Shopping for Vintage and More...
Funmi Odulate-Shopping For Vintage
If lyk me,the word vintage brings to mind rifling thru rails in a charity shop...then you definitely know that skin crawling feeling "we" get or the images of "witchcraft being passed thru sum louboutins" ;-) you see, but this fabulous writer Funmi who is a Fashion expert and Journalist(She compiled the weekly "Stella Loves" pages in Stella Magazine at the Sunday Telegraph and has written for some of the world's most glamourous fashion publications including Harpers Bazaar, Vogue and InStyle)...sets about dispelling our fears in this new book on how to get vintage without walking into a charity shop...HOW???And have we said how proud we are that she's Nigerian yet?!?!?!
Interesting Fact tho--Funmi began her career as an accountant, graduating with an Accounting and Finance degree that she will be putting to use in two new projects to be launched by the end of the year.These will be a handmade beauty line called "Tabitha Rose" as well as a vintage fashion business "The Old Empire".
Click HERE aswell to read an article she once wrote for The Guardian about her mother died just as she was trying to find a way to tell her she was pregnant at 17.
NaijaCampus:
This is a new website/forum that promises to discuss issues such as education and any other topics concerning the welfare of our great students in Nigeria and is the "First Online Naija Students Site" apparently. It's Ad states that "www.naijacampus.com is the first and last online home for every Nigerian Student both home and abroad. Hot topics on education,romance and councelling, Fiction,Admissions,Phones,Computers,Programming,Business,Jokes and a whole lot of other issues are discussed here". Anyways,would do no harm to check it out,especially for the jokes promised ;-) NaijaCampus
Weird But True:
I will never take having electricity only 4 days out of 7 back home, lightly again after it came to light that inhabitants of Oju local government area(BENUE STATE) have not had electricity AT ALL since the creation of the council in 1973!
STYL-PLUS IN CONCERT:
call 08700603777 to purchase tickets n click here for further information about the tickects, venue and the supporting artists!
They will also be performin in dublin on Wednesday!
Click the flyers for more info!
CareerNationExpoUSA:
This is a new service committed to finding the right jobs for bright African and African American job candidates authorized to work in Africa and the United States. It creates an opportunity to participate in the "Exclusive Hiring Conference: CareerNation" which unconditionally guarantees identification and presentation of minimum of 5 completely qualified candidates for each of the employer's vacancies.Employers include : MTN,Shell,IBM,ESKOM,HARRIS and so much more.Highly qualified candidates represent a variety of majors including Business, Political Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Communications, Psychology, Natural Science and others.Recent college graduates and graduating students will be representing prestigious colleges and universities.There will be extensive media coverage by ethnic and mainstream media at all of the "expos".
Check out their website HERE to find out more info lyk dates,which city the expo is hitting next and whatnot...guud on them!!!
AMAA Winners:
So the event(Africa Movie Academy Awards)went down on Saturday in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State...and the list of winners is as follows:
BEST ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK : IWALEWA
BEST SOUND : ABENI
ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY : SITTANDA
ACHIVEMENT IN MAKE UP : AZIMA
BEST UPCOMING ARTISTS : ALI NUHU
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE : JACKIE AGYEMANI
BEST NIGERIA FILM IRRESPECTIVE OF LANGUAGE : SITTANDA
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME : APESIN
BEST VISUAL EFFECT : SNAKE GIRL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD : SAMUEL OLASEINDE (ABENI)
BEST EDIT : MOKILI (BURKINA FASO)
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE : BRUNO IWUOHA(Sins of the Flesh)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD : AKI AND PAWPAW...wtf????
BEST DOCUMENTARY : CONVERSATION ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON(South Africa)
BEST ACTOR IN LEAD ROLE: OLU JACOB
BEST ACTRESS IN LEAD ROLE : CHIOMA CHIKWUKA (SINS OF THE FLESH)
BEST DIRECTOR : IZU OJUKWU
BEST PICTURE: SITTANDA(Monetary prize of $50000 aswell)
SIDENOTE:
34 Days to Elections...please if you are in Naija and are of Voting age,please go and vote on the day...yeah,yeah,the results might still be rigged or you may feel that your vote doesnt count...Vote anyways,that way if "anything" happens you can mouth-off all you want or feel vexed if your "choice" didnt win...Because then YOU VOTED!!!
Video Of The Day:
Which Level-Marvellous Benji...this new dance video is about life in AJ(Ajegunle...if we really must pretend we dont know...lol)See if you lyk it!
NollyWood News:
Congrats to Oge Okoye and Hubby Stanley!The wonderful actress delivered a "bouncing baby girl" in London a couple of days back.Both mother and child are said to be in very good shape.
Have a great day everyone!!!
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Comments:
Okay, I understand Oly Jacobs & Chioma Chukwuka winning awards, but Akin & Paw Paw??? No comments.
, at 3/13/2007
Good on Funmi Odulate I wish her the very best in all her work…sad about her mum…but God knows why sha.
NaijaCampus interesting I’d definitely be checking that out once in a while…I might just be able to keep myself entertained.
So would I be wrong in saying that the people in Oju local governemt do not pay their NEPA bill when it comes through every month??cos YES light or no light…NEPA still brings bills.
£25 ke to see Styl-Plus sing their whole album old and new all through the nite..I think I’d be better in the comfort of my room playing their album on Playback…
Really I’m not a bad person…but they should have come last summer when the album was still relatively new…but now…NA men!!
Congrats to Oge Okoye and all Award Winners.
Sorry been MIA
, at 3/13/2007
I just Love the Vintage i am def a Boho girl at heart..
See How my fellow Benue People dey suffer for Oju Kai!!
They are not missing any way.. when there is light in Benue Na Serious Serious low current sef...
I hope say Styles PLus aint gonna dissapoint oh!!
I want to support my fellow Naija musicians but dont know if i'm going yet...
Naija Campus seems really interesting!..
Thanks hun on top as usual!..:)
Ciao Babes..xx
Congrats to Oge on her baby.
Have a fabulous week Missy!
@Vera--i know oh!!!(aki & pawpaw)what hav they achieved yet?i mean,they are guud actors...but they not in the same thingy as Olu Jacobs...but guudwork tho...
@ONB--Abi oh,Oge deserves happiness oh...great actress and all...That Aki & Pawpaw thing is fishy...I so wanna go to a film festival!oh well...
@Dimples--Thanx hun!Known Nepa(Phcn as they called now)...they'll be makn them pay bills oh!Lol @ Styl-plus thingy...im with you on their performance thingy oh...iv seen 2 diff performances,but i kept havn that "samey" feeling;-)With that dance Shifi does aswell...!
@Mona--Thank you,glad you are back oh!!!
@Wienna--thanks for stopping by...a few days encompasses a week now!!!
@Abujababe--you a Boho girl at heart shey?i myt bump into u at Camden or Notting hill oh!!!Lol at serious low current...i remember all that...then you'll have to start changing "Phase" you have dredged up nytmares oh!!!going yet...
@Solomonsydelle--i know oh,when you think there's nuffin else they can do 2 shock you in 9ja...and yet,we are supplyn oda countries with power...putting satellites in space and whatnot.thanx!
@Nilla--Lol...if only they were paying us abi?thanx..you too!!!
@uknaija--sowwee!you can still blog about her book oh...the more the merrier!
, at 7/10/2007
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