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okay. . .it starts

nike4luv:
one can only see it after they have voted!  Can you see everyone's names and their votes ni?

my point was, shouldn't there be an element of suspense? like all the other sections. . .the winner gets announced at the end of the 2 weeks. Here, since i've voted, i can see the progress and so i'll have an idea of who'll win in the end. . .

nike4luv:
Nomination Ended 16/12/10,
Thanks to everyone who nominated, i have put the polls up based on everyone's nomination.
And the final nominees are:

Chaircover
Outstrip
Ifyalways and
Sissy.

I respected mutter's wish and not inclued her in the posts. Maybe next year eh

Well done to other nominees i.e Jenny, Mutter,Rokiatu,Ivynwa and others.
I have allowed 2 votes per person because the group is so small, 15 days for voting so voting ends on the 1st of January 2011.

Good luck everyone

@nike
when you vote you can see the tally. . .i think we aren't supposed to see that now. . .

@OP
What you guys can do is organise a meeting between your residents association and your business unit(the distribution folks you pay your bills to), talk to them frankly and ask them what the matter is. . .it just might be something you guys can solve/influence together.

Thing is, they receive a load allocation from their area control which in turn receives an allocation from another area control. If they try to exceed that limit, two things might happen,
1. they'll get away with it and increase the instability in the grid
2. they'll be switched off.

They have constraints within which they have to operate. Talk to them, if you are not satisfied with their response go higher, it's not enough to come on internet forums and complain, they are taking your money aren't they? that gives you the right to ask questions.

Okota is a new(or fairly new) area isn't it? i've been out of touch for a bit so i dont know if there's anything happening that is disrupting power generation. You guys should have a sit down with your distribution folks sha, it usually helps if you can put a face to the people you are dealing with.

AjanleKoko:
Lucky you.
In my office we are bound by an ethics code to hand over dem hampers as soon as we get dem

Company sef, if you broach the subject of xmas rice, dem go just push a few projects your way to shut you up

na wa o. . .which kain ethics code be that?

so when you hand the hampers over what happens to them? _{make i know if a session of dumpster-diving is in order}

was thinking of giving a senior colleague a hamper, but as i happened to catch sight of the price tag on one of those things, by mistake na so the idea run commot for my mind. . .i'll prolly buy him a bottle of something. . .*sigh* abi make i resign go join politics. . .life as a professional worker(whatever that is) isn't sexy at all.

they are protesting the privatization thingy. . .dont worry, it wont last long jo

hey Miss. . .happy birthday.

where's the parry at?

rotflmao. . .you dey find trouble abi?. . .

in this cold? una no serious o. . .(harmattan don start. . .)

Idowuogbo:
what should we do , suggest
strip tease

preferably. . .

na wa for this timo fellow, sebi the truth has now come out. . .he has seen another car and wants to buy it that's why he has been making noise up and down the place.

lanredo:
Nairaland networking is making me know, a nairalander called me about 5bedrm duplex I ve 4 letting at ilupeju, we did the inspection and he like the duplex, that was what happen in my little hair dressing saloon office turned real estate agent office. So pls connect me with your friends, offices, governor, ministers, Goodluck and IG

i never sabi any of them ministers o. . .lol

but if your prices are ok i'll forward all my people to you(we're mostly new workers though so the pepper is not plenty)

Ujujoan:
I didn't mean it that way . . . I just think I have better ideas that could be explored instead of continually making the same mistake! Of course I could be wrong, but hey dont I deserve to be heard at least?

Lol . .

yep. . .i was trying to tell you that the vehicle by which you achieve your goals should be stealth. . .no need for you to tell him your idea is better, just get him to carry out your idea in the end. . .

Onwan:
Let the vehicle come and you dont pay the balance, then you know whats up. I say you are trying to avoid paying the balance and that you have criminal intentions in this transaction. Its in English, not spanish.

Meanwhile, dont buff up on snuffing someone for money, its never worth it, but just watch what you type.

@onwan
your blood dey too hot. . .you for calm down leave the guy make im dey talk all his talk. You dey allow make ayusman continue im misyarns.

Ujujoan:
So you are saying that a man should be all-knowing? There's no way you know EVERYTHING for christ sakes.    

you know how silly a guy would sound if he told a girl that the fact that he is in her life is enough reason for her to do better. . .? all na diplomacy. It's the same way people advocate saying when you do X it makes me feel Y, i'd rather you did Z instead of i dont like it when you do X

see ehn. . .

you need to deal with us carefully. . .flatter our egos while steering us in the direction you want us to go. . .you might mean well, but how you go about it just might become your undoing in the end. . .

like they say, the best intentions dont always bring about the best actions. . .

Ujujoan:
You are funny. This is not about money really, cos I can hold my own and he knows it. He doesn't 'cater' for my needs in any way! I try to avoid conflict with him as much as possible because I think haggling over every little detail is beneath me, both of us!

