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the day I drank garri inside a cup laced with an antiseptic soap.

I never knew such was inside the cup, but I don already pour garri and na my last cup of garri be that... oboy I just drink am like that ni o

the kind wayo wey my throat do me that day hen

Madibah:


Yes o
Garri looks like jollof to me that week
I had to learn how to drink semovita

Wassup brah how ya doing over there

If I talk my own all of una go donate money for me out of pity but m not a beggar
Shit happened in 2018 story for another sha..

Olayinka8793:
I don't think l have ever been broke in the true sense of the word in my entire adult life as l am still single with no marital responsibility and my modest barbing saloon business ensures that money flows in everyday, no matter how small even if na 1k l made on a particular day.
But l ed when l was still a teenager that just finished secondary school and went to live with an elder bro of mine in another state.
As per say l dey live with him and depend on him those times, it is not funny at all anytime he goes broke cos the type of job he does is not one that bring money consistently.
I don experience bastard hunger so tey l ate nothing from morning to night with no hope for the next day.
I don drink garri thrice a day for two days straight until God saw us and provided money for better foodstuff.
We bought foodstuffs on credit so much such that shame always catch me whenever l am sent on errand to buy garri on credit.
I no longer live with him sha and things are much better for him and me too. My greatest wish is that non of my future kids ever experience the type of sufferness and hunger l experienced, reason why l am hustling so hard now before even thinking of girlfriend despite being 27 years old.
God no go shame us.

We shall raise our cups to the goog life, shortly

From the deepest part of our hearts, we say a very big thank you. You truly one of a kind. God's continuous blessings and may He continuously enrich your pockets. Amen! @ orezimena28 nnamdiosu and chatinent

chatinent:

What changed?

I don't get.

DavidEsq:

Na this kain story pastor dey use deceive person, collect seed faith. "A brother the oda day shared a story with me ...................".

Hahaha...but that's not fair. Life is deep and no one can tell tomorrow.

chatinent:



Please manage the token I sent.

May Almighty Allah bless you for helping this guy, may God bless me so that we can be competing in helping people here.

I drank Expired Garri Igbo for one week.
It was tasting like cement

HomerTimpson:
2k small ? You sef That's like 20k bro my bro will almost faint for joy when he hear this. I'll never forget this bro (2082538282 adesanya sijuade zenith bank)

I sent you something this morning. I hope things get better for you.

During my undergraduate years precisely 300L I was so broke, I had no dime, I had only the smallest semovita is it 1kg or 2kg they call it.

I would make that semo like pap and that was what I drank for almost a week without sugar, I used to take it around 4 in the afternoon so that i would not be hungry later in the day
I was depressed those moments nothing was working I felt like giving up.


God has been good to me so far thank you Jesus for ur grace and mercy.

Majority of my last 2 years till now is my worst broke moment...I can't take myself out, can't others, barely get by. in fact having a woman in my life is something I can't afford anytime soon.

Back in 2014 February I had #70 as my last bar for 1week. I was drinking garri with #10 groundnut per day

Today I am posting this with Samsung S20 5G

I don't know but this thread just dey make me laugh, my present condition now na yawa.. Woke up this morning not knowing what my family will eat today,i enter street start to dey Waka person wey I been help with 500h naira last month see me today ask me why my face dey down .Long story short I told him my condition and he gave me 5k.. No matter the challenges we face God will always be there for us.

I did Tanke sir at UNILORIN....

One day, at Lagos....

I had a friend from Ekiti, Seun, a Barber....

I went to go see him at Dopemu.

Turned out he was arrested two weeks earlier by a govt agency for opening his shop on environmental day.... he was imprisoned for d whole 2 weeks, he really had no family in Lagos, he was released broken and very hungry.... the day he was released was d day I incidentally went to see him.... He was happy but I was very sad for him.... I had to give him all the change I had on me including my T.fare.... I trekked home to Captain, Via Abule Egba from Dopemu.... I thought about a lot of things on the way.... I saw a lot of things, it was a long distance but my mind was preoccupied.... He was detained for more than 24 hours without being given any reasonable food, he was so weak he couldn't sit up....

I got home very late, It was a great experience....

Madibah:


Yes o
Garri looks like jollof to me that week
I had to learn how to drink semovita

Hahahah semo what?

May all of us never experience better yesterday by the special grace of God.All i know is brokenness fit make a man craze and like the popular saying 'an hungry man is an angry man'.

stinjoe:
Good morning Sir. Here is my.

Sent you something. Please manage it and keep on believing what's on your signature. God will surely answer you soonest

This Corona lockdown period...

We thank God though... It was also a blessing in disguise.

Trekked and trekked , drag garri with my wife, na then I understood what is called broke... May Corona lockdown never repeat itself again

To think I'm still in school when ASUU is yet to call off strike coupled with my state of brokeness chaii. What doesn't kill me will make me stronger. Garri will remain a blessing to me. Thank God for the game of chess. It has really kept me going through this period just to while away time and hope for a better tomorrow. Being broke I feel will make me never take little things for granted. There's light at the end of the tunnel. God dey. Airtel thank you for free opera mini..

I *invested* in MMM, all the money I had ..haha

We all know how the ting go!

Was in poly then,2013 to be precise.....all I had on me was just #10.....plus two cups of rice without ingredients.....not even matches the painful part was that it was barely the 14th day of the month,and would only receive my monthly stipend by month end.......

even phone to call my p.man self wasn't available........chai..I no dey ever forget that day en

Cool

today marks my 1 year on nairaland lol

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quisera:
Happened 2017 during NYSC
I invested all my money in MMM naso MMM crash with my past, present and future savings NYSC loan wey I take to invest also. I almost died. Was left without a dime and all my paddy travel leave me base on August holiday, I was left all by myself with one Yoruba flatmate wey broke me. The saving grace I had that period was the vegetables and corn the indigenes planted round my lodge. Come see as I turn vegetarian automatically, surviving on corns and vegetables. Me and my guy eat without hope of the next meal, na as we see nai we dey chop. The guy man no fit bear the hunger again nai he zab leave me na once automatic fever hold me, I sick once. Laslas sha I got to control babe come, na she come survive me dat period. She was my saving grace. As my Yoruba guy hear say babe don show (base on say he knows she always come loaded) nai the idiot come back come follow me dey chop wetin she bring after leaving me to suffer alone. I told her to make sure she didn't give him anything to eat but base on good girl wey she be she had to plead with me to let it go.
I suffer that period sha

You're just a stupid tribalist... Why don't u just say flatmate, instead of mentioning Yoruba all the time? Who asked you for someone's tribe? After saying trash, your people will complain of being marginalised, not knowing it's your tribalist orientation that's limiting you in life.

You're a disgusting human being...

chatinent:

Mine: To cut it short, mine was a day I'll never forget. A bank rubbbished me by blocking my and giving me procedures plus I was in a new location.


That very day made me realize that food is the only necessity in life. Hungered for three whole days! Was literally shaking like a drunken master. All my legs felt numb. I began ing the good old days I ate good food.

Lol,,,,

If I were you, having confirmed by the staff that I really have some money in my , I would make sure I don't leave them until one of them help me with some money for food ooo

I've never been broke

Waiting for nysc final allowee for 3 weeks for them to pay. I ate and managed my last post of beans and garri for close to one week. Thank God we don't look like what we have been through.