Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Who am I really?

I was born in a very congenial home situation. My parents have always lived together very intimately, and I can hardly remember a time that they ever argued. (My dad happens to be the kind who won't argue, but knows his stands), or had a ny great fall out. I have never experience the feeling of not having the basic necessities of life. These things were always provided by a dad who always put family first. My dad has always been a sweet dad as my sisters and I would always discuss. This is not to say that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth; far from it. My dad has never acquired any of his wealth covetously or corruptibly. People often tag him - the incorruptible judge - May be because he leads every local meetings in his community. And he is the type that speaks perfect English. This I see as an art. Well, my dad was into trading, with wits he made a modest living. He never wastes his money at the expense of his family. He has always had sense enough not to live beyond his means. So for this reason, he has been able to provide us with the necessities of life with little strain. For the past years he has had tremendous responsiblity of keeping all of us in school, (my siblings in college, and I in convent school) and although it has been somewhat a burden from a financial angle having all 9 of us and kids of other relatives go to school. Well, dad sees education as a key to a better tomorrow. My mum has behind the scene setting forth those motherly cares, the lack of which leaves a missing link in life. I have always been a mums purse. I hear grown-ups tease me often as - Her mum's hand device - I love mom as well.
The community in which I was born was quite ordinary in terms of social status. Many in my community had not attained great wealth like the Dantatas. Only a few could be described to be what represent somewhat the Nigerian middle class. Most folks in my home-town, Eziukwu Aba, who had attained wealth lived in a section of Enyimba City known as the GRA. The community in which I was born and raised up was characterized by unsophisticated simplicity. Well, most of our neighbors were into buying and selling as this is a trademark for the Igbo people of SouthEast Nigeria. Well, they were not like wretched of the earth. The bread earners lived up to date simply with trading. Enyimba City had always been on the forefront of political agitations in Nigeria. I had always been told stories out of the Aba Women Riots of the 1929 by the surviving participants. My community was a wholesome community, nothingwithstanding the fact that these were the struggling survivors of the Biafran/Nigerian war.
Enyimba City had a minimal rate of crime at this time, and most of our neighbors were deeply religious. I can remeber that all of my childhood playmates were regular sunday school goers or Block Rosary Crusader goers. It was hard to find kids in my community who weren't seriously attached to one denomination or the other.
I was exposed to the best educational conditions in my childhood. At three I entered the God's time Nursery School, Uruakpa Road Eziukwu Aba in the present Abia State. This childhood contact had a tremendous impact on the development of my personality. At Six I started my elementary school education. After which I proceeded to Mercy Juniorate Amapu Ntigha, Abia State. From there I had a moment at the Imo State University, Lake Nwaebere Campus Owerri before moving over to Germany to futher my education...

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