SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

It's Monday and it's OAU students resumption for the second semester. So, I had wanted to write something related to school but the first thing that crossed my mind was "September 1, 2016"; My matric day drama🤣🤣🤣. You'll be surprised how I could easily remember that date abi? That's because it's a day of many dramas that I couldn't easily forget. The things you should not forget too is that, it is the day I officially became a student of that Obafemi Awolowo University and the most dramatic day of my student life🤣🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣 If your matric number says 2015, then there is a very high probability that you know me too🤭

So you can easily understand my story let me tell you where it all began. 

OAU has a tradition for her freshmen at every sessional intake and this tradition is called freshmen orientation program. This program was designed as a formal way to welcome the new students into the university community. So one thing you can understand is that this is a program where more than half the freshmen will be in attendance; although some hoodlum had always been rebellious from their first day on campus (maybe I'm one of them too sha 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣). This orientation program is one designed to be a three days thing, but as expected of rebels na, we didn't even move the first day; "na just talked dem go dey talk for there jare" was our excuse. But to not miss out entirely, we then decided to go the second day (Omo! Ashey na mistake). The program ended up getting boring (as expected).

Now, here's the thing; because the freshmen program was boring we then decided to leave the program. Remember I told you that was the second day yeah? Unknown to us, a lot of people had left the program while it was going on the first day, so they school management had planned they won't allow students leave till the end of the program the next day, but as a rebel me I no care I'm just done with the boring talks and I wanted to leave. We were like 6 who wanted to leave at the same time, so when we got the gate the man refused us but gave a proposition that we help him serve biscuits and water to the students inside the amphitheater and he'll let us leave when we're done. Okay, here's the problem although the program was boring but serve biscuit to 3k+ student?😒😒😒 It's looks very much like a stress. Never minding the stress, I took to serve worst part, I was the only one who did. 

Let's leave the story about what happened after I served 3k+ people inside amphitheater. Well, the program had even ended by the time I was done, but one thing that changed was that I was now overly popular 🤭🤣🤣🤭. Funny thing though, we went on a four month strike almost immediately after the orientation  but the fact that I was now one of the most popular freshman on campus had been established already and by the time we resumed back from the break I was now friends with a lot of people I don't even know their name🤣🤣🤣🤣. 

One thing popularity does to you though, is that it exposes everything; both good and bad about you. So fast forward to matric day, it looks like the universe had set me up to punish me;

1. I was like one of the 10 people that didn't get matric gown in my faculty😒🥺🥺🥺

2. I later got matric gown through connect on the day of matric but my gown was not sewn at the side so if I should raise my hand, it will fly away🤣🤣🤣

3. The matric gown cap was too big for my head so I had to replace it with a face cap (that I borrowed from my roommate; moh🥺🥺🥺😒)

4. On the day of matric, I discovered the clothes I had planned to wear had no button yet🥺🥺🥺

5. Worst part was now that I no no who send me o, but I sha decided to relax my beard🥺🥺🥺 Omo! My beard burnt😥😭😭😭

So I ended up walking around with a burnt beard, a matric gown I needed to keep holding else it will fly away🥺🤭🤣🤣 and worst part I had to keep greeting everyone I can't even remember how and when we met😭😭😒

September 1, 2016 was not the best of day for me but it was my matric day and a day of many memories; many of which I can't forget soon. If you're a student of OAU, happy resumption and for those of us in our final semester; happy graduation in advance🤣🤭🥰

Hey Siri, play me "oniduro mi eshéy o" the Woli Agba version 

See ya😎🥂❤️