I remember d last time i saw her @ Hakeem's house warming. We had so much fun hanging out and gisting and just remembering my days in ISL with Tayo. Dere was so much to talk about dat day. I was sad wen i had to leave.
She always lighted up anywhere she was. She is a true star because if i say she was, i wouldnt b saying it as it is. Thinking about her now brings a smile to my face. IBK touched so many lives in the short time she was allowed to spend on earth. She brought smiles to lots of face and made everybody who knew her glad dat they did.
We(all of us who know her) have lost a gem and it is only God dat can console us.
I'm sure she wouldn't want us to cry. She would want us to know dat she's with the Lord in a place where dere r no troubles.. May God rest her soul.
I remember when Utibe called me and gave me the news. It was my friend's birthday and we were driving to get dinner. It was the wierdest thing, i felt nothing. I'm not even sure why. I guess there was just a lot of accumulated stuff to take and this was just too much. But it bugged my mind since i found out and i felt strange cos i knew there was something missing that i couldn't figure out and i was starting to measure out how much grief i should actually be feeling. Anyways i sat on my bed about an hour ago and for soe reason it took me back. I remember my first day in qc. I was this shy little 10 year old and ofcourse you ate me up. You were the first person i met cos you introduced yourself and made me your seat partner and you told me i had to bring food for you everyday and give you my break money. We became friends from that day and you took me under your wings. I remember in js2 when my parents were considering having me go to yankee for school. It didn't work out then but i remember you telling me as we walked to your house one of the many days that you were praying and praying that i didn't happen. I almost took offense but what was more powerful was the idea that that there was somebody who cared enough that didn't want me to leave and believe me that stayed with me for a while. omg, every time i have one of those classes and they ask about bullying, TILL THIS VERY DAY you still come to mind. I dont even know what we were arguing about but you haunted down js2 and ss2 corridor for one hour holding my shirt. I thought you would eventually get tired and give up but you were relentless. Some ss2 girls were asking what was going on and it was embarassing for me to complain because i was bigger than you.lol. But even with that, i remember on one of our trips to isl to see your sister when some guy tried to grab me and you shouted at him to leave me alone. You were larger than life to me then. You seemed so much stronger than i was and i wondered why i wasn't born that way. I remember you meeting my family members and how you were such a handful. I remember the exact word my sister used was "extroverted" and you were pissed when i told you cos you were like what does that mean, is she abusing me? I remember not being able to pay attention in class when i sat next to you in class and thanks for getting me into so much trouble in my first two years. It was a blast. I remember you calling me Chiwere Eyinla for my entire stay in qc. I remember how it felt when you had issues with people in school or home and how you seemed even more powerful in my eyes just because you were able to show those vulnerabilities. Wow, i remember you and i didn't even realize until how much i do and that was when i started to cry and couldn't stop. We grew apart but you were still a major part of my life. The last i saw you was at some random bar in yaba that some people had dragged us and we were both tryin to code ourselves. lol. That was over two years ago and i don't think i've thought about you so much until now. Just seeing all the things that were written by people that were close to you, i just hope you were able to see how special you were to them, to us, when you were alive. And i hope anybody reading this remembers to tell their the people that are special in their own lives how wonderful they are and how much they love them.
RIP.
