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cococandy:
Sounds like igbo. Ganiru (move forward)

Never thought igbo and Arabic could sound alike

naijababe:
Na you and me dey go that Ummrah! It's on my bucket list . That thread is prolly about two years old, na dem Mac and tbaba force my hand, thank you. If I knew then what I know now, I should either be a journalist or politician

Oya one day o na you go pay sha o

Very deep. . A bit heavy and one I can relate to a bit but I no reach you at ALL....wow you are indeed well read in the Islamic Faith. It is well.
See all those brothers pining for you to get back into the fold. I have some kain mentors from back then too who keep saying I will reconvert.

Make we no go heavy in Funroom ojare.. true o you would make a good journalist or politician.Follow me join UKIP naa or You fit join SNP..people like us go be novelty and we go be poster girls for their 'inclusivity' and 'diversity'

r231:
Hurry up!!!


Aunty Ganiyatu.....eku irole oo

Its Ganiyyat.

naijababe:
Second name kwa?! My muslim remains my first name to this day. All my official documents carry it and my in-laws tried to get me to change it but realised that it was not going to happen. Me, I be Rasheedat till I die o!!!

my mum still calls ganiya sometimes to tease me or she says 'eleyi ti won ti fe so yin di deaconess se e ti change e si Grace' translation this one that you are about to become a deaconess have you changed it to Grace

**don't mind my mum joor these days my faith is just a way for her to poke fun at me she still wants me to go on ummrah or hajj with her one day.**

I am hooked on that thread...you write very well Naijababe.

naijababe:
Lol...............nigbati Lenny Kratitz de hot nko?
It's all here
https://www.nairaland.com/1256419/forex-trade-haram-halal/3
I swear down! Used to drive some of my bubbling friends nuts

I always knew there was a reason we clicked my muslim name is also Ganiyah.its still my second name till date and I always get funny looks from my Christian friends when asked what the G in my intials stand for... my dad was Abdul Ganiyu (me and the man just had one kain bond)

edwife:
please can i see a pic? dami or naijababe....share your hijab pic

I can't find any of mine I wish I did actually.I lost a whole lot of my secondary school pictures with my year book when we moved house

Mine was funky hijab o..I used to wear jeans and lipgloss plus kajal

naijababe:
^ No be only Hijabi o I was a ninja sef - as in the whole shebang with socks too

So how did you go from ' averting your gaze' to crushing on Lenny Kravitz .

I used to wear an Hijab in secondary school and did the whole MSS thing year 1 and year 2 but did not go the whole ninja hog.. I too like fashion

Ewuro4:
Royal Roy, Naijababe and Damiso, where were you when this album lunched?... Makes me remember "my days"

Aww you are making me reminisce gidi gan oh.. I think I was still in Secondary school maybe about to write WAEC.

I remember me and my besties miming to TLC-'Digging on you' at one variety show like that I think it was at FGGC Ijanikin or so.We wore the whole shebang- crop top and palazzo pants while trying to style our wash and set hair like TLC ; I was Chilli(cool chic that I am ).

Meanwhile me and my besties were proper omo alhajas..I was vice amirah of MSS while one was Amirah and the other head of sisters circle In short we were 3 out of the 7 people that wrote IRS at WAEC.God knows the snitch who told our IRS teacher Mr Ashim the egba(cane) we chopped no get part 2. The man really took it personal o haa he could not believe it..But we sef wan be bubblers na You could see the disappointment on his poor face.

The whole Muslim children thing was so intense in my secondary school..We even had a separate class in JSS and they used to call us "awon omo ile kewu'. .The man used to police around for prayers sef.I wonder where he is now.If that man knows I am now a Christian Oh well life sha.Funny enough even Amirah too is now a Christian

Naijababe so you were an Hijabi..omo daadaa

alutacontinua:
I still have to trace our genealogy, we must be related somewhere somehow
The look on my face when someone tries to give me that pecking thingy in the name of greeting once had a roomy who loved doing it, dunno when I bursted on the street one day the girl was just looking like WTF is wrong with you

Lool its kuku possible we could be related..

