Buki's Musings.

  “It’s not really my thing.” This was my response to my husband, who, for the second time that week, was nudging me to consider joining the league of lifestyle vloggers/bloggers. “You can do it now,” he encouraged me. But I have since learned that having the ability to do something doesn’t always translate to the desire to actually execute it. I said it wasn’t my thing because that path requires being comfortable with a tell-it-all approach to personal storytelling. I’m not exactly a private person, but at the same time, I tend to worry that starting something like “Keeping Up with Buki” vlogging or blogging would leave people saying: Cue track 1—Title: “Who Asked?” Artist: Nobody ft. It’s None of Our Business. Lol. However, I’m making an exception here. I don’t know why, but I just feel like sharing what life has been like over the last 12 to 14 months to commemorate my second son’s birthday.

 * Picks up a brush*  * Mutters under breath- Away with you, cobwebs and dust! A fitting task to mark the end of a 5-year hiatus. Yup! My last entry on this blog was published on October 12, 2019.

I hadn't recalled this particular embarrassing experience in years, until 2 days ago. Sometime during my undergrad years (2007 or 2008, not sure now), I belonged to a Christian music group. On what was to be our very first musical concert, the group leader entrusted me with the task of opening the programme with a rendition of Cece Winans' 'Alabaster Box'.

Seated at my desk in the office, with my fingers diligently striking the keys on my computer, I had a goal in mind, a target to meet. I needed to mark the last item on my to-do list as ‘Done’, in order to be able to confidently say I made the best use of my working hours.

Many have denounced their faith, many have reshuffled and 'slim-fitted' some of the core values of Christianity to fit their preferences. Many are operating on the 'my faith, my way' pedestal.

"I am just a nobody, telling everybody that there is SOMEBODY who can save everybody"- Melvin Graham This is going to be short, and straight to the point.

Since there is a ‘Coming to America’, I figured it’s ok to share my ‘coming to Lagos’ story too. It’s a peculiar one actually, but not so much of a big deal still.