Partying Naija Style

ok now many of you are probably thinking that i went out one night to a club or a big Nigerian party for some adult or something abi? (abi means right? or you get?) well you are all wrong. I went to a party alright and it was probably one of the biggest parties i have ever been to. I would say there were around 400-500 people there kids included. There was a variety of small chops (finger food...small food to much first) and all kinds of drinks as well. It started out with a cold bottle of water and a cold mineral (pop) then they brought champagne to our table...then after a while some other funky fruit drinks like Chapman and some sort of make shift pina colada....and finally Baileys. There was never a empty bottle for long b/c as soon as we would finish one...the waiter would bring another one. our table alone went thru 7 bottles of N10,000 (close to $100 champagne!) we had a menu to pick from consisting of Nigerian dishes as well as Oriental dishes and you could request to mix any and everything. They also had a variety of desserts including my favourite cheesecake. Now...lets see, the atmosphere. Tables were under tents as to keep some of the sun and heat out. It was on the island (Lekki to be exact) right off of the water...oh and they had all these areas like a little flat roller coaster ride, a giant bouncy slide, a bouncy samurai castle type thing, a stand with hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn etc...Now you are wondering why abi? well it was in fact a birthday party for 2 twins for their first birthday. Yes...this extravagant event was for 2 toddlers who are just learning to walk. I guess this is a common thing in Nigeria to throw big parties for their kids on their first birthday. Now to be fair...this one was really something b/c the people throwing it are bloody rich...but still many people who have a little money do this...wow...its all i can say...is wow. i think we all know really who the parties are for...haha haha but i had a blast anyway!