monica-ene 3Speak Podcast

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# Hello Hive


This morning we are continuing with our planting of groundnuts as we have arrived the farm very early enough for this purpose. I have some apprentice that will be resuming their fashion training with me by noon hence I cannot afford to spend the whole day in farm. Even though I am not totally perfect in sewing a couple of persons still admires the design I make and have signed up to learn from me. Well I will only give out what I have whole working on myself. I had volunteer to do this for free during this holiday period for a few person rather than focus on the monetary aspect alone and forget about making impact.



I work in the farm during the mornings and still make it home at home to give them a few lesson, very soon you all will see what we are up to. Just when I thought that we have planned enough groundnuts for the year, daddy came up to say he wants to plant some more.


The timing for planting groundnuts is already far gone and soon as the month of July is completed it is dimmed very late to plant any nuts but someone just leased this very quality space to my dad that will be very good for growing some nuts hence he decided to plant more groundnuts hoping that if all goes well and the weather is favorable till the end, these will equally do well like the others.


Daddy cleared the land and cultivated it manually with a hoe all by himself. He considers planting to be a very boring and slow task hence he invited us to join him in the planting.


Everyone took a portion of the grains in their pockets and are following the lines through to plant the nuts.


My baby sister hasn't been to this kind of farm before and it took me quite a tutorial to help her learn and know how to plant these correctly. There are rules for spacing and number of grains to be planted per hole, all of which were a whole new experience for her. I stated going to farm when I was about the age of 10 but it took us quite a while to bring her here as she is almost 14.


All the other locations we have planted groundnuts are not as fertile as this very piece of field we have gotten. This is the reason daddy is willing to give it a try and still plant some more grains even at a late hour. Hopefully in the next 3-4 months we would have reasons to be happy over these.

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# Hello Hive This is the last phase of our corn processing from farm to storage now. Yesterday we were all out with one more task to be carried out for our harvested corns to be moved to storage.


I am so glad that technology has made a lot of things easier these days, such that there are categories of machines that now make some of our work very much easier. From using a tractor to cultivate the land to now using this machine to peel the corn.


I can’t imagine how long we would be needing to peel this corn by hand. Hand peeling hurts the fingers, and it is time-consuming. Having completed the harvesting of the corns, we have sun dried everything to take out more of the moisture content before storage.


The machines for peeling the corns aren’t readily available, as we have only a few individuals that own them. Even the government agriculture office here does not have it. These individuals have purchased this personal tool for business purposes. During farming time, they move the machines about peeling different kinds of crops for people.

I like the fact that the machine is multifunctional and can peel other types of grains as well. It uses diesel, and since the price of diesel is on the high side, we have paid at least $30 to get our corns peeled. The cost of transporting the machines to our location and their labor fee.

This is their own job, in which they go about peeling corn and other farm products for people in exchange for money. We had booked an appointment earlier, and they gave us a possible date to come peel our corn in our home. I almost thought that the peeling would be totally stressful, but I guess I was wrong. There is a lot of sorting to be done, separating the corns and removing dirt, which constitute the last part of the task. You will see me blowing the corn against the wind in the video to remove dirt.



We had equally purchased storage sacks from the stores, which were used to fill up the corns for storage. It took us about 7 hours to get this done, and I'm glad that we have been able to complete tasks on our farm for the first session of farming corn for the year.




A whole lot has been done so far and I have learnt a lot about growing crops in large scale, no wonder the bigger companies find agriculture very easy. If only i can get access to a personal tractor, this kind of peeling machine and a few other items plus some free lands for farming since the one we have worked on was on lease, it will reduce the cost of production and the lots of money we have spent so far

Having to farm and produce more food as needed in the country would have been easier, alot of people needs this kind of support in order to engage in farming activities. We have experienced the worst kind of inflation this year and food became so expensive like gold, alot of people are finding it difficult to eat and here is a solution to food scarcity of only people can farm and with the right equipments.

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Hello Hive

Today I made a short video to show you my friends our soya beans in the farm and it's level of development.

Most times when I write about these farm blogs you may find it a little bit boring reading about the details.

This is a grow and learn situation in the farm for me, the very first times I decided to do a lot of things, first from venturing into commercial farming and then to planting and growing some crops different from the norms. I am quite used to growing corn and rice in my family farm, but for my own personal farm here I have started with having to plant additional varieties of crops.


