Kemi Asekun: January 2020

Friday, 31 January 2020

(Photos) Incredible Body Transformation Of World’s Fattest Boy

A 13-year-old boy who was once dubbed “the world’s fattest boy” has made huge progress in his weight loss journey.

Arya Permana who hails from West Java in Indonesia, has lost a whopping 17 stone and the transformation is highly impressive.

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Stamen Karamfilov bends low over a canvas, adding the finishing touches to a woodland landscape - no mean feat considering the Bulgarian artist is almost totally blind.

A Motorist Using Fake Skeleton As A Passenger

A motorist who plonked a fake skeleton in his passenger seat so he could use a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane has been fined.

Police in Arizona stopped the 62-year-old man after spotting the odd-looking companion in his front seat.

The plastic skeleton - complete with a spooky outfit and a camouflage bucket hat - had a cool box between its legs and was secured to the seat with yellow rope.

Alas, officers saw right through the driver's stunt.

Our Teacher's Book For Soul Serenade Monday Special 27/1/2020

The book is in a video format to make it easier for reading you can pause on each page it is the first 30pages .....when it gets a hundred views and at least 10 comments of whether you think it is Balderdash or not , I will post the next 30....

I got a number of interesting whatsapp messages that I'd like to preserve for posterity .

I will post that soon. I hope you enjoy reading the book.
Loads of Love
ClassRep

This 13Year Old Saved $10000 To Start A Socks With Pockets Business

It's not every day you see a teenager on ABC's "Shark Tank."

Just imagine that you can now have socks that have pockets ?

Ideas rule the world!

Indian 'Rapunzel' Remains A Cut Above With World's Longest Teen Hair

A 17-year-old Indian girl has retained her crown as the teen with the world's longest hair more than a decade after she stopping getting her tresses cut following a bad experience at a salon.

Car in the UK 'blows Up' From Too Much Air Freshener

A car has exploded in Halifax, UK when a motorist lit a cigarette after spraying an excessive amount of air freshener, according to BBC reports.

Firefighters said he used "excessive" amounts of aerosol spray before the fire ignited.

Meet The Only Human With Three Legs And Two Male Organs

Francesco “Frank” Lentini (May 18, 1889 − September 21, 1966) was an Italian-American sideshow performer who toured with numerous circuses. Born with a parasitic twin, Lentini had three legs.

Diamonds are to forever what Velvet is to Royalty

Some people come into our lives to teach Us a lesson and that is all the relationship should be but we sometimes hold out or hold on hoping to make a permanent event what God only ordained as temporary.

Benin Welcomes Back 28 Antique Royal Artefacts

Ambassadors from France and Japan mingled with presidential officials, royalty and schoolchildren as Benin celebrated the return of dozens of colonial-era antique artefacts looted by France more than a century ago.

This is what happens when someone stashes $43,170 inside and apparently forgets about it.

Indeed, the money was discovered inside a footstool that was donated to a Michigan resale shop in Owosso Township.

When will Nigeria Start Rewarding Us For Good Behavior o

Tokyo's metropolitan government is introducing a new reward system, whereby citizens who perform good deeds will be rewarded with e-money that they can spend.

The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died at a hospital in Nepal, his family said.

Banker Jailed For Stealing A Picasso Painting

Jaime Botin, former head of lender Bankinter and a member of the dynasty that has run Spanish multinational bank Santander for more than a century, was found guilty of trafficking culturally important goods and ordered to hand over the artist's Head of a Young Woman which is valued at 26 million euros (NZ$43.6m).

The painting was seized from Botin's yacht in Corsica after he took it there in breach of court orders that it should stay in Spain.

Botin, who is the uncle of Santander Chairman Ana Botin, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 52.4 million euros (NZ$88m) for smuggling a Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain.

Spain has some of the strictest heritage laws in Europe. Any work of art more than 100 years old that is considered culturally important can be deemed a national treasure, forcing owners to obtain a permit before taking it out of the country. Botin was denied such a permit for the Picasso.

