I walked and walked and what did i see?

Sorry guys, due to circumstances beyound my control -naming Nollywood producers, horrible acting and poor equipment, I walked and walked and what did I see was not a success. The studio refused to endorse the movie and no cinema would play it. Its so bad, you-tube removed it for not meeting viewing quality standards...LOL

Truth? I'm too tired to write. Omo, the kin tins wey i suppose dey read men, its backing up on me. but in the midst of it all, Teva always got gist.
First, mini yarns from my 'parria' trip last week. When I landed I thought I was in another country, probably closer to VI in naija. Its cool o, dont get me wrong but it just lacked the lustre I'd hoped for. Anyways, pale picked me up from the station and dumped me at another friend's (twin sister) place because he and wifey got plans. Post-vals romance..hmmm! Jehovah Jireh never die, he still dey throne.
At twin sis's, we just dey yarn! The woes of two sisters...LOL. It was so much fun. All the latest naija gist / gossip. It felt like being home. Well we hadn't finished when lover boy arrived. Naija Gist part 2 resumed. See yarns! Omo, we didnt realise how time flew until I was too tired to yarn (even for me that's a rarity).
Saturday, I slept till mid afternoon. Na my papa wake me o! He's coming over. I guess that means I either produce the cambridge application form or else...LOL
Anyways the day was very restful. AT night wifey made dinner and some friends came over as well. Let me fastforward to the koko!
On Sunday after church, me and wifey went back to twin sista's. She hadnt returned from church so her one of her flatmates kept us company (isnt that nice?) Well when she finally arrived, she was making food...enter 'Hunkalicious'. He's one of twin sis' flatmates. How do i describe him???Hmm, putting my milk-bias aside, he'll give a broda run for his money. At first i didnt want to say anything but when wifey sef begin interrogate the broda, na im i open mouth. Summary = Man-pikin must go visit again! Even if its just to see the sight again...LOL

Apologies again, I don't feel like writing much. What have I learnt this week?
1. Dont jump infront of a changing green-walk-sign.
2. People can be very nice, if you give them room.
3. Stay AWAY from all kinds of coffee! LOL
4. A happy Teva is an infectious Teva, a morose Teva's bad company. Happiness is a function of your inside and not of the circumstances around you.
5. Finally, inspiration comes from the places you least expect them.

See y'all

And the party was....

Hmmmm, this week has been quite an experience. Everybody is just unveiling their true colours!
Lets begin with Aunt WildCat, who turned out to be not quite as wild as we imagined. Needless to say, she's an excellent writer and i'd definitely pick a few skills from her. And to her HTB 'Bros, cool down, haba, your girl is talented! Aint no need to vex!(well, some parts are a bit scary) but hey, she's all yours! That's the important thing'
Then boodaman, my darlin egbon, has/ and is being hounded by so many babes, i think it would be unfair to the female population for him to married. Seriously, for that kind of guy with his skills, his humour, his personality, and his maleability to be tied down to one woman will be doing the rest of the world a huge disfavour. Besides, he doesnt really wanna anyways, right??? I guess we should launch an agency to bestow his new fragrance 'the essence of boooda' to the many women out there.
And finally Naijabloke, what can i say? the parcel must have gotten stuck in artartica right? or was it accidently mailed to madagascar? Well done! My boiz will be visiting you shortly..LOL

From the blogworld, we move to school world, We have this annoying PVS assignment that's worse than the previous one. The bad thing is, inspiration comes and goes, so i may write a line, but followthrough's not there. And its due soon...hmmm!

Well with regards to the naming ceremony of my new 2nd cousin, it was a very quiet ceremony. Partly 'cause it wasnt in Lagos but so far, no news to report...(imagine my disappointment)
Well let me get back to PVS and other pressing engagements. I spent some time on chain-mail from my old colleagues today. It was rather refreshing! I guess what makes people great is how everyone is a distinct piece of a huge puzzle.
Well, back to work for me, This weekend is for Parrraaai!!! Will keep y'all posted...Cheers!

"Happy new year, here's your mandate!"

Happy New year to my chineese kinsmen!! Its my year according to your calendar! Tha's cool, 'cause i'm ready to launch!!!
Hi y'all the hype is finally over..how was vals? for me, all my fun began and ended with telephone calls...(that's something at least...at one point i wasnt quite content with that)

