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airsaylongcon:
PrinzOfParis... Irrespective of where you got your figures from, you just help to put clarity (or at least something to hold on to) on the process. I'm a bit sceptical about only 700 making AC but then again u said to take the figures with a pinch of salt. What I'd like to know is at what point did they scale back the numbers to ⅔ of the original figure? (Again no one should quote me that I am taking his figures as Holy grail but I like to work with specifics and he has given me a play tool by mentioning exact figures)

Then over to the current raging war. Aphrodite4 is some one I do not know but have, shall we say, strong emotions for. Remember how Eminem made Dido or how Jay-Z made Mr Hudson blow? I engaged her in "battle" on one question dropped here pre-SHL (might have been pre-WAEC I don't remember exactly) and we brawled until she saw reason with me and backed down acknowledging my solution was correct. Na from that day I get small credibility on this thread. And she earned my respect. So anytime I see a comment from her I'm always interested in reading it. She seems to have a very strong and forceful personality given her comments but I don't think she meant to insult. The drawn out nature of this thing is bound to make us snap at some point.

Fork and kaitung, you guys shouldn't take it P.

Then sombori said LadyF is taken. Taken by whom? To where? I hope that person knows that ayam a former boxer cum wrestler now fighting Boko Haram in d northeast. Taken faya. Unless you mean taken by NLNG.

And here I thought we were Bonnie and Clyde. Well thank goodness you used two of my all time favorites in your analogy. Em & Jay
Bdw I ddnt snap (or I should say I don't snap) it was more like a "surely I'm not the only one that thinks this" kinda moment (ok maybe I did snap just a little bit, lol). Well, that moment's passed. Interestingly I noticed a good number of people who, ..well let's leave that before folks start on how I'm "insulting" their central repository. What's done is done, what needs doing needs doing; best to get on that.
xoxo

Ok, I'm done with this. Sayonara, guys (candidates).
Wish y'all all the best.

Don't forget to write or call.
xoxo

Hi kaitung, maybe if you read the post again or extend your 'investigation' to preceding posts you'll make the connection and read the right context in that situation.
You say it's not by speaking big English? Really? Should I have written in parables or material balance equations instead with Qs, Ms, and Ds as variables? Would that have been better for you?
Am I being insulting right now? Are you feeling challenged? Upset maybe? Now you have a little idea of what it feels like.
"Let's not suffer the righteous", gosh the pedestal you imagine yourself on must be BurjKhalifa-esque.

It's amazing how someone will assume an adversarial position when presented with a contrary position to what he/she does n believes is right. You pick out individual words in my post and somehow convince yourself there's an insult there. If i truly wanted to insult you, trust me you wouldn't need to read a second time to grasp it. I only said, if x is the course of action taken to somehow protect your anonymity, wouldn't that be somewhat defeated when it's talked about plainly subsequently? Please let me know where the insult is there? I mentioned geezers, true but did you notice "s"? Am I the only one that has seen strange monikers coming here to post quarters, months, and dates and the rest of the nonsensical stuff i see to rile people up? How on earth would you assume I referred to you?
You go off at the slightest hint of a contrary opinion, insinuating ingratitude in us candidates? Why?
Do you really want yes men all the time? I assume you've been in a relationship before, do all your friends or love interests acquiesce to your every suggestion? Or is it just an attitude you reserve for people you perceive as subordinates? Come on, if it's subservience you want I'll gladly tow that line but please don't accuse me of being something I'm most definitely not.
I'm no ingrate, please don't make me out to be one.

Why bother speaking in "codes" when a full NL page will be employed discussing the "codes" after itz bn decrypted. Going through Dplacement's posts one can surely see the difference.
Basically I see all the codes, puzzles, riddles, and parables as just folks trying to yank pplz chains.
Dont know what anonymity you're going to get from it since ppl r definitely going to speak plainly about it and your initial "code" is easily traceable by just a click (or tap).
Honestly it's nt the wait that's truly irritating, it's the geezers who come here with differentiation, integration, and relativity equations all under the pretense of giving candidates inside info we cdnt really give a rat's tail about.
We'll b contacted when we'll be contacted period.

airsaylongcon:
NEVER EVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER! NEVER.
people of God (umu chineke) praaaaaaiiiiiiiisssssseeee de LORD

Congrats.. Gr8 news.

forkadict:
You're are only complicating this arguments without being able to make me reason with you. What are we arguing about? It is the top priority why people seeking employment. That's it. Stick to the scope of the argument. You first deviated by comparing Microsoft and Wikipedia which are not on the same Base on the one hand. And also these are not even individuals seeking employment or individuals that are employed. Now you are going further by comparing uber's taxi model vs traditional taxiing. Now this argument only underscores the importance of INNOVATION in the life of a business that's what I see which again is an analogy that is way way beyond the scope of this argument.

