Merry Exams and Happy New Lock-in in Advance
Evelyn Temny
It’s that time of the year again, when we celebrate the birth of our Lord; Jesus Christ. But this time, we are celebrating a different way, in a different style. Our lecturers have prepared wonderful gifts for us all; the best gifts we will ever receive for Christmas and New Year, no other gift could compete. Indeed, the gifts promise to be wonderful, especially for the top dawgs in the UI students’ community. Some lecturers are also intentionally packaging gifts neither you or they have ever seen before. It is absolutely going to be the best Christmas story ever, Santa has finally decided to gift us a lot for Christmas.
Many will be celebrating this by observing daily vigils; though they always end up sleeping when the day breaks, never a bad idea to take a break with the day. Many have gone and many others will still go on prayer mountains to seek the face of the Lord prior to the coming of Santa, while some ask all they want for Christmas and go in faith, some tarry until Santa’s gifts are right before them. Many have rented a personal cubicle in KDL, to take the gifts by force from Santa, and many others will still join them; though there are a few who yield to the temptation of going back to their hostels, even if it is to take a bath, while the others stand in the face of temptation and in the midst of their stench.
Many have given up and are waiting for the next set of gifts, they know Santa is not bringing gifts to them, but rewards for the wisest choices they made during the course of the year. Some of them are currently looking to see whether or not there is some magic or voodoo that can bring them gifts, instead of rewards, but the rule stands; “a labourer deserves his wages”. if not because they are too generous, why would any labourer rather take gifts and reject their rewards? That’s only for the creme de la creme to understand.
A few are ready, to welcome Santa with smiles and happiness, whilst pretending to be in the same shoes as the general public, in an attempt to follow the multitude to do right. Santa is supposed to come like a thief in the night, nobody is to know or be prepared for his visitation, but these wolves in sheep clothings are never caught unawares. They are always prepared for the day of war, even though they are not Kings.
One way or the other, no matter the categories we belong, Santa is going to come, and everybody is going to collect, according to the measure each deserves, so shall each get. There is no escaping Santa, the gifts will wait till the next session, and at that time, Santa will no longer be the one giving the gift, because it would have been carried over. However, it is a free world, you can choose to evade Santa and be happy to enjoy Christmas and the consequences that flow altogether.
What then shall we say? Is Santa to blame for bringing us such great gift this season? No, Santa is only doing his job, it is whoever invented eXams that is to be blamed. If not for lack of trust, why would you give us such wonder full gifts for Xmas?
We don’t want a lot for Christmas, but now, we have more than we can stomach on our plates for Christmas. It’s always like that during Christmas though, many always end up in the toilet several times during the celebration. Maybe it is the magic of Christmas working, but it is already sort of foreseeable that the toilet will experience the longest lines possible this time around, even the toilet at Jaja won’t be spared.
Since we cannot run away from Santa, I suggest we just do nothing and accept our unavoidable fate, whichever category we fall into, isn’t that what winners do? Or is it losers? Anyways, let Santa do what he wants, whether the gifts reach us as wonders or otherwise, in other words, come what may, we’re sat for Santa
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