I actually don't mind hugs and pecks with my personal people but when one random brother in church who we just say 'hello' 'hello'now wants to give me choke hold all in the name of saying happy new year at crossover service (yes it happened) na corner eye I give am.I stretched out hand he grabbed me I just quickly converted it to side hug (very good at that ) make one random bro no come dey use style tap unnecessary current .

I can be very friendly while still maintaining a certain degree of appropriateness when dealing with people. We suppose don dey one level for us to be hugging or pecking when we greet.

Ewuro4:
Dami continue yabbing IB oh. Yes it's called shampion

Flexitime oh, less hrs oh.. Drop something, NA so Ijebu woman dey take style escape settlement.

You can say that again jare, they SOO need us, I'm swamped in homework ( Advance calculus without use of calculator ) even Kumon is no help

Congrats sis.

Thank you sis our own omo onile now collects Credit Card(or ike like R231 calls it ) has your own gotten to that level yet? if they have will pay by credit card we have 'santa' all the money for Christmas

Yes oo Kumon esp the younger ones is just extra work for you the parent as well jare..Sometimes It feels like you are going to school all over again . You are trying calculus ke by the time mine gets to calculus level na private tutor things o abeg na money I wan dey count these days

Happy Sunday Everyone.

Sometimes people just don't know where to draw the line..call me bush but I don't even get random people I am not close to trying to famz and hug me as an adult not to talk of kissing a child that is not yours on the mouth

I have told my daughter who likes all those touchy feely things that only mummy and daddy are allowed to give you kisses on the mouth..my son is kinda reserved and won't even give you a cuddle if he is not used to you...

The line should be drawn at cuddles and even that sef (that's me with other people's kids) depends on the level of closeness.

EfemenaXY:
Those pics sef...they get more ridiculous as you progress downwards.

The first is okayyyy....but the last is just a joke. How do they make love missionary style, I wonder?

Efe haf kee me..my imagination is going wild here

True love conquers All

Edwife all this your pinshures I think relative financial success helped the causes of this brothers sha Julius agwu had always joked that he would not marry a short woman as he had still not forgiven his parents for getting married to each other

Just joking...I think its an individual thing jare.

Ewuro4:
Wetin una dey talk, just cause wehave rusty roofs doesn't mean we can't ride an escalator.

CC correct me if I'm wrong, aren't there escalators at the old Kingsway mall Ibadan in Late '70s/'80s ?

Edwife how's your new year? Acada don finish?

Damiso you're back to work ehn, you don't want to make the announcement to avoid owo omo onile.

Naijababe how are you dear, long time. I thought you said you're coming to Calgary?

you no say I be omo eko (Lagos gal) na we be champion (abi is it shampion in IB ) for collecting owo omo onile... how I for do am my sister...On flexi time though and less hrs. One needs to juggle both jare.Awon omo yii need wa (these kids need us).

My uncle used to live Alagbole and work in VI..at a point he stopped driving to work and joined thestaff bus from Berger.After that sef he used to come over sleep over at ours in Yaba like 2 or 3 times a week.He vacated the property after his two year tenancy ended and this was a bachelor.If memory serves me right sef parts of Alagbole is even in Ogun state.My bro abeg for your own sanity follow this advise

tollu:
Ewo tun ni Alagbole?
I have a friend who works in VI and lives at Ojodu Berger and complains BITTERLY about getting to and fro work. Now to add Alagbole to it. I wish I could help by offering you some available flats for rent, however, I know nothing about that.
Please intensify your search and look at Ikeja, Yaba, Ebutte Metta, Bariga, Akoka, Gbagada etc. My consideration is your wife.
However, if you guys can find another job for her on the mainland, then Alagbole is fine.
All the amenities and space you are seeing in the Ikorodu flat is not worth it at the end of the day.
From you quote about online pictures, it appears you are using those tolet.ng and co.
You and your wife can spread the word to your friends and colleagues that you are looking for an apartment, they might also be able to help.

