Here, love never ends!

We may say goodbye but it's not the end.

Hey Royal, what's good?

I'd go first!

I moved out of the actual Purple Room.

To be honest, it's been about 4 months since I moved out of the apartment that I lived in for 40 months. Yup! Four and Zero months! And, I did not even realize I'd stayed there that long till I did the maths.

But, that aside, I’m good, thanks for asking and Happy New Year to you.

So, Why Did I Move Out?

First, no be my papa house.

Secondly, the time was gonna come, and majorly, there was a robbery.

Putting it like that makes it seem terrifying in a subtle way but that was the fifth robbery in that building during my stay and this time, the robbers were armed, making the night of September 5 the craziest night of my life in 2023.

A bullet hole from one of the gunshots that night

At that point, enough was enough and I kissed my Purple Room goodbye with mixed feelings, of sadness, fear and excitement for the future.

Speaking of fear, I still jump up at the strangest sound I hear at midnight but I pray it goes away.

I also found out last night that Purple Room is currently up for rent and I wish the next occupant a very good time filled with love.

Ignore the wall, water kept destroying that part, not me.

Do I Miss the Purple Room?

Oh, dear! Capital YES!

I miss the Purple Room because it was a safe space for me for a long time.

I never really felt alone here

In it, I didn't have any care. I could be happy, dancing, crying, or laughing and none of that would feel awkward because I was at home.

I miss the painting on my wall. It was a silhouette of a tree, handpainted by my friend Sangodiya.

The first strokes that brought my tree to life

The tree had a crescent and a butterfly in it and I told everyone who cared to know that the tree was a symbol of my mum who in Yoruba has always been "igi l'eyin ogba mi" - my backing, the butterfly represented my only sibling and sister while the crescent was a representation of a ship that never weathered the storms and sank.

My friends had different names for this tree

I also miss my Purple Wall, the main reason why the Purple Room existed and probably the second most fascinating thing in that space.

Sangodiya and his colleague transformed this room to my taste!

On this wall, I showed off my love for languages, despite being unable to speak most of them. In 8 different languages, I expressed the deepest thought in my heart that "Here, Love Never Ends".

I miss that.

How many languages can you spot?

I miss so many things that I cannot start listing but I'm grateful that memories are not like walls that cannot be carried along into new spaces. And, I cherish them so much.

Where Am I Now?

I'm home.

Again, not my father's house. But, I'm where laughter always fills the room and love never ends.

I’m in a place with better electricity and coordination compared to where I left. I’m technically on the Island of Ibadan.

I am yet to do any set-up in this house, not even paste a sticky note on any part of it’s walls, but I can’t wait to make this space my own.

I love sticky notes

But, today’s not for my new space, let’s focus.

What's Next For Purple Room Chronicles?

Stories.

When I started this newsletter, I was not sure of how many stories I wanted to share and what details I wanted to get into. But, now that I'm physically out of the Purple Room, I feel a huge responsibility to ensure that tales of the Purple Room stay ALIVE.

Hence, I'd be sharing more stories that took place in or whilst I was living in the Purple Room, and you better believe that after 40 months, I have stories to tell.

But, I'm not gonna share them every day because this is not TemiTV.

However, I'm toying with the idea of posting every Friday instead of every two weeks as I used to do.

Pretend I’ve not been away for six months and kindly leave me a comment about how frequently you'd like to read my Chronicles. But, please don't say every day, I love you too but that's going to be very unrealistic for me.

Ps. If I'm still here till June (I'm not planning to ghost though), we'd launch the Purple Room Merch just before my 30th birthday in July! Deal?

Photo taken outside the building that housed Purple Room

One last thing, please share this piece with your network or anyone that you believe would enjoy reading my Chronicles. I'm ready to grow this newsletter, please, help me.

Pss. When the merch launches, there’ll be a giveaway, don’t miss out!

Till the next chronicle,

Stay Royal!