Once in a while it is good to be your self and not claim what you are not.
For me, I believe in being myself. Be yourself, so that anyone who cares, can see your true self and help you.
But some claim what and who they are not, even refusing favors, asking if the giver thinks they are poor.
I know a girl who takes pride in classing herself. She is related to someone rich but her Dad is not the rich one
Because of same surname, anyone she meets, as she introduces herself, they always ask her if she is related to that public figure. Instead of saying, "He is my Uncle" she prefers saying " that's my Dad." Even in the presence of the real children of the man.
She brags about anything. Even if you sight her in a bend down boutique in the market, as far as you didn't see her face to face, she will tell you she bought the clothe in the most expensive boutique. Truth is never found in her mouth.
We know her well, she borrows bags, wigs, shoes, anything at all she needs, she borrows from fellow students in her compound but comes to class to pose that her father is rich.
She has also bragged one day that she doesn't eat fufu. Mehn, I love fufu, if I don't eat fufu, what else can I eat? It makes a lot of sense with okro soup, especially on the last day the soup is finisheding, you know that down part of the Okro soup.? I also enjoy it with fufu if I leave some in the mortar and add okro soup made with stock fish to the fufu right there in the mortar. What's there to be ashamed of? But this particular girl will always claim that she eats chicken, spaghetti, toasted bread, french fries, you know, all those oyibo foods.
Did you know that the day I decided to go and borrow a handout from her, I met her sitting on the floor with a pot of fufu, just the way I like it? She was munching the fufu and draw soup like say tomorrow nor dey 😅.
I only laughed and told her that she is just eating one of the best meals on earth , collected the handout and left. The next day, she begged that I must not tell anyone what I saw, but I told her that wasn't why I was there. I thought she would change, but no way.
On this particular day, she came to school not feeling well. We were all concerned. We asked if she should go home but she said she would manage. I personally told her to go home since exams was still far but she insisted that her compound would be so quiet, everyone had gone to school. She leaves off campus.
We asked if she had eaten something or would like to have just bread and minerals. Even in her sick state, the girl was still bragging and lying. " Yeah, I had chicken stew from last night and I ate rice with it this morning" She bragged. Hahaha. It's possible that's what she ate but because we know her to brag a lot, we felt saying "yes I have eaten" was enough. or at worse, "yes I had rice". Why telling us chicken stew? Hahaha
So we left her and continued learning. Once in a while, we will wave to say sorry to her or feel her temperature.
Not long after our Second class, this girl had stomach upset or so and started nauseating. Quickly, she tried running out of the class but it was too late. She started vomiting in the class. Friends ran to help her but rather than Concentrating on helping, we all concentrated on her vomit, hahaha. This girl who ate " chicken stew and rice" was vomiting loads of fufu. Big big morsels of it. Hahahaha.
Trust me, I was quick to ask, " Lilian, where is the chicken and rice na? Na fufu full ground o"Hahaha.
Can you imagine in that state she was still bragging? She said the topic of this post. Do you want to scroll up again? No need. She said "*chicken dey the bottom""
Meaning chicken is at the bottom of her stomach. Hahahahaha. We helped her clean up the mess and this time, she agreed to go home, I guess out of shame.
A few days later, she resumed back and that was when her bragging stopped. She became normal like us, because she was abnormal before. Hahaha. But no matter how much she tried to be like us, we never stopped to tease her with chick, chick, chicken dey the bottom. Hahahahaha
It's good to be yourself. You don't know who knows you or who can find out later. That would mean you don't have integrity. Be proud of yourself, if you aren't, then work harder than claim what you are not. Don't let those who would have helped think you are already ok when you are suffering and smiling. 😅
Thanks for the visit, guys.
I appreciate.