It will only be fair if we do not have to plant only starchy food. Adding proteinous foods like soya beans, groundnuts and others will give our families a balance of nutrients in our meals.

We have had various debates about the proper timing for planting soya beans. Some say the Month of June is fine while others argue that having planted in June it may start flowering when the rains are heavy, because heavy rains will wash off fertilization and flower development that should lead developed grains in the pods.


In our own case we have planted the first set of soya beans in the month of May paying some labourers to assist us with the planting. Having realized that they did a mediocre job for us. We then went back to purchase more seeds, going over the planting one more time.


These two categories of soya beans are develo

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ping at different stage and this is where we grow and learn the proper conditions needed by these plants to grow.

More specifically I love the different meals prepared using the proteinous soya beans and I will be really happy if this leads to success and I am able to harvest some soya beans seeds here

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Many thanks to vibes Web3 music competition and to @lordbutterfly for this opportunity to participate in music and bless the lives everyone who comes by to listen to the melodies we make from our heart. This is more than a competition to me because I feel blessed by the number of person's whom my cover of each song continually bless.

Today I dedicate this particular cover of the song "Man in Black by Johnny Cash to @jacobpeacock my fellow hiver and friend who picked interest in a previous entry I had made earlier of the song My light Shines Everywhere by Isreal Strong. I was really delighted realizing that he had taking out of his precious time to make remastered versions of the cover of that song I made. I got all of the remastered versions via Google drive. They were really enhanced and it felt better to my hearing.

I offered to sing him a version of any of his favorite songs and got to know about his favorite artist here. Although he had so many favorite songs this came as the first pick.

https://youtu.be/oDd32K-mOVw?si=dFyQzURjH6eN0THl

Personally I fell in love with the lyrics of the song soon as I heard it. Talking about a man living a lifestyle dressed in some certain way to express his displeasure over the ugly situation of his world.

Should we continually wear a black to mourn for the disasters that has fallen our world? This song will make meaning for anyone who cares about our world and the life we live daily.

Trying to compare the melody from the male version and the female version from my own cover of the song may not give you thesame effect I implore you to listen and enjoy enjoy the melodies differently.

There you go @jacobpeacock, this is not perfect or exactly thesame but I hope I didn't disappoint you.

Lyrics Source and completion

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black

Why you never see bright colors on my back

And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone

Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down

Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town

I wear it for the prisoner who is long paid for his crime

But is there because he's a victim of the times

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# Hello Hive

Welcome to another exciting music competition on the hive Blockchain, I bet that you can never go wrong with all the vibes been poured in here. Its good to see that this competition is bringing in new faces into web3 various the various sharing platforms on Twitter. It a pleasure to listen to all the talent and creative musical display here.


Today I to you the cover of the song "Not today" by Hillsong. It's a song that liberate me each time I feel scared, I'm able to scream at the devil to get behind me. There is some possibility that some of us live in a constant fear of the unknown. At a point in my life I could be so scared that I cannot sleep in the dark alone and always have to sleep with the light on. The nightmares weren't helping either and my mum had to make my elder sister sleep beside me in bed every night just to keep me calm.

As a result of this challenge I also had to stay away from watching horror movies/ playing or engaging in any of those horror childhood games. I can't play or watch any bloody display either and this is as a result of the reactions and adverse effects it will have on me.

I have equally experienced sleep paralysis on several occasions and I often wonder if there were real or how I was able to come back to life after the experience. Sometimes it is just as if one is dead and has to struggle out his way back to life again.

Hopefully someday I will be able to overcome this deadly skeletal demon of fear that is holding me captive.

I am longing to be free and shout off the devil each time he shows his ugly face.....

Song lyrics Source and continuation

Trouble won't throw me

Won't break me

Won't scare me

No more

Fear must have thought I was faithless

When it came for my heart

'Cause I got a song that will never die

I know your love is the reason why

I'll sing the night into the morning

I'll sing the fear into your praise

I'll sing my soul into your presence

Whenever I say Your name

Let the devil know not today

Tell me did the enemy panic

As you took up that cross

Tell me did the darkness cry mercy

As You rolled back that rock

'Cause I know Your life is the life in mine

I know Your love is the reason why

I'll sing the night into the morning

I'll sing the fear into your praise

I'll sing my soul into your presence

Whenever I say your Name

Let the devil know not today

Whenever I say your name Jesus

Let the devil know not today

Not now not ever again

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# Hello Music Lovers

Have you ever been caged in your own shell hoping for the moment to break free so that your voice can be heard. Countless people have passed through life without making a mark, been caged in the darkness of their own life and struggling to make a way for themselves through this somewhat difficult world.

