Africa with Style

Back from my holiday

2009-08-25T22:50:00.004+02:00

Hi everyone!

Now I am back, had a wonderful time. Will give you a quick summary of the vacation on the next post plus DETOX PLANS are underway after a rather unhealthy lifestyle these past 8 weeks....

Stay tuned guys and write in with your tips and suggestions on how you undo holiday kilos...

Good night

Vacation starts today!

2009-07-02T18:31:00.004+02:00

Hi guys!

Thank you so much for the lovely comments on the past posts... Just wanted to inform you all that I will be away on holiday for the coming few weeks.I will definately update you with pictures when I am back. I will try to enjoy as much as I can and definately relax.

Enjoy your summer!

Bye

Michael Jackson a genius of all time

2009-06-27T20:49:00.003+02:00

Hi Guys!

How is the weekend so far? Has the MJ news sunk in yet? I am both chocked and sad for especially his family and children but also for the music world. He has inspired so many artists dance moves. The likes of Usher, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, Neyo and so on... The list is endless!

However sad to say, there was a lot going on with guy, we just did not know about, right?... All the same, we will remember him for his GREAT, GREAT music. One of fav songs is "I will be there". The video sums it up for me. Enjoy it!

Have nice weekend.

H & M finally cooperates with Jimmy Choo

2009-06-19T18:02:00.015+02:00

Hi Guys!

MY FAVOURITE JIMMY CHOO ACCESSORIES

Here comes some good news for all you fashionistettes out there! 14 November is a date for you all to remember. It is the day that H & M opens it's doors to present a collection by Jimmy Choo. The collection will include mainly shoes and purses, however a small collection of clothes for both men and women will be sold.

According to the press information that has been provided the shoes and purses will cost between 398 and 1998 kr. Not bad ha... if not, well start saving now! The collection will be launched in 200 H&M boutiques mostly in big cities. I am sure Stockholm will be one of them!

H & M Press chef Jenni Tappar Hoäl & Jimmy Choos founder Tamara Mellon

Looking forward to November already.

Enjoy your weekend!

Finally summer is in Stockholm

2009-06-17T22:37:00.018+02:00

Hi Yáll!

It has been a very long, cold and dark winter but today I saw with my very own eyes a summer sign. It's such a relief to finally see that we are going towards brighter days.
About my blogging, honestly, I just had no energy to write. You can't imagine the anxiety I felt, everytime I thought about my bad updates but now l will do my best.

Back to SUMMER..... So much to do and to look forward to! Here are a few things I have longed for, for summer 2009.

No:1) Swedish strawberries

I don't know but there is just something about the strawberries here that just give me this feeling that it is finally summer. l simply have to have mine with some whipped fresh cream with a touch of vanilla. Hmmmmmmm Yummy Yummy

No:2) SALES in swedish: REALISATION

Lets face it, this credit crunch has left us all opting for cheaper alternatives right! I am looking forward to this year's sale period, which is officially starting this weekend. However a few shops have false started their sales due to the economic situation.

Check this pair of shoes l bought last year for just 149kr.

Hope I can do better this year in terms of price....

No:3) Outdoor training:

I am so glad that my gym arranges some of the training sessions outdoors. It's so much fun. I will support this arrangement as much as possible.

Hope you all enjoy your summer and it´s nice to start blogging again.

Good Night!

Chris Brown this was Nasty!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-20T20:54:00.003+01:00

Hi guys,
I came across this and must say Chris Brown sank in my eyes in just seconds. I didn´t know that some men still practiced such barbaric acts to show that they are macho.
Visit this link and check out poor Rihanna´s face.
http://www.tmz.com/

Sorry the Silence

2009-02-06T21:44:00.002+01:00

Hi Guys!

Firstly thanks to all the well wishers out there... thank you soooo much it meant a lot... I´ve had a tough period at school, physically & so on and honestly I haven´t had much strength left to blogg. I´m not fully recovered to 100% but I ´m back and will keep you guys updated....

Once again thanks to the well wishers out there!!!!

Lots of Hugs

Emilia

Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery, Possible

2008-09-24T22:34:00.005+02:00

Hi guys,
just came across these videos (Eve Pearl) and thought I should share them with you. I love that she is catering for us black women too....
Don´t you just love, what she did with nose!
I have to admit, I am beginning to believe that, maybe not all celebrities have done plastic surgery... Write and let me know what you think of this one.

