The Ada Wagner Blog

The old man in this picture is blind and stands everyday at Arroma junction Awka begging those boarding buses to Onitsha for money while he sings the following words              Agha o!              Agha ajoka!              Agha mesirim ike              Shelling baram anya              Nwannem nyere my aka o!              Isi ajoka! Papa sings this song over and over with outstretched arms begging alms. He says shards of shelling got into his eyes during the war and blinded him.     Grandma said my father hadnt always been her first son...she had Nwachukwu before my father but he got lost while they fled from one village to another during the war. ****************************************** Yesterday,May30th was the remembrance day for the fallen heroes of the horrific and macabre genocide of 1966 by Northern Nigeria against Easterners. Ndiigbo declared the day a compulsory sit-at-home in honor of the dead. I was extremely pleased that it was a huge success.I read a lot

So I made this simply delicious, easy-to-make meal. You can whip this up in just fifteen minutes or less!Great when you have unexpected guests and u need to cook something really delicious n fanciful. Here's the recipe below... INGREDIENTS 1 large cabbage Handful of carrots 3 large green peppers 5 medium red peppers 1 clove of garlic Curry Maggi Thyme Shallot Tumeric Onions Salt 1 cooking spoon of groundnut oil I tablespoon of soysauce 3 table spoons of oyster sauce Beef METHOD Cut the beef into long strands and set aside or just buy already shredded beef from shoprite Cut all the veggies(cabbage, carrot,green pepper, garlic,red pepper, onions) into long strands too and set aside. Pour the cooking oil into a non stick frying pan and allow to heat slightly,add a teeny little bit of salt, then add the shredded beef and fry until it browns. Add the veggies and stir then quickly Add the maggi,shallot,curry,thyme,tumeric, soysauce and oyster sauce, then stir f