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Hmmm. . .did i achieve my goals?

I decided not to go for a PG this year and stay back and work in naija. . .expected to gain experience and begin the process of becoming a bad guy in my field.

On the Job front, was able to secure a job (with abysmal benefits) shortly after service, the experience(or more correctly, potential for experience) seemed to make up for the terrible terms of service, I started to learn a lot then the learning curve started to regress drastically.

So in terms of knowledge, nope i dont know as much as i would've liked to know(good thing is i'm aware of areas where i fall short.)

In terms of contacts n my chosen field, hell yeah . . .I i'm starting to develop a network of senior colleagues i can whine to/ask for advice(poor them right? ), i'm learning to take advantage of other people's experiences too. . .

Personally, i've learnt(still learning) to be more realistic in my expectations/evaluation of events and people, I'm becoming a better, more stable and focused individual. . .

Got a new job so the new year holds a lot of promise.

[size=5pt]P.S. i'm still single. . .*sob* *sob* *sob*[/size]

oyb:
^^^

dude, be CAREFUL, really. do what u can to get ideas like that out of his head. in yankee they simply fk up the careers of whistleblowers who get caught. in naija they get them arrested or assassinated.

@all, been in office only in body for the past two days


got all sorts of geeky stuff planned for the break.

already started on an annoying note, i seem to have bricked my new 1tb portable hdd   

thanks for the advice o. . .me i dont have energy to fight anyone , tomorrow's my last day, make i go drop their one months salary in lieu of notice. . .nothing is worth it o. . .you've been scarce sef _{been meaning to thank you for the book recommendation}. . .sey you got enough rice for two sha? the boys are loyal!

P.S.
please accept my condolences on the loss of your harddrive, it will be sorely missed.

i'm rolling on the floor laughing. . .my boss saw me printing a bulky document on the admin babes computer and fear catch the man instantly. . .maybe he thinks i'm gathering info on all his shady dealings. . .he's now trying to mask the fear. If only he knew it was "speed control of motors" i was printing. . .

Jcob:
@ NETOTSE,
congrats bro . . . . . .and welcome to south. Let's hook up one of these days.
cheers

thanks. . .hopefully you'll have time(you know you're now the busy one. . .lol)

cecegorz:
@Neto,
If you are coming to Lasgidi, i advice you first of all get a high sounding alarm clock  cos you'll need a whole lotta wake up time adjustment 

My brother na so we see am o. . .God dey sha. . .

AjanleKoko:
@neto,
congrats o. Nice Xmas present abi?

lol. . .thanks (well, i woulda preferred a wife, a house and 3 kids but then i'll manage this one. . . )

hey ppl,

Ok, so after 6 months of mixed experiences, i just turned in my resignation the man is too caught up with his new contracts to really bother sha, he just said ok. . .(the evil fella wants to hold me to the one months notice or in lieu a months salary thingy in my contract. . .na God go deal with am for me. . .lol)

I'm going to be moving south in the new year(not oil and gas though), this time i'll be more involved with machines sha. . .

things i'll miss from this current job:

Knowing what's going on in abj, i'm around some really connected people, gist dey fly wella.

Lau lau. . .i rarely get to work before 9, and it's a pretty laid back atmosphere.

My boss trying to code stuff from me(the man dey always fail. . .lol)

My colleagues. . .i've become attached to these folks 

All the Mind games sha. . .i had fun.

etc etc.


things i wont miss.

Earning peanuts(sometimes i wonder how i even came to accept the darn offer sef. . .lol)

Being treated as if i didn't go to school. . .(all the assignments i dubbed cant be in vain now. . .haba!)

Being passed up for field trips.(what am i an engineer for if i dont get to go to the field? )


P.S.
I'll gist you guys about my new job when i resume(jan 10th). . .but till then, i'm blissfully unemployed. . .lol.

first things first, it was the LASG prosecuting Al-mustapha. . .so people mentioning GEJ are only advertising their ignorance

secondly, he still has the charges for kudirat Abiola on his plate so he's not leaving prison anytime soon.

