Wayo ft. Ian Jazzi

Wayo ft. Ian Jazzi

Blogspot loves!

It's been agesss. I'm a woman now lol. If you miss me, comment and I will forward you to my new blog.
However, I had to post cause I don't want you guys to miss out on #WAYO, my latest single with my sister Bella, featuring Ghanaian rapper Ian Jazzi. #WAYO is the bomb trust me! Download and enjoy xxx

The Goodbye

Hey guys.


This is my very last post :( I've run out of things to say LOL. If you notice, recently it's just been videos from You Tube I keep blogging. I tried a new series (These Men) but as you can tell, that hasn't gone well cause a series needs to be followed up. LOL


I started this blog about three years ago (October 2008) and it's been a blast sharing my boring yet strangely fascinating life with family, friends and of course, the random people.


To all those who've left sweet comments and been inspired by anything I've written, thank you so much! And for those who are for any reason entertained by Tara, I will still be on You Tube making videos with Bee till I finally become famous. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here Tara and Bella on You Tube.


Au revoir! Auf Wiedersehen! Até a vista! Adiós! Goodbye!!!


xoxo

Nicki Minaj Sings 'Super Bass' with Sophia Grace (Full Version)

When I saw her first video singing "Super Bass" http://youtu.be/C7hTAp6KrGY, I knew not only would she be a star, she would get to meet Nicki Minaj! Trust Ellen to make it happen.

The dulling in my life must cease! I need to do an intense video so Ellen notices me. You Tube seems to be the new gate way to fame (Justin Bieber comes to mind eh?) xxx

Tara and Bella; Sister Act

This song is one of the songs we seem to harmonize flawlessly. More tasking songs coming up :)

My Very First Halloween!

Is it crazy that I am 20 yrs old and this was my first time to celebrate Halloween? I guess not! I’m Nigerian, we don’t do that shii. LOL.

But being in Accra (and being with a Halloween enthusiast, my new friend Sarah) I finally celebrated Halloween for the first time ever!

I was Catwoman (a sophisticated one LOL), tail, whip and all, Bee was a Flapper Girl from the 20s (I actually need to find out what a Flapper girl is!) and Sarah was a Captain though I kept mixing her up to be a sailor. Same thing in my book! 

We had Halloween cake, LOTS OF CANDY AND ALCOHOL, and guests over at Sarah’s, all Sarah’s friends. One of em was Dracula, her boyfriend Collins (I know! Weird coincidence) was a vampire, etc.

After chilling and getting sloshed at Sarah’s, we set out to a club called Bella Roma where a wicked Halloween party was going down! I haven’t been clubbing in a long time because I basically got over it cause of how much it sucks…but Bella Roma wasn’t bad at all! Great music, crazy costumes, I had a blast! Two more clubs after Bella Roma but I had had enough. Thankfully, both clubs weren’t as hot as Bella Roma so our party didn’t spend much time at either.

Halloween was really great. I think this may become a tradition ;)

Tara & Bella: Random

Me and my partner in crime with our fifth video. Loving You Tube and if we could just get some more subscribers and comments on our videos, we would love it even more!

So please watch, like, comment and most importantly, SUBSCRIBE!!! We will keep the entertainment coming ;)

Beyoncé - Love On Top

Another fantastic video from Bey's new album. Love this song!

Beyoncé - Countdown (Official Video)

Beyonce's new video, Countdown. She looks so amazing and it's like such a fun video! I love Beyonce! :)

These Men

Those kind of women that are overly paranoid about men. The moment a man smiles at them, they suddenly entertain ideas in their heads that this man wants them. A man can't be nice to these women without them thinking "What does he want?". Why do these women behave this way? Feeling overly excited just because a man happens to glance at them! Some of us would say they are flighty, or seeking attention perhaps. But some of them are...

Three year old Sadie looks around for Greg, her cousin. Sadie, her baby brother, her mother and father are visiting her uncle's and she is enjoying a game of hide and seek with her two older cousins. Caleb is 14 years old and his younger brother Greg, is twelve.

Sadie feels closer to Greg. He pays her more attention, listens to her random chatter about dolls and when Michael her baby brother arrives, he is the only one who still seems to treat Sadie like the baby she's always been accustomed to being. The only time Greg upsets Sadie is during hide and seek because she can never find him and even at such a young age, she is already very competitive.

