How to do bad things and get away with it

A comprehensive guide on how to Oblee/party like a pro

Written by Oluwagbemisola Ogunleye

Tell us, is the uni experience really complete without trying nightlife? You never know if being a child of the world is your calling if you don\’t first go outside. For the freshers and all the ‘omo get-inside’ that want to begin a career in italawa but don\’t know how to start or don\’t want their baddie-era to die before it even starts, we know you\’ve never been outside so after extensive research on waywardness, we have put together a crash course on how to do it properly. Here is how to make the most out of your nightlife in uni:

• Avoid rowdy parties: parties that are free for ladies and don\’t have a limited number of tickets are a SCAM. Except you want the mile 12 experience, avoid them. Parties that are cheap and never run out of tickets will end up being overrun with people. Parties that everybody and their daddy will attend is not going to be the party of the year. Especially if the venue is small and the PR is excessive. You will come, they will step on you and you will go home wishing you bought jollof with the ticket money.

• Eat and drink water before you leave your house: Except you are ready to buy a plate of food 10k and a bottle of water 4k, eat before you leave your house. If you drink ogogoro on an empty stomach, you will nearly go to see your ancestors the next morning, hydrate because you will shout ‘DJ we want to party!’ till all the spit in your mouth finishes and please pee. There\’s every possibility the organisers will not think of something as basic as a toilet.

• Wear comfortable shoes: especially if you live on campus or where you live has a curfew. You will be standing from 11am to 6pm, fine girl/boy. Those sneakers might be a fire pair of kicks but they are a size 44 and you are a size 45. By 1am, your feet will begin to weep. 5k party tickets do not come with where to sit.

• If you\’ve never had alcohol, a uni party is not the first place you should try it: especially if you are a girl. Aside from the fact that you don\’t know what kinds of people will try to take advantage of you, you don\’t know your limits or what kind of drunk you are; whether it is happy, sad or ogbanje drunk, you don\’t know. If you get drunk and you misbehave, you will embarrass yourself and there will be snaps of you trying to open the speaker and climb inside flying around the next morning. Plus, if you get drunk, your friends will have to run after you all night and it\’s not nice to ruin their fun.
  

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• Ask what is inside the cup before you puff/drink: In case it\’s not common knowledge already, do not trust whatever is in a red cup. Even if it is someone you trust giving it to you, ask what is inside to know if it is what you can handle before you drink it. Coca-Cola and colos is no longer Coca-Cola.

• Go with friends that you vibe with and trust: You need a partner to do shallipopi\’s dance with and hold your bag when you want to do legwork. Except you are one of the rare few that enjoy shouting at the stage alone, the party experience won\’t be enjoyable if you don\’t go with a friend. If you are also a girl, it\’s best for your safety. Walking back home alone at 4am is not a great idea.
  

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• Dress according to the weather: We are all for going outside your comfort zone but don\’t let anybody pressure you into wearing anything you aren\’t comfortable in. If you know you have asthma, please wear a cool hoodie on top of your mini-skirt and if you\’re used to wearing a scarf, wear a face cap to cover your hair. Nobody will beat you if you wear cargo pants and a t-shirt. You don\’t have to be naked and freezing to have steeze. It\’s harmattan!

• Don\’t post snaps: we know that the adrenaline will be at an all time high and you want to show everybody that you are outside but we advise that you wait till morning when your blood is no longer hot to see if/what you wanted to post is actually something you want to post.

In all you do, safety first. If you jam your papa for night club, you are on your own. Go into the world and sin. 🧡

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