ELECTIVES `15

Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!! The whole world was in the Christmas mood but i, deserted by my roommates was looking outside the window and appreciating the modern magic that is electricity. A terrible plague it is to be without light. A more catastrophic event it is to be preparing for psychiatry end of posting exams in the dark (double pun. I actually did all the work a day or two before. Thank you to my Psychiatry guys. #WeTheBest).

The end of the exams exams signalled the end of 500 level, the beginning of christmas, the start of the new year and the time to play Fifa/Fm 15. Of course the best part of the whole gist is that the Exchange Electives programme can commence. This is supposed to be that time when you're allowed to do medicine/dentistry in style. There were 3 groups of people in the class based on how they went about their electives business

1. The early birds: These ones went about their business early, made their selections early and processed it early. Also they were very lowkey about this and as such, i'm not cool with them again. (only Funmi is spared)

2. The Planners: You know the guy that is the right hand man of the super villain and when the boss falters takes over? Yes. These guys took over the baton from the early birds. They are cool with me.

3. The ones without actual plans: Yes we're here. We only hoped to get money, get bae and read/finish our projects during this period (read? lol its good to lie to yourself sometimes.). This group has been deserted by the likes of Dolapo and co. But we're  still a big strong family marching to resumption.

This is supposed to be a short serious post but i have failed you. Here are some pictures to distract you while i make my escape.

Somebody is a surgeon. #CMUL

One of my favourite people in one of my favourite places

Here's Becky living it up. She owes me only two gifts 

YBC chairman, Chinedu, Anthonia and a fan 

#TeamPretoria

Lola and a lightsaber #Starwars 

Hey ladies...

Labamba.. I'm not an Arsenal fan but it's the away Jersey I want.

Not everytime electives, sometimes owambe

Here's a picture of a cute tiger for equal measure 

All the best to our Dental colleagues as they prepare for the professional exams.

Au revoire!

Zubair Santos

P.s: keep refreshing the page, you might just see someone that looks like you :p

CLASS DUES

Greetings Kings and Queens,

HAPPY NEW YEAR….. WE PRAY THAT THIS YEAR, THE MERCIES AND FAVOURS OF GOD WILL REST UPON US ALL AND NEVER LEAVE US. WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR GOD’S PROTECTION AND A BLESSED 600LEVEL AHEAD.

We thank God for the favour and blessings of last year and we thank him for the grace to see the New Year 2015. 

We also thank all classmates for the turnout at the events and co-operation so far. We bless the name of the Lord for the progress we make as a class; He has brought us through all the years to 600 level. 

Towards the end of last year, we called for a congress to introduce the class logo, the class dues and the class patrons. We want to thank all those who came out and encourage more to turn out for such when the time arises. We also said it will be our last congress as a class. That’s why you are reading this on the class blog.

The most notable highlight to pick out from the congress was the non-acceptance and disavowal of the proposed class dues which was #30,000. 

Classmates declared that the proposed dues were too costly for a year long list of activities. When asked what should be done about it, a number of people said it should be reduced to #25,000, some said #20,000, and others said #15,000.

Since then, the executives have gone back to re-strategize and today; we present 2 new proposals for class dues before you. In slashing the original 30,000 dues, we carefully considered rumours running around about our resumption in March, ending our postings in December this year and writing our professional exam in January. Like I said it’s a rumour which we will confirm as time goes by this month. If it is true, all classmates will need to be on their toes as it will be a short YBC year for us. 

When the original #30,000 class due was slashed, we arrived at 22,000.

And here, we also have a budget for 20,000.

The 22,000 proposed class dues

Morning jogging session – no cost

Sports tournament – not costed

Variety night – not costed

Year book - #5,000

Academic symposium - #1000

Social outing - #4000

YBC wear (1) - #3,000

Traditional night - #2,000

Dinner - #7,000

TOTAL – 22,000

The 20,000 proposed class dues

Morning jogging session – no cost

Sports tournament – not costed

Variety night – not costed

Year book - #5,000

Academic symposium - #1000

Social outing - #4000

YBC wear (1) - #3,000

Dinner - #7,000

TOTAL - #20,000

It is important to note that the traditional night, was left out of the 20,000 proposal. 

The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that we are the pilots. We’ve taken time to deliberate and the time for action has come. We want to pilot this short time and make it useful right now. 

That is why today, January 9^th, 2015 ; we have put this out to everyone to look at it, and vote for the class dues. Either 20,000 or 22, 000, you can vote and you can also use the comment boxes under this post to air your views. Note that the budget will be available on this blog before we send out proposals and it will be available once we agree and vote on a fixed class dues. We will be leaving the votes to run for a week before we take the next step in the line of action. 

Enjoy the holidays. 

We wish our dental students the best as they write incourses and prepare for their exams. May God be with them, Amen.

Royals ‘XV

Chad Ehizien Ehimhen