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Category: First Term

#12 – Akpakus Night

November 9, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

Closing Assembly “… and so I officially declare the first term of the 2009/2010 academic year duly closed!” The declaration…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: Akpakus, akua, chop box, vacation

#11 – Revision Week (Studying no be Jollof)

November 2, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

Adesua YÉ› Ya Studying is not jollof rice — especially when you don’t like what you’re studying. Have you ever…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: chemistry, chop box, chop box life, Coma, exams, revision

#10 – Gari Droughts and Flashbacks

October 26, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

Gari This is gari, the eighth wonder of the world… the sustainer of high school life… voluminous processed cassava “flakes”…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: broke. Akua, gari, pack-chow

#9 – The Monthly Test

October 19, 2018 KayO 2 Comments

“Pssst!” I didn’t mind him. “Psssssssst!” Could this guy not take a hint? “Psssssssssssssssst! Herh, Kodzo, I know say you…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: chopbox life, exams, integrity, monthly tests, tests

#8 – Birthday Blues

August 31, 2018 KayO 2 Comments

Happy Birthday To Me On this particular morning, I woke up with some weird joy… today was going to be…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: akua, chopbox life.birthday, samosa, sausage roll, vitale

#7 – Easylink

August 24, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

Easylink As a child, I learnt all about letter-writing: formal letters, semi-formal letters, informal letters, block addresses, slanted addresses, stamps……

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: Banana, chopbox life, easyconnect, easylink, letters

#6 – Awazzy’s Farm

August 17, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

Awazzy For WASSCE Motown has always had an interesting array of teachers… We’ve had teachers who spent invigilation time calculating…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: Awazzy, chopbox life, farm, weeding

#5 – Akua

August 10, 2018 KayO 4 Comments

Sunday! I wasn’t joking when I said I’d sleep well after talking to Akua. Chale… I slept like a baby…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: akua, chopbox life, love at first sight

#4 – Entertainment… At Last

August 3, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

That Night Are you familiar with the term disco-weeding? No? What about disco-scrubbing? Let me fill you in. Back in…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: chopbox life, entertainment, military rule

#3 – The Dumsor Bolus Assault of ’09

July 27, 2018 KayO Leave a comment

“Who fly the bolus?!” Silence. “I said, who threw the kenkey?” More silence. Obodai stole a glance in my direction.…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Term, First Year Filed under: bolus, d-hall, dining hall, dumsor, Motown

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