Lemuel Irabor's blog..

20-Sept Today,for me,started with a very weird feeling in my chest region.. Mild pain,but throbbing. As usual,I don't raise alarm until whatever ailment I have supercedes three days without abating. Don't blame me.My mom's a nurse,remember? Believe me,growing up,I'd taken more drugs than twenty cancer patients in an oncology ward. No joke. Even as I write this,I'm popping Ascorbic acid,ferrous sulphate,neurobion,Calcium,Vitamin D3,Yeast tablets and a Multivitamin capsule into my mouth. Always take 'em after every meal.Vitamin supplements. To grow into a big,strong healthy man. As usual,I was awakened by my alarm clock at 0400. (Yeah..Yeah..) I say my morning prayers and do some morning study before I get ready for school. Midway into the prayer,my phone beeped.A message. I ignored it and continued. Guess who woke up early and prepared breakfast.. MARVEL! I looked at him in,er..a weird mix of shock and suspicion. '...

19-Sept. Turns out I couldn't 'verbally debase' my friend before classes. We got to school quite late.A PMS tanker accident blocked our usual route so we had to take a longer,unfamiliar one. Oh No! As I climbed the stairs and got close to our class,I could hear Mr Abdullateef's sonorous voice trying to teach the class the difference between mesas and buttes. Trust me.. I did a 180 and went to the library instead. Apparently I wasn't the only one who decided to skip Geo class. Entering the library I spied some familiar faces:Wole,the Class Rep.,Kid Snozzle..who was,as you can guess,asleep(My God!I think this dude has Trypanosomiasis or something..WORSE),Ade,the tallest in class..and THERESA! What in the world..? She winked and had this big grin that you normally see on politicians' faces. I wanted to leave immediately. Wait.. It's either I face Mr Abdullateef's wrath or Theresa's 'charm'. Sighing,I walked to a far corner and...

18-Sept. Wednesday 'Oti M.' 'Present!',I exclaimed in riposte. Oh!Did I forget to mention that my surname is Oti.Heh-Heh. Anyway,our Principal's been getting reports that some final year students skip out of school during lunch. So he comes around with this big book and makes a role call every fifth period.He doesn't even do it in alphabetical order:he does it according to seating arrangement. 'Etuk J.' No answer. What the ...? I look beside me and notice Joe's not there. Sheesh,I didn't even notice. Some friend I am.. 'Etuk J.' Again,no rep- 'I'm hh..hhere,Sir.',Joe stuttered as he ran in,breathing hard. Mr Abdullateef,the Geography teacher(We had Geography for 5th today) said in his most sanctimonious manner,'Young Man,where are you coming from?' It sounded more like a command than a question. Everyone hates..er,really dislikes Mr Abdullateef.He's so self-righteous and...

17-Sept. Tuesday. Getting used to this new school has been keeping me quite occupied. Today,We received our school uniforms:for boys,a yellow long-sleeve shirt bearing the school badge,with a black tie on black trousers,plus a black blazer also emblazoned with the school badge.The girls get yellow blouses and black skirts instead. Martha really looked chic in her uniform and I could already guess she had a busy day ahead of her. First class today was Biology.We had a rat-faced teacher with spectacles like Dexter(in Dexter's lab).He looked like a combination of something from Ratoutoille and Oscar in Oscar's Oasis. You get the picture.Once a boy tried to joke about the man's oversized pants.The teacher overheard and the hapless lad got sent out. Talk about making an impression. Next was Math.Teacher absent.A substitute teacher came but we pretty much did just revision and quick sums.No calculus yet. At Lunch,I decided to go to the school cafeteria..a...