What a day!

Why do I write Mckinsey and Company? Do I have any business with them? Yes I do. I will by 2017. I have written two tests with them before. The first was a PST in 2014 and the other SHL in 2016. I failed in the two. If you fail a PST, I can understand but if you fail SHL, Hmm something is doing you. But I did. Don't ask me what happened. So why will I want to write another PST? You can ask me again, I wasn't prepared for the first one, I was given two dates in 2014. The first date was within a week and the other was a month away. I felt I couldn't wait for a month, so I plugged in. I was wrong. I was a Dave fighting a Goliath. Samuel had not found me to pour the oil. The test was good but I knew my fate before the d-day. No spirit changed the result. I have another go at it in 2017. I will write by God's grace and I'm going to pass the test. I'm also going to go beyond the interviews. I've been looking for great work. This company seems...

Kunle & Kiity This should have been published earlier. Funny how I get to say this always, and I'm still saying it. I'm married. I've got a ring on my finger now. And Yes, It was Kiity. We got married on the 26th of November, 2016. Someday I must say. Still grateful to God for the beautiful day. Also grateful to a lot of people who made the day memorable. Kiity's parents, my parents, Kiity's friends, my friends, family members and people from our workplaces. You should have seen Kiity at the dance floor. She beat me to it, you don't have to wonder. I was like ehn! I haf never seen you like this . That's her dancing. A look at her as I type this evening tells me She is looking more beautiful than the wedding day.  My friend Omoruyi is in the video too. He handled the toast. I was in my head as he spoke. My friend said I am spiritual. I am, But I don't ever tell myself that. He said a lot but that was the koko of it all...

Kiity and Klanj Why do I find you beautiful A look at you and i'm enthralled No need for a second look Cos my eyes do not move away. Walking with you has been like no other We fit more than a glove. Working with you shows our strength You are the risk taker, i'm the careful You are the enjoy-the-moment, i'm the do-it-fast. You are the planner, i'm the take it as it comes. It's cool we both like the same football team. Gunners always. But much more. You brighten my day, my life. Yea. Criticisms come in. They mold me. Yea. Adjustments take some time, you watch. And smile. I'd say your spirit amazes me. My wondering hasn't ceased. Don't know how to finish this.......I don't have to...I won't.

Would I have thought of staying in Ondo? I'm not sure about this. Two calls from the BEDC Head Office changed my stay at Sapele, Delta State. One with the Head of HR and the other with the Chief Corporate Services Officer. I was moving to Akure. It's been a month since I moved here (October 4, 2016 to be precise). I abandoned all at Sapele to make this move. Five months rent still running. A house filled with what I used to call 'my things'. Foodstuff in the kitchen I couldn't carry with me. Clothes I couldn't move (I had to travel light). People I got to know through my 9 months stay. Sapele was good. I was tired. My previous posts will give a hint. I wanted something different. Actually I wanted Lagos. I somehow still do (though the time Dad and Mum 's spent on the road last night from the mainland to the Lekki Gardens 4 makes me reconsider). I'm getting to know Akure. I've been to Alagbaka, seen the Akure Mall where Shoprite is ...

That's why! Always a gunner. So lately I've been checking out the Manchester city games. Not because of Guardiola as you may think. But its because of the wonder kid, Kelechi Iheanacho. Its been a while a nigerian player got me excited while watching club football since the days of Nwankwo Kanu, Jay Jay Okocha and some others. I might not watch the game but the highlights I definitely will look out for. I even lookout for Manchester city before Arsenal. It becomes a question of; 1. Did Arsenal win? Okay, that's settled. 2. Did Manchester city win? Did Iheanacho play? Did he score? Then I check the list of players for the game. Realizing he scored makes me download the highlights for the game on youtube.com. There's some excitement as I see him score. Lately, with the game against Zambia, he made a statement that the glory days of Nigerian football is coming back. 

So its been a thing of we'll be together. I support this. but then my actions seems to say I'm okay with being the travelling husband. Not that I don't like the idea of coming home to a beautiful wife. I do. but I'm more concerned about working and wanting Kiity to have a fulfilling career too. I guess you'll understand why Lagos now seems to be my focus point all along. I've toyed with the idea of resigning and starting a writing career. Something like what Ted Dekker did at a time when he was about my age. Just that I have written two unpublished full-length novels to boast with. Looking back, the journey started in 2012. As friends. 2013 with a commitment. And its been distance on distance. First was Ile-Ife and Lagos. Till Kiity came to Lagos. That was shortlived as I took my bags to Benin. Then Sapele and now Akure. And here's the crux, we agreed we'll be together. We've prayed we'll be together. And you know what whether its Akur...

So I craved Lagos. I still do. I'm going there. But then I've been craving a shift from Sapele. To leave Sapele. And just last week, something popped up. Wanna know? I was offered a position at Ondo/Ekiti State. Its a Technical Assistant role. It happened that some weeks back I was at the office on a saturday ruminating over my-not-loving the New Economy role, So I sent a mail to the Head of HR asking for a technical role. To be truthful, I later realised I  didn't even know what I was asking for. Within me, I wanted to do something more meaningful. Technical sounded meaningful to me. I didn't imagine that one of the Regional Heads ( We have 3 in BEDC) would retire. That a new Regional head would be chosen and I would be called upon to be a Technical assistant. But it happened. And then how do I do my Lagos thing?

