The Diary Game: I Went To My Neighbour's Funeral 24/1/2026

Happy weekend, my friends. Someone in our neighborhood was being buried today, I went there together with my sister to bid the man farewell. You know one thing about Igbo funeral? No matter how moody everyone gets, we will certainly eat and forget about the deceased for a moment.

^{At the funeral}

A cooler filled with Nigerian jollof rice with two full chicken was brought to our canopy stand that we were barely up to 10, I had to sit well so I could be served. When they served me, I ate and asked for another plate, yes na, we are permitted to ask for extra plate if we are not satisfied. When we finished eating, I went back home, I like how the church conducted the funeral service, not more than 3 hours and everyone went back home exception of the people that stayed back for refreshments.

^{A big cooler of rice with two big chickens for our refreshments}

The man's son had so many male children and I think in total apart from the one that died few years ago, they are up to 5 boys and they rest pulled a moderate crowd to the funeral. They were entertaining giving their guests that came today. I loved the unity the family has that I stayed over here and I was just gushing over them, that's the same level of unity I and my brother's have.

^{The deceased children taking care of their guests}

The sun that came pursued me back home, so when I got to the house, I removed my clothes and hanged them outside for the sun to dry because there were some sweat on it. When I got inside, I took pillow and went to my mum's hut to go and sleep there for the afternoon. The hut no matter how hot the sun is remains very cold and that is why I do go there to sleep in the afternoon, I do tell my mum not to even think of demolishing the hut because it has been serving purpose.

When I woke up, I came outside and sat down while watching my mum peel cassava, when I tried to help, she said I should, anyways, the cassava were not much, it was for eating purpose and not for processing. That hot sun that didn't want anyone to stay outside flew when evening came.

^{Staying out after waking up from nap}

When I stood up there, I put water and went to the local bathroom to go and bath. When I got inside and I begin to bath, I saw a bird that came, the bird was big, I caught the bed and gave it to my nephew when I was done bathing. This is just an adventure for me, I mean, you can't even see this in the city, it is safe to say that city life is so boring.

^{Our locally bathroom}

When I finished bathing, I wore my clothes and went out to go and eat dinner that my mom prepared. When I ate the food, I came outside to sit and write my diary game. After this, I will be talking with my wife and son so that I will sleep peacefully tonight.