Memories from Boarding School days: Land of Plenty

A letter to a friend. As usual it rouses a memory from Boarding house to find relevance in our common present reality

 

                                                                              30^th October, 2017

 

Dear Hammed,

I am pleased to write you this piece which is aimed at arousing a memory from boarding school days and refresh times. How are you my friend and how is your family. I believe things are fast shaping up to take their best form. There are so many memories from FGCIK days yet one to share with you: Land of Plenty (or LOP as we fondly call it back then). You would recollect how check and white uniforms spread on the line are taken and worn by another person (most times a senior student) to school area and often times unreturned. You would also remember that we inscribed names on our shirts to be able to recover them back when stolen on the line in the land of plenty. The experience opened our eyes and steadied our hearts to deal with unfriendly circumstances and thrive in challenging situations. As you know, it was not uncommon to be disturbed and disoriented whenever a junior student notice his check or white uniform missing from the line.

My friend, I can’t help but add that the dimension called “Land of Plenty” also extended to guardian’s house where provision bags kept were often ransacked with milk, golden morn, corn flakes etc tampered with. I often met my Ghana-must-go bag’s zip worn out when I visit my guardian’s house on Saturday or Wednesday. Needless to remind you of cases of stolen buckets of water and fapping of bucket when left by owner for the briefest of time.

Bro, my concern for bringing up such a memory is both in the name of the experience, i.e. Land of Plenty and its consequence: unfailing consciousness and sensitivity which I know is a relevant gift to a Lagosian. Please be further energized by this memory knowing that the land of plenty can also be a reward for me and you everywhere we go. Love

 

                         Yours sincerely

                          Taiwo