Headline on repeat: He attended Aquinas yet failed to complete: Must be a ‘Tom Tom’
Irrelevant Fact: reading this piece down - up also makes 'perfect' sense.
At Aquinas, a person ordinarily makes 30 plus classmates and over 200 odd year-group colleagues. Such was the ‘local network coverage’ that extends way after school into tertiary, professional and way into the wider social labyrinth. At Aquinas, you did not just belong, you were made to feel so.
For different reasons, some colleagues are lost along the way. Death! On which score I recall the passing of one all-out, fun-loving guy back in 2000. He was an Arts student nicknamed ‘Moon Walker.’ It was indeed emotional when his death came through. His family said all persons willing to attend his funeral had to come wearing white, they were celebrating his life on earth.
Other reasons people left included being sacked (sadly) and those that even sacked themselves sake of na school dey bore them. Then there were those who transferred and in the case of our fat friend – just because he had secured a U.S. visa.
Mubarak Alhassan, the self-acclaimed Big Master, real nickname Michelin Tyre boy as christened by Mr. Ababio (the late) was one of those that refused to complete the school because of travel – today, he wants to claim a title we (2003 batch) fought till the end to attain.
So, just like that, he switched "high-class" Madina from where his uncle usually drove him for the streets of New York City. He pops up and wants us to clap for him, for abandoning ship and escaping SSSCE.
(Hold on) Let's deal with what an Old Tom means and should signify in the general scheme of events. You MUST belong to the main OT body and/or other subsets - year group/class groups - be it on social media or attending physical meetings. Man up and stand up to the title of OT.
Question: Are you a fully paid up member of whichever OT bloc you belong to? Reality check, being an OT is more than the emotional association of having belonged to Aquinas years back. You must contribute your views, your time, expertise, finances and more emotions and pride at all material times - now, that's what's up!!!
He was the ‘phatest’ among us, had a risible annoying laughter. The late headmaster, Edwin Okyere Ababio rightly labeled him as per the infamous Michelin tyre advert. He was a ballooned type and still won’t miss a single break period.
I’m only contributing my bit in helping free a friend of a dilemma he is suffering. The guy suffers an identity crisis. He was once a Tom but woefully failed to attain the ‘old’ component. So we peg him in the middle for pity reasons. He is a Tom Tom.
Positioned on the infamous minty toffee advert of years back. He (Mubarak Alhassan) and many others who abandoned Aquinas for whatever reasons are like the original black and white Tom Tom. Simple reason: they are between light and darkness – and there shall they remain.
I learned that the Old Boys Association could confer an ‘honourary’ status on people for different reasons. No wahala but certainly not for leaving Madina for New York. (And) of course, not for being fat and wearing ‘AND 1’ footwear back in the day.
Old Tom-ism does not and must not come cheap. The title ‘Old Tom’ effectively means you have survived years through the walls of Aquinas – now, that’s real survival, academically, socially and morally.
Irrelevant Fact: reading this piece down - up also makes 'perfect' sense.
At Aquinas, a person ordinarily makes 30 plus classmates and over 200 odd year-group colleagues. Such was the ‘local network coverage’ that extends way after school into tertiary, professional and way into the wider social labyrinth. At Aquinas, you did not just belong, you were made to feel so.
For different reasons, some colleagues are lost along the way. Death! On which score I recall the passing of one all-out, fun-loving guy back in 2000. He was an Arts student nicknamed ‘Moon Walker.’ It was indeed emotional when his death came through. His family said all persons willing to attend his funeral had to come wearing white, they were celebrating his life on earth.
Other reasons people left included being sacked (sadly) and those that even sacked themselves sake of na school dey bore them. Then there were those who transferred and in the case of our fat friend – just because he had secured a U.S. visa.
Mubarak Alhassan, the self-acclaimed Big Master, real nickname Michelin Tyre boy as christened by Mr. Ababio (the late) was one of those that refused to complete the school because of travel – today, he wants to claim a title we (2003 batch) fought till the end to attain.
So, just like that, he switched "high-class" Madina from where his uncle usually drove him for the streets of New York City. He pops up and wants us to clap for him, for abandoning ship and escaping SSSCE.
(Hold on) Let's deal with what an Old Tom means and should signify in the general scheme of events. You MUST belong to the main OT body and/or other subsets - year group/class groups - be it on social media or attending physical meetings. Man up and stand up to the title of OT.
Question: Are you a fully paid up member of whichever OT bloc you belong to? Reality check, being an OT is more than the emotional association of having belonged to Aquinas years back. You must contribute your views, your time, expertise, finances and more emotions and pride at all material times - now, that's what's up!!!
He was the ‘phatest’ among us, had a risible annoying laughter. The late headmaster, Edwin Okyere Ababio rightly labeled him as per the infamous Michelin tyre advert. He was a ballooned type and still won’t miss a single break period.
Boy in front row (hand in mouth), jumped ship
I’m only contributing my bit in helping free a friend of a dilemma he is suffering. The guy suffers an identity crisis. He was once a Tom but woefully failed to attain the ‘old’ component. So we peg him in the middle for pity reasons. He is a Tom Tom.
Positioned on the infamous minty toffee advert of years back. He (Mubarak Alhassan) and many others who abandoned Aquinas for whatever reasons are like the original black and white Tom Tom. Simple reason: they are between light and darkness – and there shall they remain.
I learned that the Old Boys Association could confer an ‘honourary’ status on people for different reasons. No wahala but certainly not for leaving Madina for New York. (And) of course, not for being fat and wearing ‘AND 1’ footwear back in the day.
Old Tom-ism does not and must not come cheap. The title ‘Old Tom’ effectively means you have survived years through the walls of Aquinas – now, that’s real survival, academically, socially and morally.
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