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stannesi (m)
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Keno (Man Utd.) congratulations, what can i say???
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aniffy4eva (m)
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@ Annify, welcome back. As per the NSE, don't you think it should be Semi-strong form? For a weak form, the Share price only reflects historical prices while for a Semi-strong, it reflects historical prices and all publicly available information, this is what i think is reflected in the NSE though there are pickets of strong form where some share prices reflect privately held info and you just see those shares rising without any justifiable reason for that. My other grouse is that the SEC (or NSE) mignt not be on top of their game because if you look at the recent suspension placed on trading of some companies stocks due to non-presentation of yearly reports or something, why should they have allowed it to go on so long before they did that? But at least we thank God they are still working, albeit not fast enough. They should be more proactive if you ask me.
Well, i have my reservations about the emboldened part: The NSE (in recent times) doesn't seem to accurately reflect publicly available information - maybe because of the BEAR :(season, but the BULLS seem to be back  . Normally when a company releases poor financials, you'd naturally expect the price to head south, but some companies released woeful results sometime ago; and the stock prices went up  . . . instead of down (don't remember the exact companies). That was what informed my choice of a weak form because for evidence of a semi-strong form, publicly available info has to have a rapid effect on stock prices - which doesn't happen here. Oceanic and Zenith have released financials, but no rapid response to the news, (which is a xtic of a semi-strong form). . . well, maybe it's the BEARish state of the market. (but i think its bout to get BULLish  ) Funny enough i think the form of the NSE oscillates between weak and semi-strong, depending on the BULLish or BEARish state of the market. . .  I agree with you on the SEC issue, do you know that trading still happened on some of the stocks after the ban? i think that theres a lot of conflict of interest going on. . . where people that should regulate have vested interestsso they find it difficult to enforce the law. . .  |
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niyooo (m)
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Kenosky it's still the ABC(Anyone but Chelsea    ) in place in the Premiership but we'll overcome, don't you worry. May 21st it is then. Stan why u dey congratulate am? Him na Ass, nal fan now, Na ABC just dey worry am. Anniffy I think we'll just agree it exhibits features of both a weak and semi-strong. Yeah I agree the Bulls seem to be back, let's hope it keeps that way for a while. At least for the sake of those wey get small change invested in some companies. Kuwena me i no sabi your Ibo o, but i think I have an idea what it is. Nothing do u.  @ all may the new week be truly wonderful for us all. |
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AlfaPrime
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Job search, sports, shares, investments, biz floating, and now, can't believe it, cultism! Waow, Which Way NLNG (WWN) thread really has looking up on it!
Well, for a last word on the issue of soft loans, I appreciate the various contributions we all made to the topic. It's also quite clear that Opoks learnt the lessons from his financial misadventures. It seems ok to borrow a little money to get by till next pay day after having invested somewhere, but it also largely amounts to exploitation of relationship when it's done frequently, especially when the person who's giving the loan naively does so without knowing why the other is coming a-borrowing. I've been on the short end of that stick a number of times before I wisened up, and it wasn't funny. I mean, some of your friends would't mind borrowing on your behalf if they felt You really needed a loan which they didn't have to give. So, would You now allow them go to such extent of inconveniences just to enable you make some impressive profits? My take on it is that while investing, please make provision for your daily upkeep till the next payday, ( if you're a salaried worker). And even if you're self-employed, you'd still have to put yourself on some sort of "salary", because without a personal budgetary discipline, fiscal prudence is a mirage.
And now, on the danger of giving out soft loans, Annify and a few others talked about lending out only what they could afford to lose. Good one, I'd say. Another trap potential investors must watch out for is the vanity syndrome: Borrowing money You don't have to buy things You don't need all in order to impress people who don't care. With due respect to marketers, so many various brands and packages of credit facilities are now available in Nigeria, Ah, why save to buy a car when I can easily get a brand new ride for about N50K down payment, (then spend the next 3 - 5 years paying N50K a month!!!). I really don't want to be pessimistic here, only realistic, as I ponder this. What if something happens to the car shortly after purchase? So I'd still spend the next half decade or so, paying for what I didn't enjoy for up to a year? So we see that finally, it makes sense to save, invest the money and grow it to be able to buy whatever You need without being anyone's slave. Not only would I want to lend out only what I can afford to lose, I think I've also decided not to even own at all, any property that I cannot afford to lose. now, now, how does that sound? Miserly? It only depends on how You look at it and on what scale we're considering.