I guess part of my problem is the fact that I've recognized his weakness - attributes that have brought him down in the past. I realize I can do better, or rather, my input could help him improve. As 'fate' would have it, where he falls short is where I excel. I just need a way to make him see that . . . . Because if we are going to end up together, I'm not going to sit back and watch him make the same mistakes all over again!!

na beg i dey beg you o. . .dont ever mention anything closely resembling the above to the guy(or any guy). . .it'll bring you a world of trouble

i remember one short Arrow telling me that. . .kai. . .the way i dropped her ehn. . .you'd think she was super-heated. . .*hiss*

mutter:
yodiyokun, I could just give you a hug!!!
It is clear that you are a real emancipated woman. Emancipated enough to appreciate being treated as a woman.
And you certainly are right, on the long haul things change. I remember the first car I bought when dating. I picked it without consulting my husband. By the time we were married we both went looking out for a car together. The last car we bought, I was not even in the mood to go looking, I did not care about anything, even when he brought home the car I could not even be bothered to go down and look at it immediately. Just looked out of the window and said it was okay.
Bukittes you can learn from yodiyokins words, I would advice you to learn them like a little prayer and keep repeating it to yourself.
You crave to be emancipated but are not yet there. After years of marriage, with kids and responsibilities do you want to hold a conference over every trivial issue?
I think you insult Uju by saying that women see guys as a means to fulfil their needs. I did not access her for one moment in such a way. She seems totally independent , just a little scared of getting caged in.
Are you educated enough to appreciate the real role of a woman. Do you know that equality is actually detrimental to women in some cases.
This emancipation thing !! Some women enslave themselves without even knowing it.
We work hard, come home do the house chores, have children etc. Then take on the typical men`s chores. That is over tasking. All because we want to prove to one man that we are equal. That is stupidity.
Let my husband think he is King kong, so far he does the work assigned to King kong.
[b]The other day I asked my husband to give one of the children's room a fresh coat of paint and he told me I could do it myself. Women in Europe do such things with great pleasure. I told him I was an African woman and not emancipated, he should please do it himself. Fancy trying to transfer the workload on me. I would have been a fool to fall for that cheap bait.
When my car breaks down, I step out and make my way home, the rest is left to him. The other day he commented that I just step into my car, turn the key and drive off, not caring about any checks, not even petrol. I blew him a kiss and told him that`s why I married him. How silly can one get. Take care of the kids, cook etc and then also doing the man`s job.
[/b]Even when I make silly mistakes and he wants to blame me, I turn the tables and blame him. He is the man, the wiser one, he should have guided me right, that is his duty as my husband. The poor man just scratches his head at a complete loss of words.
An emancipated woman knows how to appreciate her qualities as a woman and make use of them to make life easier for her.
What a wonderful feeling it is to think to ones self, " let him come back and take care of it, he is the man,"
When the kids get older to be able to say,"sorry papa`s words are final, clear it with him." You can even play at being real sympathetic, "okay I will try and talk to him,"
That for me is true emancipation. Emancipated from over work ad over stress at the home front.

you're mean o. . .rotflmao

Seun:
Avoid them.  They are not a good fit for you.  Close-minded, domineering 'African' men should marry submissive ladies.  [b]Modern, progressive men [/b]should marry modern, progressive ladies.  Don't try to fit a square peg in a round hole; there are many more fish in the ocean.

seun, tell us which one you be. . .

t0kunb0:
@ ayusman
u'll b suprised how protocol can be "jumped" when a "brother's money" is @ stake _{third party ko. . . .comprehensiv ni}

@Tim
I still bliv Okhai wont call up the US customs and tell them not to allow the car aboard the vessel till he gives the go-ahead. . . . . .do you? He tends to want to get the deasl done as previously planned rather than opt for a refund. . . . .that's a positive way of doing bizness. . . . dont u agree?

Please note that you've got EVERY RIGHT to ask for a refund, plus u can call him up for details/info on the car. I got my car the week he lost his brother (he was my namesake BTW R.I.P Bro). . . . . .call him up and "re-negotiate" your repayment terms, but I honestly feel waiting  few weeks more wont kill you nor any of your family and friends

Moreso dont accept a car of a lower value for your use in Naija if u change your mind that is

All da best Bro. . . . . .BTW go n eat n sleep

makes sense. . .

@timothy
nice to see you've stopped typing in all caps, you need to calm down and talk things out with german007. Coming here to shout and insult people wont make things any easier.

what if like tokunbo said, german is able to provide a  car(of similar standard) and driver during your stay in nigeria, you can simply tell everyone that asks that there was a delay as regards the shipping and the person bringing the car in for you hooked you up with an interim car and driver(kinda like what AA does). . .that's some papas sturvs o. . .not the kind of things small boys have access to.(that alone should even tell you how professional the dude is)

You should realise that you are dealing with a person of integrity in here(german007). You need to ignore the people that are feeding you false info off NL.

