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Growing up, I was taught that when using a gas cooker, it would be much safer to light the match first before turning on the gas. That way, the gas is lit immediately it comes out of the burner, rather than building up and causing a fire if you were to light the match after turning the gas on. I wrote a post on fire safety here . Look that up also. Gas is highly combustible and naturally odorless! Because of this odorless nature, these gases are mixed with odorants such as Hydrogen Sulfide or Ethyl Mercaptan so that they can be detected with the sense of smell. This way, one can tell when there’s a leak. In a household setting, you’d find either natural gas, methane, propane or butane gas…the smelly ones of course. Gas explosions occur when the gas plus air mixture reaches a critical value, at which any spark, flame, or heat source can ignite. As the gas burns in a confined space with little ventilation, the pressure builds until it goes BOOM...which is almost immediately ...

rebekahsimonpeter.com                                  Believe it or not, I didn’t know losing your voice was a condition called "Laryngitis". Right now, I have a hoarse voice, or like we used to say it growing up, my voice is gone! I did experience losing my voice quite a lot in secondary school and it was mostly as a result of my role as Head Girl and having to scream out instructions to the students! Story time! So, recently, I suffered a very bad cold. Like, it went the whole 9 yards; sore throat, congested nose and chest, and the feared fever! Who did I offend?! I was out, but my voice was still intact, or so I thought. Later in the week, I felt strong enough to attend a wedding. It was after the wedding I noticed my voice had left me *shrieks in horror*. What happened?! I wasn't quite sure if it was the cold or straining to talk as a result of the loud music at the wedding tha...

thereadersroom.org Hi L2 Readers! (Boom! How ‘bout dah?) Hope you’re having a good year so far. Today, we have a guest on our blog, Yaaay! This is going to become a thing by the way, so let me know what you think. Back in the day, I worked as a Microbiologist in one of the leading pathology laboratories in Nigeria, and during my early intern days before I became full-time, I worked with a very intelligent and goal-driven lady by the name Chidimma Kayla Ezenduka-Ezike. She is a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist who has a passion for promoting knowledge and good laboratory practice…and she’s also my friend! So, LetLucia Readers, meet Chidmma. Chidimma, LetLucia Readers (For my non-Nigerian readers, her name is pronounce  Chee-dee-mmah ). She recently put up a simple Facebook post that clarified a certain issue she had identified having worked in the clinical medicine field for over 5 years in Nigeria. When I read it, I couldn’t help but ask to put it up on the ...

preparedgunowners.com I’m Nigerian and I love Nigeria with everything in me. If I had my way, I’d be the President and I’m pretty sure most Nigerians feel that urge to take control of the country as well, especially during these bad times! We all have that passion within us and that passion causes us to get very angry when we see things not going well. Hence, the rants and protests. I’m all for rants and protests. I mean, how else do we let the people in authority know exactly how we feel? My only concern is that we just rant without necessarily stating any solutions or suggestions. Could it be that we don't even know how to solve the problems? Or we say ‘they are the ones up there, they should know’. If you were appointed President right now, what would you do differently? You get my point? It’s not just enough to rant, state a solution! We tend to compare Nigeria to other developed countries, but the fact is that there isn’t a perfect system. None! You really canno...

andoverrec.com                                                  By kiss of life, I mean mouth-to-mouth during CPR! Gotcha! Well, yeah, you don’t need to be afraid anymore because, research has shown that the 2-step CPR, which involves calling for help, and hands only, works just fine without the ultimate kiss of life! Note: This might not work for a near-drowning victim. So, be on the lookout for another on drowning!   heart.org Let’s start with defining CPR ! It stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. It usually consists of mouth-to-mouth respiration and chest compressions to the beat of 'Staying Alive' (you can find that in the video below). When someone goes into cardiac arrest, which is an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes irregular heartbeat and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain and other important organs, CPR is usu...

