Calamitous "YOBO"

I do not lay claim to this taunting statement and neither am I a football fan. I have sub-consciously developed a disinterest for football and practically know next to nothing about that sport, not to now talk of knowing those who make up the Nigerian football team.

Today, I was forced to listen to the Brilla FM, the noise blaring from the radio made listening to the topic discussed unavoidable. The commentators were called the tacklers or something close to that and the show is named football 360 degrees. The so called tacklers were arguing on if Joseph Yobo should be allowed to play in Nation’s Semi-final match in the ongoing Nation’s Cup.

The guy who was particularly against Yobo playing was just screaming into the air and talking about how allowing Yobo play is going to be so calamitous. Yeah, got the name from the guy. He went ahead to talk about how, the team has survived without Yobo to that point and How irrelevant his addition is to the Team’s wining or losing. How placing a guy who was just recovering from injury and who claims a powerful pastor prayed for him would spelt doom for the match next day. He went on screaming, without allowing the other guy make his point; at some point even the moderator’s voice was lost in his screams. Event though he was making some good point, I sure the hell don’t know how people listen to such noise, like he was fighting to make a point.
When the comments came in, he had about 50 comments in his favour, with various names for Yobo, from Doomed Yobo to particularly calamitous Yobo.

Am sure if Yobo, had been listening to that show, he would have been sad and disappointed by the comments. As in seriously, they did not have to describe the guy without some of those words that were used.
If Yobo, gets to play tomorrow, I sure would not know but I really wish them luck and hope he is not as calamitous as they have proclaimed.

Trapped in The Elevator...

Laughing about it now...
But at that moment it so wasn't funny.It was the last place I expected and the only place in the whole of University of Lagos where I can ever use the elevator. The Senate Building.

This is not the first time i have been trapped in an elevator but this came as a surprise because I expected the generating set of the building to come up immediately the lights went off but I spent close to 20 minutes in the elevator. The elevator was filled to the brim and the heat started almost immediately. The elevator was stucked between floors so when the door was opened we could not come out. One of the kids started crying and some of the grown ups were so hysterical. I kept my calm but still the noise from the others just was not helping matters. There was this little opening and the operator was suggesting we slide ourselves through it as he was not sure when the lights would come on. The elevator was to full to be jacked up. My Cousin and I refused to slide out as we were like what if the light comes back at any moment.

For this reason, i have always stayed clear off the elevator in the Arts Block, that was my first experience in a trapped elevator, but then i wasn't the light, the door just refused to open but it was moving. After that day, i would rater climb the six story of the Arts block than use the damned elevator.

I had another experience at the PHCN office at CMS about four months ago. This was worse as they have this policy of no generator at their office. When the light went off, they had to jack it up to the nearest floor.

As we were agreeing and disagreeing on what step to take or lot and some people just ranting and all the operators were forced to go put on the generator to let us out. Soo not going any where near that elevator again.