P.S. he said he has been trying to get in contact with you for a while, so in essence, it looks like you're avoiding him only to come online and be posting stuff, dont you think that gives him reason to suspect that you just want to make him look bad?

cecegorz:
@lANREDO,
Welcome to the office.
You guys hit us bad in all those agent fee, agreement fee, landlord's wife fee, agent's dog fee blah blah blah     

It's all good brov, Estate mgt is really a huge industry, one of my close pals went from serious lack to big time player with just one deal! yeah, he mediated in a bank buying a property off his client, and that was it. Currently, he rolls big time.

AjanleKoko:
Tell me about it. Just yesterday a colleague was telling me about how one dude made over N80m commission selling land to some senators in Abuja.

lol. . .na so the office driver don dey tell me say im get land to sell for abuja in case i know anyone. . .

@ujujoan
were you serious about the smashing the bottle then and there thingy?

[size=5pt]me i'm just bookmarking this thread so i can follow the gist [/size]

ayusman16:
netose, u wan involve urslf 4 wetin no concern you? instead of u 2 try 2 make sure they settle amicably, u ar fuelling it 4rm d internet. Dont make it difficult 4 both parties cos none of you will be there when it xplodes. If peeps dnt av anythng sensible 2 say then stay clear of their issue.

guy na beg i dey beg you. . .free my matter. Me and you no get business.

@timothy001

do you feel by coming here to insult people you will achieve anything meaningful?

and all this talk about police station, you really should be careful cos unless your papa na IG, e sure me die say people wey get connects pass you dey here. . .

dave07:
@netotse
Iam directly under a the sub-region linked to  Osogbo and may not realy know those guys xcept your man  Engr Nwachukwu who is now the RTM, Osogbo, the SCADA people have undergone a lot of transformation with new people lately. I'd remember to give you a call when next I come to ABJ.
you can check out this link for the DL programme
http://www.bath.ac.uk/elec-eng/eps/dl/

@Chapi
During my time HND holders wrote the NSE graduation Exams (a two-part exam run annualy). it had the similar sylabus with most PGD in Engineering in Nigerian University,only that it was an external exam model and lot of people then hardly scaled through. On succesful completeion, one is awarded 'graduate engineer' then you apply for corporate membership, take the oral and written tests and if sucessful, you are taken in as a member.
However, Iam aware the NSEGE has been stopped, so you will need a PGD before applying for corporate membership of NSE and to be a Registered Engineer with Coren

@Dave07
morning. . .how's work?

when did you start your program? they say they designed it to take 3- 4 years, do you plan to finish it faster? Really nice idea sha, puts you in a very good position for when the management contractors come. I like the CPD option better though, maybe when i can afford it i'll take the market econs module(cant remember the exact name though). Are you coren certified?

lanredo:
I must confess this is my first time here. This tread have been a wonderful place for me. You guys I must say I don't have office as super as yours on here, as per what I have read so far. It is very important to tell you little about myself so you can get my picture better, please I don't seek for pity but I seek for information that can change my life arround for better and propel me towards getting my goal, Presently I am into real estate agent, what I do is linking up who needs property/accomondation for lease, rent or purchase with who want to let lease or sell. I use a shop I rented for my wife some years back when going was good and cool. So we gather information as regards to available properties for letting, long lease, sales etc and key in commission at the completion of any of the transaction. In my aspiration to do something fast in other to take care of my wife and my 3 kids I have two go into this after all there is no need of any overhead cost to start this, even there many Estate Agent,

@lanredo
welcome. . .so you go dey koba all them real estate secrets for us on this thread abi?

what's the most annoying part of your job?

i'm with beaf on this. . .above quote shows sincerity, which is more than can be said for some people

johndoe200:
To the extent that the communist ideology provides for the poor it is alright. There must be 2 tariffs, one normal tariff and one subsidized. However even the normal tariff must be based on the  rational that in a country with a minimum wage of 18,000 you cannot ask people to pay 10,000 for electricity alone.

govt plans to introduce an inclined sliding block tariff next year. . .

means, people that consume more electricity will pay higher prices, that's how the 'poor' are going to be taken care of. . .

this thread is moving too fast for me to keep up. . .lol

@dapobear
http://www.aes.com/aes/index?page=country&cat=NG

i dont think LASG owns AES. . .

@debosky
you forgot to add gas infrastructure costs to the equation, dont know how much it'll come to after that.

Also, gas isn't a problem anymore(for now). . .the gas masterplan takes care of all that, for now, there's enough gas supply to the stations, heck there was an upgrade of Utorogu a while back. As per pricing, i read somewhere it costs arnd $1 per scf(not sure about the unit though) in naija, i think the international price is somewhere between 2 and 3 dollars can you confirm that?

Thank Goodness. . .you must be feeling very grateful now. . .lol

actually, regular license fee is 3500 or something like that, not 5000(that's what i paid when i got my last license, anyone that pays 5 grand is being cheated).

and my younger bro had to do a driving test(yup, in naija, with a real FRSC official) before he got his license, dont know if it's because we didn't do it the 'normal' way sha. . .

Eeyore:
Oga, how did the interview go??

how far? thought this thread had died sef. . .how's your end?

it went well, thank you. . .my medicals are tomorrow