well the kit was very cumbersome considering the hot nija sun!!! in camp i dont know what i disliked the most,wether having to wear that hot,low quality kit.fashi the ugg boots na!!!!!my kit i had to fit it in camp and paid thru my nose because there was MAJOR work to be done.after camp sha i only wore the crested vest on cds days,we had a strict z.i. so no way out!!!course i didnt mind after camp because its just for some minutes or so,its better to avoid being sent back abi?in camp i got away with wearing jeans most of the time,and another thing was because i had a sprained ankle i got away with wearing shorts as well.

dear mcDreamy,im sure ur alias says it all, wipe out that excitement about corper shun and welcome to the real world.i can see dat u mite be viewing it thru rose colored glasses,anyway,when u get to camp, camp wasnt as nice as the rest of the service yr,so be prepared for the worst.basically ur provisions are important,and of course ur torch and bucket,but bear in mind that after camp ur major worry will be how to negotiate ur luggage so dont carry too much.i had to leave a lot of stuff in camp because of dat,cos trust me it isnt funny fighting with a large box and stuff when ur looking for a way to settle.i speak for other corpers tho because i had a friend come pick me up,and actually went clubbing that nite!!!!!!!!!!!!

dear mcDreamy,im sure ur alias says it all, wipe out that excitement about corper shun and welcome to the real world.i can see dat u mite be viewing it thru rose colored glasses,anyway,when u get to camp, camp wasnt as nice as the rest of the service yr,so be prepared for the worst.basically ur provisions are important,and of course ur torch and bucket,but bear in mind that after camp ur major worry will be how to negotiate ur luggage so dont carry too much.i had to leave a lot of stuff in camp because of dat,cos trust me it isnt funny fighting with a large box and stuff when ur looking for a way to settle.i speak for other corpers tho because i had a friend come pick me up,and actually went clubbing that nite!!!!!!!!!!!!

the 1st few weeks at my posting were very boring for me,i wondered what i was doing in this placein fact i had to travel for like 1 full month and almost got kicked out from my primary assignment.was 1 of the lucky ones tho,i was posted to a school in the heart of uyo,had light and running water,my room to myself,no sharing,had my shower and toilet,wheneva there wasnt any lite they had the school gen,had the students at my beck and call,ready to do my bidding like one queen,
im sure some ex-ajuwayas will want to beat me after reading this,but there are some of us who really enjoyed their experiences,good or bad,i mean,of course there are the bad times,but im glad that even where i am now,i dont regret it and will do it all over again!!!!!!!!!
but meen those 'militia' guys at camp,they were always eager to come chase us at the hostel,one in particular,'oga gambo' will come straight to my bunk and poke my ass with his stick,abuse!!!to 'wake me up',so to say.
and they will always come in the morning when they know the chics are in various stages of UnCloth.hmmm.
well camp was good i thank the lord for his mercies

Well well, what can i say,after reading the experiences of texazzpete,i cldnt help but laff and reminisce, i served in 2006 @ akwa ibom state,i only passed out in january 07 and being soo far away from home it seems like it was aeons ago.the service yr began of course with the 'call up' letter,as i schooled in ph i expected to be thrown into zamfara on any of the neighbouring towns,just as my course mates were.the 1st thing i saw on my letter was AK,of course with my mindset then i assumed i was going to akure ,but it turned out that i was wrong,it was AKWA IBOM,only 2 hrs away from ph,YAY!!!(i was already planning my home trips even w/o starting the service yr.)
well,said my goodbyes to my teary family on valentines day.turned out that i went to the wrong park,so the bus took aprox. 5hrs to load(no kidding)in the process of waiting i made friends with a fellow soon to be ajuwaya,and it made the journey easier as we chatted all the way.we arrived uyo about 6pm,we raced to take the only taxi going to camp.as we got there,i 4got to mention that i literally took a 'supermarket' in form of my box,to camp,having heard of the horror stories of purging and all what not.
so,supermarket in tow,feeling very happy with myself,i walked majestically into camp,only to be harrased by the fearsome 'koko'(he became my best pal l8r)to carry my box on my head and frogjump, i looked from him to the large box,and laffed in his face.of course u can only guess what happened
anyways,getting settled in was pretty easy,but the 1st nite was kinda hard because chics had to bath outside and trust the guys to find themselves gravitating towards the girls hostel!!!!!!
anyhow,with throwing shotput into the "wilderness" of ikot eti udong and vultures flying around waiting for the 'spoils'ugh!!!!
and experience i can neva 4get i assure u.of course as a regular otondo i joined OBS and was 1 of the key broadcasters,all in a bid to escape the gruelling parades.our camp commandant was a clown,pretending to be brutal when in fact he had the heart of a baby.i only went to mammy to get food and come back to the room,most of my roomies then we wld eat from my box.i made some really great friends,who even contact me now that im no longer in the country.i also met the love of my life towards the later part of my service yr.(he helped me cut short all those trips to ph!)
or can i mention the principal and proprietor of the school i served who did their best to "toast that pretty corper"awful!!!!!and the students who wld 'madam'me around,im sure they found it funny that i wld give them notes to copy and go to the back of the class to read my cosmo ;Dthey wld keep on turning their heads around to look at this very strange teacher!!!!!!
i had loads of fun,with charles and the guys,and my homegirls calli and nasa,we had soo much fun those days going to wimpy's,the most happening joint then in uyo.if asked to do it again,bliv me i would,as it was a very thrilling exp!!!!!!!