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there for you and who will stick to you
through all. One of my close
friends fractured her leg, and we had to
stick by her, help her through adapting to
life in a cast in a very fast boarding school.
All these little experiences showed me the
value of real friends. I was in St. Martins
dormitory with an excellent mixture of the
sciences and the arts, the crazy, the not soo
crazy and then the quiet ones.
I think I was more on the quiet side. But it
was fun, it was diversity, it was
complementarity and it was accepting
yourself for who you are. Had friends from
other dormitories too, and they were
always a pleasure to be with again. There
again, we three, Kitibo and Takunaw met
again, what I noticed was that, we had all
grown different, with different experiences,
but I learnt to value friendship amidst time
and differences.
Secondly, I learnt how to interact and be
more at ease with people of the opposite
sex. That I believe is important, after being
in a single sex school. Remaining who you
are and being true to yourself is important.
Boys could actually be your friends without
having any secondary thoughts. I learnt how
to be myself with them and never to sell my
value for less.
Then the competitiveness of St. Bede’s, I
think we had a dream batch, a collection of
very gifted, motivated and intelligent
students. I actually could be wowed by a
classmate, that was exceptional!!
It thought me humility and I saw that
Cameroon is really full of brilliant individuals
and I am sure that they are, all, in their own
little way are making strides to improve our
world.
3. What do you do today (work/study)?
Today, I am a medical doctor, I work at the
Douala General Hospital in the
Radiotherapy and Emergency units. It’s a
reference centre in Cameroon where we
receive patients from all over Cameroon
and from the central African sub region.
At the Radiotherapy unit, we take care of
patients with cancers and at the emergency
we deal with “emergencies”. I don’t know
how else to describe them.
After St. Bede’s, I got admission into the
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences (CUSS), University of Yaounde I,
where I spent the next seven years of my
life. Those were beautiful though
tough at times, but where I learnt some life
lessons, especially on the importance of
holding firm to God, and trusting Him each
step of the way.
I graduated best student of my class,
though not necessarily the best, as it
reflected team work; because it was an
extraordinarily brilliant class, but we always
studied as a team, building each other and
learning from each other. Remember,”
Together Each Achieves More”, it’s never
about you alone, it’s doing your best so
God’s glory can shine through. The cancer
unit where I work now is challenging to say
the least; it requires inner strength, lots of
patience and a great deal of love for what
you do. But I see each day, that life is a gift,
the ability to walk, to breathe without