Prosecutors argued that Botin was smuggling the painting out of Spain, instructing the captain of his yacht to lie to law enforcement, with the objective of selling it at a London auction house. Botin countered that since the painting had been kept on his yacht, it had never been on Spanish territory and that he therefore had the right to take it to Switzerland for safekeeping, local media reported.

Couple Get Married Despite Volcano Exploding In The BackGround

A couple who ignored a volcano warning to push ahead with their wedding captured some truly unique photos of the day after it erupted as they walked down the aisle.

Chino Valfor and his new bride Kat had been making plans for eight years to tie the knot at Savannah Farm in the Philippines at 5.30pm yesterday evening.

A warning had already been issued about Taal Volcano located near by, but it hadn't reached emergency level as the ceremony began.

When the couple began their walk down the aisle, the sky filled with a gigantic plume of volcanic ash, which was caught in a series of amazing photos by wedding photographer Randolf Evan.

Randolf revealed that the alert issued about the volcano was at level two (out of five) when the ceremony began, but reached level four as the service continued.

That’s the time the wedding planner and coordinator were starting to talk to the Chino and Kat about the matter," he said.

"Surprisingly the mood throughout the day was calm. It was an intimate wedding so most of the couple’s guests were family and close friends.

"Funny enough, the smoke from the volcano just kind of like served as an entertaining backdrop changing from white, yellow, pink and finally to grey.

We just did our work as usual but the challenge was for us to talk to them and help maintain their composure as the situation showed no sign of stopping.

"Our team, as well as the rest of the suppliers, was just getting a feel if the couple wanted to postpone or not.

"They ended up going ahead with everything as we later found out that they have been planning for this day for eight years and two kids in the making.

“They were even able to do their vows, first dance and speeches and watch their on site slideshow. It was all very memorable despite the reception’s program getting cut short.”

Taal is the Philippine's second most active volcano and the plume of ash on Sunday triggered the mass evacuation of 8,000 people from the area.

"It was going to be a special day for them no matter what, and it definitely was.

Man Spotted Selling Herbs With A Mercedes Benz c 300

A man was spotted on the roads of Nigeria selling his herbs with a Mercedes Benz c300.

@oluwa_toomisin

THE CAR WEY YOU WAN GO TAKE YOUR LIFE DO RITUAL FOR, NA HIM ANOTHER MAN TAKE DEY SELL AGBO JEDI. HUSTLE AND
EASY YOUR MIND

Indian Bakers Make World's Longest Cake

It was a record-baking effort. Hundreds of bakers and chefs in southern India came together Wednesday to create what they said is the world's longest cake -- about 6.5 kilometres (four miles).

A teenage gamer in Widnes who had a seizure in his room unbeknownst to his parents was saved when his friend called the police from 5,000 miles away in Texas.

Aidan Jackson, 17, told Sky News he had "felt a little funny" and so turned his microphone to his bed where he planned to lie down - but he had a seizure.

Dia Lethora, 20, an online gamer friend of Aidan's from Texas, realised what was happening and got in contact with the emergency services.

Wireless Trials of Electric Taxis will begin in the UK soon

Wireless on-street charging for electric taxis is to be trialled in the UK for the first time.

The pilot, supported by £3.4m of government cash, will see the technology installed at a cab rank outside Nottingham railway station.

Two “good Samaritans” have identified themselves to police as the mystery benefactors who left tens of thousands of pounds on the streets of a tiny village in the hope it would be picked up by people in need.

The village of Blackhall Colliery, in County Durham, became the focus of global intrigue when detectives revealed that bundles of cash totalling at least £26,000 had been left anonymously scattered through the village, often on pavements, since 2014.

Mother Faces Jail For Saving Children From Fire

A North Korean mother might be jailed for saving her two children from a house fire and allowing portraits of North Korea’s past leaders to burn.

The country’s Ministry of State Security has reportedly placed the woman under investigation after a fire broke out in a home shared by two families in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, close to the Chinese border.

The parents were out at the time the fire started but rushed back to save their families after seeing smoke, and in the process of saving their clans, one set of portraits was destroyed.

