Hello Everyone,
Hope you've had a good weekend (a good couple of weekends)! The last couple of weeks have been so crazy for me!
Many thanks for the email reminders to post and for all your ever supportive comments and emails alike.
Yes, I know I have not posted for the last two weeks - 'omi lo por ju oka lo'! Many apologies! You will get a lil' picture of why by the time I'm done sha! So please forgive me o! What I’ve done is to combine both weeks 42 and 43 in this episode!
Thanks for your readership as always!
Enjoy!
1. Believe this or not, an Anaconda was caught crossing in front of Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja. Well, I think it was an Anaconda sha! A friend happened to have been in the area when it was caught and took a picture of it, which I have on my mobile phone – na true o, honest! I wonder wetin the people wey catch am go do with the thing! Your guess is as good as mine! Me I no go chop for any restaurant around dat area for dat weekend o or the next few ones!
2. Hey me too don become socialite for las giddy, my mum’s baffday was placed in one of the social magazines and your very own ‘Moi’ was there o.
Na so I was pictured in another one a few months back when I attended a fashion show. The truth was that I didn’t get to know about it until very late and haven’t seen the magazine till now. The thing be say, na so one ol’ friend go see me for magazine – person wey no know whether I don comot for jand or not. Na so secret service go go see person for magazine if dem dey look for person. I tell u all dis ‘Peter Obe’ people, dey just take your picture and publish wherever and whenever dey want! At least dey for tell me say dey wan publish my foto, make I take make money as ehm celebrity!
3. Saw a website online called: www.tokunbo.com.ng
4. Day 213: On my way home just before hitting the famous bridge, I saw a hawker kneel down by the bridge and pray over his wares as he was about to start his hawking for the evening. I was so touched by the sight! I just wondered what the content of his prayer was for the next 10minutes or so as I journeyed home!
5. Day 215: Went for a night out with some friends. As I sat down sipping my drink, I began to feel uneasy and began to discreetly scratch a ‘part’ of my body. I kept fidgeting and scratching as I was opportune without wanting to make anything obvious to the people that sat around me. On investigation when I got home, it turned out that some sort of ant(s) / ‘tambolo’ had had a feast – my side bum had been bumped in several places! It was so not funny!
6. Was listening to the radio one evening on my way home and they were doing a theme on Bonny M! The program sure brought back some memories about some of their songs! Do you remember – ‘Brown Girl In The Ring’; ‘January, February, March, …..’ Na wa o! The songs just made me feel old!
7. NEPA, habi na PHCN was at its ‘best’ at MMA on my way to jand! You would not believe it, na so NEPA take light twice within 5/10minutes at a whole International Airport! The whole place was plunged into darkness with no emergency lights coming up – at least I didn’t see any! I was freaking out! I now began to imagine what the planes in the air would be going through as I’m assuming they may have lost communication with the airport control tower; or even a plane approaching the runway to land; as well as a host of other thoughts that flushed through my mind and a million and one other people that where there at that time! This can only happen in Naija!
8. As I don mention, this write up include another jand edition o. I come jand for training and na so my laptop go drop for ground. The power adapter socket com break. I take am go repair shop and the man tell me say e go cost #100 pounds to repair! Ha, the thing pain me o. Na him, I com quickly do direct conversion to Naira. Haba, the thing no go cost me dat much in las giddy now. So, dats why (well part reason) I’ve been incommunicado – had to borrow someone’s laptop to do this post. Hmmm, the things a writer will do for her readers!
9. So, I com dey listen to news over this weekend. Na so, dey com mention a former cellmate of Jonathan Aitken. The man dey make comment say JA was the best man to do work on prison reforms now wey im don comot from prison. This im cell mate name na Michael Aguda. This man, na Oyinbo – Oyinbo man wey im name be Aguda! Na so I com think to myself say man wey im name be Michael Aguda, no wonder im go rob bank to becom ‘Jaguda’!
10. Na wa o for this global warming – na soso cold, jand be o. My skin has been suffering real bad – been cracking up. In fact, it just dey white sha and na scratch I don dey scratch as if person get craw-craw! Then the food at the training venue took a different turn on Day 221 -today, when they decided to offer good customer service by going African on the food, after most members of the team had suffered on the food front – the team includes a few JJCs (JJCs wey dey peel potato skin comot from roasted potates, habi wetin dey give us sef the other day wey dem dey peel off. To them, it was like eating yam with the skin on). They provided rice, nice peppered meat with stock sauce and dodo – instead of ‘ewe’ as salad and all those other funny food! Don’t get me wrong, I hate ‘dodo’ with a passion but I was well intrigued that they will go that length to try to make us all feel at ease and get to eat without becoming lean in progress!
As per, shopping, I no even see anything to buy! I never thought I will see that day so soon where I will be shoppingless!
11. Bottom line – I dey miss my Las Giddy o and I can’t wait to go back! Strange but true!
And so that’s it folks for Weeks 42 and 43. I don’t think I will be posting anything for Week 44 – you know, not much action dey happen here for jand jare. But will post if anything extraordinary happens sha, if not, just wait till I get back to action city (for Week 45) where I’m certain to always have a thing or two to talk about!
Enjoy the rest of your week. Have a good one and Merry Christmas in advance!
Always & Always,
Moi (Keeping It Real)
