Magnus Teach

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
"Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge."
"The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda."
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
"Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen."
"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

Hope y'all had an eventful weekend... Tomorrow begins a new work week so get some much needed rest so you can put in your best by sunrise...

Audentes fortuna iuvat
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Fortune Favours the Brave
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Fléctere si néqueo súperos Acheronta movebo --
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell

Last Christmas, I wrote this piece for a boutique's webpage to raise awareness about their new wares. I called it ECO-FRIENDLY FASHION FOR CHRISTMAS. This is an old article published in 2020, I can't ascertain if it's information remains true today...
Bamboo bags. Have you heard of them? Well, they're awesome. They are made of bamboo and are in so many shapes and sizes, colours and textures that you must find your hearts desire. OK, what about rattan bags? These ones are made of straws. Did I say they were eco-friendly.... and cheap; why wouldn't they be cheap, they are made of bamboo and straws. Wear these bags with a straw sun hat and you would be Miss Eco-Nigeria.
You can practically wear them with anything. While the rattan bags are usually smaller in size -like purses, the bamboo bags are larger. Some bamboo bags are see-through while others are not, some are more flexible than others as well. Though some can be seen as impractical, celebrities stretch our minds by defying practicality for fashion, who says fashion is practical - or comfortable. But comfortable these bags are, light in weight and diverse in application, they are a must have for every sane woman. Men just a little longer and yours might be on the way as Gucci is working on a male variant.
These bags mostly lack in ornaments so it is advised that when wearing them wear other accessories. Two looks to rock this Christmas with a rattan or bamboo bag will be;
The cute cheerleader look. A wrapped around cropped top made out of lovely tropical prints that suit the day's vibes with a deconstructed denim mini-skirt and 'dad' sneakers will fit perfectly with a strap rattan or bamboo bag. Minimal golden accessories will be a great match with such allure to celebrate your stunning tan.
The Parisian look. Protect your hair from damaging sun and look like a fashionista with a straw hat and a plain little dress. Look like a perfect french girl with strappy heels, a plain dress and a silk scarf. Complete the outfit with a statement earring, best if it is made of straws or some natural material as well. Golden or diamond themed accessorising will also do. You could add a denim or leather jacket if it's too chilly outside.
The bags go well with all footwears be it slippers, sandals, block heels or wedge sandals. Striped and polka dotted dresses are also great with these bags. You could also experiment with shorts, trousers and jumpsuits. Try out different tops for different looks. Shame your friends this Christmas, become their fashion icon.
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Wow I was surprised to find this article I wrote two years ago still in my storage. I wrote it for an entertainment magazine in 2019, I called it "DUBAI DIVA". Please the subject matter here is outdated, I only posted it because I thought it was quite a good piece of writing.
So let us get this story straight, On Friday night (November 15th) at the venue of the OneAfricaMusicFest in Dubai, Nollywood diva Tonto Dikeh got into an exchange of words with the security at the entrance and before one could say Robinson, the confrontation had escalated into one which involved the Police and arrests were made. According to sources, tonto arrived at the venue of the event and the security refused to allow her in while others walked pass her into the event, Tonto got upset and she who sources say appeared intoxicated launched a verbal attack on the security guard and two colleagues who were with her excused themselves when they could not stop or control her. She is quoted to have called the white security guard a ''N***a'' while yelling and cursing and asking him if he knows who she is.........''Do you know who i am? Do you fvcking know who i am'' When it got out of hand the Police was called in and she was taken away. In an Instagram post the following day, Nigerian Cross-dresser Bobrisky confirmed the arrest in a distraught manner.
It was later reported that the controversial actress has been deported back to Nigeria. Reacting to this situation, Tonto Dikeh in a video posted on her YouTube channel on Monday, debunked the claims with her bestie, Bobrisky in their hotel room. "Hello, people whats up. I heard you guys have been looking for me up to the extent that you guys created fake news that I was deported. Really? Anyways I'm still here...still here...going to be here for a while. And please stop the fake news, I have not been deported. Y'all don't know my name? Its King Tonto. You guys are joking with me, I swear, these bloggers be joking with me," she said.
In recent days, news has been that Tonto dikeh even though not deported is still in detention. In an interview with blogger Kemi Ashefon, an unknown source said the following; “First, Tonto is not the type to use that kind of video to debunk allegations of detention and deportation.She would have used a more beautiful background wearing gorgeous clothes and displaying affluence. That was a damage control video she shared through Bobrisky. Tonto was looking like a tart! She wasn’t wearing make-up and looking like a prisoner in one small room! Anyways, in the video, there was no address about her arrest. The Tonto we knew would have tore whoever wrote that story into shreds.”
Also, Bobrisky has now shared another video on his page showing Tonto Dikeh telling her fans to follow her new Instagram page, . The actress explained that her old account is fine but she left her password in her office in Nigeria and cannot access the page.
Kemi Ashefon’s source also commented on this. The source said: “Who is fooling who? She said she is still in Dubai but her password is still in Africa! In this IT age? The video looks so stupid! Meanwhile, before the new page, she had posted many photos from Dubai on the old page which has over 5million followers. It was on her old page she posted her ‘fake gift’ from Timi Frank. She even bought a new phone to run the new page! As a matter of fact, she removed the nylon seal from the cover of the phone!” The source also said: “After her arrest and her hotel room was searched, they found out that she came to Dubai with hard drugs which she must have been taking.”
The truth behind these series of events is yet to be known as neither Tonto or Bobrisky is yet to affirm or deny this claim. But like all things under the sun, in due time all will be figured out.
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FINDING GOD by Magnus Okonkwo

