RecentT Read, Movie/TV and Music

RECENT READ
Yellow-Yellow by Kaine Agary

I know am like three years late reading this book, I got captivated by the first page of the book when I first sighted it in 2008 in hands of a fellow student. I have always wanted to read the book and the opportunity came when I had visited the Unilag bookshop in search of Chimamanda Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck. Disappointed and wanting a book to read and I bought Yellow-Yellow.

Although I do not like the way the book ended, I must say it is okay...never really read anything on the Niger Delta Issues, so I guess this book transported me to the region and gave me an insight into the real issues.

Zilayefa, refered to "Yellow-Yellow" , is 'a young girl of Greek and Nigerian parentage, who leaves her rustic experience and the protective grip of her mother in the village, in search of a better life in the city. With a recommendation from her church pastor, she is taken in and catered for by Sisi, an elderly woman, and her young friend, Lolo'.


RECENT TV
Been watching a lot of Reality Shows lately, Big Brother Africa 5 tops the list, even though I am already bored by the show because it is becoming too predictable especially when Munya is up for eviction. Ruby and Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane on TSN is also a must watch for me, whenever I am home weekends.

RECENT MUSIC

My current play list is Lagbaja's latest album and my favorite songs on the Album is Did I and Bling Bling Panda. A typical Lagbaja song, Did I is a love song between a Naija and A lady, though this time, she is an Oyinbo. The Spanish speaking chick in Did I's video is hot and cute, love the concept of the video and she sure has a sweet voice.

♥ Lara 

Bus Gbege: Agborodun

Thank God it's Friday, had a really stressful week and surely not going to have any rest this weekend. 

Taking my lil sis, Zainab shopping on saturday for her school provisions, she goes back to school on monday. On sunday, off to Ilisan to go drop, Aisha's laptop with her, don't know what I was thinking when I volunteered to take the laptop to school for her.

Discussing my bus experience is going to be a regular on this blog, what have i not seen or heard in the bus...the bus is a world on its own, where people are never afraid to be themselves or show that side of them, even the closest person to them has never experienced.  

Today, I left the house on hour earlier than my usual, the traffic has crazy lately and most times I get to work late. The road was unusually free this morning, guess the tanker drivers who usually queue to enter the Tincan port overslept...in my mind, thinking I will get to work early today, the driver and conductor of the bus I entered decided to show their craze.

At the National Petrol Station, just before the Tincan second gate, we saw a bus packed, all its passengers out with its driver fighting with one of the passengers. A normal sight in Lagos, you would say, just as I said to myself...before we knew it, the driver of our bus packed and jumped out the car with his conductor to join in the fight. I was stunned, every thing was like film trick...more like the guy forgot he was going somewhere or that he actually had it in mind that the people in the bus had a place to go to which is called work.

For more than thirty minutes, we sat and waited for the two idiots to come back to the bus...the dumb policeman in the bus, that we thought was going to go help get the mad driver and conductor, also joined in beating the guy the drivers were fighting with...I was mad, I could not even say anything...the spot he packed us was so muddy, so we were stuck in the bus and looking on till they stop their madness and hoping it was soon.

The two  idiots even followed the crowd into a big company they all entered and were actually beaten out of the premises before they remembered they had left some people in their bus. They were not even apologetic and just kept saying they had to help their man out and can not  go on without been there for him.

I just was not interested in the gist, in short nobody was...every one one was angry and some people kept telling the driver they wished someone had broken his head in the fight or something more terrible had happened to him...all I wanted to do was to get to get out of the bus and get to work

♥ Lara

The Beautiful Bride

The long holiday was spent wakaing round Lagos, I had planned to sleep all through, except on Saturday to attend my friends wedding. The aso-ebi did not turn out like I had expected, almost ditched it...but my friend would just not hear of it. After some modification and persuasion from my aunt and friend, wore it and funny, people loved it. I am not a fan of lace, I guess that was why I had issues with the dress...in all I had fun at the wedding.

