AdeDinma 2016

Hi lovelies! 

August 23rd was the day my big sis traded her last name! The whole of that day was magical and we were all very excited for it to come. 

I waited till the last minute to write my speech/toast and it was a bad idea. After the rehearsal dinner, I slept off, so I had 1 hour on Saturday morning to write it! Locking myself in our hotel bathroom at the Marriott in Bloomington-Normal, I got a lil inspiration from a speech online (can't find it), but here's my toast. Myself and the best man had 8 minutes allocated to our speech.

"Good evening, distinguished guests. For those of you who don't know me, I'm the immediate younger sister of this fabulous bride! My name is Chinazor which can also be remixed to China or Chinah.

I want to start by congratulating Rosie and Kunle, and thanking you all for coming to celebrate with us.

I always gush about the story of Rosie and Kunle as I remember exactly the way this played out and how she told me she wasn't sure how dating her close friend would turn out, but look at what God has done! Their friendship turned relationship has blossomed with God's blessings which I pray will last for decades to come.

I knew very little about Kunzie before he dated my sister (and I still do). These two are very privatatteeee (laying emphasis)! But I do know he's the perfect man for Rosie- he's intelligent, and easy-going, and my family and I are happy to have him and we know the feeling is mutual.

Rosie or Chirose, chidisgo, brother chidinma as I fondly called her when we were younger. Yes, brother in the sense that she was the toughest girl I'd ever known. I mean, she's the true definition of a Leo. Chidi is a tough nut to crack, but she has a very beautiful soul that I'm sure everyone knows of. Chi, you look incredibly gorgeous tonight. 

Growing up, Rosie was always several steps ahead of me (we didn't live together for the most part) as she was always in another city away in school, but Chi, thank you for sharing 25 years of your life with me. I won't delve into those interesting or embarrassing stories that we share because I'm timed and because my mouth has gotten very dry... and because I'm an emotional wreck. But Chi, thanks for teaching me a lot!! As the first child you have truly paved the way for your siblings, and we appreciate you.

But Rosie and Kunle, I want to remind you two that God is always with you. As you all know, marriage is a task! You need to have a lot of understanding: when one partner is hot headed, the other has to shift their mood gear into cool. Love is a beautiful thing. Love is kind, love is patient. My prayer for you two is to celebrate many anniversaries. In years to come, we'll celebrate your 25th wedding anniversary and then 50th and so on. May you multiply, may you continue to find favor in God and man, and may you always know love, peace and joy through our lord Jesus. 

Please raise your glasses as we make a toast to my beloved sister and her awesome groom:

To the bride and groom!!!

I can't post photos of them just yet. Official photos will be out after which I'll make additions to this post!

Hair styling by Theresa

Dress by Olivia

Make up by Lola

XXXO

C.U.

Birthday Gal

It's Fri-yay, everyone!

The month of July has been great so far...

Exactly a week from today, Friday the 15th, I celebrated my birthday...and all weekend long.

We started off with a lingerie party at Hyatt Regency McCormick hotel's Executive suite. The theme was so fun and playful...we enjoyed every bit of it! We later stepped out to Rio to enjoy some music from great Nigerian Chicago DJs.

(If I could post videos, I would)

On Saturday I went over to a friend's house where we ate an Oreo cake and clicked wine glasses. I later went home to rest up a bit, cleaned up, then dozed off.

On Sunday, my parents threw me a party at their house. There was food in abundance! My mom made our favorite- Fried rice (the best in town. Trust me)! 

We had lots to grill, thanks to my friend Kenny aka "grill master" as my mom calls him lol.

But of course all my photos and videos ended up being on Snapchat and I didn't save them.

I had initially planned on going to Punt Cana; plans were made last year, but it didn't fall through. I'll go sometime this year tho.

And oh guys, my goal to visit 10-15 cities by age 25 was a success :)

I'm currently on the road headed to my sister's wedding.

We'll talk later.

C.U.

Happy Monday

Happy new week, lovelies!

These are photos from last weekend.

2 piece set- Boohoo; Choker- ASOS

Jumpsuit- Forever21 (last year), Bra- ASOS, Bag- Topshop

XXXO

C.U.

Hi, Model

The time is now 10:26pm.

I just got done with dinner (I know). I'm almost ready for bed, but I thought I'd share this bit with you.

So at work today, during checkout at lunch, the strangest encounter occurred.
Because I tend to get bored with my own food, I always buy food at my hospital's cafeteria (so about 3 times a week), which costs me between 6-7$ worth of cheeseburger with chips and Crush soda. I get the same shxt every time, well unless they're serving meatloaf with some spaghetti that day.

Anyway, on getting to the register, the cashier smiles at me, scans my bag of chips, then with a grin, says to me "oh honey you need to eat more. You're so skinny, like a model" Say what now? What sort of dirty compliment is that?
Mind you, this woman looks just like me, physically!

If you know me, you'd know  my appetite is very big, and random. After all they say skinny girls eat the most. Or isn't that how it goes? And mind you, I weigh 130-135lbs which is VERY healthy, thank you very much.
I felt like saying this to her in the nicest way possible: "Well if your administrator didn't charge an arm and leg for this thing you call cheeseburger, maybe I'd be able to fill my plate up."
The audacity.

