Seye Oke's Blog, page 20
June 2, 2015
A Day in History - 1998
Everyone has a day in their lives when something changes and turns your life in a whole new direction. Well, if you haven’t experienced it yet, I assure you, sometime during your stay on this planet you will. Today, I look back on that day in history and I’m so happy I decided to act on my instinct, on what I believed, and on my dreams. Over the next five weeks, I’m going to take you down memory lane, back to that day in history when it all began. The very first day I decided I’m going t...
May 27, 2015
Celebrating Creative Kids - Spotlight on Olayinka Johnson
Name: Olayinka Johnson Age: 9 School: Primary two student at Model Nursery and Primary School, Lagos Yinka loves to dance and She started dancing at age 5. In 2014 she entered God’s Children Got Talent Competition and got to the finals. And today we are spotlighting her for her dancing. Watch her perform below. Keep shining Yinka, the sky is your limit. And as a thank you for sending in your entry please enjoy this autographed copy of my new book -Sleeping Bags, for little dreamers like...
May 26, 2015
Celebrating Creative Kids - Spotlight on Oyinkansola Osinubi
Name: Oyinkansola Oluwatodimu Praise Osinubi Age: 8 years School: Toddly Tots Int. school. Ibadan. Talent: Writing stories, dancing, ballet, riding her scooter, recitation and eating pizza! Oyinkan, is an amazing little girl with an extremely imaginative mind and a gift for bringing her stories to life on paper. Her age notwithstanding, Oyinkan has successfully written several stories, though yet unpublished. Among her first include "My favorite stories" a collection of bedtime sto...
May 25, 2015
Celebrating Creative Kids - Spotlight on Ms. Yeatoe Soukouna Dennis
Name:Ms. Yeatoe Soukouna Dennis Age: 14 School: Lagos Preparatory School, ikoyi. Yeatoe is always dancing and singing or reading and/or writing. She loves the Arts. Yeatoe won the LPS talent hunt for best vocals this school year, played the leading role as Sandy in the Play Grease in 2012 and is also in the gifted and talented program at LPS for her creative writing. And today we are spotlighting her for her incredible voice. Keep shining Yeatoe, the sky is your limit. Watch her p...
May 12, 2015
A Perfect Gift for Children's Day
Just for kids with dreamsGenre: Children Book Suitable for: Ages 5 -12 ISBN: 978-1511558747 About the Book: Sleeping Bags is an enchanting magical tale about four young boys on a camping trip which turned out to be a night to remember. Randy, Paulo, Ken and Travis were given four sleeping bags to enjoy their time out in the woods. Unknown to them, these sleeping bags had magical powers that helped each boy create an enchanting picture of what his future would look like. Many years...
May 5, 2015
This is Love 2015
Most kids born outside a home have a disadvantage – they lack the support family gives. Which is why sometimes they grow up with little health care and educational training except well meaning individuals or organizations take up that responsibility to be their support. One of such organizations is OrphansCorp. OrphansCorp is an NGO dedicated to being the support kids without families need. They provide free medical care and vocational training for homeless kids to ensure they have a fair cha...
April 28, 2015
Heroines of the Bible Series - Tabitha
Acts 9:36—40 Quite an inspiring story we have here, about the life of a woman who was simply a saint. There is very little said about her personal life but a lot about how she lived. She spent her life giving and blessing people, and when she died, the mourning at her grave side was genuine. No show here, no gimmicks—just the heart-wrenching tears that comes from losing a truly rare gem. That’s how we came to hear about this great woman called Dorcas (also known as Tabitha) 36 In Joppa...
April 21, 2015
Heroines of the Bible Series- Deborah
Judges 4:4 -5 The Bible heroine we are looking at today is a popular one – most Bible readers know her story, or have heard about it at some point in their Christian lives. She needs no lengthy introduction; she is none other than the respected judge … drum roll please … Deborah. I love this woman. I’m a big fan and have been since I first read her story as a child. Deborah is known as the great prophetess who stood up and led the children of Israel into battle against Jabin’s army when Barak...
April 16, 2015
Celebrating Creative Kids
Every year we celebrate kids all around the world on a special day, in Nigeria that day is the 27th of May. This year, Her Sides will be spotlighting creative kids with amazing talents from the 20th to the 27th of May 2015. Each day during the that period, I will put up a post to showcase a child’s creative side either in writing, singing, drawing, dancing or any other special thing your child is gifted in. If you want to spotlight your child’s gift send your entry to hersides@gmail.com...
April 14, 2015
Viewpoint
Written by Funmi YusufAre you daft or do you just approach issues differently? In a world of diversity where many internal and external influences come into play to define people’s characters and peculiarities; we are often still caught up in the confinement of expecting certain orthodox attitudes and behavioral patterns from the people around us.Many of us have been exposed to the knowledge and concept of diverse personalities hence the possibility of varied responses to situations yet major...
