Yupeee!!!!! It's Friday
you are all welcome to the third episode of TGIF WITH @jeaniepearl. Like I said, I have a surprise for this week's participants. Wondering what it is??? Your shoutouts will be read out by my guest for today,not me and guess who this guest is????

@surfyogi yeah!!!!!! A whale.....

@jeaniepearl ~ You are welcome to the third episode of TGIF with @jeaniepearl, thanks for honouring my invite. I can hear my viewers screaming, am sure some believe I photoshoped you here.Well I can't blame them,even me am not sure if this is reality or a dream, let me give you a hug to be sure.
hugs him and blush
Wawuu it's real,viewers did you see that?

@surfyogi ~ laughs out loud the interview hasn't even started and am catching so much fun. Like I told you off the camera, I watched last week's episode, @gloglo was superb and it was really interesting, I couldn't resist having my own portion of the fun,thanks for the invite.

@jeaniepearl ~ still blushing you don't know how much honour you did me by coming.

@surfyogi ~ The pleasure is mine.

@jeaniepearl ~ How did you discover steemit?

@surfyogi ~ Interesting story; @ned called me and asked me if i wanted to work on Steemit. I didn't know what it was, so he explained it to me. I worked on the project for a while, and I learned a lot from that experience. I was very fortunate. That happened last year, and I worked on STeemit over the summer but decided to work on my own projects independently now, and after doing a lot of research, I decided to start investing my own money in the project.

@jeaniepearl ~ How long did it take you to become a steemit whale and how did you achieve it?

@surfyogi ~ Not that long. I purchased a lot of STEEM from blocktrades.us and other sources ;-) It became pretty clear to me whales have the best time (!), and can help others, so I liked that idea compared to holding onto litecoin, btc, eth, etc. Other crypto currencies don't have the same flavor, and that's because they are completely different animals. There are a lot of technical issues involved, but STEEM is the most approachable new currency for internet users worldwide, so I wanted to be involved with that, and try to create and support new communities where I see a need.

@jeaniepearl ~ What is your biggest challenge on steemit?

@surfyogi ~ I think the fact that it's not as decentralized as it should be and whales have too much influence in some ways. On the other hand, the whales I've talked to, really care about making everyone included, and are working very hard full time on steemit, so I respect many of them very much, admire their work, and even use them as role models in some ways. So it goes both ways, both pro and con. Also, new users are having a hard time and I want to understand that better, learn about how STEEM will change over time, and help others understand this will take time.

@jeaniepearl ~ What do you look out for in people's post that gives you the motivation to curate them.

@surfyogi ~ Things that I really like, are humor, art, music, ganja, healing, technology and crypto. And with crypto comes crypto-literacy and steem literacy, so promotion of these tools to new people who want to grow our community is very interesting to me. So I also look for interviews of other steemians, like your blog ;-)

@jeaniepearl ~ Name 5 steemians you are proud of and give your reasons.

@surfyogi ~ Not easy, but off the top of my head: @ackza first of all, for going out of his way to think outside the box and be a clearing house of information for everyone; biggest promoter of steem to the homeless and africa. @teamhumble for producing the Steemian video, which was a wild success and every steemian should definitely see:

@rocksg, @gloglo, and @roxane, because I like their blogs, and I encouraged them to go full time steemian and they did! So now, I try to talk to them regularly and help them when I can.

@jeaniepearl ~ Who are you outside steemit?

@surfyogi ~ I am a crypto enthusiast and software engineer, musician and writer. I like to travel, and meet people from around the world, learn about other cultures.

@jeaniepearl ~ If there was a matchmaking program on steemit, which lady will you like to be matched with?

@surfyogi ~ Too personal, but she knows who she is. I go for the super literate intellectual ladies, very attractive..

@jeaniepearl ~ Where do you see steemit,steem and sbd in five years time?

@surfyogi ~ OMG, that's a tough one. STEEM will be with us, and it will be very strong, because it scales so well, and has no fees. But like someone I admire once said "there is always another train leaving the station" and I think STEEM will have a few competitors by then. So it will get interesting, but competition will only make it stronger, and more honest over time. And it will certainly help us all lead rich lives.

@jeaniepearl ~ If the hands of the clock could turn back to the day steemit was created, what will you do differently?

@surfyogi ~ Buy STEEM at $.05 USD

@jeaniepearl ~ What advice do you have for people that will like to achieve greater height in life through steemit?

@surfyogi ~ Know that STEEM and Steemit are just getting started. But at 2 years old, STEEM is proven technology that works, and will only get better, and can replace Paypal, Youtube, Facebook and much of social media. Communities are coming to Steemit (like sub-reddits) and will make Steemit much stronger. Registration will be made easier, and it will be possible to advertise and market Steemit very strongly at that point, so it should start to grow much faster some time this year. SMT will launch soon as well, and the price of STEEM I would expect to go up very quickly at that point.

