Welcome once again to another edition of the Red Brunnen Williams Real Estate Show. I'm Shannon Deskins along with Jennifer Brown Day and it's a brand new year, 2019 is here. It's here finally. It seems like we talked for a long time about the year is ending. Where did the year gone? Well, it's gone, but the good thing is you've got a clean slate for a brand new year. Absolutely. It's a brand new year and I'm talking about it in the real estate minute, but of course it's a brand new year, new goals, hopefully a new house. Whether you want to buy a house or sell a house, 2019 might be your year. We hope so. All right, so we're going to give you five listings that if you're on the looking side of that, you may find something that you want to look a little bit closer at. And the first one of those is in the Mullins area of Pike County. It is. This one is on Mullins Hill, which if you're familiar with the old Mullins school or what is now North Point Academy, you're directly across US 23 up on Mullins Hill is where this is located. And this is going to be a great opportunity for somebody because you're getting, this is a duplex. So you've got two separate units. Each one has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. But the price is great on this because it's a foreclosure. So huge opportunity here. It is. It's a great investment opportunity. Like you said, it is a foreclosure. So this house comes with no guarantees, no warranties. It's being sold as is. You've got great big rooms. The kitchens in both of the units is really nice size. The bedrooms have cathedral ceilings. And I think we've got one of the pictures. You can see the maroon picture with that detailing up on the ceiling. That is wood beams and each bedroom has an attached bathroom. So it has a lot of potential for investment. When this was built, somebody really wanted to make it feel like you had a lot more square footage than you, than you technically do on paper. Absolutely. In total, you're right under 2,800 square feet for both units together. So about half that is going to be what's on each side. And then there is no access from one to the other. So this is a complete duplex. If you wanted to open it up, I'm sure there are ways that you could go in and do that. But right now it is a complete duplex with an entrance on the front and an entrance on the back and completely separated units. Wow. So this is one you could look at a couple different ways. If you're looking into just investment property, you can buy this, fix it up, and you can lease or rent both units. Or you can buy one to live in one and then earn income on the other side. So there are so many different opportunities. And the price on this one, 84.9. So you're getting the property, which is a third of an acre, which is pretty big when you sit down and look at property size. All right. Now this is one that you personally are taking care of. And this is a brand new listing. So things like this, traditionally I wouldn't think stay on the market very long. Not very often. Right. So this is one you want to move on quickly. If you're interested in this, Jennifer, let's give the Pikeville office number. Okay. That number<PHONE_NUMBER>. All right. Now from where that is, just let's go south on US 23, just a couple of miles. This one is one we've talked about before on Likens Creek. Yes. This one is right there at the start of Likens Creek.  The first house that comes up on your right. And this one I wanted to bring on again because they have changed it over for sale or lease. Right.  This is one that I really think has a lot of curb appeal. It's very attractive from the street. And then on the inside, it's the same way. I mean, they've put in new hardwood flooring. They've opened it up a little bit from the living to the dining room, added some built-ins. So it's had a lot of updates and a lot of, just it's got a lot of potential for whatever you would want to do with it. And I love how you included the picture of the pool because this time of year we're in the winter time, you know, people are fantasizing about that pool in the summer. So you can go ahead and get everything started now. By the time you get everything financed and done and moved in, hey, it's time to start getting that pool ready. I was going to say close to pool season. It's got that wraparound deck that goes all the way from the front to the back. So you can enjoy that at the same time as enjoying the pool. And then the bonus to this one is it does have a crawl space under it, but it's a little bit of an extended crawl that allows you to actually use it for storage. The seller actually had a workshop down there for woodworking. So you've got a lot of space down there for extra. Plus, you're right there with Pifal Commons, Thompson Road, all the shopping and dining, the newest area that in Pikeville it is continues to grow.  Exactly. Exactly. All right. This is one, like you said, a lot of people are going to look at plus now if you couldn't maybe purchase before, but now you're thinking, oh wait, but I could possibly lease this. The Pikeville office and you guys are handling this one. Let's give your email address. Okay. The email is Jay Brown at rbnw.com. And the price on that one, $179, so everything under $180,000. So that one is also attractive. Now, let's stay on Thompson Road. You don't even have to get back out on US 23 to see this next listing. It's at Quill Ridge. Yes. This one, the actual address is 182 Meadowview Lane. And if you're familiar with Quill Ridge, this is going to be the street that actually kind of runs parallel along with the railroad tracks. Right. So we say Quill Ridge and a lot of people think, oh, I know that hill, that hill of steep. Getting that community in that area, but you're at the bottom. Right. Right. You're at the bottom of the hill.  The house is a big house. It's almost 2,500 square feet. And they've just done, in the last couple years, granite countertops, newer appliances. So you can tell that kitchen is very modern, very updated. Right. Like you said, 2,500 square feet, but on the outside, you're almost on a full acre. Mm-hmm. So this is one, if you've driven Thompson Road, you've probably seen this, but now you have the opportunity to own this house. Exactly. And the great thing about it, which you mentioned on the outside, having almost an acre, it also has a three-car garage. Wow. Which is also a little bit atypical, all that extra space. So yeah, you've got your yard space and you've got your garage space in addition to your living space on the inside of the house. So, and we talked about a minute ago, the Thompson Road area, when you've got the Pikeville Commons area, so you've got all the shopping and the dining. This is also a popular area for people who like to get out and be active.  