Friday, June 08, 2007

WEEKEND LUV - THE ROUND 'EM UP EDITION

Its the Weekend again!!!!!
Wow! This week went by fast, didnt it? Anyways, I had a great week...it had its ups and downs but I am grateful to God as always....
The BIG change in my life is creeping closer and closer, Jesus take the wheel!
A friend of mine was like 'Bella, u have been blogging a lot this week, what's up?'..Basically, I havent seen a certain someone this week LOL so I have had all the time to concentrate on all my passions such as my blog....distractions, oh distractions!
Anyways, here is Weekend Luv - The Round Em' Up Edition!!!!

THE CLICKS

BLOGVILLE IDOL!! Need I say more??? – Check on it ASAP - HERE
Big-ups to Opeke and Pink-Satin for producing the show!

Dipo Tepede’s Blog is 1 Year Old!!! Yay! To celebrate he is holding a contest with a 33,000 Naira cash prize sooooo check on it - HERE

Nigerian movies are TAKING OVER in Tanzania and Botswana…I am proud of Nollywood but there is still room for loads of improvement

Jim Iyke recently organized a charity event in Liberia as part of his non-profit work with the Jim Iyke Foundation - HERE

The Nigerian Canadian Reunion is coming up soon! Go ahead and register if its your thing, the team has been working really hard preparing and organizing the event! Click HERE


The Nollywood Foundation Convention 2007 is coming up! I know this will be a fab event but more importantly, it’s a PROGRESSIVE event as loads of important issues will be discussed and hopefully many of these new ideas will become reality - HERE


Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. She beat five other contenders for the £30,000 women-only award. CONGRATS to her. Here are pics from the prize presentation and some pics from the Guardian Hay Festival last week. To read more, click HERE



Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at The Guardian Hay Festival


Stella Damasus-Aboderin participated in the Walk the World campaign in Monrovia, Liberia some weeks ago. Check out the pics! I’m proud of Stella for her effort.





Nigerian student, Shaherah Uchenna Obika wins the Miss Caribbean & Commonwealth beauty pageant. She is the first Nigerian to win this title since its inception - HERE


THE HITS
Sanchez – Pick It Up
This is the hottest rap song in Nigeria right now…Catchy yet kinda gritty! I’m feeling it!
5 5 - Afrikan Gurlz
I love this song!!! Infact, I think I am falling in love with Ghana and Ghanaian music…maybe I should go and find a Ghanaian lad LOL…Anyways, thanks to my boy Chale from Museke for the Ghanaian hits!

Have an absolutely wonderful weekend!
Check this out...its really funny - Urhobo Home Training
Oh by the way, check out the Voice Mail thing on the sidebar....tres fun!
Much love!
~Bella

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

yay im first

Icy PR said...

Rawk onn

My 2 cents said...

Bella, I don't know how you do it, but you do it. You're an inspiration!.

Unknown said...

wtf why am I not first?

Anonymous said...

I've never done the I'm first stuff. Just tried and someone already beat me to it! Darn! Am I top 3 :)

Anonymous said...

lol @ the Urhobo comedy

Anonymous said...

hey bella tanx..muah

Anonymous said...

chidimah is an influence to naija writers out there lol

have a great weekend lady

Anonymous said...

As a bonafide Urhobo girl that was spot on ..HILARIOUS!!

Mimi said...

VOTE FOR MIMI!

Mimi said...

chidimah is an inspiration!

Miss Opeke said...

Thank You so much for your support and for the promotion...

Anonymous said...

Hmm Bella...you are really on fire this week..hehe
Congrats to Chimamanda she has done nigeria proud.
Proud of Stella..God bless her; that she has not allowed her own life's trauma to stop her...guess that's why she has been away from blogville
Have a great weekend everyone...:o)

Anonymous said...

congrats to chimanda.. and for being such a ghanaian hip-life fan like myself... anytime when you reach canada i go carry you go better ghana party as in you will dance sotay you wont be able to feel your feet anymore... trust me... great writeup.. cant wait for blogsville idol but come oh bella can you please tell me why did not participate... abi you dont want the masses to hear that your 'shriekish soprano voice' abi?! lol...

Anonymous said...

oh damn shit.. no more comment moderation.. fantastico.. now i can get the good vibrations i usually do when i come first on your blog... 'oly sheet' man!

Anonymous said...

Yay for Chimamanda!!!!!...i luv dat babe, i am presently reading "half of a yellow sun" and cant seem to put it down!...dat girl is mega talented.

congrats to the miss carribean winner....but too much pageants and beauty contests going on these days sha....and is it juss me or does those two women next to her look old?...esp. d one in blak

Anonymous said...

aaaahhhhhh! ur voice....

Anonymous said...

Hahahahah, I lovee this phone thing!!!...Meanwhile, YaY for Chimamanda!!! Hope ur kewl!

XxPeacexX

Rinsola said...

Loved the post this week. Show me some love, and stop by my blog please. Thanks

Favoured Girl said...

I was so rooting for Chimamanda to win, I was jumping up and down when they announced the winner on TV! She's an inspiration to me (and many) so I hope to follow in her footsteps one day!

Hope you had a great weekend!

BlogVille Idol said...

hey girlie i see u got ur voice player on...yay!..PINK-SATIN

Anonymous said...

great idea the blogville idols thingy but i hope they got the permission to use the idols name and logo so they dont get into trouble, or is it alright?

Anonymous said...

Does Stella blog or is it just for blogging sake. I know Bella would chew me out for my statement as to because she and Stell be mates.

Well my dear sis na my two kobo!

Hope you're well!