Rita Dominic who turned a year older
yesterday. Comedian, Bovi took to his Instagram page to write a beautiful
birthday message to actress, He recounted how they met and how much he has learned from the popular actress. Read what he wrote after cut..
“When I started working as RMD’s personal assistant in 2004, I came
across most of the entertainers who were pretty popular at the time.
In all honesty, many of them were not nice. It makes
me remember the few who were. I don’t blame them though. The hysteria
from fans usually left them exposed and vulnerable to something thats
hard to handle : fame. And Rmd was huge (he still is). Like when you saw
RMD, every other being around him seemed like shadows. I know this
because he would later send me on errands back to some of these stars
and when I told them “we met the last time. I was the one with RMD” they
would have this surprised look. Absolutely no recollection.
Rita however falls in the bracket of the select few who didn’t have
to notice but she did. This is all the more interesting because I did
something virtually every entertainer hates. On my first encounter with
her, once she answered my greetings warmly, I called up a friend and
passed the phone to Rita to talk to. She indulged me. Looking back, I
cringe because that was pushing my luck (and excitement) too far.
I will later help Rita under the instructions of my Oga with some
print jobs. That was in 2005. After that, we didn’t cross paths again. I
will see Rita again 7 years later at 2faces birthday party. I coyly
went up to her and said “good evening. My name is Bovi. Don’t know if
you remember….”. “bovi are you stupid? Like really? you’re asking me
if I remember you”, she obstructed! We hugged, and laughed and caught up
with time.
My two “first” meetings with her taught me two lessons in humility.
One; It’s very hard to fake. Two; It is however learnable. I’m still
learning it.
Riri, As natural and ordinary as those instances seem, they went a
long way in boosting someone’s self confidence and belief. Maya Angelou
said our legacy is not the monuments we build or money we make; our
legacy is the lives we touch. I am one of your legacies. Happy birthday
Rita Dominic.