The Beautiful bride, Gbemi

on our way

Sandra and I

Bunmi, Sandra, Niyi and Me

Friday night

Friday, 3rd September

Went to bed with a terrible headache at about 9:49pm.
All of a sudden I was awake, it cannot be 1am already, I said to myself, feeling for my phone in the dark. Then I heard the sound that was what woke me up, it was a gunshot, it was just 11:01pm. How could that be, I got out of bed, went into my uncle’s room where my cousin and niece slept, there was no more shot, they were soundly asleep, dead to the world and oblivious of the shot. My aunt is not home, she went for a Vigil.
I went back to the room, the gunshots has stopped
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Tried going back to sleep, the gunshot started again, this time in multiples
At first, it sounded so far from the street, but one knew they were close by.
Then, there was one which sounded like it was shot right from the street.
With heart racing, i sprang out of bed, hurriedly got dressed
Pushing my laptop and phone under the bed, locked the door and ran out of the room.
I had money in my bag, would offer it to them if they came in.
I was alone at our side of the house with 3teenagers, who throughout this ordeal of mine did not even shake body not to talk of waking up.

Opened the gate, and moved to the other side of the house where our family friend and his family resides, they are closer to the gate and the shot were louder there. There I sat till the whole thing came to an end.

The ember month is here, December is around the corner and the race to make last minute money has started.
Mama Emeka has told him to come complete the mansion he started; the house must be opened this Christmas when everybody will be come. Everybody must know that Emeka has arrived and mama and papa emeka’s status in the village must be elevated.

Joel just got off the phone talking to his mother, she just saw Emma drive pass in a 2010 Toyota Camry. Joel’s must come home with a bigger car, so that Mama Emma must know that her son’s level is by far higher that Emma’s own.

Joel and Emeka cannot afford to disappoint, everybody must know they have arrived; they cannot afford to disappoint their parent. They take to the street, holding us to ransom and dispossess us of our possessions.

We have gotten to that time of the year, when we have to watch every step we take because we never know. Pray we never end up a victim...Lovely week to you all

My Prayer for Ramadhan

The month of mercy, forgiveness and blessings is drawing close its curtain.

By the end of today, it will be 27days of Ramadhan with only 2 or 3 days left.

By His Grace, I have not missed anyone.

By the end of Today, if Ms. flow does not disrupt,

I would have fasted for 27days.

Not unusual but a rare opportunity for women.

In all, I have had a spiritually fulfilling one.

Even though it could have been better,

It is one of my best Ramadhan.

I came to him this Holy month with a heart heavy,
With a huge void in me,
 I knew only him could fill.
A lot of unanswered questions.
I have never felt closer to Him,like I have this month.
I now experience peace.
I am in a better place this year than I was when I went through Ramadhan last year.
But like the saying goes;
My today must be better than my yesterday.
This year is my year of re dedication and I know it is the beginning of a wonderful relationship with my God, because I have the confidence and know that He is ever Merciful and Forgiving.

This has been my prayer in the last 27days, not just this but this I never fail to say every day. 

Oh Allah, surely You are Forgiving and Merciful forgive me, for there is none who can Forgive sins but You what I have sent before me and what I have left behind me, what I have concealed and what I have done openly, what i have done to excess, and what You are better aware of than I. I seek Your forgiveness and Your protection in my religion and in the life of the world and the next, in my family and in my property
 

Oh Allah, guide me together with those you have guided, and strengthen me together with those to whom you have given strength. Take me into Your care together with those You have taken into Your care. Bless me in what You have given me. Protect me from the evil You have ordained.

Oh Eternal Living one, by Your mercy I call upon You to set right all my affairs. Do not place me in charge of my soul even for a moment. Oh Allah, draw a veil across my secrets and preserve me from anguish.

Ya Allah, guard me from what is in front of me and behind me, from my left and from my right, and from above me. I seek protection in Your Greatness from being struck down from beneath.

I seek refuge in you from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan and his helpers. I seek refuge in you from bringing evil upon my soul and from harming fellow beings. I seek refuge in you from misery, from weakness and from laziness, from greed, from perversion of faith and the domination of others.

I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the trails of the False Messiah, I seek refuge in you from the trials of life and death and from the punishment of Hell-fire.

In all, I ask that this is month is Eternally beneficial to me and all who participated in it.May He accepted it from us as an act of Ibadah and make us inmates of Al-Jannah (Ameen).

I look forward to a loving relationship with my Father.