An African Countess' Blog

‎ 'Hello, good evening' 'What the hell is good about the evening you evil prostitute...' 'Ah! I beg your pardon? Who is this and what are you on about?' (I can be so civil...lol) 'Don't pretend like you don't know what you've done,  Ashewo oshi . Leave my husband alone‎!!!' she went on and on and ...  hehe 'Ah  Egbami !!!' (lol, I switched to Yoruba ni straight *rotfl*) 'Madam, I don't know you. I have no idea what husband you are referring to either' If for nothing but spite, I wanted to add 'besides, the kind of men I do don't marry women like you'... but my Momma taught me better than that. ‎'SHUT UP! Hypocrite, so you are pretending abi? Just stay away from my husband; he has a wife and kids. Stop calling at odd times. HE IS MARRIED! Idiot' ‎ *dial tone* ‎ OMG! my first reaction was intense laughter‎,  e dey do me like dream.‎ ‎ I couldn't believe that I had just...

First, I give it to MTN on this one. It's  disturbing how easy it is to get comfortable and just settle into the status quo. It is not a crime not to have gone to school; but if you remain the butt of every joke on social media every time you speak; after all the money you've made and all the important things you and family have been, then... *lips very sealed* I was speaking with my Aunt over the weekend and she was really harping on  how we have to see it as a responsibility to ourselves to be better versions of  ourselves. Constantly! Funnily, a similar conversation ensued between me and Mrs. E. (The Coolest HR ever liveth :)) at work on Monday.  She was gisting me about how disappointed she  was at the response a serving Senator of the Federal Republic gave at an  art exhibition recently. She said it gave her the impression that this Senator (who is seeking re-election, by the way),  might have been shouting yay or nay based on...

So we all know so much about giving but we all still don't give. We keep saying "I don't have enough".  We aim to have more not minding the ones who don't have at all. The little you give out will go a long (or even short) way to make someone happy – very happy. Someone's happiness is dependent on you. There are always those in need around you. There is always the little girl who will appreciate your generous 50 Naira. Most children that are poverty stricken did not bargain for it. They came to the world innocently and they have had to suffer every day. I was in a northern state recently and I was amazed at the number of children that beg for food daily. Infact they wake up every morning and walk (mostly bare-feet) long distances to specific spots where they are given a day's portion of rice! It’s a pathetic sight to watch. They stand and queue

I, Agbeke Adefunke Adeboye will totally date/marry someone 20years older... HAPPY NEW YEAR FAM!!! I know. I know… and I have no excuse. Absolutely none! In my defense, I actually started to write a couple of times but then I either lost the document(s) or somehow, I just didn't get round to completing them… I’m so sorry. I promise, it will be better this year. (yeah, I know today’s date already...hehe ) Okay, let’s get straight to the meat of the matter… I recently met 2 really REALLY cool guys (at different times)… They love God, can strike and keep a conversation, downright intelligent, well-read and travelled, driven, down-to-earth, thoughtful, spontaneous, one of them even likes Mercedes, and all those nice things BUT, he’s 40ish - both of them. So for the first time, I actually really gave it some thought, very serious thought o, like: “I could totally date/marry someone up to 20 years older than me” *dodges slaps and stones…lol Eas...

  I'd seen him on TV a lot of times, and his performance was always stellar. Without fail. I'd heard my Dad talk about him a couple of times, (they worked together in NTA for so many years) and he always had nice things to say about him. ALWAYS. His daughter, Funto was in my class in Secondary School (in fact, her seat was just in front of mine) and I remember a certain Val's Day, he sent her some Val gifts and I was totally in awe 'cause that wasn't something I was very familiar with... :) ...And then, I landed my first major MC job: The Pepsi/Mirinda 50cl Launch in Kwara (I can't exactly remember how it was phrased)  and guess who I was blessed to be co-hosting with; BENKAY!!! I was age 19/20 and I was soooo nervous, you can't imagine. There were so many much older people there, in fact, I had to invite my friend Femi (Phera), so at least I'll know there was someone I know in the audience; but then he was... I can't even start to...

Growing up, I remember when you’re having a fight with your friend or classmate, it is an ‘elemi loma last’ (survival of the fittest) situation; i.e you just want to have the final say in the ‘battle of words’ or you bear the shame of ‘losing’. And so, you go all out, use words and phrases like: ‘American Dustbin’, ‘Nigerian Baboon’, ‘Stupid’, ‘Amebo Business Centre’, ‘Go and brush your mouth before you talk to me’, ‘Shut up’, ‘Shut down’ "Mind your freaking business", and so on... I was a well brought up ‘good girl’ (still ‘am’ :) ), plus I don’t consider myself a confrontational person, and so I didn’t usually get into those war of words, I’ll just let u ‘abuse me’ and go; at times when I was very enraged, I’ll just say ‘silence is the best answer for a fool like you’, or ‘I wish you what you wish me’ but I always felt bad after every of such ‘fight’. And so, you can imagine my joy when I opened my Bible one day and stumbled on I Thes 4:11: “Make it you...

 22 RANDOM THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOI :) I’m 22 tomorrow (July 17) and even though I might not have had ‘favorite childhood memories’ like ‘regular’ people, I’ve been such a blessssed girl. I’m so grateful to God. He’s given me a life better than I ever could have lived on my own. I’m actually a very private person, I don’t like to talk about myself but I just feel so excited about this birthday and I feel like sharing 22 of some of the things most people don’t know about me with you. I won’t go into details, sorry :-p ..hehe... UPDATE: A friend of mine said to me, "I read through this list and most of the things you wrote tell me absolutely nothing about you that I didn't know before, why are you so tight-fisted about information about yourself?"... Plus, my friend, Femi 'Phera' Joshua nominated me to say 20 things about me on instagram recently, so I decided to kuku 'UPdate' this list...some new points have been adde...