The title of the blog says it all. I am first of all deeply sorry for been out of touch, I will try as much to avoid that now, so help me God. Anyway let me spare the story, I am presently in EDE a small village in Osun state Nigeria carrying out my corp services orientation. I wonder y I am not in Iyana Ipaja despite my state of deployment was Lagos, I guess God knows what He is always doing.
Life here is not suitable for me my dear friends, I am not saying others are not as good as me o!!! The point is that I am coping. This place is like a mini-covenant university as there are over 400 out of the 2500 corpers residing in the camp. My room is so tight, 20 bunks with no fan and only a light bulb at the centre. No socket for current supply, the walls of the bathroom are black, I have not entered any toilet yet, I know ma Lord is able to carry me thru.
I had a very short sleep last nite bcos all ma camp members were all awake looking for water to have a shower. You can trust fwesh boi Reme he was still taking a nap. By 3.33am I was up to take a shower hmm did I take a shower nahhh I just washed ma face. By 5am the trumpet sounded and we went to d parade ground for devotion, by 6am Nigeria woke up. These military boiz are trying o, but I don't envy them 1 bit cos I had a chance of gng to d NDA and I turned it down. We matched from sunrise till about 9am. After breakfast b4 I could rest ma hed the trumpet sounded again...jeez dem don dey madt they wan kill me o, I had to double up b4 I am cald an otondo to the parade grnd. From 10 till 12 before I could rest ma hed. The evening session started about 4pm, from scotchin sun to heavy rain drops. Right now I am in the mami market. This is just a lil taste of many happenings to come, I jst discovered sm irritations grwin on ma biceps. One night gone and 20 more to go. I promise to get bk to you soonest
Take care Fellas wee wee waa waa!!!
N.B No proof reading bear with me, time is of essense thats why.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
itS herE agaiN
Its so weird looking at my phone and seeing 14th october, that's because I have never stayed up this late or this early into my birthday. Silver jubilee anniversary just like that, wait I am 24 nahhh but the truth is that I actually thought I was 23 jeez its already a year like yesterday I had a surprise birthday party. There is a lot of appreciation to be done on a great day like this but hold on for a while I will get back to it.
I have been smiling since yesterday morning with no. Serious explanation. Anyway I took a trip with two of my friends to school for our clearance, I just have a feeling we are the last set of irresponsible boys left without been cleared from school. We made progress and I can proudly say we are at the tail end of the whole process. It was a fun day at school, all the fine girls were out, I actually miss school a whole lot because of their collection of fine girls. Sometimes wish I could just go and sit down there and admire the girls but life must go on, no time again for being recklessly jobless. I was so happy to see everyone, my lil sister, my once a time crush, as in wow she is cuter than before *now blushing* it was like a daydream in the morning when we started our journey to see her but I guess God has His ways. My great supervisor Dr Ibix jeez the man cracked me up with laughter, he is actually a clown and knows how to get what he wants. Anyway my mission in canaanland 4 d day was almost complete but I just had to run home, spent the rest of the day @ the palms with a late nite cracking up movie "the other guys" try to see it soon abeg, its worth it.
First and foremost all the glory to the Lord for the best birthday gift ever "to see another great year" it is a miracle. I just had to spend the minutes entering this great day with the Lord, in fact am dedicating today to Baba God. Wow I guess this post is actually meant to be dedicated to you because you are appearing again, for been the first person to wish me happy birthday, you had no choice but to call my two lines*now hugging and squeezing you to death* hope you don't mind sha. I am very grateful my once a time crush, you even beat Ose and Dad to it.
I want to say a big thank you to all those who have been there right from '88 till date (my family members and relatives), also to all my friends from '99 (high school), sorry I don't think pry school is important. Also a big thank you to all those from '05, I am very grateful, special shout out to those proud500 goons, what can one do without bruvs. All my special friends Eki,Toju,Hauwa,Bee, Ainnie, Seun (safe trip back home my dear I will be waiting for my gift), my uni school mates, my course mates, all of you are too much. Mehn my hand dey pain me o, I don dey reply all my facebook bday mssgz. Also special thanks to my great friends of '10 and you especially, I pray you remember today because you are really dear to my heart.
Lord God please make me a better person from today, may I be celebrated this new year and may I also see many more years. The day has just started am looking forward to an exciting day with the help of God. Thanks to all those who remember and those who don't remember me today, I will still lov you anyways.
Happy birthday to Ehi(me), Asha(twin bruv), Ebi(twin sis), Airende,Chidinma. O,Tope, Mustapha, Olaku, Busayo, Usher Raymond and all of ya out der!!!!!
