, they were talking of going to have their bath. I was still scared. They went out to have their bath. My girlfriend tapped me and said
"I'm scared, what do we do?"
I told her I was going stay in the hostel till 6:00pm the next day when boys are allowed in so I can leave. We agreed. We slept and I didn't know when I started snoring. She tapped me and whispered you are snoring like a man. Immediately i noticed i stooped sleeping throughout the rest of the night could not sleep again for the rest of the night, My phone battery was almost dead. I stayed up till the next morning. Around 4:00pm,One of her friend asked is your friend still sick? She answered "Yes".
The girl said we should go to the school clinic so I'll get treated.
She later went out and had her bath. The fellowship Lady came back and didn't say a word.
Now it was 6:00pm, the chance i had to leave the hostel freely as a guy but the roommates were still inside.
When it was 7:00pm, she sent me a text and said she was gonna ask her roommates to join her that she was gonna buy food for them. That once i hear them leave, I should wait for 7 minutes and leave the room immediately.
She asked them to join her go eat, but the fellowship lady refused eating.
Said she was OK and didn't want to eat. I felt like dying. So, the other girl said let's go together, so they left.
Next thing I felt was a touch. The fellowship lady touched me and said "Mr Man, you can leave our hostel now. Don't think I'm stupid. I saw your shoe under the bed. I heard when you were snoring like a pig. It's either you come down now and leave or I call the security for you".
I was shocked and later thanked her very well and she invited me to their fellowship with a serious threat that I must attend or else she will expose everything.
That was how i started playing Drums at her FELLOWSHIP in my school.
**Thanks for reading comments are allowed**
Read.cash picture Deleting and Picture title Error
Typing, researching, learning new stuffs online, taking pictures of nature has been one of the best of things that has happened to me ever since I joined Read cash during this lock down period.
Read.cash has been of great importance to users in terms of knowledge and monetary gains.
Have been enjoying typing on the interface made available by the read.cash team.
Yesterday I decided to write about Nature so I came up with a Topic "**4 most mysterious places in the world**" upon writing I discovered two things I'll like the admin to fix. https://read.cash/@Vanjinks/4-most-mysterious-places-in-the-world-e875df62
1 . **picture deleting option Not found**
On writing on some post yesterday I decided to post some pictures, after clicking on the photo icon displayed above.
I mistakenly choose a wrong picture, so i decided to delete it on trying to delete i found out there was no option for deleting pictures, after hours of trying to delete the picture which was not possible I decided to open write same post in a new page.
2 . Picture Editing Error
To understand a picture posted, it's better to give the picture a title under the said image being uploaded.
On wanting to give the picture a title it was observed by my self on several occasion that on typing the first Letter it usually "**doubles itself**"
I'll be happy if these errors are fixed.
Many thanks to the ever working Read.cash team.
4 most mysterious places in the world.
The world is a beautiful place with a lot of wonders and places in which man have not reached or went without returning.
If you're fascinated by places that will give you goosebumps, you’ll certainly be intrigued by these enigmatic spots around the world. https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/50-most-terrifying-places-earth
Some places In the world are tagged mysterious because a lot of people and researchers have tried to understand the principles at which some places existed and also attempted to go there but it was a journey of no return.
**Below are 4 mysterious places found by humans around the world.**
1 . The Bermuda Triangle
The bermuda triangle is the most famous mysterious place in the world. It is also called the devil's triangle located in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean which is responsible for More than 20 planes and 50 ships are said to have mysteriously vanished into thin air or crashed without traceable explanation.
Though ships and heavy vessels do pass the area without vanishing, but they have been mystery behind those missing.
**2 . Door to Hell**
The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to hell is a natural gas field which collapsed into a cavern located in northern Turkmenistan.
More than five decades ago, a gaping, fiery crater opened up in the desert of , likely the result of a drilling mishap. Till today nobody knows the source of this continuous fire burning which has been a mystery for decades.
3 . Great **Blue Hole (Belize)**
The great blue hole is a wonderful underwater sinkhole that is off the coast of Belize and located near the center of Lighthouse Reef.
Belize approximately 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep, divers flock here to experience clean and clear water.
**4 . Island of the Dolls (Mexico)**
This island is found in the city of Mexico and dolls hanged by the island caretaker, As the legend goes, the island's keeper became haunted by his conscience after he could not save a little girl who tragically drowned there more than 50 years ago.
He continued to find dolls and doll parts out of the canal flushed by the rain whenever he saw them, hanging each one of them carefully on the island trees.
We have lots and lots of mystery in the world but this are few I noticed carefully.
You could drop your view...
Read.cash a payback for my data and time ?
Data they say is life, in the 21st century data has become one of the most important things to human life, Data in this context means "**Internet Bundle and research works**"
**Read.cash** has been of great importance to life's in terms of research, knowledge gaining and little cash gains.
Before I discovered Read.cash have been surfing the net in search of valuable things to spend my resources and time on. Also have been using **Whatsapp** which i spent 70% of my data on without gaining little or nothing, also i own an entertainment blog **Mxnaija** which pays me some cash i use in buying Subscription also i use twitter which helps boost my fans Audience which is of great importance to me. In search of an additional online source of income I stumbled on **Read.cash**, which i have been using for 1 week and 6days now, also have made some reasonable BCH, which is below the amount i used in buying Data Subscription. This prompt the question "IS READ.CASH WORTH MY DATA AND TIME" ?
The answer is **Yes** and **No**
Time they say is precious, but is time spent on read.cash precious?
**Yes**, cause I do spend most of my day doing research and making findings of topics I'll like to write on, doing so am gaining knowledge which will be use for a greater good.