For instance, I may be able to afford to drive a N3m worth car now. Perhaps if I scrap together my savings for some months or a year. But that would mean that all the savings would go solely on that car, and if anything happened to it, w-h-e-w!!! Everything's gone!but if, on the other hand, I decide rather to buy a car worth, say, 1m and invest the remaining N2m, I'd still have a comfortable, serviceable car, and some investment that is actively at work, multiplying resources for me. Now in the next few months to couple of years, my investments from the N2m would have grown to the point where I could comfortably take out not even 3m this time, but 4 or 5m to buy a car. but by then, the car wouldn't all I'm worth. In other words, what I mean is actually delayed gratification. Spending well below your means today, so that You can grow your means for tomorrow's bigger spending. And because in both instances, none of the 2 purchases (both the 1m car and the 5m car) cost even up to half of my resources, I could "afford to lose" it. I don't mean that anything evil must necessarily befall your possession, but that is an assumption that must be made, if you're to have the detachedness from possessions that is the only cure for materialism: having things without the things having You. And if however, the unpleasant happens and You actually lose it, well, life just goes on, because what You lost is only an insignificant fraction of your worth. Some people have met avoidable deaths at the hands of armed robbers, mainly because they felt they couldnt' part with some cash or a car or something that seemed to be equivalent in worth to their lives. ,
that's why I opted for not acquiring anything that I can't afford to lose. Wishing u all a splendid week ahead!!
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pak
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Niyoo, I know that what I am about to do now is foolish. I am about to explain myself to you, even though Robert Greene (author of the 48 Laws of Power) has said that the more we explain ourselves, the more we risk being misunderstood. Pardon this indiscretion.
It is not in your place, Niyoo, to outrightly say that my 'business proposal' is not practicable. You are NOT an authority on businesses. And to listen to you on this issue would be stupid.
For your information, I WILL soon enough float at least one such company, in the United States of America. And it will not be up to eight years from now. I will go ahead and get 100 committed and financially endowed individuals (probably not including you), and we will float this kind of company. And it will be a revolution.
Very many things are possible. There was no aeroplane before the Wright brothers invented one; there was no electricity before Faraday; there was no atomic bomb before Einstein; even when Emeagwali was crafting his supercomputer, many thought he was mad. But he did it, and won the Gordon Bell prize.
There are so many things I have done in private that I am yet to publish. I have not been able to publish them all this while because I live in Nigeria (and you know what Nigeria is). As of today I have five unpublished literary works:
1. Ninety Negro Numbers (a 258-page autobiographical song-book)
2. Membusoje Doherty (another 258-page full-length novel)
3. The African Verses (a collection of 120 poems, not yet typed, but handwritten)
4. A Planner Defiled A People and Two Other Plays (not yet typed, but handwritten)
5. Small Small So Say (a full-length novel not completed)
I have also been working on many hypotheses in communication, mysticism and pseudoscience, such as the Catparian classification, which is the fusion of the Zodiac and the Enneagram to produce 48 personality types. I am also drawing up pseudo-spiritual and pseudo-psychological theories that blend modern witchcraft with astrology, seances and religion. But most of these works cannot bloom here in Nigeria, I think. (I may be wrong).
One project I intend to undertake is to be the first to fuse the usual company with the usual non-profit organization. I came up with the framework while still at Ofada. I said that I would gather 100 individuals. And I will. These individuals would contribute each a fixed amount over a period of one year into a common pool.
Logic of the above: Cults have donations that bind them, usually one another's blood that they drink during meetings. Cult masters collect followers who are willing to donate their 'precious' blood, and drink other people's blood even at the risk of HIV/AIDS. The task for me would be to, through extensive persuasion, comb the USA and look for 100 people who can commit their 'precious' money and form a cult-company.
