There are things we do that defy logic and do not follow the normal unwritten rules of how a woman should handle a potential or just a toaster. This guy was certainly one that brought out the extreme end of kindness from me and also happens to be the reason I decided to start my frog tales. Each day I thank God for my strong personality, even times when I feel like emotionally this is too much for one person, I still find myself smiling in the morning. So you see fellow bloggers "Joy sure does come in the morning, and the old things shall pass away"......but before I embrace my new Prince, I needed to get this story out of me so that women who are successful at such a young age and unmarried must be constantly reminded that there are men that are just out to leech on u and won't loose a heart beat over your down fall. This was a situation where I wanted to do things differently, ignore the fact that he was a self-funding student (aka broke ass) but he came across as a focused and ambitious one. Seeing as free dinners had not gotten me far, I was still determined to rise above all of that. Now I know better, free dinner is still a better option than a "I will be rich some day" sort of guy. News Flash I am already rich if not materially but at least with the good Lord, my family, and loved ones.
It all began with Facebook. I got back from work one fine evening and I saw a message in my inbox from Cry baby. He complimented my pictures and asked about my well being. I initially didn't see any "Friends in Common" between us so I asked how he found me? Said he stumbled on my page via someones photo album but couldn't remember whose own. Anyway eventually I realised he knew one or two of my friends from High School so I decided to be friendly. We exchanged emails for quite a while and at the time I even had facebook access at work so he became my daily dose of excitement. Picture wise he looked good enuff, he seemed rather simple and came across as so focused. Said he was undergoing a full time MBA program and I sympathised with the amount of time and work that goes into it. He was in yankee and I was in London so he always flirted around with the idea of him coming down to see me.............Questions like where do u live back in Lagos, and what do you do for a living seemed like everyday normal things we ask from each other little did I know I was digging myself into a hole.
We moved to phone calls and he had an awfully sweet phone voice. On one of the days I called him, he sounded like a truck ran him down. He said he had just lost a loved one and had to fly back to Naija for the burial. I think because of how well we had connected I felt as though I needed to be there with him so since I couldn't be, I put on my clown hat and just tried to make him calm. It worked and throughout his stay in Naija I found myself being the one making him laugh before he went to sleep. We hadn't really discussed his status whether fully single, semi-single, chatting, or in a relationship. I decided to bring it up one nite, and he said well he wouldn't have started chatting me up if he wasn't single but that there was a girl he was "chatting" to a month before me. Apparently she had moved back to Naija to sort out her law school. I didn't sweat it cos Cry baby totally played it down, he even went as far as saying, "you have been there for me throughout this grieving period and he didn't ask it of me so he wanted to know if we could be an item, as in embark on a relationship". Thankfully I didn't jump on this offer cos I was wise enuff to realise he was an emotional mess and of cos it is easy to mix feelings of just friendship with a babe to mean sumtin else.
Cry baby was back in yankee and it was straight into exams for him. Of cos that whole period meant we couldn't talk as often and I found it hard cos now I was in a routine with this guy (fellow bloggers must understand that phone routine, where u start to expect calls at certain times and get slightly disappointed if it doesn't come thru). Close to the end of his exams, we played with the idea of him coming down but seeing as he was a student I knew that he was financially strained. I toyed with all sorts of ideas of how he could come down, air miles or.........I sha foolishly suggested we go half on the plane ticket (Plssss ooo bloggers don't bite my head off).
I told him to pay me back once he started his new job which obviously was to be after his MBA was over. LOL LOL of cos at this time I felt I was investing into a man (Depreciating asset), ooo I really was in la la land. I had never in my life found myself in this sort of situation where a guy cannot afford to fly down but I was so sure there was more to this brother. I was so sure that the supposed purity he put out there was genuine and in turn I was soooo sure my kindness will pay off. (It sure did not, no no it actually did cos I have been set free!!!).
Cry baby got to my town, and he didn't look as good as he did in the pictures but then again this was him with full hair and over grown facial hair so I knew a pretty face was hiding behind all of that. Seeing as he was still grieving, I made sure I took him to Church on two occasions and one of those Sundays, it was a very special day cos Pastor Adeboye was in town! I was so excited about this cos that man sure delivers the word of God! Cry baby was so thankful to be a part of the service and at this point I was getting comfortable, in fact I was sure I had moved up his radar. Not even 2 days into his trip down, his phone starts to ring, he had a London sim card which he had kept from a previous trip. As he picked the call, I immediately knew it was a lady he was speaking to. Initially I thot it was his sister and then I realised it was the girl who had moved to law schl.......lets call her Phone Girl. He spoke very relaxed with her but I noticed he found it hard telling her who he was with. Used the usual I am with a friend line and she didn't question him any further. I could make out some of their conversation cos he took the call next to me.
Lets just say Phone Girl got her name cos till today I never knew anyone could call somebody that amount of times. This girl called from Naija an average of 2 times per hour. Every hour ooo!!!I called Cry Baby's attention to this fact, he said that's how she is cos they had become good friends b4 she left for Law school and she hadn't settled down properly there so had no real friends to lean on bla bla. Okkkkk she aint your girl so this doesn't make sense? Finally by his 4th day with me, he changed his story to, well me and this girl had sumtin.... (AAAcccheeww=Big Sneeze from me) sumtin meaning what? Apparently they were going to start a relationship but he didn't feel he knew her well enuff before she left London. Rewinddddd.......which London is this dude talking about? This same London I live in? Emmmm Cry baby thot u said your last trip to London was to hang with family and friends? O yeah it was but that is when I met Phone Girl. U r kidding me right? Dude thot u said u did nothing but chat her up? O nooo did I forget to mention that she flew down to the States and I caught up with her there as well? U sure did forget that vital info! So where do the two of u stand? We are just friends, and although I was going to embark on a relationship with her, I met u and now I am so confused.
Confused.com sure couldn't solve this joke. My blood was steaming with serious confusion as well. Had this guy flown all the way down to just play my ass? Are there not enuff akata babes to play? Nahh there had to be more to this story. The remaining part of his trip was just a roller coaster. One minute I block out the possibility of another girl after all she wasn't even within his reach, the next minute I get into a tantrum with him and just blow off. On one of my off days, Cry baby guy decides to start cryinggggggg. He started using all his emotional baggage on me, said he doesn't know why he didn't just come out and be straight with me. He is in love with 2 women. LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL u r what? Emmm which 2? Ooo Phone Girl and me. Arrh rational me starts to wipe his tears off and tell him to calm down cos I had never met a man that will cry so openly. He addresses the fact that he had just lost a very loved one and of cos that person would have been able to pray about the situation for him. He was certain that the woman he was to spend the rest of his life with was already in his courtyard so now he had to decide who it was.
I looked at this guy and looked at myself 24 times over. I say kaii, is it because this one is fine like Tyson Beckford I go chop this joke (the day he shaved all his hair off and cleaned up is when I shld have realised I was in trouble, the transformation was dramatic) ? An intelligent good looking student, who is broke, so all I had was a promise of tomorrow being a better day, future correct job and possibility of settling down to my future............Hmmmm I just kept silent. Cry baby and I said our good byes and we decided that we shall leave it all to God. You see, for whatever emotional madness I had found myself in, I was certain my God would get me out of it. Why? Cos I meant nothing but good for this fellow creature! I had put myself out there like a door mat. He was walking all over me and I justified it as him being sincere. After all, other guys would have 2, 3, 4 girls and never discuss them with me. This guy is saying it is me vs Phone Girl for his undivided attention (You shld see me laughing at myself right now, it's all good sha).
After weeks of prayers and I was not getting head ways with this clown, I woke up and wrote what would be my final good bye email to him. He ignored it and was still acting like I was partially his. Finally the day arrived where we tackled the issue head on.
Me: Cry baby are u saying u never saw my good bye email, I can't take this joke anymore? Cry baby: Yes I did, but I had nothing to say so I thot it's best I stay quiet. Me: What do u mean u have nothing to say? I mean I only wrote it cos u still haven't said who u are going to be with? Cry baby: Arrhh, I thot u understood that I am with Phone Girl. Me: WTFFFFF???? Since when? Cry baby: well I thot about it and decided I haven't given her a chance to know me, so she is to fly down and we will see where we stand. But I don't want to loose u either so all I'm saying is I am SINGLE but I just need to know if there is still anything btwn me and Phone girl. Imagine this low life! What had he done for me? Or what could he do for me? Last time I checked he wasn't contributing towards my heavy financial responsibilities. If at all anything he owed me money sef hisssss. So that's how I left it. Pay up and I wish you well in life.
It is a Beautiful Life!!!
Bloggggeerrrssss, pls pls pls, can we constantly remind ourselves that the Male version of English is very powerful, not!. Chatting up now means Relationship, Relationship now means Married, is there anything else I am missing out? I was later to learn that Cry baby had indeed come to London in the past to see another girl (not Phone Girl oo), and that girl was his girlfriend but she broke it off cos she suspected that he was seeing someone else (ehennn that someone is Phone Girl). Apparently Phone Girl is aware that he is a "Sophisticated Con Artist" (words from my Pastor) and she is still happy to be with her man (I pray she find another, if not wishing u the best). Conclusion, I got played............I don't even pity myself any longer cos for a man to use the death of a loved one to emotionally get with a woman, he certainly has psychological problems and there will be no point harbouring hatred. He came to disturb the balance in my life but I thank God for his mercies, His overwhelming Grace cos that balance has been restored so quickly.
P.S. This is my last frog and by the Grace of God the very last frog I shall meet. I am embarking on a Prince's tale now so will see how that goes. For now it's goign very well and I feel very blessed for all the opportunities and 2nd chances that come my way. O well if I stumble across other frog tales I will post it from time to time. ......................
Well this is the end of the road for my frog tales. I will keep an ear out for other stories. Of cos I need permission before I can share.
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Monday 29 October 2007
Being Both (Written by Nene)
Absolutely fantastic piece! Thot to share........
Being both....
i've been both the girl "he's just not that into"
the one that holds her breath and smiles...
knowing how fragile she is next to him
knowing how easily everything can change
and how she holds on by a string to his love
the one that knows her heart is slowly breaking
as each day brings the revelation that she deserves better
each day, a new dawn of empty promises and lost hope
one step closer to the end,
just one more step to fall from the ledge.
i've been the girl, that thot love=pain
constant anxiety and uncertainty meant it must be real,
a constant quest to prove herself worthy of him
of the scraps he throws off his table...that which he called love
i've been the one to believe i could change him
that soon he'll see whats soo special about me
but how could that have been...when i didnt see it myself
i've been the girl that struggled with forgivness
the one whose undying passion turned into a fury of burning rage
the one who struggled to let go of the shit she was fed
the shit she soo willingly accepted
the one whose tears must have fallen on the hands of God
cause only Him could have lifted her up
yes, i've been both
but the girl above is dead to her
as all her standards have been trully raised
"levels don change"
now, she is the she she wants to be
still swept away in the promise of tomorrow
carried away by the wonderful words that part his lips so easily
but even him, a different he. replaced by another
as evidenced by the melowness of his tone and the softness of his voice
she pinches herself
she thot she had prayed and told God what she wanted
but she forgot that when he blesses, he adds 1000 fold to who you are
because the beauty in the union that is 'them' cannot be accounted to her imagination alone
all her anger, melted away in the eyes of the future
still with some fear and trepidation, but faith overides them all
now she stands next to him strong
confident in who she is alone, and in who she is with him
peace overwhelmes her as she searches for anxiety
a new definition of love is made clear
her childhood fantasies are replaced by real life
real love
grounded in the hope that what God has put together
no man...not even themselves
shall put asunder
and with this she knows that forgiveness is complete
her grip on the past has been released
as she boldly embraces her future.
