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This morning I was led by my hunger cravings and decided I wanted bean ball burger (that’s for the ajebo people) but really it is just akara from the woman down the road plus bread. As I was walking down the road I saw that hot puff-puff guy and I said to him and his goods “get thee behind me, I shall not be tempted today”…the day I search for him he will not pass, today that I want akara he’s knacking his showglass kom kom kom near me.
I carried my 200 Naira which bought me soft 50 Naira bread and 5 steaming hot akara’s. It took me a long time to decide if 50 Naira akara is going to bellefull me-I have a serious case of ojukokoro when I'm hungry - I always feel I can eat a cow plus I’m the most indecisive when it comes to choosing what to eat which gets extremely worse when I have options- I can’t count how many times Bobo don tear for me because I’m standing the till and asking the attendant “your fried rice and your jollof, which is sweeter?” LOL.
Back to my akara gist, ehen so I decided 50 Naira akara is enough for a child of God, bought bread and bought that 50 Naira Nescafe breakfast sachet coffee. For 150 Naira my breakfast was complete. I found a nice place to settle down to eat- stacked the akara neatly into the middle of the bread then pressed the bread together, just as I opened my mouth to munch it, someone greeted me and asked, “how was your night”…
Really?
I said fine and continued eating. I met someone else again and in greeting the person too asked how was your night, at this point I’m worried. Is something supposed to happen in the night? Or is there one meeting people go to that I did not attend? LOL. There must be some sort of adventure that goes on at night so I paused and tried to recollect how my night went...
I went to bed by past 11:00 pm, I would like to go to bed earlier than that but it never happens. Slept with the generator on, but by 1.00 am I had to switch over to NEPA/PHCN because they brought light. This interruption happens at least twice in a night, so I go back to turn on the generator or go to turn it off and I’m always sure to make sounds to alert my compound rats that I’m coming to the generator (for some reason some big rats are always doing jagalova around the gen)…by the time I wake up at 5.30 am I feel like I haven’t slept a wink…add a pee break or two I think I wake up about 4 times per night…maybe this is the scenario I need to paint to people when they ask me how was your night. I think it’s a question that demands more than “fine”.
I also always feel like the question is too heavy and intrusive for just any random person to ask another (but Nigerians don't believe in boundaries) AND you should never ask married people how their night was...are they supposed to talk about the shushukubambam they were doing at night or what? The next time someone asks me how was your night I will actually tell them everything that happened and watch them shrink, as their eyes widen at the description of my night which I will make sure contains enough TMI...
*Mischievous grin*
Soooo since we (you my sweet readers and I) have a good relationship I actually can ask because I'm sure you will have a lot to say...be honest...how was your night? Feel free to tell me e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g :D
Asssiiiinnnn....I get tired of this question! how was your night ni gbo? and to add salt to injury they ask married folks too....Ahhhhh kini! If he or she decides to tell you how his/her night went , are you willing/ready to hear ni..... o ga oh.
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ReplyDeletethe night was cool though, nothing extra ordinary.
My default answer is 'e just dey'. In fact, i unconsciously answer the question sef. I'm also guilty of asking people though.
ReplyDeletebean ball burger on my mind
ReplyDeleteSisi oh!! U had me in stitches. I remember some guys in my church talking about "A & B" when I asked them what that was, they smiled and said "Akara & Bread". That is the koko mehn!!
ReplyDeleteI went to the market in Naija to do my hair and I saw this roadside seller with a humoungous mould of bean ball puffs and puff puff. Ha!! Na so I dive!! Infact, I was so excited, I asked the lady: "What is this?" pointing to her goods. A bystander just looked at me funny but I no send. Ah!! there are certain things that you must taste when you reach Naija so when you come back to our cold terrain, you know you have gotten your quota for the next year.
sharp, sharp, I asked her can I taste? Trust lagos market women now, they wont tell you no. Afterall, na you go still pay for the one wey you don chop. I chucked one of each into my mouth and it was delicious!! I bought as much as I could and headed to the hairdresser.
*sigh* I can make akara and puff oh but that roadside one was yummy!!! I understand your urge to go down the road to look for the bean ball burger. It happens to the best of us most times. :)
Its funny cos jst today my neighbour's daughter came to wait for my nephew for them to go to sch and I asked her "how are u and how was ur night" n now am reading this.lol
ReplyDeleteLol. I'm hungry.
