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FINDING CALM WITHIN THE NOISE

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Sometimes it’s hard to find any serenity when living in a crowded environment. This is the situation I currently find myself in at the Bayelsa NYSC orientation camp. From the early morning drills to the lecture gatherings, to the endless queues and constant arguments in the hostel, it’s really tough to find any peace of mind within all the noise. Personally, finding calm within all this chaos has been tough, but as humans, we’re equipped with the skills to be adaptable to any situation. I sometimes concentrate on a particular object or sound and let everything else fade away. This doesn’t always work, but when it does, it enables me focus on my thoughts, it takes away the anxiety of being in a crowded space and it lets me appreciate the beauty of nature around me. A few beautiful things I’ve noticed here in Bayelsa are the insects on the grass that glow in the dark, they’re like fireflies that don’t fly. The early morning sky is also quite beautiful here; the way the clouds align to fo...
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MY NYSC EXPERIENCE

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On the 24th of July, around 5 am in the morning, I found out that NYSC call-up letters were out. I spent the next hour and a half trying to log in to my portal dashboard. When i finally did, I clicked on the “print call-up letter” link and saw “Bayelsa”. I was confused initially because i was hoping to be posted close to home and i had never been to Bayelsa before. A couple of people consoled me that Bayelsa was better than a lot of other places and that helped me calm down.   Next thing on my mind was trying to figure out how to get to Bayelsa. Apparently, there is an airport in Bayelsa but it’s not open for commercial use. I had to fly down to Port-harcourt and then take a ride down to the Bayelsa orientation camp. The journey to the camp was less than two hours in all but there were a lot of security check points on the way. That made me a bit worried about the security situation in the south-south.   On getting to the camp, i was made to take a rapid covid test before bein...
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