"I am Not my Hair!"

You can shave it off like a South African beauty, Or get in on lock like Bob Marley, You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey, it's not what's on your head, it's what's underneath, and say, I am not my hair - India Arie

     Painkillers. Check! Phone battery full to listen to music, tweet, browse and ping the pain away. Check! Mentally and physically prepared. Check! Well, you might be wondering what I’m going on and on about abi? It’s the torture every woman who braids her hair goes through. It's worse at times when you can't use your phone as planned as your hands are busy dividing the hair (Xpression Ultra Braid) for the braider to braid or the braiding lady outsources two other braiding ladies and they are on top of your head, gossiping while forgetting it’s your hair they are pulling when they start hi-5ing each other. After 3 hours or 4 hours of all that, the hair will go through fire and hot water as a  means of getting the hair trimmed. Finally, they pull your hair back, and dab a hot towel on your scalp. You leave the hair dresser's place with your eyes looking all Chinese from the pulling, your hairline slowly fading and you want to kill someone.

     Getting one’s hair braided is really not a fun experience it takes a whole lot of time, if you are not so patient and without the ability to stand much pain and also the stress of taking the braids out after it has stayed it tenor then you should seek other alternatives, like me. Because of this rigorous process, i decided to stay off braids. For the past 7years I have been either on sewed in weaves or  on my natural hair never braids.     

     Just this week i finally got my hair braided (*gasp*, I know a bunch of you who know me are like, whaaaaat???) Yes o! wanted to take a break from combing hair for a change. I have gone through the fire and brimstone part, So now that I have my braids done, I'm looking forward to exploring new and interesting ways of styling and rocking it with pride.

Season's Greetings peeps!

India Arie

India Arie

My Man Has Two Jobs!

"if wishes were dresses, my closet would be full"

     There are times at the work when I just feel like screaming just to let off steam. Usually when I have had it up to here. Then I'd wish I could say like Rochelle of Everybody Hates Chris “Hey! I don’t need this, My man has two jobs!” *flip hair and storm out*. Though I hate to break it to Rochelle because bragging about her man having two jobs wasn't a good thing in her case since even with his two jobs they were struggling to make ends meet.

     Nevertheless,  I just love the way she says it. The pride in her voice with her head held up high trying to pass across the message that its not a do or die affair, the job is just on the side hence she doesn't really need it and so she can quit at anytime. I can just imagine how good it feels saying it. If you do not know her actual predicament (just like the person she is speaking to) you will actually envy her. Lolz.

To Confuse You and Not To Convince You

That moment in an exam when I'm writing and writing but on the inside I'm like i don't even know what i'm doing. Yea right! I'm trying to convince them in every way i can, even if it means enlarging my hand-writing so that the exam sheet doesn't look empty or repeating the points i have made previously by rephrasing them, If you can't convince them, confuse them!! *never say die* That's the spirit. This has always worked for me sha.
This is definately not an option. Haba!

i guess its exam fever

Ehen! this is more like it...Looolz 

Marking scripts no be easy thing o! especially when its theory and not objective, you see various kinds of hand-writings, spellings, grammar and gbagauns that give you headache.
With these few points of mine, I hope I have been able to convince you and not confuse you, lol.

Fellow Nigerians

"Arise O' Compatriots!"

Just looking at my phone this morning and seeing "Oct 1"made my heart start pounding, anxiety .... mehn! this year is almost over.
Happy Birthday Nigeria. Older! I'll take a rain check on wiser. 53years of trying to make it work. Is it working? or have we lost the plot? i don't want to whining about what is and ought to be in this nation cos it could have been worse than it actually is so I'm thankful.
Sent from my desk® at work :(

Thanks for Coming

"To all our invitees and the "mogbo-mo yas",thank you, E se pupo, Daalu, Nagwode,ati bee bee lo!"

Eku inawo! Meaning Happy Money Spending! ...Nigerians especially the Yorubas are fond of “owambeing” (partying). I remember this funny song by Tunde and Wunmi Obe, it goes something like this *singing* efun mi ni ounje, a ti fresh fish, saki and pomo ati stock fish, pelu moimoi, coleslaw, small soft, salad, puff puff, samosa, ema je ki o poju, i dey wash my weight, E ku orire, eku inawo, ese party, mo gbo , mo ya...

Giving gifts at parties as souvenirs is our culture, At a real Nigerian party you will also always see the guests leaving with some type of personalized gift for domestic chores or living. After more and more parties, our house is stocked with cups, food coolers, cloth bags, towels, bowls, plates, trays, pens, torch-lights, notebooks, jotters, slippers, key-holders to mention a few. All covered in stickers commemorating the celebrants. I have come across some brow raising souvenirs like a single pack of spagethi?? A single pack of indomie noodles, haba?!?! Now to the latest I saw on twitter *drum rolls*

Why do Nigerians do this? So money is now given as souvenirs? Kilode? Ogini?

Over-analysis.Com

"I'm only responsible for what i say or do not for what you understand"
 

Geez!!  must everything have an underlying meaning?!?!? Working with mostly men is definitely easier. Men seem to be a little more straightforward and take things at face value but women seem to read
something into every little statement that is made. The difference between us is, in most situations women tend to see a shade of grey (for e.g. “but what if by saying or doing that he means this?”) and then we drawn our conclusion based on our observation plus hearsay at times, guys see it as either black or white. We analyze every expression or gesture, nothing is overlooked.   Then we talk about it behind each others back and hold grudges. I could be wrong. I could be projecting. Or I could just be reading more into it, you tell me :)

I'm Back...

No matter how bad you think you are, you are not useless ...You can can still be used as a bad example for others to learn from.

*clears throat and removes cobwebs*
My people! how una dey? its been a while, the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak, if procrastination was an Olympic sport I'd compete in it later. Lolz. The pass months have been very eventful. I added a year to my age in the past months too and i feel really old. Well, i see no reason to act my age sha :) i don't care if you think I'm abnormal, strange, weird, crazy, insane odd & bizarre, Life is too short to be normal.....