₦airaland Forum

lucabrasi:
well im in same position as you are as im studying in the united kingdom at the moment and like i said i believe if individuals can undertake to do a tiny little bit u ll be suprised how much we ll have accomplished,why is it taking a white man/woman who s never been to africa to set up charities and what not,some white girls in my school who v just graduated are taking a year off for volunteer teaching in some african countries, and we blame white people i v not seen any nigerian volunteer to do a similar thing

that is our problem as black people as a whole. we wait for the white man/woman to come and help us. Look at movies, shows, etc. any time you see charity work going on, it is from the help of white people. Even growing up in the states i see this same problem. The white guy is the one who sets up after school programs and volunteers time. i think as black people as a whole we have this mentality that it is every man for themselves. like all think if you dont do something for me i aint doing nothing for you. we as a whole must get past this mentality. we are basically seeing our children, people, gov't demolish before our very eyes.

ifyalways:
In that case,i would search for the sites,it was posted by Echelon.
Yup,i asked you where you from and then if you are pretty

hmmm really?? i must have over read it. yeah it is much harder to read then to hear it being spoken.
well i guess one of yal could give me a sentence to see if i could translate.

JeSoul:
I come against that and return to sender!

You still haven't said why u think the Rockets will make some noise next yr? SeanT is basing hers on "a feeling", whattabout chu?

They Rockets saw what they could do if they work as a team and play smart. i mean that winning streak is just the tip of the ice berg for the Rockets. Seeing in what they can do, will bring them back confident and hungry then ever. And the next you know, they win the play offs and we be the one on the streets parading around with the championship trophy in its rightful home.

lucabrasi:
you have said it all,i actually started something like that as well but mine is more of a mentoring programme aimed at streed kids in lagos, it pisses me of big time when nigerians on n/land complain all the time about govt this and that without lifting a hand to help,after blaming the govt and everybody else,they end up by comparing it with america and britain as if they were there and helped in transforming these countries,they don't do any practical thing to change the situation apart from complaining page after page on nland

It pisses us of too, in the States. we all know that Naija has to the ability to be up there with the U.K and the U.S. but us living aboard can only do so much. Yes we can send food, medicine, clothes, but eventually these people are going to want to see progress. It is nice to hear that you are doing your part to help but why not start to branch out?? have your community help you to start an after school program to keep kids from doing things they should be doing. Get the church involved. in the states, the church is the heart of the community.

JeSoul:
Me sef I can feel another Celtic Championship too

Yeah, but you are going to have to wait another 24 years for that to happen

SAUCEKID!!!!

omg, he came to houston once and just killed it. i loved it.

@ hero

Was Abia State the only one you went to??

lucabrasi:
its all very well and good for you both living abroad to proffer solutions,but are you willing to or are doing something to change the situation,
most people living abroad will go on about how docile and quiet nigerians are in the face of corruption and systemic breakdown and expect them to take action but these gys contend with a lot of stress and do not have the basic amenities you all take for granted so if anyone believes in nigeria and really wants change then step up and do something without waiting for others in nigeria

Yes i live aboard but i do what i can to help. Me, i started an organization to send basic needs to people in Sierra Leone. My parents and their friends raise money every year to send money to better hospitals.So dont give me that. it is just that yall rather sit around in your friends house in front of a television eating Kola Nut and complain about the Nigerian Society. Set up things to help your people. Work together as a community to help fix roads, help send our children to college. Im tired of seeing smart young brothas you are nigeria have their talent wasted and end you as armed robbers. you dont need to wait for the gov't to change your life. I know yal can come together as people because we do it all the time when we go to these all night long Nigerian parties. use that energy to help rebuild a school. Or start up a fund to help better our hospitals. We all can do something. God helps those you help themselves.

Man if Tyson Beckford just came up to me and proposed, who am I to refuse.

CH3COO:
onyinye, we did not wish to put ourselves in this mess. these semi-literate, hare-brained greedy ass leaders put us in this mess.

and we all know that the gov't is corrupt right. we can agree on that. so why do we depend so much on them?? we know they are no good but some how feel they will deliver us from the problem. if the PEOPLE dont start to take charge of their country, naija as a whole will demolish and the people with it.

@ lazy

a lot of these people are just looking out for themselves. they rather sit around with their buddies with their kola nut and whine and gripe about the state in which nigeria is. but those same people will keep quiet when giving the chance to make a change. when asked for money to help organizations, they refuse to give. saying that nothing will ever change. with people thinking this way nigeria will demolish and the people with it.

@ all

it is not just the president, foreign partners, but nigeria as a whole. why do we as nigerians sit around and complain but when the time comes to speak we go mute?? we all have faults in this problem. we as people depend so much on our leaders to some how deliver us from the commotion as a country we put our selves in. why don't we as people stand up and take charge. we see bad roads, we fix them. we see bad schools, we as a community rebuild them.

madamkoko:
We should also not forget that Nigeria does not exist in a vaccum. There are international forces and witches, that in a very subtle way DICTATE who are next leader should be.