No, cause recently the platform has discouraged me with respect to cash value of points and the way earnings are made, the week I joined read.cash, I was motivated to write more cause I actually saw in impact with respect to cash given to me by upvoters and daily earnings, but recently things have changed, earning has become a thing of luck.
Drop your view, and what do you think?
Bitcoin halving
Bitcoin halving is one which happens once every 4 years, halving have been of more interest to cryptocurrency investors over the years.
The word Halving refers to the number of coin miners receive for adding new transactions to the blockchain cut in half, bitcoin halving took place on the 12th of May 2020.
**The first ever halving started in November 2012, the second in July 2016, the third in may 2020 and the next halving is set to take place in May 2024.**
When bitcion was first released the reward was 50 BTC per block. Halvings are programmed in to take place every 210,000 blocks mined, Swanepoel (Luno CEO) says.
**Why all the Hype Around it?**
A simple terminology says if the supply reduces and demand remains constant or increases, prices will increase, therefore a reduction in supply leads to a boost and increase in bitcoin, all thanks to halving.
Observations after the first halving was that the bitcoin price soared from $11 per bitcoin to $1,100. The second halving saw the price rise from about $700 to $20,000 in 2016 and the third halving 7,000 to anywhere between $10,000 and $12,000 after the **halving**
**What impact does halving have on bitcoin?**
The impact of halving to bitcoin is one that newly mined bitcoins per day will fall from about 1,600 to 800 bitcoins and the daily revenue of miners will reduce by half. This decrease in the price of bitcoin mining tightens supply and will lead to a bullish market and an increase in the price of bitcoin.
The red ant | Fiction 2
*Continuation of the red ant,* to Understand the story you can follow from the start ***The red ant | Fiction 1*** https://read.cash/@Vanjinks/the-red-ant-fiction-1-fc9c59b9
*Ants can speak! I can hear them!*
Was almost in tears because I was so scared, We thought you left us,” this tiny ant won’t stop and if it wasn’t for the multitudes of ants that surrounded me, I would have smashed it to the ground. “We traced your songs; the whistling.”
Whistling attracted creatures; My mother was right. Ones that wanted me as an ant queen.
I *must be going mad.*
Everywhere became blurry and was falling to the ground, I jolted up with a start before reaching the ground.
“It’s a dream,” I whispered and viewed at the window.
The cloud was still a dark as sounds of crickets or the pointed rats racketing in the night.
Sighing, I was about sleeping on laying my head on the pillow, I felt a sharp pain on my elbow. Immediately, I knew my dream was real.
5 Reasons why Bitcoin Cash is the Real Bitcoin
The debate about security, transaction scale, transaction processing and blocks has continued beyond measures which led to the invention of Bitcoin Cash by users. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin.asp
This Articles was born from findings, reviews and also my own testimony using bitcoin and bitcoin Cash.
****Below are 5 Reasons why bitcoin Cash is better than Bitcoin****
**1 . Bitcoin cash is a reliable Network.**
The bitcoin team made a dangerous decision to Limit bitcoin trading capacity which lead to Increase in high fee situation, transaction capacity is limited, you might not get your transaction included in the next Bitcoin block unless you pay a higher fee than everyone else waiting.
This makes the Bitcoin network unreliable and in some cases, unfavourable, even if you pay a reasonably fee, it is possible for your transaction to get stuck for hours or days.
Bitcoin cash has plenty of space in the block and no high fee situation, in this case it is reliable and stress free.
2 . Bitcoin cash Allows Instant Transactions
A transaction is said to be confirmed when the miner puts it inside the block. transaction not included in the block are said to be unconfirmed and to be included soon.
A transaction confirmed is known as “0-conf”, However, with a congested on Bitcoin network and uncertainty over when (if ever) your transaction will be confirmed, the security and reliability of 0-conf is destroyed.
To make matters worse feature Bitcoin introduced "**replace-by-fee (RBF)"** It Resolves to fix problems of increase in fees by allowing users to replace their transaction using a much higher fee.
But on the other hand **Bitcoin Cash** doesn't use RBF and have an uncongested network.
3 . Bitcoin Cash is Gaining Traders, Bitcoin Core is Losing Them.
High fees charged for transactions have actually lead to loss of Trading merchant using bitcoin. Dell, Microsoft, and Steam are just three prominent merchants that once accepted Bitcoin but stopped because small retail payments simply don’t make economic sense ( Increase in transaction fees ).
**Bitcoin Cash** has a lower trading fee Structure which is allowing it to gain grounds and attracts more Merchants.
4 . Bitcoin Cash has a very Responsive Team
It have an active development team and they are quick to implement solutions that makes blockchain more scalable. Which gives it great future potential for adoption and use of Bitcoin Cash.
5 . Bitcoin cash is a Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System
**A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System** Means sending money electronically to anyone and anywhere in the world at a cheaper fee, it was an electronic Cash that was cheap, fast, reliable and secure,it was all about being able to make send and receive payments.
**Bitcoin Cash** continues the P2P electronic Cash system that is fast and reliable and secured.
The **Bitcoin Cash** network can process more transactions per second than the Bitcoin network still part of why I prefer it to **bitcoin.**
Drop your comments if you agree or not.
Early Morning Decision
If you desire to avoid regret and to live a successful and a fulfilled life, you must make an 'early morning decision'.
The train of destiny and big impact is bound by time and it is often not for late risers or late legislators. This truth may not be cast in stone but it is a very relevant system to operate from.
You must make the decision to begin to legislate and engage the 'trade by barter' technology on time.
It is imperative to trade away laziness, procrastination, indiscipline, unteachability, pride and all manner of sins.
Now is the time to make up your mind.
Do you want to receive sense at 40 before you begin to realize the pattern of destiny? I guess not!
You may or may not be able to completely fulfil destiny or make big impact, if you made up your mind that late. Do not take such a risk.