Absolutely. This is a great location for that. And like you said, a great location just for all the conveniences of right there being on Cassie Boulevard. Right. So this one's at Quail Ridge, Jennifer. This is your listing. The price on this one, $389. So you're getting everything under $400,000 for the square footage, the yard space in the area, the location. Not a bad price for everything you're getting. It's not. And they can feel free to call the Pikeville office for more information. If I'm not available, feel free to talk to any of our agents that are there. So you can call us at<PHONE_NUMBER>. All right. Now, the other listing that we're going to talk about is also close to that, but you would have to get out on 23 to drive it. Now, this is Northmont, which a lot of people realize is close to a hill above the Bowles Edition. Correct. It's right above the Bowles Edition. This one is actually on Northmont Point, which is if you go up the hill towards Northmont, it's going to be your first left turn. And it sits in a very private location, which is odd to say, because you're on the first street of the subdivision, so it doesn't really make sense how it can be private, but trust me, it is. So this is one that you really need to see, to actually grasp how you get the privacy and the way that it's situated up there. Now, this one, four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, so you've got a lot of space, but you're looking at more than 4,200 square feet. So this is a huge house with room to do whatever you want. Yes. It has space for everything. And the great thing about this one is, it has all those formal areas. So you've got the formal living room. You've got the formal dining room. It actually has kind of a formal office with built-in shelving. And then you also have a family room that is very comfortable with the fireplace and all that. So this is one that you have more of an entertaining house. You have all that space for entertaining, large family, anything like that. And on the outside, speaking of entertaining, inviting friends over to swim in the pool. You've kind of snuck another one in there. You personally may already be dreaming of summer. A little bit. So we've got a couple of listings with pools, but this is a beautiful pool with the decking all the way around it with the slide that you can see. So again, another one that even though it's winter now, you can start dreaming about getting this one in just in time for summer. Absolutely. And then one of the major amenities with this one is it does have a first floor bedroom. So one of those bedrooms of the four bedrooms is actually on the first floor, which I know a lot of people are looking for. So that's something to actually take into consideration. Right. And then, but then you've got the space. You've got the two-story four-year. So you've got that, a lot of people love that entryway when you walk in and you see the big fancy entryway. This has, this has everything. It does. This house has everything. 589 is the price. This one's on Northmont. But give Jennifer a call. You guys can schedule a showing to where people can get. Because it's a gated area. So I'm not sure that it's accessible all the time. It's not. A lot of times during the week, you can access to do a drive-by.  So this one's one that you can arrange. So let's give the Plackville office number. OK. Number<PHONE_NUMBER>. All right. Now, the last one that we're going to mention today is outside the city limits of Plackville. It's actually technically an Elkhorn City address, but it's really on Marlbone. Yes. It is on Marlbone. And the best thing about this one is that new road that's come through has put this one in a great location. So you're only about two miles off the brand new road that's going Plackville and will end up in Elkhorn City when it is all the way open. Right. So this was one that, even though that road's not open all the way through to Elkhorn City and into Virginia, it is open far enough to be able to access this home. So what normally could have been a 30-minute drive from Plackville is now probably 15. Yeah. Yeah. It's literally half the time to get to this house. And this is in a really good neighborhood as you go up through there. It's in a nice little street kind of off the main road of Marlbone. It's actually called Huffman Street if you want to do a drive-by on it. And this house, it's an older house built in the 60s, but has been so well maintained and taken care of. You would never know that it was built in the 60s by that first picture that we show. The curb appeal on this one is great. You've got the front yard. You've got the columns on the front porch. So it's very inviting from the outside. And that's before we ever step foot inside. Exactly.  You can see the fireplace. On the other side of that room is a den that has that fireplace. But it's actually a floor to ceiling brick fireplace. Very pretty. Very comfortable feeling house. But it's also one that has a ton of space. You can tell from that front picture they actually took a garage and made it into a family room and then added on another garage. So you have all that extra space. So yeah, this one is one that I think is going to get a lot of attention. Mainly because you're getting this in Marlbone. You're close to Elkhorn City. So you're getting the country feel, but with the new road, your accessibility to Pikeville and US 23 is very quicker than you would have ever imagined in this neighborhood. Exactly. And then the new thing on this one is they will, again, sell it or they are open to leasing it. Wow. So that's two that we featured today that could purchase or lease. So if you're in the market to lease, you may be not ready to buy yet. This would be one that you could lease and then maybe potentially buy at some point. Absolutely. So yeah, we've given you five different listings with a lot of different options in areas and locations today. Jennifer, most of these are all of these are your listings. So let's throw your email address out there one more time. OK, it's Jay Brown at rbnw.com. But again, if they call the office, feel free to talk to any of our agents about the listings. OK, this or any other listing? Absolutely. All right. I'm going to step out now and let you talk about options for the new year. Happy new year. With the new year comes new goals. And the agents of Red Brown Williams hope that home ownership is on the top of your goal list. There are some habits that might help that goal become a reality. First, work on saving for your down payment. This may mean cutting out an expensive vacation or eating out less. You can even open a special home savings account to keep that money separate from your daily spending money. Second, start planning ahead and familiarize yourself with the cost of owning a home. Whether you're currently renting or living with family, notice the expenses, maintenance, and unexpected repairs and costs.  If 2019 is the year you plan to purchase a home, please call your local Red Brown Williams real estate office to find an agent ready to help you with your search. Thank you for joining us for today's show. We hope that you'll join us again soon.


