What a day!

Not because I treasure the society. I haven’t been given a reason to.  I wanted to register as a professional engineer in 2016. But I kept postponing this. I took the plunge in 2017 at Akure. I visited the website (www.coren.gov.ng) when and found out that I needed to a professional society number. The Nigerian Society of Engineers for my category. I visited the NSE website (www.nse.org.ng) and found out that they accepted people twice a year. February and July. I took the plunge. I had a sail through with the online registration. My category (B1) – having a bachelor’s degree with a minimum four years’ experience would pay 20,000 Naira for the application. I did with my Gtbank debit card. I filled an online form and uploaded the required documents except for two documents. The documents were to be signed by a branch Chairman (the state where I was located) and a Division chairman (the type of engineering) Then the drama began.  The branch Chairman s...

It ends in two months. The bond I mean. Oh! you didn't know I signed a bond three years ago?....... I did! The real truth to me is that it was sort of a mental bond. But if I put it the way John said it, BEDC was bonded to me.  The deal I signed expires on September 30. By then, I become a free agent.   I have contemplated what decision to take as I do not want to do what I have been doing for the past three years. Not even an offer of a higher role is that juicy for me. The business reminds me of what my Control Systems Lecturer, Professor Katende used to say. 'NIH' he called it. an acronym for 'No Invention Here'. There just isn't any sweetness in the power distribution business. it has become boring for me.  Not the field work which is termed hard nor the office work which is simple but filled with analysis that you would get tired of. The field might be better but I wouldn't like to work the way the people in the 70s/80s and 90s worked. ...

Omoruyi and Mirabel He was a best man November 26, 2016,  but the Groom July 8, 2017. That's Omoruyi, my friend. I call a few people friends. This gentleman falls in that group. He is both a spiritual and an Intellectual. He loves to defy odds sometimes. He could be stubborn when that is the game. I sort of Introduced him to his wife. At Ile-Ife. We were all on our master's degree programme at Obafemi Awolowo University by the time. I remember we were going for a Sunday service at Winners Chapel, Lagere, Ile-Ife, when we met Mirabel. 'This girl went to Covenant'. I said to Omoruyi as we approached the Church gate. We walked towards her and their history began.

This happened Some minutes after we passed. The day was 16th June, 2017. I had gone to Ikeja with Kiitan and my mom. On our way back to the house, the road was clear. This would not have occurred to me. On reaching the house, Kiitan had to go to Bukky's place. They had planned to attend the JUST US GIRLS program holding at 6.30pm at the Davids Christian Centre, Lekki. She delayed a little to carry garri/nuts (I have a craving for garri/Gnut/sugar regularly and don't forget to add chilled water - going without it in a week is ...let's not say). She got to the gate and was told two poles fell. where? On the same road, I just passed? Hmm, God is awesome. No one was hurt save for a bus that entered a gutter. I figure the driver was trying to escape.