Todays menu
Breakfast: Tea and a banana
Lunch: Last night left overs. I must say they tasted better today...
Midday snack: Soy yogurt
Dinner: Too tired to make food so I ate yogurt with lost of stuff in it

Good Night

Sorry.....No internet connection

2008-09-23T17:36:00.010+02:00

Hi guys!

Sorry for the terrible update but these past few days my internet connection has not been available and neither was my telephone working so I was kind of isolated. Finally after calling the support center in India we were able to get back on the net.

This weekend, not much action, I was at home. One of the days though, I watching a documentary about the world`s fattest man, Manuel Uribe, and I was thinking to myself "How can someone get this HUGE? Almost 350kg, incredible!!!!

Manuel Uribe in his bed

...."I mean he is so big, he has not been able to get out of his bed for almost six years", they said,
....So big, he is in the Guinness world record for the fattest man ever known,
.....So big, that if he lost the weight he would also make it to the Guinness world record for The person, who has lost the most weight ever...

Well, I was so intrigued by the fact that the people around him did not say or do a thing about his condition. I mean his family, friends, workmates, etc, I think they could see that his weight was escalating. I even blame it mostly on the doctors especially for not doing anything about it . I think it´s high time doctors actually confronted their patients about their overweight and obesity problems.

On the brighter side of life though it was stated that Manuel Uribe is on a Low Carb diet just like the one I am on nowadays. The nice thing too is he is losing lots of weight, Nice right... So that's even more proof that the GI- low carb diet works. Yippie!!! Well, all I can say is just don´t let the weight take over your life or someone in your life, like it did for this guy... Coz it was really miserable to see!

Todays diet
Breakfast: Yogurt with3 sorts seeds(Sesame, linseed and psyllium)
Lunch: Had no time to eat so I grabbed a Low cab, low GI chocolate bar and had 2 fruits to it
Snack: Tea, tea, and a boiled egg with cavier
Supper: I will have Spaghetti Bolognaise with some Soya Bean and lentil salad.
Am off to the gym will work out 1 hour intensive workout...Burn some fat

Talk some more tomorrow!

Day 9 -today´s diet regime " I must eat pizza"

2008-09-17T22:25:00.009+02:00

Hallo,

Guys today was the worst day of all since the diet started in terms of craving. It´s that period when a woman just has to eat whatever she craves and today it was the Authentic Italian Pizza. Mine has to have Mozzarella Cheese, with air dried ham, basil and tomato... I thought of you all, my newly found bloggville family, how you have supported me. I also thought of how far I have come. So, I decided to once again resist. l told myself no and I DID IT!

Instead, when I came home, l made an omelet. With, guess what? My favorite pizza ingredients Mozzarella Cheese, air dried ham, basil and tomato...It was just as good as a pizza, try it too.

Base for omelet For 2
3-4 eggs
1/2 a cup milk
1 cup of grated cheese
Crushed garlic
butter to fry in
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper together. Melt butter and wait until it´s reasonably hot but not too hot. Pourover the egg mixture. Let it cook at low heat. Sprinkle some cheese over the eggs...At this stage, you can now add and combine which ever ingredients you find appealing, tuna fish, onions. shrimps, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms etc. The choice is yours... Sprinkle more cheese over and leave on the heat until the cheese has melted. Serve with a good salad.

So next time you get a pizza crave and you can eat something healthier as an Omelet version of your favorite Pizza.
Enjoy!

Today´s menu!
Tea for breakfast wit a banana
Lunch:Italian omelet
tea, tea, tea and protein bar after training
Carrot and broccoli soup and fish
I trained one hour at low intensity. It was really nice to go back to the gym.

One week on the diet and it´s working!!!!!

2008-09-16T20:40:00.006+02:00

Hi all,
one week has now passed with me on the GI DIET. I have said to myself, I will only weigh and measure myself only once every week. So today was the day and here is the verdict... weight: -2,5kg; waist: -0,7cm and hips: -1cm.

Why is it so important with the waist measurements?

The goal for women is less than 80 cm and for men is less than 94 cm. Fat around the waist increases the risk for Type-2 diabetes as well coronary heart diseases. Statistics show that those with waist measurements that are over 88 cm for women and over 102 cm for men, are prone to diseases. So make sure you measure yourself and see your status.

Do not despair, if you are overweight!
Take control, of yourself and your lifestyle. Think like this, you are most likely eating more than what your body needs and /or can burn. The best way is for you to, first do a diet plan that you will follow religiously. Eat healthy food and start training at least 30 minutes a day. That´s enough exercise for a day.Eat regular meals at specific times that is breakfast, lunch , a midday snack and supper.Remember to eat a variety of foods to get the best from all food groups.

