Sunday, February 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Golden Memories From Yesteryears
If you’ve been reading about the struggles that I’ve been sharing here recently on this blog, let me tell you this is nothing new. I’ve been in in constant $h1t$ nearly all my life, often too personal for any one to comprehend, and often through no fault of mine. The above photo brings to mind three years of enduring pleasure in pain.
From January 1994 to December 1996, I had my secondary education at Fijai Secondary School in Secondi (NOT Takoradi, FWIW!) in the Western Region of Ghana. While at school, the entire year group was sent home and later made to sign a bond of “good behaviour”, for whatever crime I never got myself to understand. And our final exam, the (then) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE), was cancelled nationwide, and we had to re-write the whole damn thing again.
But I digress. I just wanted to share this great photo of my friends, which I found today… taken over a decade ago back at Fijai Secondary School. From back to front, left to right: Fritz Williams, Moses Bentil, William Ayitevi, Emmanuel Insaidoo, Cyril Mettle, Gershon Worwu, [psss... can't remember this guy's name], Tsemeng, Maranatha Acquaye, and Manfred Amissah.
Where am I? Of course I’m not in the photo, but looking at this squad, I couldn’t be too far from the scene. Either I shot the photo, or I stood aside and opted to be out of the photo (the latter being more like it).
Guys… where are you all? George misses you all, dearly.
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Oh my. This is reminding me of my school days. Wish I could bring those days back.
Interesting picture there. The hair cuts and the posing alone oh my I want to go back to time.
Well Well It’s been a long time Appiah but i finally found you. email me and lets catch up.