So begin to legislate and by legislate, I mean: "begin to create your future and enforce the God given laws that have been given to ensure you become what you were created to become; to put yourself over in life.
Do not wait until regret and weary haste becomes your drive.
Tread the path of purpose and make up your mind now, for a night will come when no man can work.
So work now and let your bones rest and rejoice when the night comes, so you do not give yourself a chance to sorrow all day and all night long.
There are indeed stories of late risers who were still able to magnify their purpose and tangibly spread out tentacles of influence to certain territories, but I do not advise you begin to console yourself with such stories when you still have the freshness to do more better and earlier.
Do not take such risks with your destiny, for capacity differs.
Altitude value is directly proportional to attitude quality and action precision
When we hear the word altitude, the first thing that comes to mind is 'any level of height from the ground' or 'a degree of success on a pedestal worthy of emulation and commendable applaud.
Whichever it is, they are all correct but we're going to stick with the second one.
Now, let's ride!
So here's the gist:
Any level of success you will attain in life is your altitude and it is dependent on your attitude and an appropriate action directly proportional to the success you claim you desire.
We have talked about attitude and how important it is to not just only have the right mindset but to conform to it through productive, consistent and strategic action.
It is in doing this that one gradually raises the success bar to a level that commands tenable and reputable honor and influence.
People are doing so many things but as much as you desire to invest into your personal development, you are not meant to do everything but to focus your energy on the things that concern your purpose, the vision that follows and your calling or area of assignment.
You are not meant to do everything!
This is when you'll become more productive and orderly in climbing the ladder of success.
Continue to learn your area, get trained, receive mentorship, read books and develop your mindset and your skill set.
Your level of success in life cannot be above or below the quality of your mind and how intentional you are in taking appropriate action to achieving what you desire.
So adjust and grow your attitude, keep taking action and you'll see yourself lifted above the mire.
The quality of your attitude and the precision of your actions over a period of time will surely change your life for the better.
If things aren't working, then look into this. The problem is the mindset!
Good morning!
Tunnel of insight
A tunnel is a passage to a destination and in the same vein, insight is a passage to destiny.
Insight is the property of intelligence that gives one the ability to walk in deeper understanding and perspective about any subject matter in life. This is how I define insight!
Insight is the brain child of knowledge, wisdom and understanding. It is what gives you the ability to critically and accurately discern the matters of life. It is what you need to put you over in life.
Insight in itself is deep and beyond the surface but the topic says, *Tunnels of Insight* and this means that we are therefore talking about Deep Deep Insight (Insight deeper than insight and insight beyond insight).
We are talking about insight beyond strategic human intelligence. We are talking about insight beyond mental perception.
We are talking about the greatest insight of all sourced from spirit intelligence. We are talking about The Holy Ghost' Insight and I love to call it Insight by Fire.
Without a doubt, the human mind can to a large extent apprehend and appreciate the value of insight. We see that in the world today, its people and the amazing innovations created by humans but even at such level, it is infinitesimal compared to the insight we are talking about tonight.
If only with human mental capacity, amazing things can be brought into reality; imagine what your life and your world will look like with Insight greater than mental and physical perspective.
This is the insight you need for the unusual and inexplicable success of your family, business, career and whatsoever.
You may not necessarily have fully equipped your mind with mental artilleries like Bill Gates and the rest do but with Insight from above, you can walk in success beyond human comprehension. Nonetheless, we are expected to equip our minds anyway but there is something higher than physical equipment and that higher frequency should indeed rule our mind.
This insight does not function by human skill, intelligence and resources which are necessary and useful but it accords you seasons and times of preparation for effortless manifestation even if there is a dint of crudeness existing in your dealings. I call it grace that places you in a position where you prepare to succeed. The grace of God does not give license to laziness and unpreparedness even with insight. It gives you capacity to prepare in a way that can effortlessly produce results 10 times better than those who even labored physically much more than you.
But you must understand that life is more than the physical. We have seen and heard things that minds cannot conceive. We have handled tangible things beyond normal.
The red Ant | Fiction 1
I was always warned by my mother not to whistle at night. ”I just wish you don’t attract evil whistling with your smelling mouth” **she said** one night as she picked beans for dinner.
I’ve never believed in tales, but I found her story funny. She pushed the white, plastic chair she sat on and stood up to adjust her red, ankara wrapper. “You might attract mysterious creatures. Seeing these creatures might drive anyone mad.”
***I was about to say you’re talking to a fifteen year old o, but decided to stay quite. “What kind of creatures?” I asked my mom.***
"Not this Night, John" she said as she Stood up from the stool with the tray of beams on her hand and said join me in the kitchen so you wash the plate why I cook the beans.
Same night after I finished washing the plates and eating dinner I went to my room to sleep, it wasn't up to 5 minutes I felt something strange climbing my skin , At first, it was like a tickle on my skin until it pierced my skin as if i got bitten by a scorpion, I jumped up from my bed reaching my elbow we're i got bitten, in seconds it got swelled over my elbow.
I switched on the light quickly to catch the insect that bit me this hard , just for me to find out that thousands of red ants surrounded my bed and also on the floor.
“Ijalo!”(Ant) I shivered in fear. “Fire ant!”
I expected my mom and elder brother to rush into my room, asking what was wrong, but nothing of such happed, they we're all fast asleep.
***Why we're they sleeping this deep today, i asked, because my brother never sleeps at night always on his phone, but today was quite different, no one came to my rescue despite all my shouting.***
So I decided to escape through the door since no one came to my rescue, as I leaped the ants parted into halved which was unusual, as I got to the door I heard a strange voice **"Don't go, You didn’t have to bite her"**
I was now very scared and my face crumbled in Fear, *talking to my self now* "Where did that come from"
Don’t scream,” the tiny voice echoed, the ants parted like they did for me and gave passage to a very different red ant. It was scarlet red.
