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CRISPR: The Game Changer

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Everyday, innovation brings about life changing technology that does the world a whole load of good. One of such innovations is CRISPR which is an acronym for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes; in fact it's already being used although on a very small scale as it is considered imperfect at the moment. Prior to the invention of this technology, editing genes proved to be very expensive and time consuming which is a complete opposite of CRISPR. I personally consider this technology to be a revolutionary one and I look forward to its perfection. One major reason why I consider it revolutionary is the fact unwanted traits in genes can be removed, therefore improving the overall human condition. Imagine a world with very few conditions like HIV, sickle cell disease and many more that have hindered people from living full and happy lives, the world would be better off for it with a high level of increase in pro
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The Sting of Death

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I hate death. So much! Ironically, it is part of life. The only encounter I have had of someone close to me dying was when my grandmother passed away. It hurt so badly. I miss her so much. 2020 has been a really rough year, from Corona Virus to people dying left, right and centre. For every time a death has been confirmed, I am in total shock. I hurt for the lives they could have had and I hurt for their loved ones. No one can fill the void that would be left. Absolutely no one, because there's just one of them. For some reason, I always grieve alongside with them, because why should the life of someone that's so loved just be cut off? It seems so very unfair, yet it is 'fair' in a skewed way, because we all must die. Death causes so much pain, and I know it's selfish of me to say, but I don't want any of my loved ones to die. If the death of someone I never knew shakes me this much, I don't want to experience the death of another loved one. I als
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It's Been a Year! I'm back!

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Some days ago, I had loads of ideas on how I would word today's post, and now I'm at a loss for words. It's been a little over a year since I have written here, and being back here feels like when you go back to visit the house you grew up in. Do you know that feeling where you pass by your old neighbourhood and remember all the fond memories? That's what it feels like for me. The only difference is that I plan to stay here for a really long while.  So much has happened in the past year: • I turned 24. • I opened a new page on IG, @fifiskitchenn where I post food recipes and pictures. (It makes me so happy). • I spent one year at my Job. • I cut my hair several times. So, you see, quite a number of things have happened, every other thing is pretty much the same. I genuinely missed writing here and sharing my thoughts with everyone. I have two places where I can share my thoughts as freely as I want to, and this is one of them. What have you been up to
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A Little Throwback To When I Loved My Comfort Zone

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Image source: Pinterest  In 2016, I started rediscovering myself. In all honesty, I wish I had started much earlier, but I am thankful that I didn't have to wait for much longer. It's been a very long journey filled with growth, learning, unlearning, challenges, love, tears and much more. Sometimes, I look back and wonder what I was using my mind for; whether I was thinking at all. I was growing okay physically, but moving at snail speed spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually. I just went along with the flow, doing nothing to consciously move forward, doing nothing intentionally, I wasn't even preparing for my future, and I was in my final year. Wow! Beats me too. I look back and I am proud. I have come a very long way from where I used to be. Of course, during the past three to four years, going through the motions of growth, it didn't really feel like it, but now, I see tremendous growth. I definitely still have a long way to go, and I really look for
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Creamy Chicken Soup For The Soul. RECIPE :)

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Time: 11:13 am Feeling: Cold Over the weekend, I made some creamy chicken soup for myself and my brother. When I was in Uni, it was something I always made, because it's super easy to make. However, there were two things I didn't like in all the soups I made: they were always so flipping thick, and there were always surprises (lumps). This time around, I did things differently. I made use of some: Leftover chicken bbq, 10 green beans 2 sausages 5 small carrots 2 eggs (whites) 2 and a half tablespoons of flour 1 garlic clove 1 onion. 1 tablespoon of margarine. Salt. Thyme 2 Seasoning cubes. Some evaporated milk Pretty basic ingredients. I know, right? So, first things first: Shred your chicken. Slice your sausages into circles, they shouldn't be cut so thinly. Wash your carrots and slice into thick circles. Boil your carrots for 5-6 minutes. I boiled my carrots and eggs in the same pot. When the carrots were just right; somewhere in be
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Healthy Lunch or Junk? Meal Prep For Work.

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Time: 9:36 am Feeling: Full and sleepy I'm at work. Just had breakfast, and I feel soo full and sleepy. I wonder if I'll be able to eat lunch. Yeah, I brought lunch to work, and that's what I actually want to talk about. Source: Pinterest If you know me, one thing you should know is that I'm big on saving money and cutting down on unnecessary expenditure as much as I can. Lol, but as much as I do this, I like to enjoy myself once in a while; I just go "Lois, just spend this money, na one life". When I started working, in 2017, I found out that I did not like buying junk for lunch, for two major reasons: It was very unsatisfying, gosh! I'm not a big eater at all, I usually eat small helpings of food, but this just didn't cut it. It was usually a drink and biscuits and some candy. It was really expensive! It didn't seem like it, but it was! For something that's absolutely not filling. I eventually decided to try to take lunc
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On Forgiveness: Who are you to hurt me?

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Hullo, Wow, it's been ages! A month, I think. To be honest, I really wanted to write, but I had absolutely nothing to write, or so I thought. I actually had a whole lot of ideas in my jotter. I'll be reeling them out as time goes on. I'm excited. I have had this post as a draft for over a month, I was super excited when I was writing it, but for some reason, the momentum dropped, and I never got around to posting it, possibly because it's umm quite, umm sensitive? I think that's why, but I figured this is my blog and I am allowed to have and share my opinions here. Here goes. I just woke up from the bed. It's 9:33am and I am about to say something super daring. If my husband ever cheats on me, by the grace of Jesus Christ, I will forgive him.  I have been thinking about this for a while now. And it's safe to say, that I have concluded that I will forgive him. I'm very sure it won't happen lol, and I am super sure of my loyalty, so it&
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