The First Guest Interviewed On My Talk Show

This is a really awesome one for me to write about today y’all! Why? Because I’ve already done it because I actually have a talk show!!! Hehehe. ⠀
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My first guest, I interviewed on my faith, stories and life-based TV show, filmed inside my car was none other than the Angie Francis! ⠀
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To view content related to the #fisayotuoyotvshow, you have a variety of options. You can either click the link in my bio, check out my #igtv or visit #YouTube and search for #fisayotuoyo or #fisayotuoyotvshow. You’ll be glad you did, I promise. 😁⠀
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I guess my first #celebrity #guest I would love to interview would be #Oprah, I mean the woman is a living legend in the genre of #talkshow so I would love to pick her brain. ⠀
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I’m sure she has a myriad of stories as well from all the different personalities, celebrities and people she herself has interviewed over the years. ⠀
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Fam, if you had a talk show, who would be your first guest to interview? ⠀ ⠀

Childhood Defining Moments

The day one of my aunties got robbed shortly after she left our house. She rushed back in, nervous, shaking and cowering with fear with none of the things she had left our house with. Of course, my mom and I rushed over to her and comforted her and she told us how the robbers had pulled a gun on her (somewhere around #falomobridge) and told her to quietly surrender everything she had on her or risk her life. ⠀
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Now because I was still very young so I started crying and was very upset at the thought of losing her; so much so that the adults started to comfort me. This was a defining moment in my childhood because it was my first brush with the possibility and finality of and suddenness and abruptness of #death. 😩⠀
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The other defining moment for me that day was the callousness and coldness of human nature which becomes more evident when others are suffering or facing misfortune. ⠀
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Our then #maid/house help was in the #kitchen washing plates, she was the one who had opened the door to my panic-stricken aunt and yet she showed no concern whatsoever and went back to the kitchen to continue her chores. 🙄😒🤷⠀
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What got all of us upset was her indifference and the fact that we were having this conversation in the corridor leading to the kitchen, so she could hear everything. ⠀
She offered no sympathies or showed no concern even though my aunt had come back to our house so abruptly 15 minutes after she had left with all her stuff missing except the clothes she was wearing. Plus she had almost died! 😤⠀
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I can even understand the indifference to the missing things, after all, they are just things right? But she had a real-life gun pulled on her! What if they had shot her? And yet a fellow human being was acting so unconcerned. Smh. 🤦⠀
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At such a young age, I was already learning about the realities of life, it wasn’t pleasant but I’m the wiser for it now. ⠀
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Things That Make Me Happy

Knowing God loves me, my relationship with #God, #family, #food, #money, #music #sleep, going to the #beach, #reading, #writing, #hangingout with REAL friends (catch that), #cooking!

Hay God, when I’m in the mood, I can #cook for #Africa and the #UnitedKingdom combined. 😁⠀
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I love cooking dishes I can already cook and I LOVE experimenting and trying new things out. My present self has already seen my future self owning a restaurant or food business of some sort by God’s grace. 🙏⠀
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Last but not least, #icecream!!! If the Bible was telling the story about me and how I’d sold my birthright to my sibling, it would not have been porridge but ice cream. It’s a problem. 🙈⠀
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When I lived in the #UK, the only reason I didn’t become fat was because I applied the indulge yourself but with moderation rule strictly. Now that I live in #Lagos, my love for ice-cream is not getting me fat because it’s an expensive luxury and the readily available, cheaper versions suck! I’m very finicky and only go for premium ice-cream most times. ⠀
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Let me stop writing before I drive to the nearest ice-cream shop. 😂😂😂😂⠀
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Fam! What things make you happy in this thing called life? ⠀
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Qualities I Value In A Romantic Partner

That’s easy, what does #God have to say about love and romance in the Bible? Anything He says are the qualities I’m going to value in my romantic partner. That’s right I’m speaking prophetically into my destiny. 😁⠀
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1st Corinthians 13 verse 4 – 7 AMPC Version of the Bible;⠀
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4 – Love endures long and is patient and kind, love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. ⠀
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So based on what verse 4 said, my husband has to embody the qualities of patience and kindness, he should not be the envious nor unnecessarily jealous type, he should not be boastful or vain and be carrying himself haughtily about the place as if he’s the one who created the heavens and the earth. 🙄⠀
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5 – It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it (it pays no attention to a suffered wrong). ⠀
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6 – It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. ⠀
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7 – Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and it endures everything (without weakening). ⠀
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Yup, all the qualities described in verse 5, 6 and 7 I would most certainly value in my romantic partner/husband. ⠀
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The MSG Version; ⠀
Love never gives up, love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, doesn’t have a swelled head, doesn’t force itself on others, isn’t always “me first,” doesn’t fly off the handle, doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, doesn’t revel when others grovel, takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, puts up with anything, trusts God always, always looks for the best, never looks back but keeps going to the end. ⠀

#Dearfuturehusband I have no doubt you embody these qualities and more because God made you for me and I for you. ❤️⠀
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My First Crush