He was just acquited of that case not freed

yodiyokun:
Do organizatiosn still conduct panel interviews.

Interviews are a funny thing, In my 10+ years of working, I dont think I have attended up to 15 interviews.

me i've attended two. . .in naija, the latest is general test, occupational test then interview in fact sef, some coys organize essay writing competition before interview sef. . .(i gather PZ cussons recently invited successful applicants to a venue to 'write a letter to your president telling him what you think are the problems of nigeria')

^that's more like it. . .

one mopol:
Abeg shut up and keep your votes.

In the OBJ days , i once witnessed the blocking of the entire mile2-oshodi stretch for OKadigbo who was then the senate president.

For issues like this, security details handle the modus. All the president needs is safety, then the security details set the operational guidelines to ensure his safety based on location, special INTEL available at that time, and the general tone of the nation.

With the threats from ACF, Ciroma and atiku coupled with tangible proof from the iranian shipments , you want him to be careless with his security abi.

What i want to ask , is if you ever witnessed any  UMYA  visit to lagos? then clearly explain how it went.

@one mopol
nice name. . .is that your division(abi na unit)? [size=5pt]i live near that your barracks for abuja sef[/size]

@others
if my memory serves me correctly, one mopol is the mopol unit attached to presidential protection or something sha.

@beaf
fashola is known for not using sirens et al. so from his antecedents, it's safe to say he would probably choose the more sensible option(helicopter) if it was left to him.

@blacksta
wait first, knowing the little you know about nigeria, do you think the SSS will listen to the pope himself if he told them how to handle the CinCs security? it's the presidency for crying out loud, they dont have to listen to anyone(in naija. . .lol)

axeman85:
kai siddon dere jare. wich kain fatherland. father land wey force me go spend thousands of ££££££££ to get good quality education. well dem suppose dey priviledge say i wan bring my talent and experience wey oyinbo give me come work for dem sef or serve wth dem. lol

its about what you get paid for me wen u get a home to run and house rent to pay ooo. so dat 2k or 5k no go reach anywia but 50k or 25 or more , i fit manage .lol

yes your correct about the discharge certificate thats why i am looking to do it and jst close eye struggle for the 1yr.

chief abeg if there dem accept corpers for your side u fit help a fellow Nlander ooo.

others as well wey dey this section make una helep me ooo. i no dey do shakara oo na beg i dey beg

@axeman
if you go before a panel and mention 2 years experience, you're likely to get a bored look. . .it isn't exactly a long time, career-wise.

Beaf:
Why rant if you are a mere spectator of the events that shape your future?
There is a huge problem in the way many Nigerians reason. We set logic aside and blast emotions to high heavens. The Presidents security arrangements annoyed you, therefore, you are not going to vote? Dude, be reasonable and look for an aspirant to vote for; if you don't like the major ones, then go for Utomi, Chris Okotie etc.

Personally, I see nothing wrong in the lock down, since a drive from Ikoyi to the airport would have given the President the opportunity to actually see the streets himself and get a feel for what is going on at ground level.

see what is going on how? you sef know it wont be a drive, na fly the convoy go fly reach airport.

as someone said, why im no use helicopter? why inconvenience citizens and possible voters just to go and launch a book of facebook quotes?. . .someone on Jonathans team is not doing his job properly.(it would be stupid to expect GEJ himself to look into such arrangements.)

that said. . .i'm still going to vote for him.

mukina2:
The mod here sent out warnings to them, most of them have been banned lots of times, and then you have some[b] others who have regular user names ( names not associated with anything tribal) but create other names to continue the tribal war.[/b] Most of them have been banned and if anyone starts anything they will be banned. no compromise for anyone.
If anyone changes the title of a thread to start tribal war they will be banned, if anyone posts insulting/provocative posts about any tribe or attacking any tribe they will be banned.

we should be naming and shaming such. . .whether you're a 24-hr tribalist or you moonlight as a tribalist all na the same thing. . .

cecegorz:
@Neto,

You know quite well we ain't that naive when it comes to the job segmentation within the monolithic power player.
But honestly, we have come to that level where we don't care where the lag is coming from , all we know is that NUEE which comprises of all the divisions (i suppose) is breathing fire and brimstone against the power reform program.

