MY MEMOIR : THE ELECTRICIAN by Sultan Krix
Sultan Krix
...................*THE ELETRICIAN*.................
Growing up with my siblings sure had some Hilarious incidents that ranked high amongst my fondest memories🥰.
I remember this one day laidat, twas a Saturday......pops don carry im shakabula gun enta bush to find some unfortunate animals to faya😁.......(erm... trust me, my pops was a great Marksman with his gun in those days .......The man rarely misses his target when he shoots back then😁🤗🥰).
Mom.......in her room arranging whatever's got to be arranged(trust me, there is always something to arrange..... toddler seun always made sure of dat😁)
Sista Tomi was in her room reading probably a novel or a Hints magazine...I don't know.....she's sha reading something and she was blaring one of her Celine Dion cassette inside her "Carnival" rechargeable lamp cassette player(those songs dey annoy me back then ehn😠.....dunno ao I com to like Dem later on in life😁)
Motun was in the sitting room watching one nonsense program on OSRC........(kids of nowadays who have access to DStv have no idea how lucky they are😫.... OSRC....!!!!!, Haaaaaaaa😳! Those people can do mediocre and nonsense programs laye yii😫.......)......and it's the only TV station that our Sharp TV was agreeing to show clearly during that particular period😔.
Dunno where seun was at that moment.....(probably in one of the neighbour's house doing erm........whatever it was that an active and extremely extroverted toddler should be doing😁)
And me🤔.....oh I was just bored and damn restless😫.
Nothing seems to interest me, then........🤭I suddenly felt I should iron my uniform😁.....(trust me, that is very very unusual by my standard in those days...🤦🏽♂)
Unfortunately, The socket I was to plug the iron in had stopped working🤷🏽♂. So, I decided to summon the eletrician spirit inside me and fix this problem......for me and the whole family....yay....🤗🤗.
So I got a makeshift tool.......(A 6inch nail🤷🏽♂)......
In no time, I had expertly taken the socket apart with my crude tool(clap for me please🤗🤗)
Then, I scanned the opened socket with my most professionally expert gaze........ mehn, I nor see shingbain🤣. But motun don see me say I bn wan fix dat problem, so I cannor fck up, I gats fix a problem dat I don't even recognize🤷🏽♂
Well, I just did what any professional and really good electrician will do with an insulated screwdriving tester🤗.......I touched one of the metallic something that had wire attached to it with my Nail..........🤗......and ...........Vrrrriiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmm........I suddenly felt lightning enter my head through my hand and did a quick scan of my whole body from the top of my head down to my toes, then I felt it enter the ground through the sole of my feet(erm.....I wasn't wearing slippers either🤦🏽♂)........all within the split of a second........🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Next thing I know, I felt the nail flew out of my hand and my brain pushed a sentence out of my mouth and I shouted.........Ki lo shele....🥶(what happened..🥶).
Motun was startled and she didn't seem to understand what I said. And she b like........Nibo😳?.....(where😳...)
Then small part of my senses came back, and I tried to form like nothing happened, so I be like.......ma worry jor, o ni nkan ti mo n ro🥶......(Never mind, just something on my mind....🥶)
Perhaps somebody's else's sister would have been fooled that nothing happened, but not my own sister🤣. All she did was look at me for a few seconds.....(probably noticed my hands were shaking and she saw my nail lying away where the lightning had made me thrown it, and the opened socket)........Then she b like...........ina gbe yin abi?...............(light shock u abi🤣🤣🤣.....sorry I gotta interpret dis one in pidgin🤣🤣🤣).....
I must have wore a very stupid look on my face in my bid to try and form like thats not what happened, because the next thing ......she just burst into fits of laugh and kept saying at interval........olohun mu yin....😂😂.....(God catch you😅😂....)
It was that moment that Folagbade Victor (Folagbade jnr back then🙄) entered, and he b like......ki lon pa eleyi lerin...😏?........(why is this one laughing😏.....).
Motun(still laughing real hard😂😂), pointed at the opened socket, then at me, and b like.........Ina gbe boda Junior.......😂😂..(light carry boda Junior...😂😂)
Then both of them b like........🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...... Folagbade even sat on the floor to get his own laugh off🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Well, at that moment, I stopped forming and joined in the laugh🤣🤣🤣.........
I remember this one day laidat, twas a Saturday......pops don carry im shakabula gun enta bush to find some unfortunate animals to faya😁.......(erm... trust me, my pops was a great Marksman with his gun in those days .......The man rarely misses his target when he shoots back then😁🤗🥰).
Mom.......in her room arranging whatever's got to be arranged(trust me, there is always something to arrange..... toddler seun always made sure of dat😁)
Sista Tomi was in her room reading probably a novel or a Hints magazine...I don't know.....she's sha reading something and she was blaring one of her Celine Dion cassette inside her "Carnival" rechargeable lamp cassette player(those songs dey annoy me back then ehn😠.....dunno ao I com to like Dem later on in life😁)
Motun was in the sitting room watching one nonsense program on OSRC........(kids of nowadays who have access to DStv have no idea how lucky they are😫.... OSRC....!!!!!, Haaaaaaaa😳! Those people can do mediocre and nonsense programs laye yii😫.......)......and it's the only TV station that our Sharp TV was agreeing to show clearly during that particular period😔.
