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Education › Re: Parents Should Stop Doing This Because Of Their Children's Future by mrtouchstone(m): 10:47am On Oct 05, 2015

Well said. In light if the OP, I think there should be balance between ability and interest. I have come across several examples.

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Nairaland General › Warning: Bruh, Do Not Manspread Beside A Hangry Man. by mrtouchstone(op): 4:07pm On Aug 27, 2015*

Warning: Do not Manspread Beside a Hangry Man.
That's an important note from the addition of new words to the dictionary.

The act of "manspreading", or sitting with legs wide apart on public transport, is among 1,000
new words to enter the online Oxford dictionary.
OxfordDictionaries.com issues quarterly updates
on current definitions of English words.
Other new entries include Grexit, Brexit, hangry,
beer and wine o'clock and NBD - meaning "no big
deal".
Oxford Dictionaries said the addition of multiple
slang words showed "creative" use of language.
New words and phrases are added to the
website once editors have enough independent
evidence to be confident of their widespread
currency in English.
However, they do not gain an entry into the
Oxford English Dictionary unless there is a demonstration of continued historical use.
According to Oxford Dictionary's language
monitoring service, hangry has seen its usage
increase since 2012, with a spike in April 2014
connected to an American study about low
glucose levels making people cross.
New online dictionary entries
Manspreading - when a man sits with his legs
wide apart on public transport encroaching on
other seats
Bants - short for banter
NBD - abbreviation of no big deal
Hangry - adjective used to show feelings of
anger or irritability as a result of hunger
Grexit and Brexit - the potential departure of the
UK and Greece from the EU
Awesomesauce - to describe something as
excellent
Weak sauce - anything of a poor or disappointing
standard
Bruh - describing a male friend
Pocket dial - to accidentally call someone while
your phone is in a pocket
Mkay - the informal pronunciation of OK

From: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34070483?

Let's say you could add a word. Which would it be?

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Events › Re: #ifafricawasabar Trending On Twitter by mrtouchstone(m): 12:03am On Jul 28, 2015

Blonchilli:
lol... I think we should start #IfNairalandWasaBar

Hehe

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Events › Re: #ifafricawasabar Trending On Twitter by mrtouchstone(m): 11:54pm On Jul 27, 2015

Evil!
#ifnairalandwasabar lalasticlala would be the number one hypeman

grin

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Nairaland General › To All Nairalanders: Happy Mid Year Day! by mrtouchstone(op): 4:04pm On Jul 02, 2015*

Hello guys. You may not have noticed that today is the first day of the rest of the year. Well, it is and not only that but also the middle of the year.

Check this:
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in
leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar. There
are 182 days remaining until the end of the
year.
This day is the midpoint of a common year
because there are 182 days before and 182
days after it in common years, and 183 before
and 182 after in leap years. The exact time of
the middle of the year is at noon . In countries
that use summer time the actual exact time
of the midpoint in a common year is at 1:00
p.m, or 11:00 a.m for countries in the
southern hemisphere; this is when 182 days
and 12 hours have elapsed and there are 182
days and 12 hours remaining. In a leap year in
those countries, the midpoint occurs at 1:00
a.m. on July 2, or 11:00pm on July 1 in the
southern hemisphere. This is due to summer
time having advanced the time by one hour. It
falls on the same day of the week as New
Year's Day in common years. (Wikipedia)

There you are! So it's a good time or excuse to start afresh, especially if you feel you haven't achieved much so far this year.
Do a review of your 2015 goals and your performance. Learn from your progress report and make this second half more fulfilling.

PS You could break down your goals into daily tasks. They're easier to manage and accomplish and they'll eventually translate into something big!

Shine!

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