Take control of your health and your body with the right numbers, and you will see that you will feel better.

This is what I ate today:
Breakfast: Yogurt with sesame seeds and tea
Lunch: Salad ( fresh: broccoli, lettuce, tomato, carrots, cabbage, red onions, and marinated chick peas) to this I had fish again
Midday snack: tea tea tea
Supper: Mashed cauliflower with pork chops

Good night!

Sharing my favorite recipe...

2008-09-15T18:09:00.016+02:00

Hi guys, just want say thanks for the love and support. I feel so motivated to do this even more now, THANK YOU.
How was the weekend? Mine was fine just filled with lots of temptations though. You know everywhere I went people seemed to offer me Carbohydrates, unbelievable. Take this, was invited for a crayfish party! What is served? Potatoes, baguette, wine, crisps, sauces made with flour, you name it was all there. I actually surprised myself in a way, because I managed to remain discreet about my non-carbohydrate /-alcohol status. It all went well, no mistakes reported from my part.
I got a cold, so not much activity after that, was indoors the rest of the weekend, and too bad, no exercise either. That was not so good.

Anyway, for today I want to share with you a very fancy and absolutely delicious dish of mine. You guys will love it, I know for sure.
Stuffed Paprika/Peppers Mexican way
The ingredients
500g minced meat
2-3 eggs depending in size( beaten)
3 Carrots
2 cups of maize
3 Small onions
4 Cloves of Garlic
1 cup grated Cheese
1 cup of chopped tomatoes
2-3 tsp Chili powder
4 tbsp cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste
If you have and would like, add Mexican spice you know taco mix (optional though)

NB: For those not doing the diet you can add, 1 cup of boiled rice.

Method

I: Set the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Peel and chop the onions, garlic and add to the minced meat. Peel and grate the carrots and add to the meat at the same time as you add the maize corn and cheese. Mix thoroughly. The rest of the ingredients tomatoes, chili , eggs, cooking oil, salt and pepper add them together. Then mix this to the minced meat mixture. I added some cashew nuts.

II: Prepare the peppers as in the the picture. Cut the tops clean the inside that is remove the seeds and rinse them in preparation for stuffing.

Stuff the peppers with minced meat mixture.
As always with this recipe its not all of the mixture that will fit into the peppers. With that I usually just make big meat balls with them. Sprinkle some cheese over the food.
Grill in the preheated oven for 30 minutes and this is what you get.

Just from the oven

And on the plate

I served with tomato salsa and peas hmmm delicious.

Today´s menu
Breakfast: Tea and scrambled eggs and a banana
Lunch: Fish with crab & shrimp sauce served with salad
Snack: Peanuts and tea
Dinner: Broccoli and peas soup served with Tofu.
No training today. I have a cold.

Bye guys, let´s talk some more tomorrow.

Day 4 - First time, to say no to french pastries

2008-09-12T17:19:00.018+02:00

Hi yáll!

How is it going with the diet? Any carb abstinence syndrome yet? Well, I have mine today but I have resisted so far. I should reward myself if I pull through which I will, I am determined. I really want pizza, for the sake of just having pizza, coz it´s forbidden, therefore I will not give in. Just ate some yoghurt and you know what, the cravings disappeared, just like that...

Monica and I

Anyway, I went to town to see a friend Monica , it was so much fun... I got a lovely autumn present from her, a jersey it was so lovely. So typical as we went through town we passed through an international food festival, how do you resist French pastries??? HOW? ??? Nightmare to the diet no pastries please, I just walked right across did not turn back. That was true temptation...but still pulled through.
Day 4- STILL NO CARBS... as we walked on by we see a crew of photographers and a model just outside The GUCCI Store and she was so thin and it inspired me even some more not to eat carbs. Check her out and the crew...

Here is today´s menu!

Breakfast: Yogurt with fruit and alfa alfa seeds
Lunch: A Chicken salad
Snack: Yogurt with plums
Dinner:Cauliflower Gratin form last night with some meatballs

Day 3 starting to feel lighter already

2008-09-11T17:53:00.009+02:00

Hi everyone,

Today I thought of sharing with you one of my favorite recipes that I am going to eat tonight for dinner and it´s GI suited. It is a Cauliflower Gratin very tasty, great substitute for potatoes...This is is enough for 4 portions.

