A Little History

Hey,

I've been reading an old book about Nigerian cultures in our library. The library is really old, so it has a layer of dust on everything. They have everything; The Odyssey, a really old edition of Ripley's Believe it or Not, and a really, REALLY old version of Oxford University's dictionary. So, anyway, my Dad found this book on Nigerian culture in there, and was reading, showing the rest of us how he remembered when the Nigerian National Theater didn't look as crappy as it does now, and how this was there and that was here. After a while, I went and looked at it myself. I was amazed at how much amazing stuff about the different cultures in Nigeria was in there. Like for example, the Yoruba used hieroglyphs to talk long distance with other towns. There was a lot of symbol work going on, like for example, if there is a shrine, and a road leads to it, the people put palm fronds across it. That means, "no trespassing." But if you wanted to talk to your friend down the street, you'd use the talking drum, a drum that sounds like a person speaking Yoruba! It was like a cell phone!!! Other cultures used hieroglyphs, too. It's really interesting to learn about my ancestry, since my Dad is socially and mostly ancestrally on my grandpa's side Yoruba. And they made delicious foods like a paste they made for a rite of passage with kolanut (a really bitter nut, after you eat it, though, it becomes sweet), honey, dried fish, spices, and everything! They also made a sweet called Adun; I'm going to research it after I write this, I wanna know what it is. That's pretty much all I remember right now,

Signing off,
The Traveler

My Sister's B-Day!

It's my baby sister's birthday today,

And we're having a blast. She's turning four. We went to this general store that has just about everything called Glory 2 Glory. It has everything: drinks, oil, sugar, flour, candy, sweets, cookies, and lots of known brands like Snickers, Pringles, and Kit-Kat. We got about everything on the shelves. I ate half a Snicker bar (my younger sister (8) ate the other half), some strawberry wafers, about half of the pringles, some cookies, some more cookies, and some more cookies! Now I'm feeling sick. But it was good while it lasted!!! We played some Super Mario Galaxy 2, too (my baby sister told us what to do). We had a lot of fun. Our oven isn't working at the moment, so we were going to bake a cake and some cupcake at our friend's house in Osogbo, about a forty minute drive from Ife. We got some cake mixes from the States; our aunt put it in The Package. But, it was raining a lot today, and when it rains a lot, NEPA goes out a lot. It's a fact of life here in Nigeria. And the oven needs electricity. Only if we want a crappy cake, we're going to hold off of that, and try to go tommorow to bake the stuff. Delicious!

Signing off,
The Nauseous Traveler

Awesome Games!

The games are awesome!

I love Super Mario Galaxy 2, but it's wicked hard. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is really good too. Heck ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD!!! And the DSi is really nice; it even has a built in camera!

Signing off,
The Traveler

The Package's Coming Today

Guess what?

The Package should be coming today. I checked the tracking number, and it said it's been forwarded for delivery! That means it's handed over the package to the local mail people, and they're bringing it to Ile-Ife! Super Mario Galaxy 2, here I come!

Tommorow!

The Package is coming TOMMOROW!!!! :):):););0;)

Nothing Happening

nothing going on. you're not missing out on anything right now. we're stranded without a car. good thing is that the package is coming in two days.

The Package 2

The Pacakage is in Lagos now,

I just checked on the DHL tracking site. They say there's a clearance delay right now. But I'll tell you right now, if they try any funny business, we're killing them. One time, they delayed so long, we called them up and forced them to bring it here. They better not try it again,

Signing off,
The Traveler