As the Holiday Ends....

...I look back on both this year and this short holiday I have had. It was very eventful being in Lagos so do I say I enjoyed it? As the Naija to the Core lady, I tried to achieve everything and go everywhere in 13 days - c'est nes pas possible! Well I managed to do about 85%, which to me is really good - went for lunch/dinner, attended a play, went out at night, went to bars and went for a few weddings, get-togethers, engagements.

Very stressful as it was not relaxing in any way, sleeping for three hours each night and spending half of my days at the tailors, I wouldn't say it was a holiday - plus there was family stuff to do! All in all, it was still fun cos now I miss it :-/

I would like to very much highlight our younger generation in this post (well not really younger as we are in the same generation but at this age, we still call them juvvies). I have two sisters so I had first hand experience. I have to say, apart from being the rockers of today i.e. our time has passed, they are very much involved in other stuff such as charity work, fashion shows, concerts and as such, they organise them. What did WE do when we were that age and on holiday apart from pose here and there? I guess they are doing all this stuff in our hindsight as they are also starting businesses and the like. I have some of their events below:

(i) Fusion - Fashion Show (link)

Charity Fashion Show in aid of the fight against illiteracy, poverty and aids with appearances by D'Banj, Banky Wellington, Ikechuckwu, Amplifyd crew, etc.

Click here for facebook link

(ii) Do Sumthing Positive Nigeria Event

Charity fundraiser for Friends of the Disabled organisation.

Click here for facebook link

(iii) Home Sweet Home Party Video

Click here for facebook link

(iv) On Angels Wings - Charity Benefit Fashion Show

I blogged about this earlier.

Click here for facebook link

(v) The Official Hypnotiq Launch in Nigeria

Click here for facebook link

MORE GREASE TO THEIR ELBOWS - I didn't attend any of them but I heard most went really well.

To those still on holiday in Naija, for more info on what's on/new or what to do in Nigeria, visit these sites:

• What's New? NG
• Where to Go in Lagos dot com
• Cube Street International
• The Palms, Lekki (new, refurbished website)
  
  

Please come back for my next post which talks about 2007 going forwards and Nigeria. Happy New Year! xxx

Tis the Season............

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Ok so I blogged on Christmas day (at like 11pm Naija time tho! hehe)

Well not much to say today, I'll be back tomorrow.

R.I.P. James Brown - The King of Soul who died at age 73 from sever pneumonia.

Click for his obituary here and here for a James Brown profile.

Broadway Nigeria.........

Nigerian Theatre and Arts have always been in the picture, long before Nollywood. However the popularity of the Nollywood Home Video has camouflaged the novelty of watching plays and going to theatres and shows.

The National Theatre - built and established in 1977 has long been the heart of Nigerian Arts, Culture and Entertainment.

Muson Centre - even though founded much later, has also seen thousands of plays dating back to the early/mid '90s.

Terra Kulture - opened in 2004 is also another hotspot for shows and the likes and things that are art-related. It is a nice place to visit where you can see artifacts and experience a Bedrock feel....lol when my friend told me it looked like Bedrock, I asked her if she'd ever been to Bedrock lol - madam Flintstone!

Anyway Laspapi is a fantastic playwright lol I sound like I've already seen his work anyways I've seen pictures and read his blog often and he sounds too good not to be lol! He's done quite a few and its a shame I missed his The Gods are not to Blame - sounds like that was a major one. So you can take a look at his blog or the CORA blog (which is for the Committee for Relevant Art ).

Happy Holidays and to those in Lagos, I advise you all who are around to go and watch his play showing on the 26th of December - Wole Soyinka's - The Swamp Dwellers (see flyer below).

More later - I have given myself the challenge to blog on Christmas Day lol (sad I know).

Did You Know?!

GUESS WHO'S IN LAGOS TONIGHT AND BENIN TOMORROW?!

I didn't! Well I heard something vaguely but I didn't think it was true.

This is thanks to Naijavixen of course! More info on her post here. I will update more stuff later today - I am swamped! More details of events in Naij coming later.

P.S. Look out for Plays going on this Christmas courtesy of Laspapi.

Have a good one! :o)