Merry Christmas to everyone! Today is Christmas! It’s the day you have been waiting for all year long! No matter where you are in the world, We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! We hope that this Christmas will be for you a cheerful ending to the year and a great beginning to a happy new one.

Rules of life.

Hello everyone,
We want to share with you this useful resource

     7 Rules of Life
1.Make peace with your past so it won`t screw  up the present.
2.What others think of you is not your business.
3.Time heals almost everything,give it time.
4.Don`t compare your life to others,and don`t judge them.
  You have no idea what their journey is all about.
5.Stop thinking too much,it`s alright not to know the answers
  They will come to you when you least expect.
6.No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
7.Smile.You don`t own all the problems in the world.

Even if you have heard these before please try to use them.
Life is too short to live it miserably.

YORUBA MOTHERS!!!

Hello everyone,
This a lively information about one of the old Yoruba culture.
It was sent to me by a niece of mine. I thought I should share it with you.
It goes like this:
YORUBA MOTHERS!!!
Yorùbá mothers are one of the best when it comes to child upbringing.
Yorùbá mothers produce the best range of slaps: IGBATI,
IFOTI, IGBAJU, IGBARUN, IFORUN, IFAKUN, ILADI, ABARA.
These slaps will make you think you were adopted.
IGBATI will make you correct your wrongs instantly!
The beauty of IFOTI is, you will confess your sins on the spot.
IGBARUN, IGBAJU and IFORUN will make you expose
those who committed the crime with you without hesitation.
ABARA and ILADI will make you pee in your new pants.
Now ABARA is the worst...
And apart from IGBAJU, we have an advanced one which
is IGBAJU OLOYI.
When you receive that one, you'll lose balance and your
head will  spin and go into "auto-search" as you'll be looking for
what hit you. This will make you do all the actions of the
other slaps aforementioned at once!
OH! IGBAJU OLOYI... it can reset someone to 3D (DEAF,
DUMB, and DAFT). She will say let's go home and u will
say "it's in my pocket ma!"
God bless our parents for the good upbringing. If you
were brought-up in Yoruba land, regardless of how
caring your mother was, you'd have encountered these
slaps ....
I knw u re laughing unless u re not a Yoruba.

NOTE!Please do not try this with your child(ren) if you live abroad especially the USA.
This is the 21st century and there are other better ways you can correct besides IFOTI etc.
Enjoy your weekend!

Hello everyone,

Just want to let you all friends and well wishers know how we were so honored for attending our event. We also appreciate your donations to the project and we want you all to know that all the help you offered was invaluable. We really couldn't have done it without you. We hope we will be able to return the favor.

A big thank you to the organizing committee for a job well done!! You made the whole thing look easy. Please keep it up!

We take this opportunity to implore other Yoruba people living in Japan watching from outside the fold to come and join us,there has never been a better time. We need you, and we love you. Let’s do it together.

Thank you and God bless you all.

The president,

YAJ.

Special Invitation.

Hello,
This is an open invitation to all our friends and well wishers.
This association -Yoruba Association Japan,will celebrate
it`s first ever
Yoruba day and Fund Raising for Elderly people`s Homes in Nigeria.
If you are nearby please join and celebrate with us.
Date:Sunday August 17th,2014
Time: 1:00 pm to 7:00pm.
Venue:Akos Hall Soka (Ito-Yokado) South Tower 7th Floor
         Takasago 2-7-1.Soka Shi,Saitama Ken Japan.
         Hibiya/Tobu/Sky Tree Line Soka Station,East Exit
         Tel.048-922-7005.
RSVP:
Mr. Fatai Aje
Social Sec. 090-2247-7441
Mr. Kadiri Olateju
PRO 080-6505-3268

Ramadan

E ku dede iwoyio,
Many thanks for your support  always.
This  is a quick message  of greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters at the commencement of the Ramadan season,May God send his Love like Sunshine in his warm and gentle ways to fill every corner of your Heart and fill your Life with a lot of Happiness like this special time.As you fast and offer prayers to Allah, may you find your peace and happiness. Have a peaceful and happy Ramadan!

YAJ

Motivation.

E ku deede iwoyio,
I want to thank you all for our May`s meeting.
Thank you for the great support,contributions and donations.
It was an unbelievable experience of what the power
of will and love can do.However, I want you all to remember the motivational
remark on setting goals.This can never be overemphasized.

Robert Kiyosaki author of Rich Dad Poor Dad etc. 

(one of my favorite authors) put it this way in one of his books;

Step one: Identify the thing(s )you want.

Step two: Identify the price of that thing.

Step three: Pay the price.

Try as much as possible and as soon as possible to set

goals that are clear,challenging and obtainable.It is the first step to success.

My hope is that we will reach beyond our dreams and goals and be successful.

A o she asheyori o.

Olusegun,

President.

Mother`s Day.

 We want to take this opportunity to thank you all strong,beautiful mothers out there.You deserve all the love, care and support that you've lovingly given every day of our lives. We love you so much!Happy Mother's Day!

Olusegun,

President. 

Meeting

E ku dede iwoyi o,
I want to thank you all for attending our April 28th meeting.
I appreciate your great contributions and the smoothness of the meeting.
I want to appeal to you all again to please tell and BRING people you may know,who are not attending that THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME THAN NOW. Tell them we love them and we need them.
Lastly, as mentioned in the meeting, let`s learn how to go extra mile
helping each other, which means doing everything within our power helping our fellow Nigerians. Let`s do it with kindness and compassion, humility, gentleness and patience even when we don`t get immediate or enough appreciation for it.The reward may come through another channel we may never dream of. Remember the Yoruba adage;
“Agbatan laa gbole,taa ba daso fole aa pa laro”
Oju rere ati anu Olodumare a ma wa pelu wa o.
Segun.
President.

Season`s greetings

Hello everyone,

We want to extend our greetings to all, especially Christians for this special season. Happy Easter!! Wishing you all the best and may the power of resurrection touch every aspect of your lives, your friends and family.

Yoruba Association Japan.

Meeting

Hello everyone,

E ku dede iwoyi,

I want to thank you all for attending the first meeting of the year.

Thank you for your great contributions and the smoothness of the meeting. I will however appreciate if you could inform people you may know, who are not attending or still looking from outside that there has never been a better time to join us than now. Tell them we love them and we need them to come and be part of good things happening in the association. Please spread the news. To our regular members, like we mentioned in the meeting, let love for each other and the association be strong, then we can take the association to a great height together. Lastly as also mentioned in the meeting, let`s have "leave the campsite better than the way you found it" attitude which may be applied to every area of our lives. Use your gift to it`s fullest potential, contribute to the society and make the kind of imprint on the world, no matter how small it may be, like the good people who have gone before us.

Once again, thank you, and looking forward to seeing you in March.

Oke oke ni a o maa lo o

Segun.

President.

YAJ.

New Year

Happy New Year to you everyone and the ones you love!!

This is the time of the year to reflect and plan ahead.

As you are planning,I want you to do yourself a favor by doing the following things;

1.Be true to yourself.

2. Make your personal relationship with God a priority.

3.Make each day your masterpiece.

4.Help others

5.Drink deeply from good books.

6.Build shelter against raining day

7.Make good decisions

8.Use your time wisely

9.Be kind and encouraging to people.

10.Show honor and respect to those around you.

11.Be a faithful person people can rely on.

12.Fight against selfishness and stubbornness.

It does not matter the order you give them,but let`s try from here this year and let`s wait and see what happens when the year ends.

 We hope this year brings you great fortune and great success!!!

Ase yi seemi o!!!

Segun

President.