Friday, March 4, 2016

When life throws you lemons.


Hey guys. Welcome back to my blog.  
I know that it has honestly been a minute but I am going to skip the part where I go on and on about how I would blog better and be more around and what not. Lol. Life has been happening is all and that basically is the reason for my inconsistency.
I recently completed my MBBS part II examinations as well so I am a step closer to becoming a qualified medical doctor.  The results would be out anytime from now. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
So let's just jump right in shall we?
There is this conference I have been planning to attend for a while now....probably around September last year. It's a World Model United Nations Conference hosted by Havard University. It's going to hold from the 14th of March till the 18th of March. I was pretty excited about this conference so I was really eager and all. I made a rough estimate of how much the conference would cost me and asked my parents if they felt up to spending money on it and they gave me a go ahead so I started my registration process and every.
We were initially about 8 from my Uni representing Nigeria in the conference but along the line 2 people stepped down so we became 6. After we had registered we were sent our prospectus. Everything seemed so perfect and beautiful and it only made me more eager. Lol. We were promised a visa waiver and so I was just thinking "Yaaaaaaaaassssssssss " part of the perks of being an ambassador.  Lol. I got assigned to represent Rwanda in the conference so I went ahead to read everything about Rwanda just so I could adequately represent them.
Everything was going all well and good until the organisers sent us a mail saying that there wasn't going to be a visa waiver anymore because of the terrorist attack in Europe (France).  At first I am thinking "what"? How is this possible?  Blah blah blah.... fast forward to this year. We started our visa application process. We were sent the procedure for applying for the visa and our invitation letter. Everything we needed really. And so we headed to VFS global Lagos to begin our quest for the Italian shengen visa.
The fist time we went we were sent back because we didn't have our sponsors most recent statement of account.  It was soooooooo annoying to say the least. My co delegates were upset and they didn't even wanna try applying again but we encouraged each other and decided to give it another shot.
We went to Lagos a second time. This time, we successfully submitted our passports for the visa. We were happy and excited. Five of the six people in the delegation are medical students so we had our part 2 exams approaching. We were just glad we could submit the passport and face the reality of our exams.
After our exams we were called to come and pick up our passports . We travelled to lagos and on getting to the embassy we received the shock of our lives! Only two of the 6 of us were granted the visa and we all had the EXACT same documents. The reason for their refusal was that they couldn't ascertain our reason for travelling. 
We were shocked! None of us entertained the thought that we couldn't be granted the visa.  I mean we had a letter from Havard inviting us for the conference,  the Havard organisers had pulled a few strings in Rome and had gotten the minister of Foreign affairs to contact the Italian embassy here in lagos with our names to inform them about our intention to be in Rome and to ask them to grant us the visa....but of course the embassy in their infinite wisdom decided that they wanted to grant just two of the six people the visa and that the other four people could ask the two people that were granted the visa to give them the gist on how the conference went. Haha! We were furious to say the least. I mean.... what? We just couldn't wrap our heads around it.
And so we went back home to Ibadan and sent the Havard world MUN organisers a mail expressing how angry and disappointed we were that we were still rejected the visa.  How they weren't doing their job well and blah blah blah. We asked for a refund of all the fees we had paid and we just wanted to move on and accept our fate. But God !
We received a call from the Italian consulate the next day after we had collected our passport with the refusal stamp (lmao) and we were asked to come back and reapply for the visa at the embassy directly this time... but that we were going to have to pay another visa fee ( awon ole) . We didn't mind, I mean the fact that they called each and every one of us personally and invited us to reapply meant that they wanted to grant us the visa right? And so we went to Lagos again for the fourth time.
We thought they had made up their minds about giving us the visa.... isn't that why they called us? So we assumed that they would just stick the visa in our passport and we would be off on our jolly way. Alas! They asked us to return on a later date to collect our passport. This was on Monday and our conference was to begin the next Monday meaning that everyone had to converge in Rome by Sunday at the latest. We told the embassy of this fact and they said not to worry. That they had everything in mind. Hmmmmm. Okay oh! So we left.
Tuesday and Wednesday passed by. Nothing! Not a word from the embassy. So we decided to call them on Thursday because they only work on week days. And if they were going to give us our passports in time for the conference then they needed to return our passport back by Friday at the latest. We were told to wait. That they had our dates in mind and they were going to call us when they were ready for us. Waawu! The chances of us attending the conference started to look bleak once more. So our head delegate wrote to Havard again and informed them of what was happening. The Harvard guys pulled a few strings again in Rome and bam! We received a call from the embassy asking us to come on Friday to collect our visa.
So we headed to lagos again for the fifth time. When we got to the embassy the Nigerian there went on about how we should be thankful to our head delegate. That if not for her they wouldn't have given us the visa. So I am thinking, the embassy never really had any intentions of giving us the visa. Why did they ask us to reapply? What was their plan?  Fine. They were forced to give us the visa by the ministry of foreign affairs so they wanted to fraustrate us by giving us the passport with the visa in it on Monday or so when they knew that we wouldn't want to travel again because the conference would have already began and making plans and actually travelling would have meant arrival in Rome probably on Thursday.
Then when we reapply for another shengen visa later in life for other reasons they will hold the fact that we didn't use the last one issued to us against us. Chai!  These embassy was too deep and crafty for me. At the end of the day God shamed them.
As much as they tried not to give us the visa. As much as they tried to frustrate our efforts by asking us to travel from Ibadan to lagos so many times ( risking our lives and wasting money) and asking us to pay double for the visa, God almighty still shamed them. This right here is a classic example of when Jesus says yes nobody can say no.
So I just want to say to you all that no matter what you are going through, no matter how it may seem, mo matter who is trying to frustrate your life just hang in there a little longer. God will definitely see you through because when Jesus says yes nobody on earth and in the heavens can say no.
When life throws you lemons just smile. Pick up the lemons, plant a tree and grow some more lemons, make lemonade and sell it for some cash, use the lemon to drink some tea and just generally make good of what seems like a bad situation.
I know this post is a bit lengthy but I just needed to share my testimony and who better to share it with than you my wonderful readers.
Gracias mi amor. Until next time.
Xoxo