My head felt light and it became difficult for me to breath and I tried screaming but could not.
*I must be going insane.* “We’ve come to take our queen,” the voice continued.
**Stay tuned I'll be dropping the remaining part in the next 24hours**
The Benin Kingdom | History
In my previous post **The Yoruba Culture in view** i discussed about the Yoruba culture and stating that the **Yoruba** culture has a linkage with that of the emergence of the **Benin kingdom**. https://read.cash/@Vanjinks/the-yoruba-culture-in-view-2f484834
The Benin kingdom all started in the 900s when they decided to settle down in the rain forest in Nigeria. By the 1400s the Benin kingdom became wealthy with a very powerful ruler called "OBA"
The people of Edo were the main heirs of the Benin Empire and were firstly ruled by the Ogiso (kings of the sky), who named their land Igodomigodo. The Ogiso would end, giving uprise to the Oba
Oba was a name title given to a chosen king and was first derived from Oba Eweka I, the first King Benin Kingdom who rose to power as a ‘Teenage king’ between 1,180 A.D. to 1,300 A.D
Oba Eweka I Ruled for 35 years. When he passed away, his children ruled in succession as a form of birth rite, the Oba of Benin was the Head of State of the Benin Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Benin was also then at the peak of its military and political power and the Oba maintained his positivity in spite of threats from the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.
Around the 1860s Benin was no longer as powerful as when it started and the Oba laboured hard to rule his people.
Benin was under threat from Britain as at 1800. The British wanted to control the whole of Benin so they could get extremely rich by trading its palm oil, rubber and some essentials . The Oba did all he could to stop all contracts with the British , but they insisted on their right on trading.
In 1897 a group of warriors in Benin killed and drove away a group of British men who came to Benin.
This attack made by the Benin people made the British angry, They sent over a thousand soldiers to destroy Benin kingdom. The City was burnt down and the kingdom of Benin became a part of the British Empire.
Benin was ruled by the British until 1960, it became a part of the independent country of Nigeria.
Today, the Oba of Benin leads religious ceremonies, but he no longer rules his people.
Thanks for reading stay tuned for our Cultural updates..
Incredibly beautiful Nature pictures of the Wild
The wild life is actually one of the most beautiful place to be if not for the harm.
**Wildlife** is **important** in balancing the environment, **Wildlife** provides a balance to different processes of the nature .
Before I bore you with my long epistle, below are some pictures taken from Kenya's wild life park
All pictures were taking in Kenya with a Nikon D5 and Nikkor 180-400 f/4 TC1.4
Photo credit @ Dickvanduijn
The Yoruba Culture in view
The Yoruba culture is the second largest cultural group in Nigeria, and one of the largest African ethnic groups in the south of Sahara Desert. The Yoruba culture dominates the western and a little part of the southern(Benin) part of the country.
The Yoruba's are an ethnic group with a population of over 40 million people, covering the south western and north -central region of Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin. https://theculturetrip.com/africa/nigeria/articles/unique-date-ideas-to-try-in-nigeria/?utm_source=amp_page
It has been said from history that the Yoruba people descended from a hero called **Oduduwa**, He was the first king of Ile - Ife, a town located in **OSUN** state.
Today there are over fifty people claiming kingship as descendants of **Oduduwa**.
Below the image of Oduduwa
The Yoruba territory was known as the Slave Coast During the four centuries of the slave trade, the Yoruba's were traded to different part of the world, majority was sent to the Caribbean and South America.
Slave trade existed between the 15th to 19th century, the Yoruba people were said to have migrated and traded to countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Jamaica, Grenada,Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Lucia, amongst others.
Yoruba has many dialects, and the language is said to be originated from Congo, all states in the west of Nigeria speak Yoruba but might differ in pronouncing but they can all understand each other. Examples of Yoruba words are as follows, *ile* means *Home*, *Pele i*s "sorry" *Bawo ni* is "How are you?"; and *Dada* is "Fine"
**FOLKLORE**
According to a Yoruba Ancient story the deities originally lived in the sky with water below the heavens, it was said that the Sky God "Olorun" Gave Orishala the God of whiteness a task to go form the earth (a bit of earth in a snail shell, and a five-toed chicken) on getting to the gate of heaven. He saw some deities drinking and having fun and he decided to join them, later he slept off, his younger brother saw him sleeping drunk and took the materials to the gate of heaven, He let down the chain and he climbed it down . Odua threw the piece of earth into the water and placed the five-toed chicken upon it. It was said that was how the earth was formed. From History it was said that Yoruba was the oldest Culture of all times.
**RELIGION**
It is said that 25% of Yoruba people still practice the traditional religion.
The rest are evenly divided between Christianity and Islam.
This is an introduction to the Yoruba culture, I'll be dropping things about **MAJOR HOLIDAYS,RITES OF PASSAGE, RELATIONSHIP, LIVING CONDITIONS,FAMILY LIFE and lots more on my next post about the Yoruba culture.**
14 Amazing pictures Of The New Seven Wonders Of The Earth
Seven seems like an awfully small number Especially when it comes to naming the world’s greatest wonders Especially considering only one of the seven original, ancient wonders.
1. **THE REDEEMER OF CHRIST STATUE BRAZIL**
Generally the statue is viewed as a symbol of love Snd unity, it’s covered in thousands of small stone pieces tiles.
This Christ statue is found in an iconic city of Rio de Janeiro. It was completed in 1931 by a one time priest.
2. **Petra Jordan**
Petros, means 'rock' is found in southern Jordan.
The city has been in existence for long but at a time was forgotten forgotten until a Swiss explorer rediscovered it in 1812.