Let us remain within scope shall we. Lemme ask you. Have you ever seen anybody that is grossly dissatisfied with their current jobs, or even being conctantly abused and harrased by their employers but are only hanging on just because of what comes in at the end of every month? I bet you have.

On the other hand, have you ever seen anybody WORKING just for the experience and challenge and job satisfaction without being paid any salary? I bet not. So what are we talking about then?

I am only advocating for practicality and realness here. I am not a recruiter, neither is this an interview situation. I know interviewers hate to hear 'I want to join your company because I will earn more with you guys than I am earning with my present company.' But like I said, I ain't no recruiter.

I know for a fact that anyone that works has as his basic, primary, fundamental reason, earnings. All other reasons, job satisfaction o, challenges o, development of human race o, etc etc only come after.

This is my argument.

Alrighty then.. Good one.

forkadict:
Please pardon my late response to this but I have been having this persistent network challenge.

So your argument is flawed for the following reasons:
1. You violated the basic rules in comparative analysis which states that whatever you are comparing must be on the same Base. In other words, you compare like for like. You compared Microsoft a core capitalist outfit with wikipedia which is a purely non profit making foundation. You need to compare 2 profit making outfits if you intend to do a sound comparative analysis. For example had you mentioned that because Toyota cares so much about making money their cars are not selling as much as Honda that just makes cars without caring about making money then I would not only have agreed with you, I would also have rushed to go book for acura ZDX which happens to be my latest crush.

2. You said that wikipedia doesn't care about money or that money doesn't motivate them. But lemme tell you that it might interest you to know that the Wikipedia that doesn't care about money makes at least $210M on a monthly basis.

3. Wikipedia is a non profit making foundation. No such foundation can exist without money. Quote me anywhere. Or can you mention just one of such foundation that doesn't have ever healthy stream of income?

So due to these reasons, your argument doesn't fly with me.

Adieu.

Ok, i would have compared like for like if the rise of say the software Britannica was responsible for Encarta's discontinuation - it wasn't. Wikipedia's rise made it unprofitable for Encarta to continue in that sphere. Now you claim I said Wikipedia doesn't care abt money, now it seems you're confusing "liking money" with having need for the absolute lifeblood of any non-profit venture which is operating capital, which Wikipedia even solicits for (ever notice the donate button on the site?). Now Wikipedia receives content freely from contributors like linux distros like Kubuntu receive code to improve upon versions of the operating system free from the community which after "curating" will include in subsequent releases if they so wish. Wikipedia operates the same way with their content.
The WikipEdia model clearly disrupted Encarta's model just as Uber's taxi model is causing major disruptions in the traditional cab model (remember the French cabbie protests from last yr?).
Ever seen those highly technical wikis on topics like say engineering or science? You think hippies gave Wikipedia that content? They came from experts in that particular field and were given free for the sake of spreading knowledge and not for money. That's what got Encarta discontinued and that's the point my argument made.
Awaiting yours.

freeradical:
Guy im sure u have heard about maslows hierarchy of needs. Starting out yea money is the driving force for motivation but there comes time when other things will be far more important than money. You will get there pretty soon. Besides we r all wired differently. Some people don't need to earn so much to feel satisfied in life while some will gather the whole world and still they feel empty inside.

I watched a TED talk recently about motivation and what you said is truly spot on, if i remember correctly, the guy closed with the example of Microsoft's Encarta that employed thousands of experts and professionals to give content to that software, and Wikipedia which basically curates what it's given free of charge and even sometimes relies on donations to stay up.
Today Wikipedia has totally eclipsed Encarta (which is basically a discontinued software).
So if the money as a motivation argument was so solid how come it didn't work there, where the same experts and pros moved from Encarta that paid them for content to Wikipedia that takes money from them in the form of donations to the platform, you know?

forkadict:
I feel you jare my sister. I worked for close to ten years in my former company. And I tell you that things I couldn't achieve in those ten years, I will achieve with [size=20pt]EASE[/size] in a year from now. And if I tell you my job title in my former company ehn, sooooo long. But after all said and done, na bank account dey call the shots.

But to each his own sha. No disrespect to those who prefer to work without earning much.