Dunno where seun was at that moment.....(probably in one of the neighbour's house doing erm........whatever it was that an active and extremely extroverted toddler should be doing😁)
And me🤔.....oh I was just bored and damn restless😫.
Nothing seems to interest me, then........🤭I suddenly felt I should iron my uniform😁.....(trust me, that is very very unusual by my standard in those days...🤦🏽♂)
Unfortunately, The socket I was to plug the iron in had stopped working🤷🏽♂. So, I decided to summon the eletrician spirit inside me and fix this problem......for me and the whole family....yay....🤗🤗.
So I got a makeshift tool.......(A 6inch nail🤷🏽♂)......
In no time, I had expertly taken the socket apart with my crude tool(clap for me please🤗🤗)
Then, I scanned the opened socket with my most professionally expert gaze........ mehn, I nor see shingbain🤣. But motun don see me say I bn wan fix dat problem, so I cannor fck up, I gats fix a problem dat I don't even recognize🤷🏽♂
Well, I just did what any professional and really good electrician will do with an insulated screwdriving tester🤗.......I touched one of the metallic something that had wire attached to it with my Nail..........🤗......and ...........Vrrrriiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmm........I suddenly felt lightning enter my head through my hand and did a quick scan of my whole body from the top of my head down to my toes, then I felt it enter the ground through the sole of my feet(erm.....I wasn't wearing slippers either🤦🏽♂)........all within the split of a second........🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Next thing I know, I felt the nail flew out of my hand and my brain pushed a sentence out of my mouth and I shouted.........Ki lo shele....🥶(what happened..🥶).
Motun was startled and she didn't seem to understand what I said. And she b like........Nibo😳?.....(where😳...)
Then small part of my senses came back, and I tried to form like nothing happened, so I be like.......ma worry jor, o ni nkan ti mo n ro🥶......(Never mind, just something on my mind....🥶)
Perhaps somebody's else's sister would have been fooled that nothing happened, but not my own sister🤣. All she did was look at me for a few seconds.....(probably noticed my hands were shaking and she saw my nail lying away where the lightning had made me thrown it, and the opened socket)........Then she b like...........ina gbe yin abi?...............(light shock u abi🤣🤣🤣.....sorry I gotta interpret dis one in pidgin🤣🤣🤣).....
I must have wore a very stupid look on my face in my bid to try and form like thats not what happened, because the next thing ......she just burst into fits of laugh and kept saying at interval........olohun mu yin....😂😂.....(God catch you😅😂....)
It was that moment that Folagbade Victor (Folagbade jnr back then🙄) entered, and he b like......ki lon pa eleyi lerin...😏?........(why is this one laughing😏.....).
Motun(still laughing real hard😂😂), pointed at the opened socket, then at me, and b like.........Ina gbe boda Junior.......😂😂..(light carry boda Junior...😂😂)
Then both of them b like........🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...... Folagbade even sat on the floor to get his own laugh off🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Well, at that moment, I stopped forming and joined in the laugh🤣🤣🤣.........
Now, on a serious note....Remembering this particular incident this morning, it kinda occurred to me that I ought to be thankful😔🤦🏽♂..........
I mean, Look at it from this angle......... pops was there hustling real hard in the jungle all by himself......trying to get some game to shoot so that he will be able to bring home some meat for his family by the end of the day🤷🏽♂...
mom.......in her room trying to arrange her room scattered by....Us🙄(don't ask me who and who is d "us" please, let's just stick to d point here😠)
And there I was......courting trouble and poking death right in the face.........just because I was bored and restless🤷🏽♂🤷🏽♂🤷🏽♂.
I could have been dead a thousand times over, could have been maimed for life, could have even ended up destroying the whole staff quarters where we reside.......and it would have all come to bear down on my parents who were ignorant of my foolhardiness🤷🏽♂.........
I mean, Look at it from this angle......... pops was there hustling real hard in the jungle all by himself......trying to get some game to shoot so that he will be able to bring home some meat for his family by the end of the day🤷🏽♂...
mom.......in her room trying to arrange her room scattered by....Us🙄(don't ask me who and who is d "us" please, let's just stick to d point here😠)
And there I was......courting trouble and poking death right in the face.........just because I was bored and restless🤷🏽♂🤷🏽♂🤷🏽♂.
I could have been dead a thousand times over, could have been maimed for life, could have even ended up destroying the whole staff quarters where we reside.......and it would have all come to bear down on my parents who were ignorant of my foolhardiness🤷🏽♂.........
It's a good memory though☺, and I just want to say thank you to God for making it a good memory🤗🤗🤗🤗
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