NewStats: 3,261,763 , 8,175,062 topics. Date: Friday, 30 May 2025 at 12:51 PM 6m5u5u

Wearing a face mask claiming I was fighting a fictitious virus called covid 19

I can't forget this date : 10.11.12

I was a corps member serving in Ilorin and this particular month was a very long one as allawee no show on time and no shingbain for acct.

I and my roommate woke up this particular day (10.11.12) hungry and almost falling sick. We decided to go out and do whatever I took to get food. That's how we trekked to this construction site (now Kwara mall), met with one contractor fixing up one bank space (I think fidelity bank). We told him we were corps and ready to do any job. Na so I do the kain labourer work I never do for my life. We were paid 1.5k each. The money sweet me cos na literally my sweat with beta body pain and headache.
Na so we first go chop very cheap mama put, one bottle of gulder each, buy drugs for body pain, then enter market with the balance, shop for one week food.

I can't forget that unique date 10.11.12. It became my hustle code ever since.

seanwilliam:
Garri mixed with red oil, grind pepper and salt with little water..





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That happened to me when I go husle in oshogbo 2014...

I saw hell..


I also cooked a second class soup with 200 then in ila orangun with my brother then.. we go kon dey find where to see garri or fufu for dozen...



I thank God

did you school in ila orangun

Sleeping under bridge

Futurejoy:

In my year 1, I had about N500 with me, my last card, no allowance yet, no helper...die hard broke. I just arrange myself and stepped out of the hostel, I saw a woman selling avocado pears at a very affordable price and I bought N200, bought garri N100 and sachet water . I had N200 left Incase of emergency pending when my allowance will come towards the next weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, I drank garri and pear for like 3 days until one of my roommates came and collected the spoon from me to taste the combo and was like “ why do you like this pear and garri so much, let me taste it”.....I just smiled weirdly and said I loved it cos it was my favorite (favorite bawo? Me that hunger want to kill).Later that day I just took my card and went to the ATM to check if I would see any money, low and behold, 12k was in my (the first cut of my allowance). I was happy so I called my dad to thank him and ask when he sent the money, he said he sent it days ago but didn’t bother to call me...I was speechless. I just ran to buy chicken and plaintain, to replenish the lost nutrients in my body.
Another one was when I went for Saturday fixed class by one old “wicked “professor in my 300l . After 3 hours lecture he gave us 1 hour to go out for lunch, everybody went out and I was the only one in class with him. He later noticed me and called me, he asked me why i didn’t go out. I told him I had nothing on me to eat so what was the essence of going out. He asked what I wanted to eat and how much it would cost, I told him N300, this man removed N1000 to give to me but told me to bring back his change on N500 . I told him ok, I left and went to eat, on my way back to class I heard he had dismissed the class so I went to his office to give him the balance. I saw him outside and he said he wanted to see if I was a sincere person, he told me to keep the balance and that was it. I stopped seeing him as a wicked lecturer from that day.

Wow. I am touched

back then in my 300L at VILLAGE HOSTEL of the UNIVERSITY of JOS, there was no NEPA LIGHT for 3 straight WEEKS, I have just SALT and WATER in my room and there is no roommate.. I just struggled to pay my SCHOOL FEES so there was nothing at hand, in my pocket and in my bank .. 80% of the students are used to ELECTRIC COOKER abi na ELECTRIC STOVES, so no Light for them to cook and I have enough GAS in my GAS CYLINDER because I hardly cook due to no FOOD STUFFS cis of NO MONEY, so I went round THE HOSTEL announcing to people that IF ANYONE WON COOK, I HAVE ENOUGH GAS O, so if you cook you can FETCH small for me to eat, and many people complied and I survive like that LIKE THAT for 1 week.. SECONDLY, the HOSTEL ONLY SOURCE of water, Local hand pumping BOREHOLE was FAULTY, it becomes so very HARD and difficult to pump, before you pump one bucket of water you have to rest and pump again like 10 to 15 minutes depending on your strength.. so I went there one faithful morning, I started looking for AJEBO GIRLS WHO CAN'T PUMP, I will ask them if I can PUMP water for them, per bucket 20 naira and to carry it to your HOSTEL is 30 making 50 naira in all, some agreed and like that like that I gather 350 that morning then I went to FARINGADA MARKET to buy GARRI on congo (mudu) and Okro and red oil, and magi, na so I take make small SOUP take survive that period.. ONE GIRL in REHABILITATION EDUCATION Called ZABYA can bear me witness even till now.. #McADOYii
LiFE is HARD, but it's more HARDER when you are STUPID or when you don't have the sense to IMPROVISE.. #Isurvived #NowIamStillSURVIVING.. #TheTalkerTAINER

The day I ate soup and Eba for 4 days straight just to save small money from my allawee.

daben1:
bro, you know wetin be "miles" so?

