Corpers' lodge

After arguing and fighting with people for many years now, I can proudly say, and without regret that I love to sleep. The rigorous and unorganized schedule of camp didn't change that. It didn't matter to me if I had to skip parade - skipping parade sounds rather permissive, the right word being "duck" parade. I strategically hung my mosquito net and covered myself in my blanket in a way that my roommates had a hard time telling if I was on my bed, except of course for my bunkie who always complained of how much I shook the bunk, which I blamed on the age of the bunk, when in fact it was an indices of how much I was enjoying my sleep - talk more of soldiers who came into rooms to chase us out. On the last day in camp, my bunkie, thinking he was doing me a favour woke me up by 3am! "3am?! Common! You should've given me an hour more"  was my thought, but my consolation was "It is the last day".  The day all the fears that lingered in my...

  The  Call up letter When I received my call up letter to serve my fatherland in Imo State, I was filled with so much joy and excitement that i was finally a confirmed corps member. Part of my joy was the pride of putting on the NYSC Khaki.  It was indeed a dream come true. For the sake of this article, I would advise you to go with the following: •     Your cardigan, •    Few clothes, •    Mosquito nets, •    Bed sheets, •    One white shirt and short •    Your certificates •    School I.D card •    Call-up letter •    Slippers •    Undies •    Plates, spoons, fork •    Bathing tools •    Etc Well, if you are the type that don't like carrying loads with you while traveling, you can buy all the above items on the campground. The Mami market comes in handy if you want to shop for things on the campground. Apart from carry...

1. NYSC So in case you find yourself wearing your full NYSC regalia and a Pulse TV presenter asks you, what is the full meaning of NYSC. It is not 'Now your suffering continues'. NYSC stands for National Youth Service Corps. It's a the scheme that brings together graduates from Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges around the country every year to serve their father land, usually in states other than their states of origin. 2. ORIENTATION CAMP  Service year usually kicks of with the orientation camp. It is the first stage of service, comprising of all the prospective corpers posted to a state spending three Weeks at a designated orientation camp in the State. It is a three week of great physical training, rehabilitation and preparation for the task ahead. Some may say it's pointless,but most always find it to be one of the best part of the service year. It's best to make the most of the experience! Here is a  list  of the various orientation camp a...