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OCHUKO GEORGETTE-MARIE

OWUMI

I will begin each epoch of the description of my life in LJC with the mention of the
committees under which I served.

Literary Club, The Roar Magazine, Yearbook Committee.

For the first time in my life, I am at a loss as to what to write even though I have
been an active contributory member of the school magazine. It is because, I
believe, there is nobody that can fully and capably express life in Loyola Jesuit
College in words. Looking back, there's no particular day I remember; there are
just flashes of memories- the good, the bad and the hilarious. Something I learnt
from this school is creativity, using my words, in any way I know how, to
communicate my feelings. I am able to appreciate the little things and understand
the big picture. In the end, you can say I finally have a voice.
Connelly House, The Lectors' Association, Eucharistic Youth Movement

One thing I will never regret about my stay in LJC is the people I met here. There
are many different kinds of people in this school, and from them I have made the
most awesome friends. These are people that have showed me what it means to
love myself and everyone around me with all sincerity. They taught me to open
up, trust, and believe in the good in others. Somewhere along the line, I stopped
viewing them as friends, and started seeing them as family. Home away from
home never had meaning until now. If ever aliens invade and try to wipe my brain,
I will hold on to the memory of my LJC family forever.

Junior Achievement Club, Decoration Committee, Altar Decorators Association.
Have you ever made one of those ribbon flowers that are so common during all the
special occasions at our school? Or seen them being made? Well, there are many
layers rolled up and tied together, then pulled apart to form that shape that
everyone is used to. And you know how the analogy goes…we are the ribbon;the
maker is LJC and all that. We came in here totally unsure of who we were or what
we could become, and our school pulled out our layers and showed us we were
much more capable of things we never even dreamed of. Somehow, our school
has refuted the saying,” Jack of all trades, master of none.” We've not only
become doers, but masters, and pretty good ones at that. I know now never to back
down from anything; no challenge is too great.

Student Catechists Association, Service Project, The Angel Program

After a while, you get this feeling inside you, like your chest is growing too big
and becoming too full. It's what this school does to you; it keeps adding and
building you up until you literally feel like you're about to explode. That's where
we come in, to fulfill our part of the bargain we signed on entering the den- which
is to share these gifts, talents and whatnots. “Service of God and others'' is the
motto we live out and our only means of freeing ourselves from our burden. We
came in to be served, but we leave as servants.

Loyola Jesuit College, The Magis, me.

Ochuko Georgette-Marie OWUMI, ‘15

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