Aduke Gomez
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Look at this gorgeous babe!! The car!! The owner told me he'd bought it from someone who had owned and looked after it for 40 years. It even has the original body paintwork and the interior is the original leather and wooden dashboard. A beaut!!
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We shouldn't be menopausal abi? Should we tell them how fun it can be? 😉 Besides what's the alternative? My mum died at 51. Her sister drives herself to mass at 92. Who should I copy?
*Random pic in the salon of my hair standing on end at the audacity 😆
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@lesliesamkim
Thank you for writing this. As someone who has been told that a long term relationship with me couldn't be envisaged because I stammer, this is very heartwarming. Oh! And thank you for sticking it out with your husband. We, who stammer have a lot to say 🤭
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Went on a test drive of the Blue Line today thanks to
@Lovinglagos
Huge congratulations to all involved in bringing the train into being - took 25 minutes to get to Alaba station and back to Marina! Seeing Lagos from this vantage point was quite something!
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Went to an engagement once. My aunt's son. Had the IV. It said pink. I wore pink. Strutted into City Hall. Took my seat with the other pink gele folk. I had a drink. Great jollof. Where was aunt? Friends? Checked the name/date on the menu 👀 I was a day late
If you are having a terrible day, well… I wore asoebi, went for a wedding only to find out it’s next week. I have IV 😭😭😭 I checked venue to book bolt on the IV. I have IV 😭😭😭😭 I have IV oooo.
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As Women's History Month ends, I think of my mum's friends whose influence on me I hadn't realised till I'm now the age they were when I was young. One was Aunty Edith wearing bikinis till she was past her 80's - a subversive! Come on in, the water's lovely!
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For those doubting -
@Mochievous
and I boating down the river.
For those who doubt the power of social media - we met here on X and this weekend is our first real interaction. Thanks for trusting me
@Mochievous
Here's to more physical meetings 🥂
Look at the magnificence that is that first picture? I sabi the work & the model is gorgeous 😍
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@safeeyiah
@tnwhiskeywoman
Thank you for your encouraging post. More women should hear and believe! Here's 60 last whirl around the sun 🥳
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@Joseph_Fasano_
The water flowing over her feet is so real you can almost feel how cold it must be...
Nymphs are usually being pursued by lascivious gods or satyrs, so instead here is one stepping into some water, which seems to be flowing over her toes. The statue is by Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1864) and can be found in Brescia.
Mythological being of the week 💧
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@Mochievous
I did this ooh must be about ten years ago. It's amazing to see them at a good safe distance. You go waaay out to the Atlantic. Surrounded only by water as far as you can see...in a small boat, you understand how vulnerable humans are in the scheme of things
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Night & Day! For the next few posts, I'm going to bore you all silly with my recent trip to the Abraka Turf & Country Club. Look away now if you don't want to seethe with jealousy at my enjoyment 😆incredible and rejuvenating 🤩
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So lovely to meet
@iamrenike
in person today after her super workshop this morning at the
@quramopub
Festival of Words!
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@SeunJamesTaiwo
And true. My first and last time as an owambe gatecrasher. And as for pink? I gave them. From gele, lace, shoes, bag. But the pinkest of pink was the hot flush of shame on my face as I waited for the car on City Hall ramp 🤣
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Got into a cab. Young chap.
Me (confirming from app): Hello. What's your name?
YC: Ezekiel, Ma.
Me: Hope you don't have dry bones?
YC (not missing a beat): I should be asking you, Ma.
Thank you for the laughs Ezekiel! It made my day so much better 😂
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Omo, see this throwback Christmas album cover!
"Duksy Sings Noel 🎄" coming soon to a record store near you 😀
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"Where there is a woman, there is magic" - Ntozake Shange
Happy Women's Day!!!
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Felt lucky today to have stumbled on these young people on Lagos Island from Lafiaji Fanty in procession - you can tell they are from Lafiaji as they are in red and white. An annual Christmas Day tradition from the Afro-Brazilian Heritage. Train them up!
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For those curious when I say "floated"...here's the "donut dinghy" that took us down the Ethiope River in Abraka...