Being both....
i've been both the girl "he's just not that into"
the one that holds her breath and smiles...
knowing how fragile she is next to him
knowing how easily everything can change
and how she holds on by a string to his love
the one that knows her heart is slowly breaking
as each day brings the revelation that she deserves better
each day, a new dawn of empty promises and lost hope
one step closer to the end,
just one more step to fall from the ledge.
i've been the girl, that thot love=pain
constant anxiety and uncertainty meant it must be real,
a constant quest to prove herself worthy of him
of the scraps he throws off his table...that which he called love
i've been the one to believe i could change him
that soon he'll see whats soo special about me
but how could that have been...when i didnt see it myself
i've been the girl that struggled with forgivness
the one whose undying passion turned into a fury of burning rage
the one who struggled to let go of the shit she was fed
the shit she soo willingly accepted
the one whose tears must have fallen on the hands of God
cause only Him could have lifted her up
yes, i've been both
but the girl above is dead to her
as all her standards have been trully raised
"levels don change"
now, she is the she she wants to be
still swept away in the promise of tomorrow
carried away by the wonderful words that part his lips so easily
but even him, a different he. replaced by another
as evidenced by the melowness of his tone and the softness of his voice
she pinches herself
she thot she had prayed and told God what she wanted
but she forgot that when he blesses, he adds 1000 fold to who you are
because the beauty in the union that is 'them' cannot be accounted to her imagination alone
all her anger, melted away in the eyes of the future
still with some fear and trepidation, but faith overides them all
now she stands next to him strong
confident in who she is alone, and in who she is with him
peace overwhelmes her as she searches for anxiety
a new definition of love is made clear
her childhood fantasies are replaced by real life
real love
grounded in the hope that what God has put together
no man...not even themselves
shall put asunder
and with this she knows that forgiveness is complete
her grip on the past has been released
as she boldly embraces her future.
Thursday 25 October 2007
Bachelor Guy (aka Actually Married)
Well my dear Anonymous bloggers, you will be sad to know that today's post is not based on any of my froggy pasts. This one is based on one of my numerous friends who has also stumbled on a few frogs.
I have noticed that the month or two after xmas holls, the single girls amongst my friends seem very hopeful that they will meet Mr Right at the start of the year but if by after summer no show, they just become granny like and their socialising with the opposite sex is close to non-existent. Guess this particular year was a bit different cos we were overly positive that everyone will get a man before Valentine's day. LOL LOL yep I know what is sooo special about that day, big deal u can always watch those girls on your way to work and from work grinning to themselves cos they carrying a bunch of flowers, teddy bear, chocolates and whatever else. I mean we girls who didn't receive can just smile knowing God loves u and He is the best Valentine's gift :-))
Anyhoo it was a Saturday and we got our "trying to still look hot and sassy in a winter attire" on and headed for a house party who a close friend of ours invited us to. It was her much older cousins birthday so we had been anticipating the age group that would be there and weighing the probability of how many men will be single and all. We get to this gorgeous house, in fact for London standards it was just massive. We were so excited cos this meant there was enough space for people to move around easily and dance when you felt like it. The only problem was the calibre of men here. Before I am crucified or called proud, let me just say good luck to girls who like to pretend to themselves cos there are just some guys that are not it at allll. Seeing as the age group here were late 20s - mid 30s, we hadn't anticipated the Pot belle Daddy's. My girls and I resorted to dancing in a firmly kept circle and totally ignored any male attention.
As my girl lets call her Carrie was dancing away, I noticed one of her ex boify come in and called her attention to this. Her expression was more like Great, just greattt, can the nite get any beta?! As this irritation was building in her, a not so bad looking guy approached her for a dance, she jumped right on him cos she needed her ex to see her having fun (women u know what I mean). The nite was drawing to an end so this guy asks Carrie for her number and of cos I knew she would give a fake number lol lol cos she wasn't feeling the brother that much. Fake number plus fake name and they said their good byes. She thought that would be the last they will see of each other (if only she knew). This guy obviously tried the number and realised he had been played lol lol so he decided to hunt this babe down. He calls the celebrant hey do u know a Lindsey? Of cos she did not but after much description she put two and two together and knew it was Carrie. i bet he must have bribed the celebrant cos she so would not just hand over a correct number of a babe who obviously gave a fake number for a reason.
Bachelor guy calls Carrie and I guess she was slightly thrown back on how hot on her heels he had been. The struggle to get a number na wa oo. Before u know it she starts to give her real info and they hit it off. Well then again Val's day was already knocking on her door so she thot it was an early present :-)) They started going on countless dates and after much persuasion she agreed to be his girlfriend. What is surprising is I never had the chance to meet this guy but he had heard a lot about me as I am one of her main friends. I wish I had met him around the start of it all maybe, just maybe I would have smelt a rat.
Carrie was doing a lot of travelling that year and I went on one of those holidays with her. She had arranged for Bachelor to pick us up. The regular flights being delayed meant that we kept him waiting for a little over 20mins. He barely greeted us as we got to his car and just left the boot open for us to throw our stuff in ourselves. The journey to my hse was so quiet. Finally I am home and there was no lift in my then flat so I thought he will offer to help me with some bags up the stairs. He didn't. He just sat in his car and waited for me to off load. Carrie got down and gave me a hand and as we climbed upstairs I kept asking if he had mental problems? She was just embarrassed at his behaviour so barley said anything. Once she got home she called me immediately and it was evident that there was sumtin not right about this guy. He seemed nervous throughout the car ride (we will later understand why) so we kept wondering if he had met me somewhere before and is scared I know his story. I asked her where he lives, she mentioned some nice part of London and said he shared an apartment with another Bachelor.
Well things were not going too well again between Bachelor and Carrie so she called it off. I mean the constant not picking his phone and finding it hard to speak for long at certain times of the day, getting agitated at everything. He was just acting odd. As God will have it be, Carrie and myself were invited for a wedding. I ran to the bathroom so fast that my dress nearly tore! I could hardly breathe, this was a moment of fear/confusion/ weakness my knees nearly gave way at what I was about to tell my friend!!! I said Carrie, emmmm Bachelor is here, she was like ok is that why u look like u just saw a ghost? I was like Nooo, emmmm Bachelor came in with a woman and 2 kids!!! She goes ok, might be his sister and the children. I said Nooo, unfortunately my cousin had confirmed that it is his wife and kids cos my cousin attended the same University as him! so she was sure he was married.
Carrie walks out of bathroom and walks towards his table and he quickly got up before she got there (LOLLLLLLL), he goes hello long time? She was like Hi, was just about to come and greet you and the family. He froze and said .......take care of yourself. Ooooo Lord thank u for how nice some of we women are. WTF???????? take care? cheiii this was just a sickening moment. Rewinnddd wasn't this a guy who lived in a Bachelor pad with his mate? I mean she had spent a lot of time in his house, and there was no sign of wife. If this was not bad enuff I got to Church the very next day to see Bachelor and his family at my Church sitting in a row in front of me. I found it hard concentrating. He kept grinning like a b**tard! God pls forgive me but it's so hard not to curse at some men! I am in Church and all I want to do is get abusive cos Carrie had been played and it was just soooo unfair. This was why he was acting funny the day of the airport!!! He must have recognised me from the Church.........and to top it off the dude actually calls Carrie to ask if they could meet up for a drink and talk??? Em, poor Carrie was like “Haven’t you embarrassed me and yourself enuff? Abeg am ready to let sleeping dogs lie and let God be the judge of all this”
There are women out there who are into extra marital affairs so why didn't he tell her he was married? Ok revenge for her giving a fake number to begin with? Kaiii women always go with your first instinct, usually never lies!!! I was later to learn that a lot of London married men keep Bachelor pads sooo emmmm girlfriends plssss be extra careful cos this game which "Anonymous" has told me to get out of is getting tougher to play. It's just not a levelled playing ground. May God continually give us the strength to survive through situations like this........Amen.
I have noticed that the month or two after xmas holls, the single girls amongst my friends seem very hopeful that they will meet Mr Right at the start of the year but if by after summer no show, they just become granny like and their socialising with the opposite sex is close to non-existent. Guess this particular year was a bit different cos we were overly positive that everyone will get a man before Valentine's day. LOL LOL yep I know what is sooo special about that day, big deal u can always watch those girls on your way to work and from work grinning to themselves cos they carrying a bunch of flowers, teddy bear, chocolates and whatever else. I mean we girls who didn't receive can just smile knowing God loves u and He is the best Valentine's gift :-))
Anyhoo it was a Saturday and we got our "trying to still look hot and sassy in a winter attire" on and headed for a house party who a close friend of ours invited us to. It was her much older cousins birthday so we had been anticipating the age group that would be there and weighing the probability of how many men will be single and all. We get to this gorgeous house, in fact for London standards it was just massive. We were so excited cos this meant there was enough space for people to move around easily and dance when you felt like it. The only problem was the calibre of men here. Before I am crucified or called proud, let me just say good luck to girls who like to pretend to themselves cos there are just some guys that are not it at allll. Seeing as the age group here were late 20s - mid 30s, we hadn't anticipated the Pot belle Daddy's. My girls and I resorted to dancing in a firmly kept circle and totally ignored any male attention.
As my girl lets call her Carrie was dancing away, I noticed one of her ex boify come in and called her attention to this. Her expression was more like Great, just greattt, can the nite get any beta?! As this irritation was building in her, a not so bad looking guy approached her for a dance, she jumped right on him cos she needed her ex to see her having fun (women u know what I mean). The nite was drawing to an end so this guy asks Carrie for her number and of cos I knew she would give a fake number lol lol cos she wasn't feeling the brother that much. Fake number plus fake name and they said their good byes. She thought that would be the last they will see of each other (if only she knew). This guy obviously tried the number and realised he had been played lol lol so he decided to hunt this babe down. He calls the celebrant hey do u know a Lindsey? Of cos she did not but after much description she put two and two together and knew it was Carrie. i bet he must have bribed the celebrant cos she so would not just hand over a correct number of a babe who obviously gave a fake number for a reason.
Bachelor guy calls Carrie and I guess she was slightly thrown back on how hot on her heels he had been. The struggle to get a number na wa oo. Before u know it she starts to give her real info and they hit it off. Well then again Val's day was already knocking on her door so she thot it was an early present :-)) They started going on countless dates and after much persuasion she agreed to be his girlfriend. What is surprising is I never had the chance to meet this guy but he had heard a lot about me as I am one of her main friends. I wish I had met him around the start of it all maybe, just maybe I would have smelt a rat.
