"Dear Mr Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,
I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you for helping me out on court during your round 2 match. I'm not sure if you remember me but I was the ball girl you escorted off court.
I would also like to take the opportunity to apologize for the times when you asked for the ball but I did not service it to you or acknowledge you.
I had picked up a virus which I was unaware of and it caused me to become dizzy and lightheaded. This also affected my vision and hearing.
I apologize for not being able to perform my duties as a ball kid to the high standards that are expected.
Thank you so much for the kindness that you showed me. I really appreciate that you were able to see that I needed some help and were kind enough to escort me off court.
All the best,
Giuliana, AO Ballkid no. 180."
ICHEOKU says don't we all wish to once in a while be a recipient of such a hearty gratitude, whether in the form of a letter or otherwise; especially when it comes from the least expected quarters. The only problem is that so many of us do not work hard enough to earn such a lovely appreciation of us, for the little things we do or did which meant a lot to someone else; begging the question why has humanity left the human race? Sometimes too, we are rather too busy or not interested or not concerned enough to pay attention; or we just overlook it or look through people who indeed could use our help, regardless.
It goes both ways too because so many people who have benefited more than Giuliana took it for granted and walked away, leaving so many benefactors wondering if they owed the beneficiary the kindness and then becoming wary of doing same again. So, let us all learn to be a Giuliana as well as a Tsonga respectively today and do the much we can for one another and also show our gratitude for receiving such kindness. That way our world would be greatly improved and made a more livable place where kindness and gratitude reign supreme. The moral of this story is that a kindness showed today could be so handsomely rewarded tomorrow and Icheoku appreciates both Giuliana and Tsonga very much.
It goes both ways too because so many people who have benefited more than Giuliana took it for granted and walked away, leaving so many benefactors wondering if they owed the beneficiary the kindness and then becoming wary of doing same again. So, let us all learn to be a Giuliana as well as a Tsonga respectively today and do the much we can for one another and also show our gratitude for receiving such kindness. That way our world would be greatly improved and made a more livable place where kindness and gratitude reign supreme. The moral of this story is that a kindness showed today could be so handsomely rewarded tomorrow and Icheoku appreciates both Giuliana and Tsonga very much.
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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