Not Actual Dog

One car owner in China has learned the hard way that it is not usually a good idea to leave a dog in your car that is still running.

The man, said to be a local shopkeeper, briefly parked his car beside a pond in Xinguang Village, Jinhua, Zhejiang.

As he planned to return almost immediately with a box, he left the engine running and the boot of the car open.

But the dog in the car got excited and knocked the gear stick into drive mode, sending the vehicle into the water.

Fortunately, he was able to rescue his dog from the submerged car. It is not known if he was able to salvage the vehicle though.

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In A Battle Between An Octopus And An Eagle Who Wins

A classic battle between air and sea was decided by some land-based intruders when a group of Canadian fish farmers rescued a bald eagle from the clutches of an octopus off the coast of northern Vancouver Island on Monday, the CBC has reported.

The farmers were wrapping up their workday not far from Quatsino, British Columbia, when they saw that the large bird of prey had become prey itself, according to the CBC. An octopus was attempting to drown the American icon, while the eagle was fighting desperately to stay above water.

Wedding Anniversary Gifts

Anniversary Gifts for Each Year

Your wedding anniversary is coming up, and you don't know what gift to give him or her. For each year of marriage, there are certain types of traditional gifts to give. Everybody knows that the Silver anniversary is the 25th and the gold anniversary the 50th. But how about all the anniversaries in between? Well, read on as we have the answers for you......

Year	Traditional Gift	Modern Gift
1st	Paper	Clocks
2nd	Cotton	China
3rd	Leather	Crystal, Glass
4th	Linen, Silk	Electrical Appliances
5th	Wood	Silverware
6th	Iron	Wood
7th	Wool, Copper	Desk Sets, Pen and Pencil Sets
8th	Bronze	Linen, Lace
9th	Pottery, China	Leather
10th	Tin, Aluminum	Diamonds, Jewelry
11th	Steel	Fashion Jewelry, Accessories
12th	Silk	Pearls, Colored Gems
13th	Lace	Textiles, Furs
14th	Ivory (note: now banned)	Gold, Jewelry
15th	Crystal	Watches
16th		Silver holloware
17th		Furniture
18th		Porcelain
19th		Bronze
20th	China	Platinum
21st		Brass, Nickel
22nd		Copper
23rd		Silver Plate
24th		Musical Instruments
25th	Silver	Sterling Silver
26th		Original Pictures
27th		Sculpture
28th		Orchids
29th		New Furniture
30th	Pearl	Diamond
31st		Timepieces
32nd		Conveyances
33rd		Amethyst
34th		Opal
35th	Coral	Jade
36th		Bone China
37th		Alabaster
38th		Beryl, Tourmaline
39th		Lace
40th	Ruby	Ruby
41st		Land
42nd		Improved real Estate
43rd		Travel
44th		Groceries
45th	Sapphire	Sapphire
46th		Original Poetry Tribute
47th		Books
48th		Optical Goods
49th		Luxury items
50th	Gold	Gold
55th	Emerald	Emerald
60th	Diamond	Diamond
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Couple Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary

Couple Who Got Married After After dating a few months Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary

Great-Grandpa is as Smitten As ever

With six decades, four children, 18 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren between them, it's clear that George and Virginia "Ginger" Brown know something about love.

Picture From Phone Literally Saves Woman's Face

A Brazilian cancer patient who said people would recoil from her after she lost her eye and part of her jaw has been given a new face, thanks to pictures taken on her smartphone.

Denise Vicentin, 53, was diagnosed with cancer 30 years ago, which resulted in the gradual loss of the side of her face.

Her marriage broke down, her speech became slurred, and she had difficulty eating as a result of her injuries.

Ms Vicentin was put in touch with pioneering scientists at Paulista University in Sao Paulo, who use the cameras on a person’s mobile phone to recreate their face

Lead researcher, Rodrigo Salazar, took pictures from multiple angles to construct a three-dimensional model of the intact half of Ms Vicentin's face.

