"I can relate with your excitement as a child when you and the rest of your family moved to Edmonton—and my goodness, your story gave me a good laugh," Uzo writes. (I was 9 when we moved and I had told Uzo that I was so fascinated with the flush toilet that I got up several times to use it until my mother finally told me to get back to bed and stay there.)
"The day I left Mambilla plateau," he adds, "I was so eager to browse the Internet, to watch TV, and to enjoy other modern conveniences. That night in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba, I couldn’t sleep; even as an adult, I was so excited about just everything. Everything looked new. I remember I did stare at the bulb in my room from time to time, praying it stayed that way—that it continued to shine its yellow light (the country’s electricity generation has barely improved since then)."
How lucky we are to have power we can count on.
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We are so lucky to have so many modern conveniences. Often we don't appreciate them until they're gone.
ReplyDeleteSo true, Anneli. Turn off the power and see how quickly everyone would line up to complain.
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