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Hi,


I'm really sorry to dampen down your optimism for Cisco inter-networking.

The answer to your question is that such qualification over here in the UK is, crap - absolute crap!  The days when they used to be sought after are long gone.  I predict the same thing for Nigeria in the not-too-distant future.

I've got the CCNA and Cisco Security Expert certification as well as the MCSE.  In fact, I passed the CCNA exam with flying colours (98.9%), back in 2002.

No employer cares about the qualification, let alone give me their Cisco router to configure.  All those qualifications are gathering dust in my briefcase, unused - what a waste!  The MCSE is the worst (if you ask me), yet it seems so popular a qualification in Nigeria.

It's my Accountancy (CIMA) as well as SAP qualifications that have given me ALL the opportunities in this world.

Be honest with you, Cisco routers are grossly over-hyped.  Yes, Cisco was at the forefront of routing when the Internet began, but not anymore.  What a Cisco router can do, other routers can even do better but at a fraction of the cost.  Netgear routers are the best and their configuration is web-based (like many modern routers), thus making it very easy to setup, unlike Cisco routers which are command-based (similar to UNIX), hence the need to learn the Cisco IOS (Inter-networking Operating System) commands.  I guarantee you that such commands are easily forgotten.

Here are two of my postings in this Forum relating to routing and inter-networking that you might like to read:

How Routers Work

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-178821.0.html

Subnetting

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-154031.0.html

Hope this helps.



kiwi992.

Hi Seg,


A beg no vex.

E go be tomorrow - Saturday wey a fit answer you.  A busy small.

Hope sey yuu understand.



kiwi992.

Hi,


[quote author=mc-chibyke link=topic=260875.msg3797319#msg3797319 date=1241006601]hi all please am a medical doctor in nigeria but i want to go to jamaica .Does anyone know how much they pay medical officers there ? does any one have the contact of any nigerian doctor in jamaica.
i will be glad to get a useful reply soon[/quote]What on earth do you want to go to Jamaica for?  Get shot for the simplest of things?  That country is full of drugs and guns.  Better steer clear unless you want to be wasted.

You've been warned! 



kiwi992.

Hi All,



Bashiru

All what I've said in this thread about SAP is in very clear - lucid English for anybody with a basic understanding of the language to grasp.  Technical terms have been kept to an absolute minimum.  You just need to read and re-read the posts.  I simply can not repeat myself over and over again.  Hope you understand.

You said that you've registered as an 'SAP Partner'.  I don't know how on earth that could have been possible because SAP is not like your one-man business such that you could register to become a 'partner'.

If indeed you are (and I doubt it very much), why not direct your questions to SAP?  Just to save you the hassle:

1.  Indeed, there are ads in e-Bay for SAP IDES ECC 6.0.

I've always mentioned this fact in previous posts.  However, these are SAP R/3 demo systems loaded with live data for training and evaluation purposes.  The complete SAP R/3 system does NOT come pre-loaded with live data, unlike the IDES.  Other than that, they are exactly the same thing, save that IDES is time-limited and stops working after a while.

2.  No, you can not buy IDES from SAP.

It won't be sent to you in Nigeria either.  You can download it for free from SAP Service Marketplace, as long as you've got an OSS ID, a qualified SAP Consultant, or work as a Consultant in an SAP installation.


JFK

I'm not an SAP insider so wouldn't know as to whether SAP is going open-source or not.  I doubt it very much though .  Please do your research and you'll find the answers to your questions.


Byron

Your academic background in Surveying and GeoInformatics should map nicely to SAP's industry solution, namely IS-Oil.

De bukuru wey yuu go tke lenam o wambe - shey ti gbo?  Dem bi three modules

Your professional qualification as a PMP is ideal for SAP Projects.

As I've always said in this thread, you need to use SAP IDES ECC 6.0 and the SAP Academy training material in the module of your choice, to train.  Those are what you need, hence should look for them.

If in doubt, please re-read the posts in this thread.  As you may well-understand, I can not keep on repeating myself. 


