Abimbola Abolarinwa

“I have some hobbies like knitting, hand embroidery, tapestry, and reading books and comics. I love cooking, and I create recipes. I have been a kitchen geek since childhood. I read and learn about cuisine from all parts of Nigeria and beyond, and attempt to recreate them.”

“Learning does not end. I will create the time for it. I am a teacher, so, I should be able to find a way to keep learning, studying and improving myself by increasing my value. I am definitely not stopping.”

“Sleep became so strange to me. I wondered how I could actually manage 48 or 72 hours with only six hours of sleep but I did and I got through it so I think in summary, it is about the type of help I had.”

“My family juggled family for me so I could focus on my work. Even at work, I had a lot of people that made sure things went smoothly for me so that I didn’t have a case where I was carrying frustration from work back home. I was able to keep work at work and home at home.”

“All the while, I never thought it as being male-dominated; it never occurred to me that there was no female before me in training. I just wanted it because I loved it. I found a new interest in it.”

“Even if you come from a good background, try to encourage and push yourself to do more because the ‘more’ in you can never be exhausted.”

“I already had that impression in my young mind that being a doctor and a surgeon was not something too abstract. As I grew, I fell in love with biological sciences and I always had the desire to be a doctor.”