I don't mean witches the Nigerian way, I mean WESTERN forces, Chinese investments, Oil companies etc,

so are you saying that nigeria should pull away from foreign affairs?? i understand what you are saying but how could we go about this?? our economy depends on these people.

@Lazy

people dont understand it is not the leaders who do every thing but the people. it is like an army. it is the troops who see the needs and do the work.

i feel the nigerians themselves should stop waiting around for this wanna be president. if you see something wrong in your community, take charge and fix it. you guys know that the Nigeria has so much to offer. but where does that money go, not to good use. instead of importing foreign cars you only drive once, save money and put it to good us. start a committee of people to some how better the roads, the schools, the youth. just a thought.

Personally i feel that we as black people are not on the sense of corrupt but more lost. we as people wait for leaders to do everything. we wait say "oh it's such and such responsibilty" but it is all of ours. how did the Civil Rights happen in the States?? It just wasn't leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., it was the people. the people took the intiative. we need to stop waiting and saying that nothing is ever going to change. in stead of waiting to build better roads, use some of that money you use to ship foreign cars and start an organization. All of us as black people just wait for controversy to simulate us to take action. when you see things are bad in your community, take charge. dont wait for the next generation to deal with what you could have put an end to.

Dakore:
I prefer quiet guys and my friends think I'm weird for it.
i.e not all girls prefer quiet guys.


they're quiet on the surface but once you get to know them/ be close to them, they're just normal people you know. lol can become talkative even.
and they're less likely to cheat 'cause they're not all over the girls even though they can be more attractive (physically) than most other guys.

that is exactly what i love about quite guys. there is something mysterious about them that you just want to get to know more and figure out. Me personally i like guys who are the quiet, poetic,intelligent type. people think because they are quiet that most be dull. but to tell yall the truth, my best conversations came from guys who were deemed as the "shy quiet" type.

I recently was viewing the news and President Bush, as last deed as a leader, he is starting a "campaign" for all the world leaders to help Africa as a whole. Personally i feel in theory it sounds nice but in reality it will be tossed aside. There are always people who claim to help Africa but they seem to fall short. If they do help they usually go to the same countries of South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and etc. what about all the other countries suffering. I would like to know yal's view if you think this is all a "scam" from the President or it is something that might bring change.

CH3COO:
Lol yeah right! Women don't even know themselves sha . Majority of you squirrels prefer the macho, talkative, freelancing, down-to-earth, always-the-center-of-attention type of guy.


And i think the OP meant Cute not Qquiet

Oh heck naw!!! what in all that is reasonable would you even dare call any woman a squirrel??EWU!!!! and all those personalities of guys u just described contradict each other.

quiet guys are mysterious. when you encounter one, they dont say much but there is so much you wanna know. so it draws you in. it is our natural sense of curiosity.

ifyalways:
hmmmn
your accent got nothing to do with the language, babe .good to hear your parents speak the language.Dont you have friends?i mean igbo speaking friends?[b]do you even want to learn the language?[/b]There are some online resources and sites that might be of help.Wud have to look it up for you.Oya enough of all these Oyinbo. [b].onye ebea ka i bu Onyinye?[/b]i hope na i makwara nma sef?

1. yeah most of my igbo friends are american born too, so they cant speak it either

2. of course i would love to learn how to speak the language.

3. well uhmm. . . i believe you asked me where i am? correct me if im wrong.

ifyalways:
eyaah,sorry.u don't come home at all?.your people don't speak the language at home? i do have hard times reading english too but i might try to help you.Oya here we go :
I . . . .mu
Miss. . . . .Tufuru
You . . . . .gi
welcome and jah bless
Onyinye

yeah my parents speak the language but i can only say phrases back to them. yeah i go to naija every few years. but i try to speak the language but i have this thick english accent.

the only hope i have is that maybe the Houston Rockets will come and bring home the championship to its rightful place. im very confident in the team this year. if a team like celtics can, then any thing is possible.

Hero:
419 Day!! Humm, just joking. But aaaah, doesn't Nigeria have an independence day holiday?

yes, i believe it is October 1st. we celebrate here in houston every year. and i have a blast. they also celebrate it in New York.

yeah i was born in the states so i was hoping you guys could translate for me?? i have a heard time reading igbo.

Sous sol----werrason

oka chill mayne no need to get hasty. and dark skin people dont have a problem with their skin color until people like you start calling them "darkies" what is the up liftment in such a slur.

EXPONENT:
Lightskint AA's ACTUALLY feel SUPERIOR to Dark Skint AA's. This is historical and started during slavery. Lightskint are even treated more fairly in societies DOMINATED by whites. I can't and we can't solve how people feel. We can only contextualize it.

There is NO solution for this either - other than probably people treating each other fairly.

Look at Angola with all their people color schemes and South Africa - the lightskint people are being treated better - especially when there are so few of them and millions of Dark skint people. Here in Amerikka - there are tons of white people and few lightkint and[i] darkies.[/i]

Thus, Lightskint in AFRICAN countries are more a phenon than in Amerikka

i know you trying to bring us together as people, but by calling people of darker skin color "darkies" you are only bringing them down.