A VISIT TO A HEAVENLY MANSION !!!

Halleluyah alleluai allleluiaaaaaaaaaaaaa!( still in yesterday's church mode)

You know my thoughts today is kinda special (Americana).

I know heaven is some place everyone wants to be. I guess we all want to except “the devil” lol (abi). Everybody is hopeful about it and preachers love to preach about it, telling all his congregation how fabulous this place is. All the efizi's you'll find in heaven if you just land there. So I decided to share my short vacation to heaven. Join me on my trip.

Kukuruku!! The cock-crow sound of a trumpet like funny echo waking me up on this soft extra large king-sized bed and then I heard a door knock, so I said “come in”. This white suited smiling guy walks into the room saying “good morning sir” and I smiled back with a ‘’good morning’’ reply. He quickly puts the big towel he brought on one oak desk at the far end of the large room and says to me the shower is ready with a smile. What will you have for breakfast sir? He continued and I said “anything on the menu list is okay with me”. Then he said to me, ‘‘I’ll set it with your favorite’’ leaving the room with this funny smile.

Then, I stood up from the very huge bed waving my hand in the process and out of the blue, I heard a song from my favorite artiste Asha (why can’t we!!) fills the room. I started dancing to the rhythm moving towards this door which had a strange design and a sign of the bathroom. I opened the door, wow! nice aroma (I beg this scent sweet o ooo!). I quickly ran, removed my clothing and jumped into this very big bathtub like a fish ‘cause it was already filled with this white like soapy water with lovely red roses all around. (Hmm!! oga ju). So I started washing and then I heard a knock and I said "come in". I saw the same guy with his usual smile bringing in a large white towel with a tray containing a wine bottle in gold bucket with a wineglass and placed it on the side of the small desk inside the bathroom saying politely “it’s all yours sir” smiling and before I could reply he had left closing the door gently behind him. (Na wa O!).

So I enjoyed my wash o, took almost ………Checked my empty wrist and the walls. Hmm…. noticed there was no time. After ifinished my wash, came out of the tub wrapping myself with the big clean white towel. I noticed my mouth was fresh clean and tasted like mint. I took the wine and immediately my fingers touched the bottle; it popped open (interesting!!!!).  It was chilled, so I served myself and gulped down enough wine, hmm…. tasted really nice (no be shayo oooo).

Then, I opened the door and the room was still filed with music but alas on my bed were 10 set of stylish clothes with blank white labels. On the side of bed I noticed 6 sets of different kind of shoes in diverse colours. I gazed around this huge room but observed the door of one of the big long cabinets in the room was half open. So I keenly moved to check out what was in it. To my surprise, I saw a lot of well hanged clothes of various colors and loads of white suites. I counted 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50...am tired jare. On the top side of the cabinet were enough shoes of various colors all in one size. I started trying on the shoes and the entire sets I tried on were my perfect size (hmm!!!). So I closed the cabinet and walked back to the side of the bed quickly tried on some of the clothes. I saw this one I liked the colour and it was a perfect fit.  I tried on this slim fit trouser that looked like a jeans which was a perfect match with the shirt and then completed it with one of the shoes that looked like a nice flat skinned loafers. I noticed all the clothes had similar delicate scent of my favorite perfume.

Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door and again I said “come in”. The same guy now walks into the room still having on his smile, saying “breakfast is ready” and I replied with a “thank you”. After I had finished dressing, I opened the door and I saw this long walkway leading to a big banquet hall. I followed the walkway noticing several big doors and a man smiled at me from afar signaling me to come. So I followed suit and I saw my smiling friend at the door which he opened into this very long gallery with a huge dining table lined with a variety of fruits and covered dishes in gold. I sat next to the guy who had waved me and settled down ‘cause I was feeling hungry and suddenly I heard this loud bang! Bang! Bang! I looked up, alas! It was my boss in the office banging on my desk (Msheeeew!!!!!).   I had slept off and she asked if I wasn’t going for lunch. Yawning!...... i stood up from my desk to go get something to eat 'cause i was hungry.

This story is fiction. (Smiles).

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Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die, even my pastor ©Naija popular    rhyme.

THE NAIJA CELEBRITY- CANDID MOMENTS !!!!! PART 2

Vou Atus, Bon weekend my people!!! (French pidgin),

Hope you’re’ enjoying the month of September. Anyway sha, it’s cool to be back with you and back to my gist.

And then.... we noticed standing next to us was comedian Tee A and also with him was the fine boy Nollywood actor Kunle Afolayan also gisting. Before I could get the whole picture, I saw Tee A move swiftly and Kunle Afolayan also zoomed behind him to the Cocktail section which was close to where we were standing to form a line. My Friend quickly pulled me along to join them, since I was still forming my Ajebo as usual to my surprise hmmmmm!!!, the queue had elongated beyond my imagination. I saw Tee A and Kunle Afolayan quickly took their plates being the first on the line and started ordering the boys to load the plates with all the goodies on the long cocktail table. No mind me o, I quickly joined with my guy to order all the orderables until my plate was loaded (No dulling!!)