At bolded esp..my sis and her fiance got a 3 bed apartment in Akoka for about 400k believe me even if its 450kthe wear and tear on your cars, family life, stress saved etc is worth the 150k diff (if you can afford it)..Like tollu said apply a multi dimensional /multi channel strategy to your search.

Even in the UK where life is a bit less stressful than Lagos because of a more robust transport system (I have also lived and worked in Lagos) I have done the long commute as a newly married person with no children and then later one child its really stressful.Now with childcare etc I would not advise anybody with little children esp to do more than a 40 min commute to work (driving or public transport).All the best with your search.

Armyofone are you sure that your 'posh' palate can still cope with sabo ibadan things?

naijababe:
Gbogbo long tin, you go wait tire



wetin be that? Abeg tell me in yoruba, I nor hear engrish

Serious long thing o e be like say dat boy no go ready in the next ten yrs


They did not tell this one that the well wishes are not free

bukatyne:
Happy new year

Same to you ..may it be a fruitful productive and healthy one for us all by His Grace

bukatyne:
Ask him why he asked you to buy the land, there might be something running in his mind

Did you know his attitude towards women before I.e. during courtship?

Whatever the case, you need to reply build up your daughter with words and actions before she begins to feel inferior

Seconded..

EfemenaXY:
Congratulations in advance. It's on the 10th of January isn't it?

Thank you Efe Wow you have a sharp memory you almost got it ..Its on the 15th (same day as Martin Luther King sorry I just had to add that)

Happy new year

naijababe:
Give me a hug babe
Where are the usual suspects?! Abi una never recover from all the partying ni?
Wish everyone a productive and successful 2015. May our roads be rough

(((((((Hugs)))))) babes....

This my lazy bug no get part 2 .I guess all the usual suspects don catch the bug.

I just got up from bed and realised that today is Jan 2nd so I need to call off my strike (not cooked or done proper chores since Christmas day). Kids back in nursery and school plus work next week so I better face reality quickly. .

Why don't we get a 'january blues' bank holiday naa or prince harry should just marry or something.

Happy New Year FunRoom Familia

bebe2:
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Choi
my sister no vex o
I probably no notice am

If e be like dat flash me, text me , email me.
sha bombard me till I listen

Happy new darling

No problem sis will def do..

Happy new year bebe and everyone may 2015 be a good one for everyone.

Aunty bebe I sent you a WhatsApp message onr time you no reply o May God continue to increase your business.

edwife:
Noolywood tv too showed it sometimes ago,i did not record it but this time around i am waiting for them.....

My dear,i am praying for a strike or just something to come up(snow,anything that will keep me indoor ).

Me too. But I don't think it happening.

My birthday is in January sha(even though I will be at work ) so at least something to look forward to.

So chakademus and pliers are not African? I never knew o He is so right about African people marching up to DJs even at Kiddies parties.. ;DI don't get how Naija people think' baby pull over 'and the likes is the only music suitable for a 5 year old birthday party.You know how kids love Pharells'happy'((my daughter best song of the year) I heard someone moan at a kiddies party when the dJ played it.

This Clifford owusu is just cray cray

Always wanted to watch phone swap will look on the planner to see if OHTV will repeat it again and record.


Hello everyone...as much as I am excited about the new year my lazy self is not looking forward to the end of this lazing period We go start mad rush again from 6th January *sighs* why can't I just win the 100 million pound Euromillion lottery (see how can I win when I never play)

My favourite part of weddings esp Yoruba weddings is the traditional engagement esp all the hassle they make the groom and his family go through.It might not be cool or modern but I love the rich tradition and drama.alagas ( traditional mcs)are so hilarious

I don't think whatever yam,orange, malt ,dried fish etc my husbands family brought was up to a fraction of what my parents spent on our wedding not to talk of my education and bringing me up.There was no bride price and they too also got gifts back to share among their kin.

