ever FAITHFUL

I guess I have lost most of my readers but it aint my fault, the summary is that I am losing my blogging mojo. Enough of all that a lot has been happening guys as in so much which there will not be time to say all, time just keeps going irrespectively of who you are.

Summer ends today  according to geography  September 22^nd marks the end of the summer solstice and the beginning of autumn equinox, but here in naija it is all different, rain falls even when there are no clouds its very frustrating because the useless rain causes evil traffic plus loss of power, abeg harmatan should do and come. Anyway, according to the summer ending, well it was fun, my family reunited in our Lagos house, lots of fun, gist and outings. All good things end but why??? Oseme was the first to leave,shez my kid sister , she had to return to school for her IGCSE, next was mummy she came down to Lagos for just 4 days, she had a wedding to attend now she is gone sobs!!! Otibs was next she is the first child, she came for exactly a week and now she has gone back to the continent she resides. Daddy stayed the longest to me but he will soon be back again. Ofure just had to go back to school to continue her B.Eng degree in chemical engineering, I miss her very much guess its just both of us left in this house, myself and my workaholic sister, anyway I have moved into the master bedroom, lounging there is fun guys, bigger space and all you can think off. It’s actually for a while before I am bounced back to my cubicle...lol

The Lord has been ever faithful to me even though I do not really deserve any of His good works. My friend applied carelessly for me to undertake a postgraduate scholarship exam offered by AGIP and as God has it I was shortlisted, it is still very funny to me because I have no admission from any school neither do I have my transcript from school. I know God will work things out for me, He is just to faithful to me, not that I am better than others but because of His mercy on my life. Am in a kinda confused state at the moment, don’t know where exactly to do my NYSC, neither can I find my engineering maths textbook to read for my exam on Saturday. I am just stuck with a series I am watching every evening “HOUSE” I guess I am addicted to it but I need focus guys as in more than focus OSPF is even giving me some headache in the Cisco world I believe all will be well soon.

I just remembered what happened yesterday during Digging Deep, it’s a Tuesday church service in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. I kept scoping a particular girl God please forgive me, I kept scoping her planning my next move in my head to be accomplished immediately after we share the grace in the service. As in this was more than scoping, I cant actually remember the last time I actually scoped a girl like that because some one stole my heart even though she didn’t realize it I never regained myself. Anyway usually after the grace we all shake hands and get each others names so this was my best chance... As I walked up to her to get her name and start up a conversation I noticed she was married, she had a golden ring on her left hand, I just froze in front of her, I am sure she is still wondering what happened to me till this very moment. The rest is history oo!!!

Virgo is ending, Libra is by the corner, Nigeria is going to be 50, and I am going to be 22. Jeez I am old, I thought by now my name will be on Forbes list lol am just kidding its one-step at a time just stick with me. This is actually the first time I am going to be at home after so many years on October 1^st, no student pallies neither is there greenbelt hanging out (secondary school stuff), I just have to make good use of it. I still doubt if I have the energy to join coolfm’s bicycle ride on Independence Day, I just have to make it a remarkable day for myself. I did not know this post was going to be this long, I have to get back to my books. Anyway, a shout out to Yhinkee his birthday is on the 24^th and I might not drop a post on or before that again...Ciao fellas

roadTRIP 2 ILE-IFE

Our journey started off on a good note with me feeling less enthusiastic and the passengers hearing me repeatedly say to my house mate "I hope this Journey is worth it". I woke up quite early that day, wow after a long time of sleeping until midday I just had to be up by 6am. At 7am, we were already in CNL chevron Nigeria limited for kick-off. I forgot to mention earlier that it was actually a tour for CNL’s language class to ile-ife...the language class consists of Spanish, Yoruba, Hausa and French.

After we were given our tourism polo shirts and caps, we started our journey at about 8am.
With my earphones plugged into my ears and some rock music playing I did not even notice that not everyone I saw earlier were seated in my bus,only then did I realize that we were in a convoy, it was really ‘The Dream’ as my friend will say. The convoy consisted of a two mopol hilux vehicles and two coaster buses with the buses in between the mopol vehicles but we were moving at 80km per hour according to chevron policy.