Of these hundred individuals, twenty would resign their jobs and float the company proper. The rest 80 would still be cult members. Now, in ordinary parlance, they would be called the board of directors (non-executive directors).
Logic of the above: Cults have members with specific portfolios, who have specific roles to perform. These roles justify their existence in the Fraternity. In the case of the Catpar, the cult-company, the purpose is simply not to be a cult, but to facilitate the industrial and psychological transformation of Africa. The Brotherhood, having 'assumed' that it is industries that Africa needs would not be content with only spiritual activities, but with economic ones as well.
Now, the twenty executive directors would divide themselves into four:
a. Outreach
b. Business Development
c. Financial Management
d. Corporate Affairs.
a. Outreach: The individuals in Outreach would be responsible for going 'out there' to scout for creative geniuses. These would be people who can create stuff, but do not have the money or the savvy to turn their bright ideas into businesses. They would be black people primarily, and they would be willing to share their ideas with our Cult-company, so that we can help them. The outreach people would use multi-media approaches to collect these people. They would be social workers, mass communicologists and social psychologists, among others.
b. Business Development: The individuals in Business Development would be responsible for turning the creative ideas proposed by the geniuses into viable businesses. They would serve as representatives with banks that may sometimes be called upon to provide the necessary funding. They would also help the geniuses to plan workable business proposals, and to draw up Memoranda of Understanding and what have you. Individuals here would have studied Business Administration, Economics, Banking and Finance; but they would also have studied Art, Engineering and so forth, as geniuses could come from these areas.
c. Financial Management: The individuals in Financial Management would be responsible for making sure that that initial pool of money that the Cultists (Board of Directors) contributed kept multiplying. They would invest such money in long, short and medium term deals. They would make sure that the asset base of the company kept ever strong, so that the company lived forever.
d. Corporate Affairs: The individuals in Corporate Affairs would be responsible for the day-to-day running of the company: secretaries; clerks; lawyers, human resource persons, and so forth. They would be in charge of business and external relations as well. They would also keep the company's books. The HR people in particular would be in charge of recruiting from outside. They would induct new 'cultists' who have no shares, but who work for the company. Their status in the Cult though would differ.
Now, as a Cult, the Catpar would function as a cult. All the Hundred Brothers would have both financial and moral stakes in it. Financial because they contributed cash to the company charged with the practical aspect of bringing a radical developmental change to Africa, and Moral because they would promise to stick to all the emotional (or psychological, or spiritual, depending on how you view it) ideals of the Cult. They would attend meetings, share things in common; they would love one another as Brothers. They would practice the Spiritual exercises, and learn about the separation, development, integration and transcendence of the human personality, sexuality, spirituality and vocation; they would also learn how to be measures and ends for all humanity. It will NOT be a secret cult. Activities of the Cult will be published in all the media, and the cult would have a regular teevee program: HEALING THE MOTHERLAND. This program would be geared towards using the television to campaign for radical developmental change for Africa. By the by it would even have its own station, like Christ Embassy does. It will be non-religious, and there will be no oaths, or wearing of sacred uniforms. Sacrifices, if any, would be free-willed and entirely psychological, like my Three Sacrifices. There will be NOTHING secret about the Catpar.
As a company, it will be a Public Limited Liability Company, just like others. Name them: Intercontinental, UBA, Globacom, and so forth. As a company, it will be registered with the requisite body in the USA, and incorporated under its laws. As a company, it will be a Corporate entity and contribute to the American economy first, and then to the rest of the world. As a company, it will pay corporate taxes, and publish Financial Statements, showing Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, and Corporate Social Responsibility statistics. As a company, it will pay regular dividends to the Hundred Brothers and to as many as would join later. There will be two or more kinds of membership: Brothers, and Workers. The former would own shares, and the later would simply be employed by the company. It will be a regular company in the sense of all the foregoing.
I fear I have said too much. But I am not just ranting. I intend to do all I have said. And believe me, I will try to the best of my ability. And if it does not work, it will not be because I did not try. But in a corner of my heart, I know somehow that it will work. All it will take is PERSUASION. Lots and lots of it. To get 99 others like me. |
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AlfaPrime
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@Kuwena
While chaps on the thread are still ruminating over my last post about living "below" or within one's means in order to have greater leverage for wealth creation, I'd like to take a look at that lenghty post of yours that Pak just quoted.
