Woot the woot woot! It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm sooooooo excited to be turning 27 again! I would have opted for 25, but let's face it, my weight these days is not allowing my young-looking genes to be great >:( so we'll opt for 27 this year. Never mind that I turned Thirty Flirty two years ago, okay?
So where were we? Yes, it's my birthday tomorrow and I'm very pleased and excited to announce that not only am I having a birthday party, YOU ARE also invited!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup, I'm just feeling very very generous right now and I want to share my special day with you, so let's get ready to Party over here, Party over there - Whooop whoooooooooooooooooooop!
Oops, I almost forgot the details! Silly me.
May 26, 2014
My Artsy Weekend with Cakes and Lola aka African Naturalistas
Hey everyone!
Remember how I promised to make an effort to go out on weekends and take pictures to share? I did quite well this weekend. On Friday, while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed that Nike Art Gallery in Lekki posted the a new exhibition opening on Saturday, so I asked what time it was but never got an answer back.
*NOTE to businesses using Instagram: respond to followers questions and comments. Also check your inbox because you might have messages there as well.*
On Saturday afternoon, after taking a much needed nap, I woke up feeling restless. The house was clean, Cakes was well fed, and I remembered I'd said I'd meet up with Lola aka @ilola aka Madam African Naturalistas (she's also a Spoken Word artist, who has NEVER invited me to any of her gigs). Mind you, she calls me her employee because I contribute weekly to her natural hair care blog. Anyways, I called Nike Art Gallery to get more information about what I'd seen on Instagram and they said the opening event was from 4pm to 7pm. I quickly got energized anddemanded asked that Cakes come with me. He wanted to sleep in all day :( But I remembered that the X-Men movie was out, so I used it to entice him into leaving the house.Actually, he didn't seem all that interested and just when I gave up hope on his coming with me, he got dressed and ended up waiting for me to finish with my hurrs and makeup. Oh, and he likes to comment about what I'm wearing, which is VERY annoying, but in this instance he was right.
Nike Art Gallery is WONDERFUL! I wish I could go and spend 2 or 3 hours there, soaking up all the wonderful pieces. I wish I had money to even buy some of them. But this chick is not ready to part with hundreds of thousands of naira - it's not that serious right now. In fact, if the piece is more than N5000, sorry but no thanks. The featured artist, Ndidi, as it turned out, went to the same university as Cakes! And her artwork is really nice. As in, millions of naira nice! Lola ended up coming to meet us there and while she isn't into visual art (which I found strange cos she seems like the artistic type), she had a blast gisting with Cakes. Funny, she thought he'd be a serious, quiet, reserved person. I have no idea where she got that from. She was pleasantly surprised. Also, she got to see firsthand how Tom & Jerry our love is :p
Anyways, I've written enough, so enjoy ze pictures we managed to get and check out my hurrs from Sunday (remember I'm doing the #31DaysofKinkz hair challenge on Instagram - see public Facebook album link here)
Remember how I promised to make an effort to go out on weekends and take pictures to share? I did quite well this weekend. On Friday, while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed that Nike Art Gallery in Lekki posted the a new exhibition opening on Saturday, so I asked what time it was but never got an answer back.
*NOTE to businesses using Instagram: respond to followers questions and comments. Also check your inbox because you might have messages there as well.*
On Saturday afternoon, after taking a much needed nap, I woke up feeling restless. The house was clean, Cakes was well fed, and I remembered I'd said I'd meet up with Lola aka @ilola aka Madam African Naturalistas (she's also a Spoken Word artist, who has NEVER invited me to any of her gigs). Mind you, she calls me her employee because I contribute weekly to her natural hair care blog. Anyways, I called Nike Art Gallery to get more information about what I'd seen on Instagram and they said the opening event was from 4pm to 7pm. I quickly got energized and
Nike Art Gallery is WONDERFUL! I wish I could go and spend 2 or 3 hours there, soaking up all the wonderful pieces. I wish I had money to even buy some of them. But this chick is not ready to part with hundreds of thousands of naira - it's not that serious right now. In fact, if the piece is more than N5000, sorry but no thanks. The featured artist, Ndidi, as it turned out, went to the same university as Cakes! And her artwork is really nice. As in, millions of naira nice! Lola ended up coming to meet us there and while she isn't into visual art (which I found strange cos she seems like the artistic type), she had a blast gisting with Cakes. Funny, she thought he'd be a serious, quiet, reserved person. I have no idea where she got that from. She was pleasantly surprised. Also, she got to see firsthand how Tom & Jerry our love is :p
Anyways, I've written enough, so enjoy ze pictures we managed to get and check out my hurrs from Sunday (remember I'm doing the #31DaysofKinkz hair challenge on Instagram - see public Facebook album link here)
Have you checked your Bride Price?
Lol, I thought to just share this hilarity that is Bride Price.com. If you don't know, a bride price is what your intending husband and his family are supposed to "pay" your father before you get married. The bride price amount is set by cultural traditions, but these days, it depends on the bride's parents and extended family. Some people ask for fabric, goats, etc (like for my wedding), and others ask for cars, power generators and what-have-you (thieves, I call them).
