I m glad I made it, it was my night shift so I had to make the daytime worth it, so I attended the hive meet up which held at the Agodi Gardens, Ibadan Oyo state, A fun place to be actually, but it was also my first time entering the place, despite spending almost half of my life just across the road. (I go out tho, but not just here, there are actually other fun places to be in Ibadan).
Ok that was me justifying my not going out to @akubillionnaire, well I blame it on the job, HiveNaija made in happen today.
I was out with friends and people I had only met on this platform. Somethings became realer to me I must say. This is family.
Thanks to @nonsowrites, he had been planning this alongside other hivenaija members for a physical meet up. I m glad it held today at Port Harcourt Rivers state and Ibadan Oyo state.
At a point I wished I could be at both places, cos great minds where there too. It was a highlight for me when a video call was made and we saw one another "across the Niger"..lol. I'm sure they had fun too.
Here are some top highlights of the event
1. We shared our various hive stories and how we have come so far.
There was so much to learn here, we all got to know how we struggled at the beginning and how we got help when we needed it the most, the newbies amongst us also found so much light and encouragement to run with here.
Imagine @mistakili @nonsowrites @bhoa and @kenechukwu97 sharing their experiences. So touch in and revealing at the same time.
2. We got to share ideas
How to make hivenaija a more relevant place and supportive as well as grow the community. I believe we can get a 1000 member community soon. We also spoke of new projects to join in and engage with like the leotoken, psyberX LVL, splinterlands and Rabona. @bhoa also spoke of Dcity.
Maybe next time we should make some banners and get some customizations. Something to catch peoples eye.
3. We had some question time
Here I had @lhorgical and @uddydan really dishing out so much questions from their bag and Kene was so eager to answer them, me I was just learning and giving my tips.
It was fun to see a few of my newbies making it to the meet up @emmaba1 @drceeyou @draysax , I really felt fulfilled that they met with some heavy stake holders today.
They got to ask and learn a lot. Hehe.
I can't wait for subsequent meet ups. It should be scarce again.
Some big take homes I could remember for the newbies.
Take your eyes off the money and focus on making real connections with people.
~Nonsowrites
Join a new project and become a part of its community.
~kenechukwu97
Hive is relatively new and we are all early birds.
~mistakili
Always keep your keys safe, hard copy preferably.
~kenechukwu97
Hive is my biggest investment, it has yielded my capital and even more.
~bhoa
Some of these quotes may have been paraphrased, but I hope you get the gist.
I also noticed that people noticed us, we weren't in that playground to play, people saw how serious we were speaking. Honestly I totally respect everyone who made it to that meeting today. Like @lhorgical also noted, we seem to have developed this bond so easily that it felt like we all had known each other for years.
I felt great to have been at this me up guys. It promises to only get better and better. So if you missed this, there will be more.
All images were courtesy @blezyn. Thanks for the good shots and the something light.😄
Thank you so much boss for introducing me to this wonderful platform! I am really learning a lot and enjoying meeting people. I hope we continue to make meaningful connections on this platform . Thanks again.
Absolutely glad you join @emmaba1
We should do a jam soon tho..
Yes we should 🥺🥺. It's been a long time since we did that. Then we can post it on here. It'd be great
Man... This is it!
We were in a playground and we were having fun from start to finish, but we weren't playing 😂. Sounds like a weird figure of speech, but that's really what Hive is all about.
Have fun and be the best version of you while doing so.
I hope to read from our doctors and also interact with them here whenever I'm free and available 😂
Thanks my Oga. @kenechukwu97
You were really resourceful today.
You have put it out nicely.. amazing summary.
Keep doing big stuffs here🥂
Hehe nice one bro. I’m glad we had a great time together.
It was this vibes for me. Well, i hope the first was okay to look that way. Subsequent ones shouldn't be like a gathering of serious people. The world is already serious in a way. Thanks for every wealth of knowledge shared.
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Ya'll had so many serious moments. At PH all we did was play o. Then we had like 1 hour of seriousness but the entire day was spent playing. We have so many pictures and videos we don't even know where to start posting from.
We're thinking we divide our posts into 3 coz omo 🤣
I saw @nonsowrites come with some chess boards and scrabble or so..never even crossed our minds.
Omo.. It was a business meeting all through, we now formed groups at the end and shared practicals, with Q and A..
No be joke oo🤣🤣🤣
Wasted my chess and scrabble. Never again.
Lol.. It was there for the props😂😂😂. We sef come garden na.
It was a pleasure meeting you. And thanks for coming through for us at the gate or we would have eaten at my car. Hopefully, we will do this soon. Cheers!
Anytime Chief. I was a great pleasure meeting you too.
I celebrate you boss...it was nice meeting you.
Omo, you people are just oppressing me. The next one, even if it's in China I'll find way and come.
E choke😂😂
I will love to meet you physically brother.