3. **THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA**
Wall of Benin was once said to be the greater wall of all time, it spanned across approximately 14,000 miles that's almost two thousand times longer and bigger than the Wall of China but was sadly broken down by the British in the colonial rule. Before the wall of great China took over
The great wall of China was built during the Ming Dynasty when the Ming were at war with Mongolians, and its still strong, well structured and standing.
4. **COLOSSEUM, ROME**
The massive structure is located in Italy and has over 80 entrances and seating for at least 50,000 people. Viewers would come to watch gladiators/warriors and slave battle.
This beautiful structure was commissioned in Rome around 70 AD, some parts of the Colosseum have crumbled due to earthquakes, looters, vandals, or fire and has not been restructured by the government nevertheless it’s still a gorgeous sight, even despite the throngs of tourists.
5. **The hanging garden of Babylon**
Babylon, located about 80 km south of modern Baghdad in Iraq, which was an ancient **city** with a history of settlement dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are sometimes referred to as the Hanging Gardens of **Semiramis** after the semi-divine female Assyrian ruler thought by the Greeks to have extensively rebuilt
6. **Machu Picchu, Peru**
Machu Picchu is one of the most recent wonders of the earth, it is 7,000 feet above sea level, the ancient citadel dates back to the height of the Incan Empire in the 15th century.
It is estimated that only about 800 persons lived there as it was a royal estate more of a palace rather than a proper city. Quechua, the name means “Old Peak,” but the well constructed site wears its age gracefully well and is maintained well.
7. **Chichén Itzá, Mexico**
Chichén Itzá, Mexico is said to be Found in the Yucatán state, Chichén Itzá is a powerhouse in the area. Its trending days was from around 1200 AD
This place was famous for its under water rivers and open freshwater called cenotes.
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The Lord Of The Rings' Star, Hobbit Bilbo Baggins Dies At 88
The award winning actor Sir Ian Holm passed away on the 19th of June 2020 he died aged 88 following a battle with Parkinson's disease.
He was surrounded by his family and friends, he was remembered as a 'charming, kind, ferociously talented, father figure, and hospitable.
He leaves behind his wife, Sophie de Stempel, and five children from his previous marriages.
Sir Ian famously played Bilbo Baggins in the hit trilogy and revived the role for the later Hobbit film series.
**Summary of the lord of the rings movie**
Three rings for the elven kings under the sky
Seven for the dwarf lords in their house of stone.
Nine for mortal men doomed to die
One for the dark lord in his dark throne in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them.
One ring to bring them all and in then darkness bind them in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
RIP Mr Baggins
How much respect can a woman who earns higher than her husband give?
Love they say is what drives a relationship into marriage but in today's world, the narrative is being changed without Money a lot of things can't happen.
It's widely known that love alone, is not enough to keep a family standing. There are other factors like Money, respect, loyalty, sex e.t.c contributing to a healthy marriage , in a situation where a wife earns more than the husband, will there be respect and love?
Even if there is, how long can a woman keep up before she starts acting weird?
For the ladies do you think it's an issue earning higher than your husband?
Let's hear your view
Power of the mind.
The mind is the most useful power house a man posses. It can help a man attain success or can take a man to the depth of failure, depending on how you focus your energy. Like they say "The mind is the key to success" success is one in which everyone desire to attain in life but depends on how well we use and develop our minds.
Thoughts are the major ingredient of mind power. The thoughts that pass through your mind are responsible for almost everything good or bad that happens in your life. The Mind power is composed of attention, mental pictures and your thoughts.
Thoughts are frequencies. Though subtle and not visible but can affect reality.
Your interest and enthusiasm is what makes thoughts powerful. If you show lack of interest or don't think in a certain way,it will not gain strength ( read my previous Post "**The conversation**" to understand) and would not be powerful. https://read.cash/@Vanjinks/the-conversation-b8220668
**THE POWER OF THE MIND BASICS**
****What ever you desire you can achieve it using the mind power***
****Your thoughts affect what happens to you***
****What you focus on, you attract***.
****A new life is but a new mind.***
* ***To change the external, you must change the internal***
**Train your mind to think anything you want.**
Negative and positive drains energy, so why waste your energy thinking Negative? Train your mind to think about what you want in life.
So how do we eliminate negative mindset? The first thing is to recognize the main aim of killing negative thoughts, and the second step is to be aware when negatives things are happening to us or around us.
When we notice ourselves thinking in a negative way we can use any of these techniques to stop it.
*Change the negative thought into a positive one.
*Remind yourself: a negative thought is just a negative thought.
Don't forget to Always affirm the positive Don’t force yourself to believe it. Just say it.
Remember the power of the mind is a power house for success or failure.
Thanks.
How to make Jollof Spaghetti (spaghetti in sauce) by Oreo kitchen
How to make Jollof Spaghetti.
Jollof Spaghetti is a Nigerian food similar to The popular Nigerian Jollof rice which was top trending online(Twitter, Facebook and on whatsapp) . It can be paired with any sauce of your choice e.g chicken,turkey,beef,gizzards,eggs,etc. It can be served as breakfast, lunch and dinner in any Nigerian Home and enjoyed with any drink you want.
**Spaghetti** is a household food item that doesn't really take much time to prepare,it only depends on how you prepare it,the preparation time for the one in this recipe takes about 10 minutes while the cook time takes about 30-35 minutes depending on the heat applied in the cooking
Which brings the total time for your spaghetti in sauce to be ready to about 40-45 minutes
**Ingredients**
(1 or 2)Spaghetti
1.5 cup Pepper Sauce
1/2 lb ground beef Minced Meat
1 Onion small
1 Tomato large
3 green Onions Sprigs of
3 Bay leaves
6 oz mixed vegetables
3 Tbsp vegetable Oil
Salt to taste
2 Tsp curry powder
1 Tsp Thyme
3/4 Tsp soup base or 1 stock
**Instructions**
* fry the Onions, scallions and bay leaves in the Oil for about a minute or 2 then season with curry powder, soup base Thyme and salt to taste.