Kuwena, Kuwena, I have great respect and love for you, although we're yet to meet in person, and I'm sure You'll agree that I have displayed same in my previous posts. That position has not changed at all, and probably will not. As a matter of fact, it's that component of love known as "tough love" that confronts issues head on, that motivates this post of mine.
I have no intention of joining issues with you on the various points u raised about your future plans; it's already an established trend on the thread that from time to time, you put in some posts that elicit a flurry of responses from others, and ere u know it, the thread is almost polarised, for and against, etc etc etc. Now, a lot of what You write at times wouldn't make sense to many people, unless they know what u've passed through, and more importantly, what You have allowed what You passed through to do to you. And perhaps, also, they need to fully appreciate that u're now reading books like "The 48 Laws". That really explains a lot!
Well, all I'd say is, you've turned your back on Salvation through the Lord Jesus, and are right now experimenting with a mixture of several other stuffs. Rightly so, too. those who have gone an extent with the Lord and reject Him later on, usually don't settle for a religion, but in their restlessness of soul, they put their hands into so many things, , considering that u've been reading some materials that, among others, purport to teach guidelines on how to establish a cult, Kuwena, let's drop it at that! The Love of God is strong enough to pull you back, if u so desire. But I'd say that in the present state of fixedness of your heart on continuing with your present path, calling Jesus by other funny names, names that make a mockery of His Lordship and deny His Divinity. Well! Have it your way for now, silence your conscience as much as u like, struggle with finding answers to the problems of humanity which Jesus answered comprehensively 2000 years ago, and such like. But know this for sure, that You'll come back to square one, where You'll have to admit the LORDSHIP of Christ again. and acknowlege that You missed it when You turned your back on Him.
Finally, just to chip in this also, much as I admire and respect your visions and progressive thoughts, I believe that if some of these views you hold on the state of Nigeria and the back race are not corrected, you're simply setting yourself up for a big date with disillusionment. Am very very sorry for sounding this way, Kuwena, but let's just take it as the speaking of some home, hard truths,
@ Others
Regards to all. Please pardon my sounding this way tonight. I hope these few words don't trigger off another flurry of posts and counter posts. Have a great time this week. Cheers
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niyooo (m)
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@Alfaprime, I don't think you said anything untoward that should ruffle any feathers. You are just trying to show love to a brother. I only hope the brother sees it and appreciates it for what it is. And Kuwena, u know I've been thinking about this your idea thingy, you just might want to enter it into this UBA Dragonsden they are advertising about here in Nigeria. Lets see what they'll think of it. Everyone have a nice night. Gotta go crash. I'm fagged out. |
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kenosky (m)
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hi, aw all of una dey? pak, u no well o! which one u just copy post paste for us? e be like say chelsea problems dey affekt u! niyoo, from now till kingdom come, d sky will still be red on 21st and stannesi (God bless his artistic soul) will do a wonderful depiction of your face- turning from blue to red! . @all, don't av much to say save that i'm on break this week and just relaxing from the stress since january! u guys should av a great week ahead! 
