samlak
samlak The Painful Pleasure
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EPISODE 7
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To cut the long story short, we
finally got to ‘Campus gate’ in
Ife. I alighted from the bus with my
‘FDF’, and took my load.
Carrying them was not so easy, so
Moji offered to carry one
for me, but i told her not to worry.
I saw a large bill board that has
“WELCOME TO OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE IFE”
boldly written on It, with the
motto “FOR LEARNING AND
CULTURE” written underneath. I
was quite shocked when i saw the
logo, it was the statue of a
woman, with book on her head. “Does
this mean we will
have to read and cram like mad?” I
said to Moji, who
laughed at me like i didn’t know
what i was saying. “The
statue represents culture, and the
book depicts learning as
the motto states” She answered,
clearing my ignorance. I
was so surprised that she knew that,
since we were both
‘freshers’, so i asked her how she
knew that. “My dad
graduated from OAU.”She Answered.
We entered the school gate, and took
a bus into campus. As
we were in the bus, i thought to
myself, “I won’t want to
make the same mistake i made with
Sandra. This one, i must
surely get her my number. So i gave
her my (palasa) phone
boldly and said to her. “Something is
wrong with my phone,
can you help fix it?” She looked at
me like I didn’t know what
i was saying, collecting the phone
from me. “What is it?” she
asked. Looking at her like ‘lucosade’,
i answered and said.
“Your number is not in it”. She
laugged hysterically, and i
joined in the laughter. Then she said
“you are so funny,
simple ‘can i have your number will
do the trick.’ She took
the phone, and pressed in some 11
digits.
Though, my phone wasn’t quite cool,
all the keys were
functioning properly and i was so
proud of it. I was given
bedspace in Awolowo Hall, while Moji
was given in
Mozambique Hall. So i came down
from the Bus before her.
Because there is still a turn before
getting to her hostel. I
waved at her, and said “see ya” she
smiled and replied
same. This is not like Sandra’s case
where i wasn’t sure i was
going to see her again. Even if i
didn’t take Moji’s number,
we were in the same department
anyway.
I entered my hostel, it was quite
crowdy, as people were
going up and down, dragging bags
and lockers. Indeed,
school had resumed.
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What next? Find out in episode 8
