THE COOKING COMPETITION

Growing up I always loved to cook and yeah I was good enough. Even as a child I'd cry so much till my mum lets me help in the kitchen

I would spill oil all over the place and on my body too.

According to my mum I'll always say, mummy I'm sorry I won't do it again but there was always an again

I loved the kitchen so much that I almost got drowned in a bucket filled with water while I was little, my mum had to discard all the buckets and replace them with big cans cause she couldn't stop me from entering the kitchen

Part of the things I loved to do most was cook and apart from my personal page on Instagram and Facebook I also created a food page where I posted some of the meals I prepared, yeah I was also creating content

I once contested in an online food competition that was organized by golden penny and I won the first position

All we had to do was cook a meal with any of golden penny products and post the picture online

I was scared but with the help of my roommate Ama I conquered my fears

She accompanied me to the market where we bought vegetables and chicken

It had to be a superb pasta so we bought all the nice ingredients and more

After I finish cooking we had to take the plate of food and our table outside in the sun just to get a good picture, it was really necessary.

We put in so much effort to get out there and win something

My vegetable pasta and chicken was so yummy that I wished the judges were there in person to taste it ,I called home and sent them pictures too

Although I wasn't expecting the first place but then I was so excited when I got my money prize and some golden penny products too

After that I had the courage to register for other cooking competitions

I wasn't able to do much cause most of them required that I travel and camp in with them

I couldn't leave school so those ones were ruled off

My roommate was usually not around cause she would visit her boyfriend most times, I was a typical example of a Lone Ranger

I was used to it already so it wasn't much problem at all

I got myself occupied reading books, watching movies, just relaxing

Most times I'll just fold my clothes again just to pass time

I stayed at the first floor and my hostel was a three story building so it was a nice view from my room

In the evening I'll just sit at my balcony and enjoy the view

I was usually online when I had enough data, mostly when I'm alone, really bored or needed distraction

One evening I received a message notification from Instagram on my personal page

I was so engrossed in what I was watching that I didn't bother to check who it was from.