Thursday, December 25, 2014

This Christmas...

I have been looking forward to this Christmas season like my life depended on it! Two work days and the weekend entirely to me! Absolute bliss! My plans for the holiday are pretty simple! Sleep, eat, watch TV, more sleep, more food, more TV, more drinks and some more sleep! The past two weeks leading up to the Christmas break has been the most hectic I have experienced. The traffic in Lagos especially to and from the Island to the mainland has been gangster, added to the fact that I get to go back to work right after the Christmas weekend *inserts sad face* you can only imagine my joy to have four days to myself!



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Not to be a bore though, I do like to have some fun, especially doing what I enjoy and possibly exploring new terrains in the fun department. It was also a great coincidence that much of the shows and events I had planned to attend this Christmas season were all happening before the 25th! As though the stars had prior knowledge of my plans to sleep through the Christmas holiday… (Thanks Big G! *hugs*).

First up on my list of shows to attend was “Rhythm Unplugged”, the Pepsi sponsored musical concert showcasing Nigerian artists with some dose of comedy. Since the inception of the show about ten years ago, I have only been once and was looking forward to this season. If only show organizers would ditch the “African time” mentality I most likely may have enjoyed the show a lot more…It’s really rude to keep people waiting for 3 extra hours before show time... I still don’t understand the rationale behind keeping people well behind schedule. Anyway, the highlight of the show for me was meeting TV host and On Air Personality, Ik Osakioduwa whom I still have a personal vendetta with for being such a fabulous TV host! Lol! He’s such a bubbly personality!
Bisola & Kechy famzing with IK!!! lol
I totally enjoyed Psquare's performance!!
Bisola, Nkem & Kechy @ the show
I had also planned to see one of the 11 shows lined up for “Saro the Musical 2” a Nigerian theatre based musical play featuring some of the finest talents from drama, music, dance and the arts. So off we went for the premier show on the 23rd of December and I must confess that this is one of the best shows I have attended till date. Gosh! Nigeria has got some serious talent! Who would have thought that theatre plays in Nigeria could be that captivating! Every bit of the show was a pleasure to watch. We were grinning from ear-to-ear all through the show…

Before the show...
Opening performance at the show
More clips...
Bisola & I grinning from ear-to-ear! lol
I just might be motivated by the weekend to try one more adventure before I get thrown right back to work mode! lol! 

What are your plans for this Christmas? If you are an adventurous mind like me (well I tend to think I am! lol) that loves and appreciates the arts, Saro the Musical 2 is the show to see this Christmas! Fully endorsed by me!! Lol! There will be seven more shows leading up to the end of the season from now till the 28th of December so run off and get your tickets and thank me later! *big grin*

Till next time, eat moderately, have a very merry Christmas and enjoy the good tidings that come with the season! 

Toodles!!

Kechy! 


3 comments:

Soji said...

Obviously you plan to in four days vex and sleep all the sleep you've not slept all this while. That's always the plan when one manages to get sometime off work. Until you resume on Monday morning and realize you ended up turning up throughout your time off and actually 'somehow' didn't go through with your plan to hibernate. Then sleep will suddenly start catching you at your desk. Then its back to pretending to have a runny tummy so you can go to the toilet and get quick power naps at strategic intervals. Sigh...being an adult sucks. Thank God for Christmas. Merry Christmas Kechy :*

Unknown said...

Hahahahahahaha! I know right? I did succeed staying in today! Let's see how the rest of the holiday goes! And a very merry Christmas to you too Soji! Thanks for reading! Cheers!!

Unknown said...

Now that's a great way to spend Christmas! really wished I had access to the Musical show saron or saro? sad face. still I had a great Christmas, like you I had plans of sleeping, eating and shopping! but it turned out different and great