Jamais vu 1

Jamais vu- /jamais vu/- A state of being unfamiliar with something you should be familiar with, the opposite is Deja vu.

Women are amazing beings created by God,delicate,beautiful and with a reservoir of inbuilt strenght  and as men,we find them to be sometimes complicated,amazing and downright shocking that you begin to ask yourself if when it comes to women,you sometimes find yourself in a state of jamais vu.

It is no longer news that the world is gradually recovering from recession and that I've been job hunting for a while now, so when my lovely brother QT announced to me that there was going to be an audition for an on air personality at Fleur FM in abuja,though,quite hesitant to go because I had thought about the idea of presenting on radio and the idea scared me a little,I agreed to go in order to challenge myself and prove to myself that I could tackle anything and take on the world.

"So is the audition going to be on air?"


Hamz asked as I put on my silk,white shirt with knitted front and looking for my suede shoes,I took deep breath as if been reminded again that am going for an audition and slugging it out with lots of other people for just 3 slots

"I really don't know and I doubt if it's going to be on air because am sure they wouldn't want to embarrass anyone on air"

I said,instinctively raising my eyebrows,I stretched my shirt,did some last minute checking and got set to leave,Hamz gave me a hug,wishing me goodluck

It took me forever to locate the station which when I eventually did is located almost at the end of town by a hill and their mast sitting right atop the hill,I had thought I was already late and would be turned back giving the sea of heads I saw at the station's premises,I wanted to turn back the moment I stepped in as I felt a hundred gaze burn through me,it felt surreal,I imagined what celebs go through with all the screaming fans and flashbulbs of cameras but I swallowed hard and tried to be brave and stepped in,I could barely lift my leg from seeing people smile and slowly shaking their heads,probably at the rate of umemployment in the country and honestly,I agree,obviously,not everyone present there are presenter material,I had to hold myself from laughing seeing some people looking like a goth,different girls cladded in skimpy,club attires hoping to what? Blow the minds of the interviewers? Whom they weren't sure what sexes they are.

I approached the receptionist and just as I thought,I was late and sadly told me I had to go back but I whipped out my charming smile even though I knew she must have seen enough hot guys and too tired by now to care,I asked her if it would  be ok for me to wait and see if I would be given a chance after all the crowd had been interviewed,she smiled,looking at me as though I had lost my mind or had no better thing to do at home,she shrugged and wrote my name on the last list, number fifty two,I sighed and with a see of gazes following me,I walked to the balcony,greeted some people who were there and squeezed my way to sit on the railing

After about 3 hours,during which some people had left out of annoyance and feeling stressed,it finally got to my turn and with my heart beating so hard I feared it would jump out and feeling deathly hungry,I walked into the air conditioned room where the interviewers were,I sat down on the enveloping leather sofa and they asked to know me and other general interview questions after which,having successfully wowed them,they asked me to proceed upstairs for a voice recording,I was ecstatic and afterwards,I was told for me to fully qualify,I would be given a challenge,I had to go into town,interview people on any set questions bothering on anything fun and hip and I would present on air and the recorded tapes of my sojourn through town would be played and I must submit in a week.

The intensity my challenge posed didn't occur to me until I was halfway home at the baskseat of my cab,it then dawn on me that I am shy and approaching people to interview them would be quite uneasy for me,I started seeing all the negatives of being an on air personality,chief amongst them is the fact that there is no holiday,I would always be at work,even on weekends ,oh lord,I grumbled and I just thought to myself that I wouldn't show up.

On getting home,while having dinner of rice and meat which to my profound shock,I learnt Hamz prepared, Ssshhh! The rice was a little soggy and the meat close to tasting burnt,lol I told mom all about it and she tasked me to take it on

"Even if you wouldn't do the job,take on the challenge,get out of your comfort zone a little,push the boundaries abit,don't just be complacent in your area of expertise and thankfully,your degree allows you to be flexible,you can work virtually anywhere,so just do it,even if it sucks,you would know you tried and it would be a memory that would be with you forever and most importantly,you would learn from the experience"

Oh I love my mom,not only is she trying to be cool,I mean,which mom these days use the word "sucks" but she also has a way of making something so scary seem so little and trivial,I squeezed her hand and told her thanks.

Jason came to my house the next day and together,we were brainstorming over possible topics for me to delve into for my radio challenge and he suggested domestic violence

"I think that's just too sad and even though it's radio and their face isn't seen,most women wouldn't want to admit to being abused,especially to a young guy like me" I said

"Well you have a point,ok,what about the issue of the gay bill?" Jason suggested

"Ah na! It's too sensitive and I don't want tempers flying" I responded

Finally,after what seemed like forever,I settled on what women really want in bed,we all know women sometimes if not most times fake orgasms,so what do women really like in bed

Well,you all still wondering why I called this piece jamais vu? Lol, like its definition,it is a state of being unfamiliar with something you ought to be familiar with.

Women are beautiful,sensitive and soft,but they always give us men reason to astound us,watch out for jamais vu 2

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