So we sat next to them at a table around the corner... the four of us . I , My friend Sur joining Kunle Afolayan and Tee A after completing our orders.We exchanged greetings with them and they replied while I made a comment to Tee A if he was enjoying his food. Tee A replied and said in pidgin “omo the food no bad make person quickly enjoy because I know sure if I go see another food chop tonight again o”. I also overhead him saying to Kunle “thank God say one quickly go collect before them finish the food o”. It was then it occurred to me that they actually came to stand close to the cocktail table not miss out on the meal ( anyway na over sharpness from past experience in the field).

The encounter I had with our Naija female artiste was a natural one. I mean natural in the sense that this female artiste actually answered a call to nature o. The female artiste by name was ''Essence'' my facebook love lady. I know no say nature o bad ooooo!!! like the rhymes of a popular Naija song.. ha! ha, ha!. Even my facebook love lady with all the full makeup and plenty fashion with paparazzi attention could not resist natures call.

Scheduled for a live performance at one event , I guess while waiting to be ushered to the stage, mother nature performed her magic on Essence. She paced to where I was to ask where she could find the loo (toilet my people).I knew whatever it was must be very urgent because the way she zoomed at my direction towards the restroom (toilet jare!!!). Ask me what I was doing close?

Anyway sha, I guess nature has a way of putting me close to where our Naija celebs are outside the view of the paparazzi’s and the red carpets. Consider these scenarios in your mind.

Dbanj still buys and eats roadside boli with some g nuts! (roasted unripe plantain and groundnut).

Genevieve could actually still be snoring out loudly while she's sleeping.

Sammie Okposo could still be bed wetting at the age of 17yrs.

Tu face could still be opening coke bottles for his American fans with his teeth.

Omawunmi...ha! ha! fit vomit if she eat salad o !!!

Etcetera, etcetera……………….. (As usual)

I’m not saying these scenarios are real (Naija artiste are muah!!!) except my various encounter has taught me that the Naija artiste is truly a Nigerian outside all the glamour.

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The hall of fame where great individuals are made is usually a Unique curve; they follow an unpopular course to destiny.. ©Me, Myself & I

THE NAIJA CELEBRITY- CANDID MOMENTS !!!!!

Hi Bloggville

Alright my people, hmm!!!! Hope you’re doing great like my Naija artiste would say "Nothing do you"!

Come to think of it , Nigeria has the most wonderful set of talented individuals. I mean globally ....even in Alaska, Mexico, Russia, Colombia, Madagascar and recently South Sudan , my talented brotha’s are still representing o.

Trust me, when it comes to being creative, Naija no dey carry last. In different genre of the arts, comedy, music, anything entertainment globally my Nigerian brotha's (forgive me sha, if you be sista…I mean brotherhood..male & female) are the best. Usually in public they enjoy all the light camera action. Like the signing of autographs, taking pictures with fans at red carpet events, getting preferential treatment at stores and shopping malls……… etcetera, etcetera ….. (primary school).

Recently, you know our Naija artistes are finding new ways to top the collabo charts . Like Dbanj & Don Jazzy's latest signings with Kanye West and our latest video's are now making our youths consider a future career in showbiz. But outside all the razzmatazz, my Naija celebrity is usually a true Nigerian when the camera lights are out.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, my years in advertising and then being a keen observer has brought me a little closer to the true Naija celebrity. I have been privileged to have met a few while working and would like to share a picture of what a true Naija artiste is outside all the glamour.

I remembered this normal day at the office and a colleague of mine says “let’s go, have lunch” (You know the American way). Usually, we have a little restaurant in the office but to have a new feel of taste, we decided to go “explore”. My colleague suggests he knew this lovely place in Ikeja G.R.A and we all hop into his ride to discover and feel this great restaurant he was talking about.

Okay now, we moved through Ikeja G.R.A passing all the bends with everyone already salivating while gisting and I noticed while on the long drive through Isaac John street we left behind THE PLACE, SWEET SENSATION, CHICKEN REPUBLIC, BARCELOS without stopping….but naturally like he said, it was this normal Naija joint naaaa !!!!. Trust me, I am a correct Ajebo Naija boy o ( Hmmmm!!!!)…but you don’t find better Amala with gbegiri and ewedu soup…where you can point and kill your cow leg or goat meat from the large pot in those places now!!!!!! abi (If na lie, make I enter plane go London).

Hmm!....my shocker, immediately we got to this place. Guess who we met at the door? “ALIBABA the comedian”. My guy had 2 full covered plates of Amala, gbegiri and ewedu in his hands…he stopped to say hello to us ‘cause he knew our faces back at the office being one of my company client. My guy smiled at us with his plates of Amala and hurried into one tinted Peugeot 406… zooming off !!!! fast fast. Ha! Ha! Ha! I didn’t eat in that place o, being a Naija Ajebo...... You know, I just watched my colleagues enjoying their meal. (Na true).

Another encounter I had with another of our Naija celebrity a comedian and a popular actor… (Make I yarn). Of course, it was at another event i attended at Planet One in Maryland. Nice lovely evening, we enjoyed great performances by 9ice, Rooftop MC’s, Spirit of David and a whole lot of fun. At the climax of the event, I remembered I was with my late friend Sur Sein (May his soul rest in perfect peace) gisting. And the…………………

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"Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom." (c) Benjamin Franklin