Oh! How I miss those days in Naija. Thinking about it makes tears well up in my eyes and bring laughter to my face. I was born in 1988 in Naija but there are some moments i remember and my face lights up. I miss this days:
• The days where Choco Milo was the best chocolate ever.
• The days of Tales by moonlight, speakout, super story, papa ajasco
• Days of Christmas where we all looked forward to wearing our mama- tie- me -for back dresses and mother care socks.
• I miss the days of Christmas when we take food to our neighbors and they gave us money in exchange
• The days of Christmas when we dress up, wear our cute outfits and visit family and friends one after the other
• The days when Christie Ogoli, Shina peters, Onyeka onwenu , funmi Adams sang and brought tears of joy to our faces
• The days when “Nigeria, my beloved country” was the best song ever
• Days when birthday parties was fun. Cake and red jollof rice
• The days when actors and actresses were natural in their movies.Liz benson, Dolly unachukwu, regina askia, Antar laniyan, etc. unlike
this age were they are all so fake trying to form Americana. Tonto Dike and her likes
• The days where ladies wore long skirts that had slits up to their laps
• The days of love letter. Were we sent love letter to boy and girls and await their reply
• The days of father chrismas
• Days when we went for people’s birthday and danced to “hoo yay, I wish u hapi buyday” “hoo yay, very merry merry hapi returns”
• The days when rice was the best food ever
• The days when cousins, neighbors all lived and related well unlike this age where evrione is on their own. Aka OYO
• I miss the days of Akwa-oche, cloths made from chair materials
• The days when we went to school , lined up and the headmistress and teachers inspect our nails and uniform and then we march to our classrooms
• The days of “papilo, I know say one day, you go make us proud”
• The days of Mother care socks and socks that has lace round it
• The days of rashidi yekini, Daniel omokachi, Sunday oliseh, peter rufai, etc
• The days of pinafore school uniform
• The days of black and white Tv
• The days where only one person in that neigbourhood had that round phone and neighbors had to come receive calls in one’s house
• The days of sakobi the snake girl, Nneka the pretty serpent, Igodo, Living in bondage, Sharon stone
• The days of Maclean, Tura soap, dudu osin, okin biscuit, ribena, lucozade, tomtom, etc
• The days when MKO was the main man
There are still many more days that I cannot remember but feel free to post some of your fun filled days in Naija. How I miss those days.
