Good Naija Girl
A blog by goodnaijagirl
Blog description:
A blog about life, all from the perspective of a Nigerian woman in her late 20s who was born and raised in North America.
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Good Naija Girl ranks 127 in Africa and 15 in Nigeria. According to site visitors it ranks 395, and 443 according to page views:
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The random things I am thankful for
(Parts of) my body Although I often mention that I have a lot of weight to lose, I am thankful that I was blessed with good proportions. Although they are disguised now, when I get my act together, I won’t have to worry about an upper half that far
On making each day count
Good morning! It has been quite a week with respect to celebrities passing away: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in the last few days. I pray for their families, to whom these stars were “just” Ed, Farrah, and Michael, to whom their passing isn’t noteworthy because they
Feeling the love
I did a little recording to thank you for the birthday wishes but it’s messing up my whole blog so I give up it seems to be working now: Can you tell I
Thank you!
Here’s a little recording I did to thank you for the birthday wishes. You can tell it was my only take. If you missed the debut of Vera’s radio show you missed a
Thankful for the privilege of getting older
Do you think when I was picking what day to do my thankful posts, I ended up picking Thursday for a reason? I ask because today is my 30th birthday and if that isn’t a reason to be thankful for my life, I don’t know that is. THIRTY. To
Not impressed with organizers of Nigerian events either
Ms. O wrote about her disappointment with promoters of concerts and that reminded me of this entry that I started a few months ago. Earlier this year, I went to the eLDee concert that was heavily publicized, and was disappointed. I felt bad because I convinced a few friends
Pastor Adeboye’s visit
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church was in my part of Canada this weekend, and although my family does not attend Redeemed, we went to see him. My only regret is that I missed the earlier part, with the singing and dancing, but at least I got
Thankful for blurred family/friend lines
Although 99.5% of our relatives live in Nigeria and have therefore never been around for us to hang out with on a regular basis, I can’t say we don’t have family around us because everywhere we have lived, we have always managed to find a Nigerian community and become
Updates on a few things
The Down Syndrome Association of Nigeria (DSAN) could still use your donations and support. You can read more about the organization on their site. Please consider giving to help out this worthy organization. You can even donate through paypal, by sending the payment to info@dsanigeria.org. Don’t forget to check
Life is short
For me, this week is all about being thankful to God for life because it can be so short. A friend sent me a his story about a girl, Katie Kirkpatrick, who got married despite being so very sick with cancer. She died five days after her wedding, at
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