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Needlelady, stop being emotional!. It's the truth, I highly doubt if there is any American girl that would use a tissue (unless it's for personal reasons) for her period. Pads here are cheap. What am I even writing? They even have it in high schools and at some public places, whereby, if your period comes unannounced, you can buy easily buy it. And the poster who is referring to Ajegunle girls wearing pads, how do you know? One may ask me how I could come by such reasoning, but I am being upfront that no girl here in America, would simply decide to use alternative protection, because of the inaccesibility or high cost of sanitary pads. It's different at some places like Zimbabwe (as another guy mentioned) where food is the first priority before buying pads. I live in the boarding house, and quite a number of times, I used to hear of stories of embarrasing incidents that girls endured because of an 'accident'

I have seen the ad on tv, and never paid attention to it, until you questioned the motive of the advertisement. Those sanitary products are out of reach for some girls from less privileged homes, and as such resort to less desirable protection like toilet tissue or worse, leaves to absorb the flow. Now, I wont be surprised if they simply take some time off school for convenience sake. It can be embarrasing.

If I am not mistaken, but I think I read the same story in the NY times. It was about the heartache of a man, who either won the green card lottery or was based in the USA, and then filed to bring over his kids. Then boom, DNA was done on the kids, and unfortunately he found out that one or so of the kids does not belong to him biologically. His wife (either alive or not) had cheated on him. He was devastated. The story is sketchy in my imagination, but I am sure I read it.

Nice and creative cakes! I have always maintained that cakes from Nigeria taste way better than cakes from yankee. Some may disagree though.

Absolutely!. Unless she is willing to convert to Christianity.

To ladies, I have to advise you to look before leaping.

If you live in Nigeria, and your step child is a male, know for certain that if hubby passes away, and does not update his will, and have a bad relationship with your step child, chances are tradition would side with him if he wants to kick you out of your matrimonial home. It happens, so dont walk into such relationships blindly.

When I was young, I wanted to be an adult, so I would be free from parental 'intrusion', now that I am old, I wish I was a child once again, under the care of my parents.

Picture was taken in downtown San Jose, not downtown Oakland.

It's deceitful to encourage people to rate your book when they have not even read it. Haba!

Stillwater, abeg leave am alone.

Olabowale, Happy Easter!

Wonderful memories of Nigeria indeed. Abeg no do make I begin dey yearn to move back to Nigeria and relieve my childhood. One could say that the epileptic electricity in Nigeria had a positive outcome. Otherwise, we would have been stuck watching Television instead of engaging in the outdoors.

Which one be "pre-Akpan ekpo problems"?

NIGERIAN ARMY OFFICER EMERGES BEST LAW STUDENT IN LONDON PDF Print E-mail
A Nigerian Army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Effiong Udounwa, has emerged the best graduating student in International Law from the University of Westminster, London in the 2006/2007 Academic Session. Colonel Udounwa who bagged the University’s LLM degree at Distinction level, also won the maiden edition of the Oxford University Prize for international Law. Born in July, 1969 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Lieutenant Colonel Udounwa who was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1991 as a member of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Regular Course 38, has been Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) since 2005. He also holds a masters degree in Defence Studies from the National University of Bangladesh. Colonel Udounwa was the Aide – de – Camp (ADC) to the Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), from 2001 to 2003, and was later appointed General Staff Officer 1 Operations and Training for 34 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army, from 2004 to 2006. He had his childhood education at Lutheran Primary School, Nung Udoe from 1973 to 79, and Lutheran High School, Obot - Idim also in Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State from 1980 to 1985. Col Udounwa who enjoys reading and travelling is married with three children.

http://www.nigerian-army.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97

One converts to Christianity.





http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080322/ts_nm/pope_easter_dc

Why it is called "Good" Friday" is that for the first time, after the fall of Adam and Eve, Salvation for Mankind was obtained not through bulls or goats, but through the Blood of Jesus Christ, the only Begotten Son of God. Glory be unto His Holy Name in the Highest, Amen.


Thank You Jesus Christ, Amen.

Kay9, have an excerpt of your novel published locally, and then go in for the Caine prize award. I think your best bet would be to contact the Association of Nigerian Authors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Nigerian_Authors


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Not everyone is ready to move to another country for their children's education?

Well, for me, I think I would move. Right now, I am in a conundrum on either to live in the USA permanently or move back to Nigeria. While I miss and love Nigeria tremendously, the education back home leaves little to be desired. There is so much stress for kids to pass their external examinations which could be marred by ethnic differences. Out here in yankee, a less than stellar grade in your SAT exams does not rule you from enrolling at a junior college for your Associate degree. I like the vast opportunities out here, but I miss home. Tough to make a healthy balance.