I have been smiling since yesterday morning with no. Serious explanation. Anyway I took a trip with two of my friends to school for our clearance, I just have a feeling we are the last set of irresponsible boys left without been cleared from school. We made progress and I can proudly say we are at the tail end of the whole process. It was a fun day at school, all the fine girls were out, I actually miss school a whole lot because of their collection of fine girls. Sometimes wish I could just go and sit down there and admire the girls but life must go on, no time again for being recklessly jobless. I was so happy to see everyone, my lil sister, my once a time crush, as in wow she is cuter than before *now blushing* it was like a daydream in the morning when we started our journey to see her but I guess God has His ways. My great supervisor Dr Ibix jeez the man cracked me up with laughter, he is actually a clown and knows how to get what he wants. Anyway my mission in canaanland 4 d day was almost complete but I just had to run home, spent the rest of the day @ the palms with a late nite cracking up movie "the other guys" try to see it soon abeg, its worth it.
First and foremost all the glory to the Lord for the best birthday gift ever "to see another great year" it is a miracle. I just had to spend the minutes entering this great day with the Lord, in fact am dedicating today to Baba God. Wow I guess this post is actually meant to be dedicated to you because you are appearing again, for been the first person to wish me happy birthday, you had no choice but to call my two lines*now hugging and squeezing you to death* hope you don't mind sha. I am very grateful my once a time crush, you even beat Ose and Dad to it.
I want to say a big thank you to all those who have been there right from '88 till date (my family members and relatives), also to all my friends from '99 (high school), sorry I don't think pry school is important. Also a big thank you to all those from '05, I am very grateful, special shout out to those proud500 goons, what can one do without bruvs. All my special friends Eki,Toju,Hauwa,Bee, Ainnie, Seun (safe trip back home my dear I will be waiting for my gift), my uni school mates, my course mates, all of you are too much. Mehn my hand dey pain me o, I don dey reply all my facebook bday mssgz. Also special thanks to my great friends of '10 and you especially, I pray you remember today because you are really dear to my heart.
Lord God please make me a better person from today, may I be celebrated this new year and may I also see many more years. The day has just started am looking forward to an exciting day with the help of God. Thanks to all those who remember and those who don't remember me today, I will still lov you anyways.
Happy birthday to Ehi(me), Asha(twin bruv), Ebi(twin sis), Airende,Chidinma. O,Tope, Mustapha, Olaku, Busayo, Usher Raymond and all of ya out der!!!!!
Monday, October 11, 2010
ten.TEN.ten
Everybody will be wondering what's so unique about this date, the claim is that it happens only once in every hundred years. Well I am at home right now and sure its really a unique or rather jinxed day for Ehi. I should actually follow protocol and talk about yesterday before I get back to 10/10.
Wow yesterday was a great, I just thank God I am alive to tell the story. It all started with a bike ride to parkview estate in Ikoyi where the bus was meant to take us to Isolo for our breast cancer awareness walk. On the bus I couldn't help myself but become a little scared because of the stories I was hearing about the famous longest bridge of West Africa. The stories were told in her thick british accent which kept me smiling and a lil scared as earlier said. Orode and Omawumi just had to show off their waffi tendencies by conversing in pigin. By the way I never even figured it out that the two babes in front of the bus were Omawumi and Mochedda, these celebrities always have a way of bumping into me. First of all it was Wande then Asa, then Banky now both of them.
We started our breast cancer match with fliers in both pigin and english. The hilux was in front with the display of how to check yourself for symptoms and the drum line following directly behind them. It was fun but messy because it had drizzled earlier in the day. As in mushin is the real lagos!!! Buses packed at the side, traffic, meat sellers,fish sellers everything was going on the same street well we still had to do out thingy.
We ended at about 1pm, immediately after drinks and exchanging felicitations, the goons had to run off to Jaye's crib where 3 of us murdered about 10packets of indomie and made our plans for the next phase of our life which starts on 26th October. The journey home was not a friendly one, I could not find my usual en route obalende/cms bus so I had to take a bus to the famous oshodi where I got lost for about 15minutes. Anyway I found a bus after 15mins of misery which I had to run and jump while the bus was still in motion. To the glory of God lekki demons were not on the road so it was quite a quick journey home.
Now back to 10/10, it has been quite jinxed, 1st of all my license expires today instead of 14th due to blindness of the official that compiled my details. Before lunch I almost got my right foot crushed in my very own kitchen, the way it landed on ma leg thank God I am still walking, it will have been a different story, two different accidents on both legs now this third one, abeg God pass them. My head is banging seriously and #teamnigeria the so called super eagles are playing absolutely rubbish, the match commentary is whack and there is no even replay. God will save us soon. Wish I was present at the LORD OF THE RIBS this very moment. Now my mind cannot just leave the fact that nysc is by the corner, these are the last days of rest I will ever have. The future is already here, its time to make the dollar bills. O God please let ma placement just have LAG at the beginning that's all I ask of you.