Ike

I don't know the part of the world in which you are located but if you live in Nigeria, I personally wouldn't advice your going to India for a basic course in SAP.  It wouldn't be worth the expense involved in going to India, as it's only an introductory course that teaches you just the basics.  Moreover, such a qualification does NOT make you an SAP Consultant.   

I believe Scorpio here did a similar course in one of the universities in Nigeria.  Just ask him or her.

Be honest with you, I'm not quite sure as to which module your academic background maps to in SAP.  However, I'd like to mention that SAP offers an industry solution for telecoms.  Please look into that by going to SAP's website.

E beta sef ef yuu get de ting wey a dey dash awon omo Naija dem.  Ef to sey yuu wantam, mke u sef dey nak broken hea plus yua mama language wey be Naija.  Ef yuu no be Naija, a no go get time fo yuu!  No vex.

In terms of networking as it relates to SAP, there's SAPRouter.  This is not a separate module in itself.  You only configure it whilst implementing SAP R/3 (or IDES).

Perhaps you should consider Cisco career certification if you are interested in networking.  Then again, you need Cisco routers for the hands-on practise to be confident at configuring the routers in your place of work - not quite the same thing as using a sim to train.


Seg

Yua question dem, dem boku propa, propa.  A go ansa dem.  A taya small now and a get wok to do.  A beg make yuu wait small, no vex.



kiwi992.

Hi All,


Fokus

Done - mke u luuk inside ua domot fo Internet


Seg

Done - mke luuk inside ua domot fo Internet


Blacksta

E don tey wey a send yu am.  Oh yeah, thanks for posting my message to Seun.


Aboyman

E don tey wey a send yu am.   



kiwi992.

NB:

Ona wey remain, make ona give me time a beg.  Ago ansa ona questions.

Hi All,


I'm really sorry for having not been able to respond to your posts.

The thing is that I was NOT able to logon to Nairaland after editing my profile a few weeks back.  Anyway, I'm back now and thanks to the Nairaland admin for sorting out this mess.  It took long enough!

I'll answer all your questions as well as let you have what you want, as long as you are NIGERIAN.  Please be patient whilst I get my head round it.

Thanks.



kiwi992.

Hey All,


Just a few of my most favourite Latin tracks and their artistes.  Hope you guys you like them.


SALSA

Africando is a Senegalese salsa band and they are very popular all over the world.  They play excellent salsa 'cos they understand the music.  This is so, because of its origins.  The same goes with the Congolese and Colombians.  Puerto Ricans and Cubans to a lesser extent.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMjHfubMeic[/flash]

Now, that's what we call real salsa music and dance.

The dancing performed here is predominantly the Cuban style with a mix of rueda, Puerto Rican style, guaguanco and shines.  Watch the ladies wriggle their hips.  Wow!


BACHATA

The dance is very, very sexy.  It's for lovers and the ladies love it in the salsa clubs.

There's a French girl that always comes to ask me for bachata dance in the the salsa club that I regularly go to.  It doesn't matter where I am or who I'm chatting to - she just appears from nowhere and holds her hand out to me, smiling!  This has become the norm now - I can't escape her.  LOL!!  She then disappears once the bachata tracks are over and nowhere to be seen until closing time.   

1. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPMGFfUu7P4[/flash]

2.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWzvYDJavs[/flash]

3.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKWFRNbXUHE[/flash]

4.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XyaCAnhjs0[/flash]


MERENGUE

I really like this track - sounds a bit like cumbia.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzaVJCIXxg[/flash]

All credits go to Youtube. 



kiwi992.

Hi,


Most definitely not.

That so-called salsa dancing is absolutely crap.  Absolutely bloody crap, so is the music which doesn't sound anything like salsa.

Worst still, the dancers haven't got any sense of rhythm and timing whatsoever!  I wondered why they posted it on YouTube.

Now, this is more like it:

[flash=425,344]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHtA5bVMAJw[/flash]

I would say that these two are okay, as far as dancing salsa in Nigeria goes.  Having said that, they are:

1.  A bit too stiff
2.  Their footwork is not precise - kind of wooden - especially the guy's.
3.  Not wriggling their hips
4.  Lack fluidity
5.  Not making proper eye contact

They are dancing the LA style (i.e. on 1), coupled with dips, flips and a few spins.  Good on them.

