‘It’s okay Nne! O gini? Will you kill yourself because of Emeka? Hai! Chineke!!! Pull yourself together and let’s face it o! Crying and wailing won’t solve anything’! Nneka pulls me up and continues to wipe my eyes with the edge of her wrapper! Through my tears I smiled because I could just see Ehimen her husband telling her to please wear some sort of shorts or something and stop behaving like an old woman tying wrapper all the time! Cute and God fearing man! Her cousin has always been lucky, while she has never been. Nneka could sneeze out children if she could but her Chinwe…………..*sighs* even my thoughts exhausts me!
‘Nne kedu ebe’m ga ebido ebido? Where will I start from?’ I spread out my hands like a typical Nigerian would do when faced with difficult situations! Nneka sighs.
‘Isn’t that why am here? Before the elders get here, lets cook up a story and later Uncle Chibuzor can tell them the whole truth.’ She couldn’t even look me in the eyes. Chai!!! Nneka won’t judge me too or would she? Nahhhhhhhhhh………. She wouldn’t!
‘But that would be postponing dooms day Nne. Biko ka anyi gwa ha ugbu a ka’m nwe ike e na arahu ura abali hapu echiche biko. Let’s just tell them now biko so I sleep well this night. Ah!’
Nneka laughs, gets up and knots her wrapper well. She looks at me like I have finally lost it, hisses and walks to the window. I grab a pillow and put it behind my head, my eyes still on her. I wish I could read minds so I could see what was going on in her head. Alas…..I spoke too soon!
‘You shock me Chinwe I swear to God!’Nneka finally blurted……… now am really shocked! Where did that spring from????
‘That’s a strong word Nneka please let’s turn it down a notch.’ I said trying to be calm because I was already a ticking time bomb, if the wrong wire, which are my nerves right now is cut, it would trigger the bomb and am …….kaboommmmmmmm
‘E be like say you never know wetin dey happen or your brain still dey booth’ I sprang up! ‘Nneka akpa rikwa na’m biko o! Don’t insult me please!’ Nneka laughed hard in my face and shoved me aside and sat down. I was fuming! If I was a white woman, guess I could have been purple, green, red all at once.
‘ Emeka cheated on me all the time, yes I know that and I was blind but…..’ trust Nneka to jump in.
‘ Mechie onu gi osiso! Mechie onu gi before mechie ya! Shut up your mouth before I shut it for you!’ She shouts and steps forward like she was really going to hit me. I take a step back and fold my arms across my chest like a 5yr old stubborn child.
‘Who is talking of cheating? That’s just an addendum to his crimes! With which mouth are you going to tell them that your husband is your sister in law son? As if that is not bad enough, she got pregnant by your so called senior brother in law! If you like speak all the English in this world; it won’t make it sound better! It’s an abomination! It’s a taboo! Its incest!!!!!’ she stands up and screams in my face. I hit her across the face so hard her earring flew off her ear! I was screaming, she was screaming, we where both upset and very very angry. I knew Nneka wouldn’t relent so I had to just stop myself from hitting her again and I sat down!
‘You where warned but you wouldn’t listen. Rush rush rush that’s all you know!!!! nngwannu rush now nah? Why are you sprawled on the floor crying like your heart would break? Mama has been serving you tea and cookies, well am here to serve you 3 days cold fufu and cold bitter leaf soup!!!!’ She stoops and pokes me hard so I could look at her until she was sure our eyes were locked. ‘My name is Reality and my father’s name is Life! Miss Reality Life! So wake up!!!!!’ she pushes me again and stands up, picks up the empty tea cup, knots her wrapper and walks away from the room, slamming the door so hard the figurines on the table danced. I wiped tears from my eyes…….or was it blood? *bitter chuckle*……..no matter the situation in life, you can never shed blood…….was that Emenike in Elechi Amadi's "The Concubine" or was it Okonkwo in ‘Things Fall Apart? Passing out on the floor,I recalled, its the latter.
