MY DATE, MY FRIEND, MY SPOUSE, SERIES TWO.
Dressed in red, white, purple, green, black and even yellow dresses, suits, skirts, tops and trousers, the singles of St. Augustine catholic chaplaincy Akoka, marched to St. Finbarrs hall Akoka on the 19th of February by three pm (3pm) for the Valentine’s day event for the singles.
The event commenced with the red carpet interviews, rocking their heels, flats, sandals and palms the singles posed for pictures with smiles on their faces and anticipation in their hearts. The event officially started with the opening prayer by the chaplain Rev. Fr Wisdom Chikezie, the chaplaincy anthem led by Ngozi Onuegbu, the welcome address was given by Rev. Father Wisdom Chikezie, talks were given, games were played, performers performed. This is generally what happened.
Now, I’m going talk about them in details.
- THE TALK: This event was so beautifully organized that the committee went as far as bringing a UK certified life coach Tunji Babajide to talk to the singles,
and I must say the man brought his A-game. He spoke to us about emotional preparedness saying that relationship begins with true friendship, high self esteem and self believe which the couple must have and understanding. Then a relationship that will work is one that has commitment exhibited by the couple, patience, forgiveness, endurance and delayed gratitude, these are also characteristics of true love. He also spoke about trust, telling us about the signs of trust and the meaning of trust. He ended the talk saying that “what oxygen is to a human being, is what trust is to a relationship”
- GAMES: In order to ensure the singles mingled with each other the singles had a networking session,
where the singles were to meet each other and get to know them selves better, And if you think “they could just leave the hall and come back later” you are wrong, because the doors were shut and the ushers didn’t let anyone leave, believe me I tried. Now this networking session led to a game where singles were asked questions about the people they networked with and the winners were Pascal Izuchukwu Chikezie and Chinaza Vivian Eneh. Then there was the blindfold game, where comedian Mc Mayor with all confidence volunteered himself and his date and won beating six other participants. The games where hilarious and so fun watch.
- PERFORMANCES: Sunday Okeke, Valentina Okosun, and Oscar Placid-Anum performed. Though with all
honesty the highlight of the event was MC Mayor, I am used to comedians coming up on stage and cracking jokes that are so dry or annoying that you just give them a laugh so they will go home with something, but not MC Mayor, I laughed so hard that tears were streaming down my eyes and I nearly choked on my rice, that I stopped eating all together. Yes, ladies and gentlemen he was that funny.
Considering the fact that the event took place in Nigeria, NEPA took the light interrupting what promised to have been a beautiful dance number by Nkechi Mbe and Aaron Omorodion which led to the closure of the event, the vote of thanks was given by Lawrence Chikezie and the closing prayer by Rev. Fr Wisdom Chikezie.
I didn’t attend the first series of my date, my friend, my spouse so I can’t make any comparison between the two, but I can say that this being my first I was impressed and I’m glad I did not miss it.
If it’s because of money that you didn’t attend I pray that next year you will be able to attend it because I know that God will not hesitate to provide.
If it’s because of time or you had another program planned, my advice to you is too clear the whole of February next year.
If you didn’t have any fancy clothes to wear, please next year wear what you have people came with Ankara trousers and a top, people wore palms and sandals and they were not denied access, so please come next year.
If it’s the food, we were served well by the beautifully dressed ushers, making us feel like a VIP’s.
I want to thank the committee for organizing this event beautifully, Fr. Wisdom for being awesome, when I heard he was going to come I was like he just coming to observe but that’s not what he did, he participated well, looking handsome in his cooperate attire and wearing that contagious smile on his face. I also want to thank the media team for their support. This event was awesome.
My Date My Friend My Spouse Series 2, didn’t leave the lips of the singles as they left for their homes and it still won’t leave their lips for weeks to come.