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This video (and versions of it) have been flying all over the Internet lately. They are quite funny. ;)
Labels: Humour, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair
This video (and versions of it) have been flying all over the Internet lately. They are quite funny. ;)
Labels: Humour, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, gave a keynote address at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in which she encourages women to consider and pursue careers in technology and explains why technology is such a key driver of the economy.
Labels: Computing, Facebook, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Sheryl Sandberg, Technology, Women
Hi Ore, A happy new year to you.Wishing you the best of what life has to offer.How are you?.Hope all is fine and dandy.Still haven't been to your bookshop..Traffic,laziness ! etc,etc.
See that you are reading Cormac McCarthy's, 'All The Pretty Horses' It is part of the border trilogy..the others are 'the crossing and city of plain...It is a magnificent odyssey. 'tho, some find his style quirky,I think he is a magnificent writer.
Anyway,shall surprise you one of these days.
You need to blog more often..get your fingers out madam!
Best wishes
deji
deji
Hi Deji,
Happy New Year to you too!!!!!
Yes, I know I ought to blog more. I have been feeling very bad about it, but what can I say? Life's been busy. Plus if I want to read more, it means I need to create the time and cut back on some things.
The funny thing is that I actually want to set-up a separate blog just about books. Hmmm..... when will I get round to that, I wonder....
So, you've read the Border Trilogy? I like Cormac McCarthy's style, although it's too early to say I love it as No Country For Old Men is the only book of his I've read from start to finish.
All the Pretty Horses was so frustrating in the beginning, but it started to pay dividends after a good 38 pages or so.
If I am disciplined enough, I will blog about it. LOL!!!!!
CORPTRAIN (Pty) Ltd will be hosting their 2nd annual three-day summit on ICT Women Empowerment Africa Summit on the 28th-30th September 2011 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand- Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is aimed at exploring initiatives to effectively use ICT to empower Women in Africa and dwells on exclusive case studies from South Africa, Uganda, Kenya & Ghana.
I just passed the "Versatile Blogger" award on to you. Congratulations! Please check my blog (relentlessbuilder.blogspot.com) for more details. Cheers!
And while I've always known this, applying this basic tenet to my life has been a chore.
Labels: Books, Caine Prize for African Writing, Lynda La Plante
Could never get my head round La plante's novels.maybe it's cos of the uk setting.. You should try Walter Mosley,George Pelecanos and James lee Burke for your crime fiction genre.
And maybe it's precisely because of the UK settling that I liked her novel.
I have seen a movie based on a Walter Mosley film and I was quite lost the first time I watched it. I'll try some of the other authors you mentioned. I tend to enjoy both UK and US crime dramas, so maybe I'll like the US books as much as La Plante.
Ore, been a while since i stopped by. Glad to know that you are doing well. Take care
I totally agree with you on this one, i.e. you tend to read more without the internet (unless you're reading online, of course!)
And great work with W.TEC. I have been following your progress for a few years now. Kudos!
Hi Songreach. Long time. It's so good to hear from you. I'm hardly blogging these days.
HI Ore,glad you have surfaced again.was it really work or some romantic interlude.Anyway,been away in Maiduguri recently for some family biz.,where it was marginally just less hot than the surface of the sun!
Hope to be at your bookshop this saturday...so have to get my disguise on.
My sister just brought me some books from the US...The thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Lush life-Richard Price.Warmth of other suns-Isabel Wilkerson.
Arkansas Testament and Omeros -by the great Derek Walcott who i consider the greatest living poet.
Am so looking forward to getting started..generators on stand by!. ..The frisson of excitement!...Nothing gets my juices flowing than books and Lee Morgan, Coltrane,Sun Ra ..These are 1950'and 60's jazz and blues. Have been accused of being an old man as i do not listen hip-hop and any of the nonsense that passes for music on our Lagos radio stations.
My dad was a jazz fanatic,ergo,that shaped my musical taste.
Anyway, will do a mini review as soon as am done with the books.Enjoy your weekend
Hi RB, thanks for the kudos. Woohoo! A fan!