What's going on everybody? This is the Memphis Grizzlies Chronicles giveaway 30 spots in this one one person is gonna be very happy. They're gonna win the Memphis Grizzlies in a four box pick pick your team break of Chronicles basketball if you do win the Grizzlies, you're also gonna get a shot at the pelicans We're gonna randomize the pelicans to all 30 participants in the actual break Before the break starts. So this is just a one-pack break a 1718 prism cello At the end of this break, we're gonna take all 30 names and randomize them The top name is gonna win the Memphis Grizzlies Yeah, there should be 1718 stuff involved. I think I got every year covered Within the last couple years at least I think there's even 16 All right eight times. So this is just for the pack break Giveaway we've been done totally separate six seven Steven down to Philip Eight times on the teams one two three four Teddy your chair is creaking. Wow. I feel like it's someone outside, but it's just Teddy's chair He's like rocking it six seven And eight might be time for an Instagram chair. I guess upgrade All right, so this is just for the one-pack break Boston Celtics is Jason B. Maybe a nice Jason Tatum The Kings is Sabrina Darren Fox, of course had a great game Who else who else TJ Warren the rookie in 1718? No way earlier than that 2014 That's right. Bam out of bio Jonathan Isaac Orlando magic Um John Collins with the Hawks walk out fulls. That's right Kuzma Lonzo ball three packs Tyloo green Silver wrong heat rookie. That was a bam out of bio. They've been really nice. It's our Ocaro white Sean you never know though Never know definitely hold on to rookie silvers. There's a Yanis Get hyped The red-white blue pack Ante Zizic Malcolm Brogdon and Frank Nelikina So that was the pack break so now we're going to take all 30 customer names one Lucky person is going to win the Memphis Grizzlies And they're also going to win a shot at the Pelicans at the beginning of the actual break So let's take all 30 customer names here Roll the dice and we're going to go eight times name on top of it. Good luck one three four Seven and eighth and final time. Good luck eight Steven P Congrats Steven did have the odds had about ten spots But appreciate everybody else giving it a shot Thanks for filling it up on Jasper's case breaks calm


What is one thing that you're really proud of as you're standing right now? Niza kusama my husband. In terms of production, nibwana hangu. Nimtu Halali, he's the brainchild behind his own stories. Nisa hitume Badlisha, yeh ndo anahedizu ma story-lining and everything. So, at times na murumia, but at times na sema, yes, apa nifatabuana. Na murumia. Tu kuhapanda niya kalasha awards. Na tuliona, you are actors palet, tu kona luanda, tu kona Sarah Hassan, tu kona Brenda Wairimo, kwa palenominated, tu kona Zariye Nyewe. How is the feeling behind? Maybe what are your expectations today? Expectations angu. It's a win-win. Win-win. That I'm so sure. What makes you believe so? Zari ni nichanga sana. I think I was with most of you to the launch. And the ratings are amazing. So you na jua ikona viewership kubo. Being Jeffi Pictures, how do you really manage to bring all these kind of films together? It's really hectic. My Shamaji Citizen TV. How do you make it? I think tulisha jibu iswali tena. Ni koza tu kona crew wengisana. Kila crew a kona productione kia nafanya. So ni mimimintu na rashi dyo the heads. But then again to na delegate duties to our crew. Lulu, lapda unezu katoambia because you guys have gotten this recognition so many other times. What has changed in your maybe your production house? Ni ni ni meza easy awards ni meza kubafaja kubadilisha. The quality of our production and the storytelling is a bit different. If you watch Zari, it will be a bit different cause this time round had to hear ki story for long, the drag. Cause pia tunangalia viewers when you wanna onge. When you came around in circles in a story, people get tired. Yatuni pop-up tunamaliza utkien. I love that new lease. You have so many other production houses that come in every other day. Digitwa especially. Do you guys feel any pressure whatsoever just to deliver in terms of content? Akuna pressure per se but then again mi na penda tukiyo wengi and like tukiyo peketutu na produce repindi. Tukiyo wengi competition na kwa ju. Tukindelia pali kwenye Zari ni. Siris ambayosa easy na tesa, ina imelipuka sana. Na kwenye awo maacta zambawa ko pali labda. Kituka ni kilikufanya wukawa chagu wa pali wukawa. Pasababa kila mtu ana deliver na karaktaia. Akuna mtu ana deliver pali. What made you chose them? What made me chose them? Wengi na ni wana penda wana watu. Wana wana mtu wana penda wana watu. Ni mtu amba unge takapu wana e karibu. Aki penda wana watu watu nga tazidi huwacha koza that particular person. So kila mtu wana strength zake kwa zari. Lulu, ni actress youpi amba wana feel you've really mented in Jafi pictures. Yes, ma'am. Why? Maria. Coza ali toka from nowhere. Same total kwa wana fukiri atapu diya kwa acta. Aiko kwa kili yake. So opa kaleo tu nasema at least tu likuza mtu. Natsuki za piya kuna you've really tried maintaining some of the characters, some of the actresses and actors when you kwa na kwa you film at Jafi pictures. Why do you still have them? Yonu changing most of them. Perfomansiya wikumzuri, discipline wise wakupowa ni watu amba tu ngependa to work the journey with them. Talking about you being in the production house for a very long time. Tumiku wana kwa pali maisha magicist, tumiku wana citizen TV, your problem sequence nafanyo pali. Is it only going to be in those two media outlets? No, we are launching a new program in Darislam on Monday. Wambi watu wa tuning to Maisha Magic Bongo 730. Ni kipili chaki hindi. For the first time in Africa, tu ta kwa na wahindi wa kizumuza ki Swahili. You know Z-World wana angali asana, watu hindi wana watu Z-World, kwa dilini wahindi. Bati me kwa dubbed in Swahili. But this time round, tumi dipati ya challenge, tumi pata wahindi amba wana zumbuza ki Swahili. So launch, lewkupana soft launch in Darislam at kweza kwa, but tumi kwa hapa, but then again from Monday 730, Maisha Magic Bongo. What makes different pictures the best production? Because we understand it's the best, internationally. What makes it the best? Our ways of telling stories are different. Ni uto kwa utika bisa, but then again na shkuru, some other companies piawa na kama nikama sisi tu, so competition ni kosaw. Na industry na panuka. What do you mean by they are different? Ni ni the stories. Tuna fanya, we do a lot of research. After najiwa, what kind of stories people love? Lulu, what is one thing that you're really proud of as you're standing right now? Na zaksama my husband. In terms of production, nibwanayangu, kwa nimtu halali, he's the brainchild behind his stories na nisa itume badlisha, yeh endo anahedizu ma story-lining and everything. So, at times na murumiya, but at times na sema, yes, up and you cut up well. And I've had this question a lot. Do you relate with Beki? Beki sasa Beki wilewa Beki? No. Yama na. Apparently mi siku jwa kama tuna fana na nili jwe liya siku nili wali ka studio and then we did a TikTok dance. Ni kawana, muna nika tuna fana na and then the comments as well. So you don't relate? Maybe we do. Si jwa? Si jwa? What is one thing that keeps you moving despite of you having challenges in film sector? Ni passion. Ni kituna penda, na ni kitun kwa niki fanyan tu amdogo. So, passion do ni anteleka na nande I need to do this. Looking back like two years ago, kenda liya say, do you feel you are where you wanted to be, have you achieved what you wanted to achieve? Alhamdulillah, kama ni ramadan si semi uroongo, ni nashkuru. Nashkuru. Pantelulu.


