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Episode - 6 "self treaty"  
On a cool calm morning, after a heavy rain in the early hours, I laid in bed thinking the best recipe for a "my kind of morning" dish. And I thought to myself, maybe, just maybe 'Akara and Akamu' (without milk), just sugar would be perfect. I stopped one to think about making it myself, but I may starve before I finish the preparation. So it stepped off my bed for the nearest local breakfast spot. Nma Tedus, a local who own a little joint for mainly local dishes and palm wine. A typical African spot where one could listen to the funniest jokes, and the wisest saying.
That was where I saw Mr obiugwu and Mr wale for the first time, they both are different personalities but had something in common, palm will and local Gin. Mr obiugwu is a short and rounded man, his voice was like the sound of an old model speaker on loud volume, people thought it was his excessive consumption of palm wine that destroyed his vocal cords. Mr wale on the other hand was from the western part of East-west Africa, well grounded in vocabularies. When these two get drunk, what a pleasant scene it is to behold. Mean while I needed placed my breakfast order and wait for any entertainment session from the two men but non of it came. So I went home calmly and treated myself to a very satisfying and rejuvenating 'Akara and Akamu. "no milk"! Just sugar.😊
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