*Add all the ground beef and also break into big chunks (don't break them too much) and allow it to cook in its own juice until it's almost done (about 70 percent done)
*Add the sauce and cook for a while in the meat juice for about 2 to 3 minutes then add some water to thin it out.
*Break the spaghetti into 2 to 3 parts (if this is a taboo for you you can just cook it 'as is') and add it into a hot boiling water.
*Add salt to taste and cook for about 8 minutes then take it off the heat and drain the Water.
*Add the boiled pasta(60% soft) to the sauce together with the mixed vegetables, sliced tomatoes, and the rest of the scallions.
*Allow it to come to a simmer for about 3 more minutes and take it off the heat.
Serve and Enjoy!
Tutorial by Oreo's kitchen
Poem : UNTIL I FOUND YOU by Onni Joseph yusuf
UNTIL I FOUND YOU
..**.a poem from the king to the queen...**
Never knew I was awesome
Never knew I had value
Never knew I was unique
Until I found you
I wandered hopelessly
I wandered aimlessly
I wandered shamefully
Until I found you
For my soul thirsts
For my heart starves
For my emotion drains
Until I found you
I searched for true love
I searched for true affection
I searched for true compassion
Until I found you
Nothing sharpened me
Nothing shapened me
Nothing brought peace
Until I found you
I craved for attention
I craved for commitment
I craved for love
Until I found you
Thank you sweetheart for bringing out the best
Thank you for the journey of 42 months in preparation for forever
You are the best thing that happened to me
ONNI, Joseph Yusuf
The conversation
Thinking, I slept off for 8 straight hours this afternoon and still woke up with a banging head.
I wondered if it was better getting up with the headache or go back to sleep with the hope it disappears by the time I wake up again.
After Several stretching and yawns with failed attempts at leaving my soft bed, My cell phone beeped. It was a notification from twitter that one of my favourite authors had posted a write up. I was excited because it had been a while I read or saw any of his writings.
Turned out he just wrote a wonderful story again filled with turbulent emotions. I was surprised how a person could be so wonderful with words, and I wasn't.
The banging head continued and I convinced myself it was best to go into another round of sleeping or take a pill to reduce the headache, I opted out for sleeping because i hated drugs . Shortly after, my phone rang. It was usual for my phone to ring in the evening, maybe cause am home and had no girlfriend lol. Still sleepy, I made for my mobile phone while trying to think of who was calling. I finally touched the phone upon look at the phone guess who it was...
It was the said writer... I chuckled.
What a shocker I said to myself. I picked up the call greeted and we got talking. He told me he had broken the jinx. I didn't seem to understand what he meant not until he said "I posted my nudes on twitter"
We laughed really hard.
It was his way of describing what he had written about. Then I told him I had read it too and I even left a comment. He asked what my feelings were while reading. We discussed about it, and he said it was great that he achieved his motive with the story.
I was on the verge of telling him how much of a good writer he was before he interrupted with...
"It's your turn to write now"
There was silence, then he breaks in with...
"I really want you to go back to writing van."
I chuckled, this time feeling embarrassed.
I have always wanted to write, but the words were not just coming together. I don't even know what to write about, I can't write the way you write I said, I'm not so good with words especially when it comes to describing things or events. I complained hoping he would let me be, but he insisted.
Write about anything something he said.
This call chat...
This conversation we are having now...
Start from here...
I paused not knowing what my response should be.
I am serious, he said.
Even though we joke a lot, I can tell when he really means what he says.
I replied with "Okay" in an attempt to stop the conversation.
I am serious, he insisted.
I knew.
He didn't need to tell me.
"Write about this our call conversation and send it to me before you go to bed", he added.
I knew I was in for it!
There was no escaping now. It's going to be hard but I knew it's something I would be thankful for later.
When the call ended, I tried to write but the words were still silent, not (coming together), so I started to plan in my head the excuse I was going to give to him.
I was still at it when he called reminding me he was still waiting for my story.
I knew immediately that no amount of excuse would save me. So I opened up my notes and started to write this...It was then I realized that a little push, **a little push could bring out something we had in us but refused to use.**
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Boko haram insurgency in west Africa
Over the past decades, different forms of domestic and international terrorism in which Boko haram has been one of the Hardest Hit in west Africa.
The sect was founded by Mohammed Yusuf became known as Boko Haram in 2002 in Maiduguri, the capital of the north-eastern state of Borno
The militant Islamic group popularly called "Boko Haram" has caused a lot of Havoc in the most populous black Nation "Nigeria" and west Africa at large, through bombings of schools, churches, mosques, markets and any place of social gathering also assassinations and abductions of individuals, the Islamic group is fighting hard to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.
**The Boko haram insurgency** all began in 2009 when the jihadist group started an armed war battle against the government of Nigeria, The Boko Haram sect started with massive attacks on security formations. they later graduated to offensives attack on Christian churches, Mosques, schools and other public places.
This sect attacked borders and penetrated nations on close to the Nigerian borders and also caused havoc by killing, destroying properties and also abduction humans.
The president of Nigeria on May 2013 declared a state of emergency in the following states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa due to insurgency's happening in these region.
On the night of 14–**15 April 2014**, Boko haram sect Abducted 276 female chibok girls students were kidnapped from a Secondary School in a small town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. This kidnap shocked the world which brought about a global awareness of this destructive sect, this brought about the #bringbackourgirls campaign which went viral.
