I'm asking for a moment of silence.

For, the chat room is still empty

I discovered Niaraland, because in my Honors English Class we were reading "Things Fall Apart" and I needed to reasearch about Nigeria. And i typed in "Nigeria Culture-religion" on google and the third article down has a hyperlink to one of the topics on this website, it was saweet,

i turned 15 in January, so i can totally drive!!!! SCORE! HUZAH! Except my parent's don't think i'm responsible enough yet, so i can't get my drivers permit,

my name is Abbey Marie,  yes I am not Nigerian. Though you are all SaWeet and I totally want to go to Nigeria someday, 

nike4luv:

AB, u ran away shey? where hav u been

@ nike4luv, are you talking to me when you say this?

mikebuddy:

Abi oh!

@mikebuddy, are you talking to me when you say this?

I loose everything. My homework, backpack, purse, my clothes, my books, the track of time, the remote, my mind, and sanity.

Usually what I do is think. "Ok, When was the last time I saw it?" and then i got back to where ever that was. and think "What did I do next?" and go follow my steps, continuesly thinking, "where else could I possibly have put it?"

One wierd thing i do, is pick stuff up w/o even realizing it. Like, I'm in a class, and we're working on a sheet of paper, and suddenly the person next to me is like, "Abbey Marie, Do you have my paper?" and i say, "Probably." and i look in my folder, and WAH-LAH! There is their sheet. I just pick stuff up, put it in my pocket/folder/other random compartment.

It's weird because if i do that, i unconsioulsy move things too, and don't realize it, so i loose them really easily.

Hm, Well, that depends completely on the individual.

Some brainy guys are jerks and snobbish and mean and rude, and in that case I'd have to choose famous

If he the famous guy thinks he is 'better' than me. then brainy guy all the way.

If the brainy guy is sweet though, and caring for me, then i'd like to have him.

If the famous guy is named Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Oliver/James Phelps, or Tom Felton (exspecally Dan, ) Then I'd totally choose him,

I was addicted to Naria Land, but then I went and found another cool site and was addicted to that for a few weeks but now, I'm BAAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKK!!!! *says in a really creepy voice*

Hey does anyone remember me? because although I haven't been on in a week or two, or three? I don't know, I just hoped I'd be more memorable than that,

@ Deji earlier on you had been talking about evil 'prowling around here' and said, "nferyn the Godless man" and yes, although he is an aitheist to his core, it's not nessesarily BAD to talk to him (or any of the others you mentioned for that matter), because I was totally going through one of my weird teenage life-sucks-no-one-loves-me-and-i'm-fat-and-i'm-also-ugly-too phases, and I was talkilng, no debating with him on some matters about God, and he totally reminded me how much I depended on God, and how much God loves me and other crap, well it's not crap but anyway, like that, so it's not necessarily a BAD thing to talk to those people, well yeah.

I like Cheesecake.

How could you pick THEE most beautiful thing on Earth?

Would it be: a sunset on a beach? well maybe,  I mean, can't you just imagine it perfectly?

I close my eyelids as I sit on the beach at the edge of the water. The salty water splashes against my feet and bare ankles leaving them with a tingling sensation as the water returns back to the ocean. Warm sand runs between my fingers, leaving an almost sensual touch. Wind brushes hair against my face and fills my ears with the perfect harmony to wondrous sound of waters crashing against the shore. Still on my tongue is the pleasurable taste of my favorite tea, that lets happiness cascade into my body like crystal clear water being poured into a cup, overflowing. My nose fills with the distinct flavor of life,  of beauty and unconditional love and God. Slowly I open my eyelids and gaze at the sight before me. Colors I have never imagined have been painted across the sky,  it's own canvass. Gleaming pinks, comforting oranges, and yellows that combine them together light the sky afire. Passion blazes across it, and it caresses my skin, leaving goosebumps on my arms and legs.

OR, would it be in a forest?

The earthy smell of the ground engulfs me. Trees reach into the sky like they are yearning to get into heaven. Words are being whispered throughout the forest which caresses my body and fills my soul with peace. silent music pours out of me dancing between the trees and blades of grass, making leaves soar through the sky, lifting me up into the air, letting me dream and hope like I have nothing to loose, like it was the last time I could ever dream or hope. God's creatures created with such care, and gentleness live their daily lives as I watch and dream. So innocent and good, living as God created them too. The joy is too much to withhold inside, so I let a single pure note ring throughout the forest, conveying everything I have ever felt or will feel.

But, how could you compare that to a child?

Just born, she lie there, in her mothers arms, sleeping so peacefully. I realize that she could make a difference, change the world. She could give hope to people, help them believe and have faith. That God loves her so much, loves this child so much, that even though God knows every single time she would fail, sin, and betray him, even though he could have created someone who would have maybe sinned less, sworn one less time, told one more person about him, gotten better grades in school, even though, he decided to create her. To give her life, and a chance to live, to be whomever she wants to be. The chance to dance like no one's around or sing like no one's listening. To be who she is without any barricades up, being her true soul. Trusting and being loyal, kind, and good.

How could you compare that to friendship?