I don’t actually remember my first crush, so the question you should now be asking me is, was that even a real crush? LOL!⠀
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Google Dictionary defines a crush as “a brief but intense #infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable.” ⠀
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It was most likely a #celebrity or something because the truth is that I can’t remember since it was so long ago. Also, that’s another thing about crushes, they are as fickle as human nature itself. ⠀
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Although on the flip side, for some people, it’s so strong it turns to obsession and them stalking said crush. One thing is for sure, a crush is not real #love!⠀
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If today’s topic was about my most recent crush, I may have had to do 2 pages. Hehehehehe. ⠀
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So I’m going to throw the question back to you guys…who was your first crush? How old were you? Give us all the juicy details. ⠀
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My Favourite Books

On Friday, I talked about how my favourite fictional character is #HarryPotter so it goes without saying that I’m a HUGE fan of all the books by #jkrowling. ⠀
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I read so much, it’s really hard to now come out and name others apart from the Harry Potter books. ⠀
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Of course, my favourite Book of all time is the #Bible. I mean, what’s not to love? It has everything! Sound teachings and doctrines, Drama (Book of #Esther anyone?) Comedy, Betrayal, Romance, Art, Literature, Engineering (there’s a part that talks about soundings being taken. If you know, you know), Epic real life stories (I mean the parting of the Red Sea just blows my mind!). ⠀
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The Bible has Proverbs, love songs and poetry (Songs of Solomon and Ecclesiastes). It has quite a bit of human anger and rage expressed in such dramatic and poetic fashion (Psalms anyone?). ⠀
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So there you have it guys, which reminds me…what are YOUR favourite books?⠀

Dear Past Me

Dear Past Fisayo, ⠀
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I trust this meets you well and in good health. ⠀
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First things first, stop being such a worrier and calm down; everything is literally working out for your good. Yes really! The good, the bad, the ugly, the disappointments, the twists, the turns, the betrayals, the confusion, the unexpected, every single thing is working out. ⠀
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The pain, the sleepless nights, the persecution, the trials, the mistakes, the failures, the successes, the highs and the lows! ⠀
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If only you could see what I see and experience what I experience, it’s all so beautiful, it’s all so glorious, it’s so much more, exceedingly, abundantly more than you could ever have thought, asked or imagined! ⠀
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It may sound too good to be true due to your current circumstances, I understand but I do want you to do us a favour, I need you to hang on to your #faith like your life depends on it because it does. ⠀
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You see friends will come and go; good and bad circumstances will pass and everything will be just fine. ⠀
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Yes, you know that annoying expression to us, “This too shall pass.” It’s true! Those annoying people who say it are on to something and guess what, in the future you start saying it too! Ah yes, the passing of time and going through life events will change you in ways you never thought possible. ⠀
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Don’t get me wrong, the #future is not perfect (we still live on #earth after all) but it is so much better than the #past. All you need to do is just keep trusting and believing in #God and doing all He asks you to do and you will be fine. ⠀
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Man may not have your back but you’ve got the Big Daddy Himself in #Heaven on your side and that’s all you truly need mami! ⠀
See you soon! ⠀
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Love, ⠀
Future Fisayo. ⠀
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#writingchallenge #334dayswithfis #writersofinstagram #writersofig #fisayotuoyotvshow #faith #stories #life #storyteller #writer #2020 #letter

If You Could Meet Any Fictional Character, Who?

Harry Potter!!! Hands down! I mean he grew up as a “muggle” even though he’s a wizard so he’d be able to explain to me in depth how he felt realising he was a wizard and having to get used to his new magical life as a wizard. ⠀
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Yep, I’d defo like to meet Harry Potter in real life. P.s if the picture I used for today’s header image is lost on you, are you sure you’re a true fan? If you know, you know. ⠀
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The really cool thing is that #London #Kingscross #trainstation really does have a Platform 9 and 3 quarters platform. Anything for the fans! It’s a big tourist spot and it’s beyond cool. ⠀
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The Biggest Lie I’ve Ever Told

When I saw this topic was one of the writing prompts, I LOL’d within myself. Like, who wrote this list? Did the person not realise some of us are going to be writing for a #public #audience? ⠀
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What’s the person’s problem in life sef? Just low-key trying to get people to cast their own selves, what nonsense! ⠀
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Anyways, I don’t know if I want to tell y’all the biggest lie I’ve ever told to be honest. I don’t need your judgement. 😂😂😂😂 I have enough problems in my life. 😋😋😋⠀
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Ok, let’s compromise, ONE of the biggest lies I’ve ever told not THE biggest lie was most likely concerning my mom. Yes, sometimes I use her to lie o, especially if its work-related and I need a valid, infallible excuse to be away. ⠀
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So stuff like, “Momise is not feeling well, yada yada yada, blah, blah, blah.” 🤦🙈🙈⠀
Please don’t judge me ooooo!!!⠀
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Oya, Mr perfect, Miss and Mrs Perfect, who are judging me silently, lol, what’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told? ⠀
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My Most Prized Possessions

“Hellooooooo! My money, like duh! No money, no nothing!” Lol. That was my #flesh speaking. ⠀
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“Like duh! God! Without God, His breath within me and the Kingdom of #Heaven, I am nothing and doomed for eternity.” That’s my #spirit man speaking. ⠀
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“Of course it’s my family and the love of my life (my husband) and my precious children.” That’s my #soul speaking. ⠀
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There you have it. My most prized possessions are my belief in #God aka my #faith, my worldly possessions aka #money and of course #family because family is everything. (Even though their wahala is plenty mbok) ⠀
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Fam, what are your most prized possessions? ⠀
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