My 2020: Just a normal day: A Young Nigerian Engineers' Day

tolustx (64)in Threespeak • 5 years ago

It was a tough battle before I made my entry. This is because I am not so good in front of a camera. That's why I am submitting my entry on the last day of the challenge. Many thanks to @anomadsoul @ocd-witness and @bloctrades for this amazing initiative for people all over the world to show how a normal day looks like for them.

As they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words". A video on the other hand, must be worth more than a million words. That's why there main content of my post are contained in the video.

Starting the Day

My day begins with my daily chores, a light breakfast of cereals (corn flakes, oat, wheat etc) or some pasta. Today, I chose to eat corn flakes, as it is fast to prepare and it is nourishing, especially with the milk.

Next is to check out to work. I am an Electrical Engineer, and I work with the Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is a property development and management company. We resume at the headquarters early in the morning and from there, we're conveyed in the company bus to the construction site where I work. I presently work at MTR Gardens, Isheri, which is situated in another town, about 55 miles away.

The Day's Work Perse

My duty on site is to supervise masons and artisans or contractors who are in charge of any craft to ensure that they conform to design specifications and that their job is completed in due time. This involves me moving from one place to the other as long as work is ongoing.

Ongoing Transformer Installation Within the Site

Ongoing Construction of Integrated Biofuel Sewage System

Lunch & Dinner

The challenge we have around our site is that you need to drive out to get good food. This is why we mostly make do with donuts and Kuku (or Zobo) drinks for lunch. Kunu is a locally made drink and it's made from millet, sweet potatoes, ginger, and so on. When this is mixed with evaporated milk, it becomes super rich, creamy and very nutritious.

Lunch

Dinner for me, is preferred heavy and eaten early. I am used to heavy indigenous dishes like yam flour, eba, wheat moulds, Fufu, and so on. Tonight, my wife prepared Semovita with Okro Soup. What a relief from the day's work. There's no better way to end the day.