Story: Every Disappointment Is A Blessing - Season 1 Episode 8

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Story: Every Disappointment Is A Blessing - Season 1 Episode 8

After 5 hours on my enormous journey to a wonderland called Lagos the centre of excellence and the heart of Nigeria, where there are many crowded people noises every where, different sort of people funny, boring, and sturborn some gentle i got to the park around 2 in the afternoon cus we left osun around 7 though we met few hold ups on our way, i was waiting for my uncle to come and pick me up cus this is virtually my second time here in lagos though the first time i was very little so i guess i was more like a jjc in lagos, if you don’t know jjc means Johnny just come its a term in Lagos used for new comers, i sat at a closure that place was more like a canteen still waiting at the park which i over heard some one on phone who was describing the name of the park and said its ojota motor park not less than few minuite while waiting for my uncle a girl was just there shouting at the driver who brought i never knew what warranted the quarrel at the long run they parted and with the anger she sat by my sad still nagging i just kept quiet then i heard someone called her i can vidvidly remember the name, her name was jenny then she turned around and greeted the person which i assume was maybe her aunt or her sis, then they pulled over she entered and left not quite long as she left then my uncle came i was so happy seeing my uncle with his wife and my two little cousins came to welcome me to Lagos then he said boy welcome to Lagos, then i put my luggage’s inside the boot of the car then he zoomed off.

While we were going i was peeping through the window then he was just telling me every where in lag we pass through different places i saw the national theatre, national stadium, and many interesting place then he finally reached home, i went to bath eat and joined them to watch maltina dance hall with the family never knew when i slept off then my uncle woke me up to go to my room and sleep.

Woke in the morning all set that day was Sunday i didn’t follow them to church cus i needed rest, due to the travelling things that i went through so i was home alone, then i was reasoning how things will be or look like when i resumed university because i heard the school was very competitive unlike secondary school and all the student ther were highly respected in the society and where one of the best amongst there peers so i was looking forward being one of the best, this was just running through mind. Then i decided to explore the street to know how things are going i went in wore my round neck polo with a pair of jean and went to the street, i don’t know any where in the place but na idea i dey us, i even learnt the name of where i stayed was called surulere aguda to be precise.

I passed various street but i don’t know there name seeing different kind of people went to the market and turned around towards nepa junction moving towards brown street, then i entered a street just to go over to my house that was how i missed my house then i had to trace my way down though it was hard , i went back to the market then i asked and told then i was heading back to ayetoro street then they told as i was going i almost got hit by a car then i was like, this man did you wanna kill me then the person scrolled down then i saw it was my uncle i hopped in and he drove me home, he asked what i was looking for i told him i was just exploring the streets he said not yet but soon i will be conversant with the whole area i shouldn’t worry my self.

We went home and he told me more about lagos and told me places and major areas where things happen because my uncle was this flexing type, he asked if i do drink maybe he could take me clubbing i told him no have never tasted alcohol, he laffed and said ok o pastor zeus. We all ate dinner then i went to my room ironed my clothe arranged it just to prepare for school the next day because am going in on an entire new journey that is more complex fun and still competitive because much is expected of me

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