Celebrations - The Red String

Celebrations

Documenting Celebratory Events in my Life

Happy New Year! (2024)

Happy New Year! (2024)

Happy New Year Folks! I may be a bit late, but don't let that stop you from drinking from my refreshing glass of New Year Hype!!!

Professor Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje's One-Year Memorial

Professor Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje's One-Year Memorial

On the 18th of October, 2023, the Mabogunje clan gathered with well-wishers, to remember the life of Professor Akinlawon Mabogunje: My Grandfather.

Yay! I Got Into the Founder Institute Core Program

Yay! I Got Into the Founder Institute Core Program

The Founder Institute program is one of the most intense programs out there for turning ideas into fundable startups and I got in.

I Got Certified on Valentines Day!

I Got Certified on Valentines Day!

Yay! So Valentines Day this year, was a big day for me. One, because for the first time in several years, I actually decided to get myself a Valentine - and, as God would have it, she agreed to be my Valentine. And two... three... and four, because I got

Happy New 2021!

Happy New 2021!

Happy New Year Everybody! Welcome to 2021: A year of recovery, reestablishment, and renewal by God's grace.

Fathers From the Outside

Fathers From the Outside

As I've grown older, words like "marriage", "husband", and "father", have changed. Like some old friends who I haven't seen in many years, when I see them now, I do a double-take. For they are nothing like I remember. > "Marriage, you used to be a featherweight! Have you been working

It's Always a Weekday

It's Always a Weekday

I don't know what it is about the auspicious date of November 12th in the northern hemisphere, but it almost never falls near the weekend. Thankfully, I never plan any celebrations on this day, my birthday, but I always feel that even if I wanted to... the timing sucks! 😥 Now

Christmas Party

Christmas Party

I definitely ended 2011 with a blast. Well, more like a pistol shot through a silencer. You know me, I enjoy myself but I don't make too much noise. On Christmas Day, aunty Sade threw a big party. The house was packed, and the food might have fed 5000 if

Farewell Kunle

My friend Kunle Anifowose, landed a job in Chicago earlier this month. So his cousin decided to throw him a farewell dinner before he left. It was at Hibachi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar [http://www.hibachidining.com] on Penn's landing in Philadelphia. Pictured below is a shot of him being

Thanksgiving with Soji

Thanksgiving with Soji

I don't know if he knows this, but my friend Soji Ojugbele was amongst the first set of friends I made when I was at Atlantic Hall [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Hall] (my high school). He was also one of the first to leave for America. Since then

Happy Birthday TRS!

Happy Birthday TRS!

Far be it from me to forget the birthday of my very own blog: The Red String! I was just about to take a well deserved nap when I realized that today was the day. So I'm rushing out this post lest I forget but in this month's edition perhaps

The Under Appreciated Parent

The Under Appreciated Parent

Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm terrible at remembering dates. Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays... you name it. I can not remember a one. That is except my birthday, my brother's birthday (which is almost a perfect inverse of mine), and that of a certain close friend of mine (which is

International Women's Day

International Women's Day

In honour of International Women's Day [http://www.internationalwomensday.com/] which took place earlier this month and Mother's Day [http://www.dayformothers.com/when-is-mothers-day.html] which is soon to come, I have decided to dedicate a few pages of this edition to the subject of women and the effeminate. We

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

> While plans are currently underway for a special Christmas edition which will be about a whole lot more than just Christmas, I want to take this time to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS in advance! On my wish list for this Christmas, is $150 to fix my PS3.

What Did I Do?

So what did I actually do? Well I spent the day running around school filing some paperwork... Pretty boring stuff. Then spent the night and my birthday weekend over with a few friends and a pair of cats, primarily gisting, eating and watching movies. Here are a few pictures. > [Edit

Thanks to You

I usually never plan to do anything on my Birthday, at most I buy something for myself or go hang out with some friends. This birthday was no different, but thanks to you all, it was eventful. I got to hear a full choir sing the "Happy Birthday" song all