irony! my post above is in blue- maybe in sympathy to them blue losers! grrrrr  
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opokonwa (m)
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opoks, you're a man after my heart! one thing that i ld never forget is kallin u to tell u i had got the LNG invitation for medicals, and u jubilating as if u were the one that just received the letter!- i even kalld u before i broke the news on the thread (after kallin adrian). Though i may not agree with all your views (u sabi say u too like woman). Anyone who was at Eko Hotels on the eve of our departure would say 'opoks, congratz on this your trip out of the shores of our own obodo naijiria'- u celebrated with all the technical guys, and no one could find a trace of animosity in u- I admire u! So many times i knew what it took to convince u to come back and post again after u had resolved not to! You r a great man! Na u be my poster of the year (though u need to dey more diplomatic sha. lol ) . I got to choose one guy though it will be hard not to acknowledge kuwena, aniffy, pgm (good old pgm), adrianic, kenosym, and of recent alfaprime, niyoo, stannesi, pak and Jisi! hmmmm, who i go call leave out who? Loudest encomium I've gotten in a long while Well my favourite poster was and still remains Opoks!I guess I even impressed (and surpised) myself. I was surprised at the level of attention and respect that my posts drew on and off thread. It got to a point, I was giving an average of two or three lunch dates to total strangers every week. I can still remember the reactions on people's faces the first time they meet Opoks!I guess b/c of my aggressive and confrontational writing style, peeps were expecting to meet a rude boy. They ended up seeing a slim, wide-smiling amiable guy who looks like he can't hurt a fly. actually can I? Kenosky fell for the same surprise, tombri and one bi-spectacled former pwc guy (i've forgotten his name) also fell for the same surprise But as Kenosky put it, it is not written on the face, it runs in the blood. These days, Opoks! gets more interesting. I come into the thread to re-read recent posts and wonder who the hell Opoks! is And when the same post is as interesting the fifth time you read it as the first time, you can't help choosing your favourite. Besides Opoks! Kuwena is also a terrific poster, even though I share nothing in common with him. Adrianic was hell good. pgm? I miss the original craze boy. Kenosky has lost some of his old flavour or better, we're now used to his style. And yes, I know that I need more diplomacy. Cheers! |
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JISIDAISY (f)
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Hello everyone, I'm so so sorry i havent been posting. I'm in Kaduna for a one month coursen (my bank has finally seen the need to train me )---- and there's no visafone network here. I therefore nwill not be a regular member for this one month-----Elders I ask for you understanding on thisd matter. Oh boy---e don te i go school. now i go for classes monday through saturday----(so na only sunday I get to think of my sef, plus my husband --plus my kids) Tor---to be a woman is not a day's job. KD is ok  , My collegues and I (57 of us) are having some sort of fun though. I had to snick out to a cafe to send this mail so you all know 'ssup with me. Aint I grand? Well well dudes, I gotta run now.(I no fit wash plates Oh. I taya), I'll try to send in a post evey now and then. aniffy, my personal person, I dey hail oh. Keno, aw nah? Kuwena, u still dey here? ? Opoks,  (its highly political) Stannesi, 'ssup Man? Alfa, are you sure you are putting me in prayers? Aniffy, we av gist oh.
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stannesi (m)
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welcom back lady,
2pak wetin dey happed, i be like say burma don't affect your post psychological, na wa ooo, yan sometin, abi Kuwena dey pay u per post, wats up bro?
Keno, (ma chair) , no wound your self, jst relax 21st still far,
Alfaprime, (prophet) u dey try, ooo correct guy, see hw u just scatter your mind, anyhow, u too much,
Kuwena (American boy) u don't hear, lol. ha ha
Opoks, sup bro, u det try,
"The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music."
i'm out, 4 now,
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niyooo (m)
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Kenosky, You no serious. You no go quick apply, Blues fan ticket go soon finish o. No worry I go keep one for you. Opoks, I have this friend who has the following as one of his signatures :"To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance", guess this applies to you as per your last post. Oh. Ok. Jisi so that was the good news? On a lighter note: WETIN DEY DO ECONOMISTS SEF? (Hope say the economists for thread no go tear me up o!!! ) The problems wey economists go cause for this world heen, na only God fit save us. I've done some professional programs that involved reading up on economics and you go see some kain theory wey be say u go come dey wonder say wetin the person wey form am think go that kain side? (Reminds me of the film "A beautiful mind" ) Economist fit sit down now, look look look sotay come decide say me ma suppose create theory. Hin fit look the symbols wey we dey take form smileys, decide say as the symbol for smile be (two dots) above a (concave bracket) and the symbol for frown be (two dots) above a (convex bracket), and concave na the inverse of convex, that one mean say a smile is directly inversely proportional to a frown. Hin go form Null hypothesis and Alternative Hypothesis come tok say hin don create theory. Na hin other Economists too go come put head together dey plot graph dey do statistics, Quantitative Analysis, trend analysis, Regression analysis, Calculus, correlation, standard deviation, risk analysis, variation, variance, etc etc come start to dey agree and disagree with am. Before u know wetin happen different school of thoughts don dey ground and Theory don dey ground be that o. Then you go start to dey hear Keynesian Economist, (Kenosky school of thought ), Adam Smith school of thought, Classical Economist, Say's theory etc etc. As if that one no reach them go put am for book tok say make people dey read am dey prove and disprove am. Kai, Economists, na wah for una o!!!!! Our fore fathers must be relieved say una no come during them time. Just a figment of the writers imagination. I know economists are very useful and help in some ways despite all the hundred and one different schools of thought wey dey.  @ all have a great night. |
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aniffy4eva (m)
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On a lighter note: WETIN DEY DO ECONOMISTS SEF? (Hope say the economists for thread no go tear me up o!!! ) Precisely my thoughts when i was at the university. . . But now, i know better. . . . (because i'm into practicals) |
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fredie (f)
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though of recent, i don't always come on the net because e no too easy but i make it a duty to go through this thread. i have always found it interesting, especially posts from kwena. i commend alfa for being a real brother to kwena. I had always respected kwena but i thought his post on mystitism and the likes is something else. kwena dear take a break from your quest and focus on what brought about this. like alfa i say acknowledge the lordship of Jesus Christ and don't give the devil the chance to rubbish your life. take care now and be good.