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Lili Hair beauty store

Hey guys. How are you all doing.
It's been too long I know.
I actually gave up on blogging cos I was getting discouraged with some stuff and to be honest you need a lot of encouragement to keep blogging. Lol. Things are not always going to go the way you envision. My mom and siblings however are my number one fans. Lol. They didn't let me rest and they kept encouraging me. So thanks to them, here I am.
Anyhoo! I am back now and I plan to be consistent by God's grace.
About a year ago I travelled to the ancient city of China for a short vacation. I am a hair freak so while I was there I literally went to their hair mall and was gushing over the beauty that is human hair. Chai!. I was salivating and wishing that I could have 'em all. Lool. But nna that is some money so I could only buy one hair style.
Like we know, China is famous for their copies of products and things in general and I have always wanted "funmi hair" but a sister can't afford funmi hair yet. So while I was there I used to opportunity to request for funmi hair and to my surprise they had it. Lool. I sharps bought it. A bundle of 8" and 10" which cost me about 720RMB if I am not mistaken. I also took her business card too.
720RMB at the time was roughly about 20,000 naira which was a bargain. Because the exact same lengths in the real funmi hair would have cost me about 80,000 naira.
When I got back home to Nigeria and installed the bundles everyone couldn't stop gushing about how beautiful the hair was. The 2 bundles I bought were full enough for my head and to my surprise the hair did not tangle at all. The curls were maintained and it had minimal to no shedding which I personally found amazeballs.
I have installed the hair twice now and I had it in for about 5 weeks each time. And I must say that this hair is hands down one of the best I own. Like I said before there was no tangling and little to no shedding.
1st use.

Second use


I recently felt the need to acquire more hair so of couse I  messaged Lili and she informed me about her store on aliexpress and that she was having a sale so I decided to wait for the sale before I purchased the bundle deal I  wanted.
I ended up buying one 16', one 18' and one 20" with a 14" silk Base closure and so I paid a total of about $200 + shipping to Nigeria. Amazing right? 

The package arrived via FedEx and I must say that I absolutely love this hair. It's so soft and bouncy and ut took just about a week to get to me in Nigeria.
The store 
So you guys know that I have always got your back right. If you wanna check them out and buy a thing or two you can click Here. They will be having a black friday sales tomorrow so you guys should definitely check them out.... mouth watering deals await you. *wink*  Tell them Dr Honey sent you. Follow them on instagram @Lilihairbeauty 
WhatsApp number is +8615801615581
Until next time my loves 
 Xoxo. 


Saturday, September 5, 2015

Must NOTS for those inlaw visits.

Hey hey hey( in Edee beau's voice) how are you all doing.  So today's post is basically gonna be about those trends that we should not be caught in while going to visit the inlaws.
I can guess that most of my readers are females and are either married or aspiring to which is why this post focuses on women.  For my male readers please direct your women in here so they can pick up a thing or two.
Now down to business;
  1.  First of all, I know that most ladies like makeup and like to feel pretty but the truth is: Honey, you don't want to give a wrong impression to your would be inlaws. Keep it simple. Leave the highlighting and contouring for another day. Lol
  2. Ripped jeans are a "no no". I know we all think they are cool and stylish but my sisters, the older people are yet to understand why a sane person would wear torn clothes.
  3. Don't over dress! In a bid to impress them with your fashionsta skills you leave them wondering weather you are here to be a wife and mother or a runway model.
  4. Cover up darlings. I know that most clothes in the market these days expose either cleavage, side boobs or butt crack but just for the purpose of your visit, do us all a favour and tuck them away.
  5. These days we see different colours of wigs and weaves, both two toned and single colour; pink, yellow, orange, green name it. Do not wear them to visit the inlaws darling. Nah!