Hey LL Readers! (I’m taking suggestions for the right name to call you awesome people! Please help!). Happy New Year!!!  I hope you had a good holiday. I sure did, as I was with my family…well, most of it; my sister and her family, and my only brother. It was fun to be with my niece and nephews just reliving my childhood. I was amazed at how many questions they asked and how very eager they were to tell you allllll what they know, literally. I think I was just fascinated because I was once like that! In all, it was a great time. It’s the New Year! And just like that, 2016 is gone forever. I’m grateful for everything I achieved last year. I graduated with a Master’s degree, got a job as an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist and learned more about myself. So, it was a good year. What are you grateful for? In my short life, I have learned that things will not always go as you have thought them out in your head and that is okay! Just trust that someone up there i...

                                                            First of all, I’m sorry for being MIA! I know everyone complains about this adulting thing and I won’t be an exception *straight face*. I’ve just been trying to sort myself out for some time and couldn’t get to writing articles. But, hey, I’m back now and I hope you missed me even though I know you didn’t *cries*. Okay, to the business of the day. Back then, in like high school, it was considered cool to be allergic to something. If you had an allergy, you were perceived to be an Ajebutter* (a Nigerian slang for ‘Fancy’ or having lived a pampered life) and the rest of us who didn’t even know what the word meant were considered Ajepako (…you guessed right, ‘not-fancy’! More like from tha ghetto-ish…you get the point). Then to be allergic to the sun or heat?? Hi Angel! Are w...

I’ve been there, done that, and have my gym clothes to show for it. There are times I have complained to my ever patient friends that I have gained weight, when in reality, I’m just bloated. There’s a difference between bloating and weight gain! Who knew? It’s not all the time that you gain actual weight, and by that, I mean fat. Weight gain could be caused by excess fat accumulating in various parts of the body, whereas, bloating is all in the tummy mostly caused by gas. And trust me, if it is weight gain, you’d know because it happens everywhere! Arms, face, thighs, even your eyes…just kidding. But yeah, everywhere because fat distributes evenly all over the body. You might suffer bloating if your sleeping habit changes (impeding metabolism), or you have a desk job where you have to sit for long hours. Also, you might notice your tummy swells after eating. No worries because that’s just you being satisfied (yum). But when it persists and even starts to hurt, that’s bloa...

I read this article on lifehacker  website and just couldn’t stop laughing like a crazy person! From the article to the comments…hilarious! But hey, it made sense. Okay, call it gold digging or searching for treasures in this cave in your face, we can all at least agree that we are guilty of doing this (except me *flips hair*). Okay okay, maybe not in public (I see you, don’t lie…LOL), but at some point when you feel the snot or booger, or when your friend tells you ‘there’s a man in your nose’ (I just let out a trade secret! Ooops!), you stylishly reach for it to get it out so you can be freeee! (Feeling smart and stylish *grin*). The comfort is good but the likely effect probably isn’t. While trying to unhook the booger from the walls of your nose, you are likely to scratch the nasal cavity without realizing (that’s how small the abrasion can be) causing it to bleed. The blood could encourage the proliferation of organisms like Staph aureus which aren’t very friendly...

I know there are a gazillion articles on the internet that scream the effects of smoking, and I know it seems rather unnecessary to add mine to the large pool. But that just shows how important it is to people who care that people who smoke know what they might be doing to themselves. I know that people smoke to relieve stress and feel good, but it really doesn’t help much. So, let me, Lucia (get it? Let Lucia...lol) tell you some facts about smoking I thought were interesting and hope that it changes someone’s mind. 1.        Nicotine is an insecticide! Ahhhh! *screams in horror* Seriously, it is. I would have said to google it, but I will give you the information right here, cos I am nice *wink wink*. Nicotine actually is a natural insecticide found in the tobacco plant. The amount of nicotine in a cigarette has been increased to heighten pleasure. Even worse is the fact that half the ingredients in a cigarette are things you would find dis...