I got another phone immediately I graduated from secondary school and I was seen as a rich kid in my fashion school,my phone had all the latest features and it was a touch screen.I did Garment making as a vocational subject in secondary school so it was quite easy for me to learn very fast because I already learnt the basics and in just two months,I cut and made my first dress and it was beautiful.I started practicing with Mum's materials and I made nice dresses for her and very soon,my boss started giving me different materials to sew confidently.
Mosinmiloluwa graduated from University and it was time to go for the compulsory one year bar program in order to be called to bar and become a Lawyer officially,the money was a lot and I guess my brother already knew then that Mum was the sole provider in our family.Mum has been saving up before then but it was not enough,but luckily she was able to raise the money on her own and the money was paid.Mosinmiloluwa left for Law school in Lagos and ten months later,he made Mum proud again by passing his Bar finals examination.And after he came home,he went for the one year youth service corps mandated for fresh graduates in my country.He served in Nassarawa state as a Teacher and part time as a Lawyer in a small law firm where he was learning the ropes.
Kehinde graduated from University and she came out in flying colours as well,we were all so excited and Mum's hardwork,sacrifices and selflessness was beginning to pay off.She later went for her service year and she served in Ogun state as a secondary school Chemistry Teacher.
While I was learning,I was also writing examination examination into University but I keep failing to meet up with the cut off mark and the ones I met up with the cut off mark,they didn't admit me.I was beginning to get frustrated and Mum was beginning to get worried.I didn't gain admission into the University until four years later when I was admitted to study Physiology.It was a beginning of another journey for me.
Being a long time since I was in a school environment,I found it hard adjusting but I tried my best.It was stressful looking for where lectures were going to hold,moving from one lecture room to another because we were always chased by old students who believed they own they school and we were Jolly just come.I almost gave up at a point,the students were too much in a small lecture hall and the heat was enough to suffocate one.Not to talk of the fact that the seats were not enough to go round,we stood most times and we struggle to hear the lecturer because most times,the speaker doesn't work and only those in the first two rows could hear the lecturer speak.It was hell for me but it's the same me that I've been looking for admission for years,am I supposed to give up that easily?Who do I want to explain to at home that I'll be rejecting the offer because the learning environment is not conducive enough?
I kept moving and with the help of Andrew,my old friend who has been asking me out for a while,I began to adjust because he was always calling to check up on me and give me tips that will help me as a fresher.I later agreed to be his girlfriend and we started the lovey dovey thing and even though school was stressful,I knew I had him to make me feel better with his calls and messages when I get home.I knew he was Catholic and Catholic members always get married to a fellow Catholic,I had this doubt but he assured me it was fine and it didn't matter.
Little did I know he never loved me,he saw me as a decent innocent young lady and wanted to sleep with me.He would have slept with me if I gave him the chance the day he came over to my house for the first time,that was when I lost my respect for him and I started withdrawing because no real man will have sex with a lady for the first time in her parent's house.I discovered about his real girlfriend later,she was a nursing student in a private school and she was also a Catholic,I'm quite smart yunno.I discovered and the last time I visited him,my soft heart couldn't write anything bad about him on the board on his room filled with beautiful things people wrote about him,I wrote humble even though I wasn't sure because he wasn't who I thought he was but I knew that was the end and that was the last time I'll step foot in the house or see him.I thought we were friends and friends are supposed to be there for each other,if he considered me as a friend,he wouldn't hurt me the way he did because I accepted to date him because I felt we've been friends for a while and we could make it work.He stopped talking to him and I didn't bother to reach out,he never said anything to me and I never asked anything.
I wasn't used to being away from home and Mum wasn't used to it as well and fortunately it's just an hour drive to my house so I was always leaving school every Fridays and I go home to return Sunday evenings so as to prepare for the new week.The lady I was sharing the apartment with was so envious of me because I had the best dresses and shoes and she doesn't and she was always making side comments about the things I brought to school.I was only staying with her because I haven't found a place to stay as accomodation was scarce,so going home every weekends was a good idea.I left her place after she said her boyfriend was coming over and I needed to excuse them knowing fully well that I had nowhere to go.
Out of desperation to find somewhere to stay,I settled for a substandard hostel and I didn't tell anyone at home the real state of the hostel because I knew she'll not agree to it.The environment was nothing to write home about,it was an old house and the large soak away in the middle of the building was looking like it'll fall apart anytime soon.It has been patched over and over again and it has become so weak and just few weeks after I moved in,it collapsed.