Another fine meeting!

Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama.

Yodaai August 2013 Meeting.

Were you there yesterday 

at the meeting in Birmingham?

It was another fine meeting as usual...

O ga ju. 

The Birminghamians, (yep! new word according to the dictionary of the Social Secretary!)  standing up in the above, outdid themselves with their hospitality and generosity of spirit.

 Koda!

E ku agba!

Irohin o to a f'oju ba.

 Eni ba de be lo le so. 

We welcomed potential new members/visitors from the Auburn area....

We were glad to see old friends....( yes, I'm talking about you two, Dr and Dr Mrs )

We warmed up our spirits with a rendition of a newly adapted song for Yodaai 

composed by madam  "Je l'enke" herself...

 (Sese ni 'nu mi dun..

Ayo kun okan mi x2

t'ori 'pade Yodaai

t'ori 'pade yodaai 

t'ori 'pade Yodaai ti t'oni

Ayo kun okan mi!

We told a folkstory (Alo o!) to the children...

Even our youngest member listened with full attention!

It was  the tale of asin  t'oun t'okere, jo mi jo.. 

(the one about the mouse and the squirrel)

These kids below told the morale of the story.

Awon boys, just chillin', e ma yo wa l'enu o!

We celebrated birthdays from March to August....young and old alike!

The Pastor came up to add another morale of the story from another angle!

And we took a new group photo. 

Looking young and good, madam!

Awon omo wa, e mama je ki won t'araka o!

Ipade dun o, if you missed it, you missed the fun and camaraderie!

Madam VP . dying from the laughter of the translation by the social secretary!

Our youngest member, with one of our oldest members above and below! (just Joking!)

"This is so much fun"

Our executives, above and below, 

Mr President, sir....

Rice, soup, dodo, iyan, amala, efo plus ewa agoyin very plenty indeed!

Thank you to our host city and see you soon for the picnic and games of 2013 in Montgomery.

The "Montgomerians" shall retaliate...

 That is a promise, not a threat!

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And the winner...

....of the proverb of the month of August 

is our association President 

with the submission #50 :

"Aguntan t'o ba b'aja rin, yi o j'e'gbe" 

Eyin agba, e ba wa da si, for interpretation and life applications. 

Not seeing your proverbs come up as the months go by?

 Submit a proverb or two in the comments section below. 

We are still taking new submissions 

to add to our compilation on the proverbs pages.

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Happy 2nd Blog Anniversary!

Today, the 21st of July, marks our 2nd year of Yodaai presence on the blogosphere. 

We're still in our infancy / early childhood,

and what a ride it has been...!

In the beginning...

 We have continued to highlight 

our association's activities & successes 

& most importantly, our plans for the future.

 We have shared with family members 

when the going was good 

and commiserated with members
 when the other not so good stuff of life happens.

 We were always there every step of the way, documenting for the future, for our kids,

 keeping our traditions alive,
 as our tag line promises. 

Thank you to everyone that has engaged with others on the blog to further these conversations. You make it imperative that we go on writing for the pleasure of all.

Here's to another year on the blog.

 Ki Olorun da wa si ju igba naa lo. Amin!

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And the winner...

...Of the proverb of the month of June 


with proverb  #60.

"Agbajo owo la n 'fi soya, 

ajeji owo kan ko gberu d'ori" 

Thank you for your submission.

 Translations and life applications please.

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Yodaai at the NWAG 13th Annual Awards and Fundraising night.

Iroyin o to a f'ojuba, eni ba de be l'o le so!

Recently, We received an invitation from the Nigerian Association of Women of Georgia to attend their 13th Annual Awards and Fundraising dinner in Atlanta. We were honored to be invited. And we responded accordingly. 

A full report will follow in due time.

Our able Yodaai members were in attendance as evidenced by these photos supplied by our vice president.

E ku idide o.

 Ajose wa o ni t'uka o!

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Happy 4th of July to all!

E nle e ku isinmi o!

I hope everyone has a nice relaxing

 4th of July / Independence day 

planned for tomorrow, maybe including

 some backyard barbecue cum fireworks etc! 

Were you there at the last Auburn meeting?  Our Auburn hosts welcomed us with open arms as per our tradition. We celebrated father's day, honoring our yodaai dads, new and older. Rice, soup was very plenty, and the camaraderie and friendship was not shabby either!  I was there very briefly, without my essential camera equipment and here belatedly, are some iphone photos from our last meeting to help while away some down time this weekend... As they say, better late than never, Enjoy! Part of the The montgomery consortium... Iya aburo! Our newest member, on the right... Visiting students... Awon alagba with fathers day gift bags... Our Auburn Host, on the left... My trusted camera woman in action! Yours truly, late comer! Our Auburn host and education committee member addressing the Yodaai kids/cadets Madam Vice president and chair of the education committee. Madam social secretary. E maa w'ole, ma a r'ora! Akowe egbe... Mr president Sir! ...visitors from nigeria Ibadan o ni b'aje o! More visitors from Naija! Our newest member addressing the audience. Ipade wa bi oyin o.  See you all later in August in Birmingham.

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