“This would have been a vacation like no
other” lamented Kunle who was on all expense trip to London city. Kunle’s boss
was travelling to see his family members who were resident in the United
Kingdom and this was to last for two weeks.
The London trip was Kunle’s 2nd visit
abroad, the first one was with his school academic club back in the secondary
school. They were conveyed with the school bus just across the Seme border of
the republic of Benin. This trip to London afforded him the opportunity to see
a new environment, learn new things and if possible make new friends. The all
expense trip turned out to be ‘not- so- all’ expense after all, Kunle’s boss Mr.
Dimeji paid for the travel costs,
feeding and accommodation, all other frivolities were to bore their hole in
Kunle’s pocket.
The boss stayed back at home to spend
quality time with his family while Kunle
was left to his own devices to explore the city of London. Everyday Kunle set
out, visiting parks, and historical places, but one problem remained- not
enough pictures to show for his exploits. Everyone was in groups and packs,
Kunle was easily the only one spotted alone, no friends, no family. Even the
‘Selfie stick’ didn’t prove much of a companion. Yea it helped him take amazing
‘Selfies’ but that was nothing compared to the full pictures that someone else
would have captured. Wandering around the city, sometimes it was difficult to
locate some places as he had no access to internet outside the hotel room, so
‘Google map’ wasn’t much of a friend. How better else to get lost than with a
companion. Then it hit him, pangs of loneliness, twists in his tummy and
painful homes in his heart. Moments like this, place like this are supposed to
be shared with loved ones. Strings of beautiful moments would have been knitted
into lasting memories but here he was. Alone and lonely.
In life, one way or the other we need
people, we need each other. No matter how accomplished we are, it doesn’t
matter the amount of affluence we live in. life is incomplete without people to
share it with. Live an amazing life, get close to people, network. Live to
leave ‘HEARTPRINTS’.
