Gist Arena

A fter my secondary education, I wanted to become a doctor. Biology, mathematics where some of my favourite subjects. I enjoyed drawing the digestive system- I still remember how to, till today so instinctively, I concluded that I was going to be in the medical field.  Growing up in Uyo, and being the youngest in a family of seven, I had little or no control over my choice of University so I was only going to the school my parents decided upon, unfortunately the school I applied to was yet to have the medicine department accredited as a course, after waiting for a semester doing another course with the hopes to transfer once the medicine department was accredited, my family advised me to continue with the course I was already studying so I ended up graduating in Microbiology. It was one of those situations where I had to listen and obey. Besides, there was little or no wriggle room. I remember telling a friend of mine in the lab that I wasn't going to work a 9-5 jo...