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TGIF innit...the sun must be over the yardarm somewhere! Cheers!
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Went to a 10th birthday today and I had a great time!! Cheers to the birthday boy and here's wishing him a wonderful year ahead 🎊
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Oni photo! I'm ready for my close-up, Mr Tin Can camera man 😁 Enjoy the weekend, folks. Go, make someone smile!
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I'm in this quiet cafe. A woman enters. And proceeds to YELL on her phone. Staff afraid to tell her. After 20 minutes I go over and ask her to reduce volume. I point out that we all know about the shocking church budget discrepancies. She's whispering now.
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Guess the première of which film I'm watching this evening? Clue's in the photo...Bet you're jealous 😆
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@Mochievous
Lol. Reslly? Never understood the appeal myself. The idea of wearing someone else's hair has always given me the heebie-jeebies. It's almost Victorian in its level of macabre.
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So, a cool thing for me at
@artxlagos
this year was to feature as part of the installation by
@mowaaofficial
. It was a vibe to be told by so many people "oh I just saw your video and answered your questions!"
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Fancy that! Sometimes, indeed, the stars align ✨ here's to millions and millions of us with our numbers increasing daily🥂
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The Fabulousity is unequalled and the DRIP is tangible! This is how to do it 💞 Because the world doesn't know - we start our sartorial training young-young!
2023 update…
Big sis is in “big school” (primary) now, so she’s not doing and-co with people in Playschool again 😂
But here’s the OD squads independence and cultural day look 🔥😍
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This thread took me back 😃 Going to NITEL on Marina to call "the abroad"; using those little cards when the phones didn't take coins anymore; scrambling to finish conversations before the pips ran out; queuing for the pay phone in school; saving your coins.
sorry if this is a silly question, but i've only seen pay phones in movies. did pay phones actually exist everywhere irl or is it used to create drama in films? why aren't there any?
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Happy Mother's Day to everyone who has ever held a child close and provided comfort for a moment or for a lifetime, whether or not you gave birth, take your flowers - well deserved 💐
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Oh, Mummy, so many years have now passed and so much still to say...Continue to rest in perfect peace 🕯🙏🏽
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My good friend died. She was Muslim. The burial was the next day. My boss at the time told me not to go, I should take work seriously. I sha went. A few months later, his friend's younger sister died. See how he was the chief mourner. I'm still resentful.
I can't count the number of Owambe I have sacrificed for the sake of my career growth. But one junior strategist is telling me he can't deliver on a task over the weekend because he has a wedding to attend. Work-life balance is not for people who are hungry for growth.
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Always fashionably late - Granny Barbie! What a wonderfully nuanced and hilarious film. Enjoyed it thoroughly
#BarbieTheMovie
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We are about to take off! Are you joining us for a procession through Popo Aguda?
Follow
@Lovinglagos
for live updates
#Afro
-Brazilian Heritage Festival
#Lagos
Island history
#Emancipados
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Absolutely so delighted and proud to have been nominated for this award at the 2022 edition of the Lagos Studies Association conference.
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The Tafawa Balewa Stadium (TBS) was built in 1972 upon the grounds of the former Race Course where Nigeria's flag was raised for the first time at the Independence Celebrations on October 1st 1960. 1)
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This is very heartwarming to read as someone who has been told that a long term relationship with me couldn't be envisaged because I stammer plus who knows who else may just have lost interest at my first hesitant speech 😆 We who stammer have a lot to say🤭
Marrying a stutterer changed my life.
Our first date was difficult. I'd forgotten he'd written the word "stutterer" somewhere in his Bumble profile.
We met at the base of a local hike — just as storm clouds were rolling in.
It took at least a minute for him to say "Hello."
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So elated and honoured to have been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Lagos Biennial. Very much looking forward to this new and exciting engagement with the arts. And counting on all your support towards next year's Biennial in Lagos. Watch this space!
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Couldn't resist showing off my late dad in his bowtie, fancy pleated shirt AND his cummerbund when I read this fascinating piece on the history of men's evening wear by
@dieworkwear
. Thanks for the reminder of how elegant men can look.