Anyway, I have my metabolism to thank- for enabling me eat as much as I want without worrying about calories.

All things fattening is the motto... unless your body disapproves of course.

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Hope your holiday weekend has been great so far?

Mine has! I had the best Me-Day yesterday and I got a lot accomplished, including taking my braids down..shhh. I'd had the braids for about 5 weeks, and while it still looked fairly good, my scalp itched for a wash. My coworkers and friends discouraged me from removing the braids as it still looked new, but I had to go with my hair's calling.

But anyway, the other thing I did on Sunday was eat my fave popcorn (Boom Chicka Pop) while binge watching on my new fave show on YouTube, Skinny Girl in Transit. You need to watch it if you haven't. They're in season 2.

Well, it's almost 0900. I'll go eat something light and perm this "thick forest" of a hair.

Going to a house BBQ later on. 

We'll talk soon.

My Songs for the Week

Happy New Month!

I know, I know...welcome to the best month ever ;) My birthday is in 2 weeks, and my sister's wedding is in 3 weeks!

So it's looking like this blogging is becoming a monthly thing. I need to pick it up.

I was supposed to blog about my Nigeria trip some weeks ago, but then I got in a car accident and had been dealing with doctors, and claims. But I'm fine, thank God.

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This post is about songs that either came out recently, or I just got hooked on all over again (even though they are over a year old), but here are my fave 5 for the week:

Wizkid- Shabba feat. Chris Brown, Trey Songz, French Montana

Olamide- Konkobility

Skales- Ijo Ayo

Flavour- Nwanyi Mbaise

Flavour- Mmege Mmege

Flavour released the video to Mmege Mmege a few days ago, and I'm just over the whole village-marriage scene in a lot of his videos. He needs a new video/creative director or something.

What's on My Playlist? (Highly Requested)

OK this post is long overdue, and I feel like I should make this post every month.

I thought my playlist was quite average, but when people would always ask me for the song I'm listening to (on Snapchat or in my car), I knew my playlist was sorta the bomb ;)

Without wasting your time, here are my current Nigerian songs starting with the most recently added on my MP3 (A.K.A my old Samsung phone, lol).

Phyno- Fada Fada

Que Peller- Eleniyan

Mayorkun- Eleko

Zoro ft Flavour- Ogene

Falz- Bahd Baddo Baddest

Kiss Daniel- Mama

Burnaboy- Rizzla

Viktoh- Skibi Dat

Olamide- Who You Epp

Olamide- Abule Sowo

Kayswitch ft. Olamide- All I See

Lil Kesh- Jabo

Lil Kesh- Ibile
Lil Kesh- Cause Trouble
Lil Kesh- Semilore

Dj Shabsy ft. Kiss Daniel & Sugarboy- Raba

Adekunle Gold- Pick Up

Koker- Kolework

Koker- Do Something

Kiss Daniel- Good Time

Koker- Kaabo

Olamide- I Love Lagos

Humblesmith ft. Davido- Osinachi

Ycee- Omo Alhaji

Tiwa Savage ft. Olamide- Standing Ovation

Davido- The money

Lil Kesh- Is it Because I Love You

Korede Bello ft. Tiwa Savage- Romantic

Tekno- Wash

Ycee ft. Olamide- Jagaban

Ice Prince- Boss

Olamide- Eyan Mayweather

Falz- Soldier

Wizkid- Final

Burna Boy- Soke

Olamide- Say Something

Olamide- Don't Stop

Olamide- Matters Arising

Olamide- Sold Out

Vector ft. Phyno, Reminisce, Classiq & Uzi- King Kong

Harrysong- Reggae Blues

Phyno- Connect

Tekno- Duro

Davido x Meek Mill- Fans Mi

Patoranking ft. Wande Coal- My Woman, My Everything

Olamide- Falila Ketan

Lil Kesh ft. Viktoh- Efejoku

Olamide-Lagos Boys

Kiss Daniel- Laye

Reekado Banks- Katapot

Olamide- Bobo

Olamide- Melo Melo

Lil Kesh- Gbese

YBNL- Shoro Niyen

Olamide & Phyno ft. Lil Kesh- Ladi

Oyinkanade- Adura

Psquare ft. Don Jazzy- Collabo

Psquare- Shekini

Falz- Ello Bae

Patoranking ft. Timaya- Alubarika

Korede Bello- God Win

Kiss Daniel- Woju

Masterkraft ft. Olamide- Indomie

Sean Tizzle ft. Tiwa Savage- Igi Orombo

Flavour- Gollibe

M.I. Abaga ft. Reminisce- Shekpe

M.I.- Rich

Tiwa Savage- My Darlin

...OK I have to stop here. Maybe I'll write up a second part if you guys want?

I typically get my songs from YouTube- it kind of knows my music selections and suggests some to me. Other times, I get them from Instagram from the artists I follow, or from the artists I'm subscribed to on YouTube. A lot of times, I steal songs from my bf.

If you noticed, I generally listen to the same artists. I have a different playlist for Lagbaja and Asa (I have a mood for this genre).