For a lot of people, the Nigerian dream is to leave the country unto greener pastures. But the irony is the treacherous experiences they have to face to get to these so-called greener pastures. Just like the stories of Azu and many who were tricked into what they thought was a better life.  Before I left Nigeria, I was doing a business. I was selling food with my mom in a particular oil company. And also I was a teacher. So I was doing the two together, assisting mom in the shop and also teaching in a school. So once school closes in the morning before leaving, I help out with cooking, putting things together, buying the drinks, arranging everywhere. Then I go to work and then when I come back, I continue. But before then, I was in school. I was supposed to graduate. I studied architecture in the good state of the University of Science and Technology. So in my finals, that was 2014, I found out that I had a lot of issues. It actually started when I got into school. I got into school 2010. So it was 2009 to 2010 set. So when we got into school, school fee was increased from $72,000 to $102,000. So from that $102,000, it was very difficult for me to get my school fee, the way I was supposed to get it. Like the first school fee was easy, but then subsequently it became really hard for my dad to put it together. So I paid my fees late. Now ASU had this policy that if you pay your school fee, you get exam number. So almost all my exams from the second year to final year were written without exam number. So during the time they were publishing, because what they do is in the final exams, they will write out all your outstanding results. You look for them, either go to the lecturers and look for them and then at the end of the day, the ones you can't find, you will write. So I saw about 29. I started moving around, going to lecturers. It was as if they were signing in and out, no recording. Signing in and out, no recording. So the whole thing got so complicated that it was just something I couldn't take. Well, I wasn't patient enough to go to as many lecturers as I could, but getting from my head of department just told me this is the much we can do, searching for all of this because even his own course then, he was taking construction methods, even his own course then was not recorded. So he just told me if my own course is not recorded, it means every other one you've written wasn't also recorded. So I assumed that was it. Getting home that day, I cried a lot. I called home, I told my dad he was like, be patient. Just try and see if you can look for them. I just quietly packed my bags. Without differing the admission, without doing anything, I just packed my bags and I left. After everything, then I started this teaching and then I joined mom. I met someone who was really interested in me and he told me he wants to get married. I just felt like okay, you can handle this, you can get married and all of that. So in the long run, I got pregnant and I think that was what ended the relationship because he insisted get rid of the pregnancy. I was pretty sick, I was very sick so I think he couldn't handle the stress and all of that he said get rid of the pregnancy. In my family, you don't do that and that was my very first pregnancy so everyone was like, you're not there. I gave birth to this baby. So four months down the line, that was 2017, I gave birth to 2017 in March. Four months down the line, family got a call that the people are abroad who need four people. So they are like extended family relations. They are not really very close to us. I don't even know them. I've never met them but some of my cousins have so those ones that have are the ones that were contacted. And then I didn't even have an idea because my baby was just very tender about four months after. So they started talking about it. I was hearing more and more calls constantly. They were talking about they need someone who she should see if I can agree. My younger sister was still in school. She was in her, I think in her second year or so. So since I was the only one who is out of school they can't talk to my younger brother about that because he also is in school. So since I was the only one who was out of school every eye was on me despite the fact that I just had a baby. So my mom talked to me, I said no. And then the idea was my baby is still tender. I can't travel with my baby and walk. So she said my mom is very young. So she said she will take care of the baby for me to travel. Mom said this is more like an opportunity for you to do everything you want to do. You want to go to school. You can walk there, go to school and do everything. So that was everyone's idea except my dad, my younger sister and I. No one talked to my younger brother about it because he was not around, he was in our children. So I think we were standing alone. All my aunties were my mom. So one of them invited me over. That night she sat me down, you know. You're walking really hard. You go to farm because when I gave birth to my baby I was now trying very hard to see that there's no lapses in the family. We all hands on deck kind of. Let everyone walk hard to make sure that everything is going well. So you walk really hard. So for me, this is like an opportunity. And then she had her son that just left to Ghana. I don't know what was going on with the guy at that time. So I didn't really ask if he was doing well. But for me, everyone believes he's doing well. So this opportunity is true for me. You have to. So when she explained everything and told me you need to really try this out because this is like an option that would help you to stop the suffering. You're going to farm. You're doing a lot of things. Just try this option. That night was the night I now decided okay, since everyone is saying they will take care of my son. They told us friends. The three of us, three ladies. And then