Two friends sit there together, closely, simply talking. Knowing things about eachother that others do not. Never betraying eachother, always loving. Having a trust beyond all else, for they have broken it before. But have shown mercy to one another and forgave the other. Knowing everything about the other, and yet not judging them, not having to be afraid to share about themselves. Able to be simply who they are.

How could you compare that to a night sky?

The deep purple and midnight blues collide together in waves, with only small, but bright, lights breaking the smoothness of it. With cool wind caressing my skin as I turn in circles trying to soak it in, all the beauty and pureness. I fall on the grass and stare above me, and let the sight penetrate my skin engraving it's message of good into my very soul.

Millions upon millions of things have graced the earth with it's presence. To choose one as the best, the most beautiful,  is almost a crime. For none can be compared with the others. They can fill you up with emotions you cannot controll, but will release free, for bottled up inside they cannot be.

Thank you all SO SO SO SO much for helping us all out. Butterflye and I both, have presented our power-points and are waiting to hear what our grades are. We both give you all ten million hugs and thankyous for helping us. We appreciate it SOOOO much!

Thanks again!

Advinchi:

@daffman.
I just saw your pics and you don't look anything close to 6'2. How did you measure that?

oOooOo BURN! LAMO


Spikedcylinder said (a while back), "To me,Radcliffe makes Ghandi look like a sex god!"
well, you aren't a 15 year old girl now are you? (well i'll be 15 in 14 days...)

yummy:

and what happens to girls that break guys heart, don't tell me that's allowed

Well, would you rather brake a girls heart, and have her brake down into tears and sob for dear life and know that YOU caused that pain? Or would you rather have your heart broken so you just punch a wall or something.....?

nike4luv:

i would like to meet abbey marie, she sounds cool.oh and mike buddy!

Why thank you nike4luv! I'd like to meet you too.  but just to warn you... i'm not nessisarily cool....i'm just beyond a doubt crazy-like, and don't care what people think.... of course SOME people might call that cool.....

Hey y'all. I changed mine to this: Once, I had feelings. Then I got scared of being poor.

Butterflye found it on a website (while we were doing a project together) and i changed it.... The quote was actually, "Once upon a time, I had feelings. Then i got scared of being poor." but there weren't enough characters for it....

i LOVE Panera Bread and Portillios. They totally rock my sox

WHERE ARE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE? Sry, Butterflye asked a question YESTERDAY and as of this moment, no one has yet to reply. I totally would.... but i'm not exactly the most qualified person.... because i CREATED this thread after all...


*We REALLY REALLY REALLY need her answer to be answered

Butterflye:

Hey guys! This is Butterflye . I just wanted you to know that I've been reading all of your guys' responses and want you to know that I appreciate your answers SO MUCH!!! You have no idea how much you guys have helped me. But if anyone could tell me anything about the history of Christianity in Nigeria, the history/intro of Islam into Nigeria and any other religion later info that would be fantastic!!! 
Thanks again!
~~~Butterflye~~~
*Is there a reason...
A broken dream can never fly?
Is there a reason...
You believed and then you closed your eyes?
Give me a reason...
Why you hide away so much inside....
If there's a reason....
I don't know why.
I don't know why.* ~~from "Someone Said Goodbye" by Enya

AAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

Olorididan:

AbbeyMarie these are thousand year old practices.... there are no websites but it was a given that the practices took place in the past....

Ok, sry! Others on here said something different, so i just have no way to PROVE which one is the ACTUAL reason.....

@Butterflye - ALI! Could you number your questions, leaving off w/ the number after the last posted question? So, we could both refer to it? *Happy Dance *

Olorididan:

Hi AbbeyMarie and friend(s)? Glad you wish to know about Nigerian Culture and Religion... You have so many questions one can't answer all at the same time. I noticed that many answers given above are misconceptions of our own. For example the real reason why twins were left out to die (and this only happened in the Eastern part of the country and is not practiced anymore) was that it was widely believed that only animals had offspring in multiples, thus the twins or triplets or whatever should be left in the wild for the animals to whom they belong to collect them/their spirits... the conception was that their bodies had somehow erroniously traversed from the animal realm to the human.....

Do you have a website or something that would show this fact?


@ all of you wonderful people..... PICTURES GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Hey y'all! I'm at school right now, but we are working on this project, so i have an excuse to be on here...

davidylan:

and so here i am at breakfast wondering if your mother just like every other american has ever been to africa but assume to know everything that goes on there thanks to those armchair journalists at CNN and the BBC. And in a nutshell i'm wondering how she "recalls" nigeria going through a civil war over 35 years after it ended ( i was not even born when it ended and my mum was just 16!) except it exists only in the mind!

She thought she remembered reading something about how there were lots of Wars going on in Africa, and *THOUGHT* that she had seen *Nigeria* in w/e she was reading. While having the discussion w/ her i said that i thought someone had said that Nigeria hasn't been in a war since 1973 (or something like that) and i said that the people (meaning you all) that i was talking to, talked about Nigeria as if it like was the most beautiful place in the World and was going through like ANYTHING but war, that it was FAR from being in war. So i thought i'd ask you.... thank you all for clearing that up for me, by the way.

davidylan:

No ma'am, unless you have ever been to Africa or Nigeria, no one is allowed to pass judgement on her and her people. If nigerians are poor today it is partly because of the neocolonialism that is being practiced today in the guise of the IMF and world bank telling us to devalue our currency, privatise all government owned corporations of which the USA is an active conspirator!

I understand that I am not aloud to pass judgement on Nigeria or Africa or her people, i simply respect my mother and she thought this, so i decided to ask you. Remember i knew NOTHING about Nigeria previous to reading "Things Fall Apart", so i am simply asking all the questions that come to mind... i surely hope they aren't offensive.

40. Similar to another question, How do you practice the religions? Like at the temple, chuch, mosque, etc....?

Hey, another question for you all.

39. So at dinner, i was talking with my mom about this thread, and she said in a nut-shell that she thought she recalled that Nigeria is going through like a Civil War or something.... and that it is in serious poverty, and that all you who live in Nigeria and have computers must be the rich Nigerians.... is any of that true?

plus, i totally love Nigerian culture now... after talking to you guys, how could someone not?

davidylan:

you might want to check economic facts and figures on this webpages;
http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/ni/Nigeria_economy.htm
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html

the cia fact book is the most recent and probably represents the most accurate data.

wait a minute, did we just help you to write your term paper?

well no. I'm creating a power point presentation in the first place, not writting a term paper, and once i found this website i thought.... who could teach me more about Nigerians than Nigerians themselves? And extremely smart Nigerians at that (for instance that word you once used once: amalgamating, i mean WOW what a word!) So i'm asking you questions, and you are answering them. YES, i am going to use LOADS of this information from this thread for it, but so are my friends for which i am printing off copies of the thread for. Actually its the websites that help the most (other than your personal feed back of course ) because i can site those. and i am the world's most horrible researcher... and you guys all know tons of different websites it seems, so, hey, WHY NOT? why not ask you guys yourself? And don't worry, i have to use a stupid 6 word 7 line thing... so although i will quote you all alot, i won't like plagerize this or anything.

ok i have two.

So my first is when i was in 6th grade (age 11-12) my gym class was roller blading. and i like don't have balance, so when i got up and down, i did it this very weird way.... and anyway, so at one time, i got down, and i heard something ripp. i'm like *CRAP!*

My pants had ripped.

So, i called over to my friend and told her what happened, and since we wore our street clothes while roller blading, i had my gym shorts in the locker room. So, i made my friend stand up behind me, and walk me too it. (after taking off the roller blades) so know one would see....

Of course, some people did see it happen, one guy, in particular, that the next year i would end up fancying, and the year after that he'd broke my heart, and my friends heart too....it's actually funny though. i was stupid.

i also had to wear my gym shorts throughout the rest of that day, and i was embarrased, because i was afraid that someone would be like, "Did you pee your pants?" which i don't remember if anyone did........

Another one is actually something i did purposely... LMAO! so, in 6th grade i was a little 'out there' well actually i still am, but even more so back then. One day, apparenly i was dancing in the hallway. (Who doesn't love to do that?) and Thomas (the guy who would end up braking my, and my friends heart) apparently saw me doing this and started to call me "rhino" in the days after. So i'm all, "thomas why are you calling me rhino?" and he's like, "because i saw you dancing in the hall like a Rhino!" so i was like, *hm... instead of being all, "SCREW YOU!"... maybe i should just go along w/ it...* and so that became my nickname (until the middle of 7th grade.) but anyway. So one day durring english class. we were all bored. and so i took tape, lots and lots of scotch tape, and an unsharpened pencil, and i taped the pencil to my forehead. (remember i was a little 'out there') and no, i'll never live that down to this day.... it was actually quite funny.

jen:

okay i've asked the girl if would like to go out with me and she said YES. when we were talking i brought out the subject, why was she everywhere i go and she replied becoz you are so nice and i was trying to ask you out. welli told my sister we were going out and she said,if you break her heart i'm going to do something so bad that you'll regret even asking her out.so thanks for the help.

Oh, you better not break her heart then, because seriously, you won't regret asking her out, you'll regret being born.... NEVER break a girls heart.

Z4M4eva:

Thnx Y'all

@Abbeymarie...thanx I will add that to the list...really cute!

no problem! just me and my genious mind... LMAO

hot-angel:

I'm hungry.

please don't go canibalistic on us again....

Yeah, but i bet the actor who played Okonkwo wasn't nearly as HOTT as Daniel Radciffe....

hot-angel:

And she's funny too...

once i wore a sign to school saying, "Make Me Feel Specail Today" for absolutely no reason

OH MY GOSH! I so HAVE to visit Nigeria before i die... preferably sooner the better....

@davidylan do you by any chance know where you got the stats for your answer to question 28?

thank you so much for putting websites... i appreciate those A LOT....

nike4luv:

a person that eats people..duhh

abbey don't bother, check de forum stats

darn i just did...

hot-angel:

That's cannibalistic. Not canabalistic.

see see! I'm actually not that smart! (refering to the quaity of people on narialand thread)