This post will become more relatable to you if;
- You're a Nigerian 🇳🇬
- Grew up in a city where there is electricity 🤣🤣
- Had TV in your house as a kid (I no mention name o)🤭😀😀
- And importantly had been around before the 2000s or at the beginning of the 2000s
Shout-out to the movies
For most of us who had been around during those years when the most accessible or even the only TV station around is NTA (yes, that boring NTA🙄🙄😒), one of the things that saved us from boredom was movie. For someone like me, while growing up I saw so many movies that I could easily turn a movie producer from my wealth of experience 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but to make my shout-out more narrowed, I can't but give kudos to Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Angelina Jolie and Jason Statham. Those are not the only people in the movies I saw as a childhood but they became the most important characters to watch.
- Jet Li jumping 3 buildings just by one thrust forward
- abi that drunk guy (Jackie Chan) who beats the hell out of 50 guys or
- that guy who can easily change the direction of a bullet even after shoot (Chow Yun Fat)🤣🤣🤣
damn! That's exactly what I want to see on TV🤣🤣🤣🤭. For real as a child, movies are more important than food or school. We could sit for hours watching a badass woman (Angelina Jolie) beating up 50 guys and we won't even remember we were hungry. Personally, I think we should say thank you.
Being Nigerian, there are also local actors and actresses (although mostly actors) who we won't joke with back then; Abija, Lalude, Daguro, bully wright, iya rainbow, Ogogo and some others. But unlike the foreign movies, there are some movies we never forgot their title, talk of Koto Aiye, Koto Orun, Ololade Mr Money, Osa meji, saworoide... (Fill in the gap)🤣🤣🤭🤣.
While I'm enjoying writing about the movies, I can't even forget the music and when I say music I mean those old school songs that kept us dancing in those days from artist you'll wonder where they are today; Tony tetuila, Eddy remedy, eedris Abdulkareem, Musiliu Haruna Ishola, Paul play Dairo, Sunny Neji; The list is just too long. Unlike the movies, most of us actually grew up listening to more of the local song than foreign one, but the most important song that we all can't forget is the makosa song by Awilo Logomba (jeez! Tell me you didn't dance to it on the road🤣🤣🤣🤣).
Like I said earlier, this is just a stroll down memory lane, but it's important at this point to remember something that will calm your mind, and you smile, forget your worries for a moment and particularly allow you say "thank you" to the good old days🤣🤣🤭🥰
Cheers to good life🥂😎🤍
Best of luck in whatever you are doing, and that includes exams🤍💡
Hey Siri, play me "morning in America" by Jon Bellion 🥰🌞💛
Good morning ❤️