Carrie was doing a lot of travelling that year and I went on one of those holidays with her. She had arranged for Bachelor to pick us up. The regular flights being delayed meant that we kept him waiting for a little over 20mins. He barely greeted us as we got to his car and just left the boot open for us to throw our stuff in ourselves. The journey to my hse was so quiet. Finally I am home and there was no lift in my then flat so I thought he will offer to help me with some bags up the stairs. He didn't. He just sat in his car and waited for me to off load. Carrie got down and gave me a hand and as we climbed upstairs I kept asking if he had mental problems? She was just embarrassed at his behaviour so barley said anything. Once she got home she called me immediately and it was evident that there was sumtin not right about this guy. He seemed nervous throughout the car ride (we will later understand why) so we kept wondering if he had met me somewhere before and is scared I know his story. I asked her where he lives, she mentioned some nice part of London and said he shared an apartment with another Bachelor.
Well things were not going too well again between Bachelor and Carrie so she called it off. I mean the constant not picking his phone and finding it hard to speak for long at certain times of the day, getting agitated at everything. He was just acting odd. As God will have it be, Carrie and myself were invited for a wedding. I ran to the bathroom so fast that my dress nearly tore! I could hardly breathe, this was a moment of fear/confusion/ weakness my knees nearly gave way at what I was about to tell my friend!!! I said Carrie, emmmm Bachelor is here, she was like ok is that why u look like u just saw a ghost? I was like Nooo, emmmm Bachelor came in with a woman and 2 kids!!! She goes ok, might be his sister and the children. I said Nooo, unfortunately my cousin had confirmed that it is his wife and kids cos my cousin attended the same University as him! so she was sure he was married.
Carrie walks out of bathroom and walks towards his table and he quickly got up before she got there (LOLLLLLLL), he goes hello long time? She was like Hi, was just about to come and greet you and the family. He froze and said .......take care of yourself. Ooooo Lord thank u for how nice some of we women are. WTF???????? take care? cheiii this was just a sickening moment. Rewinnddd wasn't this a guy who lived in a Bachelor pad with his mate? I mean she had spent a lot of time in his house, and there was no sign of wife. If this was not bad enuff I got to Church the very next day to see Bachelor and his family at my Church sitting in a row in front of me. I found it hard concentrating. He kept grinning like a b**tard! God pls forgive me but it's so hard not to curse at some men! I am in Church and all I want to do is get abusive cos Carrie had been played and it was just soooo unfair. This was why he was acting funny the day of the airport!!! He must have recognised me from the Church.........and to top it off the dude actually calls Carrie to ask if they could meet up for a drink and talk??? Em, poor Carrie was like “Haven’t you embarrassed me and yourself enuff? Abeg am ready to let sleeping dogs lie and let God be the judge of all this”
There are women out there who are into extra marital affairs so why didn't he tell her he was married? Ok revenge for her giving a fake number to begin with? Kaiii women always go with your first instinct, usually never lies!!! I was later to learn that a lot of London married men keep Bachelor pads sooo emmmm girlfriends plssss be extra careful cos this game which "Anonymous" has told me to get out of is getting tougher to play. It's just not a levelled playing ground. May God continually give us the strength to survive through situations like this........Amen.
Wednesday 24 October 2007
The Guy from Wales
Mid-week already (thank God!) but I have been so busy at work it still feels like a Monday! Guess that's why I didn't get to put sumtin up yesterday but thanks to all my Comment Bloggers for making things so lively. Some say I am proud, others know this isn't the case. Some seem to like to give advise on how I should run my life, others know the best teacher is life itself. Some want to point the finger at me and call me the one with the issues lol lol lol, others know I have lived a beautiful life so far and I am looking forward to my future challenges. Some cannot read that these are my experiences to date and thus happened over the years!, others recognise that the reason I started the Blog is to alert weaker women that it's ok to feel like u are the only one not meeting "Mister Right" but to take heart that the Lord never fails us. He has been ridiculously good to me even when I say to Him I don't deserve it..................
I met Mister Wales thru my friend who lives in Canada (yeah this was her second attempt of trying to get me a correct guy). She spoke very highly of him but made it clear that she hadn't seen him in over a decade. Apparently as kids/teenagers he was one of those respectable guys that you always thanked his mum for raising him right. Thanks to all these hook up sites, Canada friend and Wales were reunited. As they caught up on their current relationship status, he said he was single and doing a Masters in Wales. My diligent friend didn't waste time in contacting me that she thinks she has found someone suiting for me. I must say Canada friend has fantastic marketing skills cos she sold this guy to me like a guy working in Chanel is tryna get u to spend money you don't have and u end up buying the good :-)) I gave her permission to pass my number down and thats how my story begins..........
Wales guy was definitely a breathe of fresh air. Every call felt like we were buddies from another life. He was a good listener with a good phone voice so I always wanted to hear his stories and marvel at how much he claimed to have done for himself in such a short space of his life. By this I am referring to his Uni days back in Naija, graduating on time and getting into his beloved profession at a young age compared to his peers. We hit it off so well in fact I was always thanking Canada for introducing us.
Finally we set our first date and of cos I insisted he comes down to London. We agreed it will be a day trip after Church on Sunday I shall pick him up from the station. I remember praying my best prayer, "Lord let your will be done in my life". I never pray "Lord let this be the man you have picked for me" cos His decision might not be appealing to me. Service was over and I did the customary stop in the foyer to greet all your friends and family. Ironically one of the friends I was greeting is going to play a significant part in this tale. She asked me what I was doing after Church and I told her I had a date with a guy who schools in Wales. I was running late so I told her I will call to give her the low down on him.
I get to the station and this would be the first time we are meeting in person. He looked pleasant and I felt warm around him. We probably had the longest lunch ever cos we couldn't stop talking. I mean every word that came out seemed to intrigue him, I was like whoaaa a guy that is actually listening! It felt good. We decided to go catch a movie but unfortunately there wasn't going to be any showing that will end on time to allow him to catch his train back. So we went off to a bar instead. By now my head was spinning with excitement, I'm thinking this is too good to be true but I sure would love to see this dude again and again. We said our good byes and I assured him that I will make that journey down to Wales at some point.
2 weekends after this date I set off for Wales. I convinced a girlfriend to come along as she also had a friend in that same Uni. He had cooked and I was impressed with his Chef skills. Once we had all eaten, we went partying and I remember thinking I haven't had this much fun in a while. Uni partying is sure more lively than all those adult posing parties. I did some sight-seeing on the Saturday then went clubbing, and before I knew it I was back in London feeling like I just had a fun filled weekend. Wales guy called to make sure I had arrived safely and we exchanged notes on what a swell wknd it was. In fact it was such a good wknd I had organised a guy for one of my friends in London lol lol.........History will later show they were both jokers.
Days passed so fast or maybe it was all in my head cos Wales had told me he was coming for a wedding. I didn't think much of it when he didn't ask me to be his date to this wedding. I thot there are a thousand and one reasons why he might not ask and the simplest being, maybe someone else invited him so he won't want to start wedding crashing with me. Wedding was supposedly in London so he said we could meet after the wedding or the next day. I was fine with this. The day of this wedding I didn't hear from him at all. I tried his phone countless times but he just didn't pick. Finally around 10pm he calls me, hey I'm in your town whats good? I'm like dude na wa oo what's up with your phone? He says battery was dying so he didn't want to waste the life line as he needed to get directions to the wedding but in fact he didn't get to go cos he got into town too late. Ok I am sorry to hear that, where r u right now? I am at a friend's hse do u want to speak to him? Erhhhh no..... Wales guy is like I just thot to check up on you quickly so guess will speak soon. Rewinnddddd, no mention of lets meet up, or look forward to seeing you. Ahhh I just said ok no yawa bye. I knew sumtin didn't add up but I couldn't put my finger on it. I mean just the nite before he was so excited about the prospects of seeing me again.
The day after this, my head was hot. Once again I couldn't reach his phone in fact it was switched off. I went to Church feeling low but as always service was on point so my spirit was uplifted. Once I got home I remembered I never called my friend 3 Sundays back to tell her about this new guy. I started off going on and on about how much of an impression this dude had left on me. My friend asked for his name and I told her, she then goes and u say he is from Wales? I was like yep, she goes this must be a very big coincidence cos there is a guy right in front of me sitting with his girlfriend who has this same name and schools in Wales. I was like no wayyyyy, as innnn stop the joke. Ok now describe him.........by the time he exchanged notes it was clear I was talking about her friend's boyfriend.
I felt so sick cos I knew the girl, we are not close but I know her enuff to know she doesn't deserve such. As I was still chatting to my friend, this silly dude actually logged on to MSN and started chatting to me about how "His phone was dead" so sorry if I have been trying to reach him. I asked where he was, he said at a family friends' hse, he even had the audacity to tell me the exact location (his babes hse oo), I was like whoaaa that's really close by, we should meet up then. He goes nah nah I am going to be running around this evening then off to Uni. LOLLLLLL what a joke!!! I was like no probs safe journey back.
I refused to pick his calls for 2 days and then on the 3rd day I was ready. I revealed everything to him. Now that the cat is out what do you have to say for yourself? This is one of my favourite lines till today: "well u see, I was trying to explore the both of u" (LOLLLLLLLLLLL explore??? wetin?) But now that u have gone out of your way to find out about this other girl then guess it's left for u to decide how u want to play it. I nearly choked on my spite. How I want to play it? Ok dude this is how I play it, focus your attention on your girl and leave me be! I do not want to curse u out cos of the good friend that introduced u. He then goes, but I had told u that though I was single, there is a girl I was talking to from back in December. Okkkk talking too now means she is your girlfriend! Give me a break, ok sorry I am dumb and not that good with translating the male version of English, but get lost already!
I thot Wales guy was gone forever, but foolishly he still kept trying to get me to come down to Wales!!! Arrrhhhh hell no! Of cos since I now had an intermediary who could tell his girlfriend stuff about us, I use to keep her posted. He hated this! Told me to tell my CNN friend to stop disturbing his girlfriends ears............ooooo the cheek of this boy! I sha told him that CNN will not stop so it's best he stops hitting on me!
I guess for him it was unfortunate he got caught out like that cos so many guys have women on the side abi? as fellow Blogger commentators have revealed to us hisssssssss. But you see that prayer "Lord let your will be done" has never failed me :-))
I met Mister Wales thru my friend who lives in Canada (yeah this was her second attempt of trying to get me a correct guy). She spoke very highly of him but made it clear that she hadn't seen him in over a decade. Apparently as kids/teenagers he was one of those respectable guys that you always thanked his mum for raising him right. Thanks to all these hook up sites, Canada friend and Wales were reunited. As they caught up on their current relationship status, he said he was single and doing a Masters in Wales. My diligent friend didn't waste time in contacting me that she thinks she has found someone suiting for me. I must say Canada friend has fantastic marketing skills cos she sold this guy to me like a guy working in Chanel is tryna get u to spend money you don't have and u end up buying the good :-)) I gave her permission to pass my number down and thats how my story begins..........
Wales guy was definitely a breathe of fresh air. Every call felt like we were buddies from another life. He was a good listener with a good phone voice so I always wanted to hear his stories and marvel at how much he claimed to have done for himself in such a short space of his life. By this I am referring to his Uni days back in Naija, graduating on time and getting into his beloved profession at a young age compared to his peers. We hit it off so well in fact I was always thanking Canada for introducing us.
