₦airaland Forum

AjanleKoko: I think, generally speaking about Nigerians, that young people in college, as well as those trying to get into college, more often choose the wrong disciplines to major in.

Wrong as in what they are not suited for, both mentally and psychologically. They now spend the rest of their youth trying to correct this mistake, and usually end up adding to it.

There is also the 'overload' factor. Take for example someone who studied Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, and MBA as a follow-up. Usually people do this to 'enhance their job prospects'. I wonder if it really does. I know someone who did that, still did ICAN and some computer certifications into the bargain. I'm not sure what good so many diverse qualifications can do to anyone.

Either peer pressure, zero counselling ...............

Why u dey curse me naw?

Ok, lets try this:
An elder once told me that if i enjoy reading
I could as well get certifications for what I have read and already know
I have not regretted taking on this advise

ICAN + IT certifications (knowledge) is cool if you wanna build accouting applications

The secret lies in 'dragging and dropping' the right certifications for the appropriate job opening

Some recruiters hate people like us
Some love us to bits
Me, as a contractor, I love the flexibility that multiple knowledge and its certifications offer me
one door closes another one opens

birdman: Africans come in all shapes and colors.

ok naw
since my type of nose is not represented in these awesome paintings
off i go to the surgeon to get myself the longer African nose
(thank God that unlike Jackson, I wont be accused of trying to look white )

And once more Nigerian forums such as NairaLand is missing from the social media boquet
way to go Seun
about time some whizzy IT hawks move into this gap

na so so long nose some of these paintings dey get
what happened to some of our double barreled noses?

repogirl: Broke guys are not sexy at all.

all that matters is that we'll share the same room for Jah provides the bread

Ishilove: Gross. Snails are forbidden where I come from. I have never eaten those slimy creatures and will never eat them.

rubbing alum on them takes away the slime
You then boil or fry it.

Fried tastes better

Gush!! I am salivating uncontrollably

degurl: Don't mind them jare. Dem no know better thing. The special delicacy they are calling a slimy mess cost #500 per one here in Abuja. If only they know that snail meet is purely for the rich in naija.

A nigerian should probably do them Americans a good deed by exporting the Snails to Nigeria
Kai!! I am salivating now
I wish the snails will also invade UK

solomon111: I didn't even bothes to read through most of all these Nonsense you've written.
All i see are rants of a bush market woman.
You are just busy making ignorant assmptions like a bat.
You call me a weakling?
You are very Funny,even your husband wouldn't call me that,if he had the privilege of meeting me.
Yes,i have two sisters and they are both happily married,and i assure you, they've so much class than you could ever hope to have,and you would look so inferior beside them.
lol
Bush women like you are the ones we use in entertaining ourselves after a hard day job at the rig on the high seas .
You and your husband would never be able to measure up to me,you muppett.
I am way above your level,and i have dealt with mad rubbish women like you times without number.
Smh.
Nairaland is indeed a leveler,because you wouldn't be able to tell all these trash to any of my sisters,let alone,me] .
Useless uncouth skunk,a disgrace to the marital institution,and most importantly;
A wife of a nobody.

Not taking sides,
but the statement highlighted says a lot about the writer's view of women

Ishilove: The hair in my armpits is finally sprouting. *sigh* What do I do? Razor or scissors?

Try Lawn mower or matchete

Ishilove: Esere826, please go away, we don't need people approaching 30 years on this thread. You are 29, so that makes you too old for us the young 'uns

I am actually 20 yrs old
but I always try to act very mature to attract sugar mummies

so as teenagers gathered together here today
what do we do next?

mysticgal: lol ah,i would soon leave the teengers badge soon,but i discovered that everybody nl is a man and woman.like am 21 years old.

21 no be teenager again naw

Ishilove: Stop being a hater. This is me. Look down

Please stop abusing Aninmal rights

Ishilove: Esere, well done! I think you should write a text book . Well done once again

Thanks Ma

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster.

More than 1,000 of the mollusks are being caught each week in Miami-Dade and 117,000 in total since the first snail was spotted by a homeowner in September 2011, said Denise Feiber, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Residents will soon likely begin encountering them more often, crunching them underfoot as the snails emerge from underground hibernation at the start of the state's rainy season in just seven weeks, Feiber said.

The snails attack "over 500 known species of plants ... pretty much anything that's in their path and green," Feiber said.

In some Caribbean countries, such as Barbados, which are overrun with the creatures, the snails' shells blow out tires on the highway and turn into hurling projectiles from lawnmower blades, while their slime and excrement coat walls and pavement.

"It becomes a slick mess," Feiber said.

A typical snail can produce about 1,200 eggs a year and the creatures are a particular pest in homes because of their fondness for stucco, devoured for the calcium content they need for their shells.

The snails also carry a parasitic rat lungworm that can cause illness in humans, including a form of meningitis, Feiber said, although no such cases have yet been identified in the United States.

EXOTIC INVASION

The snails' saga is something of a sequel to the Florida horror show of exotic species invasions, including the well-known infestation of giant Burmese pythons, which became established in the Everglades in 2000. There is a long list of destructive non-native species that thrive in the state's moist, subtropical climate.

Experts gathered last week in Gainesville, Florida, for a Giant African Land Snail Science Symposium, to seek the best ways to eradicate the mollusks, including use of a stronger bait approved recently by the federal government.

