SELF DOUBT...MY INNER DEMON!!

Self doubt is such a horrible Emotion, and it is something i have been battling lately. Is it natural? Is it just nerves? or is it fear? Whatever it is...i don't like it.

I have a lot going on right now and for some reason i feel like i am not well equipped to tackle them, i feel like i am going to fail, this is a problem a lot of folks face... so i decided to do some research and figure this thing out...these are my findings ( some of them... not gonna bore u with too much detail )

Well...after watching this video, i didn't feel the need to continue with my research...i just knew that i had no REASON WHATSOEVER to doubt myself ever again... i knew i had to just believe in myself and my abilities and that falling was not the end of the world...getting up again was all that mattered!

So to everyone out there ... these times will come, you will feel like nothing is working right, you will feel like you are useless, you will feel like there is no hope for you... but remember, you've got it in you ... FEAR NOT!! Billionaires , Celebrities , Kings and great men and women have at some point doubted themselves... but got right out of it. So i say...GET RIGHT OUT OF IT!!

ROX ROCKS!!!

True Beauty and Talent

Sometime in November 2007 a friend of mine told me i had to see this very talented young lady perform...honestly i wasn't keen at all,cause i had been disappointed several times. ( the same old Beyonce/ Mariah Carey wannabes ) But my friend insisted i see this lady perform on the 14th of November 2007, She also claimed i would like the look of the young lady performing ( I am attracted to petite women. ) That worked and i was ready to go...i invited a few friends and off we went to see this Lady perform. On getting there..some other folks did their thing and it was cool, but all that mattered to me was seeing this petite young lady who could sing like crazy! It was time, and ..... POW!! i was instantly hit by her beauty but was still waiting to hear her sing, and then .... POW!! POW!! That voice!! that silky voice of hers hit me HARD!! I was mesmerized ... speechless and very pleased i came. She did a track called " Shoot me down " Which i love to bits ( Please bring it back to myspace ) and i fell in love...not with her beauty alone...but with her voice and stage presence as well.

Shoot me Down...the song that got me hooked!

The first day i saw Rox Perform...pic taken from my friend's phone

Gorgeous!!

Roxanne Tataei aka ROX was born in 1988 and has been performing Professionally since she was 11,touring with the National Youth Music Theatre. She travelled to Mexico, Did some teaching and wrote some great songs .... back in London... she unleashed all those great songs to us. She has performed at the BBC's Electric Proms, Her soulful pop song 'I don't Believe' is currently the soundtrack for Rimmel London's TV ad, She performed at Selfridges for their 100 year anniversary celebrations and she did Valerie on stage with Mark Ronson ( She was much better than Amy Winehouse i must say )

Performing at Selfridges

The actual performance

At 21 Rox has focused her energy on writing great songs ( Yesss!! a breath of fresh air ) and success is definitely Guaranteed, i am yet to hear a song i don't like. We wish her the best and hope she is able to inspire more young people to follow their passion and make the best of it.

The Rimmel Ad

For more info:

http://www.myspace.com/roxmusik

http://www.twitter.com/thisisROX
http://www.roughtraderecords.com

WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE WHO WE ARE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CROWD!!!

I thought this will be good to put up...enjoy it people!

Helen Writes It

Helen Oyeyemi was born on the 10th of December 1984 in Nigeria and moved to London four years later.

Her first book the Icarus girl was first published whiles she was at school studying for her A-levels. She later had two of her plays published and another book " opposite house " published in may 2007 by Bloomsbury.

She studied Social and Political sciences at Cambridge and graduated sometime in 2006. Her 3rd Novel titled " white is for witching " Was released may this year and it was dubbed " a Literary sensation " by the Times.

At 24 Helen has achieved quite a lot and i hope you are inspired by her 'can do' attitude and make the best out of your life as well.

Young and Doing it!!

Adam Hildreth (born 25 March 1985, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) setup his first company, Dubit Limited when he was 14. [2] Dubit Limited went onto become one of the biggest teenage websites in the UK and now markets itself as a 'Youth Marketing Agency', advising major brands on how to market their products to young people.

Hildreth's latest venture is [3] Crisp Thinking, which develops online child protection technology. The company claims to work closely with both Internet Service Providers and child protection organisations to develop solutions that protect children and teenagers from 'online grooming'.

He was reportedly worth £2m in the 2004 UK top 20 richest teens list and the current (2008) Sunday Times Rich List ranks Hildreth as 23rd in the 100 richest young people in the UK based on a valuation of £25m. In a study of British Millionaires of the Future Adam was predicted to be worth £40m by the year 2020. Hildreth was named the CBI's Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the end of 2006, which was awarded to him by Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones from BBC's Dragons' Den programme.

Culled From Wikipedia.

UPDATES!!

Hey! It's been a while since I've written anything. It has been a deliberate act...We are working very hard on our website and everything else we are hoping to present to you, and since our website will have it's own blog i thought I'd take a break here and focus on creating great content for the website. As you can probably tell...i miss you guys so much, that i have decided to carry on with this blog regardless.

WEBSITE:

Our website is looking really good and at the moment we are working on adding a forum to it...that way u can be involved in the whole process. We are looking to keep young people engaged in being creative and innovative and we hope with your help we can achieve this.

MERCHANDISE:

As part of our youth campaign,we are launching some nice looking merchandise based on the cartoon characters that were created for the brand. I will post a blog soon with a formal introduction.

MORE:

There's more to come and we hope you will be very much involved in the evolution of the Hoodieville brand!!