Anyways, some funny people decided to create a website to calculate your bride price, and my result was
Anyways, some funny people decided to create a website to calculate your bride price, and my result was
May 22, 2014
RANDOM ALERT: Did you know I have a famous cousin?
Yup yup! I have a famous cousin. In fact, my cousin is more famous than YOUR cousin.
I know you're really burning inside to figure out who this my famous cousin is.
In fact, I'm 1 gaprillion percent sure you're already jealous of me.
Don't be sad, okay. The sun will still come out tomorrow a la Annie.
Anyways, prepare to be amazed by the revelation of the famous cousin of mine...
*drum roll*
I know you're really burning inside to figure out who this my famous cousin is.
In fact, I'm 1 gaprillion percent sure you're already jealous of me.
Don't be sad, okay. The sun will still come out tomorrow a la Annie.
Anyways, prepare to be amazed by the revelation of the famous cousin of mine...
*drum roll*
May 21, 2014
My weekend...
Hey everyone,
How are ya? How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? I did and below is my round up of activities :D
FRIDAY
On Thursday afternoon, I got a call from Dabs (Naija Hair Can Grow) about a party she was having in her salon, Savvy Chic Hair and Beauty Hub. This year she started a hair magazine and she was celebrating the second edition with a Clueless-themed party. Unfortunately, I was clueless about the Clueless theme so I didn't dress up in that manner. I stayed for a little bit, and was joined by Stylefash (FINALLY!!! Did you know the last time I saw her or Bex was in January?!?!?).
After I left the salon, I went to meet Cakes up in Lekki, and we ended up at Cafe Maidon't (it's really Cafe Maison but I had a horrible experience there so...) We didn't eat though and there were enough mosquitoes for Nigeria. But on the plus side, the decor looked nice :)
SATURDAY
On Saturday morning, there was a book reading at This Present House, as Pastor Mrs. Rapu recently published a new book. My lovely non-cousin-sister works there and invited me, and I woke up bright and early... then lazed in bed for about an hour until it was late. So I dashed in for a quick hot shower and lo and behold... no water!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah ah, how far? Being the drama queen that I am, I called Cakes who was in his bakery, to call the building manager and ask what was going on. Apparently the water pump wasn't working and the plumber was on his way. Well, it took the plumber 6+ hours to get there and I ended up just staying home and cleaning.
SUNDAY
Off to churches we went! Cakes is one of the leaders at the teenage church, so I followed him there for the first time. Afterwards, we went to The Waterbrook for a little bit. Then we visited my aunt who I lived with during and after NYSC. Next, we went to Terra Kulture to watch a play, Band Aid, which was a light-hearted musical dramedy (and starred my friend and photographer, Demi O). And finally, our last stop of the day was at another aunt and uncle's house. We didn't get home until past 9pm, and needless to say, we were exhausted.
And that, my friends, was my weekend. It feels good to have weekend fun again... it's been quite a while. I'm going to make a better effort to find things to do :)
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How are ya? How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? I did and below is my round up of activities :D
FRIDAY
On Thursday afternoon, I got a call from Dabs (Naija Hair Can Grow) about a party she was having in her salon, Savvy Chic Hair and Beauty Hub. This year she started a hair magazine and she was celebrating the second edition with a Clueless-themed party. Unfortunately, I was clueless about the Clueless theme so I didn't dress up in that manner. I stayed for a little bit, and was joined by Stylefash (FINALLY!!! Did you know the last time I saw her or Bex was in January?!?!?).
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| I can't remember her name but she owns Chloe's Makeovers and she got the theme down pat! |
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| Stylefash in the hizouse!!! |
Anyways, it was a fun evening. But hold on, some of you went to report me to Dabs sha, because of my post on what I define natural hair as. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! You guys are just too much! Kisses :-*
After I left the salon, I went to meet Cakes up in Lekki, and we ended up at Cafe Maidon't (it's really Cafe Maison but I had a horrible experience there so...) We didn't eat though and there were enough mosquitoes for Nigeria. But on the plus side, the decor looked nice :)
SATURDAY
On Saturday morning, there was a book reading at This Present House, as Pastor Mrs. Rapu recently published a new book. My lovely non-cousin-sister works there and invited me, and I woke up bright and early... then lazed in bed for about an hour until it was late. So I dashed in for a quick hot shower and lo and behold... no water!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah ah, how far? Being the drama queen that I am, I called Cakes who was in his bakery, to call the building manager and ask what was going on. Apparently the water pump wasn't working and the plumber was on his way. Well, it took the plumber 6+ hours to get there and I ended up just staying home and cleaning.
SUNDAY
Off to churches we went! Cakes is one of the leaders at the teenage church, so I followed him there for the first time. Afterwards, we went to The Waterbrook for a little bit. Then we visited my aunt who I lived with during and after NYSC. Next, we went to Terra Kulture to watch a play, Band Aid, which was a light-hearted musical dramedy (and starred my friend and photographer, Demi O). And finally, our last stop of the day was at another aunt and uncle's house. We didn't get home until past 9pm, and needless to say, we were exhausted.
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| Yup, my shoes are like 6 to 8 inches high |
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| Erm, sorry it's sideways but this was from the play |
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| I dunno how to use my camera :( All the pictures from the play were blurry |
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