was raised in Nkpor Old Rd. , Onitsha,Anambra State, and I am very
proud of my humble beginnings .. A time when everyone treated
each other like family, We went outside to play in the streets,
built dens and climbed trees. We didn't eat fast food ....we ate
Groundnuts, Kulikuli, pokonnoiko, Puff Puff, Buns, akara, agidi
jollof with biscuit bone, chichi sweets, Bazooka and denka gums,
Nasco wafers,cabin and Maria biscuits, and home made food and
we got ice cream from the ice-cream man. Who else had Minaqua sacharrrine drink? We played ten-pe,
swell, hide and seek , in and out,husband and wife, police and
thief and then enjoyed visiting our neighbors, some of us were
privileged to visit the zoo where we saw so many animals and
went for sleep overs at our friends houses and every parent
had the right to discipline you when u are wrong . It was fun.
There was no bottled water , we drank water from the tap (thats
why some kids then still have stained teeth till date.or buy Ice-
water if we had a drink we would share the same bottle of juice
(after giving it a wipe with our mucky sleeves),we drank ginger
ale, savannah, crush, Bramah, Dr Pepper and salute and I
remember that favourite coke with its strong gas. We ate a lot of
mangoes, udara and sugar cane depending on the season. We
had one television only to be switched on at 4pm on weekdays
and 10am on weekends. Voltron,terahawks,turtle ninjas,tales by
moon light were my favourite TV programs. We rode our chopper
bikes if your parents could afford one, and car tires too. We
made cars from empty containers mostly bournvita ,milo, and
peak milk and also cooked nri mkpo mkpo with them, We played in
the rain for hours. There was no such thing as a mobile phone
or any other electronic device . We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING
(except maybe the Nurse, the school principal or teachers at
school and our parents ) If someone had a fight, that's what it
was...a fist fight . Kids didn't have guns or knives , we played
cowboys & crooks. School was mandatory, . The days of going to
school in groups just so we can gist. And tales of Kidnappers,
lady koin koin, best bic( which we believed came from mama
iwota looool), bush baby scare everywhere and mom would warn
us not to collect sweet from a stranger if you don't want to turn
into a tuber of yam or a chicken lol. We would NOT disrespect
our elders because we knew we would get an ass whooping, with
the belt, slippers or the koboko invisibly hidden in every corner
of the house. Inter-street football match was superb during our
time and also table soccer, okoso, and ikpo ntu ( a game in
which you had to make a nail stand on the soil) hahahahahaha!
When hand made cards and flowers were appreciated. If you
could not afford one you would simply get a printed card from
someone and change the name to suite you. Writing and receiving
letters was every girls' dream then . When you would play a
cassette rewind and play again just to get the lyric and copy
songs from song books. and finally the traditional dance during
the Christmas season where we go street to street to dance to
raise money lol.. Oohh I miss my childhood days. Re-post if you're
proud that you came from a close knit community and you will
never forget where you came from! . Copy & Paste just change
where you were brought up if you so wish. To all the Onitsha
brought ups i hail una. Even those of us that did some shady and criminal play play, some who stole phones and picked pockets with toy guns and even local 2 kpa guns, It is well with all of us, we will live long
and keep progressing by the grace of God... Greater heights is
our potion.. Amen

CC lalasticala
mynd44