However, they aren't really doing any shine, something which I consider most essential to good salsa dancing.  They need to dance much faster 'cos the music is fast.  That said, the second lady is good 'cos she listens to the beat by keeping up with the fast tempo in her dancing.  She seems pretty fluid as well. 
 
Even though the club looks seedy, dark and dingy, coupled with crappy music, it is, all in all, a good demo.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



CHELLE

Yeap, very useful tips that are essential to good salsa dancing.

Most salsa teachers don't tell their students 'cos they don't know it, hence it takes the students yonks to learn how to dance properly. 

You're right - better late than never.  It's always good to arrive in one piece instead of rushing.  The worst thing for me was having to drive back home from Sheffield at 2.30 am, through the winding Snake Pass in the Peak District.  Driving and falling asleep, and too scared to stop 'cos the road was deserted.  Next time it would be the motorway, without a doubt.

Glad to hear about the progress you're making with regard to your project.  I'm sure it would be well worth it in the end for you.  I guess you are doing a PhD, right?  Just stick at it and you'll be fine.


PRINCESA

Yes indeed, salsa is a very sexy dance.

Surely you can enroll in a salsa class or can you not?  If not, why not?  I bet you would be glad that you took classes.  Try it.

I'm still thankful to God that I had the foresight to take salsa lessons way back in 1995 long before salsa became popular in the UK.  Over the years, I have had to learn many different styles to add to my repertoire.   

Salsa is massive everywhere in the world.  I intend to hit the salsa scene in Roppongi District of Tokyo when I go visiting Japan this summer.  A salsa scene is like going from home to home to me - same beautiful music, very sexy dance, great people, fantastic atmosphere - most of all, very cosmopolitan - regardless of the country you're in.

Wow! is all I can say, wow!!.




kiwi992.

Hi,



Do NOT lie.

Just tell him the truth.  He'd respect you the more for telling the truth.  You'd be found out if you lie and that's going to make matters worse for you.

In saying that, you shouldn't be doing things that would warrant your wanting to lie to your fella.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



SCORP

Thanks.


BRAUN

You're alright.  No probs.



kiwi992.

Hi,

1.  Listen to the beat
     -  the base in the music or the clave, that is.

Sorry, I meant 'bass'.

I don't know why Seun has removed the 'modify' button, thus making it difficult to edit posts.  I wish he'd put it back on.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



CHELLE

I'm cool, thanks.

Really good to hear that you made some breakthrough with the project.  You must be chuffed.  I'm happy for you.

The salsa in Sheffield was really, really nice.  Good DJ as well.  Actually, I got there a wee bit late 'cos I didn't have the club's post code to navigate there.  Still, it was fab and packed full of dancers.  I would definitely go there again.


GAMINE

Why is it funny to you, seeing Nigerians dance salsa?

Salsa originated from Africa (West Africa, Congo and Mozambique).  It was taken to the Latin Americas by the slaves.  Many of the salsa songs have got Yoruba words in them even though they are sung in Spanish, believe it or not.  Indeed, most of the Latin music and dance have their origins in Africa.  This is always mentioned in the songs by the artistes.

In Africa, salsa is called pachanga and whilst a kid in Nigeria, I used to listen to pachanga on Radio Santa Isabel (Equatorial Guinea).  I understand Santa Isabel is now called Malabo.  So, there - a bit of salsa history for you.

Maybe you should give it a try by taking classes.  You'll be amazed to find out that it's the most fun you can ever have with your dancing shoes on.


CRISTAL

Good to hear you like salsa. 

Actually, you need to wear sensible shoes for salsa as opposed to high heels.  Get yourself some pairs of salsa shoes (these have got flat heels).

You could always wear your high heels to the salsa club and change to something more appropriate.  That's what a lot of the girls over here do.  You need to, otherwise you'd hurt yourself when being spun by the guy.  You really don't want to break your ankle, fall over or anything like that.