The Nigerian military in January 2016 reported to have freed 1,000 women held captive by **Boko Haram** in which 15 was said to be the kidnapped chibok girls
UNICEF released a report in 2018, claiming that more than 1,000 children **have** been **kidnapped** by **Boko Haram** since 2013
**Boko haram** rendered a lot of people homeless now living in IDP camps with little or nothing to eat and also not enough needs for human wants.
**Boko haram** is a threat to National and international growth and development, lives have been lost, properties has been destroyed and the nation is not at peace because this sect could penetrate into any part of west Africa if not Handled on **TIME**
Time Waits For No Man
Growing up, I heard a lot of people around me saying this word "**Time waits for no man**" but I remember when my mom told me this same word years ago and I had to sit down to figure what it meant . Today I appreciated those words and still uses it as a guideline to do things on time in other to avoid procrastination which is a killer of time.
**Time** is a priceless and invaluable commodity in the journey of life, time is life's currency regardless of how we spend (use) it. Everyone is required to have time management, talents, and treasures. Time they say is a component that can be used to unleash your potential if managed wisely.
**Time waits for no man** means it is time to take important decision and efforts and works to advance your life to the next level. daily, your given opportunities to capitalize on life’s currency(Time), Use each day to align your mindset and actions with who and what you were created to be, Redefine your life to values and use each moment in time with purpose driven attitude.
When a man is serious about his destiny, he will be serious about managing his time to the fullest, which will lead to fulfilling purpose with talents and treasures.
This begins your roadmap and plan toward your life's purpose to keeps you focused on your destiny.
Remember **Time waits for no man**, Use time judiciously
Whatsapp to allow users send and receive funds for free
Whatsapp has been working on some features lately which allow users send and receive money while using the application.
After passing through the test in Indian it was announced that payment services was available within the application.
Since whatsapp and Facebook are owned by same person **Mark Zuckerberg****,** user's can now receive payment through Facebook pay, It was said that Facebook pay would land on all its application in which Whatsapp wasn't an exception. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg
There's absolutely no charge for sending and receiving money between friends and individuals but will also have to pay 3.99% commission to Whatsapp.
User are to link their bank card details to their whatsapp account, and will be secured using codes and also finger prints. This Feature is available in Brazil and yet to be launched to the
Whatsapp have over 2billion users globally with almost everyone using Whatsapp to chat in Brazil it would be of great privilege and of great use to the world for making transaction easy, fast , accessible and reliable.
Blog
**Blog** has been in existence since the advent of personal diary's dated back to 1994, Personal diary's was shared online, people could talk about their personal life and how things affected them personally but people thought about using it to communicate information to a larger audience in a new way, presently we have about **600million blogs** on the internet https://firstsiteguide.com/blogging-stats/
A **Blog** or **Weblog** is an online journal where a writer or a group of writers share their thought on a particular topic.
Blogging can be used to boost target audience of a particular business, also running a blog makes your business competitive and with high **SEO** ( search Engine optimization) which boost your traffic as a business
**Structure of a blog**
Blogs are made up of standard features and structures which include;
* Header
*Main content area with highlighted or latest blog
*footer
**Difference between a blog and website**
There's a big difference between a blog and website but people still wonder what it is.
***Blog** needs frequent update, might be daily, weekly or monthly depending on the **Niche** used, good example is an **entertainment blog** Where music and things related to entertainment is being posted frequently. Unlike website which can be updated yearly or based on discretion. https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-blogging-niche-that-will-make-money-easily/
***Blog** gives the reader perfect engagement, blog gives the reader a chance to air their view on a particular post or topic. **websites**, on the other hand, consists of the content presented on stagnant pages.
A key point that identify a blog post from a website include a publishing date, author reference, categories, and tags within a
**Read.cash** is also an example of a blog, cause its interactive, Controversial and updated by people within short period of time
Why you need to write a good content on read.cash
I write from a different perspective of what we've read here on **read.cash** Concerning content and all , I just discovered something quite interesting on why we need to write good content.
Read.cash has a lot of great effect on lives knowingly and unknowingly, the ability to do good research before writing, ability to think strategically before writing and also your ability to interact with people and also you earn for writing good contents and also gifted/upvoted too, but before I bombard us all with my write up, this we're my findings.
I was going through some of my previous post and also reading them, I saw a particular one which caught my attention @ **The university of Lagos (Unilag) photo Journal** https://read.cash/@Vanjinks/the-university-of-lagos-unilag-photo-journal-61a0d83e
Something just prompt into my mind that I should search for the post on Google and immediately I opened my favorite browser **#Chrome** and typed the keyword #**The university of Lagos photo journal**, behold it came out first page and first post
I was so happy that I have written something recognizable to the world at large, anyone could go online and search for it to view and read my wonderful works.
This platform could serve as a bridge between you and the world let's create good content and
You don't know who's watching and who might need your service
The Engineering History
Engineering is one of the oldest profession dated back to the 1390 when scientists and specialist related it to mathematics in the design of military weapon e.g a mechanical tool called **contraption(Catapult)** used in war, this obsolete has been used for years to survive the old and present day military
The word engineering was gotten from the word ***engineer*** which means one who operates on an engine.
Schematic drawing of military fortification from *Cyclopaedia*, published 1728 https://www.linkengineering.org/Explore/what-is-engineering/engineering-brief-history.aspx
The word engine is even much older was first used in 1250, was derived from the Latin word *ingenium* meaning “innate quality, especially mental power.
**What is Engineering**?
Engineering is simply the application of science, mathematical formulas analysis, understanding nature and empirical elaborate evidence to the innovation , design ,analysis, construction, adequate maintainance of machine equipment, processing, management and systems.
The field of engineering covers a broad range of specialized *field in engineering* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_engineering_branches
Engineering has existed since the beginning of time, even God used engineering techniques to create the world.