I know for a fact that if my son brought a woman who has disregarded all of the above points and introduced her to me as his wife to be that'll be the end of it. #lol.
Well, that's it for this post guys. If you have any more points you think you'd like to share please leave them in the comment section down below. Gracias mi amor. 
Until next time my loves XOXO.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Healthier lifestyle changes- home made plantain amala.

So one of my lovely readers sent me this receipe. If you are trying to eat healthier or if you are just a DIY kinda person then this is definitely for you. I think all the pictures are pretty self explanatory, but i'll run through them just because. 
The key ingredient for plantain amala like we all know is unripe plantain. So, if you happen to have a plantain tree in your house and it's killing you waiting for all them plantain fingers to ripen up then I'm sure you'd be happy about this discovery.
Okay!
1) So 1st of all, you'll peel the skin off the plantain and dice it into small bits. 
2) you put the diced plantain into your blender and add a little water just so it's easier to blend it to a fine paste


3) after blending, you should have something like this.
4) pour the paste into a pot on fire, wait for it to boil for a bit and stir continuously .... Just the way you'd normally stir your amala
6) tada!!!!! Your plantain amala is cooked and ready to eat.
7) serve with any soup of your choice. She chose efo riro.
So that's it for this post. If you have any recepies you'd like to share with the world then feel free to email me oyinkanfafo@icloud.com. Until next time my loves. 
Xoxo.

Friday, August 14, 2015

Honey's giveaway winner.

Hello people. So the giveaway is closed and like I promised, the winner would be announced today.
A few people did enter the giveaway and it's great to know that...but just a little tip for next time. The instructions were pretty clear. It is very important that you tag me in the giveaway picture and use the harshtag cos that's the only way I can know that you entered the giveaway...a few people I follow did enter and even though they didn't use the harshtag, I could see their entries because they were on my timeline... but now that it's time to collate the results I can't really remember them anymore.
That being said... the winner of the #honeysgiveaway Selfie stick is.... drumroll please!!!




Congratulations @chocol8dip. Thanks to everyone who participated in the #honeysgiveaway. Thanks to all my blog readers and subscribers. You are the bomb. Please @chocol8dip leave ur email in the comment section down below and i'll contact you on how to claim your prize.  Gracias mi amor.


Sunday, August 2, 2015

Honey's giveaway.

Yaaaaay!!!!! Its finally here. I legit can't believe this is happening ; Our very first giveaway. So who wants a Selfie stick??? There is a Selfie stick up for grabs guys and the rules of the game are very simple. All you have to do is;

  • Follow me on the gram. Its @Drhunnay
  • Subscribe to the blog (just so you can receive updates  when I post). You can choose to follow me on Google or by email. The follow buttons are on the right side of the page.
  • Repost this picture on your instagram page, tag me and hashtag #honeysgiveaway
  • Tag five people on the picture. Spread the word loves. 
That's it really. You see, I told you, easy peasy. You must be resident in Nigeria or at least have a Nigerian postal address if you live abroad but still wanna enter. The winner would be randomly selected and announced on the 15th of August,2015. That's about 2 weeks for the good news to go around and for the entries to start rolling in. This is my little way of saying thank you to all my readers. There really would be no me without you, and this is the first of many more to come. All you gotta do is keep being you and showing me all the love that you do. Thank you guys so much and I look forward to the entries. 

Stay safe. XOXO

Monday, July 27, 2015

Life lately || the little things.

Just because the little things add up to the big things and in the end, we should truly be grateful for those little things.

It's a cold morning...I am tucked in under my duvet and realising that I have been away for too long. The plan is actually to write at least once every week... could be more, but at least once. This post has been in my draft for at about a week but i've been stalling because I asked bae to help me design the giveaway picture but he has been busy + corel draw decided it didn't wanna work again and I didn't wanna write a post without the giveaway somewhere in between but I have missed you guys so.

Some beautiful little things. 
  • Cold rainy nights 
  • Breakfast in bed 
  • Getting lost in a book 
  • Cheating with a chocolate bar after your failed attempts at dieting 
  • Watching the waves on the beach with someone special 
  • Kind words from a stranger especially on those hard days 
  • A smile from your crush 
  • Getting a message from a total stranger saying how much of an inspiration you have been to them. 
  • Meeting someone new and connecting with the person instantly 
  • When bae cooks 
  • Seemingly unending phone calls with that special someone
  • Cuddled up in bed and watching your favourite series
  • Getting home, taking off your clothes and getting into bed after a long day.
  • Having a day out with friends
  • Thoughtful gifts
  • A bowl of eba and egusi soup on a hot Saturday afternoon
  • Fighting for the remote control with your siblings 
  • Surprise visits from someone dear.
Remember to appreciate the little things and to find joy in them because in the end, the perfect picture isn't complete without those little things.
What are some of your little things? 
Until next time my lovelies. XOXO