Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts

16.9.12

Mama Africa


“I been gone for a minute but now I'm back with the jump off..." *does Lil Kim skank*

I'm bad, I know. So very bad. The thing is, I actually enjoy blogging a lot but once I get outta that routine, it’s so hard to get back again.

Its been a crazy few months man. Too much stuff to recap so you'll just have to bear with me…

I spent the first two weeks of August out of the UK. I went on the annual family 'holiday' to Nigeria and as per usual there was hardly ever a dull moment.

My mum celebrated her birthday out there so she had a little gathering to mark the occasion. There was fried fish, fried meat, fried chicken and fried turkey.

Being the oldest and the only girl out of her children it was my duty to serve her friends some food. The conversation went like this:

“Kemi, go to the back and ask everyone what they would like with their rice”

“Why are you giving them a choice, they will eat whatever we give them”

“Just go and ask”

So off I went, I got there and asked. Apparently I speak really fast or sound proper English or something cos I had to repeat myself three and a half times. When they finally understood what I was saying, everyone made their order then one dude asked if there was roasted lamb, I actually looked at him like this 0_o and was like “nah, we don’t have that so… fish, chicken, turkey or meat?”  #DPMO

When I told my grandma, she said that they were lucky that we didn’t just make puff puff and give them pure water to drink… I LOLd so hard cos I think part of her was being serious.

At this same gathering of my mums, one of her mates brought her mate along. My mums friend obviously didn’t tell her friend that it wasn’t a party party, more like a gisting session cos the first thing homegirl said when she came in and saw me, my siblings and cousins was “ah ah, what is this? I was hoping to find my husband here today!” Now this was said in Yoruba and if you can speak/understand Yoruba, you will know that it sounded too funny and if you’re not Yoruba then…

But yea man, it was a nice trip. Its always a pleasure to see my family and spend some time sleeping under a ceiling fan and eating fresh oranges. The only fly in the ointment is the random ‘casual’ enquiries into the status of my love life… #DropMeOut #CanILiveMyLifePlease

When I was out there, all I kept hearing was Davido‘Dami duro’ and that Azonto song, with that guy. My cousins challenged me to an Azonto-off…they won *hangs head in shame*

One of my older cousins has identical twin daughters…

♥ 

They were cool and that yea but basically, about seven minutes after this picture was taken, one of them kicked me in my throat, it was a madness cos I don’t know which one did it so I had nobody to direct my anger towards…

I’ll allow them though cos they’re sweet and they were arguing with eachother and it made me laugh. 

My Aunty did twist braids for me, so a special shout out to her! Also hol tite the Hausa man who gave me a free necklace and bracelet when I bought two bags off him in the market.

All in all Nigeria was a much needed and well deserved break. Im already looking forward to going back next year…

16.2.12

Random Vybes: Vol 3

Where i've been, what i've done, who I was with....


PARTY!

"From girls to women, to wives and mothers in Jesus name!...AMEN!"
 Me and the Old Skool crew

Poker Face

@MZB - she's so cool!

Birds Eye View of Labrinth

Disturbing London Photo Booth

Best. Surprise. EVER!

x

Backstage, access all areas or wallevs...

Debs and I

This lady really didn't know when to stop dancing!

Grove Park Stand Up!

My diary is already full up until the middle of next month so more pics soon come!

18.12.11

11/11/11: The Summary

So in my penultimate post which was at the end of October (it's bad I know) I mentioned that my mate @BobbiWande was gonna have a birthday party...

Basically that turned into a birthday party/leaving do cos he got a promotion at work and was moving to Turkey for three months! Sick innit....

The party was solid, unadulterated vibes, it was like a college reunion - even though I didn't go to his college

I really skanked so hard to the Afrobeats section, @aboutajonboy offered to buy me a drink cos he said I looked like I was melting - I was happy for the refreshment but also bugged cos I knew I must have looked swaggles, maybe that's why I didn't make the final edit too tough (more on that later)

But I digress...

The night was amazing, there was a certain atmosphere in the air; full of well wishes, happiness, progression, memories...it gave me everything!

Anyways, enough talking, here are a few snaps from the night:

The Birthday Boy

All smiles...

Cake No.1

Champagne Vibes

My Old Skool Babes

Vibes

Cake No.2 (spot my message!)
Kwarbs and Jules


Brotherly Love

Earlier on, I mentioned something about a 'final cut'... Here is what I was talking about...




Congratulations Bobs, we need to have a 'Welcome back to London/It's 2012/I'm on a vibe' party when you return!


30.10.11

11/11/11


Apart from being familiar with the whole two minute silence at 11:11am to honor those that died in the First World War, the above date has never really meant that much to me...

But this year all that is set to change...

If you're a regular reader of my blog you will know that I'm really good friends with Bobbi Wande, he's part of my top 5 selected.

So imagine my sheer glee when he announced (after alotta hype talk from myself and a few others) that he was having a 25th birthday party!

His birthday is on the 11th November (obviously) which this year falls on a Friday!

The hype building around his birthday is immense, he sent an e-vite - I made that up, it stands for e-mail invite...walleva - out to all his guests. I read it on my phone and after doing some serious LOLs, I opened it on my laptop and was immediately greeted with this picture:

The man himself!

I just had to ring him and let someone else hear the LOLs, instead of just me in the living room by myself... That was a good day *sigh* 

But anyways, I don't have anything else to say apart from:

I am excited

I dunno what to wear - it wont be nothing spectac so allows scrutinizing 

Its gonna be a real Twitter link-up - if you recognise me, holla me nah!

The afro-beats dancing session will be emotional

I don't wanna get caught slipping - there will be a photographer and someone filming aswell

If you're coming, see you there.... If you aint then...


Stay tuned for a post dedicated to that night!

14.10.11

Random Vybes: Vol 2

A few more snaps from my recent and not so recent escapades...

"Yo bartender, can I get five tequila shots and a sambuca " 

@WeAreSME blog party

Engrossed in the BB

Concrete Vans
Kwarbs

Happy Birthday Ads
x

Pizza East
Love It! 

"Keep rockin' and keep knockin'
Whether you Louboutin it up or Reebok'n"
This shot is called a BlowJob...
cos you're spose to drink it without using your hands
o_0


Happy Birthday Crenshaw
x

Camden

*wipes drool from keyboard*

Happy Birthday Keds
x

Like Drizzy Drake says:

"I live for the nights I can't remember, 
with the people that I won't forget"

1.3.11

Bon Bon Vie: Birthday Soul

It was my friends birthday recently and to mark the occasion, she had a week long celebration... 


Amidst cocktail making and Usher watching (we went to the concert, one word: A-MAZING!) she also found time to get serenaded at a bar we went to - NOT by Usher but that would have been A-MAZING aswell


The event was called 'Poetry N Motion'...iLoved it! It was so cool and mature...it had a true vybe. It reminded me of the kind of place that Moesha and Q would have gone on one of their dates...singing, spoken word and a few laughs...


So anyways, my friend was on her way to the loo when this happened...




Needless to say she was a taken aback but I think she secretly enjoyed it! I mean the guys voice was hot chocolate on a cold night...


Here's to more birthdays and more vybsings for 2011 and beyond! #NoBuzzLightYear