Stalker Gist + Meme

Hhm, first of all i'd like to thank the lovely lovely people who left me messages on blog and Ugo and blogsis, excitedjade who dedicated posts to me, it was very nice of you. Wish I could start off by thanking everyone one after the other but you're all just so lovely and nice. Thank you. I had a nice and quiet day. Just a couple of friends over, cooked and had fun. Birthdays are mainly for giving thanks and reflections for me, and I'm just grateful that I have started a new year.

Blogsis, 'Moni tagged me in this meme so here are 7 things you don't know about me:

* I once ran a cross-country race for my team in high school, without practicing for the race at all. Someone pulled out in the last 5 minutes and being one of the peeps in charge (was actually in charge of marching but busybody dey catch me), I volunteered when no one was willing to go. I didnt know the route as I had never practiced, so I had to follow the crowd, I can run fast but not for long because of the second point below..

* I am asthmatic...(so I got a lot of attacks on that day and I must have overdosed on my inhaler...sometimes I just do things like that to push myself to see how far I can go..I did finish the race though technically I should have landed in the hospital and wasnt even the last person but I doubt I will try a stunt like that again)

* I eat these raw, i also eat them cooked of course but emphasis is on raw

* I can sing the Halleluyah chorus in alto

* I have 9 uncles and 8 aunts of which one of the aunts is my mate...(go figure!)

* I am an extremely fast reader.. I finish novels in a few hours (not talking of danielle steel flats)

* I lurrrvvvvvvv the smell of fresh laundry especially just outside the door of laundry rooms

So here goes my stalker gist. It was about 5 or 6 years ago. It was a sunny sunday and I had just had an oh-so-lovely day where I had spent my sunday watching over the babies in the creche department of my church and I was walking on cloud nine as this was my favourite thing to do. The service was over and the parents had come to collect their little tots so I went to the main church building. The head usher saw me and said someone had been looking for me but that he didn't know where the person was. I said ok, little did I know it was not okay at all! I went outside to the car park with Twix (I mentioned her in Nostalgia ii, if she could be my better half, she would be!). A young man suddenly tapped me on my shoulder and I turned round to face him. Twix left and the following dialogue ensued (cant remember it in full but I will try my best)

Stalker: Hi

Me: Hi, can I help you?

Stalker:You're name is Mimi right?

Me: Yes it is (I am now very puzzled as I have never seen his face before)

Stalker: (breathes a loud sigh of relief and a wide smile appears on his face) Oh thank God. You don't know how glad and happy I am. You have no idea. This is the happiest day of my life.

Me: Really?Sorry, do I know you from somewhere? (looking confused)

Stalker: No you don't but I hope you will know me very well

Me: (thinking he is just a random guy wanting to try his luck) sorry I don't have time for all this.

Stalker: ahhh, you will have time o. See, you don't understand I have been looking for you for over a year now. It has taken me so long to find you so dont think you will just walk away like that. (!....he surely got my attention this time)

Me: looking mightily puzzled....stares at him

Stalker: You are the love of my life (ha, this guy is serious oh!)

Me: What did you say?

Stalker: I said you are the love of my life. I have searched high and low for you (trips mehn..me i jus dey look, american wonder!)See, you may not remember this (he puts his hand in his jacket and brings out a photograph of me and shows it to me).

Me: (still staring at american wonder...i am so much in shock i cant even find a name for the psycho standing in front of me..) Where did you get this from??!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stalker: It is from over a year ago. It was a wedding you attended that you were a bridesmaid at. I didnt attend but I saw your picture while one of the photographers put it on display and I just had to have it and you in my life. I bought it and went to the church that the wedding was at for several weeks without seeing you. I asked people there who you were but they said they werent sure. There was another church close by so I started to attend there and later started to ask of you and a lot of people knew you. They told me you were no longer at that branch but at another branch, most people were not so helpful in telling me which branch it was but eventually I found someone who did. (Is this guy for real?) They pointed me towards this branch and after so long I found you

Me:You're joking right..This is a joke.

Stalker: (gets visibly upset) how dare you say I'm joking!! I kiss your picture every night (WHATTT? i seriously couldn't believe what i was hearing) I pray to God that one day we will be together forever, I sleep with your picture under my pillow..how can you call what I feel for you a joke (he is now angry and is very upset, he is not joking o...ehn...what do I do...psycho...I have watched too many american films o but I was not even close to america..where did they find this one?)

Me: I'm sorry I dont know you and I dont think we can spend a forever together. Your feelings are quite flattering but I am quite busy with a lot of things, I am not looking for a relationship

Stalker: I was made for you. I will wait for you, you're my angel. I dream of you

Me: (now upset and the thought of him lighting candles to my picture and doing 'juju' to it suddenly scared me, I shouldn't wake up one day and start professing love for Mr Psycho!) ehm, I'm sorry but I cant help you out, but I would like my picture back please

Stalker: (raising his voice) NO WAY!!! you are mine, i will make you mine. no one can have you. it has taken me this long to find you. your picture ke? it is mine....(he starts to rant)...

Twix comes and starts to ask what the problem was and I told her...

Twix: Haaa...is all she could say (she looks at him in amazement then retreats.. yep, we both watched those american films together so I guess she knew better ..lol..she went to get help)

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Her brother and the security guard of the church now came and started to talk to the guy (more like bullying). They told him not to show his face around the church or me again. I was quite shaken as he wasnt quite normal and I didnt understand the kind of 'love' he had for me, but men, I no like dt kain at all! Meanwhile, I never did collect that picture as he refused to let it go, we offered to pay him all sorts of money but when Twix's brother and the security man started to bully him, he walked away quick, holding onto the picture. I dont think I ever saw him but then I left for England not that long after.

People, esp. in Naija, if someone takes your picture at a wedding, make sure you purchase them all!!!! You dont want no psycho sleeping with it under his pillow!!

~Mimi~