Where do i start from? what can my life be without you ibukun?i still cant believe youre gone. i remember when habiba was goin to jand in 03, you and i went to airport with her we cried all day, when morin was travelin how we both went with her to the airport and cried all day. how you told me who will follow you if you were travelin. i remember you comin from school i week before i travelled. even though you dint have a ride you can to lagos on public transport and missed school for a whole week. you can with me to airport and we both cried. you went back ot my house that ight and my sister told me you creid all night. i remember every time i called you or wen you called me you wil curse me out for the first 3 mins we spoke. i remember all the days i spent at your house. all our random trips.....all our clubbin days with jenny, morin, kemi, fatima them votu, knzle, kehinde and oj. i remember you beggin me not to go home after school on random fridays. i can remember us both walkin on your street in shorts. i remember goin to aunty amina's place to relax our hair. i remmber how you toast bread for me in your oven. ibukun how you called me the night i came bak in 05 and wanted me to come out that night. the next morning you were in my house first thing that morning. i moved to your house for the two weeks i was in nij.. ibukun how can you leave me. what will nigeria be without your. who will i go on all those random trips with... who will craxk me up...who will call me to give me gist? i remember hanging out with rotimi and his friends.... i remembered all those nights that we jumped your gate just to go clubbin, how we lied we were goin to school and will go clubbin... ibk it was always you and i that will go to kehinde's house to crash or kemi kupolokun'ds house or kemi oluwole's house. i remember the day of the bomb blast it was your birthday and we were both in vgc with jilian and deolu and we had to sleep in jenny's house that night. i remember how you'll always abuse morin, and ijeoma and how you always fought with kehinde... i remembered you stealin me, kemi, fatima or habiba's drink in class if we said no wen you begged. i remember how our math teacher will ask you if you were normal because you will cause trouble in class....you always owed madam umole money for making noise in jss2.. i remember your pink bed sheet and the laundry basket in your room.....ibukun you always told me you'll be my chief bride's maid....why did you leave me? you called me two days before sunday you told me you missed me a million times.... i missed you call on saturday and i was supposed to call you back that tragic sunday....ibukun mi i remember how you
'll gist me about your pupsy nas bolaji, temi and i will be laughin....too many funny stories mehn.... who can ever replace you....ywho can ever be like you.... i have tried to describe you to soo many people but they just cant understand..... i remember goin to your grandmothers house....omg i remember when we went to a cyber near back gate and made a latter to parents sayin that we had to move into boarding house for a month..... i rememered bak gate days and walkin to your house form school..... i remembered when you told me you were going out with demola and i dint believe.....you went to tiwi's wedding and gave me all the gist.... who dint know you in my estate? how my sister and her friend named you "sleepin open eye" because your eyes were always open wen you slept. how your mum will wake you us up to go and buy her somthing early in the morning..... we will both look very rugged and we'll be hidding because we dint want lad peeps to see us.....lol....remember how we used to go and obtain fatima wen she came bak from jand....in jss3 the last day of jssce was my birthday and we spent it at your house....i remember 03 vals day....how we all went for awards night from your house and we went joe's concert. how we all got hires becuase we dint want to roll with them voru that night.... i can remember wen you got your jand visa and you told me you scattered the whole embassey.....lol......ibukunoluwa you are truly Gods blessing......the way you have changed my life..... i remember thinkin before i made decisions because i dint want ibk to kill me..... i remembered how you'll runn down the corridor wen you were laughing, how you'll beat the hell out of who ever was near you wen you were laughing....ibukun i rememberd how we always laughed at you bacause you couldnt dance......too many funny stories about mumcy and pupcy..... i remember following you to your exam center and waiting outside for you finish.....i remember how you had a very funny nicknames for everyone on your phonebook.....ibukunoluwa olaitan Adeniyi can life ever be complete without you? who will acuse me of not callin them? who will go with me to the airport. who will ask me simi do you know i love you? who will tell me they cant do without me? what will happen to all the plans we had for the future? i really cant question God or blame him for taking away someone as sweet as you. ibukun i know that you are in a better place now and though it seems like you are far away you are right beside us and tellin us everything will be fine. i know you know this already.... ibukun you'll always be in my heart, no one can ever replace you in my life. i'll truly miss you ibukunmi.....i love you all my heart and soul...you'll live forever in my heart.
....This is sooo sad (just reading Morin and Ayo's memoirs)....anyway
I remember harassing you on ss3 corridor (90s) wondering what you were always looking for in your little pinafore but always letting you escape...... fast forward that -- I saw you at Estabs (2006) and you almost said Senior Aramide, I was like come on shoosh there! Hehe -- we took a few pics (actually I took pics of you, how would I know it would be the last I would see you face to face, I would have taken one pic of me and u to cherish the memory....sigh) and fast forward, now THIS. God knows best -- I don't think His timing is ever incorrect. Your memory lives on dearie.
One of my favourite juniors lol xxxxxx
ibukun!!!!
i cant blive u r gone well i remember ma 1st day in qcuwere the very first friend i made we used to doall tins2geda as in remember alldose days we walked toskul 2geda remember the day u tldme u wanted to be 1 of the rocka fellas of qc despite all dat u still put ur head up high do u remember the day u fell sick lyin on ur hospital bed injss2 tellin me to pray 4 u. i miss the ibk i used to knw we laughed together we fought but despite all dat we still kept itreal although we neva saw every day but wenever we saw u always had gist 4 me imiss u girl, i hate the fact that i never accepted the fact that i love u just ant u 2 knw i love u so much gurlkipitreal
