Happy birthday, Olobayo Faderera J.
I met Fade in my first year at the University of Ilorin. We had both been admitted to study English. There was this course, ENG 107- Theatre Workshop, that required us to perform a play at the end of the semester. We were divided into groups, and given different plays to rehearse and perfect and eventually perform. Fade and I were in the same group- Group 2. I remember the first thing that drew my attention to her was her nails. They were fixed, yet they looked like natural nails. I was confused, and I wanted to ask her, but I was too shy LOL. Plus, she looked like one of those big girls that would have snubbed me. I eventually asked her, and she didn’t snub me. Thank God. 😂 She told me they were fixed. I don’t know if I ever told anybody this, but she inspired me to get my nails done for the first time. She didn’t tell me to, but I wanted my nails to be just like hers. I went to get them fixed, and I hated them LMAO. I never fixed my nails after that. I wonder how people do it.
Fast forward to three years later, Fade has become one of the best friends I’ve ever had. She’s so kind and sweet and thoughtful. I must have done a really good deed for God to have rewarded me with Fade. I’m not just saying all the cliché things, it’s the truth. Fade has helped me so much idk how to start paying her back. 😭😭😭💚💚💚💚💚
Sometimes during the semester I just don’t feel up to school and the stress of classes, and I fall back, leaving many classes unattended and I end up having no note or any idea of what the course is even about. It’s Fade I know I can always turn to, and i can count on her to turn up for me. She’s helped me with notes, past questions, and course outlines. I don’t know what the state of my GPA would be like without her, tbh.
Fade, whether she knows it or not, taught me a very important lesson about learning to accept and love yourself. She’s so strong and beautiful and stubborn(a good kind of stubborn).
She’s also one of my only friends in school, one of the few people from my department I talk to regularly, and bother to keep up with. it’s not pride, I just don’t like people very much. 😭😭😭 She’s also basically the only person I keep space for or fight to sit next to because there’s hardly anybody else I can sit next to in class and gist and laugh with. Anytime she’s sitting or walking home with her other friends, I know that’s my lone wolf day LOL.
I love you so so much Faddykins💕💖💕💖💕💖💕. Happy birthday, baby girl. You mean the world to me. God bless you.
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