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June 1, 2016

Asun Recipe Fail [Kinda]: iCook

My asun recipe fail is the topic today. The last time I did an iCook post, it was about my epic chin chin fail. This time, the fail is for asun, but it was not epic. I'm even almost sad that I didn't fail more. So let me tell you about my asun. It happened over the weekend, and this past weekend was a holiday for us because of Memorial Day. On Friday, we attended a traditional Yoruba wedding for our friends Mikki and Ayo, and then on Sunday, we attended their wedding in Washington D.C, and Read More

May 24, 2016

Note To Ada Verastic: There’s Rice At Home

One thing that Nigerian parents are famous for doing is telling their children that there's rice at home whenever the children dare to ask for any food outside. It's never any other food that's offered but rice. Rice. Rice. Rice. I have spent a chunk of my life making fun of Nigerian parents, including mine, and now, I find myself as a said Nigerian parent. Does that mean that I can't make fun of Nigerian parents anymore? Well, I still plan on saying and doing some of the things that our parents Read More

May 19, 2016

Let Me Tell You How I Lost A $6,000 Contract Yesterday

I don't ideally write posts like this one, but I was so mad and so sad that I had to channel my emotions into a new blog post. So for the past couple of days, I have been going back and forth on a campaign for Verastic. The total payout would have been $6,000. At the current exchange rate of N340 per dollar, that would have been over two million naira. I was this close to closing the deal. This close. In fact, I had already calculated all the things I would do with my brand new six thousand Read More

May 11, 2016

Journal #16: April 2016

Welcome to May. April 2016, too, is now a thing of the past. How did your April go? I’m thinking that I did not do much in April, but we’ll know for sure by the end of this post. So let’s get to it: Listen To Your Mother: In the month of April, I attended my last rehearsal for this show, and in the week of the event, I was quite emotional. Then I went for the event, and honestly, I am still high from it. Standing there, telling my story and having people laugh and cheer and clap. Wow. Read More

May 9, 2016

Let Me Tell You About Chinasa, Our Neighbor Of Before-Before

Growing up, I had a cousin who lived with us in Jos. Well, actually, I had two cousins. But the one I want to talk about today is Nachi. Nachi's dad is my dad's immediate younger brother, and he (Nachi) is two years older than me, so we were pretty much like 5 and 6 when we were younger. Anyway, my dad's clinic wasn't in Jos; it was in Mangu, which was about 45 minutes away from us in Jos, so we were back and forth very frequently. At one point, we were renting a house in Mangu that was a Read More

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