Month: September 2018

  • Health|Things You Need To Know About Ginger

    Health|Things You Need To Know About Ginger

    Ginger is a medicinal and culinary spice/herb that has amazing health benefits and should always be in the house. It’s best fresh but can also be bought ground or chopped which are handy in the kitchen. Ginger has been used as medicine throughout history and in the 13th and 14th century, 1 lb of ginger…

  • Short Poems About Love – VOL#1

    Short Poems About Love – VOL#1

    Hi y’all, I write short poems everyday on my instagram page and not all my poems get featured on my blog but I have decided to change that. This is the first of many short poems compilations. There are five short poems about love in this post. Enjoy!

  • Travel| Nairobi City Market

    Travel| Nairobi City Market

    Nairobi City Market is the city’s main souvenir market and it’s right in the centre of the city. The market stocks a variety of goods and is popular for both locals and tourists alike so you feel welcome and comfortable.

  • POEM| Don’t Stop

    POEM| Don’t Stop

    You take the plunge  
with a leap of faith  
try something new they said  
so you try  
it doesn’t seem right  
it doesn’t feel right   
it can’t always be your fault 
can it? 

  • STYLE|Trending: Print Mix

    STYLE|Trending: Print Mix

    Hi, another work week is ending today and I hope you are as excited as I am that it’s Friday. For a long time, there was a perception that patterns/prints could not be mixed. So once you had one patterned piece on, every other thing had to be plain to complement it. In recent times, this…

  • POEM| Inside Me

    POEM| Inside Me

    Something is screaming inside of me I pause to meditate to breathe to reflect 

  • POEM|Twenty Years Later

    POEM|Twenty Years Later

    Twenty years later but I still remember  that horrid smell your smell

  • Travel|Nairobi Snake Park

    Travel|Nairobi Snake Park

    Due to popular demand on my last travel post, you can read it here if you haven’t, I shared my experience at The Snake Park. On my last day in Nairobi, I visited The Nairobi National Museum and The Snake Park. The two tourist attractions are inside the same environs and if you decide to…

  • Places in Lagos|Circa

    Places in Lagos|Circa

    Hi guys, welcome to another edition of Places in Lagos. I visited Circa Lagos, one of the relatively new buzzing restaurants in Lekki last month with my friend, Damola and I’m telling you all about it today.

  • POEM|I Love Me

    POEM|I Love Me

    tie me up hold me down  wage war on me  tarnish my name

  • HR| The Future of Work

    HR| The Future of Work

    With the advancement of technology over the years, the future of work is a major concern in every industry today. A budding question at the top of everyone’s mind is if they will be needed for work in a few years. It is impossible not to wonder if an employer will need employees when machines…

  • It’s Feedback Time

    It’s Feedback Time

    I’ve been blogging since March 2017 and it’s crazy to think I haven’t done a feedback post. I really appreciate my readers all around the world so this post is for you. For clicking the link in my bio, for typing “mariamshittu.com” into your browser, for telling people about my blog, for liking and commenting…