However, the fundamental spirit should be to look elegant. This sticks to the spirit of these being evening clothes, often worn for dinner or at parties. Not business meetings. IMO, covering your waist improves the elegance of these types of outfits.
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@oldenoughtosay
That someone could stand there filming it and not running away, never looking back and swearing to never return is how horror movies begin...
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@oldenoughtosay
And it's a straight line from there the male entitlement that doesn't accept "No"...."after all I bought her dinner*
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Reminds me of when some kid my daughter's age called me "ment" here. She doesn't know but her mother and I have mutual friends. Waiting for the day when I meet them at a party and she kneels down and greets me "good afternoon ma" at her mother's behest 😆
You'd spend your day advising sovereign wealth funds, and at night some random person on twitter will call you olodo.
Just very humbling.
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@_simi_sola_
Old enough I suspect, perhaps to be, if not your granny, then certainly your big auntie 🫣😆
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Happy heavenly birthday, Daddy! Lots to gossip about right now & especially through your mantra of "it's a matter of conscience" - the economy, politics, wars, the Royal family, St Patrick's Days in the past when you and Mummy drank black velvet cocktails🥂
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A magnificent piece of work! If you can, see it in the cinema now! If not catch it on Netflix. Huge congratulations to everyone who was involved. This sets a standard for Nigerian period pieces. May Biyi Bandele's soul rest in perfect peace. What a swan song!
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A lovely way to end
#WorldTourismDay
at this
@LagostourismO
event - sharing Lagos Experiences, great food, an amazing venue at
@solbyboxm
. And
@wurasamba
and his incredible drumming! Thank you for the invitation! And thanks to
@lovinglagos
for the video!!
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@ozzyetomi
Sigh. You may as well get used to it. That's why every one who is a mother turns round in a shop when they hear a small child yelling "Mummy...Mummy" despite knowing full well their own child is not in this shop and besides is approaching 30 years of age 🤣
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Such serendipity! I was just introduced by a friend to Patricia at
@artxlagos
- and she had just bought my book!! Imagine that! A wonderful surprise meeting.
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Don't miss Journey Of An African Colony - Sundays at 7.00pm on Channels TV from 25 Aug 2019. Proud and delighted to have been a part of this incredible vision of
@suposhasore
as he tells our own stories
#nigerianhistory
#worldhistory
#JourneyofanAfricancolony
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Here we go! Waiting for today to to start at
@quramopub
Festival of Words - I'm moderating this afternoon. Come along and listen as I discuss the colonial experience with
@PeterRyanEire
Olasupo Shasore SAN and Dr Jimoh. It's free to attend at Eko Hotel.
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@enddidinn
The combined beauty of myself and the car was too much for the phone. The camera exploded after just one photo. Sorry for that 🤷🏾♀️
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@asemota
The investment of time spent with them before the teenage years will show in the returns of how much time they will deign to spend with you once they feel they are grown. Best get down on the floor now and play those Barbie, Lego, trains, pretend food games!
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@EcoidBoss
It's not mine to sell! I saw the car as it was being parked in front of a cafe and complimented the owner on his lovely vehicle. Then asked if I could have a photo with the car 😆
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Le sigh. In 2023? I'd hoped that by now it might have crossed people's minds that cooking and cleaning can be outsourced. Interesting conversation, shared goals, common values, mutual respect, genuine love and affection not so much...
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Look at that lowering sky! The next thing - the rain is absolutely bucketing down. I've said it time and again - the rainy season doesn't end till October. Don't be confused by the balmy skies of the cute August break!
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@asemota
I was that child that read everything - even the back of the cereal box at breakfast. Let him read. He'll never have as much free time to do so. Let his reading range far and wide beyond the school library. Take him swimming too. He can't read in the water.
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Congratulations to HRH Erelu Dosunmu on the Inauguration of her Cultural Centre during her annual Christmas Carol Service. Do visit!
