[Story] THE PAINFUL PLEASURE Episode 2

The Painful Pleasure (TPP)

EPISODE 2

Trembling with so much fear, i pressed the middle key, there

came my result. I looked at it, and behold, it was ‘255’.

I shouted so loud, that my mum heard my voice in the shop

“Thank you Jesus” I couldn’t believe my eyes, with a JAMB

score of 235, that is an aggregate (Jamb+postutme divided

by 2) of 245 which is enough to study microbiology (my first

choice) since the cutoff for microbiology the previous year

was 240.

I started rolling on the floor with so much Joy. My mother

(who had heard my voice earlier) came in. “Dapo what is it”

she enquired. I just gave my phone to her, then she saw my

result, no adjective can qualify the look on her face on that

fateful day, she was just too happy as she didn’t know what

to say. She opened her mouth, and what came out was “ose

oko mi” as tears of joy started rolling down her both chicks.

This means; “thank you my husband”. (This is how Yoruba

mothers do when they are very happy with you, they call

you “oko mi” which means “my husband”)

Well, I’m her husband, since she has lost her husband since

8 years and I’m the only one she has. “I knew you will make

it”, she said to me, hugging me tight with so much Joy. She

went to the market, bought life-chicken, killed and fried for

me. I ate the chiken with garri, garnished with sugar and

milk (that was the best meal i had that year). My mum was

so happy, indeed that day was the happiest day of my life.

All these happened August 12 2010, and by November, the

admission list was out and as expected, i was given my

course of choice- Microbiology.

For those in OAU, you will agree with me that OAU is a

university that gives you admission today, and then you

resume in ten years time (that’s just exaggeration o). I saw

my admission status in November, and we were to resume

June of the following year, because there was ASUU strike

then which disrupted the school callendar. Well, it’s an

advantage for me, since it would give my mum enough time

to source for my fees.

So my mum did all she could, and got the fees, what a

wonderful woman she is. Though that period appeared to be

so slow, because i had waited for years at home and can’t

wait to resume school. As long as it seems, the day drew

near and it was just a month to resumption.

Behold, it was time for online registeration, i couldn’t do it

on my phone because it includes uploading of scanned

WAEC/NECO result, birth certificate, signature and the likes.

So i had to go to the Cafe. So i went to ‘God’s Grace’ (A

famous cafe in Apata, Ibadan) to upload my WAEC result

which was full of C’s and just 2 B’s (It wasn’t bad anyway)

and other documents. When i got there i discovered that

there were 5 people already waiting to do that same online

registration. That was where i met Sandra.

Who is Sandra? Find out in Episode 3.