Now Reading - Americanah

I'm chasing you

      I had totally forgotten how good it feels to read a book that has nothing to do with school. Though I don't have the physical book, I've the downloaded e-book version of it and now reading it through Epub Reader. I don't even know how many pages make up the book, the Epub app doesn't sum it up. Maybe if i knew the  total  number of pages wouldn't have started the book. I only know the number of chapters. I'm almost half way through, *i guess* judging by the chapters but i have got to say that it is indeed a good read.

     Simple diction with regular everyday words that any one can read and understand without getting confused. It has interesting characters that i enjoy meeting *I hope I don't start disliking them along the line*. The story-line is a strong one. Its interesting how the author spans three continents and takes us to the past happenings decades ago and back to present day using flashbacks -smooth transitons. The author is know for her boldness in  addressing touchy issues. In Half of a Yellow Sun it was the Biafran Revolution and in Americanah racism is a focal point. 

Overall, so far so good, gotta to get back to the book.

FaSHioNiSTa

*clears dust and cobwebs*
Hello peeps! longest time! I've been think of what excuse to give this time around guess i can blame it on my internet connection and WiFi issues. Well i'm back now.

Couldn't resist sharing this picture i came across on Instagram. I know, she is the combination of style and cuteness. How adorable is this #BabyFashionista. Isn't this the cutest little thing? Babies tend to be cute when they are wearing very little. Who doesn't love baby skin?

"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?