"DICING WITH DEATH AND I KNOW IT"

         

Playing 14-month-old lion Leo and 13-month-old Siberian tigress Summer in his backyard in Florida

         Just looking at the pictures, makes my hair stand at the back of my neck,  well this aint crazy, but risky, very very risky. Daily mail shared an article on Carl Bovard, who his half blind and lives with 14 big cats including two lions, six tigers and a lynx. here is an excerpt from the article.

Playing pool with Tyson an eight-month-old African Caracal at his home in Melrose, Florida

The future of his facility and others like it across the USA is being challenged by a petition seeking a federal ban on licensees who allow the public to have direct or physical contact with big cats

       He has been bitten on the nose by a leopard and had his shoulder separated after wrestling with a full-grown Bengal tiger.

But Carl Bovard, who is blind in one eye, believes living with 14 big cats including two lions, six tigers and a desert lynx, is a risk worth taking to raise awareness about endangered species. 

They all spend time living in his Florida home before moving into the outside enclosure and are seen clambering over the pool table and cuddling up in his bed

With Sita a six-year old Asian Black Leopard, one of the animals he believes his organisation is helping 

          After an accident left him blind around 13 years ago, Mr Bovard realised the main thing he missed was seeing animals – so when he regained sight in one eye he adopted his first two tiger cubs.The 43-year-old set up Single Vision – his educational, non-profit company – nine years ago and welcomes tours to his house and 274-acre garden in Melrose where his animals live with him.

'There are many dangers that come with keeping these animals and you've just got to take all the precautions you can to stay safe,' said Mr Bovard.

'There's no doubt about the fact that death would be the worst outcome from this. I know I'm dicing with death.

He enjoys playing and wrestling with Sampson in his back yard, even though he weighs more than 700lbs

Some people sure know how to follow their dreams, what about you?

Relationship Advice: 10 Traits of Miserable Couples

   

  So, while scouting for interesting news, I came across this old article on  First To Know, Its all about relationships, and like most relationship advice and research, there are some u can identify with and some you just don't see the rationale behind it. Read a copy of the article after the cut

Relationship Tips: Preparing for Marriage

Relationship 101: Big Questions You MUST Ask Your Partner Before Marriage (If You Want To Avoid Divorce)

The divorce rate of marriages today from a recent statistic, reliable statistic is 50%.
And whats worse, there are predictions that it may only get worse, as most people these days tend to enter marriage for the wrongest of reasons.
Most couples particularly women are all about the excitement of marriage, particularly after the engagement, and often forget that marriage goes way beyond love, and there are a lot of vital questions to be asked.
In reality, you don't often hear newly engaged couples asking divorcés for marriage advice -- but maybe they should.
Who better to school you on what doesn't work in a marriage than someone who's been there, done that, and got the t-shirt? Given that, it was quite interesting, the response a marriage-bound Redditor who had the good sense to ask married folks and divorcés to weigh in with the conversations they wished they would have broached with their partners before tying the knot, got.
"Tell me your horror stories," the Redditor bravely asked in her call-out. "Specific questions, not just money, children, sex but things that wouldn't cross your mind until you've actually been married."
Read after the cut, 11 of the most interesting responses.

#Stolen From A Blogger's Desk: If u ain't laughing, u are definitely a job seeker!! LOL

I just had to share this after I saw it because I found it very funny. These are quotes made up by Nigerians but attributed to famous authors. Read below:

-Only a courageous woman can fry a bunch of plantain without tasting any - Albert Einstein (1872) 

-He who says nothing last forever has never tried Hausa perfume - Isaac Newton (1904) 

-He who fully unwraps a sharwama before eating it cannot keep a secret - Abraham Lincoln (1864) 

-Any man that uses his teeth to cut shaki from pepper-soup with his eyes wide open is not afraid of anything - Martin Luther King Jr. (1900) 

-Anyone who thinks he has many enemies has never been with a mountain of fire member  William Shakespeare (1788) 

-Anyone who graduated without experiencing strike probably has never been to Nigeria school - Lord Lugard (1904)

-He who refuses to classify Agege bread n Akara as a type of sandwich is a racist - Nelson mandela (1931) 

-Any man who drinks alomo bitters without squeezing his face, is capable of murder....obasanjo(1999) 

-Drinking Garri doesnt mean you're poor, but allowing the garri to swell-up before drinking is Poverty- Queen Elisabeth (1893) 

-He who runs around looking for scissors to cut indomie seasoning sachets is not yet hungry- (Sir Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe 1947) 

-Nigeria was never on the map when God said LET THERE BE LIGHT -Buhari (1980)
-Anyone who puts stew on jollof rice has trust issues. Fela Kuti (1979) 

-No mata how hot your temper is, it cannot cook yam. -Goodluck Jonathan (2013)
-Any toilet wey clean never jam correct shit -Bola Tinubu (2011) 

-Anyone that reads this without laughing, that person is looking for a job - Lord Lugard (1914)

Proudly Naija!!!!!!!!!!! (Moji no vex)

RAPIST: INFECTS KIDS WITH HIV

 

A 32 Year old man, Mr. Terkura Iorpuu, has been arraigned before the Makurdi chief magistrate court for raping and subsequently infecting two sisters: his lover's daughters with  HIV.

EBOLARISING

         Just as the Liberian national, Patrick Sawyer came into Nigeria with the dreaded Ebola virus, The United States seems to be suffering the same fate, as two health workers have tested positive to the virus after tending to the first Ebola diagnosed patient on U.S soil.

FIRST ATTEMPT

          I had set out today, using the Google search engine for an entirely different purpose. One page to the other, one click, a turn, a redirection and VOILA, I found myself here, on my own blog. I woke up today without the slightest thought as to how the day was going to play out, and i definitely did not think i was going to bite the dog by it ears and finally go for it.

          I have spent the past year procrastinating about starting my own blog, I love to write, I have ways with words and i definitely love to research on things, but while it seems others saw this characteristics as a good ground for blogging, I just did not think i was good enough(at least that was what i used to keep myself in chains), I constantly wanted to hear other people say this to me, tell me how good i was, but recently( I know this feeling is not peculiar to me alone) I realized that no matter the praises and the accolades, no matter how much people sing your song, it will be meaningless if you do not learn to believe in yourself. This is my first step towards moving out of the box and its a beginning of a very long ride. you are welcome to join me as we explore the world together, breaking new grounds, helping each other make new discoveries and shedding more lights on the found.

        From time to time i will post snippets of the news, current happenings, medical issues, world occurrences, the funny, the interesting, the weird, the scary and the "i can't believe it's real" situations all over the world. I will also post my thoughts on issues and day to day situations we come across. You are welcome to share your views, critics and news.