Hey People!
Remember the Abroad
gist I was giving you guys?
Well, it continues here….
So, I have heard from a lot of people (Pssst, Miss B) how
certain food items are not allowed into some countries and how sometimes one
could get flagged or even fined for carrying said items…
Well, Yours truly decided not to take any food items along when travelling so as to avoid stories that touch the heart. So I
happily packed my bags but just as I was about to leave the house, I thought
about yaji.
What Northern person doesn’t have yaji handy, just in case?
What Northern person doesn’t have yaji handy, just in case?
That is how I took my yaji along oh.
I arrived the abroad with my yaji and was very convinced that carrying it along was a very wise decision as the blandness of the plane food almost got me sick. I said to myself ‘Thank God you carried your yaji because if this is how the abroad food is, then there shall be wahala…
Moving on...
I got my bags and was struggling with them when I
heard ‘do you have any agricultural
something something in your bag?’ I
am not sure if it was the phoney the lady was speaking or my ears were
temporarily blocked but I truly did not hear the rest of it after
agricultural….
Now the problem was this.... at the point, I could not decide if yaji was agricultural something……so I walked up to the lady asking and nodded (better to be told nah, you
are clean than to be nabbed, right?)
After the nod, she directed me to a guy who asked
where I was coming from.
“Nigeria” I said, and I would have raised 2 fingers in the air, Naija style but fear did not gree me.
He smiled.
I smiled back at him
“Nigeria” I said, and I would have raised 2 fingers in the air, Naija style but fear did not gree me.
He smiled.
I smiled back at him
Do you have kilishi? He asked
Me: No
Him: Egusi?
Me: No
Him: Crayfish?
Me: No
At this point, he is probably thinking which kind fake naija person be this and
I was thinking to myself “looks like I am crushing this thing”.
Then he asked:
Crushing it! |
Then he asked:
Him: So, what do
you have?
Me: *crickets*
Him: *waiting
for answer*
Me: *blank*
He looked at me, I looked at him.
He smiled, I
smiled,
He was waiting….
He was waiting….
I was quiet because I did not know the name of
yaji in English!
I tried. I tried hard and in my most humble, meek voice,
I said “yaji”….
I said “yaji”….
Him: What was
that?
Me: Yaji…
Then I tried to explain what yaji is to him… he said "oh, ok. Can I see it?" Behold, that was
when village people decided to gather…. I had no idea which of my bags had the
yaji. Remember it was at the last minute I decided to go with the yaji?
Well, the truth is that I was not the one that actually put the yaji in the bag
so I had no clue where it was!
I held my head in anguish and thought “they have followed me” Brother man was waiting for me to make a move. I decided to say the truth. I told him I was trying to figure out which of the bags had the yaji and he waited…
I finally found the yaji and I showed it to him. He looked at it, smiled (again!) and let me go. I thanked him and walked out of the airport into a very
windy road, with no clue which way to go and one of my bags fell off the
trolley…
Yup, I was a mess after about 24 hours in transit but I made it out with my yaji in tow…
Yup, I was a mess after about 24 hours in transit but I made it out with my yaji in tow…
And that is how yaji almost disgrace me in the abroad.
Before I conclude, please who knows what yaji is called in English?
Help me. Please. Because I cannot come and go and embarrass myself anymore.
Oh, have a great International Day of the girl child...
#GirlPower
#CelebrateGirls
#GodBlessGirls
#MommaOfGirls
#CrushTheGlassCeiling
Help me. Please. Because I cannot come and go and embarrass myself anymore.
Oh, have a great International Day of the girl child...
#GirlPower
#CelebrateGirls
#GodBlessGirls
#MommaOfGirls
#CrushTheGlassCeiling
Spiced pepper powder. Try that next time. It may work.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I’ll be more prepared next time.
DeleteI can’t be disgracing myself like that again. :D
Borkono tare da garlic and ajino motto.lol
ReplyDeleteLol!
DeleteHaha....��
ReplyDeleteDry pepper powder
Thank you
DeleteDried ground pepper๐๐คฃ I couldn't stop reading till the end. Big ups ๐๐ฝ
ReplyDeleteThere are older posts...keep reading!
Delete: D
Hahahaaaa!
ReplyDeleteIt’s dry pepper, ma.
Yes to the girl child and my eye peeped #Momma of girls, for real?
Why didn’t I think ‘dry pepper’?
DeleteOh yes...momma of 2 adorable little humans :)
Lmao...i can't even imagine what was going through "brother man's" head about you๐๐
ReplyDeleteBrother man was probably thinking where this one come from? ��
Delete"Pepper Spice".. Interesting story too..
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteYaji= pepper kulikuli combo��
ReplyDeleteHa! Then I’ll have to explain what kulikuli is...
DeleteTihihihi.
ReplyDelete