the guy, Italy. They are my cousins as well. So two ladies plus me. That's three. Then the guy, because they said three ladies and a guy. Then the guy was to stop at Italy. It's not like the guy is joining us to France. So that was it. We left. Okay, there was no plan. No process. That's the truth. There was no process. They just told me pack your bags. Meet us in Benin. So I packed my bags. And then while packing your bags make sure you have like two, three trousers. Make sure you have like a sweater. It take one because it's really cold over there in Europe. Make sure you have... They just told us a few things that they felt was necessary that we should have with us. So those were the things I put together and then I got myself a backpack. I made sure I bought enough food for my son. Someone I initially planned I was going to do exclusive breastfeeding for. I had to cut short at four months just to join them. So we got to Benin. Spent about two days there preparing. No serious preparation. They were just telling us they are preparing the documents. Everything will get all of them in Abuja. Won't get Abuja. That the people over there, they are the ones who would give us the necessary requirements. So it was just like we just came there for brief information and then we left. We got to Karnu, past the night in Karnu. But before Karnu was when I started suspecting that something is not really going on right. We're trying to enter the north then. Some of these NDLEA, this drug enforcement agency, they saw us and the man was like, everyone in this was calm down, walking down. I even felt maybe they wanted to start the guys. But funny enough, they took all bags. It was more like they took the young people's bags and then they kept it in one place. They would open it and add them. I'm not telling you, they sent out them. I'm like, I don't have anything in my bag. So I was getting really scared. But the guy with us was like calm down, nothing is going on. They just want to check and he already had an idea of what was going on. So when they checked, they asked every one of us to pay to 2,000. So the other girl, I don't know her, who just met in the bus, was putting on this long dress. Isidia Lamia, they call it, something like that. That was what she was putting on. And then she was just saying a lot of things. Not be troubled, they travel, not be troubled at the travel and not commit any crime. You know, she was saying a lot of things and she wasn't even using any polite language like talking to officers. I beg you, make nobody disturb you. Now travel, she they travel. You know, being in a sense. So I was like, travel, they travel. We are going to the same direction or something. So I started suspecting. I said then that I don't really know what these guys are talking about. But at the end of the day, the guy paid. He paid for all of us, the four of us, 8,000. And then we left. So they took 2,000 from each person and they allowed us leave. We moved on, we got to Abuja. We passed the night there. There was no response, nobody brought documents. They said the documents, the person said we should keep coming when we get so we can get it. So we got to Khan actually. Someone came to pick us. The guy that came to pick us was driving with one hand. He doesn't have one hand. I was scared, like. But before he started driving, as soon as he just said, quick, quick, quick, enter. Every one of us jumped inside the car. The next thing he started giving us this stop is he jumped. Yeah, that jab for everyone. So I didn't know how to wear it. Everybody was like, okay. So it was funny, kind of. I was like, is this like what they do in the north? Is it compulsory? Even Christians will have to wear this. So then my brother was like, you ask a lot of questions. Just to wear it, we had to. So we moved on, we got somewhere. It was kind of a bushy environment. The guy stopped. They brought another car that took us to a particular enclosed area. And then that was where we were for a while. Then after a while, a bike came by, carried us from there to one place. I can't even tell. The people on the streets were doing I don't know what was going on. It was funny, but not funny. Because the bike guys were not even riding normal. They were riding and jumping. In fact, these things that we see in movies that like James Bond something, it happens in Nigeria. I'm like, what's going on here? The guys were not careful.  And someone was behind me, but I was still not comfortable to tell you how rough those guys were. So we got to another place. Then I saw a lot of Nigerians. I saw a lot of people who were traveling actually. So they were saying different things. Everyone with their own idea about where they are going to. And then I met this lady. She wasn't looking very okay. But she said the person who asked her to come is her sister. And that's because I think she's educated but she has this health issues that the person said as soon as she gets to Italy they will come pick her up and then she will get her treatment. So people had different reasons why they were traveling. The ones I met there actually everyone had different reasons. Some for medical attention. Some for money. Some who were promised jobs. So I felt kind of... I felt unhappy at first. And then I was saying some things and then one guy came to me and said, see, if you talk too much most of these people that are around here they will lock you up here and then everybody will go. You will not go because you're asking a lot of questions. So that calmed me kind of. I had to like stop asking questions. So after a while they came to Passports as a passport photograph of everyone and it was that guy's idea of not talking that made me not to ask anything. A few hours later they came with passports. The passport that got to me had my picture, not my name and every other detail on it wasn't me. So when they gave me the passport I had to memorize everything on the passport. You are compelled to, you don't have a choice because that's like your gateway to wherever you're supposed to go to. So we took these things. A few minutes later the bike guys came back. They took all of us again. You know the person you entered with before just entered with the person and then we moved on. So we continued to go to the border between Nigeria, I don't know if it's Niger or Nigeria I don't know. So the immigration officers there they would take your passport and ask you what's your name? You tell them your name. How would you tell them? They just check. They give you back to you. So it wasn't like they were doing any critical check. That question was the only thing they asked me. I don't know if they asked others or any other thing but that was what they asked me and that was a pass for me because as soon as I said my name and then I skipped