My Encounter with Chiwetel Ejiofor!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!! It's been a week since it happened but I'm still shaking with excitement! As in, tingly feet and fingers. Heart rate pumping, tummy filled with butterflies! It was certainly an experience. And it happened TWICE!!! Can you believe?!?!?!? It's not even like I had that big a crush on him before, but now........ OH MY DAAAAAAAAAAAAYS!!! Somebody give me a Chiwetel sandwich!

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Okay, let me calm down and tell you how it happened.

10 Things I Observed at the Wole Soyinka event - by Chee

Like I mentioned in my weekend post, Chee wrote about what she learned/observed at the Evening with Wole Soyinka event. I got her permission to share, so enjoy :)

I met Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday, and in less than 5 minutes I made some serious observations. I did not speak with him, nor did I get a PROPER picture with him, but my mind was definitely at work while he spoke, and I started to think what makes him sooooo different from any other person I have ever met. I guess I would call this:

10 THINGS I OBSERVED (AND AM ARTICULATING), OF THE TIME I MET PROF. WOLE SOYINKA

1. If you want to make a difference in life, you are called to STAND OUT not fit in. All of us trying to be a copy of a copy of a copy are diminishing our worth.
2. Fame (and fortune) will seek you when you are servicing a need that has not yet been met in society.
3. You have to unashamedly stand for what you believe in.
4. The mark of a great leader is by how many other leaders he helped build, not by how many followers he had. ‪#‎inspiresomeone‬
5. Don't be afraid to be controversial. That's probably the only way you will be heard.
6. Human worship is a sin, give honor to whom honor is due, but they ain't God tho!
7. Professor Soyinka can probably beat me in a 100m race. At 81, he looks really strong.
8. You will never know about something you don't know, until you seek to know. Have a healthy curiosity.
9. Wisdom and knowledge are two very different things. Seek to have both.
10. Above all, celebrate people while they are alive. Waiting for them to die before you celebrate their worth is almost an insult; in my opinion.

BAM! I think I wholeheartedly agree with everything she said. 

GUESS WHO I MET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this past Sunday, I went to church early for a class (that I struggled to stay awake through... the pastor's thoughts were moving faster than his mouth, so he kept jumping ahead to catch up to his mind, lol). Then it was time for regular church service. In the middle of praise and worship, I needed to visit the ladies room and off I went. I was washing my hands when two of my friends walked in, chattering excitedly. I asked what was going on and they said, "We just met Boris Kodjoe. He's having breakfast in the restaurant."

ENHHHHHHHHHHHHHH? BORIS KODJOE IS IN THE SAME BUILDING AS I AM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT?!?!?!?!?

*runs out of the bathroom and sprints to the restaurant with the silliest, goofiest, giddiest smile ever*

I walked straight to his table, not noticing the solider (personal security) that was with him.

Me: OMG, Mr. Boris Kodjoe. OMG
Him: *smiles*
Me: *CHINEKE, SEE SMILE, I can die happy*
Him: Hello, how are you?
Me: OMG, Mr. Boris Kodjoe. My friend said you were here. I'm so excited. OMG
Him: Haha, well it's nice to meet you *extends his hand*
Me: *ooooh, his hand is soo soft* Nice to meet you too! OMG! Ooh, can I get a picture?
Him: Well I'm in the middle of eating, but if you're here when I'm done, sure.
Me: *FUDGE MUFFIN!* Of course, of course, silly me. Well it's nice to meet you. Welcome to Nigeria.
Him: Thank you
Me: *skips off slightly embarrassed, and wondering whether to stalk him until he's done with breakfast or go back to church service*

I went back to church service, asking myself why I was more excited about Boris Kodjoe, than being in God's presence. Then I felt a little ashamed and focused on worship, instead of plotting how to go back out just in time for Boris Kodjoe to finish breakfast.

*some of my friends DID catch him after he was done and got pictures with him. I'm jealous, yes I am.*

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