You may want to defend some departments but i dare you that the status quo madness feeds all the unscrupulous benefactors across board.

Meanwhile @AJ, i strongly agree with Friedman.

actually, it's only junior workers that are there, the senior ones are in SSAEC or something equally funny.

as per the bolded, i must confess you're right, yesterday it was at after 9.00 that majority of the workers started trooping in(a couple didn't even show at all sef), me i just dey wonder which private companies will allow it's workers to be lounging like that and still be collecting full salary at the end of the month.

@moderators
is this kobojunkii? i dont think so, he/she/it should be banned.

AjanleKoko:
This last weekend I was in Ayobo area. I saw some really terrible roads there.
Someone told me the community started an initiative to build drainage and roads, but the locals kicked against it, because they didn't want their kids to fall into gutters

Illiteracy is Nigeria's real problem.

i feel you on that. . .when shiroro was built, FGN offered to tar the roads and what-have-you in the relocated community but the locals declined, their reason: they didn't want cars to be knocking down their children

and now they periodically prevent workers from going to work because of govt neglect

cecegorz:
^^^
Whether they agree is not the issue, the issue is that i am tired of this kind of existence and somebody is coming up with a workable plan to move us forward while someone else wants to be a clog in the wheel.

They simply can't see beyond the few[b] illicit money they make from hapless citizens by climbing up and down the ladder, collecting money for unsupplied units.[/b]

Shey na like this we go dey dey     

@office
There are talks of more pepper coming in from mgt, boyz are keeping our fingers crossed for the naira rain sha.

that's a misconception that most people have about PHCN, there's more to PHCN than the distribution people(admittedly they make up the bulk of PHCN workers sha, so it's understandable)

An analogy, Generation is the federal govt, Transmission is like the state govt and distribution is the local govt. The local govt is the arm of govt closest to the people so it has the most employees(are they civil servants), however, they are not as highly trained as the state and federal civil servants with the federal civil servants being the best trained(in nigeria). Although in practice generation staff and transmission staff tend to be pretty much on the same level.

most of my PHCN time has been in transmission and we DO not deal with customers(meaning the general public). It's the old/inefficient/unqualified* transmission staff that are against privatization the competent ones(i've come across quite a number of these) wholly support it.

i quickly got tired of people asking me if i used to carry ladders around when they heard i worked with PHCN back in them days. . .not every PHCN worker climbs poles. There are doctors, accountants, teachers etc working there (PHCN is second only to the NPF in terms of workforce strength)

*usually union members too

BTW, an engineer in transmission can work in distribution, but a distribution engineer cant work in transmission, he wont measure up to standard.

axeman85:
FELLOW BANKERS IN THE HOUSE. PLS HELP.

I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING TO DO MY NYSC IN 9JA COME FEB2011 BUT I AM DOING IT IN LAGOS AS A FOREIGN TRAINED GRADUTE. HOWEVER I HAVE WORK EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE UK FOR AT LEAST 2YRS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY IN UK.

PLS HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING MY SERVICE YEAR IN A BANK AND ALSO HOW MUCH DO THESE BANKS PAYS CORPERS. ? as the probability of them hiring me as an experienced staff without nysc is qite slim.

PLS DONT YAB ME, AS I SAID. I AM ALREADY AN EXPERIENCED WORKER IN THE UK BUT BECOS I WANT TO RELOCATE BACK TO 9JA NYSC IS A MUST SO I HAVE NO OPTION THAN TO DO IT, HENCE MY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY WITH INFO CAN DROP ME A MAIL IN MY BOX OR LEAVE IT ON HERE. #THANKS

you could try talking one on one to the banks. . .but the way i see it, it'd have to be a personal arrangement. . .banks pay corpers about 40 - 60k per month in most places.

