The Diary Game// 03-04-2024/My Experience at Sekona Market for the first time and getting sick

Morning

Wednesday started off with a good and calm weather. For couple of days now, we sleep and wake up to the rain. So, it comes as a surprise that everywhere is cool without the showers of rain hitting our roofs.

my tired face

After going through my morning routine of morning prayers and meditations for few minutes, I left to take my bathe to prepare for work.

It is true that nothing much is happening in school but we still have to come to sign in our attendance until the school is closed for the session as it it used to track the attendance and performance of staff for payment of salary.

To pass away time, we former a mini football team, some of the male teachers and male students pitcher against themselves while the remaining staff stood in as supporters and audience. The male staff won at a 3-2 scores.

Afternoon

While coming back, I took my colleague to a salon where they could have a hairdo. Going to market happens every 5 days, so one has to be vigilant for each market day within the village.

Fortunately for me, when I asked one of the neighbors who sells food stuff if she knew when the next market day would hold which she responded that it that day. So, I quickly prepared to follow her to the market since I've not been to the market before and would find it especially as a Corper and non-indigene.

We first stopped at a rice shop where various rice both local and foreign was displayed. The foreign were clean without stone while some on the local rice had lots of stone and chaff. I bought both the local and foreign rice.

Next stop was to buy beans and garri (fermented cassava). We encountered few challenges,

• There was a huge increase in the prices. Garri we buy at #800, is now #1200.
• the garri is not dry enough and won't be good for eating.
• The measuring bowl which traders used was small. We couldn't buy because it is a means for them to cheat you while gathering all the profit to themselves.

Finally, we settled on one who figured was better than the others. Thank God I went with an experienced trader who knew her way round the market, or I would have bought bad products.

Items	Prices
Rice	N10,000
Beans	N2000
Garri	N2200
Eggs	N1400
Egusi	N1200
Other Items	N6000
Transport	N1300
Total	N23, 000

Evening

I hopped on a call with my client in the evening, we had to work on the strategy he was using on Instagram, I pointed out what was working, and not working. How he can generate better engagement and generate leads from his target audience. My client was happy at the outcome of the meeting and expressed his gratitude.