Light vs. Dark......

Image by PeterLinLin via FlickrWiry vaporous spectresDance about the naked blazeTheir lithesome frames Gyrating, Sensuous, MesmerisingEngaged in haphazard flight.Piercing the sinister shadowThey make their valiant attempts To strike at the dark nothingness That lies beyond the lonesome light.Baleful, Lurking,Ever- patient it awaitsThat...

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Stop The Aids: Prevention Revolution on World AIDS Day

Image by ginnerobot via FlickrOnce upon a time, learning your ABCs meant simply learning the letters of the alphabet.  With time, kids would associate a letter with a word and so on and so forth until they could read, write and comprehend text.  But over the years, A whole new meaning has been attached to this childhood learning...

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Water is Life: It's a Two Way Street

Image via Wikipedia  We came from water. Or so science claims. The first living organism, which evolved and diversified in species and produced what is now mankind, came from water.Water accounts for the make-up of 75% of the human body. It's the base/medium for ALL bodily fluids and I'd like to see how your blood would send that...

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Chotto Kawaiiii

Image via WikipediaDriving out with dad today, I was busy running my mouth off when I heard a little voice calling, "bye bye..."  Looking up at the SUV next to me, I noticed the little tyke waving at me from the passenger window.  Forgetting the point I was making to my dad, I found myself turning into a squealing baby lover. ...

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Up to here......

Image via WikipediaI wish that I didn't have to feelFor numbness to mask the painThat I had space to healAnd didn't have to see your cheating face againI wish you'd just leave me beTo live my life in peaceMust you keep tabs on meEnsure that I'm still down on my knees?Don't you think you've done enoughTo tear my world apartTo shatter dreams...

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Cowards! Stand there and take it like a man....

To whom it may concern,Thanks ever so much for running into my parked car.  Thanks so much for choosing not to wait around for the owner of the ride you scraped.  Thanks for leaving that wide and long dent for me to fix.  And above all, thanks for proving yourself to be a coward.  The least you could have done was leave a note on my windscreen with an apology and maybe even a number so I could call and thank...

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When Life is Just too Hard to Deal With: 13 yr old girl commits suicide!!

Image via WikipediaReading the paper today, this story caught my eye. Girl, 13, Commits Suicide.Apparently, thirteen (13) year old Abigail who lives with her Aunt (Beatrice) in Takoradi decided that life was just too much for her to deal with. This child hanged herself for what she claims to be unfounded accusations of promiscuity and theft....

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Happy Birthday Lil' Miz Daixy.....

Right. Getting down to brass tacks. Iz Mai Berfdai!!! I'm growing old. it's as simple as that lol. For every year that's tacked on, I'm reminded that I'm no longer nineteen. I was so happy at nineteen. As Ray Charles would say, "It was a very good year". I had just started uni and discovered that once again, I was the "Americano in...

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When life is just too hard to deal with: World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and it's got me thinking a lot about things I can do to make the situation better in Ghana.  Depression, Suicide and abuse are not treated properly in this country but at least we have CHRAJ and WAJU.  Depression and suicide and mental health issues are ignored in Ghana and I believe that's a huge boo boo.  I don't know why it is that we are so afraid of death. ...

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Hypocrisy at its best......

Y'all need to see what the Diva has to talk about today.I certainly couldn't have said it any better meself.Soliloquies of a Diva  ~Daix...

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When life is just too hard to deal with: Myths debunked

"Ghanaians don't get depressed,"  This comment had me laughing early last week.  "it's americans like you who flip out over everything."   First of all, I am very much a Ghanaian.  I simply open myself up to other cultures :P Second, just cuz I've had a very interesting past and it's scarred me a bit doesn't...

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When Life is too hard to deal with: To Write Love On Her Arms

Image by ninniane via FlickrSo, I was going to write one big piece for this week as suicide prevention day is coming up, but it just made me sad, depressed and frankly, I entered a dark place. I decided instead to provide links to info I think the world should read and give the little extra that I feel should be stressed on. Addiction,...

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Random event on the road in Accra........

Timeline: YesterdayImage via Wikipedia Venue: 37 Military hospital traffic light."That monster hates my guts!!" Always has! Like, this bad old monster waited till it was my turn to move through the stand-still traffic to turn it's angry red glare on me!!!  (Like it always does!!!) Anywho, so I'm on my way to work and the light...

