A crazy hectic august

At the begining of this month, I had a last minute trip to Gidi. It was focused on project work and volunteering. After this trip, I really see myself living permanently in Nigeria. No if, ands, or buts!!! I really want to make a impact. I had the pleasure while i was there of volunteering at the Heart of Gold Childrens Hospice for motherless babies. It really touched my heart. I vow now that each visit to Nigeria, I will take supplies there and spend time with the children. They really need to the help. Check out www.hoghospice.org and check out my blog @ www.missadelaja.blogspot.com where I talk more in depth about HOG Hospice.


On the way back, I stopped in Paris. It was really relaxing. I took the train from Charles De Gaulle (spelling) airport to Paris. I needed to kill time, so I walked around, age breakfast, shopped, shopped, shopped, relaxed in the parks, etc. It was really nice.

I was glad to get back home, but met the crazy stress of school and research. Sometimes, I want to QUIT!!!!!!! I'm tired!!!!! I just want to graduate, and work towards that, but i also feel like i'm really destine to do so many things. It's hard to juggle business, volunteer work, other endeavours, and SCHOOL!!! But I'm trying. If school doesnt kill me, my parents will if i dont get my degrees. Note the word degrees has an 'S' on it. Anyway school is so sucky right now. I feel like i need time off. Personal leave of absence, but i'm too chicken to speak up. and i'm too scared that any break i take will become permanent. Anyway i let me shut up about that. A woman's gotta do what she's gotta do. and that's study.

Anyway my boss reams me out for my unexcused absence from school. Yeah I forgot to mention that my trip was unexcused. oops. i left on a wednesday and came back on a monday. i missed wed, thuds, fri, and monday. yeah. that will do it. I know he was extremely upset, but he is really good at calming a situation down. As i was getting over the scolding and back to my normal school grind, I realized my bday is coming up. Yup my Bday is today!!!!!!!!!

Anyway last friday I woke up wondering what I would do for my bday and just decided I wanted to party in Chicago.... so I did! it was the best bday since my 25th bday... yes am old. It was fun! I then realized my Gidi Girl Bee is also an August Babie... though she's only a virgo.. not a lushious leo, but anyway, we decided to do a joint aug bday bash!!! My girlfriend Natalia and I drove to Chicago for the festivities. Natialia is a fashion designer. she is fierce!!!! check out http://www.nataliavillafana.com/ her fall line will be up soon for orders. She is also always at shop chicago.

I have a little design skills of my own tho. Not on her level, but I can sew basics...lol I made a killer Ankara dress with bling for the event. I bought a pair of shoes that Natialia's sister makes... Candice Blake shoes... made in Italy! Contact Natalia for orders. Pics coming soon!!!!

We celebrated in VIP style at Shrine!!! I keep talking about shrine. That's because the place is fabulous!!!! They staff is nice, the managers, hostess, and staff. My waitress was cool. Very polite and fun too. She danced with us too! must be a fun job!!! Anyway, We had fun!!! i dance my ass off!!!! Biola danced her ass off!! and it was Natalia's 1st time listening to Nigerian music, but she loved it!!! Dj DeeMoney really did his thing!!!!! Mixin all he best Naija, West african, reggae, hihop, everything!!!! Amazing night!!!!

Also saw Wale from the Kolo Show. Those guys r doing their thing! shout out to yemi, fineboy and wale from the kolo show. Havent had a chance to meet yemi yet. www.tokstv.com

After the party was the afterparty! we went to soundbar. and danced my ass off some more!!!! Then went up to the house music part!!! had so much fun shaking my bum and my hair!!!! jumpin up and down, and all. love that music. cuz then you cant tell that i dont know how to dance!!!!

I love my chicago ppl!!!! Dami, GidiGirl Bee, T, BT, you all make me so happy! I have so much fun!!! I just shake and wiggle!!!

Speaking of Dami!!!! ooooo loooooord!!!! Boy can dance!!!! you put him in a room by himself and its a party!!!! dAAAAAAAAMIIIIII!!!!!!! his name should be DAMN-you can -dance! whooo!

anyway! was a fun wknd!!! We also shot an episode of GidiGirls with GGB and GGA back together again! was a reunion. I missed GGB so much while i was away!!!

Pics of the wknd coming soon. and make sure you check out GidiGirls Webshow @ www.gidigirlswebshow.blogspot.com episode ...erm i've lost count!

Check it out tho


Now i'm back in lansing. tihs place is so dry i feel i can poke my eyes out so as not to see time flowing backwards. sheesh!!! for the love of all that is degree granting.


awyway. today is my bday!!! i went to work, I hate going into my office BTW. its so distracting. n so 'my office' bleh!!!! but my mom sent me FLOWERS for my BDAY!!!!!! I love u mommy and sis!!!! muah!!!! kiss kiss!!! Roses to be precise! roses and a balloon to be even more precise! Loved it!!!! N my GGB and T called me. Natalia did too, and lotsa friends. made me feel really good.

After work, i had moer work (meeting with a researcher) outside the office. was productive. talked about work stuff and the direction of our research. stuff like this is what keeps me going!!!

Anyway after that, I went to meet natalia. she is making my dress for the pageant!!! I'm so excited!!!! the sketches look so FABO!!!! n the materials r extra sexy!!!! I cant wait!!! check out www.MNIApageant.com

Now I'm in a freakin coffee shop. Have to work on assignments for school/research, and pageant assignments. This blogging action was just to get my writing juices out!!!