I was browsing on the internet when I saw the school fees for one school in Lagos or thereabout. Outrageously expensive. http://www.lekkibritishhigh.com/lbihs/schoolfees.asp

Now, when I hear that Nigerians are doing well economically, are people factoring in the high school fees which would set you back financially? One guy who has a professional relationship with Mobil was complaining of his son's school fees. My cousin confirmed that his parents paid either 300 thousand Naira a year (or a semester) per person. So, now I am questioning the wisdom of educating your kids in Nigeria, when you can simply enroll them here in America, for just a fraction. I am not being insensitive please, but a lady on Nairaland raised up the dilema of either educating her kids in Nigeria or abroad.

Nna, by the time you finish paying fees in Nigeria, e be like say you no get money chop garri.

Eventually, wrinkles will set in and 'mar' our once blooming youthful face. To combat it, some vain people have resorted to plastic surgery, risking the pain associated with it, just to 'look good'. Others have submitted to the laws of mother nature and choosen to 'age gracefully'.

Which would you take? I like the second option, 'aging gracefully'. Plastic surgery, in addition to the pain and risks makes one look so artificial.

@Sentee, LOL at using your feet as substitute for bicycle brakes.

I played a lot as a kid, and would not have thought that I would graduate from the arena. Hide and seek, police and thief, "Nsa Isong" (it is a game where four abi six sets of stone are deposited into a hole and you pick them and drop one piece into the holes and continue till the end), cards, bicycle riding, tyre riding, I mean, name them. I played a lot, but fortunately, I think my parents were consoled that my grades were not affected by my playfulness. Chei, I remember once when I played outside with my cousins, I think, in the village, and my mother had to come out to look for us. I wonder if she was so worried.  Then, there was another one I used to play with my elder brother, throwing fruits with both hands like an acrobat. How can I forget Scrabble and Monopoly when I was always soundly defeated by him.

Ludo, Snakes and ladder. Man, there was so much activity going on during the holidays that boredom did not exist in our dictionary. I'd pick the outdoors over watching television as is quite common in America.

Try listing your book on Amazon.com. Also join the Association of Nigerian writers to promote it. I wish you the best!

According to some news reports, Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Paul Mccartney wanted 250 million dollars for their divorce settlement. And they had been married for four years. And it's been reported that Paul did not sign a prenuptial agreement. Its so confusing, especially when you view marriage as a life affirming contract, and another spouse may have a hidden agenda. How do you protect yourself?

Outrageous? Why don't you click on the link to ascertain the authenticity of the story.

@Almondjoy, there is no trace of incest in the love story. On another webboard, someone else endorsed the relationship

Honestly, for once, I was a little bit confused, trying to piece the information together, despite being aware of the unfortunate baby switch. Ok, a bit of explanation. The groom's baby was switched without his knowledge, and he and his then girlfriend were raising another child. When the man reneged on his child support payment (or something like that), claiming that he was not convinced that the baby was his, the girlfriend appealed in court. DNA was conducted, and the man was exonerated. His girlfriend was confused, which heightened when the baby was determined not to be hers. So upon investigation, they found out that the baby was switched and raised by another couple, who unfortunately had just died in a motor accident, prior to this revelation.

The woman, Paula Johnson, said that when she saw her real biological child, she knew that it was her baby, owing to the resemblance. DNA was taken, and she was right. And yeah, the ex-boyfriend is the father.

Now, this ex-boyfriend just married an aunt of his 'supposed' daughter that his ex-girlfriend was raising. The last I read, the judge had refused to grant his ex-girlfriend full custody of their daughter. So, that means, he is marrying the aunt and also (hopefully) raising his daughter.

It is a very convoluted story, but oh well, the man probably figures that by marrying the woman, he will be involved in his child's life.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9809/01/switched.babies/index.html.

Remember the above story on the switched babies? Now, here is the latest!


Buena Vista, Va. (AP) -Relatives of two girls who were switched
at birth have married. Carlton Conley, the biological father of
Rebecca Grace Chittum, wed Pamela Miskovsky, the biological
aunt of Callie Marie Conley, on Saturday. In 1995, Conley left
the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville with
Callie. Rebecca went home with Callie's biological parents,
Kevin Chittum and Whitney Rogers. Miskovsky had assumed
Rebecca was her niece until the hospital discovered the mix-
up in 1998, shortly after Kevin Chittum and Rogers died in
a car crash. The girls' identities were revealed through DNA
test results arising from a child support dispute between
Rebecca's biological mother, Paula K. Johnson, and Carlton
Conley. The marriage makes Carlton Conley Callie's uncle
by marriage as well as her biological father. Johnson, Carlton
Conley's ex-girlfriend, has custody of Callie. The Rogers and
Chittum families share custody of Rebecca

http://www.mail-archive.com/weirdside@topica.com/msg00024.html

Read this story
http://www.cnn.com/US/9809/01/switched.babies/index.html

4play, you are very funny. Law professor pausing to come up with big words. LOLLL. Very funny.