I have had different friends at different stages in my life, but I must say the ones I am still in contact with are those I met in my university days. You know the saying that "friends are never apart; maybe in distance, but never at heart" it's true. we all live in different states but communicate often.
Life's most valuable antiques are our dear old friends.
I met special people that played different roles in my life and one of them is 
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How we met.
we were room mates, we met on my first day of resumption in university after registration. So, I opened the door to the room assigned to me, and the first person I saw was her. she was lying on her bed covered with duvet and her throw pillows all over the bed. Beside the bed was a mug she had finished taking tea with. The way she laid down, was like a rich man's daughter (in my mind I was like, na big man pikin be this oo). I walked up to her, introduced myself and asked what her name was, she said 'ruff' ( in a phonetic way) I said sorry come again, she repeated the same thing, I still was not getting what she was saying. I am sure she saw the expression on my face, then she pronounced it in the Nigeria way "Ruth". I asked her department, she told me, and it happened that we were in the same department. The following morning we went for lecture together and that was how our friendship started.
Fun moment
we had a lot of fun moments together. In most Nigeria universities 100 and 200 level classes are usually full, you find a lot of students either sitting on the floor or standing during lectures. Most of those lectures that we had to attend with other departments, we usually stay back in the hostel. You know how 100L students (jambitos) don't miss lectures, we were not like that, whenever we go to the class and it was full or there were no seats for us, we did not stand or sit on the floor like other students, we just find our way back to the hostel. we did not have time for stress. I remember one time; still in 100level, first semester; we had lecture; a geography class which was slated for two o'clock, Ruthy and I cat walked into that class, I think by 3. The lecturer who was already in the class, turned and walked us out of his class. There was no remorse in our behavior, we bounced out of the class, went back to our hostel and slept.
There are friends, there are family, and there are friends that becomes family.
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What we didn't do together.
As much as we were almost always together, some people actually taught we were sisters, some persons in our fellowship (YWAP) were calling me her naomi, whenever they see me without her, they would ask "Naomi where is Ruth?". However, there was something we never did together, which was reading. The way and how we read and assimilate things was different, for me to understand I have to read for long but Ruthy was this intelligent girl that does not read for long, sometimes she does not read some courses or topics (most especially the ones that she attended the classes, and understood the lecturer), at all. Because I understood that despite the fact that we were friends, we still had our difference, I had to find out what works for me.
What I admire about her
She was and still is a hustler. Ahhh!!!!!, Ruthy can hustle for life. She sold different things in the hostel, she never misses an opportunity. She was always frequenting Zaria and Kaduna because of that. She was an entrepreneur student (Studentpreneur, haha that is if there is any word like that), I don't know where she got her energy from. She is a goal getter, she does not depend or wait for someone to give her money, she makes her money herself. Her hustling spirit inspired me, till date. She can go to any length, not minding putting herself under any kind of pressure to make money and contribute financially to the family.
Ruthy is selfless, kind and loving. She can be annoying patient sometimes. Ruthy is a voracious reader, she enjoys reading novels.
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One thing I didn't actually like
So my friend will meet you for advice or your opinion about something, then after taking your time to advise or suggest something for her. She will thank you and tell you she just wanted to hear your take on that (like are you serious?馃檮), she already has an answer to it.
Least I forget, Ruthy was the one that introduced me to hive. Thank you for being a friend that looks out for me and my financial progress. Cheers to many more years 馃
This post was inspired by the hive students hub prompt.
Thank you for reading till the end馃
