''Hello My Darling"...2

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!! (Shaking my head vigorously) This is not your typical home video sequels:

The Dying King  - Part 1
The Dying King - Part 2
The King has died - Part 1 (a sequel to the Dying King Part 2)
The King has died - Part 2 (a sequel to the King has died Part 1)
The Dead King (a sequel to the King has died Part 2)

In order words, the movie has got 5 parts!!!

This is not some random Sunday fiction, I did encounter 'The Dying King' sequels (or should I say franchise?) when I visited Port Harcourt recently.

When I checked in at the Hotel in Port Harcourt, I quickly switched on the TV while I freshened up for the business meeting. The Dying King Part 1 was showing on Africa Magic.

After the meeting, I had to dash back to the Hotel to pick up some documents for the next business meeting...the Dying King Part 2 was on.

Meetings for the day done. Got to the Hotel for a quick nap and attend to my emails afterwards...The King has died Part 1 was on.

I wanted to have a power nap, but ended up sleeping for over 2 hours...The King has died Part 2 was on.

Done with my emails, dinner...slept off...woke up at 9:12pm to use the bathroom...The Dead King was showing...arrggghhhhhhh!!!!

Do people actually sit down to watch all these sequels when the plot of the movie is pretty much about how the King's only son 'in the abroad' could not ascend to the throne after his death? Oh my days!!!!

Don't get it twisted, I'm a huge Nollywood fan (though I have been struggling to finish a movie script since 2011 :-( ), but sometimes, some movies on Africa Magic no just dey try.

Back to Mr "Hello My Darling"...I had to let you know how the story ended abi? See them, already scrolling to the end of the blog post... :-)

Well, I ignored the chat messages and focused on studying the module description.
Then I got a notification on my University email account. The guy has sent an email! (If only I was this persistent with my life goals...)

You see, the student chat messenger is connected to the student email account created by the University. It was a no-brainer to reach me via email, considering I was ignoring his chat messages.

I opened the email...come and see orishirishi photos from the guy. Chai!
From posing in his Father's living room, to his latest mobile phone acquisition, to an exact model of my Dad's Peugeot 505...It just kept coming and I didn't know what to make of it.
Oh, did I mention he's Ghanaian?

I decided to ignore the emails and photos, like I did the chat messages. Silence they say is golden right? But there was something about his emails (besides the fact that they just kept coming) that made being silent about it absolutely impossible.
A quick fix...a quick email will cut it. Not a chat message, lest he thinks I'm encouraging an instant communication link between the both of us. I wasn't even patient enough to attach a subject to the email or a salutation:

"Charlie, this is not facebook. We're here to study...well, at least I am. If you need assistance with the study materials, kindly contact the course tutor. You can find his details on the VLE page. If you'll like to ask me questions relating to the course...let the classes begin first as I do not possess supernatural powers to assist you with any question you might have on a course that is yet to begin".

THE END.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY. (According to Nollywood, abi?)

The chat messages, emails and photos died a natural death. The power of an appropriate response shey?

Let me know what you think of my response to this in the comment section!
Have you had a similar experience? Do share! :-)

Till next week Sunday (God willing)...Whatever you are, be a good one.