Interviews. Fall 09

Interviewing mom/ dad over the phone str8 from Naija... Recorded Telephone conversation:Me : I am doing an assignmeent for class and I need you to tell me what I was like before six years old? Can you do that?. Mommy: (Laughing) Okay. Mommy/Daddy:(Dad was in the background) You were a character! You were exremely entertaining! Although you were a kid, u had a fast and sharp response for everything. When the driver would bring you home from school and neighbors saw you they would say, "APATA" (Which was teh name of my school at the time; it is one of the best primary schools in Nigeria)your response would be "APATA, Iyanlaya e!"(Your mothers, mother is Apata... doesn't sound so good translated, but it is a verbal insult) Everyone knew you and some of them you didn't know; but they love you! Some people still ask about you. Any where you went you stood out! You liked dancing and listening to things... you would listen to the tele; but you never sat and watched it much. The only way we knew you were listening because you would repeat things from the tele like commercials, or a funny part of the showing. You were nice most of the time, but when people upset you, you were abusive(this does not mean physically violent, it means verbeally). Other than that you were friendly, you like to mingle with people and ask A LOT of questions, some times I would beg you to be quite because you asked people real personal questions and it was embarassing at times.(Laughed) With the other kids I would bribe them with food and candy to get them to listen, but you hated food we had to beg you to eat and you would fight and cry becuase you didn't want to eat. You were quite, but you were always listening to people's conversations, even when they thought you were not listening. You were very caring and helpful, sometimes I think you tried to protect other people before you thought about yourself, none of your siblings were like that, it was always ME ME ME! (Laughing) If someone said they wanted to do something; you would get up and go do it for them. They were usually shocked, because they could not believe you were listening to them.(Laughing) You like to dance and dress up, you were very (Oman shebi omo obirin gon.= prissy) and you got a lot of attention.You read a lot, you love to do math problems and you like studying. Your teachers usually made comments like she is a very smart girl, she learns quickly. Her attitude is dominating, and she can be very mean at times, when people upset her. This assignment was fun. It had me laughing so hard becuase a lot of what they said is still what I do and who I am today.


Interview of Five Friends..


What do you think are my gr8est gifts and strengths?


Wale I. says, " you have potential and ability to be a great leader, you are very bold, honest and hardworking..."

Fat Salami says, "You are dignified,determined, generous, independent dependable and you are a leader."

Rukiat Lawal says,"You're strength is that you are determined. You're gift is that your always kind and helpful to others.

Chavonna says, "Your greatest strength is that your highly confident and your gift is that you're very strong."

Wale E. Says,"Um, I gave it some thought and I think your strengths are you're:  outgoigng and adventurous, smart and SAvvy, independent minded and forward looking.

Interviewing my friends this year and reviewing my previous interview, I see that I am known for being determnined and helpful. :)

What I did this weekend that I have not done in a long while:

This weekend I hung out with my childhood friends  and discussed long excessive memories of each other.

So during last class activities I concluded that I like to engage in challenging activities. I and 3 other friends visited a gun range in Indiana; They all shot the guns,but me, I chickened out and was on the verge of bursting in tears.