Although I’m the eldest child in my family, I get no respect and I’m actually considered the wimp. First off, I’m the shortest of the four of us. It’s so unfair that age and height aren’t directly correlated. I’m not the only eldest child who happens to be shorter than her siblings; I think it’s [...]
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I hate to be repetitive but God has blessed me with amazing friends. This week, I’m thankful for the online friends that I have yet to meet in person. First up is Seye, web developer and internet rockstar who I have been blessed to know for over a year now. If I had to describe [...]
Filed under: Thankful Thursdays by Good Naija Girl
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As you know I’m Nigerian by parentage: both my parents are Yoruba. I even lived in Nigeria for three years (between the ages of three and six), but I have lived in Canada for the past 24 years. And in these 24 years (a scary number that makes me feel quite old), I have visited [...]
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My dad decided to boost my confidence one day by discussing the effort I put into my friendships, including the time I spend hanging out with friends, calling them, trying to show that I care, and how he really saw the results of that investment when I moved out of the family home because friends [...]
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My poor neglected blog! Not only have I not been updating as regularly, I’ve also not been responding to comments or keeping up with all blogs I read. I have two scapegoats: the upcoming Keresimesi (Christmas) season and the snow! We had a huge snowstorm last night…and the snow continues to fall nearly 24 hours [...]
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I didn’t put an end date on the Online Dating Project when I originally wrote about it but all good things must come to an end. So, Saturday December 5, 2009 at 11:59pm EST will be the deadline for women to provide me with their profile to forward to the bachelors listed here. So if [...]
Filed under: Online dating, Thankful Thursdays by Good Naija Girl
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