90 Year Old Goes SkyDiving To Ring In 90s

An Air Force veteran who lost both of his legs in his eighties may have lost his legs but he hasn't lost his sense of adventure — and he's jumping into his nineties without looking back.

"My daughter asked me if I would like to jump with her, and since she was jumping, I said yes,"
Rohrer told correspondent Nikki Battiste. "But I didn't realize it was going to be such a production!"

Rohrer jumped 13,000 feet from an airplane above southern California's Lake Elsinore to celebrate turning 90 this week.

"January the 7th, 1930," he said. "Tuesday evening at 7:30. I remember it well!"
"I joked in the beginning, I was like, 'You know what, Dad? If you're going to go, this is a good way to go.' Said his Daughter And he was like, 'Linda, I'm not dying.' I was like, 'OK.'"
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Soul Serenade Monday 6th January 2020 Excerpts

This is the first Soul Serenade Monday for the Year 2020 and I think we should have a heart to heart talk,please whatever you do this year please by all means move move and keep moving in the right direction that is .

Ask God for guidance in whatever name you call him and in whatsoever way you worship.

This year also make up your mind to shed some weight any weight that holds or will hold you down be it Physical ,Spiritual , Financial, Emotional and Sexual

Whatever you choose to say or not say about zodiac signs and astrology I do believe that no one was born in a Particular Period,Particular day and Time by Accident hence the theory that it is most likely people born under a particular sign have some similarities even in their diversity,That is how far it goes in astrology for me i do not however believe in Horoscopes where you are dictated to daily what will become of the day taking the freshness out of the the experiencing of each day ,hence i stop at only learnin the weaknesses and strenghts of each sign ,Now that said : I am A Scorpio by birth that is my Sun Sign,there are moon signs ascendants etc which i do not bother my head about .

Now scorpio my greatest weakness is the drive for revenge it doesnt help that as a scorpio i am also drawn to alot of spirituality and books the average person may not be interested in hence lets just say I have the tools for revenge at my disposal but then what differentiates a scorpion scorpio from an eagle scorpio is the ability to walk away from perceived and real injustice ,However i find that the scorpio revenge spirit comes lately.
You see the weaknesses of each Zodiac Sign is a pointer to what needs to heal in the person's character and being in this lifetime.
While the strengths is a pointer to what we can adequately utilize for our greatest benefits .
So yes i found Myself revenging and it was sweet knowing i could fight back but the the spirit of God departed from me like it does to every one who seeks revenge .

A Holy Book states that God says "Vengeance is mine I will repay"

No Human can adequately measure the commensurate punishment for another human's injustice . No Human can and that is why in God's wisdom he states that and little wonder Christ said Forgive 70 X 7 knowing fully well that ,that is like saying always forgive no matter what

In the battles that rage in life we all need the Spirit of God to guide and direct our steps aright but when we seek Revenge it departs because God the all knowing one might as well destroy all people from the surface of the earth and a puff of wind but He Chooses not too,You know why ?
Because He knows that at the switch of a button even the most evil man can turn away from his ways to become the most pious being and even a saint can fall to becoming a sinner.

And that is why Jesus in the face of pain and anguish though innocent of all they accused him off,He bore the pain and said 'Father Forgive them for they know not what they do"

I enjoin you today to forgive that person ,invite God into the Matter ,report it to God and leave it at HIS feet and watch and see if He wont take care of it and of you

UPDATE : For Peace to rain in any war all parties must sheath their swords ,one person cannot sheath and the other will see it as an opportunity to behead the one who has sheath his sword lest the sword be removed from its sheath and the battle rage on.......I strive to be like Christ,However I am Human.

These are my Monday thoughts i hope it has blessed you ,Thank you for reading

'Kemi Asekun

Sunday, 5 January 2020

Imagine Finding 7.09 Million Naira In a Refuse Heap

Workers at a recycling center in England enlisted the help of police to find the owners of nearly $20,000 cash found in a box.

Avon and Somerset Police said staff at the Recycle for Bathnes depot in Midsomer Norton were checking a box to make sure it didn't contain any electrical cable when they discovered the stash of cash totaling $19,682.

