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Hi all,

Has anyone been watching the BBC2 series titled "Welcome to Lagos"? If you have, I'd like to know your thoughts on it.

Chatting to a few of my friends, opinions are varied, some love it and think it's hilarious , others think it shows Lagos (and Nigerians) in a bad light  .

What do you think?

Well, women wear high-heeled shoes because it is sexy and fashionable._{well, not so much now with these all ugg boots and ballerina-type shoes everyone is wearing}
I for one love wearing heels. My feet are so used to them now that when I wear flats, my foot hurts and I end up walking like a duck.
Wearing heels makes one seem taller, and when you look taller, you appear slimmer and sexy.
The mistake alot of women make is to try wearing 5 - 6 inches heels the first time round; and as such, they end up hurting themselves and walking like they are trying to balance themselves on a tightrope. What I did when I started wearing heels was to wear low-heeled shoes and gradually get my feet used to wearing higher heels. Now I can wear 5" high heels with no problem.

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Quote from: jamace on February 21, 2009, 08:31 AM

Bros, you for yarn something for brokin small to show say you don de learn the pidgin english. 


I'm not sure I understand what you're saying, jamace.  Could I trouble you to clarify it just a bit for me?  Like I say, I'm not good at Pidgin!

This simply means that you should have said something (however little) in pidgin to show that you are learning the language.

Why the hating on Naija movies and Naija chicks? 
If you don't like the movie, don't watch it. It's as simple as that.
I can't understand what you guys are making noise about.  Everyone has different preferences to what they find entertaining.
The fact that one watches home videos does not mean that they are unintelligent. We could for argument sake, say that all football watchers or "lovers"_{(let's narrow it down a bit, and not generalise)} are football hooligans, if some of the posts [s](from "intelligent" people)[/s] on this thread are anything to go by. 
On the other hand, there is the garbage in, garbage out argument. We are what we feed ourselves, if you eat, read or watch junk, you end up turning into junk. But that doesn't warrant an abstience from junk, one just need to moderate the intake. Like the good old saying "all things in moderation".

Give-in

Dear poster,
I can understand your dilemma as I am in a similar situation. Only I'm the one in the middle of two friends vying for my attention.
This is a very sensitive issue and I think you need to seek God for guidance. You also need to settle the matter with your friend, possibly by meeting with him and your g/frnd simultaneously and discussing everything. It might be worth having a second person there (possibly a friend of the two of you) to act in a impartial capacity.

Dear poster,

Just a few things I would like to say.

Firstly, this man had a family before you met him. You accepted to marry him knowing this, and I hope you thought about what you were getting into before agreeing to marry him. His child and ex-wife are always going to be part of his life. My advice is that you accept this and look at ways by which you can get more involved. Don't let your jealousy of the ex and child drive a wedge between you and your husband. If you accept his ex-wife and tried to get on with her, things might just start brightening up. 

Secondly, you say he is over protective everytime you go out. Well, you can't really blame him because,
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[li]You look good whenever you go out. It would only be natural for him to be jealous as other men will see you and find you attractive[/li]
[li]Could it be that he is treating you the same way as you treat him (accusing him of carrying on with his ex)? Think about it  He could just be mirroring your own behaviour towards him.[/li]
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Thirdly, if he is abusive, either verbally, mentally or physically. That is not acceptable. What I want to know is, what is your reaction when he is abusive? do you cuss him back or just stand there and take it? I would suggest that next time when he abusive, leave him to cool down, then talk to him. Explain how you feel about the whole situation and his relationship with his ex-wife. Tell him what your worries about their relationships are, and try to get more involved in their relationships. You are married to him, so you should share everything, he can't be having secret or private meetings with his ex-wife.

With respect to the ex-wife being at every family gathering, you are just going to have to grind your teeth and bear it, cos she is part of the family whether you like it or not.

@ poster
The worst thing is that you don't know the crew you belong to I mean, No be you we I see dey board the ship wey them dey call kolomental crew, you be the capting and you no dey they say somebody hyptnosized abi na grammer you come speak shebi??

Na wa ooo.
Which kind grammar be dis?  U no go skool?
Even thread wey u begin no get head no get tail 
I beg, if u no sabi wetin u go talk, go sidon chop boli & epa

biggerboy
what a foolish question from my heartrob?i have chryslers,hummer,navigator,bentley,  just name it

C'mon getaway.
We are talking about real cars, not pictures 

Tessy, Tessy na u biko!
Na wa o.
Tessy, i beg tell us ur secret wey efri bobo 4 dis website dey fight for u.

^{***Eh hen, tell us, who wan pick?}

Na wa oooo 
I no know sey fine people full nairaland like dis.     
But, Showbobo wey ur own picture na, i sure sey e fine pass efribodi else.
I beg may we see the thing jo

Na wa ooooo.
I don lauf lauf lauf piss myself 4 here

Yeah, loads of times. Peeps come up to me and say I look like _{drum roll ***********}ME! Ta da   

davidyland@yahoo.com   Re: Is It Okay To Read Your Wife's E-Mails?
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are these women in here married? it shows the kind of home they will run when they eventually get married.

by the way they talk here - they will be the kind of women that will say to their husband - dear - have u washed my pant?

or

dear - have you washed the plates

or

dear - have u gone to the market!

From where this mumu be come from? 

This is so funny 
Why would you want to read someone's emails - wife or otherwise  . It wasn't sent to you. You might as well, go thru the contents of her bag, pick out her clothes for her, hire a private dective to follow her, the list is endless.
For peace of mind, just simply mind your own business. 
She is your wife not your property. You are not privy to listen to all her conversations and read all her texts and emails, likewise, she has no right to demand to read your emails, texts and listen to your conversation.
Let it go, otherwise, you fit bring unnecesary wahala inside ur life. 

Na wa for all dis bad belly people wey full this place. As una dey jealous the noise wey woman shoe dey make, may una go solder iron for under una shoe and make ya own noise. 
Which kind yeye topic be dis sef, if una no see somefing wey get sense to talk about, may una go sidon.
Me o, i like my ko ko ka shoe and i no go comot am for anybodi.
Leave me and my koi koi shoe, we dey do yanga  *and she walks away *

I was so shocked  to hear about someone trying to take her own life just to prove a point. Though, I can see her point of view, however, is this a cause worthy of killing one's self? Ok, It may not be the best of feeling when someone looks down their nose at you (for whatever really - race, gender, size etc), but is it really that bad that you'll want to kill yourself. Considering that she has 3 kids and a husband, she should consider herself lucky, for there are many people suffering with no one to share their burden with.

I love the Nigerian mentality, 'cos I know no matter what, a typical Nigerian will always choose life. However, not everyone has been programmed that way; and it is a shame   .  On a serious note, I think we as proud, strong Blacks should understand that not everyone is as strong or sensible as we are, hence, we should be more accomodating. However, this doesn't change my opinion that what she did is wrong. But more importantly, it is a sad and desperate cry for help. And i do hope she gets the help needed.