Growing up was fun....whether you are Behind or from the "paco" side of life, games must have been a major part of your growing up years.

I can remember playing Mario computer game on Family Com to such an addictive extent that my mum almost banned us from playing it. Those days, the moment we heard her footsteps by the door, we would switch off the game-set hurriedly and make a dash for the room. Of course, the hotness of the television and the game-set always gave us up on the fact that we'd been in front of the television, playing game all day. You can guess what finally happened...the game blew up one day (hehehe) and "our eyes finally came down".

And oh...there were generations of those computer games. The days of Family Com to those of Nintendo, Sega Mega and the PS generation. How can I forget "Game Boy"- the one that defied the availability of NEPA's electricity to provide unending fun...Those were the days mehn!

Who has ever broken a neighbour's windshield before because of an insignificant football match with some other kids? A neighbour's broken windshield is always less, compared to a broken knee or something similar. My brother once turned our dinning table to a tennis table when there was no other option...and the handy house paintings were the make-shift bats.

Some school exercise books just would not last long enough because of paper games; the likes of "any name, any name", "what did I write?" and of course, the paper soccer too. Many of us spent countless hours doing "tinko tinko" and "ten ten"...perhaps there was something energizing about the rhythm of the claps that made these games irresistible.

Oh...the days of no worries; when life was just sleep, wake-up, eat and play...at least to the best of our knowledge!

Hmm Old memories

contra

Papa and mama

1. Loose-k

2. "As i was going to the market, going to the stall, i saw a little fine girl with a flower on her head. She was shaking, shaking, shaking..."

3. "Who stole the meat from the cooking pot..."

4. "Bojuboju o eh, oloro nbo, e para mo, shey ki n shi..."