Finally! The D-Day it is -Gbolahan Sanni's
wedding. Ok, before you flip outta your skin and ask me who Gholahan is, let me
save you the trouble. He’s not an artiste or your popular Tv face but my
childhood friend- there it is.
Gist
is this piece is not about Gbolahan but was inspired by him – ok not exactly…his
wedding inspired it.
First
of my Pop took the exit to Baba God’s crib when I was quite young so MumC had
to carry the load. It was really fun, challenging and of course fun again… I
remember most especially the things we had and didn’t have but somehow they
were provided.
Anyways,
as I saw Gbolahan dance with his wife, that very act took me down memory lane…
Ilubirin
Estate situated somewhere along Third Mainland Bridge was the place and it had
become a family domain where everyone knew ‘almost ‘ what was up in each
others’ crib – More like a tush face-me-i-face-you setting. erm.. Again, not
exactly *wink.
I
remember the Tennis Court, the big swimming pool we never used, the table
tennis we created on the Well beside my house during one of dem holidays,
bicycle riding, my brother Q’s bingo dogs that were all over the place creating
some kinda sick scene, days of playing Atari, Nintendos (Super Mario bros to be
precise), Ludo, and yes playing with Ken & Barbie and of course the basket
ball court that had some other b-ballers coming into the estate to join their
friends- that reminds me- it made my brother feel he could really dunk and he
ended up creating a mini hoop on the corridor… short boi Keemy- lol* atleast u
are a fine boy.
Such
a long time and at the moment almost everyone is married with either a child or
2, some may even be expecting their first bundle of joy who knows (I said maybe
because we all are positioned in different places now-some are still within the
country while others are out and doing great…thanks to facebook info) while
someone of us will be joining the flow soonest.
Also,
some of the things I remember are Mrs. Ubakanma’s Cookies- yummy, Moyo’s power bike- i‘m so sure
most parents won’t forget that too as he went round the estate announcing his
arrival almost every day- lol, Mr. Job (of blessed memory) Baba & Mama Friday’s groundnut, our annual Christmas Party and of course Mr. Erogbogbo who we all love dearly.
Back
to Gbolahan’s wedding: I saw some of the faces I hadn’t seen in a long time
including Mrs.
Daniyan who asked the question ‘where is the ring’? I had a good time
answering – coming soon. Yeah! COMING SOON.
Also, I had fun looking at some of
those parents walk past. I knew some of them will prolly not remember me so I saved
myself the ‘oh-my God! Is that you, you are so grown now…blah blah… talk.
Ok
enough gist.
Special shout out to all dem my child hood peeps- in no particular
order o: the
Sannis, Erogbogbos, the 2 Jaiyesimis, Adeboyejos, Daniyans, Okuboyejos,
Art-Alades, Domingos, Shotomiwas, Samuels, Olusogas, Odesolas, Akintoyes,
Willougbhys, Oke-Lawals, Ojosipes, Taiwos, Somide, Ubakanmas, Emuzes, Badejos,
Ladiju, Akinsemoyin, Gaspers and the list goes on and on…sorry if u read this and your name
is missing. You guys made the world rock and of course I wasn’t close to
everyone but I remember y’all and it makes a lotta sense ‘NOW’ having had an experience
with y’all.
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Me n d dress- lol |
I
look forward to seeing everyone repping in one place soonest- maybe we could
just have Ilubirun Estate reunion where we can catch up on the good old times.
God
bless us all more and more.
Meanwhile, thanks to Keme
Musa for
the beautiful black and pink dress I wore to Gbolahan’s. I know I paid for it
but thanks all the same gurl (((HUG))).
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Cheers! L.O>>>
I was here ...Lol
ReplyDeleteLuv da dress... interestin story tu
ReplyDeleteThanks *wink @Jazmiin and Thanks a lot @Sola
ReplyDeleteu forgot to mention the Christmas bombings with knockouts,it was the only war we knew and the Akinpelu's....but u try. i couldn't make the wedding but i am sure i won't miss the baby dedication(i hope).
ReplyDeleteSo sorry DayGee darling. i remembered o but it just skipped my mind *mybad* i forgot to mention the Ajeunmobis too -ouch! I'm so sorry. and yes! The knockouts- That was fun too. lol @child dedication but yes o we shall see there.
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