I went to bed early last night for two reasons. 1. I had the grandfather of all headaches 2. So I could wake up early enough for morning mass. I woke up late, with the headache still throbbing and to discover that the car had been blocked by canopies but up by one of my neighbours for some kind of celebration which I knew nothing about. I decided, since I was up early, let me do some real cleaning up around the house starting from the living room. The party had started downstairs and they were playing very loud Yoruba music so I tuned my home theatre to kiss fm and raised it to the loudest volume ready to listen to some good music.
Nothing prepares you for the encounter I had.
I have been so busy chasing my dream, building my company, making friends and expanding my network, facebooking, websurfing, developing concepts, selling products and services and products, hanging out etc that I completely forgot the one who made it possible in the first place. For five minutes I listened to the most gut-wrenching testimony I have ever heard in my entire life and instantly I asked God to forgive my neglect and self-centeredness.
I didn’t even catch the name of the singer who gave the testimony but I guess the reason It touch me so much was because somehow I could relate and I felt a form of empathy. In a nutshell, ‘her grandma taught her about God and the bible and told her one Day God will use her. When she was 11 her family moved to LA leaving her grand ma behind. By 13 she was in the clubs, by 16 she was a single parent. At 14 she had her first hit single and stated touring the US with music greats. She was introduced to drugs, alcohol, promiscuity and all the ill associated with the world of entertainment. She craved the fame and lived off the bright lights and cocaine was her best and only friend and her live-in lover was a dealer. One day she walked straight into a wall, hit her head and started sliding down and her mind told her this was it. At this point the talking ended and she started singing, but one thing she kept saying throughout the testimony was ‘grandma never stopped praying’.
I am alot of things to alot of people. Daughter, sister, bestfriend, friend, colleague, CEO, white rabbit, PR exec, partner, associate etc and I see the glamour associated with the business and I see the bright light that blind, approaching, but as Cobham’s raps ‘this is not about me’.
I am no preacher; I am not even in a place spiritually where I can give any kind of advice but I have this to say today,’ do not forget God in anything you do’. He makes everything possible, and most especially he keeps you safe. If you have a friend or brother or colleague that you see is going astray, please don’t stop putting him in your prayers, it might be you keeping him safe, not luck nor fluke. And please put me in your prayers too.
Dear lord,
As you build up WR CONCEPT LTD with your knowing hands, bring with all the wealth and fame, humility. Help me to never forget that this is not about me, but to your honour and glory. Amen
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
08 08 - DETAILS IN WORDS
people are still asking how we did it, only two weeks to plan and we pulled off an amazing priemier event. it wasnt only WR concept premiering that evening, LOTANNA- an abuja based designer, presented her line for the first time on stage and the clothes were fantastic, she took the red carpet by storm at the begining and the models were flaming on the runway.Lotanna,whose line comprises fashion forward ready to wear contemporary african designs , plans to move to Couture and more.
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
08 08 - DETAILS IN WORDS
people are still asking how we did it, only two weeks to plan and we pulled off an amazing priemier event. it wasnt only WR concept premiering that evening, LOTANNA- an abuja based designer, presented her line for the first time on stage and the clothes were fantastic, she took the red carpet by storm at the begining and the models were flaming on the runway.Lotanna,whose line comprises fashion forward ready to wear contemporary african designs , plans to move to Couture and more.
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
08 08 - DETAILS IN WORDS
people are still asking how we did it, only two weeks to plan and we pulled off an amazing priemier event. it wasnt only WR concept premiering that evening, LOTANNA- an abuja based designer, presented her line for the first time on stage and the clothes were fantastic, she took the red carpet by storm at the begining and the models were flaming on the runway.Lotanna,whose line comprises fashion forward ready to wear contemporary african designs , plans to move to Couture and more.
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
the 08 08 event red carpet started at exactly 6.30pm with teeming paparaazi (abuja top 25, spice tv, nta and our own photographe) were all there to take photographs of fashionistas and fashionistas sure did turn up.evry one was looking beautiful. it was a positive event for the abuja out going crowd that brought a lot of great people and groups together, and for us that coming together is what white rabbit concept is all about.
Elnathan had the 15 lovely models walking and struting to his poetry,which had a fusion of gothic and african to create lovely melody, performances from yoye and young uno-the numero uno recieved a huge amount of appreciation from the crowd which had built up from the start of the event. and also performing that evening was dj zeez of the oforcasibe (didnt spell that rite did i?)fame, abuja loved him and he totalled loved the crowd appreciation. at this point i must confess that i indulged a secret fantasy when we invited chocolate citys jesse jags as headliner for the night and he got every one squealing with delight. he even made alot of guest including a member of the internation community get up on their feet to party like its 1999. thanks jags, you made our nite...
white rabbit concept exist as a PR firm and we always look for new ways to create mileage for our clients and our teeming assiociates. every establishment that was involved in the event was able to showcase their goods and services to a crowd of abuja people that didnt know they even existed but were happy with the information. all our designers went home with orders, inspector gadget stors will definately be getting visitors and c&c collection will be clothing abujas finest for years and years to come.
i missed alot of the performances, since i was back stage, but fortunately for me i had watched the storyteller perform before, but he is new everytime he gets on stage, a guest exclaimed'where did they find this people'. story teller just goes to emphasis the point that we have great talent in this country,he was wonderful. he performed along side bem sar, whose guiter strumming was sooooooooooo koooooooool. BOI came all the was from lagos to showcase his glamour line and the models were excited to look so glamourous.
special thanks to Gang(our compere for the evening),lotanna,kejie of cyreene makeup lounge,alhassan mohammed,sam of BOI,dooshima of inspector gadget store,emeka of c&c collections,adegbe ogbeh of 1number,ulabi agba,bill uko,alkasim abulkadir,leslie emegbuonye and the entire white rabbit concept team.
(backstage report and details in pictures next up)
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