{"id":1793,"date":"2021-11-18T22:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naomimorgridge.com\/home\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2021-11-18T22:37:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T22:37:00","slug":"lagos-ati-lo-ati-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naomimorgridge.com\/home\/2021\/11\/18\/lagos-ati-lo-ati-de\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos, Ati lo, Ati de"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After not being in Lagos for 18 months, I miss her a lot. New York is amazing but I miss being a walkabout. Lmao I don\u2019t miss jumping bus or the streets, but I definitely miss the Uber prices being relatively cheaper. I miss the crazy and hilarious scenarios I\u2019ve encountered over and over, and the wild people that are always shouting. I\u2019ve relived my Lagos moments time and again and I just need to get a dose of her to recharge, before I move into the next culture to immerse myself in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, I compiled a full list of the major things I want to do in Lagos, if I travel. Lmao my list reminds me of the list Bob in Bob Hearts Abishola<\/a> gave to Abishola\u2019s son when he was going to Nigeria for the 1st time. (You should watch the show, it\u2019s hilarious, Bob pronounces Abishola as ah-bee-show-la \ud83d\ude02) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here it goes in the most random order or not lmao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Go kart. Yes, this is my first item, don\u2019t judge me. I cannot drive to save my life, so I want to enter a tiny car, and leave all my worries of crashing in real life and crash my friends\u2019 cars. Lmao for real, I just want to have fun racing in miniature life.<\/li>
  2. You don\u2019t know how I\u2019ve craved thanksgiving service in Nigerian churches or attempted to listen to Yinka Ayefele<\/a>. I really just want to dance to those men that use talking drums and sing your oriki at parties, and then someone sprays me money, although I wouldn\u2019t mind dollars instead of naira in this case. God, please I have not moved my body in months. I also know I can only dance on chairs and in my mind (you do not have to remind me), but all I want to do is komole and do the rich aunty dance at an owambe. I have lace and silk dresses to wear. Run me your invite but, only if you are sure they would spray dollars.<\/li>
  3. Go to RIG Lagos<\/a>. Isi and Tomi Arayomi are still in the dark, but I\u2019m their younger sister in spirit. I am an active internet RIG member, and I just want to sit in physically, and absorb. I want to receive it by proximity and not just be a fan. I know that I will go there looking all clutch and come back with makeup smeared, because I will be slain in the Spirit.<\/li>
  4. Do pottery. I would not mind sitting down with my friends and sisters, or maybe new people, and spin the pottery wheel, and sip some wine. I want to know what it means to create a beautiful vessel, so I would live through that moment. But my friends are avoiding pottery and want to paint and sip. So therefore, I\u2019d have to update you on the stupida putas and their bad life choices.<\/li>
  5. Do my first photoshoot. It\u2019s so strange how I have never done one. I used to judge people that used to be excited to go into the studio every five minutes. Well, Well Well, I\u2019m ready to look like a babe and sit in front of the camera. I\u2019m fully assured in Mide Wey<\/a>, the only thing I\u2019m scared of is sitting down with a makeup artist and I\u2019m the bad canvas.<\/li>
  6. Meet Esther Longe<\/a> and banter with her. My 6 months on the Unicorn Program were a blast. I need to just meet her and laugh. She doesn\u2019t know yet that she\u2019s adopting me \ud83d\ude2d Let me tap her garment and get some anointing to wear bone straight hair and be a babe for Jesus.<\/li>
  7. Family dinner. My family members are scattered, and it would be fun to drive for dinner together. Now, who is going to foot the bill, je no s\u00e9 \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. But we\u2019d see, that would be a bridge that would cross itself when I get them all in one place.<\/li>
  8. I want to go to a night concert, not loud noise plisssss. Like where a band is playing guitar and soft music. Femi Leye<\/a> or Lex Ash<\/a> type of music. Like bogobiri people. I want to be one of the cool kids of Lagos. Please tell me when and where they are gathering, I\u2019d find matching cords with bone straight hair to wear plus I have a nose piercing, so I can pass for Alt\u00e9 \ud83e\udd7a<\/li>
  9. Is it a bad thing that I just want to eat? I want amala, white rice and buka stew and shawarma. Please give me food. I promise to always respect and love you, and I\u2019d always be your right-hand man till death do us apart.<\/li>
  10. And finally, the person that is my husband, I\u2019m ready to meet you. Obey and reach out. Thanks, and God bless.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019d love to get ideas from you and tweak my list. Let me know in the comment section, so I\u2019d give you guys\u2019 updates when I finally enter Lagos as an IJGB and spend dollars I don’t have \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Love you, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Na\u00e9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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