I was, I think, 12 years when I got my first mobile phone. You could say I was envious of children my age that had phones, So I thought of a plan to get a phone.
While I was in JSS 3, I lied to my Mom that I would need a phone as the teachers were conducting online tests and lessons. I was surprised when I learnt that it was actually true, my mom had asked one of my teachers and she confirmed that they were truly conducting online classes. Money was tight then, so getting a new phone was out of the question. One of my uncles that had two phones volunteered to borrow me one, pending the time I would be done with it. I can never forget the name of the phone, it was a Samsung Galaxy J1 mini prime. The phone had a crack at the left bottom corner but the crack didn't affect the performance.
After my WASSCE, my uncle had already forgotten about the phone he lent me. I was really happy, I would go around holding the phone, showing off that I had it. I opened different social media accounts but since I was still little, I didn't find anything interesting in it. I downloaded as much games as possible and videos. I stopped drawing, writing, and even making art and crafts. The phone couldn't do much, but it was enough at my age. After a while, the phone started becoming boring. It couldn't play better games like free fire, the ram wasn't enough to take bigger games. I decided to up my game.
I had another uncle who three phones. In mind, I was like, he can't use three phones at once. So I went to meet him to give me the one that is less important. Unexpectedly, he refused, he said he's still using it. Using it??? How??? Three phones at once??? It pained me. I begged and begged but he didn't still give me. After some time, I took another approach and asked him to "borrow" me. Hehe, smart right? He did borrow me, but...... after a year, I told him I needed a pouch for the phone and that was when he remembered. I messed up..... He asked for the phone but I didn't give him. After a while, I was later able to bribe him with a few plantain chips. I'm pretty sure he had given me the phone already long ago but I still preferred the bribe as I felt like I already paid for it even if it was with something cheap. The phone, has help me lots already. I wouldn't even be on hive without the phone. So I want to thank my uncle that granted me the opportunity to have this phone.