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Inside Asiedua’s Chest - My father owns it all, not me (Pt 1)

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It was Friday morning; my phone rang for the second time; I was not surprised to see it was her. We’ve been friends for about twelve years. Like me, she is the only child of her parents. Ofeibea is her name but I call her Offy and I love her like a sister. Although we planned to go to the same senior high school, we were posted to different schools.  We told our parents about it and with my daddy’s help, we both got admission into one of the finest senior high schools. We have a lot in common. Apart from sharing the same birthday, we look very much alike. And while our fathers are from the same town in the Eastern Region, our mothers were school mates. Our friendship grew stronger when we entered senior high school. We became more like twins; our choices of things and our thoughts were almost the same every time. We virtually did everything together and oh…excluding what you are thinking. Lol. We chose to read same courses so we ended up in the same class a...

Inside Asiedua’s chest- NPP lecture by a stranger

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We sat next to each other on a Lufthansa flight from Ghana to Germany, where we had to wait for some hours for a connecting flight to London. She was neatly dressed in a blue denim jeans and a white bow front blouse with a leather jacket. She didn’t look like a first timer. We didn’t say more than ten words to each other throughout the journey. On arrival at Frankfurt; I located where the passengers who were connecting to London were and joined them. I found myself a comfortable place and sat to watch some movies on my laptop while I waited for the flight. After some few minutes, the same lady walked up to me and introduced herself as Maya. Did you just ask why we did not do the introduction on the flight? Well…you know ladies and their ego… I wanted to do it though, but pulled back upon a second thought. I told her my name as well and she asked if she could get a Samsung charger to charge her phone. Unfortunately, I had just my cord in my hand luggage so I suggested that she char...