"FOR YOUR COMPUTER FRIENDS?" (UPDATED)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I was taking a picture of my new bookshelf and my daughter, TE (The Enforcer) asked me if it was for my "computer friends." I laughed out loud because she was right. lol. So, here is a picture of the bookshelf,
On the shelf are a couple books, and those two huge things are a pair of marriage vases from the Congo that I picked up at an antique adventure 2 years ago. They are apparently given as wedding presents by the
Back to TE, she insisted that I take a picture of her hair which I did last night. She also asked if I would share it with my "computer friends". Well, I'm going to oblige her, since it's just the back of her head. So check out my diva's hair.
Just found out (thanks GNG) that I got some nominations in the Category B at the Naija Bloggers Award. I am extremely humbled. I had absolutely no idea that I would get any nominations in that category and was only hoping to get and win one nomination in Category A. I congratulate everyone that got a nomination and wish everyone the absolute best!
Please check out the discussion about the new Nigerian slogan that was introduced to help "Nigerians believe in themselves again."
Also, swing by on Friday for the next installment of Talk To The Easier Crew (TTTEC).
See ya!
UPDATED (03/19): Thanks to everyone who voted for me in Category A of the Naija Bloggers Award. I won "Bloggers Choice Award" and "Best Political Blogger". I honestly can't believe it and am humbled by the confidence from all of you who were kind enough to support me. I just want to say thank you and also extend congratulations to everyone who was nominated, to those who won, and to the entire Blogville family. We dey try sha. Congrats to those fabulous ladies who organized the Awards as well. Okay people, I'm going to need your votes again in Category B, lol!
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March 18, 2009 9:34 AM
1st
March 18, 2009 9:36 AM
2nd...and how dare Funms DETHRONE this Shona Vixen????The claws are out!!!!
March 18, 2009 9:37 AM
3rd. Shona where did u come from?
March 18, 2009 9:39 AM
TE's hair is beautiful...it's been long since I saw natural hair in weaving looking so soft...
No comment about the bookshelf yet...please send us pix when it is fully loaded :-) so considerate of you to share with us...
March 18, 2009 9:42 AM
Not that m certain about this but I think the Mandinka tribe are from Gambia the ones who say 'sower' for 'shower' and 'shit' for 'sit'..na true talk Mama Bomboy!!..lol!!
Loving TE's hair...tell her the computer friends love it!!!
I voted for you o, now I do hope you voted for me too o..lol!!
March 18, 2009 9:42 AM
Aha the mighty bookself! LOL at 'computer friends'.
March 18, 2009 9:46 AM
aww! how cute. love her hair. I like the shelf. greetings from computer friends, lol
March 18, 2009 9:49 AM
come and weave my hair too pls........ ok, those vases..... the first one threw my mind somewhere else...Lord help me
March 18, 2009 9:51 AM
loll@computer friend' but dos marriage vases come resemble sumn
4rm afro's blog :-)
TE's hair is very foine....tel her i said so :-)
*congrats on ur nominations again
March 18, 2009 10:01 AM
I was just leaving a comment on ur previous post and you post another one?
*sulks
anyhus, hmmm those vases don't look like vases. They look like something else lol ;-) u do hair? So since I'm your 'computer friend' does that mean I can bring my big head for free?
March 18, 2009 10:08 AM
Congrats on your nominations! hehehe at the term "computer friends"...very cute!
March 18, 2009 10:23 AM
Yeah those Marriage vases look like they'd be on Afro's blog!!..lol..and m hoping that counter will put me back on the top spot where I deserve to be!!!
Gosh..my day @ work is dragging...
March 18, 2009 10:31 AM
THIRTEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTH!!!!!
How awesome!!!
I dont know about anyone else o, but to me those vase-like thingies look like "jazz" hehehehe.
Lovely hair your kid has.
March 18, 2009 10:38 AM
lol@doug...they are not jazz vases.
The Mandinka tribe are from the gambia...infact they are one of the lagest tribes in the country..Kunta Kinte's people ( just had to throw that in :))
Hahahahah Shona is so right, they also say chicken for kitchen!
The diva's hair is too fine.
March 18, 2009 10:43 AM
did you assemble that all by yourself? honest?
nice post. I agree they look like some kind of jazz pots lol
March 18, 2009 10:56 AM
Awww, your children are tooo cute!!
March 18, 2009 11:44 AM
patewo is back o!!!!beyonce and rihanna take note!!!diva in the building!!!!
March 18, 2009 12:06 PM
i wanted that bookshelf at some point! but i guess it wouldnt have blended with my room afterall.
i can iagine the grin on TE's face!
March 18, 2009 12:09 PM
her hair is really cute, so she knows u ve computer freinds lol.. congrats on ur other nomination
March 18, 2009 12:16 PM
by the way she has tilted her head to one side and shouldersher slightly raised...i can automatically tell hermood...so not surprised you say she was grinning...this has brought a smile to my face...
tell TE your computer friends say thank you o!