So this happened early this morning. I went to a customer's premise for the complaint resolution. He had been receiving outrageous bills like other customers have been (deliberate attempt by BEDC management I must add). He's a top man with the board of internal revenue for Delta state.  The bane of it all is that he said things about his position. he could link me up to better jobs. If I favoured him. He even added that if all turns out well, he'll do the needful, if I should use his words. Hmm. Yes he said so. I think of all the gifts that have been offered me by customers within the short time I have spent here. I have refused a lot of them. I only accept a customer transporting me when they come to the office for a complaint and require someone to join them to their location. Anything beyond that, my barometer trips. What's a gift? Whats a bribe? How do I differentiate the two?  A bribe to me will be something given or received to corrupt judgem...

 credits: www..bellanaija.com A writer needs time to do what he needs to do. Write. Are there people that work in Lagos and also find time to write? I wonder. Its not like I write here at Sapele anyway. I've spent the past six months in the quiet town and I can count the number of times I have opened up my PC for writing. why do i even call myself a writer? I shouldn't do that.  The switch to Lagos seems to be a fearful move. Not that the switch to Lagos makes me fearful, but its the work thing. having this zeal to take a step of faith, move out of the bond issh and moving on elsewhere seems to be something I'm not used to. Have I ever been used to something? In all, I have worked in Lagos for 2 years of my work life. Some of the stories I can tell are not funny. Though I understand that they could just be the tip of the iceberg for some other people. The town seems to have its own spirit. Like the spirit you find in stories told by the early african writers...

So much has happened of late. I've been in and out of town. From Lagos to Sapele and from Sapele back to Lagos. I get to spend money too. A lot. I travel via God is Good motor transport. I make a booking via www.gigm.com . The online booking site for God is Good Motors. It offers a 10% discount. I noticed this month that people book more online compared to how it was at the beginning of the year. The sensitization must be working. In January, I could pick any seat I wanted on the booking site, I'd probably be the first booking by Sunday night for a Monday morning trip but now, whew! I get to see 5 seats out of 14 left on a Sunday night. I should start booking two days before. Days have gone by. Times are changing. I need to settle down too. Now my thoughts go so far with the travelling issh. Kiity works at Lagos and I work at Sapele. Hmm, how are we going to do this? I was bent on travelling every weekend some weeks back but on consideration, I realise I don't wan...

I traded in it. I still keep the stocks. I didn't sell. Mr Tim said don't sell. I didn't. I haven't checked the stocks in over 2 months. It doesn't seem to interest me anymore. Its a time I need to buy but other things are taking my time. I'll check it out by Friday.

So I get to travel often now. I've been travelling between Lagos and Delta twice every month for a while now. Its fun. Its tiring. Its beautiful. Its what you think it is. I travel from Sapele to Ajah mostly but once I travelled from Asaba to Lagos. I use the GIGM service most times. I try to book a day before to get a 10% discount. I drove once from Lagos to Delta. My first time. On the 3rd of January this year. I drove a colleague's car. A Honda Accord. The engine was good. Enjoyed the drive. So the travels. I get to see Kitty during the weekends. I also attend a class with her. That's the main catch. A class with Dr. Omowo. He's a great teacher. I'll still be travelling for some time. But then, I'm re-thinking my stay here. I know Delta state is a good place. I've been here for 3 months and its been a wonderful experience. maybe its just me. maybe its just me.

Sitting here by 12:16 am. Thinking of what my life has become. How things are, How tired I have become of the power sector (Maybe just BEDC or the fact that my heart yearns to be somewhere far away).  And then discipline. How disciplined am I? I'm not happy about that. I think of my life. My friend clocked 30 yesterday. I will in 2 months from now.  Am I serious at all? What's it with me? Spiritually, I don't feel I've been doing great. You don't want to know Intellectually, I haven't been doing fine either. I hardly read these days.  Financially, I feel I've been doing badly. Haven't made any cash on my own apart from the BEDC cash since 2015.And I don't like it. I feel I should be doing better. Aaaaah! Am I going crazy about all these? I thought of leaving BEDC during the weekend. I just don't feel myself anymore in what I do.  I somehow have an idea that If I had to work for someone, I had to do a task that wo...

I walked by the street the street leading to the house from the highway, it leads home The poverty I see. The people I see The road I see, the businesses I see The children I see, The old people I see The darkness I see A picture I'll love to take The attention I do not need I try to cry, I cannot As I see more, I cannot but wonder Just a bridge separates the darkness from light I'm lucky to stay where the light is But I pass through the darkness to get to the light I started noticing yesterday, The people and all The faces of the children as they play Their smiles show no worries despited their state no thouguht of what their environment poses I smile. Then the sadness return as I see the elderly.