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kenosky (m)
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opoks, u well? did i say u were my favorite poster? nonsense, i say u be my poster of the year- in terms of the amt of posts wey u don send and mostly on romance section self . I wuznt expecting u to like anybody but yourself, yeye boi! siddon there dey blow your trumpet! who ever told u that u were amiable- u wey resemble dagbo man . Jisi, goin back to class na good news? , u no try o- thot u were running to america with kuwena . No fail o- please don't let us down! . Niyoo, blues even sent mi a mail saying i should come and register for £25, imagine d liver! . stannesi, save your tears for 21st!
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kenosky (m)
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goodnyt y'all!
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niyooo (m)
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Kenosky, You no go grab the offer quick quick? By the time we win Champions league it's going to go up to like £100. So better hurry while stocks last. Annify yeah i feel you. Some of those theory actually do make sense although no be all dey applicable to our Nigeria sha. Good night everyone. |
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AlfaPrime
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Greetings to all in the house! (On the thread, actually). Here's wishing everyone the best of the start of the weekend tomorrow. @Jisi We sure'll miss u during this period of your training. That's a good one, anyway. You grow old once You stop learning and going for training, so it's good for You that your bank mgt has decided to keep you Every year young. But what's your prayer point, na? Am yet to send You the mail, anyway. please confirm your email address is jisidaisy@yahoo.com? Cheers @ken Hope You wont spend the whole short break watching EPL matches? Ah, of course, that one is over now! |
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niyooo (m)
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Morning all, Thread seems dry. Pak wey you dey? Come give us latest on happenings around the world. The earthquake in China where other buildings withstood the quake while schools collapsed and this in a country that has mandated people not to have more than one child. You can just imagine the parents grief at the loss of their loved ones. And the latest on the Burmese drama and the latest from Zimbabwe where Z$500 million note has just been introduced by the Government which is equivalent to USD2!!! I doubt if redenomination sef fit save that country with that kind of inflation. I wonder when African leaders will get their heads out of the clouds and do the right thing by that country. Well I guess they wont 'because if they had half the chance that Mugabe has, they'll probably do worse. You know i actually laughed when Tsvangirai went to Ota to meet Obj to solicit his help. I mean this was someone who wanted to perpetuate himself in power via the 3rd term issue and there you are going to meet him to come and help out in your country!!!! I heard he later confessed that he thought Obj was still the president. Anyway just decided to ruminate a bit on the thread since you guys are not posting. This is hoping that the only thing that brings out posting is not when we start "attacking" Kuwena when he posts his mind. So guys keep the thread going. Aight? Wey that Kenosky sef? Kenosky where you dey? You don go start fasting and prayer for Woman You? You better hurry up accept the chelsea offer while stocks last. I no fit beg for you later when you decide to see the light o. I'm out of here. Gotta go crash. Peace out. |
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kuwena (m)
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I have been tempted to abandon this thread. For one week I steeled myself against it. But this thread is like sex. You abstain from it awhile, and then you do it again. But how do I know? I thought I once declared myself a virgin. Was I lying? |
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kuwena (m)
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The posters are at it again, spewing forth words. AlfaPrime, my dear, do not drink Alabukun for another person's headache.
