It's 8:05am and I'm already on the Lagos/Abeokuta road out to Lasgidi. It's been a beautiful two nights of escape in a land of sanity, calm and relaxation. What more with a beautiful family as my bro, sis-in-law and of course my dear niece. Great to see the almost 2 month miracle (every birth remains one in my opinion) in a different state of her growth process; all smiles and less cries. She'd been the inspiration for the piece 'Dear Niece' I turned in for the creative writing workshop due in August with a dream meeting with the damsel herself, Chimamanda. Anyways, that's all done and dusted from my end at least for now. Here's where faith and believe take over and rest assured, my affirmations will count. Oh, just struck me that I need to update the String array that holds my affirmations. In order words, update my mobile Affirmations app. Yep, as with everything, these handy words that seek to motivate me have come a long way since its paper days. I'd gone from having my affirmations written out in journals I carry around everywhere to storing them as texts on my mobile phone and now, sits as a mobile app on my Android. As a great man once said, we can connect the dots looking back. God willing, I should be in Lag early and safely, spend some time with Yemi before a likely laundry then drop in on Ikenna evening. Yep, have some unfinished duties to keep track of in respect of the looming deadline. Quietly and in baby steps, things are looking good for us to meet the May deadline even for one platform. Me and bro had some progressive talks about the distribution model I have worked out in my head and it seems Abk represents some likely openings too. Me and Bimbo chatted briefly about the voicing in case Solape's not able to make the session. Hafis is already penned down given how much interest he's shown towards the project generally. That's key for me man. And as I've been thinking lately, there's not going to be any end in sight for asa once I get this flagship out. Not for anything even external investment do I hope to kill this idea. It's just so exciting beyond words here can say. And to add that it's about a subject that has my heart tying my interests and skills further motivates me. I have a grand idea as to its BIG PICTURE but best I can do is take the whole in bits. In a rather funny manner, I've had scenes of the studio session playing out in my head: the fun, joy, poking fun, mistakes and having the director in me or whoever calling for a retry...all those kinda stuffs. And oh, Mrs Lizzie's kept my ref submission on hold till she sees what we have so she can put in some good words about it. So, I have an appointment with her Tuesday where I'll present asa as it is. There'll be plenty of talk on my part given the broader connection to what we started out with at the IVD lab. Good thing is I'm clear about it so no qualms. I'm looking forward to it anyways as I often get some clarity when I share with interested parties. In then end, I expect some great feedback that'll help with where we are going, God willing. With all said and done, the most important component is for me to savour this journey. It's an exciting enough feeling as ever to be creating something of an abstraction. Even more when one considers the confidence boost that comes with living up to one's own words. It's what makes one half a winner; that attitude to attempt something. I draw so much inspiration from my brothers at 'Pledge 51' and 'Ithena'. More from the former cos I've been privileged to see their evolution watching them evolve from the lab to where they are presently. In my mind's eye, there could be some great partnerships for us given their value proposition as a company is one that seeks to serve asa's needs in a sense. Till then, the asa MVP borrows from Zubbie's 'Nigerian Constitution app' and Puddy's 'Danfo app' as a first step in defining some bottom lines. Life's beautiful for me man. Materially, I could always do with more if you know what I mean. But then, I'm pretty confident in the process. One of the biggest realizations that hit me lately is that I don't have to have all the answers to the many questions that surround me today. Nah! If I did then of what essence are faith and belief? Then, there's the 'excitement' factor that comes with living life in its adventurous nature; acting in faith, belief sometimes blindly, lotsa gut feelings or intuition, falling, standing, miracles or shear luck then bingo, arrivedeci! For me I just don't want to miss the moments as they unravel in this journey. Lori's piece on "savouring the moments" (http://tinybuddha.com/quotes/tiny-wisdom-this-moment-is-worth-savoring/) comes to mind.
...and it's touch down gidi right about now 8:49am, thank God. No doubt, I yearn for an escape again when all's kinda settled with what I have going. I miss the Capital city that gave me a good start in this game. Regardless of the bombings and as I hear, strict security measures across the city I once knew for freedom, I still yearn to return. A lot's happened since my last visit which was a few weeks before the UN building was bombed. I miss Joe who's now in Kano? Not sure if Ife misses me as much as I do him :-) but I'd love to see him. Ba Bida, Sadiya, Kusun, Baba Tee, TEAP RCCG, Blakes, Ebiza...I miss them all. Fond memories mehn. And lately, I've yearned to see my Siju (*) from Kd. Last we spoke, says she's back in Kd from Jos after her company closed down. *smh* at the same ol' story of this Nation. Back in Kd with her parents and wading through the waters of seeking yet another opening. Wish there was more I could do beyond empathizing with her. Really wish given my affection but we both know my story too. She'd even gotten bored by it enough for us to go our separate ways some years back. Wish I could just have her down in Lagos but for one who's never been here, where am I gonna keep her? Anyways, I'm anything but daft so the latter's not an option. We plan to meet up in the Capital before the year runs out God willing. There's a slight chance before then if I go to Kd for Sub Lt. Ibrahim's wedding but it's what it is, a slight chance. The security situation up North's not helped matters too.
....oops, time to alight
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