My Worst Date Experience+a Date outfit idea!
I'm writing this post to redeem my worst date experience ever. So, there we were on that cool, sun-setting evening- as i sat down next to my date, my pants ripped...down...the...back! I am not kidding. I'm yet to find an explanation for this mis-hap! The guy was very graceful and we were good friends too, so we laughed at me and he got me back home. It was a very "drafty" journey!
In retrospect, maybe i should have worn a dress but I've never been a dress-lover (slowly becoming one though). For a date with Ed, i usually go for a pair of Capri pants and a pretty blouse, heels (subject to my mood), pretty earrings and remarkable nail polish (greatest dinner topic and #1 icebreaker, assuming ice needs to be broken)!
The perfect date outfit is first, comfortable, second, unassumingly hot and third, not prone to sudden rips up the back! Lol. What's your most "fondly-remembered" dating experience?
Top: Dorothy Perkins
Capri pants: Dorothy Perkins
Shoes: Prima Donna Collection
Earrings: Kate Spade
Arm Candy: Fitbit
Feed Me Back, Please!
Hey, hey, everyone!
It's the end of a third of 2016 (o wow, it's almost May!) and it's feedback season somewhere in the world and here on PagesbyIke! I'd like to ask you to please provide me with some feedback, so that visiting the blog can be a better experience for you. Let me know what your favorite posts were; what made you laugh, frown or pout. What topics did you enjoy reading the most? If you also have specific topics you'd like to see addressed, please drop a message below or send me a message here! You can get as specific as you want!
Here are the top 10 read posts of 2015! #EarlyThrowback. Enjoy!
1. Hello First Marital shock: Bank of Daddy to Bank of Bae
2. What happens in Vegas, does not stay in Vegas..not really
3. 5 strange things i do in an Airbnb! Haha! Most consistent habits of mine
4. How to avoid a "Bleep Better Have My Money" incident /This always makes me think of all the phantom people i owe money
5. Long Distance Relationships: You, Her and Jack ; On pilfering someone's girlfriend
6. Letters to my Great-grand Daughter: The Assassination of Mary (I love Marys, I do!)
7. Love, Angels and Grunts; How to be a good friend and not go crazy
8. Abi's story: Married to a Jerk
9. 9 Unusual but Effective Couple habits
10. 12 ways to hack culture shock! I still read this post, probably every other month!
Which was your favorite then and now?
Please remember to drop your comments! Thanks!
All Things New and Wonderful
With old new systems, sometimes, comes the need to clank it over the head with a spanner to get it running, right? 😋
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Surprise for My Silent Readers!
What's a blog without it's silent readers? Our Silentós! In the last 2 weeks, a few of our silent readers have reached out to me to say hi or to comment discreetly. I'd like to say 'Thank you' for those messages and reading PGI, even if you don't comment. It means a lot. 😘
I have 3 surprises for you and other readers as well, to make sure your experience on the blog is synonymous to the expression 'walk in the park'. Here goes!
Breezy comments! [Surprise#1]
I have been speaking with a few of the readers and some have mentioned that they have experienced some difficulty commenting on the blog. So...surprise! Commenting just became a breeze. We are trying a new system that makes commenting much easier. You can now comment anonymously even, finally! Lay out that dirty laundry and whoosa! Try it out and see. Previous comments on the blog had to be removed to try out this new system, that was a difficult sacrifice. So please make our comment-loss worth it by commenting! We are trying out this new comment system to make sure commenting is as easily as licking an ice-cream cone....on a breezy day!
To my regular commenters 😍, without you this blog would just the sound of clicking keyboard keys followed by crickets and silence. Thank you for the comments!!! I definitely appreciate you. Your comments aren't deleted, they are stored in the Disqus account to which you signed up. We are trying out this new commenting system to see if it works for us. Don't stop commenting! You make this blogger giddy😘
[David Bragdon, Kikelomo Omotalade, Ife.O, Otelemuye, Kacheetee! Thanks!]
