Celebrating a victory?

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In the Superior Court

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HEALTHY LIVING IN THE HIGH COURT OF NUTRITION PLANET EARTH AD 2013 SODIUM CHLORIDE (affectionately called SALT)                                          PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT VRS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION                    DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT (Al-So called WHO) MOTION ON NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that Quarrelsome & Partners, Lawyers for and on behalf of  the Plaintiff/Applicant herein shall move the...

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I watched him the entire night

I could not take my eyes off him, the moment the girls and I entered this classy restaurant to celebrate my birthday. Yeah, I had to mention the classy bit to let you know how my purse was crying that evening. How I comforted the purse for the rest of the month is another story all together. Now where was I? Aha! So like I was saying, I had been watching this young man since the time I sat for dinner. It was not only his good looks, charming smile or…errrmmm I will end the list here, just know looks and smile are dependent on a person’s taste, but also the bottles on his table. Those bottles which I believe was a litre in volume each, containing a percentage of alcohol,  my not very good eagle eyes could capture were all nearly...

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The pink sheet of the world bank

Two months ago, the World Bank predicted an economic growth for Sub-Saharan Africa for the next 3 years. Forgive me my dear reader for I am not in position to furnish you with the better and further particulars of this prediction as my economics cannot analyze this report to confirm their prediction, so let us take this prediction on the World Bank’s pink sheet for now. And besides the trusting ratings of World Bank is near 100% if not 100% so there is no need to doubt this prediction. Back to the  pink sheet from World Bank. On the face of this pink sheet, I would say it is good news for the continent as it implies a reduction of poverty, elimination of hunger, the building and improving of infrastructure and many morein the coming few years. As much as I would love to talk...

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Diary of an international student 4

Dear Diary, I can’t help but notice how international students especially those from Africa to other continents become physically active individuals as soon as they begin their education in these continents. It is as though they just read or heard through the various forms of media (website, digital signage) available to them in the country, city or university of study that an adult their age (19-64years) requires at least 150minutes/week of moderate intensity activities. Ha! I almost forgot I didn’t carry you along with me during the physical activity lectures hence I need to explain moderate intensity activity to you. You know how I can’t keep things in my head so permit me to use the explanation given in the 2011 report by the...

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The little things that we do

Luxury, comfort, fast-track are all words we love. Is it any surprise to know technology has been welcomed so well into our homes, workplaces etc? With just a touch of a button, we have moved from the ground floor to the 5th floor within seconds. By just appearing in front of a door, it opens and by just walking into a building, the lights are turn on. Photonics, my expert friend tells me it is. A touch of a button and our laundry is done, our food cooked and warmed. In fact, it looks as though the world has become; a world of a touch of buttons. How lives have become fast-track and comfortable? And O! Who would let go the luxury of fast cars, trains etc to walk only to become tired? I could go on and on about how technology has made our lives simple, easy, fast, comfort etc but...

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Diary of an international student 3

Dear Diary, I know it’s been long . My hard disk is even annoyed with the fact that I keep saving posts on it without submitting them to you. Hmmm, what can I say but the words of the little boy in the advert, ‘it’s not fault’. I hope to be a good editor when my paparazzi bring their stories. I know you might be wondering what happened for me to make this post. You will understand after you read these 3 stories Story 1 I know I have been preaching that international students go global with their diet but the recipe which was formulated by this international student have put me in a state of shock and I am just wondering which country or group of people take this recipe. I am hoping by putting the recipe up someone might help me with the country. Recipe of an international student 1...

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Diary of an international student 2

Dear Diary, In my first post, I told you about the amount of local food the international student has packed and how he has made searches on Google for shops that sell local foodstuff. Can you blame her Diary? From childhood, her taste habitation have only known these foods and since this taste habitation have developed into adulthood, the only foods it recognizes are those packed in the suitcases and sold at the international shops. Is it then any wonder a friend of this international student who has been missing out on some local foods due to the unavailability of shops in the town he is learning in couldn’t take it any longer, he travelled to visit her and some other colleagues just to get some local food to eat? His hunger for...

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Your little can do much

According to the UN, approximately 870 million are suffering from hunger that means one out of eight people suffers from hunger. Hunger is deadly, killing 2.5million children annually. These children die out of malnutrition. The rest who do not die are undernourished with vitamin A deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia and stunting being prevalent amongst these children. Undernourishment affects not only one’s physical state but also the ability to maximize one’s potential. The good news is hunger can be eliminated. At the heart of eliminating hunger is food security; making food available, accessible and affordable in one’s country. To achieve food accessibility and affordability, food must be available first. Food availability is...

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A letter to the Ghanaian

Dear Ghanaian, How are you doing? I guess the football season has ‘cooled off your tempers’ after the elections. This however brings a question to mind; should you always be reminded you are a Ghanaian when the national team is playing a tournament or a qualifier? Why do I ask this question? I noticed how most of you were intolerant of one another’s view during the political season to the extent that some blocked and ‘unfriend’ friends on the social network, facebook and some splashed their facebook timelines with insults and unfortunate tribal remarks. I do not even want to talk about what transpired on radio and television. On Sunday the 22nd of January, 2013, I read different comments on the performance of the Black stars. They were varying but the reason behind the comments...

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Diary of an international student 1

Dear Diary, Dear Diary After being in the queue for more than an hour to go through checks, the international student has enplaned. The long queue certainly took the excitement of his journey away but this is not the only thing stealing his excitement; the food he is leaving behind. Don’t get him wrong he is also sad about moving away from his family and friends but you know how technology has provided solutions to bring them close despite the distance. O how this student wishes, technology can help transmit food along cables. Then Fufu, Banku, Tuo Zaafi (Ghanaian dishes) would be a dial away. Fufu and Light soup (Ghanaian dish) With suitcases full of dried fish (koobi, Amane, Keta school boys), shito, flour (Fufu, Banku, Tuo Zaafi,...

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Speculations, rumours, any iota of truth

The season is over but the reason for the season still lives on. During the season, I couldn’t help but notice how people celebrated it and the decisions they made with the hope of correcting these decisions in one way or the other. As it comes with the season, there were lots to eat and drink and most people if not all forgot to eat in moderation. “Let’s eat and drink for the season is annual”, many said. For others, it was “let’s eat and drink because once the season ends, the head pastor would declare a 30-day fasting period, perhaps, we can use that to lose the weight we might gain (hmmm, I hope head pastors do not read this)”. For those in the orthodox Churches, their hope of losing weight would be during The Lent period. And for others, they might have to wait for their spiritual...

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The drink

As I take a journey down memory lane, I reminisce the good times I had during my undergraduate years at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). There, I made new and wonderful friends and got introduced to a lot of campus life activities. Of all the things I got introduced to, there is one I very much appreciate; The Drink (please don’t jump to conclusion, am no glutton. I just enjoy good food). It was consumed by almost everyone on campus, lecturers and students alike. Every market in the halls of residence had it on sale. And at the KNUST Commercial area, one was bound to find many people queued to buy it as if it was the launch of the iPhone N. The sellers here, made sure there was hot pancake to accompany...

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