1 Big Cauliflower

2 tsb margarine

1 big potato cooked and mashed
200ml of vegetable broth or water from cooking the cauliflower
1 egg yolk
200 ml cream
1 cup cheese grated
Grated nutmeg, salt, peppar

Cook the cauliflower in lightly salted water until they are very soft. Drain and keep the water. Fry the mashed potatoes in margarine and add the vegetable broth or the water together with the cream. Mix off heat until it´s a smooth then on the heat to get a thick constancy. Add half of the cheese and egg yellow while steering, add salt and peeper to taste. Put the cauliflower in a Pyrex form and pour over the sauce over the vegetables. Sprinkle cheese over the sauce. Put the form in a very hot oven until the gratin gets a golden brown color. Serve with wine poached Fish... and vegetables like peas for example. You can can add carrots and onion , garlic , broccoli and mushrooms to the recipe to add more flavor . You can also use milk instead of cream as long as you cook the sauce longer for that rich thick sauce.....Try this dish, it is so delicious, both money and time saver.

Back to today´s menu this is what I at

For breakfast: I had Tea with milk and yoghurt
For Lunch I had left overs from last night the minced meat omelet...

Have a nice day....Give me feedback.

Day 2 on the diet

2008-09-10T23:13:00.003+02:00

Hi guys, how is it going for you? I am sure you are keeping up the good work right...
I wont say much today but just my menu for the....
Breakfast: woke up late so I took Brunch with an omelet with tuna guys I love tuna fish these days, it tastes sooooo good
Midday Snack: Chocolate Smoothie
Supper: Minced Meat, Mushroom, Onion, Tomato omelet...Green lettuce Salad

Now I have had loads of water, I walked home for about 45 minutes and well , I am positive about this whole diet thing .
Good night I have an early day tomorrow...

Let´s go on a lose weight quest....for 6 weeks

2008-09-09T12:36:00.013+02:00

Hi guys!

I am back to school now and I am feeling quite good about this new autumn term. Well, the only sad thing is that after the summer you know the kilos pile up and you see it around the tummy area, hips and the face. All the same I have decided to do something about this and I am changing my lifestyle to lose the kilos. Since I am a GI diet fan, I will do that diet. Throughout the week, I will be giving you my daily diet and workout plan for those who want to join in, you are welcome and let go for it and see how much we lose.
The dos during these coming six week:
Power walk or train at the gym at least 1 hour a day;
Drink 2 liters water everyday;
Follow the GI diet quick start program religiously;
No alcohol;
Stay motivated
The don't s
No sugar (soft drinks, sweets, jam, you name it don´t go there;
Wheat products (Pasta, bread,etc)
No potatoes or Rice
No more than one fruit per day
No eating after 1900 hrs except for tea or nuts

NB: This diet is not calorie based so one eats until they are full.

Today´s meal plan
Breakfast: Natural Yogurt with a fruit and sesame seeds
Lunch: Tuna fish,cheese and green pepper omelet served with salad
Midday snack: Milkshake alt Smoothie
Supper: Grilled chicken served with Tsatsiki and Salad

Well I have just had my lunch now and I am off to the gym now. Stay motivated and have a nice day...

BIG BROTHER 3 IS BACK...AND SEE WHAT I READ

2008-09-05T09:20:00.006+02:00

Hi guys! I was doing what everyone does in the blog community, you know read what other bloggers have written, comment and analyze. My, my, my look at what I came across a comment by one who calls himself K-daddy. He is analyzing the contestants one by one check this out...
K-daddy said...

"Just by looking at them[the contestants] , I am going to attempt character sketches of these people...someone come back well into the series and tell me if i was right or wrong....
The Nigerian Guy - Seems like a man's man. A natural leader. An opportunist especially with the ladies. I don't think he'll actively persue any of teh ladies in there but if the opportunity presented itself, he wouldn't hesitate at all. Will get along with guys and girls equally i think. Not the most organized guy and probably won't care too much about personal hygiene either. like i said, a man's man.

Kenyan Girl: Teacher's Pet. HOllier-than-thou (or at least pretend to be). Pseudo-motherly. If she can't be the most desirable (to the guys), she will try to be the most religious, or the most morally upright. It's all a farce though. She knows her way around the block.

Botswana Girl: Saucy-minx. Feminist, in-your-face, bitch. I don't care how long it takes to show but these traits will eventually come out. Least likely to hook up in the house.

Angola Guy: Sexually ambiguious (cue earrings on both ears). I'd keep an eye on this one if i were the guys in the house. Will not get along well with the Nigerian Guy at all. Again, it may not seem like it in the beginning but if they both stay on long enough, it will come out. Will get along better with the ladies. Happy-go-lucky. Liberal. Hippie. And probably cares a whole lot about a lot of unimportant issues.

