On the 27th of December 2023, I fell into a gutter right in the middle of Madina market -- in front of the whole world to see.
Very on brand for Blessing Maraizu.
Laugh if you want. I'm laughing now. But let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that I was, in fact, not laughing when it happened. In fact, I stayed on the ground and wept until a nice woman dragged me up and walked me to where I could get a taxi - in my torn clothes and dripping in stinky gutter liquid. I cried almost all the way home. At point I started laugh-crying. How is this my life? How am I this person? What almost-adult falls into a bloody gutter?
How did this happen? Let's run it back shall we?
I was coming back home from a day spent at my mum's friend's house. Instead of me to take an Uber back like a normal person would , I wanted to be cheap and "save money". That's how I entered bus o. In the night. In a country that's not mine. Why won't I find myself in the gutter (both literally and figuratively)? Why?!
When I came down from the bus, I was looking for a taxi to take me home. I didn't watch my step, and in a split second, I fell in a gutter. Two men had to drag me out. I sat on the pavement and cried. Ah, what a life!
When I got home I called my Mum and my friend Emma. The way those women laughed at me ehn? I shall not forget it anytime soon. And these are the people that are meant to have my back o. Hmmmmm, what a life!
That's the story o: Blessing Maraizu, crazy Blessing Maraizu, to whom adventures cannot stop happening to. One minute she is having lamb chops with a white woman named Heidi at the Labadi Beach Hotel, the next minute, she is in a stinky gutter in Madina market at 8pm on a bloody Wednesday.
Don't be stupid like me. Follow due course. Don't look for a way to cheat the system. Enter the the Uber. I've learnt my lesson now. Thank God I didn't die, break my head or my bones. Thank God my phone and wallet wasn't stolen. Thank God I am still alive to write this post.
I'm still here, laughing and crying through life.
An email from a friend :
"This is really funny Ngl. But at the same time. Please don’t be too hard on yourself, somethings we don’t plan for happen and we take them in good strides. Also, you’re not stupid,😅. You’re human. "
Much love,
-Kiad.
So the moral lesson is that I should avoid gutters so I won’t end up gutted? Gotcha!😏