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My Market Tour Experience
Hello Peeps!I hope you all had a great day! On my part, my day was fun-filled so, I will be sharing with you some of the activities that made my day. 
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Let's get started...

So today, I visited the market where I'm temporarily residing in the Eastern part of Nigeria. By the way, I'm currently serving my country in a programme named 'National Youth Service Corp' It's an age-long programme in the country where College graduates are sent out to various parts of the nation to give back to the society via various means. Some are sent to schools to teach in the classrooms while some graduates are sent to work in either government or private firms. 
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As part of my exercise together with other members, we visited the village's general market. Hence, it wasn't a regular visit to the market. 


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I went to the market but not to buy or sell goods rather to educate the market men and women on the subject of "Self-Medication' I will only say very little about self-medication in this post. Instead, I will dwell more on my experience in the market tour. 

The tour was quite a fun-filled one as I came across many sects of people. In the market, I met those that didn't even give us audience or show interest in listening to whatever we had to say. To these sects, we simply walked pass them; no time for unnecessary persuasion after all, it's a voluntarily act. On the other hand, I met those that welcomed us with open arms, gave us audience and equally asked questions while we gave answers. 



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Still on the list were persons that welcomed us but didn't pay rapt attention. Maybe they didn't want us to feel bad so, they welcomed us but they appeared quite uninterested. I would say that it was their loss but we brought value to their and they didn't even have to pay. 

And now, here was the highpoint of the tour for me. I came across a certain woman that didn't understand English Language very well. She only understands her native language and partly the Nigerian English (Pidgin). 

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On my part too, I can  neither speak their native language nor give an educational talk fluently with the Nigerian English (Pidgin). You can imagine how funny the scenario was. 

Funnily enough, I had begun the talk and I was busy speaking some big big grammar thinking she understood. I came to discover that I was talking to myself when I paused to ask if she got my point. It was then she said that she understood nothing. I laughed really hard, trust me! To salvage the situation, another colleague of mine who understand their native language as well as speak fluently stepped in. 


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On the whole, it was a great time out with the market folks as we tried our best in educating them about self-medication. 

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@dswigle ·
Well done. It is an important job and I know it is a little awkward going to places that don't speak English, but, I see you made your point known.

Thank you for joining #MarkeetFriday!


#MarketFriday began as a way to reach out across the globe and learn about different cultures through their markets, especially local markets and farmers markets and eventually branching out and evolving over time from straight shopping to a cultural affair as it highlights how we differ and then again, how much we are alike. We have become a melting pot of culture, but, it is still the Rituals, Festivals, food, architecture, even your language/languages that separate us... Along with the fact of what is these things are normal for us. There are unwritten rules that rule our social behaviors. I see this as allowing for increased tolerance between cultures and nations, and opportunities to come together on an even playing ground. A strong culture can be beneficial to a country as it promotes unity, especially during a crisis, peaceful debate, and open dialogue. I have learned so much about all of you and it has been an amazing experience.  I can only hope that learning about each other can help us work together for a peaceful world.

 Fridays are all about the #MarketFriday Challenge! Looking to take part in it? Here is how:</center>

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#### <center>Rules of the Road to Join #MarketFriday!</center>


1. Go to the market, or anywhere that you pay money for a service.
Take pictures! Be creative!
2. Tell us a little bit about the market or the event. What brought you there? What did you buy? How much did it cost?
3. Post the picture(s) Of course, you should tell a little bit about the ones you post
4. Use the MarketFriday Community Platform to post #hive-196308 (this is not required, but appreciated)
**5. Drop the link into the MarketFriday comment section so I can find it**
6. Following me and reblogging the post so more see it would be appreciated !! Not a rule, just appreciated, more vision for more views on your posts!
**7. You must put #MarketFriday by @dswigle somewhere on your post. If you don't and someone reads it, there is nothing to tie #MarketFriday to that post.**
8. Please only one post each week. Believe it not, I run out of voting power if you put in many more than that.

As always, please remember! #MarketFriday loves you!

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