If he says we bought yam me too I will I say 'See how you were prostrating like your life depended on it' I say it sef you saw fine gal and flew miles and prostrated In front of the whole world

Lovely topic Stillfire(by the way I loved your other name Stillwater still waters run deep if that was you )....

The historical angle Is very informative.Its truly not our culture to have heavily dependent women.In Yoruba language there is even a derogatory term for a woman who relies on her husband for everything financially (I don't neccesarily always agree with how it's used though esp by one uncle dayokanu like that ) it's called alabodo( feed so you can sleep with).I grew up around very very industrious bold independent women who accomplished a lot both in business and career so I have never really lived or experienced a person being denied the ability to achieve her potentials cos she is a woman.I agree that's my reality though and might not be fair to think some other women or girl children did or do not have to battle such prejudices.

bukatyne:
This is an epistle! Lol!

I do not think I am superior to gays and vice versa... I will will not deprive them of their rights or entitlement if I have such position. That said, I do not agree with their sex.ual orientation.
This
@Other people, elders etc. I do not discriminate and give the best fit for the job. I do not even believe in quota system of 10 women must sit in This panel and then 10 women are gotten whether they are suitable or not.

Abi o real epistle and I said to myself no more epistles on NL esp on this topic it just goes on and on..

Bukatyne its very easy to say one won't deprive them of their rights or we will treat everyone equally but one way or the other we all fall short.I however agree that the start is not seeing oneself as necessarily superior to the other.That sef is hard, even being of one religion people think they are definitely going to heaven and the person of the other religion is definitely going to hell so in otherwords they are superior.

.let me give a scenario will you as a registrar in a UK registry have no qualms AT ALL marrying a same s.ex couple? Its their right (gay marriage is legal in the UK) refusal to do it based on your beliefs or faith is actually perceived as discrimination. A Christian couple were sued when they refused to book a single room with a double bed in their bed and breakfast for a gay couple. They said their business doubled as their home and allowing that under their roof went against their faith.They lost the case and were asked to pay damages as it was seen as discrimination.

naijababe:
Isn't there some comfort in some things that never change

Hi Bukatyne..

Compliments of the season to you


I actually agree with most of your original post. I too think its boring the way feminism is dragged into everything I.e. 'my bro wife refused to give me meat' next thing 'the wife must be a feminist' I also dislike the way everything must be adjudged according to gender lines and as such issues that are sometimes peculiar to a couple have to turn into pages upon pages of gender wars.

That said the part I disagree with in your post is when you made a mention of homo.sex.ual people.Britain(will use that cos I live there and have studied this subject academically) actually has a legislation called the Equality and Diversity Act and the underlying premise is that Everyone is equal regardless of race,GENDER (I bolded that for a reason), age, religion, se.xual orientation, disability etc etc.

See definition:
Equality and diversity is a term used in the United Kingdom to define and champion equality, diversity and human rights as defining values of society. It promotes equality of opportunity for all, giving every individual the chance to achieve their potential, free fromprejudice and discrimination.

That definition is almost the same as that of feminism only replace with women's rights.So in essence like feminism it seeks to say that we are all Equal which is what most modern feminist tend to agree with.To say you dont agree with gay people means you have a prejudice against them. So in essence if you agree that gay people are not like everybody else like it is in Nigerian law you are actually don't believe in an Equal society for All. If you discriminate against a disabled person or think an older person might not necessarily be good for a job based on their age alone (not based on skills experience and readiness to do a job) you don't believe in a truly equal society.(note those ifs are not second guessing your beliefs pls clarify where you think differently).

I used to think that society should treat ALL people equally and have an interest (both academically and profdessionally) in Equality and Diversity but the more I study it as well as experience real life I see that a truly EQUAL society is an Utopia that sadly does not exist.

Some of the principles of TRUE EQUALITY (not just gender equality) also go against my faith in some aspects. So all in all its a very subjective topic.

Note also upon all the legislation (which am sure was to pander to some certain groups ) Britain is still a largely inequal society in certain respects.