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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Top 10 Nigerian Food list.

Hello guys, wetin dey shele? Hmnn, I have gist for you people. Recently, there was a riot!!! Stones thrown, tongues firing, heart burning, fingers bumping as words were typed about the top Nigerian Rappers list that was released a few days back. Then it was followed by the Top comedian list which caused another riot!!! Again, Stones thrown, tongues firing, heart burning, fingers bumping as words....... OK well you get the point. Well I was not interested, so I stayed away from it, but I was really annoyed that I couldn't get into the action. I started to think about what could get my blood boiling enough to rant about a list on my social media. I didn't have to search for too long , the answer was right in front of me. As if it was not obvious enough, I was about to put it in my mouth, FOOD.
You see I love food, I think it's the best creation of God and I have my weight issues to prove it. Anyways back to the matter, based on my credentials, I think I am qualified to give my top 10 Nigerian foods, so here we go.


White Rice and Stew

10. White Rice and Stew - Well, Well, Well, I don't think I have to argue, how popular this delicacy is with Nigerians. This is an everyday option for food. I can eat it, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the night and even the midnight!!! Although, it is an everyday food, it is on this list as an honor to filling the stomach of a lot of Nigerian people. Recipe - Tomatoes, Groundnut oil, Onion, seasoning, protein (beef, fish, chicken etc) sauce.



Monday, September 2, 2013

Nigerian Entertainment Awards (Subjective Review) featuring Regular Folks Fashion moments

The 8th Annual NEA Show was held in New York, on the 1st of September 2013. I had been excited for weeks and researched all I had to, on the previous NEA award shows. With my believe in Jinxing, I thought it would be better if I reduced all that excitement and kept my expectations low for the award show so I could enjoy it. Wearing a Virgos Lounge dress, my two other friends and I were about 10 minutes late for show due to the New York traffic.






My Friend and I






When we got to the venue, we were confused exactly as to where or whom we were supposed to present our tickets to, we eventually asked around awkwardly and found our way to the right person. After that, as we proceeded down the stairs, I saw Rita Dominic, cameras, and bright lights, so I assumed that was the red carpet part. Before I could make sure it was, we were rushed to the other part of the room, by a Man who was at least kind enough to help my friends and I down the stairs by holding our hands, on some if you're going to rush me, make sure I don't fall, and  if not it's going to be a problem, red carpet or not (Okay maybe not as glamorous as I'm making it out to be, but let me have my moment.)

 We finally found our seats, with the help of an usher, so we sat and waited, and waited and waited some more. After a really awkward encounter (I will gist you pips later), 2 hours later from 7pm that the show was scheduled to start, 'we started'. The sad part was as Basket mouth who was the host of the show stated, the surprise would have been if the Award show started on time.
Basket Mouth was a really big success as a host, from his jokes, to his honesty, and just his relatable capability, NEA executives might want to stick with him next year. As a host, he was able to carry the show and keep the audience interested and involved, he was excellent. He did not shy away from criticizing the organization of the show, the performance value of the artist and even the laid back attitude of the audience, he even gave his award out, hinting at the shownbeing rigged, which was OBVIOUS. Let me not give all the credit to Basket mouth, lets move to our artists.

Big names in the house included Rita Dominic, Iyanya, Emma Nyra, Ramsey Nouah, (who I didn't even know was there), Sean Tizzle, Olamide, Dammy Krane (who I fell in love with), Muna and Ice Prince. Shey I thought Burna Boy was coming? ehn?  With this said I'm going to dear our wonderful artists that performed to persuasion.
Dear Artists,
         I dey support una music, I even sang along to most of you during the award show, even when you changed the music, because you thought we didn't know the particular song *cough cough* --> Sean Tizzle. Just incase you haven't noticed we are moving to a new age, where most of your earnings will depend on your stage performance and endorsement, even with International artists (Hollywood). Nigerian artists should be the first to understand how to work this system, since you artist had, and have never depended on album sales on the case of piracy, to make money. This leads me to wonder why a lot of Nigeria artist lack stage presence?? It's really not enough to have one day of practice, because it shows in your performances. Even with artists, that their dancers were just, 'off key, off sync, just plain bad, Jesu Oba chei, for an award show?? Why, oh why?
Yours sincerely,
 
A fan.
 
Artist that came at the top for me were Dammy Krane, Olamide, and Iyanya (he pointed at my friends and I and called us sexy, I mean why won't he be at the top for me.) The ladies of the night Niyola and Emma Nyra, also gave me something to sing along to. There was this upcoming artist (picture below) that came out with a masquerade, very wonderful dancers, a female and another male, I also loved this performance, but just like some of the New artist that performed I didn't know their name or names, I mean at one point I thought Vic O was performing because that is what I thought I heard. Which leads me to the organizers....
 
I want to be quick about this because this entry is long enough. Firstly, this award ceremony had a lot of good moments, don't get me wrong clean room, great host, some nice celebrities, and a lot of funny moment even when that guy said EH HE HEA as NEA etc. Now apart from the show starting late, there was no reason for the audience standing up every time to go out of the room, during performances, during presentation, every time!!. I'm not talking about three or four people, I mean like 20 or more people were moving in and out at every moment of the
show. There were a lot of breaks going on which even Basket mouth apologized for, but you guys could use those breaks in the future, for audience to go in and out of the show, if need be. Now Red carpet? Red Carpet! This really can be used as an incentives for people to come to this show. Make them feel like celebrities for one night, let there be Red carpet moments for regular folks and secondly it'll make people not dress like they're going to Ikeja market to this award show.
 
There are many more suggestion but ya'll will have to employ me for that, *wink wink*. Eh he, before I forget, dear organizers don't you think it's obvious enough that we know the award was rigged to suit the artist that came from Nigeria or at the show and some of those awards given out yesterday, could be left off the live show, seriously.
Lastly, the audience, awon formers haha, the audience were more warm than I thought, believe it or not. If anyone knows anything about the Nigerian audience, you'll know they are very hard to please. In total, I did have fun at my 'chair' with my friends, as we did the entire bit, screaming, clapping, dancing and everything. I'd like to think I was part of the fun audience.
 
If you think I left a lot of criticism from this show, remember that this is the 8th Award show, emphasis on 8th, there is still a lot of room to improve.










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