Finally we set our first date and of cos I insisted he comes down to London. We agreed it will be a day trip after Church on Sunday I shall pick him up from the station. I remember praying my best prayer, "Lord let your will be done in my life". I never pray "Lord let this be the man you have picked for me" cos His decision might not be appealing to me. Service was over and I did the customary stop in the foyer to greet all your friends and family. Ironically one of the friends I was greeting is going to play a significant part in this tale. She asked me what I was doing after Church and I told her I had a date with a guy who schools in Wales. I was running late so I told her I will call to give her the low down on him.
I get to the station and this would be the first time we are meeting in person. He looked pleasant and I felt warm around him. We probably had the longest lunch ever cos we couldn't stop talking. I mean every word that came out seemed to intrigue him, I was like whoaaa a guy that is actually listening! It felt good. We decided to go catch a movie but unfortunately there wasn't going to be any showing that will end on time to allow him to catch his train back. So we went off to a bar instead. By now my head was spinning with excitement, I'm thinking this is too good to be true but I sure would love to see this dude again and again. We said our good byes and I assured him that I will make that journey down to Wales at some point.
2 weekends after this date I set off for Wales. I convinced a girlfriend to come along as she also had a friend in that same Uni. He had cooked and I was impressed with his Chef skills. Once we had all eaten, we went partying and I remember thinking I haven't had this much fun in a while. Uni partying is sure more lively than all those adult posing parties. I did some sight-seeing on the Saturday then went clubbing, and before I knew it I was back in London feeling like I just had a fun filled weekend. Wales guy called to make sure I had arrived safely and we exchanged notes on what a swell wknd it was. In fact it was such a good wknd I had organised a guy for one of my friends in London lol lol.........History will later show they were both jokers.
Days passed so fast or maybe it was all in my head cos Wales had told me he was coming for a wedding. I didn't think much of it when he didn't ask me to be his date to this wedding. I thot there are a thousand and one reasons why he might not ask and the simplest being, maybe someone else invited him so he won't want to start wedding crashing with me. Wedding was supposedly in London so he said we could meet after the wedding or the next day. I was fine with this. The day of this wedding I didn't hear from him at all. I tried his phone countless times but he just didn't pick. Finally around 10pm he calls me, hey I'm in your town whats good? I'm like dude na wa oo what's up with your phone? He says battery was dying so he didn't want to waste the life line as he needed to get directions to the wedding but in fact he didn't get to go cos he got into town too late. Ok I am sorry to hear that, where r u right now? I am at a friend's hse do u want to speak to him? Erhhhh no..... Wales guy is like I just thot to check up on you quickly so guess will speak soon. Rewinnddddd, no mention of lets meet up, or look forward to seeing you. Ahhh I just said ok no yawa bye. I knew sumtin didn't add up but I couldn't put my finger on it. I mean just the nite before he was so excited about the prospects of seeing me again.
The day after this, my head was hot. Once again I couldn't reach his phone in fact it was switched off. I went to Church feeling low but as always service was on point so my spirit was uplifted. Once I got home I remembered I never called my friend 3 Sundays back to tell her about this new guy. I started off going on and on about how much of an impression this dude had left on me. My friend asked for his name and I told her, she then goes and u say he is from Wales? I was like yep, she goes this must be a very big coincidence cos there is a guy right in front of me sitting with his girlfriend who has this same name and schools in Wales. I was like no wayyyyy, as innnn stop the joke. Ok now describe him.........by the time he exchanged notes it was clear I was talking about her friend's boyfriend.
I felt so sick cos I knew the girl, we are not close but I know her enuff to know she doesn't deserve such. As I was still chatting to my friend, this silly dude actually logged on to MSN and started chatting to me about how "His phone was dead" so sorry if I have been trying to reach him. I asked where he was, he said at a family friends' hse, he even had the audacity to tell me the exact location (his babes hse oo), I was like whoaaa that's really close by, we should meet up then. He goes nah nah I am going to be running around this evening then off to Uni. LOLLLLLL what a joke!!! I was like no probs safe journey back.
I refused to pick his calls for 2 days and then on the 3rd day I was ready. I revealed everything to him. Now that the cat is out what do you have to say for yourself? This is one of my favourite lines till today: "well u see, I was trying to explore the both of u" (LOLLLLLLLLLLL explore??? wetin?) But now that u have gone out of your way to find out about this other girl then guess it's left for u to decide how u want to play it. I nearly choked on my spite. How I want to play it? Ok dude this is how I play it, focus your attention on your girl and leave me be! I do not want to curse u out cos of the good friend that introduced u. He then goes, but I had told u that though I was single, there is a girl I was talking to from back in December. Okkkk talking too now means she is your girlfriend! Give me a break, ok sorry I am dumb and not that good with translating the male version of English, but get lost already!
I thot Wales guy was gone forever, but foolishly he still kept trying to get me to come down to Wales!!! Arrrhhhh hell no! Of cos since I now had an intermediary who could tell his girlfriend stuff about us, I use to keep her posted. He hated this! Told me to tell my CNN friend to stop disturbing his girlfriends ears............ooooo the cheek of this boy! I sha told him that CNN will not stop so it's best he stops hitting on me!
I guess for him it was unfortunate he got caught out like that cos so many guys have women on the side abi? as fellow Blogger commentators have revealed to us hisssssssss. But you see that prayer "Lord let your will be done" has never failed me :-))
Monday 22 October 2007
Church Guy
Hi friends, new friends, new enemies (cos I sure know by now some men want my head hehehe), hope you all had a good enough weekend. I was at 2 birthday parties on Saturday, the second party had mature looking Naija guyz and I kept saying to myself where have these ones been hiding. Then I looked closer and realised they were not really my type at all. Some had earrings on (didn't know that was still in fashion), others had awful shoes! I have a habit, if a guy looks a bit cute, I tend to look at his shoes immediately. I feel shoes say a lot about guys in general. That's how one of my fellow brothers was wearing what seemed to me a security guards shoes (very bulky under soles with lace-up fronts in black). I recognised those shoes cos that's part of the uniform for the workers at my office building. O well he probably didn't have time to get home after his shift and make an effort to look smart...............
Ok let me dive into today's guy. I don't know if I have mentioned that I am writing about these men in no particular order...... Well I met Church guy at a friend's 25th birthday party. The set up was more of a club type place so enuff boozing and dancing. He came up to me and was polite enuff to get me a drink (unlike other guys that will be drinking in front of u watching your throat get dry from having to speak back to their cheapness hissss). It was a good start, he mentioned he had spotted me in Church a few times and apparently knew my sista (I was like nice one at least I can get his scope from her). Good looking brother ooo, so of cos I was friendlier than usual :-)) I told him I wasn't even meant to attend the party cos I had volunteered to sing for 6 weeks in Church with other Choir members for 3 services per Sunday. He sha said he will come and hear me out in one of the services. At this time I didn't realise how much of an active member of the Church he was.
As promised he showed up for one of the services so I met him after the service to hear his feed back. He was pleasantly surprised at how well we sang with such little practise. That's when he mentioned to me that he organises the evening service so maybe we could catch a movie afterwards. We did and we both enjoyed it. I remember going to bed that nite thanking God for letting me meet what at the time seemed a genuine Church guy that spoke with so much respect n all. In the next few weeks after this, I had already grown fond of him and I was always anticipating his calls and trying to arrange us meeting for one thing or another. On one of our outings, he mentioned a "girl who is a friend" will be joining us for drinks and possibly another male friend. I didn't think much of it until we finally saw her. They both seemed very flirty, and jittery (in my head I'm like na wa for this "girl who is a friend") but I kept thinking well Church guy acts like he is so deep into the Church so maybe she fancies him but nothing had become of them. Anyway the other male friend came and we all decided to head to a bar that had some dancing space.
I started bursting moves trying to get him to keep up cos he was doing Church moves. In under 30 mins dude let himself go and u could so tell he use to rave a lot back in his days (he is 30-ish in age). In fact he started displaying very current moves so I started to wonder how come he was still so in touch with the times? O well u are allowed to be young at heart so no biggie. His "girl who is a friend" kept looking at us at every given moment but I didn't like the look, her eyes seemed very worrisome and sad though her face had a permanent fake smile going on. When the nite was over she wanted to make sure he wasn't going back to my crib so he assured her he was heading home afterwards ( and home is where he ended up :-)). By the next Friday, dude was telling me that he and this "girl who is a friend" were heading to the movies. I was like look I aint no fool this babe obviously likes u, he was there telling me how she is the one paying for everything (hmmmm) she just needs company, okk Church guy. He didn't get home till 2 am or so and I only knew this cos he told me so. The movie supposedly started at 8pm so guess they really enjoyed each other's company till that late. I didn't question him cos it's not like he was my man but of cos I was fond of him so it made me uncomfortable.
Moment of Truth!!!! :--- I got to his house at 9am on the Saturday. For those that know me, that is way too early to be awake on a work free day! Of cos it was the irritation of me knowing he was hanging with another girl the nite before that dragged me there. Guess I wanted to surprise him in case she stayed over lol lol. Well she didn't and he ushered me to his living room where he had been online and was about to log out. I prompted him not to shut down cos I wanted to check my mails as well. Unfortunately for this dude, he thot he had logged out but when it came to my turn, the computer said "Log in as another user or continue as you?" Sneaky me of cos I chose to continue as "you" (You being him). Mennnnnn I was weakkkk at what I saw. My Church guy was a very organised guy when it came to women. Do you know this dude had a folder in his inbox for each woman he was chatting up!!! As in labelled with all our names!!! As in..... in order to avoid confusion of who he is telling what lies to he had to create folders. Lord help me my body froze! He was taking a shower so I knew I had enuff time to read through his inbox..........my tummy kept turning up and down, u know that sick feeling u get if u feel betrayed. Ahn ahn he had minimum 5 folders and within each he was even chatting to some other babes all over the world. Same lyrics of how he is a Church guy but emails always turned into more sexual tones. Although one folder stood out, u could tell this particular lady is the girl he was or is to marry, and he kept reassuring her that he will soon be back in Naija cos that's obviously where her base is.
At this point I'm thinking should I just leave without giving him a reason or just act a fool? I chose to act a fool and so I logged out and waited patiently for him to get dressed. We even hung out the whole of that day but I can assure u it was very uncomfortable for him. Everything he said or did I had a sly remark to make, one minute I will smile next I would curse out men in general. He kept asking where all the negativity was coming from. I then asked him point blank look we have been chatting and knowing each other for 2 months now, where is this heading? He then gave me the classic response "I am not in a position to be in a relationship with any babe now". I asked why? "He said he had too much going on in his life (u got that right! U bloody cow.......) and he doesn't want to disappoint any babe by not being able to invest enuff time in the relationship (LOLLLLLL invest time, imagine the nerve! Of cos u don't have time cos u sharing it with 5 or more girls!!!).
