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Black panther (My Wakanda waka)

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 The buzz that heralded the latest Marvel's installment Black Panther was on another level that even folks living under the rocks had synopsis of the movie. And in staying  true to the Yoruba proverb that states that when you hear "carry it " carry it" you had better join in the carrying or else someone will dump it in your backyard. Bearing this in mind I decided not carry last ...well...hypothetically. My romance with Marvel Cinematic Universe  Films started in 2008 with its release of Iron man and have since then watched every single marvel installments. So it is safe to say I'm a marvel aficionado. As a Marvel fan, each movie release was greeted with the same enthusiasm and when I saw Ellen Degeneres's interview /trailer with  Chadwick Boseman and I saw a black man with "the chest" (ripped abs and well chiseled muscles) I knew immediately this was going to be a dope movie. So as soon as the movie hit the Nigerian cinema I was set to see it

Phantom's Pandora box part 2(Road to recovery)

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             The  very very long road to recovery  Beads of sweats formed on my forehead and in matter of seconds l was drenched in sweats. At this point my legs gave way, l lunged towards the sofa for support. My Moremi gone just like that !?My pictures and videos flashed before my eyes ...more like played out like a slideshow and when I remembered I hadn't gotten around to backing up my pictures ,l involuntarily let out a guttural sound and I fainted all over again. Eventually when I came around I grabbed my other phone and made a call to my hubby. Me : (in a hysterical voice) Moremi  ni o!Moremi ti laa'na !!( Moremi has exploded)!. I couldn't comprehend how he remained calm under this circumstance but he was very calm and casual about it when he asked me to take it to a Techno Carlcare centre since the phone was still under warranty. It was getting to evening time on Saturday so I had to wait till Monday. It was the longest  Sunday of my life, it felt like eternity

Phantom's Pandora Box

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Sometimes when my head gets hot,really hot that I fear it might explode,I just hide inside the closet (abi wardrobe) and pretend to have my chronicles of Narnia moments. It is  never as easy keeping up with my "plenty kids", especially  the one who wants to have a birthday party everyday of the week ,or  the one who is hell bent on writing a thesis on why Cinderella's stepmom was wicked.what about the ones obsessed with doing a remix of the song " man is not hot"?the stifling screeches of  the "skrrahh- pap- pap ka-ka-ka skidiki pap skrrah"will torment the living day out of you. When such moments reach their apex I will jejely enter self preservation mode and hide inside the cupboard. A mathematical equation illustration of my kids will be( 1child  = 10children's energies ;mental and physical). My phones are not spared either .The ordeals my phones have gone through in the hands of my kids in course  of their growing years can only be better

Maputo memoirs (part 2)

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Since every country in Africa always insist that they have the friendliest people in the Continent, I'm just going to go with that flow. But in all honesty ,Mozambicans are very warm people.Though not as animated as my naija folks but their hospitality, interests and smiles the people extended to me as a visitor (abi tourist) made it a remarkable experience in the country. Maputo train station Though Portuguese is widely spoken,most Mozambicans I came in contact with were able to communicate in English ,often times in smattering English and in all  my interactions with the people ,the intriguing and curious case of Mr kerebou clearly stood out. Mr kerebou,who owns a grocery shop around the corner, always  (strongly) insist that he doesn't understand English, but at  few times when he gets carried away, his English vocabulary, diction and that American accent are usually (almost suspiciously) impeccable that I often ponder ...abi homeboy is on some witness protection prog

Maputo memoirs (part 1)

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 I cannot begin to thank  God enough  for his benevolence, for that discerning spirit (that loud voice in my head ,insisting I borrow myself brain). The 24 elders at the cardinal point ,I thank una gan for your endeavors in my matter. I can't still believe how lucky I was to have dodged this last December "fuel crisis" bullet when I decided to spend the holidays in Mozambique.  My  eternal gratitude to God as I escaped the pangs of the scarcity. The march 2016  fuel scarcity still fresh in my memory:the sweats,tears and well...the frustrations that accompanied my visits to over a dozen filling stations. You can't begin to imagine how close I was to personally vandalizing oil pipes , just to get fuel(story for another day).so you can understand the gladness of my heart as I dodged the December impasse.  I decided to spend Christmas in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique because one I have never spent Christmas outside Lagos. Two , I reckoned  it will be a great way