The center contacted police, and investigators were able to identify the car that had dropped off several boxes at the recycling facility earlier in the day.

Japanese Store Scraps Wearing Of Period Badges

A Japanese department store has scrapped a "period badge" for employees that let colleagues know they were menstruating, after the policy sparked an internet storm, a spokeswoman said Friday.

One of Daimaru's upscale department stores in the western city of Osaka began the programme adopting an idea proposed by female employees.

The voluntary badges were intended to alert colleagues to the idea that coworkers with severe menstrual pains -- or other period-related needs -- might require longer breaks or extra help lifting heavy objects.

But local media reported the policy, prompting outrage on Twitter, several customers rang the store to question the merit of what is now dubbed a "period badge".

Kemi's Comment: Maybe we should adopt this in Nigeria, A badge that say "Please be easy on me i am on my period'

Australia is facing an unprecedented national crisis, the bush fires are tearing through cities and rural
areas, leaving millions of people and animals homeless and injured. Reports state that since September, at least 20 people have died and over 1,500 homes have been destroyed.

It's so bad that there is fear of entire species of plants and animals being wiped out by bush fires. So far, nearly 500 million animals have died, and if that does not alarm us, nothing will.

To paint a more realistic picture of the crisis facing wildlife, this image of a Joey (baby Kangaroo) caught and burnt while trying to escape, speaks volumes.

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How To Make Banana Peel Tea and Benefits

Banana tea is made using a peeled banana,Banana peels are typically discarded as trash, but they actually contain a dense concentration of nutrients including potassium and dietary fiber. While it seems unlikely that people will begin eating whole bananas anytime soon, peel included, banana peel tea is beginning to gain popularity.

Most of the health benefits are due to the pectin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, potassium, manganese, and magnesium, among others.

Banana peel has higher amounts of magnesium and potassium than the fruit. Since magnesium may help with sleep, the tea is touted as a remedy for insomnia. While some say it’s good for weight loss.

Magnesium is often called “magic mineral” because it also helps with hormone balance, stress support, detoxification and more.

Video Of Dr Srikuma Rao On Rewiring Your Brain For Success

"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle that you know nothing about if you cannot help them , at least do not hurt them"

Waitress Tipped $ 2,020 For $ 23 Meal

A waitress from a small town in Michigan was given a happy start to the new year after receiving a tip of $2,020 (£1,523) on a meal only costing $23 (£17).

Danielle Franzoni, from Alpena in Michigan, got the generous tip on Sunday while on shift at the Thunder Bay River Restaurant.

She told The Alpena News: "Things like this don't happen to people like me."

When she took the credit card receipt after the customer had paid, she saw the amount, with a message saying: "Happy New Year. 2020 Tip Challenge".

A white-bearded man robbed a bank two days before Christmas, but threw the stolen cash in the air and wished passers-by a merry Christmas, US media reported.

Colorado police confirmed in a statement an "older white male" robbed the Academy Bank in Colorado Springs after threatening workers with an unidentified weapon and leaving with an unknown amount of money .

He started throwing money out of the bag and then said, 'Merry Christmas!" witness Dion Pascale told local station KKTV 11 News.

Not Actual Burger

A Utah man who bought a McDonald's hamburger for presentations on enzymes said the burger is now more than 20 years old -- and it appears unchanged.

David Whipple said he originally bought the hamburger July 7, 1999, at the McDonald's in Logan, Utah, to use in presentations on enzymes and deterioration.
Whipple said the burger ended up forgotten in a coat pocket for several years and it ended up with viral fame when he rediscovered it in 2013.

He said the burger was placed in a Big Mac tin and remained there for six years before being taken out again this week.

An email has been circulating social media of a woman requesting she receive a full refund should she and her husband divorce in the future.

The woman appears to disagree with the sentiment that your wedding day is a once-in-a-lifetime experience

In the email, which was posted to Reddit, the woman explains that she has experienced 'issues with the contracts clause.'

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