Tari: One Year On

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. ~ Job 14:14

I just feel like you're away on a long journey, remembering you on your day ~ Baloko Makala

I am just gonna paste a series of tweets from yesterday that I posted in memory of Ebitari Takenah. I thought I might write a little note in your honour but I just cannot summon the words. Rest on dear one.

Jay‏@joyness_247

The coroner said all your vital organs were of natural functional state and had nothing to do with your death so why did u have to go Tari?

Jay‏@joyness_247

You might not walk the earth anymore but u have been alive in my heart this past year, ur voice, ur smile, ha! Ur memories live on dear Tari

Jay‏@joyness_247

Time might deem the pain but the missing never lessens #TariOneYearOn

Jay‏@joyness_247

You were always so supportive of us your friends. As Sophie said, you knew how to see the lovable side in everyone u met. #TariOneYearOn

Jay‏@joyness_247

U were d only one that called me 'E'. I can still hear u on d phone, "Hello 'E'" u wld begin & we'll be on the phone 4 ages. #TariOneYearOn

Jay‏@joyness_247

Right after u left us, I got a msg from an unknown no with me addressed as E. I tot I was going loco, I kept saying, only Tari calls me that

Jay‏@joyness_247

It was actually Chinedu texting frm Ghana & I suppose he called me E becos he knew u did too. We were all so lost dat period #TariOneYearOn

Jay‏@joyness_247

Sleep on my friend. I pray dat when my time comes, I wld have made as much impact with the time I am given as u did with urs #TariOneYearOn

Random thoughts......

I recall as a kid that a man in my village became unpopular for engaging in money rituals just to buy the 80's edition of the Honda Prelude. You wouldn't buy that car for 50k today.

I remember as a kid, my whole street converged to watch a truck deliver a very large satellite dish to my neighbour's house. Today a dish one tenth that size delivers 5 times the value and is in almost every student hostel room.

What of the Volkswagen Santana, Mercedes Benz V booth, all overtaken by Camry and Honda discussions? .... Vanity.
A friend declared drinks for the boys because he just launched the Nokia Communicator for over a hundred grand in 2002. Today that phone would embarrass the owner and is a joke compared to the low cost and everyday phone.

People still make the most amazing sacrifices over the vainest of things, make enemies over worthless material things. What can I say? Look back at that one thing you want to kill or die for today and see what becomes of it tomorrow.
Slow down with the sense of attachment and blind pursuit of things, for today's gold is tomorrow's copper...

~ Anonymous