These days I am exhausted. I am like the proverbial tortoise that spent seven years in the soakaway pit. When it was time for someone to rescue him, he kept shouting: 'Quick, quick, because of the smell!' Since I got my visa, my soul has been restless. I'm anxious to leave. I thought I would go on working till June 23 at least, but now I know I cannot; I will resign next week, after May's pay. Intercontinental usually pays on the 21st or so.
Who was it that joined me in extolling saving? If I did not have a savings culture, how would I be able to pay my flight, and carry a comfy PTA in dollars to the USA, without anyone's help? In Iboland we say, 'Ji ire gi guo eze gi.' Ask Kenosky what this means.
All this talk about Christianity, and the state of my soul bores me. You need to hear Mohammedans speak of the rightness of their religion as well. Indeed, I have read parts of their Book, and there is a lot of truth in it, I should say. If they are right, and we too are right, can't we then say there are at least two right ways, and probably many more? Allow me to be responsible for my spirituality, I beg.
Let each man be humble in what he 'knows' to be true. Jisidaisy, welcome o jare.
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stannesi (m)
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Kuwena u don come again, ha, hw much u dey pay keno. 4 translation, no talk ibo 4 here again oooo, Dis won wey u dey read any book u see, anyhw hmmmmm, na wa ooo, u think say bible resemble novel, any hw anyhow, enjoy yourself, even if u wan be voodoo man, nothin dey .happen, i dey your back, but when me folow big G sit 4 up, omo notin for you ooo, ha hah aha, lol, Omo na u know virgin manm u wey don f***k all does InteCont, suit wearin chicks, wey be say d day when u deposit big money, deir smile go full deir face, i'm bored,, so get bored wit me, !! Wats up thread, ?, Wats up Kuwena (Yankee boy)? Wats up Niyooo (Blueman)?, Wats up Keno (Redman)?, Wats up AlfaPrime?, Wats up 2Pak?, Wats up Aniffy(Chairman)?, Wats up Jisi?, Wats up Opoks?, Wats up me! Wats up, hmmm, who else? i have tried, i'm out, |
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pak
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Congrats to the Nigerian granddads, kanu and Utaka,
'I don know say when them grow up, them go do us proud'.
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AlfaPrime
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Seems there's been some kind of lul in the flow of postings on the thread of late. Probably attributable to the pressures of work, I guess? Or the peculiarity of our different work schedules. Even for those of us who have internet access and can browse in the comfort of our homes, You still need to be home and free to be able to surf.Not mentioning physical tiredness.
However, I'd like to seize this lull to canvass for a bit more national patriotism from posters. Our daily experiences in this country leaves us short of wishing we had nothing to do with Nigeria, granted, but we know also that it's not all that bad. There are also some sunny sides of life in Africa's most populous country. I'm postive that we're moving towards a better tomorrow in this country, and that, though they don't know it, the current bunch of political leaders we have are daily taking decisions that will get us to a better place in the near future. Funny enough, those decisions will also turn around to haunt and expose the corrupt ones amongst the same leaders!
Wishing eveyone the best of the weekend. A well-deserved rest is very much in order after a hectic week. Several hours of resting at home after Sunday service has been my weekly (or is it weekend) tonic for some time now. Cheers all!!!
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niyooo (m)
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Hi all, Hope the weekend's going well? Pak I second you in congratulating our "granpas'" and na the two of them combine score in a way. Alfa nice write up. Stan I salute you too and Kuwena. Jisi, Hope training's going well? Wey that Kenosky boy sef? For say hin don resume for Bonny now, I for don dey fear maybe them don kidnap am. But as I know say hin still dey that side, my mind dey relaxed. Abi na Anniffy them kidnap? Make we quick start contribution to go take rescue am. But how much them place for hin head sef? Hey Kenosky, hope say one kain white woman never kidnap you for that side as them give you small break? Take am easy o. No wound yourself. At least till after 21'st when i go invite you come follow me pop champagne. I don already place am on ice. Make I go sleep. Nite all. |
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kuwena (m)
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I've not been happy lately. Someone has said, 'A philosopher is someone who torments himself too much and dies very sad.' Ashamed as I am to admit it, I think he is right. I permit myself to become a little too sensitive to the world around me.