the part where I had to teach one of my sisters because she is not learned. She got married when she was in primary six so she didn't go to school and she has been in the village all her life. So I had to like teach her her name, the name on the distance. So I was helping her memorize her own name as well as memorizing mine. So it was something very silly that of course if I had a clue about irregular migration or human trafficking I would have at least known that I was getting into something stupid, something that wouldn't be good for me. And then we left. The bike guys took us to a certain place where they had buses. They put a lot of us in one bus. I had to sit in the boot. So in that boot it was raining that evening. It was let's say around eight before the bus left. So it was raining. The rain drop was on my body. That's why the fact I didn't have enough clothes on I was cold. I was shivering. And it's not like when you're shivering somebody else would help you because everyone is actually trying to save themselves. So no one is actually looking out for you. So you have to do something to help yourself. So I had to like draw. There is something they used to cover the bus. I had to like draw that thing to cover myself. So we moved on after a while. I think they heard police, police. The next thing the drivers drove to a certain place Paktika, zoomed off. We didn't know where they went to after a while. Other cars came if they call your connection you join another vehicle. If they call your connection you join another vehicle just like that they just shared us into different groups we left. Spent about a day plus on the road. So we got to Agades. Now when we got to Agades someone just told us that this is Agades. I said yeah, Agades. I met some people and then the first room where they took us to everywhere was filled with flies. I couldn't take it so I was like oh god what is this? Those girls that they started laughing they were laughing. I was like how are you guys comfortable in this kind of environment? They said you never see anything. They stood up, left the room, came back they were still laughing.  I just kept quiet. I was not enduring the whole thing. They fly everywhere. I sat in the corner I was just reflecting over the journey from Nigeria to that point. A few days about four days later so that should be like okay that's like four days, four to five days now to get to that because it was from Binin to Kano itself was a day till the next morning. So from that to that Agades in Niger was about okay let's just say three days. Okay so from that point to that night they didn't actually move us. We're still there still about four days and then on the fourth day they came they told us okay to get ready everybody get ready you'll be leaving this night people were excited me I wasn't really excited because I didn't really understand we are leaving like we are leaving to where so my brothers like they said we are going to buy Galon buy Galon we don't have money we didn't even they gave us just 10,000 naira one we're leaving each so we don't have money how much is the Galon they said they are selling in Sefa it's not Naira because we are not in Nigeria I said okay find out how much it is at the end of the day the one we had left with us was unable to buy us Galon because we were buying small ones big ones, small ones for each person so at the end of the day we sold the only phone that was with us and the phone was not in our possession it wasn't in my possession or in the girl's possession it was only the guy that was authorized to use the phone to update them so it was more like they were working with the guy these people carrying us were working with the guy I've never met the guy before he's not really my cousin he's married to one of our cousins so I don't even know him now it's more like they've already had this whole thing planned out before calling on us to come and join the guy so the guy said he's going to sell the phone when we get to Libya he will get another phone I wasn't worried initially they just get us water since they said everybody will need water we didn't bother to ask what do we need the water for since they said buy just buy he bought the gallon they filled it with water so we had to carry it to the place where they were loading that night so in the night they started loading I noticed each he lost us carrying about 29 people for my hillocks they had about 29 people so now the guys the ladies will sit in the guys will sit around the hillocks so they have this wood that the guys will use to sit and then they were arranging it like that till they got to our own turn now for the girls you sit, you open your legs someone else sits just like that that was the arrangement then for me I had to sit around the what's it called where you can rest your back but I was sitting on a keg of fuel that's another story I was sitting on a keg of fuel so for me I felt that was a comfortable place I put my bag on the keg of fuel and then I sat on it so I was feeling like that's more comfortable I was able to say the other people sitting inside the hillocks would be feeling hot and they would be having a lot of challenges so I don't want to stay there I prefer where I was now within one day from that place because all the hillocks moved at the same time like all the vehicles moved at once they started going towards Asif the more we went in if they drive from one would I even stay up to a pole the vehicle would sink all the guys would come down the lighter ladies would stay inside if you're heavy you come down the guys would have to remove the sand the hillocks would move to the front we would all jump in again the hillocks would move get just one pole again this thing continued for the whole day it was tiring and so once in a while they were beating the guys like when it's time to pack this sand if they don't see your hand doing it the drivers have this whip this pipe that you used to remove to put fuel in their vehicle was what they were using to whip the guys like at some point I started crying because there was this guy that looked really soft I don't think he's from middle state I can't remember where he's from but at some point he broke down like he was like which can I suffer with this which can I suffer with this they were beating them in such a way that ordinarily it was heart breaking that after that whole day in the night they parted somewhere and then I met someone from my place from another hillocks the guys started telling me stories we were just gistening and then it was more like a few hours let's say it was getting to like midnight this kind of breeze just started blowing towards us and then bringing sand it was then he dawned on me that most of the sand heaping was actually done by that breeze it was like rain