My naija of yesterday

Naija of Old I miss you oo!
I miss d days when we went to school, lined up
& D
headmistress & teachers inspect our nails &
uniform &
den we match to our classrooms, U Remember
na??
D days of Nasco Biscuit,Trebor, Iced coloured
water
tied in nylon we called it “lolly”
D days of Goody-Goody & pako Biscuit.
D days of ali & simbi, Mr Salami & Mrs Salami,
Agbon,
Edet lives in Calabar.
Chei, i remember those days when one naira na
money,
when groundnut was 5 kobo. & choco milo
sweet was 5
kobo
The days of messing game, who is in d garden,
police
and thief
D days of mama & papa play • The days when
we use
to build houses with sand, play suwe game,
tinco tinco,
change U̅r style, ten ten, skipping, stop! U
remember
nau?
Those days wen we used to fly kite on streets,
wen boys
used to use d paint bucket cover as tire & their
daddy’s
hanger as d steering
Those days when rubber band was stock
exchange nai
The days when voltron, jimbo, power rangers,
spider
man was our favourite cartoon
D days of limca soft drinks & choco milo advert
on
black and white tv and sunday rendevous
by1:30pm •soul train.
When we say ‘leke leke give me white finger’ •
Those
days when eleganza, big pen were d best •
D days wen we used to drink water from d tap
even
suck out d water if its not coming out •
D days when NTA will show rainbow color for
30 mins
then national anthem before they resume
program @
4pm •
D days wen basket sandals, simbi nd Bata
sandals were
d best •
D Days wen we all sing sandalili sandalili
songs.
Now……Dstv has come, no more old fun, I’m
really
proud to have experienced all this.
If u r nt smiling it means you were not born in
my
generation. pele oo.