March 18, 2009 12:36 PM
I love TE's hair! As a natural hair advocate, I love to see kids showing their hair off! :)
The vases look good and so does the bookshelf. I have one similar to this one and it's filled to the brim with books.
By the way, the Mandinka tribe exists all over the western part of west africa (Gambia, Sierra Leone, Mali, Guinee, Burkina Faso, Northern Liberia and northern Cote d'Ivoire), they just go by different names (Mande, Mandingue, Malinke, Mandingo... etc...etc...)
Those vases are probably from the Bakongo people (I'm guessing since it's from the Congo). They actually look like Bakongo art pieces.
By the way, I'm so jacking TE's phrase! Hi Computer Friends! :D
March 18, 2009 12:50 PM
hahaha...ijust remembered when i used to plait my hair likedat!
lol...fun times!!
March 18, 2009 12:51 PM
Computer friends indeed, LOL. Tell her we love the hair.
I know nothing about art but am stealing the shelf idea. . .as soon as I can gather a few things to display.
March 18, 2009 2:09 PM
I like the bookshelf and was going to ask what those thing were cuz they looked a little suspect but Im glad you clarified it..lol. Your daughter's hair is very cute and I can just picture how wide her grin is. I updated my blog so please check it out
March 18, 2009 2:24 PM
lol at Computer friends! I love her hair...children are such a delight!
March 18, 2009 3:12 PM
tell the enforcer your 'computer friends' love her weave:)
March 18, 2009 3:29 PM
Solomon Sydelle, if you no wan make me and you enter one pant ehn, go and remove that rubbish you put up there asking for votes. What nonsense!!! No vex me ooO! And you even had the audacity to use your pikins as a begging tool. Oooooh, SSD, you dey vex me!
As 4 that marriage thing you got from Congo, it looks like two penises on two balls. And I'm not talking about the balls we play outside. Yes, you know the balls I mean. Maybe you should send the picture to Afrobabe. That's the kind of pic she uses on her posts. LOL
March 18, 2009 3:30 PM
Oh, I like your daughter's hair style. Used to do it when I was a kid. Used to be called, "Love Come Down"
...Dunno if that is still the name now
March 18, 2009 3:35 PM
ah vera i used to call it "rice, beans and dodo"
lmaoooooooooo!
March 18, 2009 4:17 PM
@ Shubbby Doo: Na you carry first!!!!
@ ShonaVixen: catfight!!!!!
@ Tigeress: Aunty Shona is clawing her way back to the stop. I wou;dn't get in her way oh. But, you be Tigeress, so, nothing do you, loL!
@ Rita: TE's hair is very soft and I must say it is due to the extreme care and diligence I put into it. We work hard to maintain a balance that makes life easier for her (the lady getting her hair done) and me (the lady doing her hair). =) How far?
@ SonaVixen: No you are right. I thought I edited it, when I pulled out my notes, but must have forgotten to put the proper tribe name in. Will do so now.
lol! Do they really say that? I learn something new everyday. You got my vote, Madam, but did not 'pay' me. I want some local treats from your side over there. And, am I the only one who thought Kinshar/Oyin was a Naija babe?
@ CaramelD: Na this be the bookshelf oh. We are yet to build the new computer desk. That will be a task.
@ Adaeze: lol! How are you? Are you all better now? Will swing by your side to check on you...
@ Funms: lol! The vases/bowls are actually very nice, at least I think so. I think I will take a close up picture of them for you guys...
@ LG: kekekeke!!!!! LG!!!!! You are too much! For anything on my blog to resemble one of Aunty Afrobabe's blog pictures.... lol!
Thanks for the congrats oh! And congrats to you babe!!!!
@ Nefertiti: Sorry to throw you off, I felt like updating midweek. Won't do it again, lol!
Maybe I should have called the vases bowls? Hmmm...
Did you say you have a big head? And you are asking for your hair to be done for free, after I toiled to do TE's hair? Na wa for you oh! lol!
@ GNG: TE has a way of saying the sweetest things when she wants to, lol! How are ya?
@ ShonaVixen: lol!!!! Hang in there at work ok? The weekend is on its way!
@ Doug: hahahahahaha! jazz ke?
@ Jarrai the Wordmerchant: Don't mind Doug, silly guy. I am quite sure the vases are not from Gambia based on the dealer I bought them from and my subsequent research. I referred to the incorrect tribe in the post. I really must correct the post. Will let the Diva know you dig her hair, but her head will swell, loL!
@ Dabizniz: No way, though it would have been possible. Husband and I worked on it, he did the heavy lifting, I simply slipped the littler things into place. Oh, and he used the necessary power tools. I will never use those things again, if I don't have to!
What is all this jazz stuff? lol! You these Naija people, sha, loL!
@ 1+The One: lol! Thanks so much. Are you a newbie to blogville, as I haven't seen your name around before. Off to check you out...
@ Tinu: lawl!!!!!!! Patewo indeed! hahahaha!