Oh yeah, always:

1.  Listen to the beat
     -  the base in the music or the clave, that is.

2.  Count
     -  123_tap, 123_tap (for Cuban style)
     -  123_567, 123_567 (for LA (i.e. on1)) a.k.a cross-body
     -  12, 12 (for merengue)

3.   Wriggle your hips
     -  like a snake (remember the origin of the music and dance as mentioned above)



kiwi992.

Hey Chelle,


Cool!

Good luck with the project.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



BRAUN

Thanks for the kind words.

Just to say that what drives me is my personal exprience living in the UK.  After 34 years living here, I've come to the conclusion that if you don't look after your own, then nobody would.

When I say 'your own', I mean your own people, fellow-Nigerians, regardless of the one's tribal grouping 'cos that's not important.  What's most important is that we are all NIGERIANS, regardless.  We MUST help one another 'cos everybody out there does the same.  Everybody looks after their own, including the English, so MUST we, putting tribal sentiments aside.

As a kid, a lot of kindness was shown to me by members of my family, especially my dad, four uncles in particular and an auntie, considering that my mum had died when I was just seven years old.

Moreover, I've been very fortunate in life in that I've achieved all what I needed to achieve as well as got all what I want.  I can't ask for anymore.  I'm very happy and contented.  Most of all, I've been blessed with a good head.

It is for these reasons that I never find it hard to show kindness to others.  Moreover, I know that kindness begets kindness.  The one never knows when the one would need help - if you help others, help would ALWAYS come to you when you need it most.  Selfishness never gets anybody anywhere. 

A don dooam.  A beg mke yuu luuk inside yua domot fo Internet.


OGI

You're alright.  No probs.


SCORP

Nice to know you're still around. Your profile says you're in India.  What are you doing there anyway?  Studying or what?  I thought you were currently looking for work in Nigeria?  Hope you aren't blagging!

My advice to you would be to get certified as a Consultant as soon as possible 'cos the exam you passed recently is just the basic SAP navigation skills.  As you know, that doesn't make you a Consultant.  Please try and certify as soon as you can.  SAP would be big in Nigeria - take it from me.

Once you guys certify as SAP Consultants, you would be much better placed to get in there as the SAP market in Nigeria opens up with the proposed new investment in that country by SAP AG.  However, as the technology peaks, it would be difficult to get any headway 'cos of stiff competition from highly experienced foreign SAP Consultants wanting to grab those jobs in Nigeria.  It's better to be prepared for it by getting certified. 

As regards jobs, please remember that there is currently a global recession and so, many employers are holding off having to hire new staff.  That's only expected.  Just be patient and keep looking but most of all, please get certified as an SAP Consultant in the module of your choice.  That would put you in much better stead in the SAP job market.

Remember, you stand a good chance of getting an SAP Consultant's job in Nigeria, being that it's your country and you live there, added to the fact that the SAP market in Nigeria has yet to take-off, unlike the UK and USA where it has already peaked.

All the best to you.



kiwi992.

Hi Chelle,


Are you chilled now or what?  Please try not to be very sensitive. 

Actually, my passion in life are just three things:

-  flying light aircraft 
-  dancing salsa
-  playing chess

I like my work but that ain't a passion for me.  Take a look at the Careers section (Flying and SAP threads) and you'll know what I mean.



kiwi992.

Hi Ib,


Very nice to know.  Hope you've been there 'an all.



kiwi992.

Ib,


Cool.

By the way, it seems you are located near to my home town - Bakana.  Right?



kiwi992.

Hi Chelle,


No need to get your knickers in a twist! 

That was only a light-hearted comment.  Maybe you are a bit stressed-out with the project.  Chill.

Good luck with it.



kiwi992.

Ib,


Don't knock it until you've tried.

Salsa is great, take it from me.  Right now, I'm listening to a track called 'Yolanda'.  Beautiful, so beautiful.  I can't even get up to cook my tea and it's already getting late at 8.25 pm.



kiwi992.

Ib,


So, what's wrong with a guy dancing salsa then?  Salsa is a partner dance, for Christ's sake! 

The music makes one so, so happy.  You won't believe it.  Right now, I'm listening to charanga and bachata.  How so beautiful.



kiwi992.

Chelle,


Christ, that must boring, or is it not?  Software design, I mean.