I looked in the mirror
To find God,
For my preacher always said,
"God is in your heart",
But all I saw was pain,
Guilt, Anger and Frustration,
And I said to myself,
"Could God really be here"

I looked around me
To find God,
For my preacher always said,
"God is in your fellow men",
But all my fellow men were dead drunk,
Ci**rs in lips and pants down,
And I said to myself
"Could God really be here"

I looked around the world
To find God,
For my preacher always said,
"God is everywhere",
But the world was at war,
Indulging murder, r**e and all forms of vice,
And I said to myself,
"Could God really be here"

Now I'm back in my solitude,
Wondering why I couldn't find God,
Maybe it was my preacher
Who never quite outgrew
The stories his mother told him as a toddler,
Or maybe it was God
Who couldn't bear the world anymore,
So went somewhere else.

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I REALLY LIKE THIS SONG. a poem by Magnus Okonkwo

Oh, the sounds that cause my heart to leap,
The rhythm that makes my feet to dance,
The instruments form a sea my soul falls into deep,
And his tale I wish to experience even by chance.

His stories of love, of life , of pain,
I'm flushed with emotions, drenched with it as though the rain,
But why all this philosophy as along I sing?
- Because I really like this song.

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Happy Sunday to y'all. Hope your weekend was good, mine was.
As tomorrow starts the new work week, as you resume work or school, remember to learn something new and exert yourself to achieve your goals and make a difference in society. Never stop learning, thinking and questioning...

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.- Agnes Repplierg
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright
They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. – Malala Yousafzai
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.- Abigail Adams
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. – Edward Everett
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. – Kofi Annan
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.- Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.- John Holt
“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.”– Thomas Szasz
“I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.”– Ann Brashares
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” ― Walter Cronkite
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” ― Victor Hugo
Education is the ability to meet life’s situations.- Dr. John G. Hibben