It is never an easy task to make it to the top and shine bright.

Sometimes we put in our best effort and sacrifice our all in all but they seem not to be enough and we would be needing this extra support and pull to get to the top.

I look at all the music stars at the top and those who made it to Grammy awards, topping various billboard and I have kept wondering if my voice will ever be heard. Even though yours might not be music we are all in this fight together hoping that someday We will become the stars in our various pursuit and endeavors.

I am here to encourage you not to give up, you are a god and the world needs to see your light.

It is time to arise and shine.

Come and enjoy the vibes in this song cover and tell me how you feel afterwards.

Thank you.

# Song lyrics and Source.

My Light Shines Everywhere (Isreal Strong)

{Verse 1}

All power belongs to God

As He is so am I in this world

I'm not afraid of the terror by night

Nor the flying arrow by day

Because greater is He that

Lives in me

Than He that is in the world (x2)

{Chorus}

Nothing can stand against me and prevail

All the walls have fallen down

I'm the light in the midst of darkness

And my light shines everywhere (x2)

lyrics source and continuation here

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# Hello Hive


Are you the chief bridesmaid?

This Was one statement I heard from friends in the wedding hall. A chief bridesmaid won't be wearing a short dress if you take a closer look, maybe something mermaid and flowing on the floor. But the upper part of my outfits made everyone to think that I was the chief brides maid at first sight


Have you ever gone to a party and become the talk of the town because of your outfit? That is exactly what happened to me this weekend. I wanted to make a mark as a fashion designer on my friend wedding ceremony and guess what, it didn't stop at just making a mark everyone thought that I was the chief bridesmaid hahaha.

This is the one way I had planned to advertise my skills and draw some potential clients for my fashion business.


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I did get a lot of compliments from the young women and exchanged some contacts and got a business card too. One of the ladies said that she wants my exact dress design but in a blue color since blue was her favorite color, I was already imagining what blue will look like and I can't wait to dress her up I'm blue.


No one knows the trouble I went through to make this outfits, first I couldn't get the right fabric suitable since market was far away and my time was limited.

I made use of this stretch fabric which won't stay together and kept expanding and increasing the measurements while I stitched it.

I had too many errands to run and only had to sacrifice my sleep to make this. Since it was going to me a memorable time for me and this kind of opportunities rarely come I had to sew into the night.

There was no power supply and trying to make a perfect work as this will require that, using a local hot iron with cool pot was my worst nightmare and I had to be extra careful since the white material can get stained with charcoal.

So many sacrifice was put into this dress that will announce my business to the public and it was all worth it in the end when I got all of those compliments and people admiring my work.

# Celebrations lies in the heart of Africans.



I can tell you that Nigerians and mostly African know how best to mark events like weddings, child dedications and so forth.

You will enjoy the music, food, cultural wears and the fun activities that goes on in this occasion.


We are good at celebrating people and their successes.

Most of the things people get on a platter of gold is hard to find here, luxury is uncommon and the moments we are able to break thorough some challenges to make a mark, this is accompanied by celebrations and rejoicing




Last Saturday was the blissful moments when my friend peterale got wedded to the love of his life

You can see us all dressed up in white and the common local Gele for our headgear. The occasion was a colorful one. The bridesmaids, couple and everyone danced to celebration the union of this couple and beginning of a new family.

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# Hello Music World.

You can chose to dedicate this to the one person that loves you dearly and beyond measure. It can be a god or even a human, but there is certainly that one man who never gives up on you regardless of your shortcomings. We feel totally safe in their arms and for the many many times we fail/falter they still open up their arms to receive us.

Where you are loved you cannot be judged because love covers up for your multitude of mistakes

I have once heard that Nothing is too lost to be found and no one has ever go terribly wrong beyond redemption. Whatever it is that we are struggling with be it addictions, emotional challenges, the many wrong doings or whatever you may name it, there is a love/lover that fights it way to come save us.

Even when a rehab fails to deliver us from the turbulence we feel, the love from our lover is strong enough to set us free and indeed nothing can separate us from such love.


Try to stop your love, and you would wage a war

Try to take the very thing, you gave Your life for

And you would come running, tear down every wall

All the while shouting, "my love you're worth it all!"