Till right now this guy had no idea I read those emails so if by fluke he stumbles on this blog, perhaps it will answer his questions as to why my attitude towards him changed forever!!!! I just deleted his numbers sharp sharp. This is someone peeps respect a lot in my Church but then again my Church is notorious for useless men. May God bring peace to their confused souls, Amen.
Ok let me dive into today's guy. I don't know if I have mentioned that I am writing about these men in no particular order...... Well I met Church guy at a friend's 25th birthday party. The set up was more of a club type place so enuff boozing and dancing. He came up to me and was polite enuff to get me a drink (unlike other guys that will be drinking in front of u watching your throat get dry from having to speak back to their cheapness hissss). It was a good start, he mentioned he had spotted me in Church a few times and apparently knew my sista (I was like nice one at least I can get his scope from her). Good looking brother ooo, so of cos I was friendlier than usual :-)) I told him I wasn't even meant to attend the party cos I had volunteered to sing for 6 weeks in Church with other Choir members for 3 services per Sunday. He sha said he will come and hear me out in one of the services. At this time I didn't realise how much of an active member of the Church he was.
As promised he showed up for one of the services so I met him after the service to hear his feed back. He was pleasantly surprised at how well we sang with such little practise. That's when he mentioned to me that he organises the evening service so maybe we could catch a movie afterwards. We did and we both enjoyed it. I remember going to bed that nite thanking God for letting me meet what at the time seemed a genuine Church guy that spoke with so much respect n all. In the next few weeks after this, I had already grown fond of him and I was always anticipating his calls and trying to arrange us meeting for one thing or another. On one of our outings, he mentioned a "girl who is a friend" will be joining us for drinks and possibly another male friend. I didn't think much of it until we finally saw her. They both seemed very flirty, and jittery (in my head I'm like na wa for this "girl who is a friend") but I kept thinking well Church guy acts like he is so deep into the Church so maybe she fancies him but nothing had become of them. Anyway the other male friend came and we all decided to head to a bar that had some dancing space.
I started bursting moves trying to get him to keep up cos he was doing Church moves. In under 30 mins dude let himself go and u could so tell he use to rave a lot back in his days (he is 30-ish in age). In fact he started displaying very current moves so I started to wonder how come he was still so in touch with the times? O well u are allowed to be young at heart so no biggie. His "girl who is a friend" kept looking at us at every given moment but I didn't like the look, her eyes seemed very worrisome and sad though her face had a permanent fake smile going on. When the nite was over she wanted to make sure he wasn't going back to my crib so he assured her he was heading home afterwards ( and home is where he ended up :-)). By the next Friday, dude was telling me that he and this "girl who is a friend" were heading to the movies. I was like look I aint no fool this babe obviously likes u, he was there telling me how she is the one paying for everything (hmmmm) she just needs company, okk Church guy. He didn't get home till 2 am or so and I only knew this cos he told me so. The movie supposedly started at 8pm so guess they really enjoyed each other's company till that late. I didn't question him cos it's not like he was my man but of cos I was fond of him so it made me uncomfortable.
Moment of Truth!!!! :--- I got to his house at 9am on the Saturday. For those that know me, that is way too early to be awake on a work free day! Of cos it was the irritation of me knowing he was hanging with another girl the nite before that dragged me there. Guess I wanted to surprise him in case she stayed over lol lol. Well she didn't and he ushered me to his living room where he had been online and was about to log out. I prompted him not to shut down cos I wanted to check my mails as well. Unfortunately for this dude, he thot he had logged out but when it came to my turn, the computer said "Log in as another user or continue as you?" Sneaky me of cos I chose to continue as "you" (You being him). Mennnnnn I was weakkkk at what I saw. My Church guy was a very organised guy when it came to women. Do you know this dude had a folder in his inbox for each woman he was chatting up!!! As in labelled with all our names!!! As in..... in order to avoid confusion of who he is telling what lies to he had to create folders. Lord help me my body froze! He was taking a shower so I knew I had enuff time to read through his inbox..........my tummy kept turning up and down, u know that sick feeling u get if u feel betrayed. Ahn ahn he had minimum 5 folders and within each he was even chatting to some other babes all over the world. Same lyrics of how he is a Church guy but emails always turned into more sexual tones. Although one folder stood out, u could tell this particular lady is the girl he was or is to marry, and he kept reassuring her that he will soon be back in Naija cos that's obviously where her base is.
At this point I'm thinking should I just leave without giving him a reason or just act a fool? I chose to act a fool and so I logged out and waited patiently for him to get dressed. We even hung out the whole of that day but I can assure u it was very uncomfortable for him. Everything he said or did I had a sly remark to make, one minute I will smile next I would curse out men in general. He kept asking where all the negativity was coming from. I then asked him point blank look we have been chatting and knowing each other for 2 months now, where is this heading? He then gave me the classic response "I am not in a position to be in a relationship with any babe now". I asked why? "He said he had too much going on in his life (u got that right! U bloody cow.......) and he doesn't want to disappoint any babe by not being able to invest enuff time in the relationship (LOLLLLLL invest time, imagine the nerve! Of cos u don't have time cos u sharing it with 5 or more girls!!!).
Till right now this guy had no idea I read those emails so if by fluke he stumbles on this blog, perhaps it will answer his questions as to why my attitude towards him changed forever!!!! I just deleted his numbers sharp sharp. This is someone peeps respect a lot in my Church but then again my Church is notorious for useless men. May God bring peace to their confused souls, Amen.
Friday 19 October 2007
ZEN Guy
You know there are some places you go and unwind a little but you almost should never give your number out to a guy in some of these places. Perhaps cos it is notorious for irresponsible brothers or just generally one of the lastminute.com venues that u so know u r only there cos the other option is sitting at home nursing boredom. Well that was what happened on this particular Saturday. I hardly put any effort into my dressing cos I had told my girlfriend that it was going to be a short nite, just a few drinks, maybe a good dance if the DJ was alright on the nite.
We ended up at Zen Bar, it's right next to Maryleborne station. My nite had gone relatively well when the lights suddenly came on for everyone to evacuate the premises. As peeps were dragging themselves out rather reluctantly (cos I must say the music was good), a guy grabbed my hand and said "Hi, I noticed you doing your thing on the dance floor and I must say u actually dance very well". "Ok thank u was my response". Dude proceeds to I don't normally do this but can I get your number so that we can do sumtin after Church tomorrow(LOL LOL)? Hmmm see me ooo partying like my life depends on it and a guy is throwing in the "Church" buzz word. I was like ayt sinner vs sinner no yawa we can surely meet after Church. He was ok looking and spoke few enuff words to sound like he didn't have any funny accent going on.
After Church, dude calls me to ask how my service was and I was so tripped cos most guys don't care for all that one ooo. We sha exchanged what our sermons was about and gisted for a bit. So we decided to catch an early evening movie seeing as we both had work the next day. The movie was actually really funny and home boy was laughing his head off not even tryna front. That I liked!!! cos some Naija boyz will be forming as though laughing is some disease that affects being seen as "cool". Movie was rather short and the Cinema was not too far from his crib so he asked if I was hungry maybe we can go do a take-out and watch another movie as he had a large collection. Well me being Madam spontaneous/care-free I thot, what the heck, it's not like my clothes are not ironed for work so lets go.........when we got there he had a family friend around (male) so throughout the eating and watching movie I think we spent the bulk of time gisting about everything that Naija guys were up to in jand. Through this conversations I was so sure that these guys could most certainly not be into all that odu stuff. But right now (with all that later happened) cos I have no evidence I will say there is a 50 /50 chance of Zen guy being into it. The nite ended well and I thot what a good first impression.
The whole of that week, Zen guy had done what I expect of a serious guy on a babe's case. He had called me at any given moment, turned up at my crib 2wice already that week just to make it clear that he was really into me. Initially I was trying to slow things down cos I thot wait a minute this dude is wayyyy too good to be true but u see I was enjoying the mad attention. In fact Valentine's day was drawing near so I was already calculating how at least I can sustain whatever it is we had going on for another 3 weeks. By the second Friday of knowing him, Zen guy told me to get dressed that he is taking me somewhere special. Cheiiii my body was just tingling like a confused ram, as innnnn I was too tripped. Last time I had sumtin excite me that much was probably a year before that day. I felt like finally a man is taking charge after all I was under the assumption that he had a nice job (LOL LOL guess the job? I.T. but at least unlike Plane guy he actually knew his stuff), definitely a bunz car (u know all Naija made boyz must drive their Mercedes or BMW sha) so u see I even put extra effort into the dressing sef.
He picked me on time (impressive) and the venue was one I look forward to going to again once my future Hubbie and I are ready for such expensive escapades. It was a madly plush restaurant / bar where the likes of Justin Timberlake and co wine and dine like its McDonalds. But an average bill of £200 for 2 will make u realise it's not a daily treat :-)) Kaiii my Zen guy sha used this opportunity to make sure I felt like the Queen I know I am and Heaven knows by now I was hooked. In fact I probably had moved my thots from Valentine's catch to potential future hubbie.
Ok ooo so all the pleasantries started drawing to an end. From 5 calls a day it reduced to 2, then 1 and before u know it I started looking at my phone to see if it will ring with his name on certain days!!! Cheiii I was in denial. Ahn ahn where did I go wrong? But u see I am highly critical of myself but b4 I do that I always try and ask the guy point blank wat the hell is going on? Finally I got round to him answering my question. He used the most played out line of "I have been very busy bla bla bull shit" but I promise things will change just have a project I am doing at the mo (Property development). Ok ooo what this means is my guy claimed to work 9-5 I.T. work and then weekends were fully taken cos he and his boyz had to travel out of town to monitor one of his properties that was under construction. In fact dude went as far as saying that they even join hands with the workers to do some painting, and general work to the hse. I sha chopped this story cos I needed to believe that this dude wouldn't put so much effort into getting me just to let me go like that?
As always the truth or near enuff to the truth always comes out. On one of his wknd runs, he had told me that we would meet on Sunday after Church (seeing as that is his only free time in 7 days now oo, how convenient). I was like thot u said u will be free this Saturday? He said nahh sumtin came up on the site so they had to drive down urgently. As God would have it be one of my male friends was out on Saturday nite and guess who he bumped into? Zen guy in what venue?? in ZEN lol lol. I found out the next day and confronted him. Dude started shouting at me that why should I be spreading his business everywhere? I was like Business? He said yeah asking people if they spotted him here or there......I told the brother to shut up before I show him my really ugly side and Heaven knows he won't heal easily. As innn my male friend volunteered the information and not in a grudging way, he said "Figurella, I even saw your guy out last nite" I was like hmmm that's strange he told me he was out of town? Sha after shouting back n forth with Zen guy I told him to go to hell that I don't blame him at all. If in a month of knowing me u r already playing this childish games then omo wetin future go hold?
Dude thot I was joking when I told him to never look for me again but in no time he starts calling me trying to be all "sane" again I was like heck no been there done that and I aint going back! Sha that's how we were over and done with before Valentine's day but hey at least one of my close male friends treated me to a nice Val's day dinner so that I didn't feel cheated (awwww wish I could marry this dude but he is just not mentally there at all for such commitment but we have mad respect for each other).
