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30th July,2011

What a day!
Its not going to be your standard-follow-all-the-rules writing. Copied it out from my favourite notepad.

Today aint actually the real day but i am going to go some steps back in 24kinda hours telling you about my first day in Abuja. yes, i didnt just go to do JJC for fun. I had a purpose for being there. Apart from going to claim the land, I went for an interview. Lets save this file as 30th July, 2011.

it all started with me waking up in Moye suites at iyamoye, Kogi State. I had arrived the evening before with my dad, i joined him at the Ile-Ife round-about where Oduduwa university. We decided he was gonna drop me off at okenne, then i'd take a bus to Abuja. but Ome, as we got out after praying together in the hotel Room. people he talked to adviced him that he does not have to drop me off there but that i'd get a bus in front of the hotel. Hmm, daddy gave me cash sha, more than i tot i'd get for a trip to abj especially when i was close to the place but then, trip back too was there. i wonder should i say the exact amount(its not like it was one big deal like that). I got the Abuja bus at kabba. never mind their idea did not work , most of the buses were filled already. the trip was fun. i was just in sight seeing as i have never been on that path before. Lokoja happened to be a nice place, though not so fine as i expected but Ok sha. Hold up at Lokoja with 2 hrs on the spot did not help matters the more. we moved at last sha and then, abuja was calling. it was fun seeing the rash areas called abuja. I expected more but it was like the outskirts i was seeing did not help me with an idea of how the city was going to be.
I arrived at the park with still no clear idea. then the Myanya et maraba bus took me thru the main city and then to maraba at nasarawa state. hmm. see me, i just dey wonder, this Abuja fine o. especially the Wuse, Life camp part. i also heard asokoro, maitama is beautiful though i cant tell if i passed there.


Lets go further a bit. the next day was Sunday and it happened that i had planned on going to a church Dami attended(Winners, Life Camp) but then, myself and Dapo just couldnt find the place. we then, entered TREM by lets enter even if we do not knoww. It was fun all through. We had this three-hour praise session. Whew! Sweat full my trads.

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