Monday 3 December 2012
Sunday 20 November 2011
EguabsInspired: Inexplicable! Part 1
My intention was to peep and see what Emeka looked like now after several weeks of our separation and i guess he most have known i will do just that. Our eyes locked for a moment and i quickly withdrew myself from the window,clutching my stomach with one hand because i felt sick all of a sudden! My head felt heavy and my legs couldn't carry my weight anymore although i weighed no more than a feather now. How on earth did we get to this point? Jesus! The look in his eyes told me this was just the beginning. How did I miss this? Was I too busy or just plain blind to all he was doing behind my back? To think that I fell for his games and lies all seem like a mystery! I heard the car door slam shut,engine revving and the car speed away. I sat heavily on my bed and wept! I wept like I had never wept in my whole life. Even when dad passed away I don’t think I cried this way! It was good for Nneka my cousin to be around because I knew I was ready to hang myself!
Nneka walked in with a hot cup of freshly made coffee and it soothed my insides perfectly.
“Ndo”she said to me and I merely nodded because I couldn’t speak. I could see Nneka had a lot of questions she wanted to ask me but she could see I was already broken and didn’t want to push me.
“How are your kids?” I managed to ask because the silence was too heavy. She pretending not to see me and I pretending she wasn’t there.
“They are fine. Anyi kele Chukwu” I could see my silence had given her courage to ask me what happened, so I got ready and got my ass together no matter how hard or how it hurts I had to let it out.
“O gini mere Chinwe?” I sighed and thought to myself, here it comes.
“Nneka nothing has happened but the only thing I can say is that o gburo m ebgu, o mee ka m malu ife” I propped up another pillow and put it behind my back. Just then my mum walked in, looked me over and said to Nneka; “ gwakwa ya o hmmmmm” Nneka just nodded and my mom closed the door behind her , I could see my mom was tired from crying and I was really sorry I had caused her so much pain. I quickly put that thought aside to avoid hurting more.
“As I was saying my sister, if I knew about all this before I accepted to marry him do you think we would be sitting here?” Nneka wasn’t still getting the picture.
“Hmmmmmm o dikata njo my dear. Emeka was the Mr right I thought i prayed for and to an extent he was until i found out this mess! I can’t even bring myself to talk about it because it’s such a taboo! A sacrilege! An abomination!” I broke down in tears again and Nneka cuddled me. I prayed the ground would open and swallow me but it didn’t!
Nneka walked in with a hot cup of freshly made coffee and it soothed my insides perfectly.
“Ndo”she said to me and I merely nodded because I couldn’t speak. I could see Nneka had a lot of questions she wanted to ask me but she could see I was already broken and didn’t want to push me.
“How are your kids?” I managed to ask because the silence was too heavy. She pretending not to see me and I pretending she wasn’t there.
“They are fine. Anyi kele Chukwu” I could see my silence had given her courage to ask me what happened, so I got ready and got my ass together no matter how hard or how it hurts I had to let it out.
“O gini mere Chinwe?” I sighed and thought to myself, here it comes.
“Nneka nothing has happened but the only thing I can say is that o gburo m ebgu, o mee ka m malu ife” I propped up another pillow and put it behind my back. Just then my mum walked in, looked me over and said to Nneka; “ gwakwa ya o hmmmmm” Nneka just nodded and my mom closed the door behind her , I could see my mom was tired from crying and I was really sorry I had caused her so much pain. I quickly put that thought aside to avoid hurting more.
“As I was saying my sister, if I knew about all this before I accepted to marry him do you think we would be sitting here?” Nneka wasn’t still getting the picture.
“Hmmmmmm o dikata njo my dear. Emeka was the Mr right I thought i prayed for and to an extent he was until i found out this mess! I can’t even bring myself to talk about it because it’s such a taboo! A sacrilege! An abomination!” I broke down in tears again and Nneka cuddled me. I prayed the ground would open and swallow me but it didn’t!
Thursday 13 October 2011
EguabsInspired!»Blackberry Broadcast Messages!