Zimbabwe guy: I can't really tell. Not a lot of character in his face. Either comes from a very rich family or is a thief. How anyone gets so fat in a country where there is nothing to eat is a mystery to me! Might leave early.

Zambia guy: Annoying. Could pass for an cocaine dealer where i'm from.lol. will try too hard at everything. being cool, hooking up, winning tasks, trying to pretend he's hygienic.everything.

South Africa Guy: Serious case of SMS (small man syndrome). Extremely Annoying. He's not a fool. And he won't suffer fools either. Condescending - without necessarily having any position from which to be condescending.

Uganda Guy: overall cool guy. Ladies man i bet. Self appointed peace keeper.Artsy, Fun loving, lets-make-love-not-war kinda guy.

Ghana Girl: Prude. Like seriously prude. Absolutely won't hook up. **Is that a moustache i see on her?** Speaking as a ghanaian, i can bet my last dollar she's a virgin. She's from the North. Probably muslim. Trust me guys, there'll be no late-night shenanigans from this one. Motherly. Won't get along well with at least one of the other girls.

Tanzania Girl: Low budget prostitute.lol..i don't care what the organizers say. they know exactly where they found this one. on the streets of bangkok or berlin.

Namibia girl: Sweet-heart. lovable. likeable. very comfortable around the guys. Either that or she's the queen B herself.

Malawi girl: Very smart. She's beautiful and she knows it. More mature than the others. Will be the voice of reason. Much to the annoyance of the tanzanian girl.lol."

I was mostly surprised by the way K-daddy commented on the Zimbabwean guy, I mean how can you judge someone through the economic situation in the country. It´s absurd. I also disagree with K-daddy´s comments on the the other contestants as well. I mean the blog community has somewhat become a place for bullying, making personal attacks towards people and the worst of it all "IT IS ACCEPTED". Why? Well on the blog everything seems to be allowed or well you can get away with it I suppose. Simply said "Everything is allowed! something needs to be done....

These are just my reflections maybe they differ from yours but despite the differences RESPECT should always come first....

Have a nice weekend......

Oswald Boateng the fashion inspiration for man

2008-08-28T22:01:00.018+02:00

Hi guys, read about this guy Ozwald Boateng and get inspired!

Ozwald Boateng

Click here to read more...
Ozwald Boateng is widely credited with introducing Savile Row tailoring to a new generation. He was the first tailor to stage a catwalk show in Paris. Among Boateng's many clients we find Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves and Mick Jagger.

While studying computing at Southwark College, he was introduced to cutting and designing clothes by his girlfriend at the time. Using his mother's old sewing machine, he started designing and selling clothes to his fellow students. At sixteen he sold his first collection to a menswear shop in Covent Garden, and by the time he was twenty-three he had set himself up full time in business.

Keen to learn the best of traditional tailoring, he would find out who best stitched buttonholes, who set sleeves the best way, who made the best linings and so on, at the same time developing his own style and look.

Ozwald sees himself as more than a tailor, and more than a designer, so he coined the term 'bespoke couturier'. He was the first Savile Row designer to open an American store when he opens his Madison Avenue boutique.

Check out some of his designs as he worked with Givenchy

Summer holiday over!

2008-08-27T19:07:00.004+02:00

Hi guys, I am now back!

Firstly I would like to say:
"Thanks for the emails, from all of you who were wondering where I was and how I was doing, these past few weeks..."
I was first of all in Enköping a town north of Stockholm at the summer house. After wards, I went further up to Dalarna and it was absolutely fantastic a holiday well needed.

I have now revived my energy and after these summer holidays it feels like a new period is starting, you know it´s like a new year! Besides enjoying the sun, I watched a lot of tv (cartoons) hahhahahahhaha, read a book Snabba Cash in swedish , swam at the summer house it´s near the sea, I read another book that I highly recommend to everyone Eat, shoots and leaves and lastly I gained at least 5 kg from all the good food I ate.

Unfortunately, while I was sorting the pictures on my camera, I somehow erased all the pictures . Typical right! All the same I am back and check this video out, one the videos, I watched... LOVE IT!

Silly Symphony 'Symphony In Slang' - More amazing videos are a click away

Keeping you updated!

2008-08-15T19:38:00.006+02:00

Hi guys, sorry once again for the bad update. However like I have said , I am on my summer holiday. I have not had access to the computer since I have been to the countryside... All the same we have a TV there and I have been following the Olympics...Read this story and tell me what you think!