@jeaniepearl ~ Shoutout to your steemit friends and fans.

@surfyogi ~ it's really fun working with my friends on steem, and I look forward to starting new communities soon! I love making new friends all the time, and we have something really special here I hope you enjoy as much as I do. I'd like you all to see this great video by Adrian Nantchev, it contains a more in depth interview that I did with him last year.

@jeaniepearl ~ I promised the participants of this week's shoutout and bottled message section a surprise, can you please do me the honour of reading out the shoutouts and bottled messages as they pop in. And congratulations, you have been awarded 1sbd for being my guest,it's a normal ritual for all my guests. I also have a specially made Niger dish for you behind the scene.

@surfyogi ~ hahahahahahahha sounds great. I have a cool voice,will be glad. smiles also thanks for the tip.

SHOUTOUTS

@mittymartz ~ Shout out to @Samminator
@Pelumi,@Ehiboss,@Destinysaid,:Teamsteem
,@Ogoowinner,and the entire genesisproject family for the support on my birthday.

@starbele ~ First, I want to send a shout out to all mothers and women on steemit and all over the world, to @jeaniepearl- a talent bunch, @prettyjules158- miss pretty, @mike4christ-the purpose tutor, to @smyle-the great philosopher, to @eurogee- the steemit envangelist, to @onos- the president, lol.... And to all @euronation family.

@mosunomotunde ~ I would like to say a big thank you to Samstickkz for being such an amazing friend and a most magnanimous crypto-mentor in such a short time. I would also like to send out a lot of love and hugs to Fisteganos for his friendship and his advice, he has been one of my major Steemit mentors so far. I must also say a huge thank you to Ejemai who has been one of the most open, most candid, most forthright and most giving men I have had the privilege of knowing. A gazillion thanks goes to Tojukaka for being so wonderful, for being one of my Steemit mentors and for giving me a platform to do me. Finally I want to say a big thank you to my babies, my darlings, Phait and Adejoke16 for loving me the way they do and for bringing me on board when I was down to nothing.

@aristokratos ~ I'll like to shout out to @nwamaka I missed out not meeting you during the Steem Ibadan meetup, I hope we have an opportunity to meet some other time.@fisteganos you're an amazing guy, keep the good work and find a way to get Jon Bellion's collection to me, please

@hillaryoki ~ My shoutout goes to @leggy23. I wish every Nigerian bloggers were like her. So so generous and comely

@pasaift ~ shout out to @vintageverve, hows enugu?

@ibadansteemitwhatsappgroup ~ shout out to @fisteganos, we miss you already.

BOTTLED MESSAGE

Mr Z ~ @thomasgift
It's funny how i get butterflies in my stomach just from the thought of you or from the mention of your name. I haven't had the chance to meet you just yet but i know pretty soon. I'll get to see those beautiful eyes. I've always had the feeling that people just engineer love(it's not real) until i finally got attached to you.
I hope someday, you understand how i feel about you and we can hopefully be together!

Miss Z ~ @smyle you are a true blood steemian,if there is any such thing. Your consistency, hardwork and discipline can not be compared to that of any.you are that one person that can fight for what you truly believe with your last blood and will stand for justice than money. Your payout here might not be the biggest but If steempower is measured by real hardwork and commitment, you might be the only Nigerian whale. @euronation is blessed to have you, you deserve more and I believe someday your star will shine.

Mr Z ~ I made mistakes in life, that's because it doesn't have a user manual....but if falling in love with you will be a mistake...then am ready to make it over and over again. To my love @jblsignature

Mr Z ~ @sushie....So i saw her last Saturday,blonde, skin brighter than the sun and her lips were just as i like it... out of my league, i know.
But it wont be fair if i dont tell her how i feel. All i had was just a moment in which i kept on admiring how beautiful she is, how i wished it lasted forever!

Mr Z ~ steemit is not as easy as you thought right? Well-organised just look at earnings of whales and use that as a motivation.

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CLOSING REMARK

I don't know how to pour out my heart to everyone that has contributed to the success of TGIF WITH @jeaniepearl via interview, shoutout,bottled message, compliments,resteem and upvote. I owe the success of this show to you all. I see us getting better and as it gets better, my giveaway will keep increasing.

I observed that some people are shy to send in bottled messages(message that you want to be delivered as anonymous). Don't worry, you can trust me, I have not betrayed those that have been sending it but you can send it directly to my mail maryjanemadubuobi@gmail.com and I wouldn't get to know who you are.

For your adverts,shoutout, bottled message you can reach me via
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Thank you viewers,love you all
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