Hi peeps!Wow! This has been in the pipeline for sometime now. I was pondering if i should talk about this or just ignore and push down the lump growing inside my throat but i decided to just say something about people who have nothing else to do on their Blackberry phones but send dumb broadcast messages! Jeez! For crying out loud we just came out from the annoying broadcast of Chidinma(can anybody remember that story?)You know....about the girl who was assumed to be dying in a hospital and confessed to collecting huge sums of money from men for sex and after she was through,she chewed and swallowed the sim cards of these men?....hello ooo;i know you guys remember sha. Anyway i was so upset with that message. I got it like a hundred times that day. It was so annoying!!! Just when i was about to let my anger slide,people came up with the date scam! They said nobody should pick calls from a certain number(110911) and that 8 people have been reported dead already! I was sceptical and dint even bother myself! I got that message so many times to the extent i had to switch my phone to silent mood! Na wetin o, Nigerians!!! To top up the day my mum called me from another state o! That
there was a number going round and if you received a call from the number,you die! Hahahahahahahahaha it was so hilarious but i couldn't laugh least she felt i didn't take her serious or she sees me as disrespectful! I told her i already heard and thanked her! My hubby and i had a good laugh that night!Jeez! I was like;even my mum called???? What on earth is happening? It was just that days date and nothing more!someone somewhere(stupid but smart)pulled a stunt on us all and we took it with a pinch of salt;line,hook and sinker!ℓ☺ℓ...anyway,i called my mum some days later to tell her what it was all about and she had a good laugh!
That been said,i turned my phone on this lovely morning(i always turn it off because i still find it hard to believe people still make midnight calls! Calls during the day are so cheap now and almost free and yet...puleeeeeeezzzzzeeee*sigh*like i was saying before i was interrupted by that thought;(eyes rolling)i turned on my phone and whoops,what did i see?BBM was working and people where already sending dumb and annoying broadcast messages to tell me to broadcast a certain message so my blackberry can work again! I can't recap the messages but believe me it was annoying,irritating,disgusting to see literate people doing this!
Don't people have a browser on their phone? why not google informations before passing it on? Go online and check if the message you got is true before telling 100 other people! RIM had issues and that's why the service was down and it was resolved that's why it came back on! Simple!People please learn to confirm infos before broadcast please!
Another annoying one is changing status messages to RIP when the person in context ain't dead at all and alive! For example Beyonce Knowles,Nelson Mandela! People killed them with their Blackberry!
Abeg make una confirm things before spreading o!
Its no shock to me that RIM had issues because 9ja alone can crash them with their trouble!
Please let us learn to always verify informations before talking about it or broadcasting it on BB!
*Whew*its off my chest now at least and i hope we have learnt a few things from this post! So,see you all soon! It might be later today,tomorrow morning or even midnight! So stay put and remain blessed!
Cheerio!!!!
there was a number going round and if you received a call from the number,you die! Hahahahahahahahaha it was so hilarious but i couldn't laugh least she felt i didn't take her serious or she sees me as disrespectful! I told her i already heard and thanked her! My hubby and i had a good laugh that night!Jeez! I was like;even my mum called???? What on earth is happening? It was just that days date and nothing more!someone somewhere(stupid but smart)pulled a stunt on us all and we took it with a pinch of salt;line,hook and sinker!ℓ☺ℓ...anyway,i called my mum some days later to tell her what it was all about and she had a good laugh!
That been said,i turned my phone on this lovely morning(i always turn it off because i still find it hard to believe people still make midnight calls! Calls during the day are so cheap now and almost free and yet...puleeeeeeezzzzzeeee*sigh*like i was saying before i was interrupted by that thought;(eyes rolling)i turned on my phone and whoops,what did i see?BBM was working and people where already sending dumb and annoying broadcast messages to tell me to broadcast a certain message so my blackberry can work again! I can't recap the messages but believe me it was annoying,irritating,disgusting to see literate people doing this!
Don't people have a browser on their phone? why not google informations before passing it on? Go online and check if the message you got is true before telling 100 other people! RIM had issues and that's why the service was down and it was resolved that's why it came back on! Simple!People please learn to confirm infos before broadcast please!
Another annoying one is changing status messages to RIP when the person in context ain't dead at all and alive! For example Beyonce Knowles,Nelson Mandela! People killed them with their Blackberry!
Abeg make una confirm things before spreading o!
Its no shock to me that RIM had issues because 9ja alone can crash them with their trouble!
Please let us learn to always verify informations before talking about it or broadcasting it on BB!
*Whew*its off my chest now at least and i hope we have learnt a few things from this post! So,see you all soon! It might be later today,tomorrow morning or even midnight! So stay put and remain blessed!
Cheerio!!!!
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