Take a rest and switch off from work tomorrow.  Go somewhere nice and just chill, listening to salsa music. The music would uplift your soul.  



kiwi992.

Hi Ib,


I beg your pardon?

How on earth can salsa make you cringe?  Are you kidding or what?  Honestly, you don't know what you are missing.

I don't suppose you've got issues with being held intimately as done in salsa or do ya?  Please don't knock it until you've tried.  Flying and salsa are my passion in life.



kiwi992.

Hi,


Yeap, I really like dancing salsa.

I've never been to a mainstream club ever since I learnt how to dance salsa that many years ago.  I'd be lost in an r&b club if I went there.  Definitely not my scene. 

You should take classes in salsa - I'm sure you'll like it.  It doesn't matter even if you've got two left feet.  You'll be a good dancer if taught well.  Just give it a try.  You don't need a partner to take along to the classes either.

I've got so many English friends and they are all very good dancers.  There's just one who is crap at it 'cos he never practises the three key elements that are crucial to dancing salsa.  Instead, he just dances like Worzel Gummidge!

In addition to the other styles I mentioned previously, I also dance:

-  Puerto Rican style
-  Guaguanco
-  Rumba

I was at Salsology two weeks ago - a massive salsa event with well over 400 people on the dance floor.  Copa's last night.  Resting today but off out to salsa in Sheffield tomorrow.  I can't bloody wait.

Other than salsa, I like indie and can dance to it.  However, I never go to any indie club.  I just listen to it whilst driving.

Salsa is my thing 'cos the music is great, the dance is very sexy, the people are friendly and the atmosphere is just fantastic. 



kiwi992.

Hola Salseros,


It's nice to hear about salsa in Nigeria.  It's my favourite music and dance.

I've been dancing salsa since the early nineties and took my first formal lessons after watching some salsa teachers and their students dance on TV.

I immediately decided to join the classes and progressed from being a beginners' beginner right up to the master class.  It took me three years to learn to dance salsa properly. 

Indeed, I'm king of salsa (no bulls!) and used to teach salsa in my spare time in Blackburn but haven't done so for a while due to work commitment.  Although it took me three years to learn how to dance properly, the girls in my salsa classes could dance very well in only three months.  I guess it boils down to the teaching style and what the teacher aims to get out of it - business or pleasure.

It's just so, so great to be able to dance salsa.  The salsa dance floors in the UK and Continental Europe are heaving with salsero and salseras.  What a great scene, packed full of people of all nationalities.  Great place to meet people.

I dance all styles including:

-  Cuban
-  LA (on1) - cross-body and shines
-  Charanga
-  Bachata
-  Merengue
-  Cumbia
-  Cha Cha

I also play the clave (pronounced 'kla-vey') - the key musical instrument in salsa music for rhythm and timing.

I go to salsa congresses all over, during the summer.  I plan to go to Japan sometime this year 'cos salsa is big in Japan as well, not to mention the other countries of the world.  You name the country and I can guarantee you that salsa is popular there.

Indeed, salsa is the number one dance right now that's sweeping the whole world.  If you can dance salsa, then you are well sorted.  Take it from me 'cos I've been hooked on it for years and years.

I also took lessons in tango and flamenco.  I do not like dancing tango 'cos the music doesn't get me going and the women grip your neck too hard whilst dancing to it, such that it used to tickle me, making me burst into a laughter.  It's not for me.  Moreover, it isn't a very popular dance, quite unlike salsa.

I did enjoy the flamenco classes but had to stop after three months 'cos I preferred a Spaniard to teach me instead of an English person.  It's always better to learn the dance from someone who originates from the same part of the world as the music and dance.

I'd definitely check-out the salsa clubs when I visit Nigeria.



kiwi992.

Hi Ogi,


A don dooam.

A beg mke yuu luuk inside yua domot fo Internet.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



C1

Yeah, you're right, as an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), installing Oracle database on a Windows platform should never be a problem to you.

Indeed, I'm surprised that it's causing you problems.  Anyway, it's not such a big deal that you are stuck.  Not to worry - these things do happen and are here to test us.

