Apr
22
Another Year, Again
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For some reasons, they have been admitting more people than they should, and so they don’t have accommodation for them. The accommodation provided for males is so inadequate that about 40 people have to share one large hall. Two people and I had to decide to make private arrangements for accommodation. So now, for the first time in years, I have to share a room with two people, Ben and Chuks. I guess you will be hearing about them in the next three months.
So it is my birthday. No bell rings, nobody sings, not even a little sound. What did I expect? I am gradually growing old, and there is no reversing it. I am 26 today, no job, not even one in sight. But then, I can take some joy in knowing that I haven’t been a complete failure. At least, I have lived my life from one classroom to another, and got two degrees in the process, and if things work out, I could be starting another one pretty soon.
Alright, some more some other time.
Apr
18
Lost My Grandmother
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Her death was something I saw coming. No, not that she was sick, nor that she had defied the average life expectancy of Nigerians; she was weak. I think the first major warnings were from the tendons around one of her right knee. The tendon weakened so that her knee couldn’t support her leg and the leg bent outwards, making her legs form an unattractive K. Walking became difficult for her. Not that that was what killed her, but it was what made me realise that she was growing old. And since growing old always ends up in death, what else could I expect?
This leads to thoughts on old age. I can imagine how difficult growing old could be. I mean, you would constantly know that death is just around the corner, and that is in the best of cases, i.e. in cases where old age is not plagued by a myriad of illnesses. What I think should be important to the medical scientists isn’t merely keeping us alive but in good health. Before science leads to that we can help ourselves by living healthy. It might be a very sensible thing to leave cigarette and alcohol alone. Just don’t remind me of how stupid the preacher could be.