Showing posts with label corpers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corpers. Show all posts

Friday, 26 December 2014

SHORT STORY: I AM NOT MY SKIN




 By ANGELA NKAMERE

       “I am Sandra and I am beautiful”, “I am Sandra and I am drop dead gorgeous”, “I am Sandra and I am a diva, my body is perfect, my mind is right and I am about to marry the most handsome man in the world”, I said to myself admiring my refection in the mirror, I had changed, blossomed into a more confident, beautiful woman. I turned to my side inspecting my full behind. Damn I looked good. Mr Jite you are in for it, you wanted a hot wife and now you’ve gotten yourself a bombshell! White suited me, in fact everything suited me, I ran my palm through the silhouetted –ball gown styled wedding dress I had on, the sequencing was beautiful, who ever thought Cinderella’s ball gown came in a size 16? My mind flooded with mixed emotions, I was so happy; overwhelmed was a more appropriate description for what I felt at that moment, joy mixed with fear, fear not because I was afraid he wouldn’t go through with it but fear because I had finally gotten what I always wanted, happiness but would I be able to handle it? I feared I would explode from too much joy or trip on my wedding gown while hurrying down the aisle. Wouldn’t that be something, I would fall flat on my face and everyone would laugh, I chuckled at the thought as I whirled myself around, it would be more of a comic relief than an embarrassment; I would stand up laugh and continue on my way. All that mattered was being he’s wife. MRS SANDRA OMO, wife of MR JITE OMO. I nearly shrieked, the thought of it alone sent me to the highest of clouds and back again. It wasn’t always like this, my joy that is...

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER


There was so much merriment and scintillation in the air as corps members basked in the euphoria of the 2014 batch ‘C’ stream 1 welcome party which took place on 7th November 2014 at the NYSC permanent camp site, Iseyin, Oyo state. The event flagged off officially, with the usual tradition of singing the NYSC anthem and was followed immediately by a welcome & opening speech by our mummy, the state coordinator, Mrs. Olufunimlayo Akin-Moses.