@ bumight: I first saw one at my neighbor's place. Seeing as my kids managed to not destroy it in all this time, I figured we could get one. Plus it is narrow enough to fit that space. Honestly, I wonder if it is too dark (the wood) for my room and the rest of the wood in there. But, I am going to be adventurous and blend styles and pieces. lol! How are ya?
@ brownskinnaijachic: Kai, ya name long no be small!!!! That one na helele, and people dey complain about my own? Haba. We get for christen you oh. "BSNC". All hail BSNC!!!!! That I can handle!
My daughter knows everything, my sista. Can't keep nothing from her lol! Thanks!
@ Shubs: lol!!! I will tell her, no problem!
@ Ms. Sula: Okay, God bless you. I have been under the impression that they were Mangetu/Mambetu wedding vases/vessels, actually. I think I will have to do another post on this when I get more info and if you can steer me in the right direction, please do...
@ Gee: I hope you didn't have to suffer the indignity of sitting with your head in some stranger's stinky lap as I did sometimes. God have mercy, just thinking back is making me nauseous...
@ Mojisola: lol!!! The shelf is a nice contemporary interpretation of the traditional bookcase and I really like it. Once I finish decorating it, it will hopefully be a place to catalogue our life sort of. You should get you one (forgive my ebonics, lol!)
@ Bookie19: How are you! Did you think they were jazz as well? lol!!!!!! Dabizniz and Doug thought so, but they are naughty Easier uncles. =)
Will swing by your side for your update soon.
@ Writefreak: lol! Children are indeed a delight. Thanks, will pass your compliment on to the Diva.
@ Fantasy queen: lol, will do. That will make her feel super!
@ Vera: hahahahaa! you are too much. My dear, if I want to get even one award, I have to oh! I know you have seen the competition because you are one of the many....
Why is everyone referring to Afrobabe because of those items of 19th/20th century African art? Can't we get all your minds out of the gutter this fine day? lol!!!!
@ Vera: "Love come down" ehn? Never heard that before. Thanks for the headsup
@ Gee: "rice beans and dodo"? buahahahaha! I shouldn't laugh, actually. Now I am hungry....
March 18, 2009 5:23 PM
I am obviously not first!!!
lol @ ur computer friends...the girl is right oh....when I am sad I come to check my computer friends too...
March 18, 2009 7:31 PM
cute shelf and the enforcer's hair looks cute. i'm fixing my niece's hair tomorrow. and i'll make her that style. thanks. and congrats on your nomination. as for the poor people like me when them nor nominate, we go just go cry our own for backyard. lol.
March 18, 2009 9:48 PM
Congrats on the nominations!
I like the bookshelf and the marriage vases as well. I have a huge bookshelf in my room filled with just books!
Tell TE we love her hair, it looks real cute. I miss the days of "Love come down" *sighs*
March 18, 2009 10:21 PM
I remember that feeling! When my mom used to do my hair, and I just felt like I was on cloud 900! lol.
I love the shelf. And, the vases go well with it.
P.S I voted fer' ya! :)
March 19, 2009 12:39 AM
lol @ computer friends... kids of nowadays - they see everything!
i remember that hairstyle! patewo with base
Congrats on ur nomination!!!x
March 19, 2009 3:02 AM
CONGRATULATIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!:-)
March 19, 2009 5:21 AM
Iya TE, The only thing that caught my eye in the pictures were the wrought iron dining seats.
They look lovely...
March 19, 2009 5:22 AM
Love the shelf. LOL @ computer friends! Her hair is nice..i've never been able to braid/weave hair. I really want to be able to make my kid(s)' hair!
Congrats on ur nomination and the awards u've won! Totally deserved!
March 19, 2009 8:10 AM
Congrats. You won twice o.
Interview Thursday is back, Care to check my blog for what Writefreak said about you?
March 19, 2009 8:25 AM
awww... let 'your diva' know that your computer friends think she has beautiful hair!!!
ef babe!
March 19, 2009 9:02 AM
hehe I concur with Shooby, TE has the grinning pose...aw, what a darling...tell her she has special computer friends too.
March 19, 2009 9:06 AM
Congratulationsssssss on ur award
March 19, 2009 9:58 AM
I'm loving your blog......
March 19, 2009 11:23 AM
Your daughter's hair is cute. It looks like she has a nice and full head of hair.
March 19, 2009 11:31 AM
Finally unpacking those boxes how many years later huh? Lol xx Nice shelf, I hope those strong children of yours don't push them over... I know my brother pushed a table down the stairs when he was about 2 or 3 years old... I'm just saying... Lol
March 19, 2009 11:32 AM
Nice hair TE!!! How could I forget to say that?!? From your computer Friend T!!! xx
March 21, 2009 9:00 PM
Firstly and more importantly, your daughter is such a beauty. You are in trouble...it wont be too long now when the boys start disturbing.
Secondly, whats that thing on top of the book shelf - that one with two pointy things.