HECTIC PART OF CAMPUS LIFE.
Welcome to my weekly blog. This week, I want to talk about my experience as a university student. Am a final year student at the Technical University of Mombasa.
Back in highschool, we were all longing to join campus because of all the sweet lies we were told about university life. "You attend class only when you feel like and nobody will ask you" I remember my highschool teacher's words, Mr. Ramah."All you need to make sure you have done is just the exam" He would add. Well. Even those exams, its not a must you sit for them. Actually nobody will look for you or force you to do the exams. But wait till graduation time, you are not in the graduation list, reason? You have a missing 30 marks of a CAT you were supposed to sit for in first year and you even don't remember the lecturer who taught that unit. And even if you will miss the classes and go to do the exam,What will you write with no content? In first year I used to miss classes with the mentality that I will get notes from my classmates. "I have a smartphone, I will just take a picture of the notes". I used to tell myself. Only to find everyone will their own fashion of notes since everybody writes whatever they understand. At times, some lecturers do bring Random Assessment Texts. That's the day you have not attended the class. Or else you have attended it for the first time, hence you have no content. Am personally a victim of that.
During my first semester, I used to reside in the hostels. I would not wish that hostel life even for my enemy. Talking of bedburgs well known as the micro comrades. Those insects are hell. You have sleepless nights, not reading, not chatting but bedburgs have kept you awake. After the 'freshas' life I saw it worthy to rent my own house. This is now where all the trouble began. You are walking from school, with a bag on your back and 20shillings on your pocket. You have an assignment to print, you have no supper, you know the situation back home or else few days ago you received money from home and misused maybe. For several days I have taken Ugali and coffee and gone to bed. Walking from Kisauni to school, through the bridge, with the Mombasa sun burning your head and an hungry stomach!campus life is not that easy. Everything is money. Including the bathing water. One can at 3shillings. Fresh water is hard to get. You need to print assignments. You have to eat. At times you are late for class, you can't walk the 1hour journey so you have to board a vehicle. You have to buy data for goggling assignments, always being online to get class updates from the class group. Printing PDF's or the hand outs.
What has never ceased to amaze me in university is the fact that almost every student was born on Friday or Saturday. The reason is that all birthday parties are held during weekends. 'Dudaing' is the campus language. That's maybe the only fun part have found in campus. Because you go dance all your stress out and enjoy with friends.
Back in highschool we used to be told not to couple because in campus is where we shall get our life partners, all the types that you want are in campus its upon you to choose. Which is true, but according to me, no true love in campus. Yeah, all the types are here. The tall, dark handsome. The short, brown. But nobody is single. Few are loyal. And campus love, has took so many to their premature graves. Several have had 'beefs' all in the name love. Love is a foreplay to enemity. Many have committed suicide and murdered each other because of love. Sincerely, highschool love is much better than campus love.
University life is fun and hectic at the same time. All you need to do us to take heart and remain focused.
Thankyou for reading. Kindly leave your comment down there. Don't forget to share the link. Till next week, bye!.
Back in highschool, we were all longing to join campus because of all the sweet lies we were told about university life. "You attend class only when you feel like and nobody will ask you" I remember my highschool teacher's words, Mr. Ramah."All you need to make sure you have done is just the exam" He would add. Well. Even those exams, its not a must you sit for them. Actually nobody will look for you or force you to do the exams. But wait till graduation time, you are not in the graduation list, reason? You have a missing 30 marks of a CAT you were supposed to sit for in first year and you even don't remember the lecturer who taught that unit. And even if you will miss the classes and go to do the exam,What will you write with no content? In first year I used to miss classes with the mentality that I will get notes from my classmates. "I have a smartphone, I will just take a picture of the notes". I used to tell myself. Only to find everyone will their own fashion of notes since everybody writes whatever they understand. At times, some lecturers do bring Random Assessment Texts. That's the day you have not attended the class. Or else you have attended it for the first time, hence you have no content. Am personally a victim of that.
During my first semester, I used to reside in the hostels. I would not wish that hostel life even for my enemy. Talking of bedburgs well known as the micro comrades. Those insects are hell. You have sleepless nights, not reading, not chatting but bedburgs have kept you awake. After the 'freshas' life I saw it worthy to rent my own house. This is now where all the trouble began. You are walking from school, with a bag on your back and 20shillings on your pocket. You have an assignment to print, you have no supper, you know the situation back home or else few days ago you received money from home and misused maybe. For several days I have taken Ugali and coffee and gone to bed. Walking from Kisauni to school, through the bridge, with the Mombasa sun burning your head and an hungry stomach!campus life is not that easy. Everything is money. Including the bathing water. One can at 3shillings. Fresh water is hard to get. You need to print assignments. You have to eat. At times you are late for class, you can't walk the 1hour journey so you have to board a vehicle. You have to buy data for goggling assignments, always being online to get class updates from the class group. Printing PDF's or the hand outs.
What has never ceased to amaze me in university is the fact that almost every student was born on Friday or Saturday. The reason is that all birthday parties are held during weekends. 'Dudaing' is the campus language. That's maybe the only fun part have found in campus. Because you go dance all your stress out and enjoy with friends.
Back in highschool we used to be told not to couple because in campus is where we shall get our life partners, all the types that you want are in campus its upon you to choose. Which is true, but according to me, no true love in campus. Yeah, all the types are here. The tall, dark handsome. The short, brown. But nobody is single. Few are loyal. And campus love, has took so many to their premature graves. Several have had 'beefs' all in the name love. Love is a foreplay to enemity. Many have committed suicide and murdered each other because of love. Sincerely, highschool love is much better than campus love.
University life is fun and hectic at the same time. All you need to do us to take heart and remain focused.
Thankyou for reading. Kindly leave your comment down there. Don't forget to share the link. Till next week, bye!.
Great one baby gal meet you next week.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy life just as it is fun
ReplyDeleteLovely👏
ReplyDeleteHey girl this is a great article... Try to add pictures next time ... otherwise good work
ReplyDeleteA Good one there. Put flesh on it by adding images it makes it look more attractive
ReplyDeleteWow I relate the experience
ReplyDeleteGood one there you can try to be creative and add pictures to make it attractive. That's the way to go
ReplyDeleteNice one Mercy
ReplyDeleteChallenges will make you more strong
ReplyDeleteProbably you miss classes as you wish but ukue na mechanism ya survival
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