Roli O'tsemaye

writer • dreamer • believer

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

There is always something to live for. No matter how small. It's mostly in the little things really. Find it.

[robin @zebird0]

Life is poker, not chess

Four years ago I walked away from a guaranteed promotion at McKinsey and a $300K PE offer to work in gaming for a third of the salary.

Many thought I was insane. They were playing chess: calculating the optimal move with perfect information.

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

@Talk2_Frankjay @ruffydfire the speech writer should be fired. Please tell me why those lengthy numbers weren't written in words???

[zöda @zodattack]

not to be super intense but life takes very active maintenance and disciple. it takes discipline, it takes waking up early, fitting your friends AND your work, it takes going on that walk instead of doom scrolling, it takes researching the best coffees and getting them, it takes so much work, otherwise before you know it youre older than you realized and haven’t done anything. aren’t where you wanted. haven’t done or seen or learned or felt or read all the things. all these things matter.

lately I’ve been turning off my feelings and doing it. apply to hackathon, scheduling international trips, organizing dinners, not feeding into my anxiety, waking up early, going to the gym, staying up late to finish work, sleeping in, writing, meeting people even if I’m nervous, just all the things. being really really brave and inserting myself in the places and things I want. I thought I’d be exhausted, and I am sometimes, but mostly i feel so empowered and in control.

I don’t want to be at the whim of my emotions. for so long I thought feelings for my strength and I could do anything with this burning desire, but now I realized it’s more nuanced. I still believe they but now I know they sometimes I want to do nothing! and lay in bed for hours! <tw food> i want to skip meals and skip sleep and avoid people and hide from the world. and it means nothing! There’s no sage wisdom there there’s nothing i am lacking (trust me i spent years ruminating on what im missing!) there’s nothing in means I just have to be strong. I have a cozy house, good food, great friends, amazing bf, a career and sooooo many ideas and industries I love, and I could go on but you get it. sometimes my feelings mean nothing besides I didn’t eat and I haven’t drank water and haven’t gotten sunlight.

do the hard things!! don’t give into the self sabotaging emotions!! be strong!! listen to your body but don’t let it dictate everything and love your life goddamn itttt

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

Hi @sterlinghelp please I made a transfer on Sunday. Although, the transaction said successful and I was debited in the app, the recipient never received it and I have been unable to get hold of a live customer rep to speak with.

[Nejeeb Bello Oyarese @NejeebBello]

@nnpclimited @MKKyari @DangoteGroup @FM_Soneye @AlikoDangote @GuardianNigeria @MobilePunch @ARISEtv @NTANewsNow @voiceofnigeria @NgNewsAgency NNPC and Dangote Refinery don turn season film. Everyday, new episode with new drama, new intrigues, and new twists to the story.

WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE!

[Girth Vader II @lovvewolf]

Men are not logical, they just lack empathy. This false dichotomy is successful because somehow men repackaged anger like it’s not an emotion.

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

@MTNNG any hope for restored Internet services biko?

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

@flyestkaren @Tspiceskitchen No 3 makes the itching worse. What works is 1 and 2. No 1 in particular. However, I still feel dirty sometimes. So, at least once or twice a week, I use a proper scrub on my body and then put oil in my bath water. Works for me.

[Mr Macaroni @mrmacaroni]

No Political party enjoyed opposition like APC! They cursed at Jonathan and his family everyday. Nobody protest reach them.
If APC knew what the People deserved back then, they should have no problem understanding what the people want and deserve now!
The people are suffering!
The Government should WAKE UP!!!

[Aisha Yesufu @AishaYesufu]

The legislative arm of government is where the power is. It is more powerful than the executive. It is the bedrock of democracy. Let’s populate that arm with people who are not focused on the new car they can get when voted in.

Politics should be everybody’s business until we have the critical mass of people with competence, character and capacity who we can safely leave our democracy in their hands

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

Listen! Kevin Kern for the anxieties all day, every day. I tried to explore others but still came back here.

[🇳🇬 Super Eagles @NGSuperEagles]

We are in the finals!!!!!!

[LOLO👸🤍 @Nazannwa]

South Africans are definitely crying in the light. Tears bright like a diamond.

[Fragrance Queen @A_doseof_E]

Camera settings for crisp iPhone pics 😮‍💨

The content creator who shared this said some of the features only work for iPhone 13 and above.

[Document Women @DocumentWomen]

Adejoke Bakare has become the first Black woman chef in the UK with a Michelin star restaurant.

Her West African restaurant Chishuru has won a Michelin star less than six months after moving to the West End.
🎉❤️👏🏿

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

Nigerian Adejoké Bakare has become the UK’s first Black female chef to win a Michelin star with her west African restaurant Chishuru 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🇳🇬 https://t.co/6OwUZBIQTe

[Agrowell Farms @AgrowellFarms]

I’m glad Samuel Eto’o and Rigobert Song are physically present to witness this defeat. Both contributed hugely to the most bitter defeat experienced by Nigerian football fans.

[Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn @lolashoneyin]

Understandably, a lot of people think The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is my first published work. But before fiction, there was poetry:
So All the Time I Was Sitting on an Egg (1998)
Song of a Riverbird (2022)
For the Love of Flight (2010)

[Roli O'tsemaye @simplyRoli]

😭😭😭

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

Nigerians wear anti-intellectualism like a badge of honor. 🥴

[Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour @IfyAniebo]

With multinational companies like GSK exiting the country, Nigeria has a unique opportunity to forge a path towards sustainable economic development by strengthening pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Here, I highlight 3 ways the country can achieve this.

https://t.co/w71uNKg3Gr