My NYSC experience Part 3

Time heals even the deepest of wounds,this was quite evidently the case for me. Within three months of that 8 hour trip to kaiama  (the place of rest) I had accepted my fate and fully settled down.
Most,if not all my wears were here now,I had my car fully repaired and rid of all damages inflicted by my trip,work had commenced at PPA and I was deeply in the process  of getting to know more about my novel environment.
Kaiama is a small town and capital of the kaiama local government area.My first impression was that of a very quiet place with peace loving and kind hearted inhabitants. Early positives included the fact that pounded yam,one of my favourite dishes is indeed the most widely consumed meal in kaiama and really cheap to get,even though it was very often served along side unsavoury, unhygienic and impoverished soups the food vendors  churn out on a daily basis.It didn't take much time to adjust to the food though and to my amazement I fell in love with the locally made cheese 'wara'
A long narrow tarred road divided the town in half so to speak,spanning its full length and having all the major offices on each side.There was our beloved corpers logde on the right and the NYSC secretariat directly opposite it.The Bank,Local government office and other prominent shopping complexes also flanked the main road,leading up all the way to a roundabout.This roundabout marked the 'end' of kaiama for a good number of corpers,however for the enlightened few it was our get-away zone for kaiama 'nightlife'.
It was popular talk among corpers that everywhere in kaiama was trek-able meaning that one could easily walk to wherever one wanted to go.I would agree with this assessment actually but the scorching hot sun was a major deterrent for me and i preferred to go  places on four wheels. Five minutes was the time for me,no matter where i wanted to visit in the town i would get there in less than 5 minutes,this made kaiama seem even smaller to me and i likened it to one big playground.
In this playground,corpers accommodation had different fancy names.We had Commissioners lodge,Aso-Rock Villa,White house lodge,Opposite White house lodge,Presidential lodge,Family House(NCCF) and Las Vegas lodge(my personal favourite).
I liked to imagine each lodge as a unit and each unit having one personality even though this was merely a broad generalisation. So for me Commissioners lodge was home to the party people(who loved to dig it), Aso-Rock Villa was 'FBI' kaiama zonal office,White house lodge-the exclusive lodge for the elite (which included our L.G.I),Opposite White house lodge-Peacemakers nest,Presidential lodge- Kaiama Gossip headquarters,Family house-abode of saints and Las Vegas lodge-where the most sort after corper chicks in kaiama proudly resided.

To be continued...