Now that I'm trying to document my trip down to Italy, I should have known from all that ensued that I was in for a rollercoaster here.
When I was putting my final things together, friends of mine Anita and Ebise came to bid me farewell. See me "jjc" I packed every and anything, including hangers. Imagine my embarrassment when I got to the airport and had to unpack and send some ridiculous things back home. My uncle was shocked to see hangers (like 20) in my box.
Finally checked in and they left. Our flight had about an hour delay, I was tired so I changed my wedge sandals to comfortable slippers. The plan was to change back on the flight at least but I forgot completely.
Boarding was relatively smooth. We stopped at Lagos and more passengers boarded. I honesly don't remember what ensued, next thing a woman and a man were boxing right in front of my seat. I was in a mild shock. They were separated by well meaning Nigerians and boarding continued. Just as we were taxying, this lady that was in the fight started screaming that she couldn't breath, they tried to calm her but to no avail. That was how our pilot made a U turn back to the airport and called for medical evacuation team. Now this was happening in September 2014 the Ebola saga was still very on. Next thing we saw was a team of medical practitioners kitted to the teeth. Nose masks, gloves, just name it. They looked like they were going to space. The moment they stepped on the aircraft; everyone began laughing. After much negotiation, the woman agreed to come down only if her assailant would get off too. Eventually I think they hid the man so she would get down. We were three hours behind schedule! Some activists or journalists came to me for eye witness report and in my mind I was like "I just want to go to Italy quietly o" although I gave my honest account of the fight.
Needless to say, a good percentage of us missed our connecting flights and it was at that moment when we landed and realised that that we became really upset about it all.🤣
I was stuck with my horrible slippers till I got to Italy and since I got here it's been one drama to another🤣🤣.
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Monday, 13 November 2017
Saturday, 11 November 2017
Police station drama (4/11/2017)
Earlier today, Faith Eferemo Okoro went to the police station to sort out something. I feel very well informed whenever I go there for enquiries.
She went first and saw a group of Africans and without asking questions, my madam joined them🤣🤣. After a few minutes, she tried to explain her plight but it only confused the police more. Eventually she got him to go through the document she had in her hand. She said the policeman asked her to go inside that the people she joined were dangerous political assylum seekers. 😲🤣 I asked her why when she was narrating her ordeal to me and she said she saw her brothers and sisters so she decided to join them.🤣😂😂
I arrived much later and asked where I could wait for her and they said I could just stand with them outside. I felt happy and switched on my observant mode. Taking mental notes of plate numbers, car colours, vital statistics, outfits, unusual in short I was sure I believed I was an undercover police or plain clothes. 🤣🤣🤣
After about 30 minutes, I decided I wanted to join the police. I mean I was already doing the work. So I walked up to them and asked them the procedure. They laughed ehn and that sealed my decision. I went online and found out that the first step was to go the police station and pick up an eligibility check list bla bla.
When they eventually realised I was serious, they let me in. I was given the form/checklist. It was at that moment as my eyes ran through the "impossibles" I realised how amazing Petroleum Engineering actually was🤣🤣🤣.
Just forget the last 2 paragraphs; it was all in my head😂😂. Thanks for reading...
She went first and saw a group of Africans and without asking questions, my madam joined them🤣🤣. After a few minutes, she tried to explain her plight but it only confused the police more. Eventually she got him to go through the document she had in her hand. She said the policeman asked her to go inside that the people she joined were dangerous political assylum seekers. 😲🤣 I asked her why when she was narrating her ordeal to me and she said she saw her brothers and sisters so she decided to join them.🤣😂😂
I arrived much later and asked where I could wait for her and they said I could just stand with them outside. I felt happy and switched on my observant mode. Taking mental notes of plate numbers, car colours, vital statistics, outfits, unusual in short I was sure I believed I was an undercover police or plain clothes. 🤣🤣🤣
After about 30 minutes, I decided I wanted to join the police. I mean I was already doing the work. So I walked up to them and asked them the procedure. They laughed ehn and that sealed my decision. I went online and found out that the first step was to go the police station and pick up an eligibility check list bla bla.
When they eventually realised I was serious, they let me in. I was given the form/checklist. It was at that moment as my eyes ran through the "impossibles" I realised how amazing Petroleum Engineering actually was🤣🤣🤣.
Just forget the last 2 paragraphs; it was all in my head😂😂. Thanks for reading...
Che bella (03/03/2017)
Earlier yesterday, I rushed to U2 supermarket about 120 meters from where I live for a quick purchase. On my way back, I noticed the garden was busy with a lot of kids. Some on swings, some riding anything, some playing with the tap (taps that have no knob to open or close) they run 24hrs (just imagine a fountain). It was a beautiful sight, parents and grand parents keenly watching out and calling out now and then. Getting really close to my house, I saw an absolutely cute little munchkin riding his tricycle. He couldn't have been more than 3 years old. I smiled at him as I always do and then he turned to his mum and said "Mama guada, che bella" the mother burst out laughing and I was laughing and blushing. He was saying "Mummy look, she's beautiful." His mum repliesd in between the laughter "Si si molto bella" meaning yes yes very beautiful. Just then I saw another just like him riding a tricycle too coming along, so I asked the mum if they were twins and she said yes and in a flash I remembered them.