Can I just say that installing the database is really the easiest part of the implementation.  It takes just a few minutes - maybe 20 minutes, if that.  The bugbear is the SAP R/3 implementation itself.

Please strategise as follows, towards the implementation:

   -  Planning
   -  Preparation
   -  Installation
   -  Post-Installation

You said that the problem could be with the IDES you are using.  Sorry, but I don't quite agree with you on that.  Please ensure that:

1.  You are using the right version of Oracle database that's specific to the IDES that you are trying to implement.  Not all versions of a database can be used with an IDES release.

Note:  NT_ORA -> i386 (as well as patches).

2.  Your machine - ensure you've prepared it to meet the MINIMUM requirements for:
   -  Hardware
   -  Software
   -  CPU
   -  RAM

On a Windows platform, SAP R/3 should be implemented on Windows 2003 Server (with the latest service packs) - English Language edition.  This is the official line by SAP AG.  However, some people have successfully implemented it on Windows XP Professional as well as XP with SP2.  I implemented mine on Windows 2000 Server and Windows NT.

3.  Registry:
   -  Ensure that you can safely edit the registry.
   -  Whatever you do, please do NOT render your computer useless as a result of changes made to the registry.  Please back it up first, before ever editing it, just in case anything goes wrong.  You've been warned!   

4.  Files - editing the hosts file for the:
    -  Transport host
    -  IP loopback address
    -  etc

5.  NT Services
    -  You'll be stopping and starting various services as well as priortising them, so, ensure you are comfortable doing that.

6.  Check the:
    -  Error logs (whenever there is a problem with the implementation).

This is a must!  It gives you pointers as to why the implementation has stopped. You can not move on with the implementation until the problem has been solved!  This could take many hours (or even days) to sort out.

Embrace the error log during this phase of the implementation.  Analyse it because it definitely pin-points the errors in amongst the long error report.

Do not get frightened because this is a good training ground for you.  Please make copious notes as you go along.  This would be essential for future reference.  I've still got mine up 'til this day.   

FINALLY:

If all else fails, buy the pre-installed ECC 6.0 and just press on with the training.  Don't waste too much time battling with the implementation.  It might not be the right course of action for you to follow.  If you can, set yourself timelines and adhere to it.

All the best to you.


MARKOS

Thanks for re-enforcing that view.  I hope our people would train because of a genuine interest in the technology and not simply for the money.


BRIZ

Sorry but I don't think that's possible.

A pre-installed ECC 6.0 is not there to teach you how to implement SAP R/3.  Rather, it makes it much easier for you to obtain the crucially important hands-on skills because the IDES comes already pre-installed on a hard drive, thereby saving you the hassle of having to implement it yourself.

The only way to pracise implementing it by yourself is to do exactly that, without having to resort to buying a pre-installed ECC 6.0.


SHAWN

You're alright man.  All the best with the training.  Just keep working hard.




kiwi992.
_{Nigerian jobs for Nigerians}

Hi,



NOBIGOD

Make we thank God.

A beg make you try well, well.  De garri wey you go drink when you pass de Consultancy exams e go big pass de one wey you dey drink now, a guarantee you.  Na dat time you go be propa oga kpata kpata.


C1

I refer to your posting on page five of this thread, which is exactly the same request as this one.   

Can I just say that implementing SAP is never like your Windows installation.  Far, far from it.  It isn't something that one would talk you through just like that.  It's a very complex process that requires a lot of background reading and indeed, research before the implementation actually begins.

The BASIS Consultants that specialise in this aspect of SAP R/3 don't get paid bucket-loads of money for nothing, I can tell you.

There is no cutting corners or indeed, spoon-feeding.  You've got to do it yourself, I'm sorry to say.  It's either you:

1.  Do the leg work and implement it yourself, just like I did.

Please go to the link that I gave to you ages ago.  USE IT!  Good things in life don't come easy to anyone.  There's a flash file that details the implementation for you on a step-by-step basis. 

Surely, it can't be that difficult to implement it such that you've been struggling with it for this length of time.  Oh, yeah, you MUST read-up on the hardware requirements as well, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements, in addition to the memory and operating system requirements.  You simply can not plonk SAP R/3 ony any PC.  This is why you need to research it properly before plunging into it.