I don't think anyone prefers working without earning much. The fact that one would say money isn't the primary reason for getting up in the morning shouldn't really be interpreted to mean he would settle for meagre pay for his/her work (no one does that). That's totally inaccurate.
Maybe it could be near the mark in Nigeria where the slave mentality is still paramount, (I say slave mentality in the sense that the employer kinda treats the employee like he owns his/her soul) money could be the all in all in such situations but that kinda explains a lot of the wrongs that go on in Nigeria.

The employer knows the employee works simply for the pay and cannot wait to clock out each day so he stifles payday looking for new ways to screw the employee over cos the employee subconsciously doesn't see his/herself-worth in terms of ability/input but in terms of money and sees his/her employer as the fountain where the money comes from instead of vice versa; so as a result having the self confidence to stand one's ground in the professional setting is as probable as getting struck by lightning three times in one day and at three different places, the self confidence to improve on one's ability isn't thr cos the employer swindles 1 time and again so as to keep one in a state of dependence (slave). We only see few cases where some breakout.
Even in companies like Sch...., Hall..., Exx.. as Nigerians you all earn nowhere near what an American working for the same company in America earns, it's only in NLNG that i observed that Nigerians there earn very close to the industry's average (note the average?).


That said, back then I knew Shell guys that basically live on their salaries month after month, these are sophomore guys that were earning at least 1.5m basic salary, the only investing some do is the monthly contribution to their pension which basically bears no fruit when compared to say a money-market fund-mutual fund, some do the fixed deposit thing at the bank but is that really investing? So the over-qualified guy earning peanuts lives paycheck to paycheck, the qualified guy earning major money (in his mind's eye o) also lives from paycheck to paycheck with little plans of investing.
Both have the mindset tht money is everything, both do next to nothing to keep the fountain flowing for that which they see as "everything".

Dfavouredone:
How come everybody is acting as though they didnt read this

Guys no longer give a damn and only want "the main thing".

Lol! I asked myself the same thing.. Guess it has to do with those two innocuous words -"..is being.."
Not enough finality in em i guess.

You guys though.
Smh

Oh it's about typos & egos now.

Smh.

No one likes being called illiterate no matter how subtle or indirect.
It's no one's calling to be another's frggng editor on a forum site.
We owe it only to ourselves to communicate as best as we can on a forum site not to others; if you can recognize he's changed to pidgin then you can get past a little typo & not try to go off like Elijah saying he's the only one when there were 7000 more like him.

And the two guys, please have some class next time; ganging up on her like that was really inelegant.

In a way I envy the GT set of 2007.
At least no one came on that thread to deliberately yank people's chains as regards the date of medicals etc..

It's pathetic someone would create a nairaland userlogin with the sole aim of making a joke at people in waiting (with a guise of easing their wait); what's even more disgusting is that the imbecilic individual may well be a candidate in this same exercise.

Rubbish.

Did y'all really miss LadyF's "confession"?

ceetee:
….and Kaitung’s first comment was on the same day the extraterestial GT was born. Fascinating

Hmm.. The plot thickens..

Funny thing, no one's speculating on only 19 people getting through.

Lol.

airsaylongcon:
Militants bursting all burstables. Come after the gboom for Warri how has electricity been in UNA side

Pretty constant, 'we' have been lucky, our grid isn't dependent on Warri gas..

Perfect storm really - crude oil price slump, cbn's stance on forex, force majeure frm feedgas coys, feet dragging on train 7's FID, 'restive' GT candidates a hair's breadth away from opening a changedotorg page referencing this recruitment.. Lol..
Nlng really has her hands full.

airsaylongcon:
I assure you. In 24hours JFK will be all set and good to go. Heck they scooping the snow of the streets of the big apple as the snow falls. That's called rolling with the punches. When life gives you lemons, pack sugar full and relax with a lemonade.

My point: the dwindling price of gas doesn't mean that NLNG shouldn't prepare for the glory days ahead

True the port might be cleared of all snow but planes may not fly in blizzard conditions.
I think another way to tackle this is to ask ourselves if NLNG is losing money by not taking us up. They may be losing credibility but certainly not money. The lack of communication definitely sets a somewhat negative precedence but say they called all 140 successful candidates when the oil price was $45 (assuming oil price is the sole reason for not reaching out) and this $14 dollar dip to $31 occurred, would it be possible to still take up the 140? Crude oil prices may not strongly affect long term & midterm PSAs but I think it definitely affects spot prices which much of the market is moving towards & NLNG kinda participates in the Atlantic spot market.
But then again sound risk management & market projections would take care of this which is why I'm really starting to think this is looking less & less like a crude oil price issue & more of a Train 7 issue (feedgas & FID myt be d culprit).

airsaylongcon:
Looolz. Epilepsy with stroke and convulsion. The guy dey believe die!

