Using the words of Robert Frost “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
On
the seventeenth day of April, thirty-two years ago, it was a good Friday, I was
born into the Adenuga family. My father is a retired soldier and my mum is a
retired teacher. We are four, two boys and two girls. I have two elder ones and
one younger sister.
I
lived with my grandmother for the first four years of my life. I spoke the
Ijebu language as my first language. At four years old, I could only speak and
understand the Ijebu language, this must have given my parents concern and they
decided it was time for me to leave for Lagos. This wasn’t a welcomed idea for
me as I resisted it by every means I could. Thankfully, they succeeded in
bringing me to Lagos.
I
was enrolled at Command Children School, Bonny Camp in Victoria Island where I
had my nursery and primary education. The first few years in school were quite
eventful; I didn’t understand English, so I was a bit aggressive with my
classmates. Well, I found mathematics less burdensome with respect to language
so I deliberately increased my aptitude for numbers to cover up my deficiency
in English. Consequently, I won several prices in mathematics all through
primary school and even secondary school as well.
From
Command Children School, I proceeded to Ijebu Ode Grammar School for my
secondary school education. UP JOGS!!! Concluding my secondary school education
I chose to study Geophysics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun
state where I earned my Bachelors degree. I completed a Masters degree
programmed in Petroleum Geoscience from the Institut Francais du petrole in
France.
I
am a Christian...I believe in Jesus Christ.
I
am a husband...I am married to an angel, Omodele,...so heaven is my home...I
consider her to be a born and definitely qualified and trained educator. Of
course, this could equally mean that I am her permanent student. We have been
married now for six years.
I
am a father... We are blessed with two children, I call them princesses,
Ileriifeoluwa (the promise of God’s love)-who will be 5 in August- and
Iyanuoluwa (the wonder of God) -who will be 4 in September-...maybe you didn’t
figure out, she is the wonder of God as she was conceived barely three months
after the delivery of her sister...I guess that makes me a top striker.
I
currently work as an Exploration Geophysicist with a multinational oil &
gas company and I have been working for over six years now.
I
am an investor...I study and carefully develop investment skills and act
promptly on calculated risk opportunities as well. I have been investing in the
stock market since I was nineteen. I know some of you may be wondering if I was
hit by the last stock crash, NO...but that is a story for another day. I am
gradually learning the real estate investments...I know some few tips, but
would not claim to be a master yet.
I
am a mentor and dream coach...I consciously impact essential life principles to
people fortifying them for the challenges of life. There are people younger and
older that I try my best to ensure that they fulfil the best life has to offer
them.
I
blog as well...and my blog address is joadenuga.blogspot.com. It is titled
Precious Possession; you may want to see if there are one or two things you can
learn from it. Besides, this speech will be posted today, so get your copy.
I
am an intending author...my goal is to publish my first book this year, we’ll
see.
I
am a farmer at heart...I love the concept of farming especially animal farming,
raising livestocks...chicken, goats, pigs, cows, rabbits, grasscutters, snails,
fishes and so on...I equally love pets, you need to see the expression of my
wife whenever I talk of the possibility of having 10dogs!
For
sport, I walk, I take long walks, short walks...ok...and I also play tennis. I
try to play at least once a week on the average.
Finally,
I speak Yoruba, English and French. I can mutter some words in Igbo, Hausa,
Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German and recently Chinese.
A
statement that could summarize a guiding principle for my life is that the
quality of a man’s life is not in the duration but in the donation of it.
That
is Me in Minutes, Mr Toastmaster.
