Saturday, August 04, 2007

Better late than never.

Imagine, even my linked people that almost never update are asking me to update. E go better. Things are happening o!

So I went for Laspapi's show on Sunday. We laughed a great deal, it was mad fun. Unfortunately, I did not get to meet any bloggers because

1. I was too shy to introduce myself
2. I had a traumatic drive there with my friend who is a learner driver and we had to leave early. Want the full story? Read below.

I tried to talk to Laspapi's so many times. caught his eyes. gave him my special wink. sent him subliminal messages repeating my blog name over and over again. Unfortunately, he is neither clairvoyant nor clairaudient so he just passed me by.



I decided to take a picture of him just to prove that I was really there. He was a great sport and did not even look my way when all that flash came out of nowhere. He was so intent on asking if the seat in front of me was vacant. BTW, the guy with the brown collar "videoed" almost the entire play with his Nokia phone. (So if the play is released in vcd, you'll know where it came from).

The drive to the play

I was supposed to drive to the play, but my friend called me to say ask if she could please drive me to the play since she needed the practice. (She has had the car for more than a year and she still has an Learner sign on it - I have yabbed, abused, cajoled, pleaded- nothing has moved her). Anyway, she got to my place 20 minutes late. We proceeded to go pick up a friend of mine who also live in the area. If I had disembarked and walked beside the car, I would have gotten to the friend's place at the same time, if not earlier.

After we picked her up, we headed out to the Island. I don't want to go into how many times I stepped on my imaginary brake or had to coax the learner to remain on her lane. It was not made easier by the fact that my friend has a mouth like a fisherman's wife. She was veering off her lane and ran into a white bus. Rather than feeling sorry that she had hit someone, she screamed and shouted about how the guy was at fault for being involved in a brush off with someone who was a learner driver. Ol' boy, I just weak. I called my sister (who lives in Ikoyi) and made plans to pick up her car. So we got to Ikoyi and switched cars so that I could maintain my sanity.

We had to leave the play early though so that our Learner Driver would not be stuck driving at night. After another curse-filled ride, I was finally delivered home safely. By this time, I was not really on talking terms with Madam Learner Driver. She had screamed at me for interrupting the "intense mental work" that driving entailed. .

8 comments:

  1. i didnt know you guys went thru such an ordeal. pele.

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  2. LOL at the video dude. I am a fan of entries like this.

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  3. That was a suicidal move, you shouldnt try such moves again. And your friend should take lessons in anger management.

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  4. Lolllllll - and I thought I had road rage. Your girl has balls! ABOUT TIME you updated! shuuuuuuuu
    ;-) Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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  5. he is neither clairvoyant nor clairaudient so he just passed me by.LAWL

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  6. laughing at all the messages sent by "in my head" that didn't get across. Thanks for the photo of the brown collar. If I catch that guy, I'll put him on Nigeria's "most wanted".

    As for that ride to and from the show, it made me smile. Glad you made it home safely and hope to see you again.

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  7. Phew! What a day! Thank Heavens you were unscathed at the end of the day...

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  8. You were at the play too? Wouldnt have thought of you as shy...Glad you got to the show okay.......

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