Two years ago, I always used to see her push twin babies in a two in one buggy and also pull her two large dogs!!! Whenever I saw her then, I would say to myself how can someone have twin babies to cater for and two dogs? If it were me, I would have given the dogs away 😂😂😂 In short it was the dogs that jogged up my memory because loyal as ever they were with her 😂😂😂. Apparently she recognised me too, it was heartwarming to see how fast the boys had grown and how they could ride on their own and she didn't have to push them while pulling two large dogs. We laughed together a bit and I went my way wondering about life!
Sometimes we magnify our challenges and in pursuit of a better tommorow, we never really live today and that hampers our ability to soak in the little beauties of life. Today, take some time off and just live in the moment and enjoy and thank God for the seemingly little beauties in and around you! Only believe!!!!!!!!
Stay blessed Romans 8:31-39
Two years ago, I always used to see her push twin babies in a two in one buggy and also pull her two large dogs!!! Whenever I saw her then, I would say to myself how can someone have twin babies to cater for and two dogs? If it were me, I would have given the dogs away 😂😂😂 In short it was the dogs that jogged up my memory because loyal as ever they were with her 😂😂😂. Apparently she recognised me too, it was heartwarming to see how fast the boys had grown and how they could ride on their own and she didn't have to push them while pulling two large dogs. We laughed together a bit and I went my way wondering about life!
Sometimes we magnify our challenges and in pursuit of a better tommorow, we never really live today and that hampers our ability to soak in the little beauties of life. Today, take some time off and just live in the moment and enjoy and thank God for the seemingly little beauties in and around you! Only believe!!!!!!!!
Stay blessed Romans 8:31-39
Friday, 10 November 2017
The meeting (16/02/2017)
Random musings II
Waited all afternoon for the call and because I have a strict habit of not calling people at work, I waited anyways both patiently and impatiently. The phone rang at about 5pm... "babe I'm coming with my friend for the meeting we discussed about" oh sure....ladies know the drill. The house may look great o but once a foreign body is coming you begin to adjust cushions that weren't even disturbing you in the first place😂😂😂. They arrived in no time....I greeted and I was very excited. To be honest I felt like it was my first real business meeting. I asked tea or juice although praying in my heart they will just say juice. Making tea here is not a joke, inshort it is an art. First you will put on the cooker and then with a clean small pot heat the milk on low heat. Don't ask me why low heat o, when I got here I realised via observation. I think it's to prevent the milk from losing vital components, before the struggle wth sizes of tea cups yada yada yada. When they said "juice would do" I was relieved!😂😂😂 I quickly got the juice, glasses and a plate where I poured some fancy biscuits.
The meeting began, I was highly attentive and intressted in the first few minutes but when I realised all we needed to do and chirped in my opinion, to me the meeting was over. I became bored, it would be rude to fiddle with my phone so I literally turned my attention to the juice and biscuits...I only answered when they asked me for currency conversions.
Deep in my thoughts, the next thing I heard was "where is the cover?"
You know how you got bored in class back in Secondary school and you pop your blue biro cover in your mouth and chew it beyond recognition? I only realised after he asked for the cover that it was in my mouth and beyond recognition 😂😂😂😂😂😂
There was no way I was going to bring out that cover from my mouth. I quickly bent down pretending to search for it and brought it out of my mouth and hid it in my pocket!
Little did I know that his friend would not let that kind of "big dissappearance" slide. Next thing he was moving everything searcing everywhere. I tried to casually ask him to free he kept repeating "it was just here, it's green colour, I saw it". Well, I joined them 😂😂😂 so I don't look left out. After a minute or two of jumping around I decided to mistakenly tip the juice pack😂😂😂😂😂. Will they be looking for the cover of an empty juice pack? So I did very smartly, hurray!!! We had a bigger crisis than a missing cover. I quickly apologised for the mess, picked up the pack and threw it in the bin where it belonged got wipes cleaned the table perfectly😂😂😂 even sprayed those things and wiped. Problem solved! Can we now get back to the meeting?😂😂😂😂😂😂 Just imagine the laughter we shared after his friend left and I brought out the dismantled cover from my pocket!!!!!!
Waited all afternoon for the call and because I have a strict habit of not calling people at work, I waited anyways both patiently and impatiently. The phone rang at about 5pm... "babe I'm coming with my friend for the meeting we discussed about" oh sure....ladies know the drill. The house may look great o but once a foreign body is coming you begin to adjust cushions that weren't even disturbing you in the first place😂😂😂. They arrived in no time....I greeted and I was very excited. To be honest I felt like it was my first real business meeting. I asked tea or juice although praying in my heart they will just say juice. Making tea here is not a joke, inshort it is an art. First you will put on the cooker and then with a clean small pot heat the milk on low heat. Don't ask me why low heat o, when I got here I realised via observation. I think it's to prevent the milk from losing vital components, before the struggle wth sizes of tea cups yada yada yada. When they said "juice would do" I was relieved!😂😂😂 I quickly got the juice, glasses and a plate where I poured some fancy biscuits.