Sadie steps into the boys' room and she is sure she can hear breathing coming from the cupboard. Excited that she has finally found Greg for once, she creeps up to the cupboard steadily and opens it yelling, "I've found you!". Out comes Greg, sweating and panting. "Good girl Sadie! I thought you wouldn't. Come here".

He pulls her close to him, turns her onto the cupboard and kisses his three year old cousin with unbridled passion. As he crushes his lips onto Sadie's, his hands pinning her little body down, Sadie wonders what her cousin is doing to her. She is scared and his force hurts a little but she knows, loves and trusts Greg so she tries to stay calm and let him finish. While Greg sloppily kisses his cousin, his mother calls for him and just before she steps in the room, Greg lets go off Sadie and acts normal. "Here you kids are. Sadie, your mum and dad are leaving. Greg, come and say bye to Uncle and Auntie". "Okay mummy" Greg replies and bounds off after his mother.

That is the first time Sadie learns not to trust men as she thinks to herself "if what Greg was doing to me was alright, why did he stop so suddenly before Auntie came in the room?"

*To be continued*

Husband Material

This one's for the guys.

Wife Material

Ladies, you need to watch this!!!

The Way I See It...

Social networking was intended to be a good thing but so many people now use it to display their ignorance. On Twitter, #thewayiseeit is trending and imagine my surprise that quite a number of people tweeted things that made sense! Here are some real nice ones I wanna share. I'll just do my favorite ten in no particular order.

#ThewayIseeit;

1. Everything in this life is temporary. Keep your eyes on the price; getting to heaven! That's eternal.
2. Excuses are present where effort isn't.
3. Positive thinking equals positive results. Keep God first and you'll be blessed.
4. You Have To Give Respect To Get It.
5. In order to be successful you must have tough skin. If a few haters can rattle you then you not ready for success.
6. You shouldn't hold onto someone that doesn't want to be held.
7. Your friends are a reflection of you. They should make you better. You are the company you keep.
8. Social networks don't mess up relationships. Twitter & Facebook just give you a platform & people display their own ignorance.
9. Love all, trust few & do wrong to no one.
10. You can't make someone change; they have to want to.

(Most of them are retweets. I only take credit for no. 1)

Xxx

Beyonce "Why Don't You Love Me" video starring Tara & Bella!!!

So today, we decided to do something fun and Bee came up with the idea that we should shoot a video to Beyonce's "Why Don't You Love Me".

We made up, got dressed and filmed performances to the song with Kimmy alone! Kimmy is my MacBook for those not knowing. After filming, I edited the shots using Final Cut Pro and viola! :D

Please watch, LIKE and COMMENT! We spent all day on this project. It's the least y'all can do! Hope you like xxx

Flaws and All

How many have seen the Tara and Bella video on Flaws? Did you like it? We've gotten some good feedback and before I start, I just wanna say a big thank you to all those who watched the video and got back to us. Much appreciated. If you haven't seen it, check it out here!!!

In this world where majority are dying to be perfect, I think it's important for those of us that have our heads right to let people know the following things.

1. No one is perfect. Even Beyonce who I think is absolutely gorgeous complains constantly about her ears. Everyone has something on their bodies that they would trade and what's funnier, everyone has something on their body that they hate meanwhile, someone else absolutely loves it!

2. There is only one you and you were made the way you were for a special purpose. So stop trying to change so much. If you ask me, what people should work on changing about themselves is what's inside and not what is on the outside. A beautiful soul has much more value than a beautiful body or face. If that sounds like blab to you, consider this; when you die (which we all will someday!), that body you are so obsessed with making perfect will be buried in the sand and rot. Yes, your body, God made it out of sand and it will go back to being sand eventually no matter how good looking it is.

3. Confidence makes you sexy. Have you ever been out with that friend you know you look much better than yet she gets all the attention? It's the way she carries herself! Men are attracted to women who are confident with themselves. When you feel sexy, you are automatically sexy (to someone).

4. One man's trash, next man's treasure. This isn't to discount the last point but we do admit that some men are just shallow and you can be confident all you want but if you are more than a size 4, they won't send you. Well that's them! Don't let anyone put you down. What they don't see, someone else will. In this life, everyone won't like you. Accept that.

5. Love yourself. It starts with YOU. If you can't accept that body, own that flab and crooked nose, then you'll be miserable for a long time. Ignore the "reality" shows you see of people getting plastic surgery and suddenly having this new look on life. It's BULL. It starts now. You have to love you whichever way you are.