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Think for the peak
Explore your mind
Discover your nous
Open your minds eye
I think therefore I am
Uncover your treasures
Hold my hands, let's go to your future
You are what the world is waiting for
Why be good, when you can be better
Information heals the world
Ignorance is the first sin
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Some hilarious facts to cheer you up and make you look smarter than your peers...
*Did you know bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper?
If you find popping bubble wrap one of the best things about getting mail, imagine it being plastered all over the walls of your home! Engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes invented bubble wrap by accident in 1957 while trying to create a textured wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together to trap air bubbles.
*Did you know the longest place name in the world is 85 letters long?
Nearly impossible to pronounce, Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu is a city in New Zealand and the name itself is 85 letters long. Good luck trying to repeat this did you know fact to your friends!
*Did you know lobsters have clear blood?
Many of us know that lobster shells change color when they’re exposed to heat but only a few people know that the sea creature’s blood is also intriguing! Lobster blood is initially clear and turns blue when it hits oxygen.
*Did you know chewing gum is banned in Singapore?
In efforts to keep up the city’s reputation for being spotlessly clean, Singapore banned chewing gum in 1992, following laws against spitting and urinating anywhere but in a toilet. In 2004, the ban was slightly lifted for ther**eutic, dental, or ni****ne gums.
*Did you know gr**es light on fire in the microwave?
In 2011, a physicist at the University of Sydney went viral after he placed a gr**e in the microwave, filmed the blazing results, and stumped scientists until 2019! Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it was reported that the spontaneous combustion of gr**es occurs as a result of the loose electrons and ions that cluster to form plasma when the fruit gets hot.
*Did you know Santa Claus was given an official pilot’s license in 1927?
When the big man in red makes his annual trip around the globe on Christmas Eve, you can sleep even more soundly knowing he’s legal to drive. In 1927, Santa Claus was given a pilot’s license from the US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, William P. MacCracken.
*Did you know spaghetto, confetto, and graffito are the singular forms of spaghetti, confetti, and graffiti?
Even though it sounds a little strange to say out loud, according to Merriam-Webster, a single piece of spaghetti is called a spaghetto. The same goes for confetti, which is confetto, as well as a single piece of graffiti, which is graffito.
*Did you know a single watermelon once sold for $6,125?
A man in Japan in 2008 bought a nearly black Densuke watermelon for ¥650,000 or $6,125. This special kind of watermelon is only grown on the island of Hokkaido and has a different kind of sweetness than the watermelon we’re used to eating!
*Did you know there’s a precise speed where jogging becomes running?
Calling all fitness nuts! According to conditioning coach, Mike Antoniades, jogging means moving at “speeds less than 6 mph.” Any faster than that, and you’re running for the hills!
*Did you know Antarctica is covered in a sheet of ice that’s 7,000 feet thick?
That’s about 19 football fields thick! The US Antarctic Program also says that if the ice sheet ever melted, it would raise the sea levels all across the globe to an estimated 200 feet. That’s enough to submerge much of the Gulf and Atlantic coastal areas of the US!
*Did you know there is a species of jellyfish that never dies?
Turritopsis dohrnii aka The Immortal Jellyfish is known to be able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood—making it basically eternal!
*Did you know birds in Minnesota get drunk off of berries?
In October 2018, the Gilbert Minnesota Police Department issued a notice to the public warning about birds that appeared to be a little under the influence. It turns out that the airborne animals were apparently eating berries that had fermented due to early frost, which was making them feel a little less than sober!

Some of the most outrageous fun facts you might not have known...
* Did you know Viking men wore makeup?
* Did you know you can get your eyeballs tattooed?
* Did you know it only takes six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain?
* Did you know an astronaut was allergic to the moon?
Seems like someone had a tre-moon-dous allergy problem! During the Apollo 17 mission, astronaut Harrison Schmitt found out that he had a severe reaction to moon dust.
* Did you know 3 US Presidents have won Grammys?
Former President Jimmy Carter has won three Grammy Awards in the Best Spoken Word Album category. The first one was for Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis in 2007. Next came, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety in 2016. Finally Faith: A Journey For All in 2019.
In 2004, Bill Clinton won Best Spoken Word Album for My Life. Just a year prior in 2003, he won the Best Spoken Word Album for Children with Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks.
Finally, Barack Obama has won a couple of golden megaphones of his own. He won Best Spoken Word Album in 2006 for the narration of his book, Dreams from My Father audiobook. In 2008, he took home another one when he took home the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for the audiobook version of The Audacity of Hope
*Did you know ancient cats once led to the extinction of ancient dogs?
The tension between cats and dogs goes back way longer than you may think. During ancient times, some 20 million years ago, cats and dogs battled for food, and the cats won!
*Did you know scientists once gave mice superhero-like night vision using nanoparticles?
While testing in a lab, a few lucky mice were granted the ability to see perfectly in the dark when scientists utilized nanoparticles that convert infrared light to visible light. Goes to show you that the Avengers aren’t the only ones with superpowers!
*Did you know people in Medieval England had rap battles?
Before rap battles, there was something in medieval times called “flyting.” This is when two opponents would trade insults at each other and it was widely popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
*Did you know goosebumps are caused by a muscle?
At the base of every hair follicle are tiny fan-shaped muscles called Arrector pili. These muscles contract when the body is cold in an effort to warm the body up and cause a person’s hair to “stand up straight” on their skin aka goosebumps
*Did you know a penguin achieved knighthood?
A penguin living in the Edinburgh Zoo was granted knighthood in 2008. The penguin, named Nils Olav III, is the mascot of the King of Norway’s Guard, making it a special figure for the country’s military, and the knighting ceremony, was an opportunity to celebrate the relations between Norway and Scotland.

Off to work now, later...