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Diary of a confused Pharmacy student . Episode 1 Wait!! Before you start seeing me as one of those pharmacist wannabes that just wanted to be a pharmacist without studying pharmacy, I am a pharmacy student who was recently introduced to the vast world of pharmacology with a near little knowledge of Pathology and dosing. This was my situation or something worse than this when my faculty decided in it's generosity to send me on an emergency IT. The frenzy and Euphoria it created amongst my colleagues got me more interested as my first vow of I must go for IT came when as a freshman in the campus, I was lured to attend the first NFCPS fellowship. At that fellowship the way and manner the Magnifique class of 015 brandished and danced from front to back a fat looking envelope. I won't want to talk about the sad tales I got from my elder colleagues whom told me of our different it is in the practice. I brushed them off saying my case should be different. As the frenzy died down, a...

Some years back, I had a life changing experience. I met a very, young, orphaned Hausa family- 9 children from my count- with the oldest being a very tiny 9 year old girl with a baby tied to her scrawny back. They looked incredibly hungry and, though they were skeptical about the food I offered them, they ate it with relish when they realized that I meant them no harm. Seven year old Aisha burst into tears when her ‘aunties’ were about to leave. Her mummy just died and now, we all were leaving too. We had to reassure her that we will be back just to stop her torrent of tears. A conversation ensued with these ‘aunties’ and I, and though my grasp of Hausa is zero and pidgin English is very poor, I really wanted to know what the fate of these children would be. They told me that, after their mother’s burial some days from then, the first two girls, Aisha and Halima, would be going to their husband’s house. They said it with pride…like it was a thi...

Though the dinner started late, it was one of the most beautiful dinners ever. It had it's highs and lows though the highs exceeded the lows. Funny seeing about 10 bus loads of people which made me wonder where everyone had been hiding all this while. The ladies and gents stepped out, looking as beautiful and as dapper as the MVAs and AMAAs and.....I observed the beauty of it all. Pharm students are sights for sore eyes. They came...from east and west and north and south.....and it was so amazing to look at....the beauty of a National Convention. Below are pictures of the awards (presented by the PSN-PANS COORDINATOR, Pharm Uzoma Nwigudu, then by the President, Emeghebo Chika and then by the SSA to the Anambra State Governor on Pharmaceutical Matters, Pharm Okaa Valentine ) part of the night: ...