Knowing some of the banking heavyweights could stand you in good stead to actually 'work' during NYSC. . .imo, you left it too late if you're not connected to the hilt.

@Fl
we all know they are loonies. . .it's disappointing that you would stoop to their level. . .that's what ogidi boy was trying to say

source

Two of the nation’s biggest conglomerates - Globacom, (the second national operator -SNO) and Dangote Group, are locked in a duel over control of the aerial fibre rights on the national power grid of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Technology Times has learnt exclusively.

Alheri Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dangote and Phase 3 Telecom, a privately owned company, both long distance operators (LDOs) that have sealed a deal with PHCN to run optical fibre links over the national grid of the power utility. Based on their licences and pacts sealed with PHCN, they function as carriers to other carriers by carrying traffic for telecoms operators and others, based on agreed fees.

Both companies are staving off their aerial territory from Globacom, which secured a request from the Presidency to be accommodated on the PHCN infrastructure to carry its traffic, reliable sources said.

The duo of Dangote and Phase 3 Telecom both have the national grid split between them to offer transmission service based on revenue sharing agreements with PHCN have resisted attempts at co-locating Globacom-owned optical fibre cables on the power grid.

Both Globacom and Dangote meanwhile have declined comments on the issue even as those in the know told Technology Times anonymously that the SNO had secured a request from Aso Rock for PHCN to accommodate Globacom alongside the two long distance operators.

The thinking within Globacom is that its vision of becoming a major telecoms powerhouse would be accelerated by seamlessly linking its metro, national and international fibre optic assets to the aerial transmission pathway to carry its telecoms traffic across Nigeria, insiders said.

But the SNO met with resistance from the two companies that cited an agreement that they entered into with PHCN to carry traffic and share revenue with the power utility, noting that the aerial pathway is inadequate to accommodate a third player. Under the pact, PHCN will earn revenue of 2.5 percent from the companies for using its hitherto dormant capacity.

It was learnt that ministry of Justice has been requested to intervene in the issue based on opposition from the existing LDOs who see the coming of the SNO as a breach of their agreement with PHCN.

PHCN’s aerial transmission route is attractive to telecoms operators for its ease of rollout and the limited hurdles in acquiring expensive right of way that is a major challenge with terrestrial transmission paths.

The latest feud once bring into focus the growing interest among the major players in Corporate Nigeria to partake in the lucrative telecoms industry following the 2001 GSM auctions where the early birds in the race earned dividends from the explosive market growth.

Dangote, a late entrant into the telecoms game was to gain from the loss of Hakeem Belo-Osagie, the current Chairman of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS), promoters of Etisalat Nigeria, which is the 5th GSM network operator in the country, who lost the sale deal when the telecoms regulator in June 2004 revoked the licence of a joint venture that would have promoted a similar business with PHCN. The licence was issued the joint venture in 2000.

Belo-Osagie was one of the lead promoters of NEPSKOM, a joint venture between Nigeria’s National Electric Power Authority (now renamed PHCN) and its South African counterpart, Eskom Enterprises of South Africa, to offer transmission capacity to carriers by carrying their traffic over the national grid.

However, the deal fell through when the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revoked the long distance operator licence granted Nepskom, over allegations of non-compliance with licence obligations. The N20million licence fee paid for the Nepskom venture was also lost in the wake of the regulatory hammer.

Dangote and Belo-Osagie recently closed another major telecoms deal when the former sold Alheri Mobile Service, the subsidiary of Dangote Group’s holding the company’s 3G licence bought at $150million in March 2007, to Etisalat Nigeria. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed by both parties.

A government source told Technology Times that the outcome of the intervention by the Justice Ministry may have put paid to Globacom’s plan to access the PHCN aerial fibre optic transmission pathway.

