Missing MMNC already

Of to the motherland today and I may not be able to blog as often, I'll try though...I am leaving a list of things to do while I'm away and not blogging about nonsense!

1. Watch Aye o lo mo kan

2. Watch Risikat, its funny as hell!

3. Read Half of a yellow sun and purple hibiscus if you have not already done so-a review of the thing around your neck coming soon!

4. Listen to music from 10 years ago!

5. Buy a new pair of shoes

6. Learn a foreign language

7. Watch X-men if you haven't seen it!

8. Learn to bake

9. Fall in love(Oplala- if you did not go to school in Naij, it means the point is non-existent!)

10. Involve yourself in some volunteer work! especially volunteering with children, it is gratifying!

For want of something to do right now, I have written this blog!!!!I'm going to miss this though. I know I sound like there is no civilisation in Nigeria but the internet in our house is slower than a snail and I don't have the patience for it...

I can make custard and tea!

Aye o lo mo kan! I love Funke Akindele!!!she is legendary!
ok so the film was about a spoilt brat who could not look after her husband...and this was the problem. I like the way the man did not leave her though,however the story line kinda annoyed me...for various reasons.
1. Why did the girl have to be a spoilt brat who grew up in england
2. Why did growing up in england mean that she could not cook(might I add that, I have never had a meat pie in england!)
3. Why was it such an issue that she could not cook
4. Why did they OTT the whole pant issue
5. Why was the untidy room a big deal?

You could have a girl who actually was not spoilt i.e. her parents disciplined her and taught her manners but she just never conformed...my sisters and burramint (till she realised cooking is therapeutic) could not boil water! I wasn't cooking till I was in SS2 and that caused me to be an outcast...but my mum did teach me, like I knew that I should cook but I didn't.

I know alot of people who grew up in England and are better behaved than some who grew up in Nigeria. In the end, its not where you grow up, its how! Your home is the greatest determinant for how you will turn out, not the area, or country!

My aunty does not like cooking and she is married with kids, she can cook, but she does not so what's the difference, can't cook, won't cook, all na the same!!However does this make her a 'bad wife', 'mother' or 'woman' because she will not be a norm?? My mummy cannot ro (make) amala and she cannot cook jollof rice, basic to some, rocket science to her.*actually she learnt how to make amala for 2, a month ago!jollof rice is still a challenge

I have not handwashed my underwear in 2 years, sue me, so!why is that a determinant of her usefulness at home???and my room is constantly untidy but that has nothing with being 'ke(d) baje or ju', I hate tidying!

The good thing is that the man did not audi the babe which would have been typical for the naija husband!*the whole impregnating the househelp was so the norm!!!! but to be fair there was no need to go on asif the girl would not survive at all if she couldn't do those things!!I love love love the film though and I recommend it to anyone who misses and loves jenifa!

Tomorrow must wait

I should do a follow up on the role of women but I have been interested by something else!

At my Diva's graduation, her mum in her speech commented that she was proud that she didn't disgrace her...this is true! She told a story about a girl who had been sent to school in the Amerix and rather than go to school, paid for her boyfriend to go to school!WOW!! talk about self-sacrifice. Today I watched a nigerian movie(the joys of post-exam lounging) called Tomorrow must wait which was the exact same storyline except it was set in a 'prestigious university' in Nigeria!! My initial reaction was 'what a stupid girl!'...I have since wondered, was I right to think that about her. Obviously there are pros and cons. She has wasted four years of her life, her parents money, shame and disgeace on the family, little prospects for tomorrow seeing as she has no degree (debateable) and as for the boyfriend, he may never talk to her again although he is indebted to her for her self-sacrifice!
However I am confused still as to whether I think the girl was a fool or not...like it was an amazing measure of sacrifice and can be said to be love not even for her boyfriend but for another human being...but was she stupid to make this sacrifice and will she reap valuable reward...was it worth it?

So random blog!