The meeting began, I was highly attentive and intressted in the first few minutes but when I realised all we needed to do and chirped in my opinion, to me the meeting was over. I became bored, it would be rude to fiddle with my phone so I literally turned my attention to the juice and biscuits...I only answered when they asked me for currency conversions.
Deep in my thoughts, the next thing I heard was "where is the cover?"
You know how you got bored in class back in Secondary school and you pop your blue biro cover in your mouth and chew it beyond recognition? I only realised after he asked for the cover that it was in my mouth and beyond recognition 😂😂😂😂😂😂
There was no way I was going to bring out that cover from my mouth. I quickly bent down pretending to search for it and brought it out of my mouth and hid it in my pocket!
Little did I know that his friend would not let that kind of "big dissappearance" slide. Next thing he was moving everything searcing everywhere. I tried to casually ask him to free he kept repeating "it was just here, it's green colour, I saw it". Well, I joined them 😂😂😂 so I don't look left out. After a minute or two of jumping around I decided to mistakenly tip the juice pack😂😂😂😂😂. Will they be looking for the cover of an empty juice pack? So I did very smartly, hurray!!! We had a bigger crisis than a missing cover. I quickly apologised for the mess, picked up the pack and threw it in the bin where it belonged got wipes cleaned the table perfectly😂😂😂 even sprayed those things and wiped. Problem solved! Can we now get back to the meeting?😂😂😂😂😂😂 Just imagine the laughter we shared after his friend left and I brought out the dismantled cover from my pocket!!!!!!
Unsolicited advice (21/12/2016)
I used to think before now that unsolicited advice from strangers is exclusive to Nigerians but today, I was pleasantly surprised and laughed so hard!
I had an ongoing transaction which I began with a particular customer service representative and as such insisted on seeing her in particular although others were free. I waited patiently for a couple of minutes and it finally got to my turn. She recognised me and we quickly got to business, to be sincere I had never seen someone so excited doing her job most especially a banker! She was literally gay with excitement and because I enjoy small talks with random people, I stated it in a question like manner "You seem to really love your job" and she went "oh yes I do, I enjoy meeting different people and helping them out." I was impressed, then I noticed her beautiful wedding ring on her finger and asked out of pure curiosity if she had kids and she said "Yes one, he's eighteen years old and just like his father!" I was taken aback, she honestly looked too young and then she went on to tell me her age (forty-eight) seeing my surprise and then she asked my age. I told her and she went "oh you're young do you have boyfriends?" I laughed, I answered her and she said anyways it is good. She went on to say this wasn't the time to have just one boyfriend that I should have as many as I like that life was just too short! That when I meet him...I would know, and then I could consider dating just him 😂😂😂😂😂 but that for now.. many boyfriends but I should be careful not to mix up their names. See me see laughter! I was just thinking, how do I begin to bring in my faith into this conversation and loyalty and all that.... I decided not to I only said okay Ma!😂😂😂
In all of these, she never stopped even for a second. She was clicking away on her computer with regards to my request while dancing to a tune only her could hear.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Colossians 3:23
I don't know if she was a Christian or not but sitting there and watching her brought that scripture to mind.
It was beautiful!
I had an ongoing transaction which I began with a particular customer service representative and as such insisted on seeing her in particular although others were free. I waited patiently for a couple of minutes and it finally got to my turn. She recognised me and we quickly got to business, to be sincere I had never seen someone so excited doing her job most especially a banker! She was literally gay with excitement and because I enjoy small talks with random people, I stated it in a question like manner "You seem to really love your job" and she went "oh yes I do, I enjoy meeting different people and helping them out." I was impressed, then I noticed her beautiful wedding ring on her finger and asked out of pure curiosity if she had kids and she said "Yes one, he's eighteen years old and just like his father!" I was taken aback, she honestly looked too young and then she went on to tell me her age (forty-eight) seeing my surprise and then she asked my age. I told her and she went "oh you're young do you have boyfriends?" I laughed, I answered her and she said anyways it is good. She went on to say this wasn't the time to have just one boyfriend that I should have as many as I like that life was just too short! That when I meet him...I would know, and then I could consider dating just him 😂😂😂😂😂 but that for now.. many boyfriends but I should be careful not to mix up their names. See me see laughter! I was just thinking, how do I begin to bring in my faith into this conversation and loyalty and all that.... I decided not to I only said okay Ma!😂😂😂
In all of these, she never stopped even for a second. She was clicking away on her computer with regards to my request while dancing to a tune only her could hear.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Colossians 3:23
I don't know if she was a Christian or not but sitting there and watching her brought that scripture to mind.
It was beautiful!
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