ASUU strike almost made me give out my most treasured gift. During the strike, I was given a scholarship by my state government to study Digital Marketing at Udacity. That was my introduction to the tech world and I am glad it came in at the right time. I commenced the program by February with all diligence and commitment, from signing in to the website to take classes to attending weekly connect live sessions on Saturdays to get your class questions answered by a session lead and weekly Thursday sessions called career time to get your career questions answered by a Coach, I officially graduated with a Nanodegree certificate in June a month to my birthday. As I sort for organizations to apply for internships, I created a resume for that and created an account on LinkedIn to facilitate my new ambition which is to get a place to intern as a digital marketing specialist. I made sure I apply for as many as I set my eyes on, many organizations do not reply the emails, and I don’t get to hear from them again, but few reply my email with heartbreaking messages saying they are sorry to share that they can’t have me with them as the application they received was much and they have to choose the best and the last category of firms are those who schedule an interview for you, this message lightens my mood actually and then boom, you don’t hear from them again all of these frustrated me but my best friend was always there to encourage me.

Learn a digital skill during ASUU strike

The place of Friendship during ASUU strike

We have been friends since 2019 and I must confess that he’s the best guy I have known all my life, he’s caring, lovable, loving, understanding, helpful, intelligent, wise, outstanding and yes, he’s tall, everyone likes that part of him and he does love his height too. When he walked up to me in 2019 for the first time, I noticed there was something unique about him, I couldn’t place my hands on it yet because he was a stranger, but we exchanged contacts and keep up with communication, we met a couple of weeks later and he made his intentions known and I respectfully declined with the excuse that I have someone I am currently dating. It was difficult for him during that period but he had to accept my response and he said he will like us to remain, friends, this young man made it known to me later that I am the First Lady he is retaining as a friend even after I refused to start a relationship with him, he said he doesn’t keep female friends who he once asked out and refused around.

As our friendship blossomed even my real date noticed and said he wasn’t cool with it, I told him not to worry that we are just friends and nothing more, truly that was what we were but our closeness and sincerity to ourselves was out of this world, I think that’s because he was around. After all, my real date was in another State. I was officially granted admission and I had to leave my current place of residence for school which I did, we kept the communication up, he was so supportive, my distance relationship guy cheated on me and we had to part ways, my friend was around to console me, sincerely that was my first heartbreak I was hurt for real because I never for once thought we wouldn’t settle down together maritally. I moved on and my friend asks me out the second time and I humbly declined again with the excuse that someone I can’t get married to, I sincerely can’t date. At that point, with some things my friend do and how he acts, he was good as a friend but I can’t settle down with him maritally, I can’t settle down with someone with all of those excesses for the rest of my life, this shook our friendship, even if I call, he’s so quick to hang up with excuses, he keeps his space, he doesn’t reach out or checks on me as before which affected me big time, I have to be sincere, I missed him, I missed how we were able to tell ourselves anything and everything, I missed how I always tell him I love him, which I sincerely do, I choose him over everything and everyone, I missed how we talk and laugh for long on video calls.

Dating

I messaged him on WhatsApp one of those days and poured out the piece of mind to him, and he did too, he said he doesn’t want to keep up with the friendship because it hurts him the more, he complained that whenever we talk long on calls, it reignites every feeling he has for me, he wants the feeling to die so he can move on since I don’t want to be in a relationship with him. I cried bitterly, he called the next day and apologized for being self-centered and hurtful, he said we can continue with the friendship but I must tell you, it took time for that tangible love to be felt. Then boom, ASUU went on strike, I came home, our friendship skyrocketed, we meant a lot to each other, we see often, he assisted with his time, data, and laptop, he added color to my life with his presence, his love overwhelmed me we kissed one day and he asked me out again, I accepted because my influence in his life has changed some of the things he does and how he does them, giving him a chance won’t be bad, during one of the days I paid him a visit, I was so into him and it looked as though I wanted sex for the very first time, he said he doesn’t want it yet that I have waited this long to have sex I can hold on a bit till marriage before I give it out, the same way it mean a lot to me is the same way it means a lot to him. He said I should cool my blood down and not be in a rush, if not after the 5 minutes of pleasure, I will regret giving it out. I just hissed, took a cold shower, and avoided him but deep down I was glad he passed the test because I don’t think my body knows what it wants, I haven’t had sex before and my body acts dead.
After 8 months of being at home, we’ve dated for 5 months and I am glad I didn’t lose my most treasured gift as a result of the strike.