So my lovelies, these are the things we must know! I was inspired to do this by a post I just read on one of my favorite blogs. Check it out here. She goes as far as actually putting up pictures of her body as it is. Kudos girl! For me, I'll just list out the flaws of my body; flaws I'm learning to love/ accept.

*My gap tooth. I've never liked it and I often consider using braces to close the gap.
*Lips. I feel like my lips could be a little less thicker.
*Ears. I have ears that stick out but these I now love cause my Daddy has the same ears so it's our thing :)
*#TeamSuckBelleMakeTheShirtFine!!! Even with my recent weight loss, I still haven't been able to get rid of all the stomach fat!
*Butt. It's soft and that is nice but I wish there was more there. LOL

So you see? We ALL have flaws. Own yours! Xxx

Showing off my gap-tooth :)

RIP Charlie Wilson & Levi

If there's anything that is sure in this life, it is death.
So why are we taken by surprise when people leave us?
Probably because we know it happens but we still never expect it to happen to us or those we know.

If there is anything we surely know about the heart of man,
That would be its capacity for wickedness.
Yet, man's wickedness surprises me all the time.

I've tried to prepare myself for horrible things 'cause all is not rosy in life.
But how do you prepare for someone you know, someone you saw almost everyday,
Getting shot in the head and left on the road to die?

How do you prepare for getting the news?
How do you stop yourself crying even as you know it won't bring him back?
How do you say "there's a time to live and a time to die?" when you never expected his time to come so soon?

Life is so volatile.
That's why we shouldn't ever take anything or anyone for granted.
Live everyday like it's the last, love everyone like you'll never see them again.

RIP Charles (Charlie Wilson) & Levi, gunned down September 4th, 2011.

L-R: Charles and Levi

Things We should Know before (or by) 30

I just read this post off "Dark Matters", a blog by Chinelo Onwualu. It's titled Things I Know at 30. 
Not only is she an amazing writer, this particular post is real good and I think, a must read for we young ladies so I decided to share.

Enjoy! xxx

Things I Know at 30- Chinelo Onwualu

Tara & Bella discuss Flaws

Hi guys! Been a while. I am seriously lacking in inspiration to write but I have been enjoying time in front of the camera. This is a video me and my sister did sometime last month and editing and uploading has taken FOREVER but it is finally done :)

Please watch with an open mind. We are not Oprah, Tyra nor Mo (from Moments with Mo) and we don't think we are! This is for fun and like we said, we will continue if and only if you guys like it and LET US KNOW!

Enjoy. Bella gets deep from the middle all the way to the end! LOL

P.s I did the editing myself so critique that too so I can get better :*

Kim and I- Left Out

I'm watching Kourtney and Kim Take New York and it's the episode where Khloe comes into town for the opening of NYC Dash. Do not judge me! I'm on a long holiday in ABUJA and I have a limited social life. What else will I do??? Anyways, Khloe and Kourt are super close and Khloe's arrival has Kim feeling left out. For those who watch the show, you know Kim's the sorta quiet one that tends to blend in the background...when you ignore her behind and amazing looks!

Anyhoooo, I can totally relate to how poor Kimmy was feeling in this episode. That was my life in my final semester in college. You see, me and my AUN bff were super close and sort of fenced everyone out. We were in our own little world. In my final semester however, our little world had guests and one was particularly invasive. Not only was she our roommate, she and my bff became so close I started to feel left out.

Check this. In this episode, Khloe and Kourtney ditch Kim to go and check out the store even though she was right behind em. She only went to get her purse. By the time she comes out, they are gone and Kourt's excuse when Kim calls her is "I thought you were tired so we left without you". This happened to me too! We all go to a party and I'm outside waiting for em when we are all partied out but somehow, they leave me and head back to school thinking "I'd already left". Why would I leave and not tell them if we all came together?

There are so many other instances I felt proper left out and sad but just like Kim, I never confronted em about it and I didn't have a Scott (Kourt's boyfriend who eventually tells Kourt and Khloe how Kim is feeling) to speak for me. Instead I just let myself withdraw into a sad shell.

I'm not telling this story cause I'm still harbouring ill feelings over the whole thing oh! Gosh, that would be stupid. It was a while ago and I've never been good at holding on to stuff anyways. Just the episode reminded me, and my boredom prompted me to write about it.

P.S The Kardashians are much but my gosh, are they an amazing looking bunch!

Tara's Guidelines to WINNING!