The resistance by Dangote and Phase 3 in allowing Globacom to lay its aerial fibre optic cables on PHCN’s existing towers may have come from the revenue they will lose selling capacity to the SNO rather than becoming a direct competitor on the infrastructure, say experts.

chukwudi44:
hello please can anyone here help me with the formula for determining the accurate cable size for a 20kw ,55A three phase machine.I ll really appreciate any assistance.The distance between the gear switch and machine is 5m

you didn't put the voltage. . .

anyways. . .use this link

i close the window and turn out the lights. . .

@Ajanlekoko and Jcob
someone said the same thing today, me i just want this season to pass make next year start already.

@thread
Apparently, govt has been putting a spanner in PHCN workers' plans to protest outside HQ. . .lol. went to visit some of the people i've worked with and they were lamenting about the evils of privatization me i didn't offer my opinion(them for just shoot me. . .lol)

absolutely nothing happening at work. I'm too young for this.

Idowuogbo:
hey swety were is netose now , he has ruined d game , blawwwdy ram

dont hate

i'm removing my socks o. . .

Jay595:
[color=#000099][/color]True Talk
Its a question only u can answer. Same thing just happened 2 me, asked her out directly she said no and she's avoiding me like am d devil. She gave all d signs but I guess I was wrong. Though, 1 thing remains clear, if I had a chance 2 do it all-over again, I'll still ask her, coz now I know wat she feels instead of always wondering. Now she d 1 dat will be 1dering wat cud hv been if she said yes.
Good luck!

i've never looked at it that way. . .you actually have a very pertinent point.

Sagamite:
I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't gamble, I don't take drugs, I don't womanise, Kai Odunnu, you want take my only vice away?

you must live a vey boring life  

@omo-to-dun
mayyynnneee you need to chill out with the cuss words.

nurabela:
Is it worth risking the friendship if you truly want to be in a relationship with them?

it's a question only you can decide. . .sad innit?

@Nike4luv
try visiting and voting in some of the other polls, you'll see it's the same thing everywhere. could you please change it back, so we dont have any idea who's leading. . .(it's more fun that way)


@all
so once you vote it'll look something like this(attachment below, once again i copied it from another section). . .(ignore the login or register thingy. . .it's a glitch)
[size=5pt]p.s. i only know all this cos i voted last year. . . [/size]

nike4luv:
Do you want my job netotse

lmao. . .not in a million years. . .you're doing really good jo. . .

p.s.
[size=5pt]i'm not very family oriented[/size]

@all
before you've voted the top should be something like this. . .(got this from another section)

mutter:
I seem to have problems voting, it keeps telling me to log in.

nike4luv:
In fact the polls is really misbehaving , it keeps changing my settings. I unlocked the poll again and again. Please try again

there's nothing wrong with the poll, once you've voted that's how it(the login or register thingy) appears until the voting is over. . .

@otukpo
as per your bills, what you need to do is organise yourselves, go to your business unit and ask/demand that they come and read your meter(even if it is for one month that they'll use to guesstimate your monthly consumption). What's probably happening is that they(your business unit) is using an estimated bill for you and the one they're using was prolly chosen when power supply was better. You can read your bill yourself before you go and meet them sef, so you have an idea how much electricity you're consuming.

It all depends on the PHCN people in your area, where i live, even when we were using a 'normal' analogue meter, it was still read frequently(this could be because it's in abuja sha, but that goes to show it's possible)

The excuses they would use would be they dont have the manpower et al, but i assure you that if they realise that you aren't willing to take any nonsense they'll shape up. A lot of the staff at the distribution level are incompetent and so they need some prodding.

galek:
Okota is the most marginalised area of Lagos. So I'm nt surprised at d PHCN epidemic! Lagos State really dont care maybe bkos IGBOs are d dominant residents!

stop talking trash. . .how do you know okota is the most marginalized? na wa for people o. . .

you're talking to lil ol' me?. . .of course not, _{*feeling like a star*}