I can remember hearing something funny one of the expatriates asked the tour guide" why are there so many police check points on the highway and what are they collecting from the bus drivers". I was also thinking if I were the one asked such an embarrassing question about my country’s police what will I say and If you were in the shoes of the driver,WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?...Anyway,the tour guide answered well..."He said, the police men were collecting gifts from the bus drivers because they had committed an offense in the past and in order not to be arrested they had to provide gifts"... I burst into laughter and got myself thinking ‘bribery and corruption’ had just been given a new name. What happened to Christmas and Valentine's Day giving of gifts?...lol

The journey was not a funny one, 4 hours of pain, I hate sitting down for too long in fact my ass is still recovering from that day's journey. The road was not too good, the bus ride was too cold because of the long hours of usage of the a.c but who am I to complain because sitting with CNL staff was just "IT" for me. We finally got to our destination, Osun state... We headed straight to the university of ile-ife, Getting into the premises,I was like WAOH!!!This is the "IT" school. So ancient yet so beautiful. The expanse of land was enormous, Covenant University/Canaanland compared to this is nothing. Anyway, I liked the setting of the school because of how their buildings were constructed according to the hilly terrain.

It was actually a short visit, from the department of agric science to the museum where they used real animal skin to make animal sculptures, it just reminded me of the movie ‘Night at the Museum’.
After a quick moment at the museum we went for small chops and apples courtesy CNL, it was marvelous "these oil companies really know how to take care of their staff. Next we headed to the zoo still in the same school, so many animals even though some cages were empty due to extinction...lol just kidding!! Lions, hyena, monkeys, crocs, snakes antelope and the likes. We were actually rushing because the main reason of the tour was to learn about the Yoruba history.

We took a tour to the national museum were pictures were not allowed. After that, we left the museum we went straight to the Ooni of ifes palace, I was not too interested because I hate Yoruba history but I could not give a deaf ear. We were told stories about their tradition, the different Oonis, moremi: how she fought for her people, oranmiyan and d likes. The last stop was at oranmiyans chief of staff, actually the place where the guy changed to a stone and disappeared or something like that. We did not see the stone because we were meant to perform some sacrifices before going in...something I culdnt do because of my belief and maybe twas the same with others.

The journey home was slower, we stopped at Mr Biggs for lunch and headed for home,I missed pinging because of poor network. We left ife by 4pm and got to lekki chevron at about 9pm it was not funny o but God dey. I made new friends and I guess they were really impressed by me.Anyway,that earned me another invitation to Badagry!!!Oops..ddnt see that coming. I kinda look forward to the trip but that will be if am free. At the Long run,the trip was worth it!!! The pix will be uploaded later.

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I am sorry I have kept you all waiting but it’s not actually my fault, I rarely have time to settle down and type. I told myself I will not let today go without dropping something for myself and for my readers.

Where should I start from, Lagos has not been bad actually, at least I know I am home. It feels good to be reunited with my old and true friends but it doesn’t feel good to be back to a stressful life of las gidi wahala. I mean the hustles and palava here and there. I have to promise myself to be on the island before 6pm or stay off Lekki till about 10pm, mehn traffic too much o!!! Last Thursday was hell for me from  Ikoyi to Lekki I spent 3hours  on the road in dead lock traffic, let me free las gidi jor and get back to the main aim of this post, after all wetin man wan do, I cannot kill myself.

In the course of last week I got myself into some deep thoughts, I know this is not a Christian or rather a religious blog but the fact remains the fact the end times are here. We just woke one morning and we heard Pakistan was flooded, another day it’s China, one natural disaster or the other happening here and there. We are just highly favoured by God. For the bible says in Romans 9:15 “For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. My fellow readers it’s very possible to wake up and hear alpha beach and Lekki beach are overflowing, flooding the whole peninsula if you will not draw close to God me I will o, Alpha beach is less than a kilometre away from my house, please do not laugh at me  but am serious. Some of us are so care free with God that we take Him for granted, a word of prayer is very important before we sleep and when we wake up because it is by His grace we are alive, we are not better than anyone else in this world.

I learnt so much in church yesterday, hmmm some truth I have never heard in my 22years on earth. For God Himself slays people o be warned am serious check it in Jeremiah 15:2-3. Anyway last of all don’t go hiding in the house of God o because judgement starts from there. I hope this is enough sha, like I said before I am a busy man now can’t write so long because I have class tomorrow and I also need to read late nights and keep abreast. Thanks to you all, you are the best for reading, please keep encouraging me o, God is all our strength.