Comedian and actor, Michael Uba aka Ogbolor, made my night when he posted pictures of things that reminded me of growing up in Lagos...
Comedian and actor, Michael Uba aka Ogbolor, made my night when he posted pictures of things that reminded me of growing up in Lagos. The feeling of nostalgia and all... I was grinning from ear to ear. The grin would have divided my face into two. Look at the pictures and tell me you will not grin. I should have done #TBT. But, no. I just couldn't wait.
Those days, 10 kobo could buy a lot. I remember that N5 was a lot. During "breaking time", I'd spend N5 and there'll still be small change.
It was NTA that used to make us wait o! The wait for Voltron was life. I didn't have a lesson teacher and I had no chores to do. Not like I was bratty or anything.
This TV...Well, It was... war. When the knob is out, you use plier. Imagine my small hands working with a plier. I must have been four at the time. I can't remember. Ours was white and black so, I'd use a coloured nylon on the screen to give it colour.
This Peugeot was everything! I just sat in the back and thought we were rich. Hehehe... Life! Nothing is permanent. What you use to do shakara now might be seen as trash in the next 5 years. An example is Blackberry phones.
If you never tasted these, you were not born in my era o. I'm talking about 1980s and early 1990s. If you were born after 1995, I don't think you ate this biscuit as much as "we" did. Seeing this biscuit, it's like I can taste it!
Okay, I didn't use this cream. It was Vaseline. Call me Vaseline Gal! But, I had friends who used it. They were still ugly! (Tongue out) Hehehe. I showed someone this picture and she said, "Awwwn... I still remember the scent." (Girls and"awwn". Any small thing... "Awwwnnn". I got a promotion... "Awwwnn". My grannie died... "Awwwnn").
Where is Fido? I think he's gone back to Jamaica to open a tea shop.
This book taught me how to spell "correction". I failed a lot of math sums, ehn. Especially Fractions. Is the one where you have to find common denominator? And my dad was a math lecturer. The apple fell too far from the tree.
Who didn't lick Baba Dudu?
Ah! This cartoon! I can't even remember the name. But, I remember that they didn't talk.
I remember Computer Socks and Pako biscuit. That biscuit was so strong, ehn. It did my teeth strong thing. If you grew up in "The Jand", you missed growing up in Lagos.