We ended up at Zen Bar, it's right next to Maryleborne station. My nite had gone relatively well when the lights suddenly came on for everyone to evacuate the premises. As peeps were dragging themselves out rather reluctantly (cos I must say the music was good), a guy grabbed my hand and said "Hi, I noticed you doing your thing on the dance floor and I must say u actually dance very well". "Ok thank u was my response". Dude proceeds to I don't normally do this but can I get your number so that we can do sumtin after Church tomorrow(LOL LOL)? Hmmm see me ooo partying like my life depends on it and a guy is throwing in the "Church" buzz word. I was like ayt sinner vs sinner no yawa we can surely meet after Church. He was ok looking and spoke few enuff words to sound like he didn't have any funny accent going on.
After Church, dude calls me to ask how my service was and I was so tripped cos most guys don't care for all that one ooo. We sha exchanged what our sermons was about and gisted for a bit. So we decided to catch an early evening movie seeing as we both had work the next day. The movie was actually really funny and home boy was laughing his head off not even tryna front. That I liked!!! cos some Naija boyz will be forming as though laughing is some disease that affects being seen as "cool". Movie was rather short and the Cinema was not too far from his crib so he asked if I was hungry maybe we can go do a take-out and watch another movie as he had a large collection. Well me being Madam spontaneous/care-free I thot, what the heck, it's not like my clothes are not ironed for work so lets go.........when we got there he had a family friend around (male) so throughout the eating and watching movie I think we spent the bulk of time gisting about everything that Naija guys were up to in jand. Through this conversations I was so sure that these guys could most certainly not be into all that odu stuff. But right now (with all that later happened) cos I have no evidence I will say there is a 50 /50 chance of Zen guy being into it. The nite ended well and I thot what a good first impression.
The whole of that week, Zen guy had done what I expect of a serious guy on a babe's case. He had called me at any given moment, turned up at my crib 2wice already that week just to make it clear that he was really into me. Initially I was trying to slow things down cos I thot wait a minute this dude is wayyyy too good to be true but u see I was enjoying the mad attention. In fact Valentine's day was drawing near so I was already calculating how at least I can sustain whatever it is we had going on for another 3 weeks. By the second Friday of knowing him, Zen guy told me to get dressed that he is taking me somewhere special. Cheiiii my body was just tingling like a confused ram, as innnnn I was too tripped. Last time I had sumtin excite me that much was probably a year before that day. I felt like finally a man is taking charge after all I was under the assumption that he had a nice job (LOL LOL guess the job? I.T. but at least unlike Plane guy he actually knew his stuff), definitely a bunz car (u know all Naija made boyz must drive their Mercedes or BMW sha) so u see I even put extra effort into the dressing sef.
He picked me on time (impressive) and the venue was one I look forward to going to again once my future Hubbie and I are ready for such expensive escapades. It was a madly plush restaurant / bar where the likes of Justin Timberlake and co wine and dine like its McDonalds. But an average bill of £200 for 2 will make u realise it's not a daily treat :-)) Kaiii my Zen guy sha used this opportunity to make sure I felt like the Queen I know I am and Heaven knows by now I was hooked. In fact I probably had moved my thots from Valentine's catch to potential future hubbie.
Ok ooo so all the pleasantries started drawing to an end. From 5 calls a day it reduced to 2, then 1 and before u know it I started looking at my phone to see if it will ring with his name on certain days!!! Cheiii I was in denial. Ahn ahn where did I go wrong? But u see I am highly critical of myself but b4 I do that I always try and ask the guy point blank wat the hell is going on? Finally I got round to him answering my question. He used the most played out line of "I have been very busy bla bla bull shit" but I promise things will change just have a project I am doing at the mo (Property development). Ok ooo what this means is my guy claimed to work 9-5 I.T. work and then weekends were fully taken cos he and his boyz had to travel out of town to monitor one of his properties that was under construction. In fact dude went as far as saying that they even join hands with the workers to do some painting, and general work to the hse. I sha chopped this story cos I needed to believe that this dude wouldn't put so much effort into getting me just to let me go like that?
As always the truth or near enuff to the truth always comes out. On one of his wknd runs, he had told me that we would meet on Sunday after Church (seeing as that is his only free time in 7 days now oo, how convenient). I was like thot u said u will be free this Saturday? He said nahh sumtin came up on the site so they had to drive down urgently. As God would have it be one of my male friends was out on Saturday nite and guess who he bumped into? Zen guy in what venue?? in ZEN lol lol. I found out the next day and confronted him. Dude started shouting at me that why should I be spreading his business everywhere? I was like Business? He said yeah asking people if they spotted him here or there......I told the brother to shut up before I show him my really ugly side and Heaven knows he won't heal easily. As innn my male friend volunteered the information and not in a grudging way, he said "Figurella, I even saw your guy out last nite" I was like hmmm that's strange he told me he was out of town? Sha after shouting back n forth with Zen guy I told him to go to hell that I don't blame him at all. If in a month of knowing me u r already playing this childish games then omo wetin future go hold?
Dude thot I was joking when I told him to never look for me again but in no time he starts calling me trying to be all "sane" again I was like heck no been there done that and I aint going back! Sha that's how we were over and done with before Valentine's day but hey at least one of my close male friends treated me to a nice Val's day dinner so that I didn't feel cheated (awwww wish I could marry this dude but he is just not mentally there at all for such commitment but we have mad respect for each other).
Thursday 18 October 2007
Amala Guy (aka Big Belle Daddy Guy)
This next froggy was not meant to feature till my 7th or 8th write up but dude just had to jump the queue! It's as if his sub conscience told him I was going to start a blog cos after 4 months of him getting the message to stay away, he decided to reappear on the scene just this Monday all in the name of "I am pleased to tell u I got a job in your work area" ehhhh "I am far from pleased". Dude is telling me we must meet for lunch or after work drinks.......I'm like whatever men cos at this point I am highly irritated as in geeze delete my number already!!!
I met Amala at a friend's birthday gathering. One of those very intimate settings where everyone seems to know each other and if u don't, automatically u supposedly become friends from that day onwards. So this was me having bad cramps and repeatedly reminding myself that I am attending this thing cos it's a a close girlfriend that invited me. I had one of my "ugly smile" going on so that no male will approach me. Well ugly or not this character refused to take the hint so he kept coming towards me and then turning back when he saw my "ugly smile". Finally he found strength to come and introduce himself. He asked why I had a permanent frown on my face, started coming across as so caring (like I've known him from a previous life). So I eased up thinking it must take a lot of guts to come talk to me in this mood I am displaying. We sha exchanged numbers..........
Amala guy had told me he is an engineer and he was going places in his life (Noo ooo me I am not going places hissss) so he already sees a future with me ( Sure not beating around the bush). I am a jand girl so I had to remind myself the last time a guy in jand who had everything going for himself will ask to be my man in only 2 phone conversations!!! Surely sumtin was wrong here. He kept calling to impress me with boring work talk about how he is running this project or the other (sureeee like I careee). Anyway by this time I thot it was best for him to understand that for me to hear anything he is saying we need to start off with a good meal lol lol. I recommended Nandos cos this dude didn't seem the type that will be comfortable spending too much on food. As we are dining at Nandos, he starts to reminisce about his ex-girlfriend who he apparently treated beyond a Queen but yet she still left his ass. He is a former Unilag boy so information to do with how he raised her when she was broke, bought her this perfume or the other was of vital important to his chat-up lines. By the time he dropped me home, I thot to myself perhaps I am being harsh on this dude taking out my general male anger on him. So I decided to chillll out a bit............(Ahhhh wrong move!).
My guy decides that he wants to show me his neck of the woods and what the definition of a real good time is. He picks me from the North and drives me to the "real South" where 1 in 2 dudu people are Naija's. Ok I took off my snobbish hat and started doing humility breathing exercise. We get into this Naija Restaurant and it sure isn't one of the nice looking ones in North London. he recommends I order nn-ko-bi (don't know how to spell it but its some watery soup with some fatty meaty elements going on), I was like suya will do thanks. When his nn-ko-bi arrives, he starts describing to me how this is one of the best meals u can eat in this world, I felt he was getting drunk off this soup! So I decided to have a taste, lol lol this soup tasted like water mixed with soap and a slimmy base!!! I just held my face cos it's not polite to frown at someone's food abi? Okk ooo I thanked him for this splendid evening (Not!) and he drops me home.
Mid-week he calls me to meet him for dinner at this point I decide to suggest one of my own comfort zones but Big Belle Daddy wasn't having any of it. He sha convinced me that this restaurant will have more variety. Again we end up in the South and this time he is insisting I order Amala!!!! OOO my wordd, I mean I aint gonna pose Amala can be really delicious but never in my life will I eat that outside my own home. Pounded yam would have made more sense but No No it had to be Amala. Well he came with another guy friend who seemed fine with the Amala idea so they both ate on while I comfortably ate my jollof-rice. When his belle was full, Amala guy asks me do u know why they call me BBD (Big Belle Daddy), ehhh I thot to myself that is a bit obvious isn't it?, he goes cos my tummy is soooo Big Ha Ha Ha Laughing to himself............oooo at this point I knew there was no hope for this dude. He shot himself straight in the "No Good Jokes Division". We said our good byes and I was sure I won't be picking his calls anymore. I mean I have not been associated with razz and I sure don't intend on starting.
Ooooo but to totally kill me off, this Big Belle Daddy starts harassing me that it is my turn to take him out for a meal!!!! Emmmm excuse u? Cos he fed me 2wice or three times? U would have thot he was joking or tryna find a way to see me again. Nooo his voice became more serious on each call. Kept going on about how broke he was so I shld come and get him bla bla bull shit. I started feeling guilty that perhaps I had eaten too much out of his food budget? So I offered to pay for oyinbo man's food (Pizza) to which he reluctantly agreed cos ideally Amala made more sense. Anyway once he ate enuff Pizza on my account, I was certain that he was going to be part of history so I told him I have a lot going on in my life and I won't be able to accommodate him or his calls any more. Stay blessed and Good bye.
Like I said at the top of this write up, dude got in touch again just 3 days ago and ystday he just took the piss!!! He says look lets meet somewhere near work its been so long, okkk I think hmmm going home to cook versus dining in a cool restaurant in the city. I braced myself and agreed! In under an hour to meeting up he says hope he told me it is just drinks we are doing? I was like excuse me I am starving so its best I go home cos I aint down for no drinks. He then goes ok no problem if u r paying for your meal and maybe mine why not? Chinekeeee ooooo Father Lord I declare that u must I repeat must keep irritating men away from me cos I refuse to kill anyone in my life time. The sharp reply from me..."u must be having a big laugh response" and the abrupt good bye don't call me ever again, makes me certain that he is so gone for life, Amen!
I met Amala at a friend's birthday gathering. One of those very intimate settings where everyone seems to know each other and if u don't, automatically u supposedly become friends from that day onwards. So this was me having bad cramps and repeatedly reminding myself that I am attending this thing cos it's a a close girlfriend that invited me. I had one of my "ugly smile" going on so that no male will approach me. Well ugly or not this character refused to take the hint so he kept coming towards me and then turning back when he saw my "ugly smile". Finally he found strength to come and introduce himself. He asked why I had a permanent frown on my face, started coming across as so caring (like I've known him from a previous life). So I eased up thinking it must take a lot of guts to come talk to me in this mood I am displaying. We sha exchanged numbers..........
