An African Countess' Blog

LIVE THE VERY LIFE YOU LOVE. Oh how I love the Fast and Furious franchise! Well, I don't watch a lot of movies, so I don't have so many favourite ones... Oh how I love the cars, the races, the battles... I love how friends became 'family', I love how everyone gave his very best to every 'one last ride' ; even Roman ( the double Alpha/Joker ). Oh how I LOVED Paul. When his death was announced, it hit me as badly as it would have if I'd known him personally. So when the latest installment, Paul's last movie, was released, I deliberately didn't read reviews, I didn't even watch the trailer because I didn't want no spoilers . So, the first time I saw it, you can imagine that I watched every scene with trepidation, anticipating how Paul's character, Brian O'Conner, would be killed... Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) wrote these words : Fading away like the stars of the morning, Losing their light in the glorious sun— ...

  I'd seen him on TV a lot of times, and his performance was always stellar. Without fail. I'd heard my Dad talk about him a couple of times, (they worked together in NTA for so many years) and he always had nice things to say about him. ALWAYS. His daughter, Funto was in my class in Secondary School (in fact, her seat was just in front of mine) and I remember a certain Val's Day, he sent her some Val gifts and I was totally in awe 'cause that wasn't something I was very familiar with... :) ...And then, I landed my first major MC job: The Pepsi/Mirinda 50cl Launch in Kwara (I can't exactly remember how it was phrased)  and guess who I was blessed to be co-hosting with; BENKAY!!! I was age 19/20 and I was soooo nervous, you can't imagine. There were so many much older people there, in fact, I had to invite my friend Femi (Phera), so at least I'll know there was someone I know in the audience; but then he was... I can't even start to...