Kiss Kiss n happy bday to ME!!!!!

Hey! We did it!!!! The premiere of Gidi Girls Webshow!!!!

Had a blast this past weekend working with my Gidi Girl Bee and Homeboy T! We finished filming Gidi Girls Premiere! I love those 2. They keep me smiling and crazy! They came to Lansing. I showed them the cow fields, the down town, and east lansing. They said "thats it?" I took them out saturday night. We stopped by a house party. They said it was very musty and small. Well we all can't have huge grown and sexy house parties like awon chicago. lol Bee sais she wants to kidnap me from the nightmare. lol i guess that's michigan for ya. i love it tho.

Anyway when they came we had drama from the begining. i was sleeping. and people who know me know i cant wake up for anything. alarm, fire, food, anything. sleep is sleep and i like it... i love it! So they waited outside my house for 2 hours calling me (32 missed calls) textin me, and banging on the door. We tried to re-enact it in a skit int he show.

Speaking of the show. I just want to say that I am proud of myself. We took something that was originally a joke about creating a gidi girl music group, that evolved to a crazy video, that evolved to us making a weekly webshow. we talked about it, and in less than a week, we delivered on our promise. I am so proud. Bee and I do everything! camera (sometimes T does this) skits, scripts, editing, blogging, promoting, recruiting guests, etc. So I almost cried that all our hard work paid off. 2 Ijebu babes hustlin! I love it! Nothing more cool than 2 women working hard to see something through.

I had a not so cool moment though... I really dont know sometimes why someone would try to pit to friends against eachother. lol some people are so silly. a PERSON tried to make waves by badmouthing a homegirl of mine to me. lol that stuff doesnt work when friends are strong sweetie! Keep it moving. She's ma homegirl. your comments are MUTE! lol.

Now that that's done... Lets talk about Olu Maintain. I saw him in April at this Encomium Magazine event in those white saudi arabian garb and a harem in all white. I was like WTH? But I still love him as an artist. His CD came out yesterday... Lol we talk about it in the show... "with all due respect... press play" .... i will here in refer to it as press play. lol too many words are bad for my health. But the CD is suppose to be hot. I will try to get one if I can soon, but I dont know if It will be on sale here. maybe online.


Yes its us. Bee and Angel http://gidigirlwebshow.blogspot.com/2009/07/season-premiere-of-gidi-girls-webshow_28.html

Last weekend

Last weekend was suppose to be a Harry Potter Party weekend. But as usual, after talking to my fam friend T, I realized chicago sounded much better. chicago always sounds much better! So I got on the train! 2nd time in a row that I was late for the train... (20mins late last time, 45 mins late this time) and I still made it on the train!!! I'm so blessed cuz that train just waited for me! lol!



Anyway I get to chicago and we go to this awesome club called the Shrine. When I heard that I was going to the 'SHRINE' i was freaked out like 'Jesu Christi' walai! lol Just kidding. Anyway this place is awesome. Its an African fusion club. So diverse, hot music, hot dancers, great ambiance, even greater service. Big ups to the owners! they are doing it the RIGHT way. We had fun! check out http://www.theshrinechicago.com/





And i met this amazing guy. I just was introduced to him randomly in greetings. Boooooy! the guy was Hot! My mouth dropped. My eyes hazed. The sea parted! lol! He was cute, tall, professional, naija, Lagos boy sha! Lol but happily married. Womp Womp! so that's a no go! Of course as a respectable man he wasnt interested either. But he was hella cute! It made me wonder. Are all the hot guys taken early in the game of life? those are rare. Will i find my own hot tall professional naija guy?... Will you?



Next night, we go to a Bday party. We thought it would be so so, but it was awesome. Razztastic towards the end when they started playing Wasiu and Co. I loved it. I havent had that much fun in a looooooong time. I have to say that I've never seen such a graceous host. She was so cordial, smiling, and nice. She didnt even know me and she smiled and thanked me for coming. More naija people need to be like that. She was so nice!!! I jsut added her to Facebook too! People you have to enjoy life! You cant go around brooding in life. Keep it moving people. The Bday Lady turned 41 and she is still enjoying, not entertaining drama, letting her best shine. Was definately an example for me. Not all that shakara we naija women like to do. Be cool people. Enjoyment is cool sha!



Sunday was photoshoot day for my Miss MNIA stuff. However, the photographer that I wanted canceled on me!!!! I really wanted to shoot with him because I heard his work was really good and also because he is Nigerian. Well it didnt work out. Maybe next time. Anyway I made due with amateur pics taken by a homegirl in the W hotel. Wow i have to say that the W hotel was so graceous enough to let me take pics there. They were so nice. The manager was a gentleman. Really nice and cute too. hehehe. So people when you go to chicago, if you can afford, stay at the W hotel!!!!!!! Food there was good too! I had the scallops. Yummy. Check out my http://www.missadelaja.blogspot.com/ site for the pics coming soon.



Anyway I lost my voice in Chicago then got a killer sore throat. Which kain sore throat be this? more like a Stress throat. I missed work for 2 days because I couldnt talk. OMG it hurt so badly. honey didnt work, lemon didnt work, NSAIDs didnt work. thank God I'm much better now! Glory to my Father! Halleluiah.



Anyway i always enjoy chicago. I want to move there. I miss my chicago people too! Shout outs to Gidi Girl Bee, Z, homeboys T, BT, L, D, M, and company!!! lol am i reciting the alphabet? lol