I’m at a very good place in my life right now. I don’t remember the last time I felt truly down or even stressed out. It’s been a sunny ride all the way and I would be selfish not to share the tricks of this unending joy!

That’s why I have titled this post, “Tara’s Guidelines to Winning!”. LOL. Legooo!

A solid relationship with GOD

I was born into a Christian family and I have been brought up to honor God and put him first in everything I do. I was also brought up to brush after every meal, tidy my bed in the morning and shower twice a day. But I don’t do these things. What’s my point? Even though I have been a Christian and I was brought up with certain values for God, I haven’t always followed them. Especially in my time in college, it was easy to get up late, rush to the bathroom, get dressed, dash out, go to classes, hang out with friends, and crash at night without even saying one word to God all day!

Now I look back, it’s no wonder the craziness of school could affect me so badly at times. It’s no wonder I used to feel so down some days that the only way to feel better was a bottle of wine. Truth is so many Christians (youth especially) are Christian for the sake of religion. But what we have missed is that Christianity is not just a religion; it’s a relationship, a lifestyle. Since being back home, I have reevaluated my life and my priorities and knowing and loving God is now number one on my list.

It’s not enough to say it though. You have to actually do it. When you love someone, you don’t want to make them sad and you do things you know will make them happy. So with loving God and truly loving Him, there are SOOOOO many things we do that we really shouldn’t. I don’t need to go into them. Y’all know what I’m talking about! With knowing someone, you do research to find out about them, or talk to them and so with knowing God, you have to READ YOUR BIBLE. That’s how to get to know Him. You have to PRAY. That’s how you talk to Him.

Summary, when you draw closer to God, He will fill you with unexplainable joy and peace of mind. So much that not even the madness of the world can get to you. Trust me, I’ve been on this path only a few weeks and I have seen amazing results.

Surround yourself with people after the same things as you!

When you are moving with people who are headed in a different direction than you are, you can’t feel at ease. So if need be, write down the names of the people you chill with and in one word, describe what they are about. If that word doesn’t come close to what you are about, get moving! Birds of the same feather flock together. If you are trying to get your grades up and you chill with people that never study, duh! You are not winning. If you are trying to stop a bad habit and all your friends are on that habit, you are not winning. 

This might not always apply though cause sometimes, you can rub off on someone. So if that’s your plan, to change someone, cool. But when you start to notice that rather than you changing this person, it’s the person changing you instead, don’t be foolish. RUN!!!

Take care of yourself

“Look good, feel good” is no joke. When you look nice on the outside, it will affect your psyche on the inside. 

If you’re not happy with your weight, don’t sit whining about it. Do something about it! If a little make up will help you feel better, use some. I do not advocate looking like a drag queen though! Remember with some certain things, less is more. Eat well, exercise, dress nicely (doesn’t have to be flashy but wear clothes that flatter you) and take care of your hair. These little things will help the way you feel about yourself which will in turn affect how others see and treat you!

That’s about it. If you do these three things, you will be surprised how radically your life will turn around. Say goodbye to feeling low, drama and stress! 

Much love to my avid blog readers. You guys are in my thoughts and prayers :* 

xxx

My Weight Loss Tips

Someone was kind enough to ask me for advice on how to lose weight! I blush. LOL. I replied her comment but I thought I would just share with everyone else my weight loss tips so here goes!

1. It's a painful truth but not eating helps you lose weight! Since I don't want to come here and advertise anorexia or starvation, I would say EAT LESS. If you can cut down your portions or even how many times a day you eat, you will see a difference.

2. Soda is the devil. And so is diet coke! I pity people when I see em taking "diet" soda cause that is a load of crap. As long as it is soda, just stay away from it. And this doesn't go to just people tryna lose weight. In general, soda is not good for you. (Coca Cola, no vex. I have to tell my people the truth!)

3. Exercise is good for you. I hate exercise so I stick to talking walks (jog occasionally), aerobics and swimming. Also, you'd be surprised how much calories you can burn turning up some music and breaking it down! If you can do gyming, more grease to your elbows! I hope to be like you someday :)

4. Last but not the least, while you do all the above, TAKE YOUR MIND OFF YOUR WEIGHT. You know what they say about watching a kettle on fire. That water will take forever to boil! So get your mind off losing weight and just live your life. You'll try something on and viola! It'll be too big for you :)

I hope my very mundane tips will help. They've worked for me anyway. X