Talking about $10/barrel are we talking crude oil ability palm oil? Or are we talking Zimbabwe dollars or Liberian dollars? Cos 10 US dollars for Bonny Light sweet crude oyel na to throway d oyel be dat. Or use am chop yam

A year before OBJ took office, oil sold for $11.91 tho even at that price, correcting for inflation would make it $17.26 which is still far from the $10 abyss.

oversupply is doing its thing on d market and with Iran upping their daily quota by half a million barrels no one can really say the price may not just graze into sub-$17 territory.
I guess the real question most want answered is if oil price is solely to blame for nlng's delay and if more external factors in the future (in the event of a Q3/Q4 acceptance) will affect it. eg. will Hilary Clinton becoming POTUS cause more delays??

At the time of the vacancy ad (October 2013), crude oil sold for $105.46 per bbl, now it's $32.53. If that doesn't slow any recruitment decisions I guess it's hard to imagine what will.
Smh.

TheRealAdonye:
Next up is Funniest Moniker (Female):

and the nominees are:
Corkqueen
Aphrodite4

and the winner is:









Aphrodite4

Danke Sehr..

Happy New Year, guys.

whatsupguys:
Lol@Nigerian pound. Things seem to have really gone bad for them. I really still wonder why they refuse to have a transition.

Pseudo-dictatorships (like the one Nigeria is heading for ) generally stifles any hope of transition let alone one that has a leader with a monarchical absolutist mindset (then again which of us doesn't?) who feels he should keep getting "elected" till the fat lady sings. Revolution is out of the question cos the opposition literally has no fiscal leverage cos of the soggy tissue paper currency, the country has no fields with easy oil to encourage a western backed "revolution".. So they all have to wait till Moogabe kicks the brass bucket (which may well usher in a one-party State). China seems interested (coal) but I doubt they're in the business of overt regime change.

All well and good but have you all considered how toxic these Chinese made phones are?
They're unregulated with respect to hazard parameters like SAR values.
Checking the SAR using *#07# doesn't even work, & there's no way to know how much radiation these "cheap" smartphones are emitting.

airsaylongcon:
Please put the whistle in your pocket ehn. Just console yourself that you have sore throat and cannot muster the breath to blow it

A crime has been committed, if it comes out the link through (and to) her can be made easily making her culpable and in a worse case scenario it makes her an accessory cos even if there's no money trail in her name, it only makes her look suspicious sitting on the info for over 5 months.

Now in the case she starts the procedure to whistle-blow and the criminal circle was kept small enough recognizing only her as the oblivious loose end. Now she says it will get back to the perpetrators that it's her that reported; let's say the company decides to keep it in-house because the scandal won't be good for reputation and bad rep isn't good for future business. They keep it in-house, sack both the boss and I.T guy and they take up the vendetta (I've seen people killed for less), what assurances does she have for her safety??

Keeping the whistle holstered seems a good idea.

If Free & fair is upheld in 2019 then PMB's definitely a one-termer.
But who am I kidding, this is Nigeria, they'll probably go as far as Mauritania to cop yung'uns to bump up their voting population.

Yay for democracy.

Lol.. ".. [buhari] used 6 months to vet thieves.."

NSE lost a lot of money on the grounds of that mess up from buhari, literally hemorrhaging money per day but currently what's important to him is going after AIT's owner for that hour-long anti-buhari documentary during the campaign..

Happy new month, guys.

Go forth and prosper.

Saves2serve, hmm.. Let me reserve my comments.

airsaylongcon:
Aphrodite4! Good to see u. Will never forget how we "argued" over one SHL type maths question back when this thread still dey suck "bobbi". Hope u good.

Lol! Good times.. I'm fine, dear..
Good thing this nlng waiting room couch is well cushioned, might as well get comfy & keep socializing (among other things)...

airsaylongcon:
I concur with you on this. Hindsight is always 20/20. When all d pepper, tomatoes and Maggi were flying around nobody came out and said "that's a blatant lie. I don't believe your sauce". It's now that d sauce don sour that erryone is yapping. I don't remember the moniker that said they (NLNG) ain't ready for successful GTs yet. That's a sauce that has put everyone in check. Those that don't believe that sauce should speak now not later

Lol!!! Still waiting on anyone to step to that 'sauce'. None yet..