What a day!

June 2024. I put the first list together.  I put together this list in June 2024, just about the time we got to the Netherlands. It is a list of things I would like to do with Kiity.  1. Watch a soccer game in a Football stadium.  2. Visit a fine restaurant. 3. Go to crossroads church. 4. Visit Germany. 5. Visit Portugal. 6. Visit Italy. Now that I look at this list on March 27 2025, I would like to expand and Cross out the ones we have done.  1. Watch a soccer game in a Football stadium.  2. Visit a fine restaurant. Done this a couple of times. HO-FA, ROyal San Kong and some others..(as at March 2025) 3. Go to crossroads church.   Yes. Now regular.  4. Visit Germany.  Yes. December 2025. 5. Visit Portugal. 6. Visit Italy. 7. Visit France 8. Visit United Kingdom 9. Plan a road trip and execute as a family. 10. Picnic on the grass 11. Go on a boat trip in Amsterdam 12. Play a game on Playstation 5 together.  13. Visit the Musuem 14. Visit Swit...

Sometimes I think back to 2011.  This time was at Obafemi Awolowo University. I was in the Post graduate hall. Specifically Room E103. It was a long stretch to the bathroom and people prefer to brush their teeth behind the room using the back door. Even people on other floors above. The block was a three storey building by the way. And we would use the sachet water. The only issue was that the back of the rooms or front for some other blocks ended up being slippery.  Now here comes the fall.  On this day, I could not get into the room through the front door. So I opted to use the back door. As I climbed on a platform to access the cubicle before the door. I slipped. The platform was about 1 - 1.3m high. And I fell with both legs. I expected to fall with my back or my head down as I had lost grip. But then, I landed on my two legs. It did not make sense. I looked at the building behind for anyone that could have seen me but there was no one. It still does not make sense to...

Nigeria and Netherlands. Now I get to see what the difference between a developing and a developed nation. They are like the Word and Opposite I got to know about in Primary school.  It's been a little over two weeks here in the Netherlands and I can see so many differences. We got here on the 29th of May, 2024 via the Schipol Airport.  To my main discuss. When the developed countries speak of the developing countries, they make it sound like the developing countries are unserious. Now I inderstand better. There are certain things that work or are made to work that the developing countries still struggle with. No doubt we have formed our own model of these things but compared to the ones set in place in the developed countries, they fall short.  Would speak to six areas in a bit, comparing Netherlands to Nigeria. 1. Time and value The value for time is shown in the little details. You get a taste of it when you experience the bus or transportation system. Even without a c...