Yes it's very possible. I have trekked 13 miles before, from Naze junction to FUTO campus. When you are desperate anything is possible

fuckingAyaya:
ok mine was that I do pray to God not to put me in an unbearable condition

why you come mumu like this?

micah1122:
Chai,first semester of 100l was terrible
Hunger wire me no be play
I don drink garri without sugar for days,imagine drinking garri without sugar and u no get idea of wetin u go chop next
I don mix beans soup,with raw garri,chop am one night like dat
I get running stomach d next day,i dy shit like say na piss i dy piss
Kerosene no dy to do eba
I don stand up from my house around some mins after 10pm,go beg one of my female coursemate if she get food wey she chop remain,hunger want kill me dat day
I don beg niggas for like 200naira make i use chop,i use dat moni survive for like 3 days
At times self even to waka na problem,i go dy waka,movement no stable,eye dy spin
I lost alot of weight in my 100l first semester

And i tall,so it was really obvious dat am losing weight
One of my female course mate don ever buy me bread and coke one night,after i tell her say i never chop since morning.She saved a soul
I no fit blame my parents,cos i know say if dem get,dem no go leave me like dat
I no fit tell dem situation of things, make my mumsy no go get sickness cos of thinking,e no dy hard her think
But one thing i know be say,na time
Very soon,all dis hard times go become story
Though i dy my 200l now sha

Which institution are you and what course are you studying??

3phase:
I no dey capetown again... now with my family in jo'burg

okay but i want u to help me i want leave this country

Stevyne:
As in we were so broke, Na only garri deh our room. Naso we deh drink am with toilet water.

onye okwu asii

jericco1:
My brother I drank yellow garri without salt or sugar for four consecutive days. School life na wa oh


There was this time when we were battling water scarcity, I used the last water I had to wash the last yam I had, used the water I used in washing the yam to cook the yam and also the water for cooking the yam for washing the plates.. I cannot forget that experience

Don't be broke please

been laughing hard kilode!

fuckingAyaya:
ok mine was that I do pray to God not to put me in an unbearable condition

has the bearable ones be fair enough
If you never reach your comfort zone, you still dey hustle for tarmac man. Those ones sef Pas one night hunger.

zionmde:
ate raw indomie
2 packs


Ate raw garri mixed with salt


boiled white rice and ate with indomie spices mixed with water

ate a soup dat has been sour for 2dayd

for those of us who know pH very well
I trekked from choba to rumuola, from rumuola to Rumuokoro, den back to choba in search of teaching job

trekked from Mile3 to choba on an early morning

went to a wedding centre to beg guests for money so I can survive



but thank God, we don't look like wat we have been through. Never give up, always focus on where u are going to

You tried bro

umtitibaba:
In life, there are moments we are faced with difficult situations with the sole aim of surviving hoping there will be light at the end of such circumstance..

Mine: it happened when I was I part 2 second semester, it was close to end of semester and there was no cash on me, no gas in my cylinder and I had to eat that night .... i had to Cook 'Eba' with normal water, ate with Palm oil sprinkled with salt.. imo that night bad gaaan....

So over to you guys, what Is the weirdest thing u have done to survive?

Raw ewuro with garri, Omo dat day I cried that I must be successful by all means.

Don't know if you guys noticed that most of these difficult weird ways of survival happened and still happening in our educational institutions. During this coro period I was at the bank to make withdrawals and a student flashing his school ID was directly asking for money.I didn't give him because I won't really be helping him

Garri no get advert but E dey sell indomie .

It's good to always have friends around, stayed in a big hostel with many friends. had my food routine then eat here in the morning stay put till evening then go eat at another Friend's place again in the evening Till money show.

Also had a school sister back then she really did helped me.some girls are what it. The day I went to her place and she served me cat fish I felt like a king,when I don chop am last


Another experience was when I took cornflakes overnight hadn't eaten since morning and not that I didn't have food just moved in every where was still messed up. couldn't wait for the day to Break I was just looking at the ceiling with empty stomach couldn't till morning comes it wasn't funny.

