I miss the days of Akwoche,cloths made frm chair materials
• D days when we went to school,lined up&D headmistress&teachers inspect our nails&uniform&den we march to our classrooms
• D days of Computer Socks, U Remember na??
• D days of Nasco Biscuit,Trebor,sisi pelepe, ekono gowon,baba dudu,Okin Round&Okin Four Corner. Iced Colored water tied in nylon we called it "condense"
• D days of Goody-Goody&pako Biscuit.
• D days of sakobi the snake girl,Nneka the pretty serpent, ali & simbi,Mr Salami & Mrs Salami, Agbo lives in Calabar & in yoruba class obe oba be obo oba
• Chei i remember those days when one naira coin na money,when groundnut was 5 kobo. & choco milo sweet was 25 kobo
• days of messing game,who is in d garden, police and thief.
• D days of mummy & daddy play
• days when we use to build houses with sand, play suwe game,tinco tinco,mr marcaroni,change Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊я style,pion pion pion (gun sound), ten ten, skipping, stop! U remember na!!!
•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
•days when votron, jumbo, power rangers, spider man was our favourite cartoons
• D days of limca soft drinks & choco milo advert on black and white tv Nd̶̲̥̅̊ sunday rendevous by1:30pm
• when we say 'leke leke give me white finger
• Those days when eleganza pen was d best
• D days wen we used to drink water from d tap even suck out d water if its not coming
• D days when NTA will show rainbow color for 30 mins then national anthem before they resume programme by 4pm• D days were basket sandals,simbi nd kitto sandals was d best.
Days wen we all sing sandalili sandalili songs dstv has come no more old fun
I'm really proud to have experienced all this. If u r nt smiling it means u were nt born in my generation.
Happy childrens day.
By Ali Dambatta
My brother...., what about Tales by moonlight, sesame street, behind the clouds, Dos Numberi (No 10), Su-ni-ta, snake in the monkey shadow, the five shaolin masters, baba dudu, banana stick ice-cream, `nasco biscuit....King of biscuit advert, tan.....di-gurana...., the days when ur father has a passat, he was a big boy, the hey days of buttermint and tomtom, chief zebudaya and papiluwe..... Oh my Nigeria, surely tears are gathering in my eyes
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