2.  Pay someone to implement it for you.

In my case, being new to SAP at that time, some Canadian guy offered to implement it for me as long as I paid his return air fare to the UK and back, as well as hotel expenses.

Needless to say, I decided against it, fully aware of the benefits of implementing it myself.  I swotted, researched on the Internet, visited many Forums, read the implementation guides as well as many sleepless nights reading up on Oracle database administration, project managment and so on.  This, in addition to building a new computer that met the minimum hardware and software requirements so as to implement the IDES. 

It wasn't easy but I got there in the end and indeed, implemented it that many times on my PC, it became second-nature to me.  The most rewarding thing to do if you ask me 'cos that is the only thing that makes you really get to know SAP R/3 inside out.

3.  Buy pre-installed IDES ECC 6.0 from eBay and install the hard drive on your PC.

I warn you - you might come unstuck!  Ensure you get the necessary instructions from the seller.  Go to the link that I gave to you and read up on others' experiences before you go down this route.

4.  Get online access to SAP R/3 IDES ECC 6.0

Using this method, you just pay for x number of months (or weeks), to enable you access to the IDES online, inorder to train for the module of your choice towards the Consultancy certification.  All the necessary information that you require to do this is all in here as well as in that link.   

Finally, as I said in one of my earlier postings on this thread, SAP is NOT for the faint-hearted and that includes the implementation as well as studies for the Consultancy certification.

I'm afraid, I won't be in a position to get into any further communication with you on this specific subject.  I think I've given you enough advice on what to do.  Sorry!  I hope you understand.



kiwi992.
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Hi Ed,



You're alright man, you're alright.  No probs.

It's good to sound such warnings before I put my big foot in it.  Still, one has to speak the one's mind without fear or favour.  You've only got one life - why hold back from speaking your mind?  No harm in speaking the one's mind, if I may add.  Death doesn't scare me as I dice with death whenever I wheel out that little aircraft to go flying in it.   

Good to know that you and I are related.  That said, I'm really sorry to hear that Lowell is dead!  I don't understand 'cos I thought he could swim.  What a sad loss.  May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Mind you, I got drowned once, as a kid, close to the wharf at Charlie's compound in BK.  Luckily for me, I got rescued.  I can still remember people screaming that I was drowning.  Blimey!! - what a nightmare, having to take in all that salt water.  That served me right for messing about in the river with my friends, including the very tall, legs-up-to-the-armpit Kotiba Braide from Davies' compound, playing hide and seek - I wonder how she is doing.  Oh yeah, and my very beautiful friend, Belema Iboroma (Isaac Dadumo's younger sister) from Iboroma Polo in Ifoko.  I wish I could see them all. 

You know what?  Living abroad (away from all your childhood friends and family in your country of birth), is NEVER the same as living at home, no matter what you have achieved, whilst living in the foreign country.  There's more to life than mere material things or academic/professional achievements.  In that respect, you guys should consider yourselves lucky for living at home.  I really miss that, including all my childhood friends in Bakana, Abonnema and Lagos.  Oh yeah, and fishing I do miss too, strange as it may sound.  There's no place like home, they say.

Memories of my Yoruba school friends and I in Lagos, being ripped-off by the veritable magician called Rondo Rondo, outside Yaba Post Office, next to Sabo Market.  We got ripped-off man, swindled out of our pocket money!  Can you believe it?  We never got the radios that he was going to magically get for us!!  What a laugh eh?, thinking back on it now.  That shows how gullible we were, as kids.  Oh yeah, shooting odere koko (wood pidgeons) with catapaults was my friend, John Oti's favourite pastime whilst I was crap at it.  Gosh, memories man, memories.  I've got to visit home to check-out these old friends.  Got to.

Don't get me wrong, I love it in England and will never swap it for any other country in the world (well, except Nigeria) 'cos I'm very happy here.  Life's peaceful and safe.  Most of all, you can achieve whatever you want to achieve, as long as you work hard and remain within the law.  No hatred, racism yes, but who takes any notice of those bigots?  I bloody don't, so they can take a running jump.  I just get on with my own life.            

