They’re in every campus, disseminate the same message and have the same traits, they’re called the ‘balokole students’. In this article, Drone Joseph reveals how campus savdees are cool and perhaps why you should follow suit!
By Joseph Lagen
Twitter: @josephoyet
They are the ones who shout during lunch and evening breaks, the ones who babble tongues into the night, disrupting your sleep or party mood. Yes, those clueless dudes who refer to that hot chick as “Sister”, the ones who make you wonder if some people on earth (ahem) will ever “get lucky”… the Pharell way if you know what I mean.
Every campus, even IUIU, I boldly say, has born-agains. Pentecostal, “Abalokole” call them whatever you like, they are here to stay. And while you waste away your evenings, passing by these praying bunch, there’s a lot to them that, if you knew, you would die to be one of them.
For starters, they always have plot. Let’s be honest. Unlike you who burn out at the start of the sem attending bazaars not meant for you and then blowing out your meager dime on clubbing with the hope of saving compos, these fellas have their time sorted. During the week they are going to have their prayers, practices dance and instrumental, without having to pay a dime for it then eventually, they are sure to have a weekend spoilt for choice between a youth service or Christian hare some place…and do not tell me you do not know what they do on a Sunday.
Campus students at PhatFest, the biggest christian music show of the the year.
Most or all of this being free, another fact kicks in… these hommies are hardly broke. Do not let appearances deceive you. These guys leave at the end of the sem with some cash in their wallets. They are probably the ones who grant you those cruel but needed loans right before exams, when everyone is supposed to be dry. Why? Because, unlike them, your pocket money is spread between Casablanca, Amnesia, Asylum and some brewery out there…
Speaking of breweries, never think these guys have never tasted high. They are the only ones with a high that does not bother you with a head splitting headache the next day. As you dare yourselves with punches and tots of different sorts, these guys have something better to do with their Friday night, overnights that start like concerts, and end like parties. And if you think they jig to Wilson Bugembe and Babirye (no offense), think again…
You pay to enter a club and unless it is under a hole, you are going to hear songs like, Giant Killer, You Gat it, Sidda Mukyalo, Ganja Man etcetera in the very club. You paid to listen to born again music. Pompi, Isaac Blackman, Coopy Bly, Exodus; all these artistes are sworn born again singers who do not mind lending their music to you. And if you think it is only an African Affair, look up Alicia Keys Janelle Monae and you will be startled.
Have you ever thought to yourself “when do these born agains catch books?” or “when will these savedees relax from the books?” Thank you, you have answered yourselves from both ends of the spectrum. It is obvious they pray so hard throughout the sem and while you are searching for a campus night or any such plot, they are burning…getting ahead of you all-nighters in books. The night they give away is their Friday night. Now you know.
If you never knew this and all about born agains, you are welcome. I would tell you about how the saved babes are the hottest chicks in campus but I’d rather let you go to a fellowship…and see for yourself.
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