Swedish Ara Abrahamian throws his bronze medal in protest

Abrahamian threw down his 84kg greco-roman bronze in disgust after his shot at gold was ended by a decision denounced by the Swedish coach as "politics".

Abrahamian took the medal from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the mat before storming off.

The Swedish wrestler had to be restrained by team-mates earlier as a row erupted with judges over the decision in a semi-final bout with Andrea Minguzzi of Italy, who went on to the take gold.

Abrhamian, who won silver at the Athens 2004 Games, shouted at the referee, then went over to confront judges, angrily throwing off the restraining arm of a team official.

Swedish fans booed loudly as the judges filed out of the arena. Abrahamian said nothing to waiting reporters but whacked an aluminium barricade with his fist as he left the hall.

"It's all politics," said Swedish coach Leo Myllari.

Myllari did not say if he intended to lodge a formal protest over the decision by referee Jean-Marc Petoud of Switzerland, judge Lee Ronald Mackay of Canada, and mat chairman Guillermo Orestes Molina of Cuba.

Other favourites went out in the semi-finals or earlier. Athens 96kg gold medallist Karam Gaber of Egypt failed to make it to the quarter-finals. Aleksey Mishin of Russia, who took Athens gold in the 84kg class, was beaten by Minguzzi.

2 medals to Africa so far in the Olympics

2008-08-10T22:25:00.009+02:00

Hi guys!

I don´t know if I have mentioned this to you guys before but I love sports. However, I must say it´s thanks to my big brother, who introduced me to the world of Sports. First it was football, then tennis and afterwards he showed all about cricket and rugby. I remember how we used to sit every Saturday afternoon and watch English Premier League, those were the days. I remember too when in mid-June how we also watched Wimbledon. We loved it! It was so much fun!

The interest is still there for sports and I tell you it was a sport fun fare this summer. As you all know, there was the European Championships (Football) which were quite fun, even though, I personally think that Sweden was big disappointment.
Now it´s the Olympics though and some positive news so far. OH, what a start for Africa! Zimbabwe currently leading the ranks for Africa with 1 silver medal and Algeria with 1 bronze medal. Well done to the girls, so far!

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe takes silver as she finished second at 4:29.89 minutes while Austarilan Rice had winning time of 4:29.45 and third place was American Katie Hoff who finished at 4:31.71.

China's Xian Dongmei won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 52kg judo today Sunday the 10th. North Korea's An Kum Ae won the silver. Japan's Misato Nakamura and Algeria's Soraya Haddad won bronze.

Enjoy the Olympics!

Channel O 2008 voting has begun

2008-08-08T13:36:00.011+02:00

Hi guys!

The nominations for Channel O music video awards are out and you can now vote for your favorite. The voting will continue until the 24th of September. You can vote using the following methods sms your favorite video to (+27839208400) or visit this link below T he Channel O MVAs

The nominees are:

Best Male Video
Ikechukwu – Wind em well (NIG)
Prokid – Bampa (SA)
HHP – Music & Lights (SA)
Blac – Kwa Masela (TAN)
Simba – Lovely Day (MOZ)

Best Female Video
Lizha James – Nita Mukuma Kwini (MOZ)
Lady May – Chokola (NAM)
Becca – Sugar (GHANA)
KB – Moni Fe Re (SA)
Sasha – Adara (NIG)

Best Newcomer
IGHO – 9 Ja Boy (NIG)
Camagwini – Imvumi (SA)
Simba – Lovely Day (MOZ)
Kast – Ndono (BOTS)
Buffalo Souljah – Bubble Your Bumz (ZIM)

Best Duo or Group
Jozi – Muthaland (SA)
P Square – Do Me (NIG)
Irene and Jane – Heated Up (GHANA)
Witness ft Fid Q – Zero (TAN)
Bleksem ft Krazy Boy – How Low Can You Go
DJ Cleo – Sis Ng’hamba Nawe (SA)
Leroy – Merathe (BOTS)
DJ Vetkoek vs Mahoota – Qolo (SA)
Lady May – Chokola (NAM)
Durban’s Finest – Uyosholo Wena (SA)

Best Ragga Dancehall Video

Buffalo Souljah – Bubble Your Bumz (ZIM)
Buffalo Souljah is a Zimbabwean born musician now based in SA. He is a reggae dance hall artist who first came onto the music scene in 1996 with the group IRC. Vote for him guys!
Zeus ft Stagga – Imagination (SA)
Mapaputsi – Nangu Mapaputsi (SA)
Baba Dee – Blaze (NIG)
Ofori Amponsah – Odwo (GHANA)