The Subscription button! [Surprise #2]
Why play catch up when you can subscribe now by hitting the pretty blue button?! Posts come straight into your mail box, casually, no big deal. Gives us a chance to slide into your DM too. Wink.
The 2 posts a-day challenge! [Surprise #3]
I’m on a 2-posts a day challenge, until the month of April! I'm pushing myself just a little bit more. It is, after all, our implicit mantra on PGI, "Encourage. Push. Extra mile. Better you." The challenge is challenging, I have to tell you, living up to its name. It's a pleasure though, writing it and seeing you respond. Thank you for all the feedback and encouragement! Please remember to share posts and to use the new features!
xx
If you have other suggestions on how to make your experience better, please let us know below! I'm so going to try this anonymous thing.
Blogger Scorned
I recently read a post written by a blogger who was very distressed by the fact that someone had been imitating her blog. I can understand the frustrations of people stealing posts, techniques and pretending like it was their idea without attribution to the creator. It's a good case of plagiarism and even more irritating if they get more comments on "your stuff" than you did. Lol!
However, another way to look at it is this - you have just inspired another artist; original or not.
If there are copyright violations by all means take action but don't let it get to you. No one is quite like you, no one creates like you. God has given everyone the ability to create, Him being the Master Creative Director and all. He created everything, including you. You have the ability to create, so create! No two people can create the same way; find your edge and capitalize.
“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”
#NoBlogWars
Ibo Meets Yoruba Blog!
Congratulations to KacheeTee.com , the new blog written by my friend Kachi Adesina, based on her experiences with inter-tribal marriage!
Marriage requires a certain amount of courage, an inter-tribal marriage must require a triple dose and writing a blog about it must require you to have WAY too much guts. Welcome to blogging, gutsy-K! I can't wait to read all the posts!
Here's this cute video by Banky W and Chidinma, dedicated to all the inter-tribal and inter-racial relationships out there! All the best, KacheeTee! Love you to blogger-heaven and back.
The end of this video was so adorable. Lol. [Kachi, this is our new handshake!] Are you in an inter-tribal marriage or relationship? How fun is that!
107th Post Beauty-Hamper Giveaway!
This is our 107th post! If odd numbers aren't worth celebrating, I don't know what is!
So, here we are on this odd numbered post and one winner gets to win a hamper of beauty essentials worth over $150! Male readers, before you go 'Bleh', you can win this for any of the her's in your life! Why should you be left out?
What you should know:
1. The deadline is 29th February, 2016 at 11.59pm (Eastern Time US & Canada)
2. There are 4 ways to enter this giveaway, just follow the instructions in the widget below
3. The Giveaway is available in these locations: Nigeria, US, UK, Canada
4. I'm so entering this competition
5. I'm joking
6. The winner will be contacted and subsequently, the best of mode of delivery will be discussed! Please remember to read the terms and conditions also in the widget below
Best wishes!
Thank you for hanging out here daily on PGI and for your readership! 💋
Congratulations to our winner! (Edited 5th March, 2016)
To Be or Not to Be a Blogger
Here's a hypothetical question to consider as a blogger or an aspiring blogger: If there was just one person who read your blog in the entire world, would you keep blogging?
Would you work as hard as you do to give a consistent quality of posts for one reader to ensure his/her satisfaction?
Would you still do Give-aways?! That would be one lucky reader! She/he would be the only give-away winner! Well, actually, luck would have nothing to do with it and that wouldn't even be winning, more like having a gift registry. Lol.
On a serious note though, those questions help you figure out how much of a commitment you are willing to invest in blogging. There might be days you have thousands of readers, sometimes just a few consistent readers and on some grey days, just 2! On those grey days when you feel a little discouraged, just think of that one hypothetical reader and blog away.
Much love to my one hypothetical reader! I love you, thanks for getting me out of bed everyday!
PGI's most read post last month had over 1000 hits!! Thanks for the shares!