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Republic du Benin was the first ... Philippines experience wasn't worth it that much..but what I consider the first was my first night in China..Beijing to be precised..one bros was supposed to come pick me at the airport there in Beijing (2008) next I called and next he said he left china for Hong Kong..chai!! Ayemi my life..it was around around 8pm..language barrier..where to go?? Funds left on me was around $800..I sha know say no shakings man go survive sha..na so I see this big hotel..u sabi all those hotels wey be like may be 3star with the chinko two chinko Dem to welcome u with that their long hair wey go touch floor..as a guy man I greeted "wei" Dem answer..na so em usher me in..already I don fuck up for airport I no know say winter jacket I buy na gbese ..dat year around $150 na so I ask for room o..em gimmie list o..all price in Chinese rmb..I jeje convert and realize the cheapest na $450..say wetin? Smiled and walked out majestically..mogbe!my cousin called and was like I should get a cab and if I don see one make I give am phone make e follow the taxi man talk because na him friend suppose pick me wey fcuk up so and he speaks the language fluently but e dey naija den..long story short..I see cab ..e carry me go one campus hostel area drop me I paid.. called my cousin back..guess what he said .."guy I wan sleep..u no be first time traveller, u can see students around you right, Waka around till y see gatherings of like foreigners or try some young peeps gatherings and tag along, you go dey alright" meanwhile ..first thing in the morning call my girlfriend li binbin for this number tell am to direct you how to get to Dalian as in flight and all that I no go dey available for morning based on time difference jagbajagba..I trust u u sharp..odabo"..heat cover me inside cold..bam I bounce begin Waka around ..saw a mini bar, bought can beer to calm my nerves ..na so I take another ..den I come observe the other side of the bar na so I see gatherings as our daddy GO tell me..I cross go there ..young chaps..hailing "huegin I kuku laff enter there..na so we dey I follow Dem go campus after all bath call my cousin babe arrange my flight for Dalian..next morning 10am I fly enter Dalian and that was the beginning of my china life and work that year..damn memories...
ReplyDeleteI still dey anticipate to travel out of my home country oh Stella. But I have been to MMIA many times to see off family and friends who dey travel, and the scene there dey make person wish to go see wetin dey for the other side. I am definitely going to travel out of this country specifically to USA very soon by God's grace.
ReplyDeleteI never travel outside Nigeria
ReplyDeleteThe year was 2013.
ReplyDeleteI was on my way to Shanghai, China, having been chosen as my university’s representative for the Exchange Student Programme. Selected by the VC himself. Somebody say GRACE! 😁
Funny how life moves.
One minute, I was heartbroken that I couldn’t graduate with my mates in January 2013… the next minute, I was the student with the highest CGPA, which caught the VC's attention. Still feels surreal when I think about it.
My first stop was Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I had about a 5-hour layover before my connecting flight to Bangkok. And, I did not speak to anybody that wasn’t in uniform at any of those airports. Not one person. The warning I received before leaving Lagos? I carried it on my head like WAEC result.🤣
Somewhere in that Bangkok airport, I ate something I have never forgotten till today… mango rice 😁
I don’t even know what possessed me to try it, but that taste? Stuck with me.
From Bangkok to Shanghai, and finally to my hotel… that whole journey felt like I was living inside a dream I didn’t even know I qualified for.
But something shifted in me on that trip.
That was the first time I truly saw the world beyond what I knew. Different people, different systems, different possibilities. My mind opened in ways I can’t fully explain, and honestly, it hasn’t closed since.
I remember the sweet, smiling housekeeper who would come to clean my room, Room 2005. Every time she walked in, it was “ni hao” with the biggest smile. 😁 That simple moment stayed with me.
That was also where something else started for me.
In every country I’ve visited since then, I make sure I give something (or things) special to someone. A small gesture, but it means a lot to me. It began right there in Shanghai, China.
I even captured my experience in a song, which I performed during our send-forth ceremony. Imagine that… me, turning memories into music. 😁😊
And it’s only gotten better.
13 years later, 6 countries visited, 9 visa stamps in my passport… and I’m still going. Still learning. Still becoming.
That little girl who once dreamed of being an Ambassador?
Yeah… we’re well on our way. 😊
Ron