Daddy is back in lag, Ehi is back to his normal lifestyle, no more king size bed, no more waking up midday, it is read, read and read all the way, I have to show him I am ready for my exams soonest. This brings me to a close, just remembered today in church when the choir sang a hymn without the audience following for the first time ever. The pastor left us with a word which made so much sense "the worst thing that can happen to a man is to fail to participate". Ciao fellas time to get back to my pineapple punch and jollof rice.
Wow yesterday was a great, I just thank God I am alive to tell the story. It all started with a bike ride to parkview estate in Ikoyi where the bus was meant to take us to Isolo for our breast cancer awareness walk. On the bus I couldn't help myself but become a little scared because of the stories I was hearing about the famous longest bridge of West Africa. The stories were told in her thick british accent which kept me smiling and a lil scared as earlier said. Orode and Omawumi just had to show off their waffi tendencies by conversing in pigin. By the way I never even figured it out that the two babes in front of the bus were Omawumi and Mochedda, these celebrities always have a way of bumping into me. First of all it was Wande then Asa, then Banky now both of them.
We started our breast cancer match with fliers in both pigin and english. The hilux was in front with the display of how to check yourself for symptoms and the drum line following directly behind them. It was fun but messy because it had drizzled earlier in the day. As in mushin is the real lagos!!! Buses packed at the side, traffic, meat sellers,fish sellers everything was going on the same street well we still had to do out thingy.
We ended at about 1pm, immediately after drinks and exchanging felicitations, the goons had to run off to Jaye's crib where 3 of us murdered about 10packets of indomie and made our plans for the next phase of our life which starts on 26th October. The journey home was not a friendly one, I could not find my usual en route obalende/cms bus so I had to take a bus to the famous oshodi where I got lost for about 15minutes. Anyway I found a bus after 15mins of misery which I had to run and jump while the bus was still in motion. To the glory of God lekki demons were not on the road so it was quite a quick journey home.
Now back to 10/10, it has been quite jinxed, 1st of all my license expires today instead of 14th due to blindness of the official that compiled my details. Before lunch I almost got my right foot crushed in my very own kitchen, the way it landed on ma leg thank God I am still walking, it will have been a different story, two different accidents on both legs now this third one, abeg God pass them. My head is banging seriously and #teamnigeria the so called super eagles are playing absolutely rubbish, the match commentary is whack and there is no even replay. God will save us soon. Wish I was present at the LORD OF THE RIBS this very moment. Now my mind cannot just leave the fact that nysc is by the corner, these are the last days of rest I will ever have. The future is already here, its time to make the dollar bills. O God please let ma placement just have LAG at the beginning that's all I ask of you.
Daddy is back in lag, Ehi is back to his normal lifestyle, no more king size bed, no more waking up midday, it is read, read and read all the way, I have to show him I am ready for my exams soonest. This brings me to a close, just remembered today in church when the choir sang a hymn without the audience following for the first time ever. The pastor left us with a word which made so much sense "the worst thing that can happen to a man is to fail to participate". Ciao fellas time to get back to my pineapple punch and jollof rice.
Friday, October 1, 2010
NAIJA @ HALF a CENTURY
I knew I was going to drop a post today but not this early. Nigeria has forced me to, our great friends from far back just had to surprise me, I hope you know who I am talking about...PHCN our very own power holding company.
I can't stop loving October, its the best month of the year, not just because Nigeria is 50 today, not just because I am turning 22, not just because Chelsea is playing Arsenal...the name just sounds too right "OC TO BER" sorry if you don't belong to this month kosoro.
#monthseptember ended in grand style, I completed my 642-902 series class yesterday, sorry if you don't know the meaning google is always a close friend. Actually ended the month by an invite to Chevron's Independence Day Dinner, it was fun to an extent but I was continuously humiliated by my sister's friend who knew me when I just gained admission into the university. She kept on' hammering the fact of my pride, my cool calm and shy behaviour, my well starched shirt, my beards in fact everything about me. There was a lot to eat, music by my very own Mr Capable live. I was overwhelmed by this oil company, too much money, awards were given to their different staff, as in the awards were just hilarious. There was an award for "chill pill" as in calm in any working environment, there was for gadget boy and gurl, there was for best rides, there was the "biker boiz" award for best bike, there was 24hr man, working the longest hours and many more, the oil cannot finish before I get there.