Actually, the last time I set my foot on Bakana was in the morning of the town's evacuation by the Biafran rebels.  We never went back home after the war and instead, lived in Port Harcourt for a bit with my dad and the rest of our immediate family.  I then left Nigeria in 1974 and haven't been home since then.

I'd have most definitely visited home had it been that my dad were still alive.  Still, I'm most happy and content here and couldn't wish for any better.  You know how it is - the one has got to be extremely careful if there isn't anyone trustworthy at home to guide the one along, especially after such a long time away from home.

My close friend from Abonnema (Ibanibo Lawson), was training with a firm of Chartered Accountants in London, and was in excellent health when he visited home on hols just for a couple of weeks.  You know what?  He never came back!  He went mad under the strangest of circumstances and died, thanks to the wickedness of people out there.  His girlfriend here nearly committed suicide due to the shock of hearing about her boyfriend's strange illness and eventual death.  She missed him that much.  Phew!  It's mad out there - pure mad!!  Who wants to expose themselves to that sort of danger?  Definitely not me.  Sack that!

Yeap, Bakana is also known as Odum Ama.  Odum is Iyalla's other name and Odum Polo is Iyalla's compound.  Odum Ama means Iyalla's Town.  Surprised to learn that all that's been twisted and changed to something else.  Still, never mind.  These things don't matter as long as people live in harmony with each other.  We are all citizens of Bakana and are one, so are all Kalabaris.

Lolo never had a kid when I was at home, so, I don't know his son.  Good on him though, he's done well for himself.  I'm surprised to hear that Ibiapuye is in politics.  I thought he'd have been practising medicine instead.  I thought it was a dangerous thing to be a politician in Nigeria, or is it not anymore?  Still, each one to their own, as long as he's safe and happy being in politics.  I hope one of my other cousins - Dr Mpakaboari Abite is alive and doing well and hasn't been bumped off by those evil people.  I understand he has a morgue in Bakana.  Actually, there's that many relatives out there, most of whose name I've forgotten.  I think one must make a fleeting visit home, at some point - must do.

Ed, can I suggest that you take it easy with Ow11.

It doesn't matter even if he counts one as 'gberiye' or 'ngei'.  These things don't matter.  He probably can not speak Kalabari very well or that he's forgotten it.  The point he was making was that in his view, there isn't any correlation between Kalabari and Dutch.  That's what you should have addressed, if you see what I mean.

Hope you don't mind my pointing out that to you.  Personally, I don't know and indeed, wouldn't wanna have anything to do with the Dutch - the bloody Boers.  Japanese, yes indeed.  Some of the Kalabari words do sound like Japanese.  Maybe one ought to look into that.



kiwi992.

Hey Leilah,


It ain't  such a big deal that you broke the TV. 

I'm surprised that your husband is upset with you because of it.  Maybe he's got other issues with you - perhaps you are clumsy or that he doesn't like you getting piste on a few cans of Guinness! 

Either way, it doesn't matter.  It was simply an accident which you should be able to claim from your home insurance's accidental damage cover.

If he's going to be like that with you, then sod him!  Put in the insurance claim, tell him about it when the cheque arrives and pay it into your bank account since he couldn't be patient-enough to do so.  Sorted!

Anyway, why do you feel so insecure in this marriage of yours?



kiwi992.

Hi Rtwotwo,

Rtwotwo:
hi everybody,
just hit this forum and like it very much.I actually did my PPL (h) in south africa ,got the licence and move to USA to complete my CPL,(all self sponsored ).but due to economic turndown ,i have to look for sponsor in nigeria.MY question is what are my chances of getting one , which company should I contact and any help to how to get the contacts will be appreciated .thanks

I'm surprised that you haven't bothered to come here to thank those people that have been kind-enough to have given you the information that you wanted.

What does it take to say 'thanks'?  Now't, if you ask me. 

Perhaps people would be more willing to help others if only they could be shown gratitude.



kiwi992.

Hi Belema,


A ke i firi ma te.

A don doo am - mkae yoo luuk inside yuua domot fo Internet.



kiwi992.