Amala guy had told me he is an engineer and he was going places in his life (Noo ooo me I am not going places hissss) so he already sees a future with me ( Sure not beating around the bush). I am a jand girl so I had to remind myself the last time a guy in jand who had everything going for himself will ask to be my man in only 2 phone conversations!!! Surely sumtin was wrong here. He kept calling to impress me with boring work talk about how he is running this project or the other (sureeee like I careee). Anyway by this time I thot it was best for him to understand that for me to hear anything he is saying we need to start off with a good meal lol lol. I recommended Nandos cos this dude didn't seem the type that will be comfortable spending too much on food. As we are dining at Nandos, he starts to reminisce about his ex-girlfriend who he apparently treated beyond a Queen but yet she still left his ass. He is a former Unilag boy so information to do with how he raised her when she was broke, bought her this perfume or the other was of vital important to his chat-up lines. By the time he dropped me home, I thot to myself perhaps I am being harsh on this dude taking out my general male anger on him. So I decided to chillll out a bit............(Ahhhh wrong move!).
My guy decides that he wants to show me his neck of the woods and what the definition of a real good time is. He picks me from the North and drives me to the "real South" where 1 in 2 dudu people are Naija's. Ok I took off my snobbish hat and started doing humility breathing exercise. We get into this Naija Restaurant and it sure isn't one of the nice looking ones in North London. he recommends I order nn-ko-bi (don't know how to spell it but its some watery soup with some fatty meaty elements going on), I was like suya will do thanks. When his nn-ko-bi arrives, he starts describing to me how this is one of the best meals u can eat in this world, I felt he was getting drunk off this soup! So I decided to have a taste, lol lol this soup tasted like water mixed with soap and a slimmy base!!! I just held my face cos it's not polite to frown at someone's food abi? Okk ooo I thanked him for this splendid evening (Not!) and he drops me home.
Mid-week he calls me to meet him for dinner at this point I decide to suggest one of my own comfort zones but Big Belle Daddy wasn't having any of it. He sha convinced me that this restaurant will have more variety. Again we end up in the South and this time he is insisting I order Amala!!!! OOO my wordd, I mean I aint gonna pose Amala can be really delicious but never in my life will I eat that outside my own home. Pounded yam would have made more sense but No No it had to be Amala. Well he came with another guy friend who seemed fine with the Amala idea so they both ate on while I comfortably ate my jollof-rice. When his belle was full, Amala guy asks me do u know why they call me BBD (Big Belle Daddy), ehhh I thot to myself that is a bit obvious isn't it?, he goes cos my tummy is soooo Big Ha Ha Ha Laughing to himself............oooo at this point I knew there was no hope for this dude. He shot himself straight in the "No Good Jokes Division". We said our good byes and I was sure I won't be picking his calls anymore. I mean I have not been associated with razz and I sure don't intend on starting.
Ooooo but to totally kill me off, this Big Belle Daddy starts harassing me that it is my turn to take him out for a meal!!!! Emmmm excuse u? Cos he fed me 2wice or three times? U would have thot he was joking or tryna find a way to see me again. Nooo his voice became more serious on each call. Kept going on about how broke he was so I shld come and get him bla bla bull shit. I started feeling guilty that perhaps I had eaten too much out of his food budget? So I offered to pay for oyinbo man's food (Pizza) to which he reluctantly agreed cos ideally Amala made more sense. Anyway once he ate enuff Pizza on my account, I was certain that he was going to be part of history so I told him I have a lot going on in my life and I won't be able to accommodate him or his calls any more. Stay blessed and Good bye.
Like I said at the top of this write up, dude got in touch again just 3 days ago and ystday he just took the piss!!! He says look lets meet somewhere near work its been so long, okkk I think hmmm going home to cook versus dining in a cool restaurant in the city. I braced myself and agreed! In under an hour to meeting up he says hope he told me it is just drinks we are doing? I was like excuse me I am starving so its best I go home cos I aint down for no drinks. He then goes ok no problem if u r paying for your meal and maybe mine why not? Chinekeeee ooooo Father Lord I declare that u must I repeat must keep irritating men away from me cos I refuse to kill anyone in my life time. The sharp reply from me..."u must be having a big laugh response" and the abrupt good bye don't call me ever again, makes me certain that he is so gone for life, Amen!
Wednesday 17 October 2007
Plane Guy
Before I dive into today's frog, I would like to say thanks to u all for making me feel welcomed to Blogville as a number of u call it. I am aware some of u are burnt out with the whole blogging thingy whilst others are off and on but mainly on. Either way that is life I guess, one day can never be the same as the last or the next no matter how similar certain situations might appear so we keep on moving to bigger things I hope.
So I was on my way back to jand from what seemed to me a xmas holiday packed with wedding carnivals!!! (this xmas will be the same). In fact for the last five days of my trip I was down with Malaria!!! Lord knows that illness can kill especially if you haven't had it in a decade. My momsie saw me off to the airport as she always diligently does :-)) and of cos I was bound to meet a few friends on this flight back. One of them happened to be a girl who was a year my junior in high school. She was sitting with a guy who came across as "Not too bad looking" (I generally find Naija boyz not that good looking but hey who cares about looks abi). She introduced us and mentioned that this dude was her long term boyfriend's main guyyyy. I was like okkkk........babe proceeded in trying to market this guy so I got the hint that he put her up to it.
Anyway as I was feeling really weak from the subsiding malaria so I just sat there listening to him rant and rave about how long he had lived in jand, and how he was convinced he will meet a babe on this trip to Naija. Apparently he did not meet any girl suiting to his taste up until he set his eyes on me (LOL LOL lyricssss). I was so upset that I didn't have the strength to laugh at him. Anyway he threw in a few jokes here n there and eventually when I wasn't responding he sha left me alone to carry on doing "sumtin on his laptop" (at the time he told me it was schl work and I chopped but I was soon to find out it probably wasn't).............Flight took off and we got to jand early hours of the morning.
Plane guy offered to pay for my cab and so did another dude who sat right next to me on the flight and thot I was sooo "pleasant to talk to". I said No to the Plane dude but allowed the other passenger to pay for the cab lol lol. Anyhoo I got home in one piece and I then realised that I gave my number to plane dude cos I was thinking into the future of how boring it is when u first get back to jand from xmas at home. He immediately made use of the number and started the constant pleading of let him take me out for dinner, lunch or breakfast. Yes ooo he asked in that order. Grubbie-do like me I agreed to dinner 3 days after the first call. Throughout the meal, dude kept getting phone calls on 3 different phones. Emmmm I think alarm bells didn't go off cos it has become legendary abi customary for jand peeps to have 3 phones. I started teasing him whether he was running a call centre, he sha laughed and finally switched them off.
5 days later dude was talking about us going to Brighton with some of his mates from London as they have friends down there who know how to party. I was more than up for it cos I don't say no to fun especially as I had never been to this Brighton. We had planned I will meet him at his crib Friday after work. I got there at 7pm and as my Plane guy ushered me into his hse I was just alarmed!!! Okkkk Room Number 1 had a very biggg Sony Plasma screen TV (I don't know how many inches but huge), Room 2, same thing, Living Room a Bang and Olufsen TV set, Speakers and the Phone set ( For those that know that brand it isn't for the small boyz). Ooo then his jand sized kitchen (interpretation cubicle lol) also featured another TV but thankfully a laptop size screen. I sha sat down jejely to take in the luxurious looking items in his hse.
Understandably I decided to ask him what he told me he does for a living again? I remember him saying he was a Masters student at Greenwich Uni with an I.T. part time job so I was curious how a student could afford it all. He was even telling me he owned another property a street across from his. So I insinuated that ooo daddy's money abi, he just eyed me like does he look like juvi to me. I said sorry sir. Oooo but the crunch is here, my dear Plane guy told me he is studying I.T. for his Masters I tried to ask what aspect of I.T. he is focusing on he said he is just doing everything (no mention of programing, or financial modelling, etc). I say okkkk.
I then decided to change the topic cos he was looking at me like I am nosy. I asked "Have u viewed my Kodak Album pictures?" He was like a haa, can I come and show him how to open the album LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL God help me the laughter that came out was soo unplanned. I said Plane guy, r u telling me u don't know how to access this site? He said No that when he went into his inbox he just saw one picture (front cover oo) and he was wondering why I sent him just one pic. Chineke! I was like can't u read? It says click to view bla bla? My guy wasn't having any of this ooo, he was like plsss I shld just watch my mouth that why am I being rude? Ahhh I quickly apologised. He sha slammed the laptop down and was like ooo in fact he forgot to tell me, his friends just called to cancel on him so we won't be going to Brighton to club anymore. I looked at him in shock! Assss innnn just cos I laugh at the fact u can't open a Photo album online and u claim to be an "I.T." student??? Hisssss ooo forgot to mention that for the 1 hour I was in his hse his 3 phones were still ringing non-stop. That's when it clicked to me! This more than likely was an "odu boy"!!! I easily go into panic mode but I needed to get out of that hse quickly. So I just took my bow and told him guess we can organise the trip for another time (yeah right!). He was like sure good-bye! barely ushering me out of his flat.
I never heard from him again and I just concluded that the dude must have figured out that I am not the silent type at alll especially if things don't add up around me I shall question it ooo. I always thank God for my upbringing cos I sometimes sympathise with girls who let themselves be fooled by 419 boys or whatever nonsense name they call themselves these dayss..... of cos "yahoo yahoo boyz". Ok I confess that I thot the dude was rather cute and I kept thinking I didn't meet anyone correct during xmas but who knows this Plane dude might be the hit I was looking for lol lol ennn hell No!.......................
So I was on my way back to jand from what seemed to me a xmas holiday packed with wedding carnivals!!! (this xmas will be the same). In fact for the last five days of my trip I was down with Malaria!!! Lord knows that illness can kill especially if you haven't had it in a decade. My momsie saw me off to the airport as she always diligently does :-)) and of cos I was bound to meet a few friends on this flight back. One of them happened to be a girl who was a year my junior in high school. She was sitting with a guy who came across as "Not too bad looking" (I generally find Naija boyz not that good looking but hey who cares about looks abi). She introduced us and mentioned that this dude was her long term boyfriend's main guyyyy. I was like okkkk........babe proceeded in trying to market this guy so I got the hint that he put her up to it.
Anyway as I was feeling really weak from the subsiding malaria so I just sat there listening to him rant and rave about how long he had lived in jand, and how he was convinced he will meet a babe on this trip to Naija. Apparently he did not meet any girl suiting to his taste up until he set his eyes on me (LOL LOL lyricssss). I was so upset that I didn't have the strength to laugh at him. Anyway he threw in a few jokes here n there and eventually when I wasn't responding he sha left me alone to carry on doing "sumtin on his laptop" (at the time he told me it was schl work and I chopped but I was soon to find out it probably wasn't).............Flight took off and we got to jand early hours of the morning.