The first engineer know in the world today goes by the name **IMHOTEP** (A civil engineer ) Builder of the Step Pyramid in Egypt at about 2550 BC. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Imhotep https://www.britannica.com/place/Egypt
The Greek, Persian and romans carried Civil engineering (Building of notable infrastructure) to the next level.
Civil engineering emerged as a discipline in the 18th century when the first and foremost professional society of engineering was founded, civil engineers of the 18th and 19th century built structures, designed water supplies system, designed roads and linked high way network system.
England was the birth place of mechanical engineering ,The development of machine-tool industry gave tremendous impact to the study of mechanical engineering. https://www.britannica.com/technology/industry
The increase in knowledge of electricity from Volta’s electric cell experiment of 1800 through the experiments of Michael Faraday brought great impact to the Electrical field. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Volta https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Faraday
The chemical engineering field field grew out from the proliferation of processes involving chemical reaction, food processing, textile e.t.c in the 19th century.
**The Engineering Function**
The function of an engineer for early times till now is to solve problems, the problem brought might involve qualitative or quantitative; it may require Abstract thinking, common sense or mathematical approach,
All engineering problem have scopes and manner of approach which has been proven by early scientist and engineers.
Written by : Ojinika Azubuike progress ( BNG Mechanical engineering, Fupre) A.K.A @Vanjinks
Domestic Violence in Africa
Domestic violence has been one of the major concern to discuss about in our society
Domestic violence also named (Domestic abuse or family violence) is one which happens in most homes which is committed by spouse in form of sexual abuse, physical beating, not respecting your spouse also any behavior with the sole purpose of gaining power over a spouse, partner, family relative and girlfriend or boyfriend is tagged domestic violence.
This form of violence also involves violence against children, parents, or the
In Africa today we see, hear and Note Domestic is being increasing in the continent. Africa has become a hub in which violence against women and kids are not readily looked into.
Domestic violence against women and children has been one of the major concern, recently we have seen how rape causes have increased drastically cause of the covid 19 pandemic recently.
Rape is another form of domestic violence and this happens in Marriages and also no age limit is being spared, domestic violence has been one of the most underreported crime cases in the world cause people doing this evil are close relatives (family ) and also to avoid stigmatisation from the society.
**We have different types of domestic violence as it's affect or society**
* **Control :** behavior is one which help us control the way we behave is one way to prevent domestic violence, not controlling the way we behave tend to lead to a lot of uncontrollable character traits.
***Physical** **abuse** : any physical aggressive behavior, holding of physical needs, indirect/Direct physically harmful behavior, or threat of physical abuse. E.g Hitting, kicking, biting, slapping, shaking, pushing, pulling, Withholding of physical needs including denials of sleep or meals e t.c
* **Sexual Abuse :** This involve forceful having an affair with anyone without their consent and this leads to rape,
Sexual abuse may involve both verbal and physical behavior, This may include making a fun of another’s sexuality or body, making offensive statements, taking advantage of a victim who is not able to make an informed decision about involvement in sexual activity because of being asleep, sleeping with an underage below +18 e.t.c
* **Economic Abuse :**
This is one mostly found in Africa, this kind of abuse is also called a financial abuse, this abuse involve using children for businesses, trading children for money, buying and selling of children, making children hulk on the streets instead of being in school.
Domestic violence is a threat to humanity and must be stopped.
Poem : The wood man
Yeh! Yeh! Yeh!
Everywhere is on fire
Everywhere is on fire
Wood man, Wood man,
Wood man must survive
But, No! No!
I can't take it anymore
I can't take it anymore
Help! Help! Help!
Cried out the wood man.
How to make Nigerian Fried Rice and Chicken
How to make Nigerian Fried Rice and Chicken
**Fried Rice**
Nigerian Fried Rice is one of the most sought after Nigerian party foods. It is slightly different from the Asian one because some ingredients are substituted for each other
Ingredients
2 cups of parboiled rice
1 cup of Vegetables (sweet corn, sweet peas,green pepper, carrots
1 cup of diced liver or hotdogs
1 cup of diced onions
½ cup of chicken stock
3 tablespoons of groundnut oil
½ teaspoon of thyme
1 teaspoon of curry powder
1 stock cube
Salt
**Procedures**
*Boil your rice for about 10 minutes until it's parboiled so it won't be mashy
*Strain the rice and allow to cool for a while
*Preheat the oil in a pan, pour the onions, vegetables, diced liver or hotdogs (based on your preference),curry,thyme,salt,stock cube and stir
*Mix in your parboiled rice gradually until it is even
*Pour in your chicken stock and leave to steam for about 3-5 minutes
*Take it off the heat and serve. This should make 3 servings.
The preparation time for fried rice shouldn't take more than 10 minutes based on this recipe
While the cook time takes about 20-25 minutes
In all, your fried rice should be ready in about 30-35 minutes.
**Fried chicken**
**Ingredients**
6 pieces of cleaned chicken
1 stock cube
¼ teaspoon of thyme
¼ teaspoon of curry powder
Salt to taste
Water
5 serving spoons of oil (for frying)
**Procedures**
*Pour the cleaned chicken in a pot and put in all other ingredients. Pour in some water and cook it for 10 minutes
*Strain the chicken and separate the stock from it
*Preheat some oil in a pan until it's hot
*Gently put in the chicken and fry until golden brown
*Strain and serve with your fried rice or any meal of your choice.
Fried chicken doesn't take long to prepare,it's preparation time, based on this recipe shouldn't take more than 5 minutes
While it's cook time, depending on the quantity of what you're making tho, will take about 15-20 minutes
This brings the total time to about 20-25 mins.
Drop your questions
Cooking from **Oreo kitchen**
@Vanjinks