I begin with great news! I have a new cousin/cousin. My cousin’s wife has birthed a bouncing baby boy Feb 11th 2007. Yes o!.. another expensive (and interesting) family naming ceremony. Well the cool part is that its time for the other arm of the family to out-do the other arm. Its silly, yeah but its cool for us ‘cause we get host really expensive events. Aint that cool? Well I haven't thought what to name the baby yet. I was telling a friend some days back about our tradition of not calling the baby a name until the naming ceremony. You should have seen the look on his face…LOL.
Ok. What other good news? My father in his kind and benevolent graciousness has decided to give me another degree. He states that I should apply to Cambridge without delay…(I think his best friend’s son is doing a Phd there.) hmm? From all intelligence reaching me (through my brother) he’s quite a looker, firm with the ladies, good Christian and the last born son. Did I tell you guys I had a thing for last born sons? Only one of my ex’s hasn’t been last born son...(hey everyone has their own little idiosyncrasies
You know what’s baffling, the fact that my dad is actually planning to interfere in my seemingly boring love life. I've always appreciated my father’s taste in things. My dad buys me the best fitting clothes, accessories…honestly, if you see me in a very tasteful stylish outfit, chances are that dad got them for me… but I doubt this is where his expertise is required. I mean, isn't that a bit weird? I know i'm not producing all the signs of commitment to the any relationship prospect but hey you gotta give me a break! I mean Ex was fabulous! Crush on MBLA was a huge disaster! I need to catch my breath... I guess the old pal's really taking that misson 20-09 very seriously…hmmm

What’s up? I must confess since the advent of wild cat. I've been sleeping less and dreaming more! (not good) I assure you. And now i have to write my project proposal and i must be honest i havent figured it out yet...
I spent today with my old boss. he flew into town to do some business, so myself and a couple of other pals went avisiting. I didnt realise how much i missed the adrenaline rush from work. He went on about projects that we were currently working on and how fantastic an opportunity it would have been. It was cool sha, until they decided to pick on me...

Well i'm back now. Trying to calm my nerves but it aint working (Note to self, lay off the coffee). As the new work week begins...lets start it with hope and grand expectation...because if you dont expect great things, they'll just walk right past you....

Have a splendid Week!!

A short trip down memory lane...(A val's day special!!!)

A frigteningly wonderful gynoki meal

My ALONE-Place

My ever loving best pal

My first snow!

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My NYSC tribute

positive thinkin-

Hi guys,
Before i get all girlish and val-fanatical, i'd like to remind us of a little thing called positive thinking. Now i'm sure most of you have read the book by Norman Vincent P_____ on it but today i received some new insight on the topic.
Positive thinking that works isnt a function of our conscious minds, its not our head (that does the math) that analyses and thinks positively but our subconscious mind.
Truth be told, i had an old high school friend who only called me once in my entire four years in uni. The day he called, we spent a couple of minutes with idle chats and then he asked after my grades and I told him i was standing in-between a first and 2'1. He made this statement that seemed to haunt me everytime i look at my transcript, he said 'T, you can make a first if you want to. the only reason you are "in between" is because you have decided whether you want it."
I immediately dismissed it, laughing at his cheap psychology and told him that i did want a first, and that i intend to get it allbe it.
When he got off the line, it seemed like he had diagnosed some part of me i wasn't facing. I didnt make a first. My pals were really shocked, they blamed my new boyfriend for distracting me (a big lie, i was a control-freak then, so he couldnt get me to do anything i didnt want to)
And in the midst of their diagnosis, i'd always seem to quietly ask myself, did i really truly desire this??? Or am i handed what i didnt mouth but internally craved??

I saw this video on google (I couldnt upload it, so here's the LINK )and one of the speakers said something that struck me. "...many of us can describe vividly what we dont want to happen, but when asked what we want, we cant paint a clear image of what we desire"
unfortunately, this means all our subconscious mind has to work on are our fears and thats what manifests in our lives...Its proved by science but scripture had it pegged ages ago. You all know the story of Job, the richest man in the east. He wasnt tempted by God, He said "The things i've greatly feared have come upon me.." in Job 3:25.

So tonight folks, lets ask ourselves one question, 'what is my subconscious mind thinking of?' Because whatever it is you are thinking about, that's what you are going to be...
Have a fabulous valentine's day!!!!

E wa bami jo o! (come rejoice with me)

Yes o!
First i was really sick but as of this moment, i'm in perfect health, i give God all the glory. Then i have a PVS assignment due tomorrow...it involves alot of skolemisation (never mind) and assertion but glory to God i have proved lemma 1 and 2 and currently on 3.

For those who dont understand, bear with me. Its this funny course about formal methods that has been giving me some scruples. Plus mr wahala himself.
Omo, wild cat...you are wild...stuff like that only happens in my head. You've brought it to
another level...thumbs up girl. Like i said, Cowboy had better represent if he doesnt want 'ogbonge' Yoruba and igbo jazz to pounce on his head.
There are some people who are threading that dangerous path with me and 'anu mi nse wan. Towo mi ba waa wan???' hmmm....
Aunty Temmy, what is Ex up to this time? please tell me we are speculating a re-proposal...abeg
may d guy do quick jare, make we come chop wedding cake. I don tire to dey speculate, its time to chop-ulate...LOL
Anyways I'm well!
There's a movie on 13th, going to see it with ma girlfriends! Then the anointed day...[drum rolls]
I'm waiting to either get my presents or call babaJebu to start throwing some arrrows...LOL So for those affected, i have told you now o!