I also realised that their white expatriates were few, to the best of my knowledge black expatriates were the ones in vogue from different countries, the likes of Canada, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago etc. We ended early at about 10pm wanted to go for the fireworks plus countdown but goddamn it I was just too tired had to take a quick speed home even though I was driving half asleep, I guess I was tired because I was too overjoyed that October was barely hours away.
Back to Nigeria, I am happy we are 50 now. Wish I was there when the union jack was lowered I guess some sense will enter our present leaders and future leaders that we are just an independently dependable overgrown baby. Permit me for the use of my words but if you think of it, it is very frustrating, everybody just wants to get to power and loot, scam whatever you want to call it. We can't boast of 1month constant supply of electricity, our drainages are blocked, kidnapping is the order of the day, thank God those kids have been released but where are the corpers who got missing since the beginning of last month they are nowhere to be found.
Those who ruined or who are to be blamed for our problems want to come back and rule again, but how far now!!! You had your chance you misused it and you think we will allow you again...never o even God is watching. I can still remember those dark evil days after the annulment of june 12th elections, there was calamity, I didn't go to school for a couple of days, people were being burnt, we moved in cars with green leaves, o my people, my great nation we suffer because of lack of knowledge.
I am not saying we have not achieved good, but it cannot be compared to the bad, at least we have won miss world once, we have been ranked 5th in football after atlanta '96 abeg the rest go and check them up on' the net I don tire to dey type!! But we need world changers, we need to forget these past 50years that the truth o we need to start living the dream and start looking forward to the next 50years. I can't do this alone o, I need all of you to help out and also find people to help out.
Yet the forgone cannot be forgotten but we can live to see' a new NIGERIA. We are the people of the next 50years. I pray we all live to see the next 50years because I am going to bring up this post again to compare the great difference of now and then.
I can't stop loving October, its the best month of the year, not just because Nigeria is 50 today, not just because I am turning 22, not just because Chelsea is playing Arsenal...the name just sounds too right "OC TO BER" sorry if you don't belong to this month kosoro.
#monthseptember ended in grand style, I completed my 642-902 series class yesterday, sorry if you don't know the meaning google is always a close friend. Actually ended the month by an invite to Chevron's Independence Day Dinner, it was fun to an extent but I was continuously humiliated by my sister's friend who knew me when I just gained admission into the university. She kept on' hammering the fact of my pride, my cool calm and shy behaviour, my well starched shirt, my beards in fact everything about me. There was a lot to eat, music by my very own Mr Capable live. I was overwhelmed by this oil company, too much money, awards were given to their different staff, as in the awards were just hilarious. There was an award for "chill pill" as in calm in any working environment, there was for gadget boy and gurl, there was for best rides, there was the "biker boiz" award for best bike, there was 24hr man, working the longest hours and many more, the oil cannot finish before I get there.
I also realised that their white expatriates were few, to the best of my knowledge black expatriates were the ones in vogue from different countries, the likes of Canada, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago etc. We ended early at about 10pm wanted to go for the fireworks plus countdown but goddamn it I was just too tired had to take a quick speed home even though I was driving half asleep, I guess I was tired because I was too overjoyed that October was barely hours away.
Back to Nigeria, I am happy we are 50 now. Wish I was there when the union jack was lowered I guess some sense will enter our present leaders and future leaders that we are just an independently dependable overgrown baby. Permit me for the use of my words but if you think of it, it is very frustrating, everybody just wants to get to power and loot, scam whatever you want to call it. We can't boast of 1month constant supply of electricity, our drainages are blocked, kidnapping is the order of the day, thank God those kids have been released but where are the corpers who got missing since the beginning of last month they are nowhere to be found.
Those who ruined or who are to be blamed for our problems want to come back and rule again, but how far now!!! You had your chance you misused it and you think we will allow you again...never o even God is watching. I can still remember those dark evil days after the annulment of june 12th elections, there was calamity, I didn't go to school for a couple of days, people were being burnt, we moved in cars with green leaves, o my people, my great nation we suffer because of lack of knowledge.
I am not saying we have not achieved good, but it cannot be compared to the bad, at least we have won miss world once, we have been ranked 5th in football after atlanta '96 abeg the rest go and check them up on' the net I don tire to dey type!! But we need world changers, we need to forget these past 50years that the truth o we need to start living the dream and start looking forward to the next 50years. I can't do this alone o, I need all of you to help out and also find people to help out.
Yet the forgone cannot be forgotten but we can live to see' a new NIGERIA. We are the people of the next 50years. I pray we all live to see the next 50years because I am going to bring up this post again to compare the great difference of now and then.
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