Afro Beats is Taking Over

Beautiful Oyinye P-Square ft Rick Ross 

 P-Square are Nigerian twins Peter and Paul and I have been a huge fan for a long long time. They recently signed with Akon (Konvict Muzik) and I could not be happier for them. Their songs have a huge "Igbo" influence as they are from South Easten Nigeria, and they always have some Igbo phrases in their songs. In this song they are singing about a girl "Oyinye" who is so beautiful! Rick Rozzay's part is actually dope and blends nicely to the duo's cry for Oyinye's love..

 

Positivity

surround yourself with positive energy and people who are generally happy and have few problems...
— Itoro Etuk (@itoroetuk) June 8, 2012

The Brother, The Sister,  and EYE;) being uber goofy

The Brother, The Sister, and EYE ;) still being goofy

You do not have to look far to find positive energy and happy people. In my case I am blessed with a wonderful family, they keep me happy and in return I love them unconditionally!(I know that's very cheesy but I do not care :p)...

 oh lol btw these pictures are very unclear they were taken through photo boot on Mac not the best of cameras but will do :D

With Love,
Rita Diamonds xx

Diamond Jubilee feature

Living in London I could not avoid the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, rather inevitable. Apparently this is not expected to happen again until 350 years, although I am not sure how this was calculated and estimated, ill just go with it.

                                                Here is a picture that says a thousand words.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww I want LOVE too

God Save the Queen! 

Without You

I'm currently singing and dancing to it in my room....In my mind I'm currently in a music video...haha 

David Guetta is the King of House Music and USHER is USHER!!!! what more can you ask for ?!

Oh oh oh! 

You! You! You! 

Without... You! You! You! 

Without...you 

I am lost, I am vain, 

I will never be the same 

Without you, without you

Without...you

 

You’re mad, bonkers, off your head. But I tell you a secret. All the best people are. –Charles (Alice in Wonderland)

— Disneywords (@disneywords) May 14, 2012

How can something so wrong feel so right???!!!

Okay I am a TV whore I watch like One million tv shows and get passionate about quiet a few. Sometimes I do not like to be disturbed when I am watching a particular show, like I get all "no phone calls" mode. I remember someone calling me strange because I said I could not meet up because I was going to be watching a particular show lool!. Excuse me, call me strange but I simply do not care, you will less likely see me disturbing someone when their team's football match is going on so why can I not  demand the same respect??? sigh...

So my new TV show craze is a show created by the one and only Shonda Rhimes. If you have never heard about her google her asap! She brought 'Grey's Anatomy' which I have already stated I love on this blog, and also it's spin off 'Private Practice'. This new show is called 'Scandal' I cannot think of a more appropriate name. It centres on Olivia Pope(Kerri Washington) who helps protect people's public images and makes sure their scandalous stories never get out. Talk about damage control this woman and her team know exactly what to do! Thats not all there is about the show we find out all the main characters have serious secrets for one Olivia and the President of the United States had an intimate affair during his campaign, and he does not hide it from us that he is still hopelessly in love with her even though the affair has ended . The president is married and this should be so wrong! every woman or girl watching should immediately hate Oliva and the President for their forbidden love but you find yourself having hope for them...

In this last episode he defies security rules of the white house and pays her a visit at night. He came to convince her that he was not responsible for the death of a girl he allegedly had an affair with. But before Mr President goes he asks to just have one minute with Olivia, for one minute they sit on the sofa and just cuddle silently. While cuddling silently we see from their faces, how painful their love is and you cannot help but wonder .....How can something so wrong feel so right? 

Cannot wait for the season final next week! and yay it has been renewed for a 2nd season..

here is the video of the scene

Say Hello, then Say Farewell

There is a reason why music exists!! It does amazing things to me, there is no day I can go without listening to music. My taste in music has such a wide range, I can tolerate most genres it all depends on my mood.

My song for  today is "Strawberry Swing - Frank Ocean" The song was originally written and sang by Cold Play! but there is something fresh and genuine about Frank's take on the song , he gives it a Neo Soul feel that just leaves me feeling warm.

This song just makes me want to live in the moment and enjoy what I currently have!





"Just in case an atom bomb comes falling on my lawn I should say and you should hear I've loved the good times here"

some photos 2

Some photos I took I thought I'd share :)...

In case you are wondering the cute kid is my cousin's baby so I guess I am his aunty!! He is gonna be a heart breaker one day ;)

Be a Realistic Optimist

I came across a very interesting article on Harvard Business Review on what successful people do differently. I found number 4 particularly useful click on the link to read the whole article It may be worth your time :) x

"4. Be a realistic optimist. When you are setting a goal, by all means engage in lots of positive thinking about how likely you are to achieve it. Believing in your ability to succeed is enormously helpful for creating and sustaining your motivation. But whatever you do, don't underestimate how difficult it will be to reach your goal. Most goals worth achieving require time, planning, effort, and persistence. Studies show that thinking things will come to you easily and effortlessly leaves you ill-prepared for the journey ahead, and significantly increases the odds of failure. "

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review

some photos

some photos I took today with the help of self timer on my camera, the blue heels arrived today and they are so comfortable high and yummy!... lol I just realised I called shoes yummy and I like the sound of it!



Pink check converse

Rebook Classics

Uggs
Leopard skin heels from topshop

Blue heels from misguided.co.uk

Self portrait

I Choose You

I Looooove Grey's Anatomy! its one of the best tv shows out there, here is an awesome scene from season two(esp 26) its sooo romantic when Denny tells Izzy Stephens "I choose you" xoxo

Victoria and Albert

Oh! This was the happiest day of my life!