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Music

Image by nova3web via FlickrMy voice; the anthemTo which your body must riseErect, rigid; in token salute.Acquaint yourself with the quake From your powerful thighsFor I intend to play all day ~Daixy~ Seems this is a naughty week for me.   I know I'm leaving myself open but here it is.  I have no idea what's gotten into me...

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Broken.....

image sourceI amA broken recordYou’ve coaxed out all I have to offerPlayed me one too many timesI amAbused, ruinedCondemned to sufferVictim of your elaborate crimesI amA fallen starLanded in your gutterI sparkled once!  Now I’m covered in grimeI amYour broken recordYou’ve pried out what I have to offer...For the very last time~Daix...

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The Skin I'm in.....

image sourceSweet like chocolateSmooth as silkDark like coffeeSkimped on the milkRedolent of a lotus fieldAnd blessed with a mellifluous tongue,I Am Regal, African, Mother, Proud  A true gift of the gods.Now, is it any wonder that I refuse to yield?~Daixy~Dunno why I was up at 2am but at least I got something out of it.  I...

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Guess Who's back....

Guess who's back?Back again?Daixy's backTell a friend ;)So this little lady went on a road trip and worked her arse to the bone. Two weeks of hard work never killed anyone right?After two weeks in the lovely Upper East Region of Ghana, I am back home.  It feels wonderful to be back in my own bed, to curl up with my kitty Ginger next...

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Too much Anime: Dreaming of Ninjas on Motorcycles

It's very rare that I dream.  My nights are often spent working or writing/reading, maybe fooling around with my japanese lessons.  (Anata wa genki desu ka?)  Anywho, I stay up all night doing whatever I feel like till I pass out from exhaustion and then, I sleep so deep that I do not recall anything that I may have dreamed....

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Randomness from a Road Trip........

So, driving up to the Upper East Region of Ghana, I realised that I'm still very much the babbler. And when I babble, I come up with some pretty random topics. Here's some of the stuff that I came up with during conversation while on the road;1.  In the aftermath of the events of this year's Africa Cup of Nations, do Algerians drive through Togo?2.  Reasons why one should not build a  log cabin in Ghana:a) Termites...

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From UER with love

So, this little lady has gotten herself into another adventure.  Unfortunately, I can't go into details about my trip and I'll have to be careful what pictures I put up, but Lil' Miz Daixy is off to save the world again, one little kid at a time.  Last time I was up there, I got to go to the border between Ghana and Burkina.Yes,...

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15 signs you're watching too much anime......

1. You dream about Ninjas on Motorcycles (post on this coming soon)2. You refer to your life as your Nindo (way of the ninja)3. You find yourself learning Japanese so you do not need the subtitles4. You find yourself practicing hand seals and jutsu poses    b. You KNOW all the hand seals and jutsu poses.5. You know what a deathnote is and have plans on how to use it6. You know what Shinigami, Hollows and Arancars...

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Daixy on: Boobs, Vajayjays and Feet, in no particular order.....

picture source: http://fitnesslines.com Through out history, in the various parts of the world, there have been several ideas on what women should look like. In most of africa, women are expected to be shapely.  Wide hips more or less guarantee a woman can bear a man's 15 children and her bantu buttocks are fully expected to cradle...

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Daixy on: Backing it up.......

The thing about making backup plans; Get a backup for your backup and then get a backup for the two you got before. Third time's the charm and all that..... image source:http://thesandbox.files.wordpress.comLife lesson from working for over a year; it's not enough to have two storage devices, nor is it to rely on one or two friends...

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Daixy on: World Cup Wahala oh, Oga.....

Wow!  It's been so long since I sat down to type anything that wasn't work related :(  I do apologise for my lackadaisical behaviour when it comes to updating this blog.  Now I'm still very much busy, taking on so many extra projects in addition to my big one, but something drew me out from my hermitage.It all began with my...

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No one's in the kitchen with Daixy.....

Caramel Custard Cooking Time: 45 minutesIngredients:about 3/4 to 1 cup of granulated sugar (for melting to caramel)5 cups milk, scalded5 beaten eggs1/4 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional; I just love nutmeg with milk)Preparation: Melt 3/4 cup of sugar in a small heavy skillet, stirring constantly, until a...

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