very scary I just saw the guy is this thing going to bury us he smiled and said if you bury us now it's just like we are trying to make it in life and then we do not survive I was like God don't allow me to die here that was the first fear so the guy said just lie down and use something to cover yourself probably you sleep off because I didn't see sleep most people were already sleeping but I could not imagine myself sleeping in that kind of environment I didn't know there was more waiting for us ahead so after that night the next morning the drivers came I took my brush I want to brush my teeth they said wait a minute I want to brush one guy said with which water this water that we are reserving we want to drink they said I am not going to brush they guys said even by brush they were laughing you know some kind of weird behaviour from some of the guys and the ladies they were laughing I better go reserve the water I said hey God so I am not going to brush my mouth I can't even wash my face the guy said you know even brush with a wash face you know they were just saying a lot of things and then the driver didn't even wait for anyone to brush so we had to jump in that was the first hard break for me like okay now I am going to just be smelling the dead sea till we get to our destination and who knows how long this journey is


Well, we all knew it was coming, but now it's official over the weekend Rashida Tlaib endorsed Bernie Sanders at a rally in Detroit and her pitch for Bernie Sanders was Expectedly brilliant. Take a look So that entire clip that I just showed you was 37 seconds long But she spoke for maybe five seconds give or take now the reason why I played that for you is because I want you to see Just how crazy the crowd was going I mean at every single one of these rallies the crowd is incredibly enthusiastic Incredibly passionate and it's not just this rally. I mean at the rally in Queens We all saw where more than 25,000 people showed up with Michael Moore and AOC and Bernie Sanders The crowd was going wow this passion and enthusiasm is Exactly what you need to propel you to victory because Donald Trump supporters. They are mobilized. They're galvanized They're gonna come out and support Bernie Sanders So what we need is a Democratic Party nominee who's going to do the same on the left Get people who usually tune out of politics engaged and bring them into the fold turn non-voters into voters and All signs point to Bernie Sanders being the one candidate Who can actually get people involved that is incredibly important and pay attention to these rallies because it shows you that there's something happening in this country and It's happening with regard to this political revolution that Bernie Sanders created in 2016 that is slowly but surely Bleeding out to other countries, right? We're seeing this type of populist grassroots movements pop up in In Brazil, of course this happened before Bernie Sanders with Lula de Silva But it's happening in Canada to an extent with Jagmeet Singh. It's happening in the UK with Jeremy Corbyn So Bernie Sanders when he talks about political revolution, he's talking about it in terms of the United States But I think that this really does have the potential to change the world and have an International type of movement and really reverse this wave of neoliberalism and the reason why I started thinking about this in terms of the International context is because of Rashida Tlaib's endorsement of Bernie Sanders So something that she said in here really was important to me So let's listen to her official endorsement. This was after the rally And I want to talk about it because there are implications of this that I think are really broad and extend beyond the United States I'm well Bernie is what I like to call him which I'm a means uncle of Arabic I think I'm a Bernie when he saw just not myself my other sisters in service being attacked by this president this bully For him, there was no hesitation He jumped on board and said what can I do to uplift you all? What can I do to support you all the fact that he truly believes that women like us women that This institution hasn't been ready for that we feel supported and from day one. He's always made us feel like that I am endorsing. I'm a Bernie Sanders because he's not going to sell us out He understands that it's not just about policies and about words, but it's going to be also about Completely transforming the structures in place that is hurting American people for me representing the third poorest congressional district in the country He is in many ways pushing back against this really painful oppression. It's been incredibly inspiring to see his unwavering Support for the same ideals that I have about people over profits He is speaking about that mother that is tired of walking by blighted homes tired of having to send their child to a school that doesn't have clean drinking water or Fighting just for the right to literacy right now that's happening in Michigan I mean there is something incredibly inspiring about someone that we know is not going to sell us out That's not going to bow down to these structures that are so built on racism built on Choosing those that are wealthy that he's consistent in saying that he's with us first He will always choose us first my family Has never ever really come together on a lot of political issues Honestly after the passing of my father, but I'm a Bernie seems to be able to unite us So that last point was so important because she says that my family, you know We don't agree on much but Bernie Sanders is the one thing essentially that we agree on and of course I'm paraphrasing but think about this This is a Palestinian woman saying that her family doesn't agree on much But the one thing that they agree on is that Bernie Sanders Jewish American politician is the real deal That really sends a powerful message to the world that both Muslim women in Congress are endorsing a Jewish presidential candidate That is a powerful powerful message right and What it goes to show you is that this progressive ideology this Movement that Bernie Sanders catalyzed this really is the one thing that is unifying people I mean candidates like Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden they try to talk about bringing people together But Bernie Sanders is actually doing it He is bringing together people from all walks of life unlike any other candidate So if you truly want to unify the country Bernie Sanders is someone who is demonstrating that he's doing that Right now and Rashida Tlaib's endorsement is helping to demonstrate how he's getting that done now on top of that She also said that Bernie Sanders is not gonna sell us out and she reiterated that sentiment saying there's something incredibly inspiring about someone