CloudWalker:
Don't know if you guys noticed that most of these difficult weird ways of survival happened and still happening in our educational institutions. During this coro period I was at the bank to make withdrawals and [/b]a student flashing his school ID was directly asking for money.I didn't give him because I won't really be helping him

[b]

Hmmmm why though

Igbojihadist:
onye okwu asii

Aswear...
E no funny then

Kenneygirl:
Almost ate bread that rat has eaten,
was terrible.
Still on survival spree and praying God makes a way soon.

Hmm.. Amen...
God will surely make a way, Soonest I pray!!!

Futuragetty:
Back then in school, A female lecturer of mine always brought her daughter to school sometimes, and This girl liked me a lot but i didn't know.
After our first quiz, your boy didn't write shit.
That course, Jurisprudence. Fear that course oh......
well, I had to reciprocate so i would get tips on topics to focus on for exam and quizzes.

It was weird how we started but it's not anymore.


________________________
Why are folks on here saying shit about food?
give us the real gist.
like who you did runs,G or did the other one, what is it called again?

are u a Pharmacy student

Joyfulgal:


Wow. I am touched

Lol....is your name Joy?

KelvinC1:
back then in my 300L at VILLAGE HOSTEL of the UNIVERSITY of JOS, there was no NEPA LIGHT for 3 straight WEEKS, I have just SALT and WATER in my room and there is no roommate.. I just struggled to pay my SCHOOL FEES so there was nothing at hand, in my pocket and in my bank .. 80% of the students are used to ELECTRIC COOKER abi na ELECTRIC STOVES, so no Light for them to cook and I have enough GAS in my GAS CYLINDER because I hardly cook due to no FOOD STUFFS cis of NO MONEY, so I went round THE HOSTEL announcing to people that IF ANYONE WON COOK, I HAVE ENOUGH GAS O, so if you cook you can FETCH small for me to eat, and many people complied and I survive like that LIKE THAT for 1 week.. SECONDLY, the HOSTEL ONLY SOURCE of water, Local hand pumping BOREHOLE was FAULTY, it becomes so very HARD and difficult to pump, before you pump one bucket of water you have to rest and pump again like 10 to 15 minutes depending on your strength.. so I went there one faithful morning, I started looking for AJEBO GIRLS WHO CAN'T PUMP, I will ask them if I can PUMP water for them, per bucket 20 naira and to carry it to your HOSTEL is 30 making 50 naira in all, some agreed and like that like that I gather 350 that morning then I went to FARINGADA MARKET to buy GARRI on congo (mudu) and Okro and red oil, and magi, na so I take make small SOUP take survive that period.. ONE GIRL in REHABILITATION EDUCATION Called ZABYA can bear me witness even till now.. #McADOYii
LiFE is HARD, but it's more HARDER when you are STUPID or when you don't have the sense to IMPROVISE.. #Isurvived #NowIamStillSURVIVING.. #TheTalkerTAINER

You'll make a good entrepreneur. Your bargaining skill is top notch

I was so hungry and neeed money to buy food, I sold my beautiful tablet phone for ridiculous price!!!

Thank God that's now in the past...

Bibidear:

did you school in ila orangun

no ooo.. 2013,14,and 15 i dey always travel round southwest schools for final year student projects... i suffer that year no be small

ManIzHot:



been laughing hard kilode!

It was mad oh!

larryking540:

Really ,,,u don graduate ?

No 200l collegian

Back then in my year 1 I ate bread morning afternoon night, it was the cheapest food as it was sold N10 per one. Garri and water preferably chilled. Sometimes with chilled mirinda.It got to the extent that they changed my name to bread. They complained I don't take the bread with tea and I lied that I am allergic to tea, that each time I drink tea, I vomit whatever I have taken. I maintained no tea stand throughout that 1st year. By 2nd year, I started cooking.

When I started cooking, my friend introduced me to meeting the buka ppl so they can keep the fish head for us. It was free then. They will pack these fish head for me and you need to perceive my stew . Choi. You will be salivating, without knowing na so so fish head full the stew. I can also eat beans for one week straight. I mess sotey I use mess wake my roommates for sleep. I was deep asleep and was unaware that mess was going on. They said that particular one was the 4th one and they couldn't endure it. Dem come dey smell our yansh ooo. I was banned from eating "agwa " in that room.


As I type this I am still laughing at what happened that night.

I begged for 1k on nairaland.

jieta:
I still when i trek from agbor park to technical junction to and fro all in the name of looking for work.

Human being suffer for Benin sha.

Geez! That is too far, even with a bus. How did you survive? Did you get the job?