Feiber said investigators were trying to trace the snail infestation source. One possibility being examined is a Miami Santeria group, a religion with West African and Caribbean roots, which was found in 2010 to be using the large snails in its rituals, she said. But many exotic species come into the United States unintentionally in freight or tourists' baggage.

"If you got a ham sandwich in Jamaica or the Dominican Republic, or an orange, and you didn't eat it all and you bring it back into the States and then you discard it, at some point, things can emerge from those products," Feiber said.

Authorities are expanding a series of announcements on buses, billboards and in movie theaters urging the public to be on the lookout.

The last known Florida invasion of the giant mollusks occurred in 1966, when a boy returning to Miami from a vacation in Hawaii brought back three of them, possibly in his jacket pockets. His grandmother eventually released the snails into her garden where the population grew in seven years to 17,000 snails. The state spent $1 million and 10 years eradicating them.

Feiber said many people unfamiliar with the danger viewed the snails as cute pets.

"They're huge, they move around, they look like they're looking at you ... communicating with you, and people enjoy them for that," Feiber said. "But they don't realize the devastation they can create if they are released into the environment where they don't have any natural enemies and they thrive."
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-battles-slimy-invasion-giant-snails-161432518--sector.html

Nonsense people.
how can they be calling our delicacy slimey mess!!

119) At this point in time

At every point in time (i.e point 0 in the diagram above),
u have comparitively few things u can do

For example. if you're presently sitting on a chair reading this piece,
there are only a few thousand of things you can do within the next minute
For example:
-you could get up quickly
-you could get up slowly
-you could shout
- you could suddenly start thinking etc

Reyginus: I still don't understand. How exactly do you mean?

Christians and Mulims worshiping the same God could be true or false.
It all depends on the approach

Lets try this approach:
Judaism and xtianity 'worship' the same God -As per Abrahamic faith
Judaism and islam 'worship' the same God -as per Abrahamic Faith

Now this:
-Judaism worship a unitary God that they believe Abraham had contact with and was further revealed by Moses
-xtianity worship a unitary/trinity God that they believe Abraham had contact with, was further revealed by Moses and Jesus was a complete expression of
-Islam worship a unitary God that they believe Abraham had contact with, was further revealed by Moses and Jesus and finally by Mohammed


If you keep it up, u might say YES they do 'worship' same God, or NO they dont.

Reyginus: Lol. You want to distort the question.

Nope
I just want to show that it all boils down to the concept/definition of God and Worship

If your pastor errs
excomunicate him till he repents

Never forget that you also are an anointed priest
indeed, in the order of Melchizedek (i.e you have no pastoral records or antecedents)

ogeelove: In Matthew 16:28 Jesus says "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." Does the transfiguration in chapter 17 explain it? Is it a second coming? If not, can u explain it in clear words?

John saw the Christ coming before he tasted death
That is why John wrote the book of Revelations

Did jesus not say "I call you friends, and not servants. A servant has no understanding of his master's business"

So my friend,
what has christ called u?

Lets approach the question this way:
Do jews and xtians worship the same God?

mumumugu: U can also buy your coffin in advance,

Folks actually build their mosoleums in advance
it makes sense to take the trouble off your kids

cros2519: To tithe saying in advance, either by months or all year.

It will be good?

Makes financial sense
But why do u want to do this?
Please explain

@mommabear

There are some things that are truely unrealistic and have a very slim chance of succeeding
Functionality and looks play a major role

Guys and gals think very differently and age very differently too
by the time he is in his mid 40's u'll be in your early 70's God willing (and u'll also look 70 no doubt)
He WONT, I repeat he WONT allow u be around his friends at that time of his life when he's on top of his game

If you guys are still together at that time
be concious of the very high probability that he will have a trophy wife/mistress in Nigeria with kids

If you talk about this with him, and both of you come to an agreement about this
there will be a higher probability that you will be with him for a long time

@Op
xtians cannot go to hell whether it exists or not
so why dedicate too much time preaching about it

Thread carefully at da club tonight guys

118 ) Endless Possibility Nodes

Take a look at the diagram below. You'll see that at as time increases, you have a lot of possibilities.
i.e. there are many yous in the future -from a peasent you, to the greatest man alive you
in order words, you could be almost anything with Time, Choice and 'Chance'


.....I'll be back to take us through the diagram

kenny987: Terror kills

"Kills what?" if may I ask

117) Walking through random probabilities


-A poor Nigerian boy can become an American president <=
- <= If the American law is changed, a Nigerian born citizen can become its president <=
- <=an event of immense proportion can occur that can lead to the change of the laws for US presidency

You could be the first man to land in Mars within the next 5 years <=
- <=Space technology can improve immensely within 5yrs allowing you as a guinea pig volunteer to travel to Mars <=
- <= Some scientists more brainy than Einstein can suddenly get involved in space technology thereby quickening inventions

You could fly or disappear <=
- <= an erruption could happen from deep in the earth that could send your flying or a sudden undiscovered pulsation from the universe could break down all matter on the earth in micro seconds

You could become the next Hitler withinn a couple of years <=
-<= There is an unplanned war between North and South Korea. Israel strikes Iran and Nigeria at same time claiming that they present a threat to it. The body of a loved one is displayed on National TV with the jews spitting and dancing over it. You happen to be a oratorical leader with access to military and political power <=
- <= you were selected as the UN secretary general because you have immense oratory skills and a superb iQ


.......we're not through yet.