God, you pursue me, with power and glory

Unstoppable love that never ends

You're unrelenting, with passion and mercy

Unstoppable love that never ends


You broke into the silence, and sang a song of hope

A melody resounding, in the deep of my soul

You have come running, you tore down every wall

All the while shouting, "my love you're worth it all!"


God, you pursue me, with power and glory

Unstoppable love that never ends

You're unrelenting, with passion and mercy

Unstoppable love that never ends


No sin, no shame, no past, no pain

Can separate me from your love

No height, no depth, no fear, no death

Can separate me from your love

No sin, no shame, no past, no pain

Can separate me from your love

No height, no depth, no fear, no death

Can separate me from your love

God, you pursue me, with power and glory

Unstoppable love that never ends

You're unrelenting, with passion and mercy

Unstoppable love that never ends


lyrics source

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=monica-ene/pdpzrxgs
# Hello Hive

Today I bring to you short videos and compilation of the powerful presentation of songs at a concert I attended last weekend. I hope you enjoy this.

As my passion for music grows continually I wouldn't have spent a better weekend outside of this music concert show, guess what it's Zamar 5.0, the first edition of this Orchestra display and I feel so sad that I am just getting to know about this for the first time.

I have been in a Catholic choir since was a pre-teen at age 7.

I learnt a bit about music in my teenage years until I had a major setback happened in my life with me breaking off from singing for about 10years between the year 2012-2022.

It wasn't about music, I went through a terrible phase in life and had to cut off several activities, then I only listen to soothing that encourage me through the challenging times. I could have achieved alot within those year. How I wish that my passion for music can be revived and that lost hope come alive. I totally understand what music means to us, a food to our soul, we understand the lyrics better when we are sad and enjoy the beats when we are in high spirit.

In a bid to find back my passion for singing it was a pleasure to be in this concert and witness so many talents on display

From the junior orchestra team were we listened to songs coming from teenagers and preteen down to the senior Ochestra and instrumental display.


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The hall was full to capacity and even though I struggled to be at the venue some minutes before the program I could only secure a seat at the back of the auditorium which was a bit distractions.

I made series of videos in between and I hope that you will enjoy this compilation.

By the way our host and the orchestra team is termed HP Ochestra

And below is the link to their Instagram handle and all the series of event that took place before last Saturday.

https://www.instagram.com/hporchestra?igsh=YzljYTk1ODg3Zg

The converner has a Music Academy that has trained a lot of the well known gospel artist of our time.

They were recently awarded the Best music school in Kwara state.

All of this talents is been displayed as there was a live recording yesterday on Facebook and other social media while we graced the occasion.

I believe that you can relate with some of the songs in the videos

I did have a good time and cannot recover from this soon.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=monica-ene/bscnfmdq
It's Vibes music competition week 4 and I am delighted to become a participant and put up my very first entry in the competition.

Having giving quiet a thought about what to sing I found the lyrics of this song very much relatable.

So many times in my life I have felt all alone, rejected, with no friends or anyone to talk too. Those moments were really though for me especially the times I had contemplated suicide a couple of times. At some points in my life I have felt like the tribulation I have suffered were as a result of the sins I have committed but the song has rightly told me that even though I have Gone wrong in life, mercy abounds.

All I needed to do was to forgive myself and God will forgive and heal me. I got so emotional while singing it for the first and second video and I feel relieved been able to make a cover of the song without breaking down like before.

Softly and tenderly

Jesus is calling

Calling for you and for me

See on the portals

He's waiting and watching

Watching for you and for me

Come home

Come home

Ye who are weary

Come home

Earnestly, tenderly

Jesus is calling

Calling “Oh sinner, come home”

Why should we tarry

When Jesus is pleading

Pleading for you and for me

Why should we linger and heed not His mercies

Mercies for you and for me

Come home

Come home

Ye who are weary

Come home

Earnestly, tenderly

Jesus is calling

Calling “Oh sinner, come home”

Oh for the wonderful love he has promised

Promised for you and for me

Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon

Pardon for you and for me

Come home

Come home

Ye who are weary

Come home

Earnestly, tenderly

Jesus is calling

Calling “Oh sinner…”

Come home

Come home

Ye who are weary

Come home

Earnestly, tenderly

Jesus is calling

Calling “Oh sinner, come home”

Lyrics and Song source