Barby's Diary

Hi Loves, how do you do? Been a while yeah? I think so too. I actually wanted all the previous articles to digest before we start off on another topic again, perfect excuse right? I missed y'all muchos. It's midweek already, would it be late to ask how your weekend went? I doubt. So how did it go? I didn't attend the road walk I told y'all about. Sorry jare, my laziness got the best of me and it rained that morning too. Today's topic is very sensitive and I fear to be quoted out of context. But then again, these are the risks writers have to take right? The saying that ''dress the way you want to be addressed'' can never go out of style. Always remember that first impression matters a lot and there is never a second time to make a first impression. Dressing well has no age barrier, you mustn't be 50 years before you start wearing nice clothes. In fact, parents should dress their children well too, it tells a lot about the parents. This...

In a game between these two, who do you think will win??? Hi Guys! How is your week going? It's mid week already. Gradually, the weekend is approaching, yippee! What were your plans for the week?  Where you able to achieve all of them? What are your plans for the weekend? For me, I have a 10km road race to attend on Saturday, I am not as enthusiastic as I was when I was copied on Instagram concerning the race. I guess it's the lazy bones in me trying to weigh me down, I'll try to participate and bring you gist on how it went. This week has been an interesting one in many ways especially on social media. Just yesterday, we heard of the proposed 8.64 billion National Assembly wardrobe allowance for the 469 members of both houses (Senate and House of Representatives) which will translate to a whooping 19/17 million per person, yearly. This is ridiculous. The cost of governance in this country is too high and it's in serious need of downsizing, so much money is spent t...

Hi Fam!  Thanks for always being that family I can run to and we can talk about everything and anything. I appreciate you all. How was the weekend for you? It's funny right, one minute, it's Friday and you feel Monday is so far away only for it to just show up in your face like that. Sorry to break the not so good news to you, the weekend is over, Monday is here and the grind continues...the hustle is real. If you're in Nigeria and conversant with happenings around you especially via social media, you may have heard many stories this weekend. All these have inspired so many interesting articles which in the course of the week, I'll try to write on. However, there was a story making rounds about a cheating husband who got his ex girlfriend pregnant. The celebrity wife is the victim in this case. The couple have been together for over a decade before they eventually got married, and from what we hear too, the cheating husband may have been with this ex for well over ...

Dear friends, it is for the love of God I do this. I'm so not happy with all of you cos nobody wished me a happy birthday except Frances...I see y'all oh and God is watching you too. I had a swell time though, thanks for not asking. How una dey sha ? You know you can hardly get angry with family for a long time? Well, I have forgiven everyone and that's why I'm still typing, if not, I'll have stopped typing long time ago, (like you care right?) LOL!  However, I'm still accepting gifts till June 3rd next year, then we'll start all over again. I took a mini vacation from work for a week! I strategized so well that, with the public holiday and the weekends, I think I had about ten to eleven days to rest and chill and rest again. I so didn't want the vacay to end...talk about ''Oliver Twist asking for more''. I've been finding it difficult to upload the pictures, for some weird reasons, something that shouldn't take me a minute...

Just recently, I was gisting with Le Boo and I told him a story of a particular neighbor my family once had. You see, this man (Mr All Weather) was a chronic womanizer, he loved all types; dark, fair, chocolate, tall, short, fat, slim, long hair, short hair, bald, figure 8, ''tirin gbeku''...you name it! We saw them come in and go out everyday. To be fair to him, he was never married, but he had a ''stable'' relationship with a beautiful woman for say; five years and it produced two cute lil girls. He always beat the woman at every given chance (maybe even for breathing sef) and the relationship didn't last. The woman went away with her two girls. Mr All Weather didn't care, he didn't change either, he moved unto the next. Another fine woman who was a second neighbour's friend soon caught his attention, second neighbor warned fine woman of the dangers in plying that '''road'', fine woman didn't listen, I think she...

Hi ''Boos''...how the go dey go? What's been happening at your end? My mini vacation has been going on well, I can't believe it's a week already and almost over! But it's been worth every minute. I really needed the break and the space and I had to take meds for malaria too. I don't want to resume work feeling sickly and tired after a whole week break, that wouldn't be nice at all. In other news, it was my birthday on the 3rd June and nobody wished me a happy birthday on the blog *cries profusely*, God is watching all of you oh. On a brighter note, I had a blast! Thanks for asking *side eye*. I'll write a post and share pictures of that day and my vacation in one of my subsequent post. I'll have done that now, but I'm experiencing some challenges with uploads and I'm on some self-imposed laziness too... Meanwhile, how was the guest post by Frances Okoro? Did you learn a thing or two? Do you think saving is ''doable...

Continued from the last post... Uzo Orimalade of Uzo’s food labs – She used to be an investment banker and made the transition from the 9-5 job to entrepreneurship. What steps made it easier? – She started transitioning when she was still working. She knew she was good in home entertainment and so she decided to turn it into a business. Then when she just started, she would go to work, bake overnight, deliver early in the morning before work. She also cut down on a lot of expenses and started saving a year’s equivalent of her salary and the deal with priority really helped her. She cut off stuff she didn’t need, food and all what not and it’d actually amaze us as to how much we can save when we cut off the chop chop. Aurora Moneyi (Brand manager) She spoke from the 9-5 job aspect of managing our finances. First things first, she deals with delayed gratification. Never get what you don’t need. Take away part of your salary, save it, have a budget plan, no impu...

H i Lovelies, how have you been? I told y’all I am on a mini vacation right?  The past few days has been awesome! However, I caught the flu and so I cannot drink any chilled stuff or stay outside late, so things aren't going like I expected because of this challenge, but it's all good. Nothing spoil. Remember tomorrow is my birthday! Yaaaaaaay! Truth is, today is actually my birthday oh. I was born around 11pm on the 2nd of June but the nurse wrote 3rd of June in error on my birth card, and my parents decided not to change it. So, I have two birth dates! My family usually calls me today and tomorrow to wish me a happy birthday. Yeah, I'm special like that!  I told ya something big was coming on the blog right? Well here it is! The wait is over and I know you’ll thank me later, so I’m saying ‘’you’re welcome’’ in advance. A friend  of mine from the University, her name is Frances Okoro ( she is a blogger too, and her blog address is w...