For The Wanderer In You...

Hey yall, Happy New Year! - it's still ok to say that right?... Wallevs!

Last year was so so for me but absolutely amazing for those around me...my family and friends achieved so much, it was inspiring and encouraging to see.

So it feels right for my first post of 2012 to be about said achievements...

Say hi to Tobi and Joey aka...

We went uni together many eons ago and have remained friends since... They're a funny pair whom I don't get to hang out with half as much as I'd like :-(

Anways, they are the founders/CEOs/joint designers of their own male accessories line which juxtaposes street culture with a gentlemanly twist. The ethos behind their brand is to create bespoke pieces which add a touch of style to the the daily commute, long haul flight or even mountain trek...

They have a workshop where all their crazy genius comes to life... this is the kind of stuff they get up to there....

Nomadic People Intro from NomadicPeopleUK on Vimeo.

Having been to the workshop myself and seeing with my own two eyes some of the plans they have, I know they're gonna churn out some good stuff so don't be surprised if you see me (I know its for men but gellout!) rocking one of their bags, shoot i'd even use their wallet cos true say my purse is falling apart...

Don't tell them yea but i'm tryna worm my way into their head office because they are going places and I for one have no qualms about riding on peoples coat tails, a girls tryna get paid yo! 

For more information about Nomadic People, visit their website here or follow them on Twitter

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...

Everyone Loves Bobbi from olan collardy on Vimeo.

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

The Life...

I just noticed that although the title of this blog is called 'Life...And Other Things' I don't actually talk about my Life alot, I more focus on the Other Things. That's because not that much happens in my day to day life that I deem blog-worthy...

But in case you were wondering, here's what's going on in my life at the moment...

On Saturday just gone, me and my mum took my youngest brother to uni. I bought him a desk and built it with my bare hands!

I built this with my BARE HANDS! Grrr!

Anyways, when we were leaving, I shed a couple tears...that's my baby brother maaan...

Oh and...

I'm currently looking for a job, even though i've only been looking for two weeks, im already SO OVER IT!

Errm...

I've been drinking water for like the past five days cos i'm on a detox programme a.k.a there aint no drink in my house...

Oh yea...
I got addicted to eBay for about a week.
Had about 32 items on my Watch List. 
Ordered three things, they arrived this weekend...only one thing is as described, the other two seem to be destined for the charity shop...
or maybe I can try sell them...
on eBay ...

So...

I downloaded a new BBM smiley app and have fallen in love with the below image...

It conveys so much...

Those who have me on BBM will know that I use this at least four times a day, whether it be in convos or on status updates...

Everytime I use it, i'm actually making that face...

I also...

*taps chin*...

Hmmm...

Now do you see why I don't blog about my life!

Militant Sounds

This year just keeps getting better...

I see so many people around me setting and smashing targets..

This is Michael Agyei...

I've known him for over half of my life! We went to secondary school and college together and have remained firm friends since...

He is an up'n'coming gospel artist and a preacher and spoken word poet going by the name of Lyrical Soldier.

On Saturday he hosted his own concert in the heart of London's West End; Oxford St.

It was a beautiful evening filled with laughter, dancing and of course, music.

What a blessing it was to see the room packed with people from all walks of life come together to worship and praise God on a Saturday night...

There were many performances and collaborations with the likes of
The ONE Acapella
Shadrach Stone
Kia
Conrad
Child of Zion
Jake Isaac
Ekklesia
Joel Duntin
NLA
Conrad
and
Dilema

These are all the (semi-good) pics I was able to capture - I was too busy dancing 

The One Acapella

Lyrical Soldier and Shadrach Stone

Don't watch the shaky camera, as I said, I was too busy dancing!

If you want to find out more about Lyrical Soldier, please visit his website


Much love to you Mike! 

'Nothing ventured, nothing gained...'

I'm tryna pursue that elusive feeling we call 'happiness'... i'm currently focusing on my career related happiness...

I've been interning on and off now for about 4 months and it is well tiring...you're basically working for free... lifting, carrying, sorting, phoning, emailing....alot of ings really!

These placements have been in Press Offices for well known high street shops, one of which was ok, another of which was *thumbs down* and the one im currently doing is really good...so far...it's only been a week but ya know...

In order to keep my head above water financially, i've also been working in the evenings (NOT as Lady of the Night mind you!) but in a call centre...doing...market research *shudder* and before you ask; YES it is depressing....

This is how my day goes:

07:30 :- wake up

08:30 :- leave house and go to internship in Oxford St

09:30 :- arrive at internship and commence all the 'ings' mentioned earlier

16:00 :- leave internship and head to call centre in central London (peak travel time...London Underground...need I say more?)

17:00:- start shift at call centre (non-stop talking *dry mouth*)

21:00 :- leave call centre and head home

22:00:- arrive home and scrounge around in the kitchen in order to fill my belly

23:30 :- bed time

I know that this may not sound like much to some people but it's alot for meee, I aint used to all this labour, my whole body aches and my eyes feel heavy all the time :-( 

I just hope and pray that this hard work and effort pays off but you know what they say...