Plane guy offered to pay for my cab and so did another dude who sat right next to me on the flight and thot I was sooo "pleasant to talk to". I said No to the Plane dude but allowed the other passenger to pay for the cab lol lol. Anyhoo I got home in one piece and I then realised that I gave my number to plane dude cos I was thinking into the future of how boring it is when u first get back to jand from xmas at home. He immediately made use of the number and started the constant pleading of let him take me out for dinner, lunch or breakfast. Yes ooo he asked in that order. Grubbie-do like me I agreed to dinner 3 days after the first call. Throughout the meal, dude kept getting phone calls on 3 different phones. Emmmm I think alarm bells didn't go off cos it has become legendary abi customary for jand peeps to have 3 phones. I started teasing him whether he was running a call centre, he sha laughed and finally switched them off.
5 days later dude was talking about us going to Brighton with some of his mates from London as they have friends down there who know how to party. I was more than up for it cos I don't say no to fun especially as I had never been to this Brighton. We had planned I will meet him at his crib Friday after work. I got there at 7pm and as my Plane guy ushered me into his hse I was just alarmed!!! Okkkk Room Number 1 had a very biggg Sony Plasma screen TV (I don't know how many inches but huge), Room 2, same thing, Living Room a Bang and Olufsen TV set, Speakers and the Phone set ( For those that know that brand it isn't for the small boyz). Ooo then his jand sized kitchen (interpretation cubicle lol) also featured another TV but thankfully a laptop size screen. I sha sat down jejely to take in the luxurious looking items in his hse.
Understandably I decided to ask him what he told me he does for a living again? I remember him saying he was a Masters student at Greenwich Uni with an I.T. part time job so I was curious how a student could afford it all. He was even telling me he owned another property a street across from his. So I insinuated that ooo daddy's money abi, he just eyed me like does he look like juvi to me. I said sorry sir. Oooo but the crunch is here, my dear Plane guy told me he is studying I.T. for his Masters I tried to ask what aspect of I.T. he is focusing on he said he is just doing everything (no mention of programing, or financial modelling, etc). I say okkkk.
I then decided to change the topic cos he was looking at me like I am nosy. I asked "Have u viewed my Kodak Album pictures?" He was like a haa, can I come and show him how to open the album LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL God help me the laughter that came out was soo unplanned. I said Plane guy, r u telling me u don't know how to access this site? He said No that when he went into his inbox he just saw one picture (front cover oo) and he was wondering why I sent him just one pic. Chineke! I was like can't u read? It says click to view bla bla? My guy wasn't having any of this ooo, he was like plsss I shld just watch my mouth that why am I being rude? Ahhh I quickly apologised. He sha slammed the laptop down and was like ooo in fact he forgot to tell me, his friends just called to cancel on him so we won't be going to Brighton to club anymore. I looked at him in shock! Assss innnn just cos I laugh at the fact u can't open a Photo album online and u claim to be an "I.T." student??? Hisssss ooo forgot to mention that for the 1 hour I was in his hse his 3 phones were still ringing non-stop. That's when it clicked to me! This more than likely was an "odu boy"!!! I easily go into panic mode but I needed to get out of that hse quickly. So I just took my bow and told him guess we can organise the trip for another time (yeah right!). He was like sure good-bye! barely ushering me out of his flat.
I never heard from him again and I just concluded that the dude must have figured out that I am not the silent type at alll especially if things don't add up around me I shall question it ooo. I always thank God for my upbringing cos I sometimes sympathise with girls who let themselves be fooled by 419 boys or whatever nonsense name they call themselves these dayss..... of cos "yahoo yahoo boyz". Ok I confess that I thot the dude was rather cute and I kept thinking I didn't meet anyone correct during xmas but who knows this Plane dude might be the hit I was looking for lol lol ennn hell No!.......................
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Trainers Guy
I always wondered why people will log on and start reading blogs n all? I use to tell myself my life entertains me enuff so I can't imagine how other people's stories will top mine but now I have been proven wrong. I will eventually name some of my top bloggers but all in all I say kudos to those who have taken time out to share some of their stories or general knowledge.
Seeing as this is my first post, I have spent the last 3 hours (mind u I am at work oo) trying to figure out where to start with my frog tales. LOL LOL to show u how crazy I am, I find myself laughing already at the many experiences I have had. In no particular order I am going to do my best to give u all an enjoyable read perhaps for some weeks or months but doubt I'll be blogging for long cos I get bored too easily (as so many peeps claim).
Trainers Guy - Well during one of my dry dating spells, a friend of mine from Canada introduced me to some guy who at the time had convinced her that he was having a tough time finding a correct babe and having an equally tougher time going on correct dates in London. This same London where there are stories of girls fighting for the same Naija guy all in the name of "survival of the fittest babe". Well she sha gave him my email addy as he had viewed my pics on Hi5 (cheii Facebook has finished that site sha).
From emailing back n forth we migrated to chatting on MSN then finally phone calls. You see I always say jand is a serious leveller cos u really don't know who is who especially if u r not into name calling and asking "who is your father" sort of questions. Anyway dude seemed respectful enuff and I was impressed to the point of agreeing to go on a date wit him. We agreed he will come pick me after Church on Sunday.
I remember how much effort I put into my dressing cos it had been donkey years since I last went on a date. I wore a black fitted dress, threw some pearls on, carried my vintage bag and balanced it out with a pair of black and silver tone shoes. My door bell rang and understandably I got a little panicky as this was our first meeting. As I opened the door......in short I needed to shut that door and run back upstairs but sumtin in me decided not to be so harsh. This guy had a sweat shirt that I wasn't sure what colour it was meant to be, maybe a faded cream/grey with a pair of jeans that had what looked like white paint sitting right in the middle of his thigh area (Fashion abi!)......lol lol oooo but the shocker of it all were his shoes!!! He had what looked to be a version of LA Gear trainers (for all ma Naija peeps u guyz remember that brand?), white in colour with some blue here n there. This is how he got the title Trainers guy.
I was sick to my tummy and disgusted cos of the effort I had put into my dressing seeing as he was taking me to one of my fav Thai restuarants, Mango Tree. I sha carried my two left legs and went on this date cos sista was rather hungry. As we got there we were about to sit in the bar area when home boy saw one prominent Naija guy's child. Lord help me, he started name dropping! with his loud voice, he kept going isn't this Chief so n so's son? OOO if he looks our way I will greet him. All this while I am asking myself if I am really that hungry? Maybe I could just think of an excuse to run away before dinner was served. Once again I just calmed down and kept ordering more cocktails. Finally we were called to our table. This bush man was now trying to test my Thai food knowledge. Mumu probably thot he was doing me a favour taking me there. U will think its a 5 star place hissssss. Anyway after his dinner conversations were boring me too death he then asked if there was still time for a movie? I thot to myself hmmm why not at least we won't have to talk to each other. So we proceeded there.....Big big mistake.
You know how a number of guys feel that after they have fed u, u owe them your life! This trainers guy actually had the cheek to reach out for my thigh ewwwwwwwwwwwww whilst we watched the movie! I wasn't having any of it! On my first date! when I was already planning operation never pick his call again. I told him off in a stern voice and I thot that ought to scare him a bit. Beanssss dude tried it probably 3 times after his first attempt. Every time I will lift his filthy hands (as I found him zero attractive sef) and tell him to watch it. Anyway he finally drops me off and I literally run to my door step barely saying good nite not to talk of see u soon.
Ever since then I have never seen him again as I refuse to meet up for even free food which I hardly say no to. But now he has devised a new thing, its called stalking, well after a year!!! He has calmed down. I thank God oo.
Ok peeps this was my first attempt so hopefully if I didn't bore u too much u might tune in for my next write up.........
Seeing as this is my first post, I have spent the last 3 hours (mind u I am at work oo) trying to figure out where to start with my frog tales. LOL LOL to show u how crazy I am, I find myself laughing already at the many experiences I have had. In no particular order I am going to do my best to give u all an enjoyable read perhaps for some weeks or months but doubt I'll be blogging for long cos I get bored too easily (as so many peeps claim).
Trainers Guy - Well during one of my dry dating spells, a friend of mine from Canada introduced me to some guy who at the time had convinced her that he was having a tough time finding a correct babe and having an equally tougher time going on correct dates in London. This same London where there are stories of girls fighting for the same Naija guy all in the name of "survival of the fittest babe". Well she sha gave him my email addy as he had viewed my pics on Hi5 (cheii Facebook has finished that site sha).
From emailing back n forth we migrated to chatting on MSN then finally phone calls. You see I always say jand is a serious leveller cos u really don't know who is who especially if u r not into name calling and asking "who is your father" sort of questions. Anyway dude seemed respectful enuff and I was impressed to the point of agreeing to go on a date wit him. We agreed he will come pick me after Church on Sunday.
I remember how much effort I put into my dressing cos it had been donkey years since I last went on a date. I wore a black fitted dress, threw some pearls on, carried my vintage bag and balanced it out with a pair of black and silver tone shoes. My door bell rang and understandably I got a little panicky as this was our first meeting. As I opened the door......in short I needed to shut that door and run back upstairs but sumtin in me decided not to be so harsh. This guy had a sweat shirt that I wasn't sure what colour it was meant to be, maybe a faded cream/grey with a pair of jeans that had what looked like white paint sitting right in the middle of his thigh area (Fashion abi!)......lol lol oooo but the shocker of it all were his shoes!!! He had what looked to be a version of LA Gear trainers (for all ma Naija peeps u guyz remember that brand?), white in colour with some blue here n there. This is how he got the title Trainers guy.
I was sick to my tummy and disgusted cos of the effort I had put into my dressing seeing as he was taking me to one of my fav Thai restuarants, Mango Tree. I sha carried my two left legs and went on this date cos sista was rather hungry. As we got there we were about to sit in the bar area when home boy saw one prominent Naija guy's child. Lord help me, he started name dropping! with his loud voice, he kept going isn't this Chief so n so's son? OOO if he looks our way I will greet him. All this while I am asking myself if I am really that hungry? Maybe I could just think of an excuse to run away before dinner was served. Once again I just calmed down and kept ordering more cocktails. Finally we were called to our table. This bush man was now trying to test my Thai food knowledge. Mumu probably thot he was doing me a favour taking me there. U will think its a 5 star place hissssss. Anyway after his dinner conversations were boring me too death he then asked if there was still time for a movie? I thot to myself hmmm why not at least we won't have to talk to each other. So we proceeded there.....Big big mistake.
You know how a number of guys feel that after they have fed u, u owe them your life! This trainers guy actually had the cheek to reach out for my thigh ewwwwwwwwwwwww whilst we watched the movie! I wasn't having any of it! On my first date! when I was already planning operation never pick his call again. I told him off in a stern voice and I thot that ought to scare him a bit. Beanssss dude tried it probably 3 times after his first attempt. Every time I will lift his filthy hands (as I found him zero attractive sef) and tell him to watch it. Anyway he finally drops me off and I literally run to my door step barely saying good nite not to talk of see u soon.
Ever since then I have never seen him again as I refuse to meet up for even free food which I hardly say no to. But now he has devised a new thing, its called stalking, well after a year!!! He has calmed down. I thank God oo.
Ok peeps this was my first attempt so hopefully if I didn't bore u too much u might tune in for my next write up.........
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