Igbankwu & what I learned

According the 'programme' on the tables at the wedding, an Igbankwu is a Nigerian wedding consisting of

-the bride looking for her bubby

-the grooms family greeting the brides family

-prayers etc...

-masquerades

I cant really remember what the rest of it consists of but it was actually quite exciting because I've never been to a Nigerian Traditional wedding (but i went to 4 white weddings this month alone),but  the most exciting part was when she took the palm wine and was looking for her hubby...how cute!

I really learned sooo much about how we do our traditional weddings, I learned that each tribe does their own thing. Igbo people do theirs very traditional as in they really go by the 'books', plus they do the whole 'look for 'ya' husband ' thing with the palm wine.I also noticed ( at the igbo wedding n the yoruba one i went to) that igbos don't do the whole lace/gele thing its more of a yoruba thing, because the geles look on point and the aso ebi is crazzzyyy as in, i cant even describe it...no offense to igbos,biko its nothing personal ;-) Yorubas do the whole postrate thing...and I heard akwa iboms do this thing where the bride has to cook a couple different dishes of soup to see if she can cook...when I heard this, I was sitting there like what the...? they really cant be serious

((*crosses akwa ibom men off the list for potential hubbies))

igbo

yoruba

edo

hausa

akwa ibom

As for the groom and the bride, hmm lets just say the guy looked miserable ( like he was going to the electric chair) and the bride was waving like miss America....the place was packed with people obviously just trying to be nosy and see whats going on. I found it so strange that the parents of the groom were going along with everything like everything was peachy keen, when they really had a hidden agenda....but hey who knows, the rumors could be false, maybe they are getting married on their own terms not their parents, i really don't know or care because the only thing i wanted to do at that wedding was eat!. I saw a couple getting married ( next yr) I bet you they were thinking : 'our wedding will be better than theirs' lmyo ( laugh my yansh off) I'm sure all couples do that, but the way the bride to be's mom is going on and on about her daughters wedding hopefully it is! in short the guests berra be eating from golden spoons and dipping strawberries in a chocolate fountain...lmyo

All this wedding talk is making me want to get married myself! cant wait for that day!!

until next time.

td.

Cant think of a title ( I guess thats it right there smh!)

Ok so tell my why  my dad has a facebook account and why  my mother want to start one? Na wa for some parents sha... they are all jumping on the facebook wagon...dem send una? Even highschool and middleschool studentshave facebooks..and facebook can cause trouble sha as in couples break up because of fbk and people stop being friends because of it..all i know is that my dad berra not friend me.hes gonna get IGNORED! lmao i know how he is...he'll be snooping around and em barrazzinng me with comments like "yo yo yo wassap kiddo"? or whats d dealio ni99a? yea my dad is not a normal nigerian father...


I was listening to Minister Louis Farakhan yesterday...he had me rolling...he basically was saying howAmerica's time is up...he said colleges invite young people to go to school, young people eventually get into debt because of loans and then they graduate with degrees that they can't even use.That is just fraud. The colleges know this before hand that students will go to their school and become engulfed in debt that they will be paying until they die. 


People often get the idea that because you go to school/graduate in the US, that you will get a job. No one is guaranteed anything. There are people who are engineers who work in nursing homes, there are poltical science majors working in inner city schools. The recession isnt an excuse. He said America is run on pills: you want to go to sleep? take a pill. You want to wake up? take a pill? You want to eat ? take a pill. You have indigestion? take a pill. Cant walk right? take a pill . You have pain? take a pill.....it was just too hilarious and true at the same time. He was basically exposing the country for what it is.


 He was also interviewed by Mike Wallace and the topic about Nigeria came up ( about how corrupt it was) and Louis Farrakhan just burried Wallace with his mouth sha...he said how can America talk about being corrupt when its shed the blood of so many including Native Americans and the Koreans when they dropped nuclear bombs...when Wallace asked him if he can think of another nation as corrupt as Nigeria he said " yea I'm living in one"

The speech/interviews were old but I thought I'd share :)

My brother is finally learning pidgin...sometimes he sounds so bad that I just have to laugh...his american accent mixed with pidgin is something else like LWKMD!!! I know I might sound funny to people who grew up speaking it but lmao his own is on a kentro level like damn...He's learning it from all the naija kids in his school..those ones sef...but I like that hes trying to learn it, me I'm already a master at it...I know its not proper english n my cousins say girls shouldnt speak pidgin but its the only thing I can speak..apart from my own language which I'm learning small small... I dont know if its because we are nigerian -american but it cant rly be an  excuse for not knowing/learning our language. It never should be, seeing as we grew up with  our family friends(there are 5 boys and right down to the last born whos 6 yrs old speaks igbo) who are fluent in igbo...and they were born in the states...so whats my parents excuse...hmmm i forgive them sha;  i can go and learn on my own...hmm and blogsville ppl make una get ready oo! as in u all will be giving me online lessons...any language wey una wan teach me oo,i go learn. I wish I went to a college that offers igbo or yoruba classes... I know Upenn does and so does Univ. of Texas...ah well.

Its finally a New Year, so i gotta stop worrying about things I really cant change..n focus on ones that I can. I'm really trying to make changes in every aspect of my life. I know everyone is always vowing to lose weight and what not but i'm really trying to improve myself from the inside first and the religious aspect of my life especially. I want to be content in this new year/decade.

I just picked up a new book at barnes and noble:

A man worth waiting for, how to avoid a bozo by Jackie Kendall. Its really insightful. Its a good christian book,and I rcmend it especially to single women...my next read has definately got to be: The thing around your neck by Chimamanda Adichie, I been hearing some good things about the book... they dont have it over here...(oyinbos for here  no dey like betta thing jare..)

12 random things that I like  ♥

1. the travel channel

2. naija house parries

3. the old nickelodean ( are you afraid of the dark? clarissa explains it all, kenan and kel,all that)

4.being Nigerian

5.road trips

7.the beach

8.chubby babies

9.individuality

10.my long legs

11.ankara dresses

12. a naija guy in traditonal  :)

13. Nigerian parents and how even when they arent trying to be funny, i burst out laughing at them any way ( especially when they get angry lmao)

wait...does anyone know how the makeover in mushin went?