@RB, Here I am online again when I meant to read. The internet is a hard addiction to give up and moderation is difficult for me to practice. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out from your blog if I know you. I will find out soon enough.
Deji, I will be at the shop tomorrow and will look out for you, which will be incredibly difficult btw.
I look forward to your book reviews, though you will have to share the link of where they'll be.
Internet does decrease my book reading time. Sigh
Adiya
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@ Muse Origins: Yes, it sadly does. If only there was a way to engage in both effectively.
Love your blog.what a delight.I am an avid reader myself.what is your bookshop called?.next will give a list of books that i have enjoyed this year so far.Am re reading 'catch -22'by Heller.It is all time favourite of mine.
deji
Thanks, Deji! I've never read Catch 22. Will get to it one of these days.
The shop is Patabah Books in Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere.
Join us as Caine Prize winner & author E.C. Osondu reads from & signs his new book Voice of America.



Labels: Book Reading, E.C. Osondu, Kachifo, Lagos, Patabah, Voice of America
What a day!!!! That's been my constant refrain today.
Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island - Taken from Silverbird Galleria (Courtesy: Ore's Notes)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island - Taken from Silverbird Galleria (Courtesy: Ore's Notes)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island - Taken from Silverbird Galleria (Courtesy: Ore's Notes)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island - Opposite Silverbird Galleria (Courtesy: Ore's Notes)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island - Taken from my car (Courtesy: Ore's Notes)
Lekki Phase 1 (Taken by a friend)Labels: AIS Lagos, Flooding, Rainfall, Rainy Season
Hey Ore, I was thinking about you all when I heard about the flood, and was going to send a message saying I hope the rains didn't affect you. I decided to check your blog to see if you mentioned it. I'm glad to know you were ok, thank God :)! Take care and love to all, 'Funke.
Thank you!!! Which Funke is this? Funke O? Or Funke A?
Lol, just saw this, it's your cuz, 'Funke O!
I thought so! Thanks for your comment. How have you been?
Can you believe it rained again today. Not all day long thankfully.
Oh wow, hopefully it wasn't as heavy as last week's? I'm sure the grounds will appreciate a break from all the moisture.
I'm good, thanks and you and your different projects? :) Much more power to you! 'Funke.
it was really a Sunday to remember, for the first time mine street was really loaded, i guess more actions should be taken to reduce the effect of the flood since it was expected, becos i heard a lot of lives were lost.anyway on a brighter side, thank God you had a big car...lol
Thanks, B! Yes, thank God for the size of my car and that it was somewhat water-resistant.
But, it highlights that a lot of work needs to be put into ensuring that water has somewhere to go.
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hi Young ore, am assuming you are .anyway, hope all is copasetic ! with you.Am in London at the moment.It's getting rather cold.Praying that it will snow..no sign of it yet. there is something spiritual and ethereal about watching snow fall.
Am reading Half blood blues-a story about young black jazz musicians trapped in berlin and later paris during the 2nd world war.also bought phillip roth's Nemesis. he is one of my favourite writers. i would recommend "American pastoral" and "The human stain" highly.Actually,just bought the box set.Would also recommend Peter Godwin 's MUKIWA..a story about a boy growing up in Rhodesia{Zimbabwe)..a funny ,poignant laugh out loud book.
Also been catching up on films..saw the Iron lady..Meryl Streep's performance was a tour the force.she really got Mrs Thatcher .Also saw this Iranian film..A separation..one of the most astonishing films i have seen in years .please make sure you see it.am not sure it will be a popular release as it is classed under foreign.
Anyway, London has been good for my cultural injection...enables me to indulge.A balm for my troubled romantic soul.
Watched "AS good as it gets" for about the sixth time. Am about to settle down to watch "sideways" again. I love films with loads of words,drama etc hence am a great fan of Woody Allen and those quintessentially english films by Merchant and Ivory.
Anyway,enough of my delight.how is your work going..hope you are forging ahead.Anyway be true to yourself and best of luck
regards
Ps will surely visit the bookstore when I get back.at least to complete the puzzle..put a face to the picture.
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