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Category: First Year

#19 – KQ, The Juggernaut

March 30, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

Sweaty Palms A part of me believes that sweaty palms are the work of the devil. The sweat was mixing…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: Aggrey House, Smizzle

#18 – The Mid-Term

March 22, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

Another Monthly Test As the mid-term break approached, there was the issue of another monthly test. They were still as…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: atico, mid-term

#17 – Table C19

March 12, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

He walked up to our table with his weird mix of confident stride and subtle limp. There we sat, sixteen…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: beans, C19, gɔbɛ, Motown dining hall

#16 – Founders’ Day

March 8, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

Dead people. That’s why we were suffering; dead people. Founders’ Day is a day set aside to honour the people…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: bonfire night, Founders' Day, tribal war

#15 – Things We Do For Love (Valentine’s Day In Motown)

February 15, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

The Story Continues… Akua was not at her usual seat. I quickly scanned the classroom and noticed her sitting in…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: akua, Aqua, valentine, valentine's day

#14 – Another Term Kicks Off

February 8, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

Second Term First things first, my results came during the vacation, and I aced everything — even that chemistry paper…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: Arts 4, atico, azotobacter, chop box life, Motown, Science 4, second term

#13 – Back to School

February 7, 2019 KayO Leave a comment

“Herh! Kodzo!” ”You dey chop under school roof?!” the dorm monitor bellowed. ‘School roof’… How did these stupid terms creep…

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Posted in: Chop Box Life, First Year, Second Term Filed under: 2010, akua, west

#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 Yɛ 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

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