And I was part of her experience at the NYSC camp

in #writing7 years ago (edited)

Hello friends, it's funny how I never saw my self coming in the picture till I read through .. After the nysc camp we all went home for the Christmas holidays .
After some days While I was having a chat with a very good and caring friend while in camp her name is Cynthia . I asked her about her experience in camp and she said she already wrote a piece of that but she refused sharing it with me not until now while reading I felt loved so I decided to share with you my friends
Here's what she wrote below
I have been posted to bauchi after waiting for so long........
Fast forward to wailo camp wit high hopes of not falling in love,staying on my own creating a wall of brick and feeling so confident with so much Adrenaline
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After all the registration things started going as planned met a new friend named peace not knowing she was not what she presented but without thinking I was already in love with her personality (as friendly as they come).
Wake up,wake up, wake up (the sound of the beagle )what is this I shouted and they heard from a distance "I'm too small for you " , I will pour you waterooohhh, tears started running down my eyes then I realized....I have not had my bath , I have not even changed my undies aahhhh!!!4 not me was not happy but I had no choice
To the parade ground shouted one of the soldiers,I was afraid for my life because the cold was too much to bear, sluggishly I walked, was afraid of being punished then I heard "on the floor" ah! I'm dead with my new white short I took my time to wash and then I heard you don't have to look at your short after all we gave them to you "short that I brought from home" then came some soldiers cracking jokes trying to make us laugh but my mind was not there cause the weather was not friendly all I wanted was to just go inside wrap myself and sleep, but no, they will not let us " to the lecture hall they shouted another stage of torture", God even The hand gloves could not protect the cold, I was worried and afraid for my dear life, could not eat their meals ,I was ready to starve if that's what it takes and then I saw watermelon and my joy was complete , determined to live on those .
Guys with lip gloss all over, this particular one caught my attention, Victor with a bulging mouth, what a funny character
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I thought to myself, time for swearing inn, me with my oversized shoe ,small cap,big and small trouser, walking like an overfeed child with a confused look" run, run, run ” they said,"if I get to the parade ground before you, you are wrong" got there panting like a cow, so tired and out of place after so much talk we were allowed to go,bending my head and thinking of the next step to take, I heard my name Cynthia out of space I turned around, it was that same guy with the bulging lips, how did u get to know my name , the first question that popped into my head and I asked, I am in your platoon he said , and so? are you the camp director? in my head,I am victor he said, Victor hmmm!
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see you around, left to my room without thinking and started pulling everything that made me uncomfortable, was hungry and at the same time afraid to eat, what will I put in my stomach I thought, go and eat noodles I was told, oooohhhhh!! what will noodles do, I need something with pepper in it, then I heard my name Cynthia, it was peace with her normal smiling face, please go and eat before you get ulcer, so I went to the noodles joint and ordered for toasted bread, guess what? Roasted bread was what I got, and then I started missing home and I felt like crying then I remembered I was a big girl and crying was not an option, all I needed was a sound sleep and then Victor was in my head again....

Wow! and I told her to complete it she said that's her secret ..
Thanks for reading..