If you are familiar with Tope, you will notice that troubles always follows him no matter how little or irrelevant the issues are, as far as Tope get involved, the end product is always wahala. This resulted that when the matter of "Higgledy-Piggledy House" happened, I just knew within me that Tope will be involved in this issue.
The incident all started this faithful Friday Afternoon in Kwara State. There is a way this Kwara sun always hit you so different that you will begin to wonder whether the sun is keeping malice with you. This was the faithful day that Tope choses to decorate his Apartment in Ilorin. Well and according to what he said, he felt his apartment is getting boring and looking old to him and so he want something new. Trust me, looking at the apartment, it is hard for me to believe Tope but well who am I to actually argue since it is his apartment. Tope has been my long padi for years and like how it is done, I must always support my own PADI no matter the situation. That is the code of brotherhood.
"Ade, I have big desire for this my house o", Tope said, wearing a white singlet that has faded. That kind of singlet that has saw hardship even more then the Nigerian Economy.
"Tope, wait o, This your apartment is already disorganised ooo. Omo, how you wan scatter am again?"
"Ade, you sha don't worry. Trust the guy you have" he responded. That is just something special about my guy Tope. When it comes to that confidence, he never lacks it even though sometimes it is misplaced confidence.
By 12pm, both of us are already in deep confusion. We have successfully drag the bed to the centre of the room and we have positioned the two chairs to face each other. Tope was trying to nail the mirror at the right side of the room to the wall.
"Tope, abeg, wetin we dey do self? This thing is not balanced at all," I said as I was trying really hard to stop the act of madness and confusion we were trying to put on.
"Ade, Leave me o and you just watch, you lack creativity. Na like this Europe people dey do am. Have you take a look at houses in Canada before?"
"I was surprised. Tope! which Europe, which Canada are you talking about, have you even been to Cotonou before talking less about mentioning Canada?"
"As I was just about continuing, the stone fall from Tope hand and mirror followed by crashing down to pieces.
"Chaiii Omo! Tope, everything don spoil like this now!" I exclaimed.
Tope trying to mutter some words in stammering tone "Eh! But no be my fault na as he looked around trying to think what next step to take.
Before we could even continue and trying to find the next thing to do, we heard a knock at the door. It was our neighbour actually, Mama Bimbo as she was holding a broom but she was not looking very friendly in her facial expression.
"Tope!!!!" She shouted at the top of her voice. "Why are you guys making noise?, why are you guys disturbing the neighborhood with your noise?.
As Tope trying to reply to her by explaining. "Mama Bimbo, it is not what you think ma, I and Ade was just trying to fix this house. Like kind of spin some rearrangement work."
"Rearrangements?" She responded and you have scatter all the place much more looking so disorganised! Or are you guys doing higgledy-piggledy here.
"Mama Bimbo, no be wetin you dey think oo. Na just small redecoration work we wan do here. " Tope responded to her as he was trying to calm her down but Mama Bimbo always been known as iron lady will not have that settlement.
"Ade! Tope!, if anything break or fall again in this compound, na landlord go settle our matter for us oo" She said as she walked back to her apartment.
Immediately she left, Tope turned to me. "Guy, This thing looks like it wouldn't work o. The house is just scattering the more."
"Tope, shey I no tell you ni since?"
Tope still been optimistic was not ready to accept defeat for his decision. "Na wetin we go do be this, we will just try another approach. How you see am Ade?"
Looking around the room to make sure there is no more disaster again. "Oya na, make us try this new approach" I responded.
But even with the second approach, the room was still looking more disorganised.
"You see Tope, let's just make sure we clean this before before it eventually turns to the museum of higgledy-piggledy."
Tope laughed. "Ade, don't worry, we go fix this thing today. Trust me creativity."
That was actually how we use the whole day to clean up the mess we caused and trying to at least restore some order and organisation back to Tope apartment. At the end of the day, if there was just a word for me to describe Tope and his creative ideas, it is to be called higgledy-piggledy