Best Kwaito
Sunnyboy – Summertime (NAM)
Kabelo – Bongwana (SA)
Arthur – Sal’basalayo (SA)
Big Nuz – Ubala (SA)
The Dogg – Can You Feel It (NAM)

Best R & B Video
Danny K – Outta Control (SA)
Amani – Missing My Baby (KEN)
Loyiso – I Want You (SA) ( I love this song)

2face Idibia– True Love (NIG) This guy is so fly, it´s a battle between him and Loyiso

Gal Level – Falling In Love (NAM)

Best Hip Hop Video
KC Presh – Sengemenge (NIG)
Naeto C – U Know My P (NIG)
Prokid – Bampa (SA)
Witness ft Fid Q – Zero (TAN)
Silkour – Umsindo (SA)

Best African Southern
Freshly Ground – Pot belly (SA)
Ziqo – Vamos Embora (MOZ)
Gal Level – Falling In Love (NAM)
HHP – Music & Lights (SA)
Taygrin – 2By2 (MALAWI)

Best African West
Becca – Sugar (GHANA)
Ikechukwu – Wind em well (NIG)
Faze – Everyday (NIG)
D’Banj – Move Your Body (NIG)
M-Trill – Bounce (NIG)

Best African East
Witness ft Fid Q – Zero (TAN)
Blac – Kwa Masela (TAN)
Amani – Missing My Baby (KEN)
Azari – Oliwenge (UGA)

Video of the Year
Freshly Ground – Pot belly (SA)
P Square – Do Me (NIG)
HHP – Music & Lights (SA)
Ziqo – Vamos Embora (MOZ)
Ikechukwu – Wind em well (NIG)

Let the best video win......

Wedding pictures

2008-08-06T16:00:00.026+02:00

Hi Guys!

Sorry for the bad update! I´ve had so much to do at home and with my leave that has just started. This past weekend, I was at a lovely wedding and I really had a wonderful time. Check out some of the pictures from the wedding...

Enjoy these!

Just married

The bride and groom

The bride´s maids

Just before the wedding dinner

The dinner underway and this is what we got...

The Menu

The Main Dish:
Pan fried fillet of Cod with seasonal vegetables, truffle foam and herb creamed potatoes...

Dessert:
Cloud berry parfait mousse with berry sauce

The Wedding Cake

Mingle time

My friend Monica in pink, The mother of the bride and I, in green...

Everything was so well arranged. I wish them all the best in their marriage and lots of love...

Weekend Special - What makes Zimbabweans Happy?

2008-08-01T01:47:00.006+02:00

Hi guys! Do you remember some time ago, I wrote an article about World Map of Happiness. Guess what my guest author has decided to enlighten us, as to what makes Zimbabweans happy. The article is written and edited by ikereflections of zwTube.
Enjoy the article and your weekend.

Here is the answer to Africa With Style !
Four years on the trot Zimbabweans have been voted the unhappiest people on planet earth along with the Moldovans and Armenians, according to a US-funded survey just released. You don’t have to be a computer whiz-kid to google that for yourselves do you? It was also revealed here on Africa With Style.

"I strongly suspect there is a strong correlation between peace and happiness," said Ronald Inglehart, a political scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Duh ! Do you really need to be a grey-haired be-spectacled geek scientist to figure this out?

Anyways, how else are Zimbabweans getting laughter whilst everyone else is feeling sorry for us? Beyond the almost booming music industry or the scrappy-but-hard-to-ignore local football there is quite a few whacky ones. This list is my no means exhaustive.

Around the sprawling city townships, at the local dealership called bottle-store (they sell beer) you are sure to run into hoards of men, young and old, congregated around pool tables (or snooker), serious at play and betting the last agro-cheque (everyone is a farmer down here by the way, courtesy of the Land Reform Programme te he he he !), which is instantly but regrettably converted into opaque beer. Crude jokes are tossed from man to man, the kind of boys-will-be-boys-thing. Believe me, if you are a lady you don’t want to be within ear-shot, if you know what I mean. Such is the verve around the game, it has developed a mini-league in Harare.

Out in the country-side, the national Scud alcoholic beverage, many a drinker’s bliss, is rumoured to be pegged at one United States dollar. It will leave you out of pocket. That is assuming you have the green-pack. So, aimless youths have resorted to home-made twenty-four hour illicit brews (probably made using soap) to keep them high. Those with a bit of change to go buy half-done wine called vinho (whatever that means) which apparently is slowly but surely reaching the city-scape too. So much for health and safety.