You know is not going to sell us out. This is really important because during this primary We're trying to figure out who's the best, right? I mean we already know who's the best but voters more broadly speaking in this Democratic Party primary They're trying to see who's the best candidate and a lot of people who participate in primaries They're the most politically engaged. They're the most active and they're usually more left-leaning, right? A lot of them at least so when she says we're not going to be sold out by someone like Bernie Sanders That's really important because essentially what she's communicating to you is that he is the best candidate if you truly want progressive policies to be implemented because his starting position is the strongest not only is he stronger on almost every single issue in fact I'd argue every single issue then Elizabeth Warren But we know that he's not going to sell us out because he hasn't already started to compromise before negotiations even began And he's been advocating for these same policies for decades So that's someone who you can actually trust like when a politician comes to our side and they acquiesce And they say look I endorse this policy that you want me to support That's great, and we should give them credit where it's due But there's a difference between giving them credit and knowing that they're going to fight for something, right? And that's where we don't really have to worry about Bernie Sanders We know that when he says he's gonna fight for Medicare for all He means it. He's actually going to fight for Medicare for all Whereas when Elizabeth Warren says she's gonna fight for Medicare for all well That could mean well She's going to fight for a path to Medicare for all and maybe we don't do Medicare for all now But we implement some type of health care reform that gets us on that trajectory Towards Medicare for all rather than just going directly there now I hope that if she's elected she proves me wrong, but the fact that I have doubts Demonstrates why she's not as good as Bernie Sanders, and it's not because you know I'm just overly cynical and I'm skeptical about Elizabeth Warren because I'm a Bernie Sanders sycophant No, this is based off of their history This is based off of their records and who's been advocating for this solidly forever I mean Elizabeth Warren back in 2012 when she was running for the Senate She wavered on Medicare for all after previously writing an op-ed supporting it and then in 2017 She endorsed it and in 2019 she started to waver and then she fully endorsed it again out of debate Look, there shouldn't be a question in my mind that you're going to fight for the policies that you are saying You support there shouldn't be a question there and when Rashida Tlaib says that Bernie Sanders isn't going to sell us out That's what she's talking about. I think so overall this endorsement is Great the fact that three fourths of the squad endorse Bernie Sanders It goes to show you that this is a movement with momentum the most vocal progressives in Congress are backing Bernie Sanders and if you are progressive if you want us to get on that trajectory of social democracy and Actually put humanity at the focus of our policy and not what large multinational corporations and donors wants I mean, it's obvious. It's Bernie Sanders, right as Michael Brooks would say everyone else in this race is a distraction Fight for Bernie Sanders vote for Bernie Sanders. He's the clear choice here for progressives for the left


Strength and resistance takes a long time when you're low carb. Hey there, NJRoot22.com here with another low carb keto carnivore chat. And today we're going to talk about the relationship between bad food and your low carb goals. Specifically, it's the fact that it takes a while to build up a resistance to the carbs and the foods that you used to love. It really took a long time to really, really just kick it all to the curb. Even when we were doing well at the various stretches over the last decade, we still tasted foods. You know, we never really got to the point where we were eating slices of pizza or taking big bites of sandwiches. I mean, I had one bad moment maybe about seven years ago where I actually ate a half an Italian sub and man, that really was one of the first notches in my belt for never doing that again because bread, white bread, really just threw me for a loop.  But then I wouldn't have a problem over the years taking a bite of a chicken nugget if it had a little weed on it. Or sometimes I would have a meatball that came from the pizza parlor. Even though it's low carb, they still put bread inside those things and crappy low grade ingredients. Especially in those tomato sauces that you get from the restaurants, there's usually a whole lot of sugar in them. If you look at this supermarket and look at the various marinara sauces they have on the shelves and you're going to see that a lot of them have spoonfuls of sugar in it per serving.  And then if you find out how much sugar is in that entire jar, you realize that's just a jar of sugar. It took a lot of years though. Now we've gotten to the point now where we're almost 99% perfect when it comes to resisting the foods that are around this house. And I prepare a lot of them. It includes like pastas and breads and sandwiches and toast and all sorts of stuff. I make pizza for my family all the time. And there's a lot of good food sitting here like tempting me to taste it. And I've been doing really good because my family eats from the pizza place all the time. And I see lots of things here, you know, like delicious chicken franchise. It doesn't look so bad, but it's coated in flour and I don't want to eat that stuff.  You know, I had to feel the pain. And now even though I feel like I'm missing out that FOMO feeling by not tasting that delicious food that I used to know, I'm actually taking pleasure in not feeling the pain that comes along with it. I just don't trust these people. And especially with the MSG post I did earlier this week, these additives that you have no idea. If you're not in the kitchen doing it yourself, you never know what you're getting in these things. And God, you know, they need to have customers to stay in business. And I wouldn't be surprised if they added things in them to make them taste good so that you remember them as food that was yummy. But can you resist the forbidden foods or do you make excuses such as birthdays and other special occasions to have a bite of cake or that little sinful thing just because I don't think it's worth it anymore. I don't get the pleasure doesn't equal what happens afterward and I'd much rather be to hold the line and stay the course. So that's it. If you liked this video, please hit the bell and subscribe and I'll see you next time.