I was in transit to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp at Iseyin, Oyo state Nigeria when night fell on me while still on the trip. I arrived in Ilorin and couldn't proceed on the trip anymore and a friend came to my rescue almost immediately. she put a call across to a friend of hers and pleaded with him to take me in for a night whilst I proceeded on my trip the next morning. I was warmly received by a kind and generous fellow I was meeting for the very first time and he made me so comfortable. I remember eating white rice and stew with boiled egg that night😂
I learned a powerful lesson that night as I had a warm bath and laid to rest off the stress of an 8-hour trip that relationships are powerful and have indirect benefits, in this case, here was I enjoying the benefit of a relationship of a friend with another friend of hers, so I came to this inference, do anything within your means to guard, protect and preserve quality relationships they will surely save either you, your relatives, a pal or some close to you some day.
After the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) Orientation camp exercise, I was battling body pain as a result of the stringent, strenuous regimented, and tedious nature of camp activities I was subjected to for 20 days stretch. I had two weeks leave before I resumed my Primary Place of Assignment (PPA) where I got posted to was too far from home, so I couldn't travel home to give my loving momma a big warm hug because of insufficient balance in my bank account.
so, only one place came to mind where I could go have a good rest and that was Dr. James's place, by the way, from my PPA to Dr. James's city is just less than an hour's drive, so I chatted with him up on WhatsApp about my plan to come visit him and he gave me a yes. Without wasting more time I boarded a vehicle and was right on my way to one of the ancient cities in Nigeria, Ilorin to be precise, the capital of Kwara state.
Strenuous drill at NYSC orientation camp
In a bid to get some level of financial freedom, I got encouraged to join Hive through @jjmusa2004 who was the person I came to visit. He told me I stand a chance to make little money to take care of my upkeep and more importantly I'm gonna make new friends, that alone intrigued me about Hive
I'm just a simple fellow just in case you are already curious to know something about me
I am Salem from one of the most beautiful states in the North Central region of Nigeria, Lokoja the capital of Kogi state in particular, the confluence state as it is fondly called
The history of my academic journey isn't so much yet, but all the same, I want to let you in right away. I am proudly a distinguished graduate from Federal University Gusau, Zamfara state, where I bagged a degree in Public Administration in a second class honours (upper division).
Final paper as an undergraduate student at FUG
I am currently observing my 1 year compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in the Pacesetter state, Oyo state, Nigeria.
beautifully kitted in an NYSC dress
I consider myself a novice when it comes to cryptocurrency at the moment, but I am interested in actively engaging in cryptocurrencies some day, but I want to begin my journey from Hive
In my opinion, I have a wonderful hobby and that is a keen interest in exploring new urban cities
I really don't have a favorite food and that's because I am not the type that selects food like we say in Nigeria 🤣 once it's edible and It can sate my hunger, I'm good to go. So in my few journeys to new places, food wasn't a challenge. My recent experience on this was at the NYSC orientation camp
Lunch at NYSC orientation camp
In addition to the mentioned hobby, I love writing though I have been inconsistent on it and that to a large extent has dwarfed my dexterity in writing, but I strongly believe that my presence in Hive will awaken the skill and give me the needed enhancement
I hope you found my little introduction interesting. I look forward to an enjoyable engagement on this platform.
Thank you so much for taking your precious time to read through.