a storm AND a tea cup!

We were crusing and the plane was dipping so i knew we were somewhere above the british isles. I looked out the window and i knew we DEFINITELY were back! Gloom and wet everywhere. I was in the economy (a.k.a the ekunle or backyard as a rough translation) section of the plane so this was where it was all happening. The plane was now starting to toss in the wind and our visibility had dissapeared in the fog. The young lady i had occupied myself with was telling me something about sefi atta although i wasn't particularly listening. My mind was calculating how i would lug my box to cardiff and if the best route would be gatwick-reading- cardiff or through london. Anyway, the plane started to shak really violently and turbulence started its thing. The seat belt lights came on and this time, everyone clipped them on straight away; yours included.
Prior to all of this, there had been (still went on till london actually) some fuss about tea accidentally pouring on a passenger, an Igbo woman who knew her rights! She gave em hell without coming across as obnoxious and unreasonable in the way Nigerians usually do on middle to long haul flights. Brings to mind declarations by the Minister of Aviation, Fani-Kayode who insists that British airlines ought to treat Nigerians better. How rich! Like we have much of a choice considering the fact that we haven't got a national carrier to call our own. Saw the man strutting through departures as i was boarding in Lagos, i hope someone told him their mind.
Anyway, as the plane vibrated, hot tea recieving Igbo woman had calmed down as the pilot apparantly tried to attempt a very patchy landing. As the plane vibrated, all on board started the usual blood of Jesus stuff, moslems and christians alike. At a point, the lady in front of me started leading some others in praises. If the atmosphere hadn't become so panicky, it would all have been rather funny. What WAS funny though was a Nigerian comedian on board who as it got really bad, put his head in his hands and i can swear started praying too! Ok Ok, after a while i got just as panicky and said i word or two but i somehow knew it would be fine in the end. Eventually, we landed and the plane erupted in applause (i hate that). You should have seen how fast eveyone deboarded! Nigeria appeared to have come back to the UK with me!