Unconventional love of two first cousins...

Queen Victoria became the Queen of England at the age of 18 after her father’s three elder brothers died without leaving a male successor to the throne. Her father Prince Edward had died about 17 years before that in 1820 the same year her grandfather King George III died leaving her with her mother who she did not get along with. Her reign of 63 years and 7 months is currently the longest any Monarch in Britain. I am not going to go into too much detail about her reign but I am here to capture the love story of her and Prince Albert. Prince Albert the love of Victoria's life happened to be her first cousin. Yes!!!! she married her first cousin, his father was her mother’s brother I think the word we are looking for here is incest. Apparently Victoria was being pressured to marry once she became Queen but she was in no rush. When Victoria met Albert for the first time when he visited from Germany she was drawn to his education and intelligence and thought Britain could benefit from his ideas. The second time he visited she was by then already been Queen for about a couple of years, she was even more captivated that she proposed to him. Talk about unconventional not only did she marry her cousin she was the one who proposed to him. WHEN THE QUEEN ASKS YOU TO MARRY HER YOU BETTER SAY YES!! Okay it was nothing like a one sided affair or a "I command you to marry me situation" he actually shared the same fondness she had for him.

On Victoria's wedding evening she had a headache and wrote in her diary while lying down "I NEVER, NEVER spent such an evening!!! MY DEAREST DEAREST DEAR Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before! He clasped me in his arms, & we kissed each other again & again! His beauty, his sweetness & gentleness – really how can I ever be thankful enough to have such a Husband! ... to be called by names of tenderness, I have never yet heard used to me before – was bliss beyond belief! Oh! This was the happiest day of my life!"

I do not know about you but forget about the incest going on here and join me in "Awwing" this is so cute! This is so adorable I hope to feel this way someday you know if and when I get married but not to any of my cousins or anyone related to me!

This marriage remained strong and produced 9 children however sadly Albert died 21 years after the marriage when he was only 42. Albert’s death hit Victoria hard as she went into deep mourning and refrained from public appearances. Her seclusion had a negative impact on her but regained later on in her reign on both her silver and golden Jubilees she made public appearances.

After the snow

Morning after snow in London a couple of weeks ago, took some pictures at almost mid-day on my way to buy milk from the corner store down the road.. (double click on the pictures to see them enlarged)

Melting snow on the plant infront of a hair dressers.

The snow causes traffic as cars, buses and other vehicles have to drive slowly and carefully.

A plant infront of the Cafe where I have breakfast sometimes.

A man decides to walk on the road and not the pavement because its too slippery.

Trial and Failure

"Been there done that and failed" I saw that once on a facebook status, it was a comment on a post of someone complaining about a difficult exam they were going to have, and I assume the comment on the status was a humorous way of a friend who has done it before acknowledging that the exam is indeed difficult.

How many people are willing to try new things, knowing they are difficult and almost impossible to excel at? How many people will take dangerous risks that may offer massive payouts? Looking from a financial point of view the more risks an investor takes the higher the expected return. There are risk free assets that offer low returns, but an investor may want high returns I mean the kids college school fees, the massive mortgage payments will not pay themselves. Without bringing out complex equations in summary MORE RISK = MORE RETURNS however as the name risks implies there is a lot to loose if things do not go as expected. Risks come with gains as well as loses, such is life!

I find myself pondering a lot of times if I should go after my dreams. I mean the dreams that come and hunt me for months then go for a week, then come back again for months. The risks I dream of taking, seldom come to surface in reality because I stop to ask myself "what if?". I am so afraid of failing, that sometimes I refrain from trying and I shield myself with the ignorance of never knowing how I would have done. Ignorance is bliss, you cannot fail if you do not try, you get me right?! However everyone one knows you cannot win, if you are not in the competition. Have you ever watched "who wants to be a millionaire" and discovered you know all the answers to the questions asked and you wish you were the one playing the game and not the person on the television who seems to have no clue. Oh well, there goes your one million my love because you are not the one playing.

"Try and fail, but never fail to try" I came across this quote somewhere and it hit me! what am I afraid of, I am young there is no harm in going after the things I want. There is no harm in trying even if I fail, I will just keep trying till I have lost interest in that pursuit, but if it still hunts my dreams why give up? Take risks! Play the game! you never know you just may win...

Lowkey

just keep it between you and me! ..new song from Nigerian artist Banky W, in the song he tells the girl he is having an affair with to keep the love lowkey, that everyone may hate them together, but the affair is just between them and it feels right!

Crazy love

I listened to Latif's new album recently and my favourite song was crazy love its an adorable song!

get up!

Life has no remote. You have to get up and change it yourself.

— ♛ ΛBDO ♛ (@ItsLifeNotes) January 12, 2012

the past is gone

Don't cry over the past, it's gone. Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful.

— FactsAboutBoys.Net (@FactsAboutBoys) January 9, 2012

Up coming posts

Happy New Year people, hope you all enjoyed and received the blessings of christmas, sorry been busy for a while now! but will soon publish some interesting and exciting posts...

1. Its been 60 months since I thought about you...
2. Not so little anymore
3. Beautiful Dreams
4. Pray with me
5. Diary of a Glad African Woman --- Part 5
AND MUCH MORE this 2012!!

Stay Tuned!... (you can follow the blog by email, so you will be notified when new posts are published, emails from this blog are anti spam!!)

with love,
Rita Diamonds xx

COMING SOON!!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON PEOPLE!!!! get into the christmas spirit :-)

Sad thing is I have so much school work I have to do during the holidays as well as study for my exams in January.

BUT that won't stop Christmas! Its the season of love ....hope you get to spend it with your family and around people you love...