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Mr. Biggs is back on Awolowo Road! Forgot to take a photo but the jam doughnuts are still as good and yeah one bite of that crispy sugar crunch over hot fluffy dough with mouth burning jam takes you straight back to teenage years. Move over madeleines 😆
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Continue to rest in absolute perfect peace. Always and still missed 💐🕯️🙏🏾
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I'll be moderating the discussion about the new
@ImohUmoren
film on Herbert Macaulay this Sunday. Do come! Send a DM to
@LovingLagos
to reserve your seat.
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@reneeswilliams
@adamleigh25
@WhoresofYore
A quick check in with Aunty Google shows what an inspirational man he was! May he continue to rest in power!
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@GbenroAdegbola
I wonder if her friends and neighbours believed her at first over the years when she might drop "as my cousin, the Pope, said to me the other day" casually into conversation 😆
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Gbemi Shasore, the convener of
@quramoofficial
Festival of Words 2023, and I are waiting to welcome you! Come, let's grab a selfie!
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December's starting well 😋 Let's not make the others jealous, so thank you, you know who you are 🤩
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@madblackvegan
This is a lovely Idea. I agree with the person who says take a photo of the dollars and open an account with the real ones. Apart from the compound interest - bear in mind that currency has an expiry date, the earliest ones may have expired by her 21st b/day.
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The Yoruba say that a youth with clean hands can dine with the elders. And the truth of this struck me watching the health workers dancing today. Many are so young. And are doing such important work saving so many people. More power to them!
@Art4LifeLagos
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Odd conclusion. I'm sure many humans learnt "delve" in nursery school and still use it!
Remember the counting rhyme "One two, buckle your shoe"? Then you get to "Eleven, twelve, dig and delve".
Clearly, some teachers stopped at "nine, ten, big fat hen" 😆
My point here is not that I dislike "delve," though I do, but that it's a sign that text was written by ChatGPT.
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Saturday reflections. Someone is always going to have a bigger, faster boat. Your job is to bail out the water from your own canoe and concentrate on reaching your own destination. Godspeed.
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@Mochievous
Have to disagree there. The Protestant churches such as the Anglican and especially the Methodist have long had stronger hymn singing traditions and it shows.
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1st day of the Lagos Biennial at TBS, Lagos Island. Do come along and see incredible contemporary art. It's free to attend. I'll have to go again - didn't see all I should have as the time disappeared in this amazing recreation of an old Turkish teashop.
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Thank you
@tanyashadrick
Here I am outside the National Museum in Lagos so you can see it has arrived safely. Thank you so much for writing this book. My goodness! the vulnerability tugs at ones heart and your use of language is stunning. Everyone, read it!🤩
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Today is International Stammer Awareness Day.
It doesn't matter how long it takes to get the words out! Your voice counts too!
And to everyone else - be patient. We who stammer have lots to say if you'd only listen!
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Went to this photo exhibition. You might have no special love for trains but the way they opened up the country, linked communities and facilitated the accompanying changes to society contribute to tell a fascinating story. Thanks for the invite
@MrOllyOwen
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My Irish mother's family were liberal and accepting of my Nigerian father when he was a student at Trinity in the late 1950's and proposed to my mother. Remarkable when you think about it. What if this had not been the case? These stories are heartrending.
In the middle of the last century, thousands of students from African countries were studying at Irish universities. By 1962, one tenth of the student population in Ireland were African.
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@Mochievous
Hold your life jacket well. Carry baby wipes and plastic bags if you get seasick. Or a fellow passenger does. Spent a lot of the time holding back a girl's hair as she leant over the side. It had rained the morning we went and the waves were quite something.
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At
@quramopub
Festival of Words watching
@iamrenike
with her co-panellists talking about how fintech can help the creative sector. If you're not here, you're missing out!
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@Mochievous
Yeah. Happy I did it. Even happier to return to land. I kept wondering if they could see us in the boat? I mean, what if they decided to come up for air just as we were passing over them? Doesn't ber thinking about 😆
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Celebrate this year's Independence Anniversary properly! So proud and delighted to have worked on this 7 part history documentary series.
"Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria".
On Netflix world wide from October 1st 2020. Don't miss this!!
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