ReplyDeletelol... bean ball burger.
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lol.. am so buyin akara and bread on my way ome now
ReplyDeleteLol never really thought of this question since I always say fine but I guess it really does sound intrusive. This statement "ehen so I decided 50 Naira akara is enough for a child of God" had me laughing so hard.
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Lool. This post is quite hilarious. I find this question odd, but I think the 'have you eaten' question takes the crown. Especially when the questioner cannot do anything about whether you've eaten or not, due to distance or the likes; and I find that it's asked by people you are not so close to. Sometimes, I just want to get into the minds of people that ask such questions, really.
ReplyDeleteAs for my night, it was short. It's the longer days and shorter nights time.
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I actually feel like eating puff puff now. I've never akara and bread together. Usually, I just eat akara and drink garri with it because that akara and garri was my Saturday breakfast all through boarding school.
ReplyDeleteMy response to how was your night will be I spent it sleeping
LOOOOOL! This had me rolling! I've always found the "How was your night?" question very annoying, glad to know I'm not the only one.
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Lol.....this is hilarious. U re so down to earth mhen.
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Sisi you are just a clown. :-D
ReplyDeleteIts just like saying good morning na. People dony really care how your night was, just lack of something to say and its also like a greeting.
ReplyDeletewant akara. Chai
Sisi Yemmie ooooooo!!! I laughed my eyes out at this post! Especially where you said you got worried if something was supposed to happen at night that you were missing out on. LMAO!!! You wee not kee us o!
ReplyDeleteHaha next time give them the nitty details - oh last night was mind blowing, he started with a.....etc etc. Problem is, being the prudes that we are, you might find yourself answering that question 7times a week.
ReplyDeleteFunny girl.....jollof or fried which is sweeter.....lololololololllll.
ReplyDeleteSisi Mi, I just respond fine or restful to anybody that ask o, Even if its short. I have a friend that any day I don't ask him 'how was ur night' he would say i have stopped caring about him... Egbami... The queshion dey tire me to ansa o jere... How'z Uncle Bobo? Hope he's doing well over there? I missed him a lot, send my mwuuaah to him... Love u Sisi.....
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...that question seems to be a routine question now.How was your night?Hun?What if?...hehehehe.Sisi,you make me laugh o!You see this bean ball burger is the best snack most especially in Lagos.Its da bomb!How has been your night since Bobo is not around?*winks*shadeshako@yahoo.ca
ReplyDeleteI most times say fine or if I want to be mischievous I say "I don't know how it was, I was asleep" another question I don't like is, how work? They don't even ask how you are doing, it's how work.
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You're complaining of 'How was your nyt" Back then my Roomie had this Dude who was from her villa n wanted marriage and he had seen her just once, he sha collected her No from her cousin or so. And everyday he calls it always begins thus, "Hello U*o, how is the day?! Hehe! For months ooo! Till my Roomie politely asked him to stop calling. World pple!
ReplyDeleteLMAOOOOOOOOOO!so funny!lol@50 naira akara should be enough for a child of God.I enjoyed reading this.
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Infact ehn, when I saw the title of this post I groaned and said, Sisi Yemmie, not u too!! I had a good laugh reading it cos just d other day I talked about this with a friend at work. The question grinds my last nerve but IV slowly gotten over it and tend to ignore it when asked. I'll just act like I didn't hear. Lol
ReplyDeleteSisi, to ease you the stress of waking up to turn on/off the gen, i think you should consider an inverter. we have had ours for about 6 years now, i honestly don't know what it feels like not to have light...xx
ReplyDeleteSomeone told me the proper question to ask is " how was your evening? " not " how was your night? "
ReplyDeletelmaoo@ shushukubambam
ReplyDeleteLol y'all are funny. You're putting too much thought into it. I think it's just a weird way of saying "I hope you had a goodnight's rest".
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So... I stumbled on this post because my boyfriend just said it was not an appropriate question and I thought to google. Actually, I have heard his mum say it's wrong and I just wanted to know.
ReplyDeleteThink about this though, if how was your night is wrong, then "how are you?" "how was your day" would also be wrong. See, someone thinks "how work?" is wrong! We can go on and on on questions people think should not be asked but really...
The way response to how was your day could either be "fine"or "I went to...." is the same way we can choose how much response we want to give to the question.
It really is a matter of opinion or preference