I probably was happier when I prayed regularly, back then in school. Life did not seem so hard, even if I suffered more economically. And all this is ironic. It's like I'm saying life was easier when it was hard and is harder now it is easier.
I feel somewhat insecure. And for the first time this year I went to church. The same old church, here in Kano. Coincidentally, today was Trinity Sunday. The choir, the mass and everything was all so familiar, and yet all so new. But why did I attend church?
I felt afraid; I felt alone; I felt threatened by life itself. And I needed strength. I really don't want to resign. I may need to save more. But all the motivation to work seems to have left me. And I want to have a safe trip to the US. And for God to cure me of this sense of threat. I went to church for psychological protection.
The same preaching: God is three and God is one. Nothing new there; the same pontification: the Eucharistic feast, where Jesus appears in form of bread and wine. Again nothing new there. The prayers were still as I left them last year. The liturgy intact. I recalled that Jesus had said that the Gates of Hell were not going to successfully overthrow Christianity.
But my concern was more selfish. All I needed was for God to protect me. To protect me from fear. Or have I been alone for too long? I am thinking of asking Chima to come and spend some time with me here.
I am seriously thinking.
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kuwena (m)
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Please, help me understand this, and someone may go ahead and tell me what I should do. This is my predicament:
I do not have so much money, but I do have a little saved up. Many others have said that I need a lot, to be able to survive in the US. I do not entirely believe them, because I know certain people who went there with little, and they did not die.
Many people say that since school starts on August 4, I should go on working till July and save much more. This, of course, sounds very juicy, but do not forget the type of job I do. I have hated it for a very long time now, and it is only by the grace of God that I have been able to endure it for all this while.
Another thing is this: If I resign now, what will I be doing? You can see that I am confused. I feel grateful of course, but I also am very rattled. What should I do. Yemi walked out on his job without qualms, but his case and mine are two different ones. He had something to fall back on, and then not long after NLNG called him.
I need advice. Lots and lots of it.
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kenosky (m)
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:-x |
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kenosky (m)
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Wey that Kenosky sef? Kenosky where you dey? You don go start fasting and prayer for Woman You? You better hurry up accept the chelsea offer while stocks last. I no fit beg for you later when you decide to see the light o. |
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kenosky (m)
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I've not been happy lately. Someone has said, 'A philosopher is someone who torments himself too much and dies very sad.' Ashamed as I am to admit it, I think he is right. I permit myself to become a little too sensitive to the world around me.
I probably was happier when I prayed regularly, back then in school. Life did not seem so hard, even if I suffered more economically. And all this is ironic. It's like I'm saying life was easier when it was hard and is harder now it is easier.
I feel somewhat insecure. And for the first time this year I went to church. The same old church, here in Kano. Coincidentally, today was Trinity Sunday. The choir, the mass and everything was all so familiar, and yet all so new. But why did I attend church?
I felt afraid; I felt alone; I felt threatened by life itself. And I needed strength. I really don't want to resign. I may need to save more. But all the motivation to work seems to have left me. And I want to have a safe trip to the US. And for God to cure me of this sense of threat. I went to church for psychological protection.
The same preaching: God is three and God is one. Nothing new there; the same pontification: the Eucharistic feast, where Jesus appears in form of bread and wine. Again nothing new there. The prayers were still as I left them last year. The liturgy intact. I recalled that Jesus had said that the Gates of Hell were not going to successfully overthrow Christianity.
But my concern was more selfish. All I needed was for God to protect me. To protect me from fear. Or have I been alone for too long? I am thinking of asking Chima to come and spend some time with me here.
I am seriously thinking.
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kenosky (m)
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alfaprime, kolo stannesi, pak, niyoo, kuwena and all a them brothaz (and sistaz in absentia- Jisi) who have kept the thread alive, happy sunday 2 y'all!
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