ENNY'S BLOG

Value.... After watching the final scene in midnight sun, I switched to 500 days of summer and How to be single. But as much as I'd like to stay awake till the end of the last movie, my eyes wouldn't let me. "Hey, Nifemi! Wake up." I heard a familiar voice from my sleep. "What's wrong?" I opened my eyes only to find Cleo standing in front of me. The voice I heard actually sounded like his but I couldn't bring myself to imagine he'll come all the way for  me after everything that happened! "How could you leave all the doors open?" He scolded me."Why are you even home alone in the first place? You're burning up! You should be examined by the doct...." "That's enough!" I yelled at him."You're the least person who should be here",tears rolled from my eyes down to my cheek. "It's okay", he said." You have every right to because I'm not a saint here either". The way ...

STRENGTH "Sir, your guest has arrived", she drew my attention to the young man sitting on a swivel chair with his eyes fixed on a laptop. But as soon as she finished her statement, his eyes traveled to mine and it felt awkward being in that kind of situation with him. "You should have told me earlier!", Cleo gave the employee a cold stare and took me to the top of the grocery which has a spectacular view and setting. "Why were you hiding your identity from me?" Instead of scolding or reprimanding him for his actions, I laughed."You really scared me". "I'm sorry about that", He smiled."I just wanted to tease you a bit". "The last time I checked, Cleo Martins was a perfect gentleman", I blurted. "I'm still one", he brought out a chair for me to sit on and also sat next to me" I've got something important to discuss with you" Yh! I was crazy! I was crazy enough to think he was gon...

Everyone on the dance floor thought Cleo and I have gone cuckoo because our dancing style was hilarious, but I had the time of my life with him. "Good evening, ma'am", Cleo and I went to greet his mom at the parfait stand after our dance session ended. " Hi, dear", She smiled broadly at me."Hope you had a wonderful time?" "Of course! Cleo brought her here with the Benz he's been hiding for long, leaving me at home. He didn't care if I'll eventually get a ride, or trek down here", Michelle prevented me from talking. "If you're jealous, go get yourself a boyfriend", Mrs. Martins laughed and made me some well-enriched parfait. "Mom, I'm sorry. We have to go now" Cleo told his mom as he kept looking at his wristwatch. "Why the rush?" She packaged some parfait for me to take hone as well. "Tomorrow is Sunday", He reminded us. "Oh, yeah", She confirmed."Y...

THE DATE "We made it too", Shola and Timmy joined us. "Buh we're still the first", Cleo and I high-fived. "You guys started pretty early ", Timmy argued, and Shola supported him. " That doesn't count", Cleo made fun of them. "Fine. If you won't agree to us being on the same level as you, we won't let you play the cards we brought", Shola tried to blackmail us. "Yes, ma'am", Cleo submitted to her funnily. "I wanna play cards as well", Loveboy ruined the show. "Nifemi, let's go take nice shots of this place as agreed", Shola took me away from Cleo's side where I wanted to stay till eternity. When it was time to pack our things and leave Zuma rock village, I realised there were still lots of unused clothes in my traveling bag, and extra sachets of cornflakes so I decided to give them to the new friends we've made in the village, and they took it gladly. I saw the eagerness to go...

ENERGY... "Before you milk a cow, you should at least try to make it your friend", Timmy told Cleo and me the following morning at a livestock farm. " No. You go on with that. I don't think I'm good at being friends with animals", Fear gripped me as the cow mooed. "But you have a dog at home", He brought me closer to the cow."You can start by feeding it". "Hope it won't bite?", I fed the cow slowly. "Nah. "She's not a bitch like you", Hawau laughed. "Why did you just say?" Miss Bimbo who was talking to the farm owner earlier turned to her. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way", She apologized immediately. "That's not enough. You're going to sweep the cow's poop before we leave this place", Miss Bimbo told her. " What!",Hawau replied with disgust in her eyes, and everyone made fun of her. "Oh my God! I'm enjoying this!" I say, feelin...

WHEN IN ROME "Hmm hmm", Shola announced her presence in our midst. "The crybaby is back", Cleo mimicked her style of crying. " Please stop that!"She laughed. "It's time to eat dinner. Let's all gather", Grandpa Majekodumi said, and we all positioned ourselves around him. He was the first to be served in a special earthen bowl, followed by the boys whose food was merged, then we girls, and finally the mothers. Seeing that the meal's gone round, grandpa Majekodumi read a verse of the Holy Quran and we started eating. I was so used to my slow way of eating at home that I only got to eat three morsels out of the mountain of fofo Aminat's mum placed before us. Meanwhile, Shola and Aminat who was the fastest of all fought over the last morsel of fofo. "I took it before you did", Shola said. "No, you're lying", Aminat shouted." Drop it!". "What if I don't?" Shola insisted, activatin...