Back in the squalid townships, it is now open secret that spirit medium-directed and inspired ceremonies, called biras, are now a thing of the nights (remember the diesel mystic called Rotina Mavhunga and her shenanigans fooling everyone all the way up the hills to the very top); a scene reminiscent of war-ravaged pre-Independence rural Zimbabwe when folk used to gather willingly or otherwise for the all night vigils so-called Pungwes. Forgive me, I just don’t know what to make of this development. You tell me.

For those that enjoy the “finer” things in life, Theatre In The Park is the place to be spurred on by the likes of Daves Guzha who has been relentless on that front. It seems to be paying off. Literally ! Long movie queues still wind at cinema houses at Avondale for those that enjoy the big screen. This past-time doesn't seem to have lost its members or lustre. I haven't been to the movies for ages though I love films for real. The Kines have long been converted into churches though.

If you belong to the ever increasing less-heeled, a walk down First Street Harare will suffice. “Entertainment” enough and to spare from open air street theatre groups featuring Aphiri, Babalasi and Marabha is a daily release. Less frequently I swear to God, I have spotted the odd upwardly mobile C.E.O enjoying the act pretending though to be chipping away at the keypad of his expensive cellular phone (mobile for you Londoners).

The street motivational speaker-cum-preacher has always had cult following on Harare’s First street and is still happening.

Many people from Zimbabwe will remember a half-dressed prankster called Simon Wasu Nazerera. That’s right. The one who walks on a single strand of metal wire suspended between ends of palm trees and takes you through his Manyika dialect-laced antiques and insults. Well, he is thirty seven now and of course still alive, has upped his game but still insists on lifting a large piece of rail-road using his jaws ! Ouch! Careful mate not to lose your teeth one day.

If you are talking transport home after all that, the Marcopolo coaches are a thing of the past. Enter the open air trucks and you are just too happy to jump onto those anyhow. They will grind and pound but believe me you will be happy to be home nonetheless. My bad, I have to rush to queue for my mealie-meal. Until next time, see ya !

First it was Obama now it´s Michelle´s turn

2008-07-31T23:30:00.009+02:00

The International Best-Dressed List now out and the article published by Telegraph is as follows:

While Senator Barack Obama’s wife came first on the list, Senator John McCain’s wife did not make it on to the list at all and was dismissed by critics as being too conventional to be stylish. Mrs Obama joins French first lady Carla Bruni, Kate Middleton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Craig and Angelina Jolie on the list.Notable among those missing was Victoria Beckham. But given that Mrs Obama topped the lot, it was Mrs McCain who stood out most among the American absentees - and critics appeared to relish the fact.

“Clothes make the woman, after all,” wrote the New York Daily News of the snub.
“Like it or lump it, the personal style of each candidate’s wife has become an important part in establishing individuality, likability and power. Michelle Obama, who has her own favourite high-end designers, has made sure to advertise her everywoman-frugality every chance she gets.”

Keren Eldad, New York fashion manager of the Los Angeles Times, said: “McCain’s style is like the political style of her husband: conservative and outdated. It screams 'safety’ and escapes any nod to change, to risk, or to bravado. She may throw on a tailored leather jacket every once again, but through her pearls and all that hairspray, can we really detect any semblance of inspiration? Of fun?

“Obama, on the other hand, gets it. She is a modern woman, she has fun with fashion, she embraces life with fury and grace - making apparel choices so varied, that time and again signal this woman never sees anything in life as constant. That’s change. And that is the essence of what fashion is all about”.

Vanity Fair’s style connoisseurs deemed Mrs Obama ready for the crown of the world’s best-dressed woman for her ensemble of a Maria Pinto purple sheath dress, with a black Azzedine Alaïa belt, worn when her husband claimed the Democratic presidential nomination. “She’s our commander in sheath,” the magazine said.

When Mrs Obama appeared on the popular US daytime talk show, The View, wearing a black and white Donna Ricci dress that cost $148 (£74), the dress sold out overnight and made the designer a household name.

Mrs McCain, on the other hand, has been criticised for her stiff appearance and dress — her hair until recently was always styled in a rigid “up-do” - and is often compared with a Stepford Wife or a cyborg in the media and on blogs. When Mrs McCain made an effort to soften her image and literally let her hair down for a Vogue photo shoot, the Washington Post ran a feature on the transformation.

Do you think Michelle is well dressed? Write in and comment guys!

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