Can someone really bring out a more playful side of you?? I dey yarn one of my guys last night (in the midst of my fever) and i swear as i see im number my mind just kule...I yarn this guy like say na yesterday we talk last. ITs amazing but its true. Even when i have 'fever' for some guy or my moods are going haywire, it just takes a call. I go yap am so tey, we go just finish everything with more laughter...hmmmmm
I guess that whole story about one person for one person na lie, because you sef check am, you get romeo, and you get back-up and you get one long-time pale wey just stick to you sha...
Na im make i think am. WEll, as i dey now, i get lemma 3b - 7 to complete so i gotta go.
Praise God with me o! and help me yap MBLA say im no try!!!

Romance in February.....

When i woke up yesterday, it was just another day in February, I read my Bible and said my morning prayers, prayed especially for my family, my naughty friends, my country nigeria and the other regular 'prayer points'. I was about to get up but I couldnt shake this nudging feeling like there were things i wasnt talking about. So i found myself hanging at my bed's edge for five more minutes in silence, struggling to verbalise words wedged in my throat.
The usual bail out was 'Lord i'm grateful because you know what I need and you'll give me the desires of my heart' but I wasnt getting away with it today, in fact, my devotional reading about defining our desires in prayer, Mark 10:51. Jesus asked the blind man what he wanted him to do for him. I mean it was painfully obvious what the guy desired but the man had to voice his desire in faith and he received his sight. My desires are so many!!!
Sometimes it frightens me to think that only me wants all the things that i do. I really want to stop world hunger. Dont get me wrong, I'm not giving a miss world speech but i must confess i'm terrorized by pictures of hungry children all around the world, especially in Africa. Just imagine how many kids would sleep with food tonight if we gave a cent/penny/kobo each.
That of course is the nobel part of my heart, there are obviously some less-than-noble parts, like the part that wants to buy an island, the part that wants to own a ranch....etc.
Okay, when i got tired of not speaking, I decided to be a sharp kid and run from confronting the spirit's gaze. Omo, little did i know...
First i got out of my room and my flatmate was so excited about this prospective guy she would be seeing during the week. "I'm so glad, good news!" Ok. I started rushing out to class, my phone rings, its my kid sis.
SIS: "O gal, guess who's in Naija?"
ME: "Who? Udini???"
SIS: "Your papi!"
ME: "What? I thought he said he'd be in the states...."
SIS: "Apparently he wanted to surprise his wife"

Another 10 minutes i was off the phone and biffing them like mad. Omo, see this old people that should spend their time wondering about me, they are planning valentines'. can you imagine? Aren't they too old for that?? Me dey find valentine's runs...at that very moment, na im the spirit nudge me say 'aunty, na you no ask o!'
I dey ask o! Infact, i over ask like simon peter.
And the word is simply this..."Ask and ye shall receive...Seek and ye shall find, Knock and the door will be open unto you, for whoever asks receives, whoever seeks finds, and to however knocks the door shall be open...

Have a fabulous week!!!!!

hmmmm....Small change, Big Change

My people, how you doing? I went through some blogs and omo, the pre-vals tensions are high. hmmm, omo no too think, na the thinkin dey make the Naijablokes of this world promise to marry 20 girls for blogsville....LOL
How na? Na one of my pale ask about naija stuff na im make i go down memory lane. But eyin people, do you know we are blessed? Forget the 'westernization' we've had for the last half century and look at Africa as it was...
Na we build pyramid for egypt without caterpillar,
na we dey communicate with drums aka Gangan ...
Na we first invent high speed flyin aka 'ofe'
Na we dey cure anything with leaves and trees,
na we dey make our jewelry wey person no fit allergic to,
Na we dey make CORRECT soup without maggi and all the carbonate sulphates.
Na we go chop beleful and no go fat the kin yeye fat wey dey disgrace our people these days. We no need to chop leaf like goat to get nutrition and vitamins.
Omo, when did everything change??? Its so bad these days that i jam some naija babe wey dey brag that since them born am, she never chop 'African food'. I laugh, i tell am say na small pikin still dey worry am.

What brought all this up? Hmm, i dey yarn about intonations in our languages, na im i just dey wonder say wetin go happen if our forefathers continue with their 'OFE', no Visa be that..LOL, i go fit go blow Naijabloke for all his blogville affairs LOL. No i'm laughing but its paining me, you mean to tell me we no get 100% Nigerian product or 100% African product that the world has changed their lives to fit????. No talk plating hair, no talk food...wetin we don make the world change towards, afterall, 90% of our lifestyle these days is imported. We changed our dress sense, we changed our eating culture, we changed our work culture, wetin we don make them change????
I dont see Europeans wearing danshiki to work, I no see dem dey wak amala and edikaikan for restaurant, I no see dem dey wear beads or animal skin slippers...
So for a little ease, we traded so much? Eyin peeps... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm