Bye Bye Ibadan

It’s good to have you here again.

Welcome.

I know I have been inconsistent with posting on this blog *covers face*, but I think I owe it to you to do this last post.

Here we go……

So recently, I joined a committee that oversaw a project for the renovation of Ikolaba High school’s library and was able to effectively participate in the transformation of the Library.
The New (renovated) Library was commissioned two days ago. (Pics below).

Very importantly, yesterday (*ghen ghen*), IbadanKopa ceased to be a corper.

Daaaaaz rite! Yesterday was POP baybay!!

(POP stands for Passing Out Parade, for all you otondos who don’t know. Again, check out pics below)

Finally, Today was our (Batch A corp members’) ‘send-forth’ ceremony at Ikolaba high school. In summary, it was a very moving event.

Well, It had to be. They gave free gifts and Ikolaba never gives free anything.

LOL, don’t mind me. You get the point.

Despite all my ranting and grumbling about Ibadan and Ikolaba (which made up a significant portion of postings on this blog), I’m really grateful I got to serve in Ibadan (redroofcity) and I will always have fond memories of people I met, things I did, and places I went.

I learnt a lot of valuable lessons including (but not limited to) these:

1. Never throw your ‘ifami’ (fetcher) into a nearly dry well except you want to fetch muddy water.

2. Never walk with black suede shoes on the streets of IB. They’ll change to reddish brown.

3. Never wear your NYSC uniform to the market . You’ll be gba-ed seriously.

4. Never speak english to a market woman. You’ll be gba-ed seriously.

5. If someone offers to sell something for 150, ask if they can collect N50. You’ll be surprised.

6. There’s really no point in taking a bus in Ibadan (except you’re into the smell of rotting food or you really hate your clothes). Bikes are almost as cheap. And twice (even thrice) as fast.

7. Except you live in Basorun, get a powerbank for your gadgets. NEPA can frustrate you – even if your surname is Ghandi.

8. For Ibadan North corpers, Mrs Ologundudu too dey ‘hale’. Yes I said it :p 😀 don’t let anybody ‘shakara’ you.

9. Never ‘do shakara’ in front of a bus or ‘okada’ on the road except you want to see God. If you think drivers in Lagos are bad, drive on Iwo road.

10. If you live in a rural area, speak english to your neighbours’ children. They’ll not understand what you’re saying but it’ll endear you to them. 🙂

11. If you ever find yourself at Iwo road ‘underbridge’ at night, cross your Ts and shine your eyes. The place is not different from the old oshodi.

12. When, you are on a queue at an ATM, farabale nicely. You’ll probably be there for a long time so make yourself comfortable.

Ok, that’s what I can remember for now…

It was such an experience that I could serve all over again

(Um….Not really, No. I most definitely can not. Just felt like saying something nice.)

Ok. So enough ranting. The point is, as of today, Ibadankopa is now Lagos ex-kopa.

Thank you soooo much for reading all the posts and for sharing in my experiences as a corper. I truly appreciate it. God bless you real big and take you to great heights.

See you at the top 😉