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tombri:
@ Pgm

I feel you seriously. I have been trying to hold back myself and submerge my almost exploding anxiety in my curiousity.

o boi this waiting period is really nerve-wrecking.

bros, na sooó,

no be small thing oó ,

"no be small easy something."

G'nite all

tombri:
@ Wandel, PGM, Kenosky, Aniffy

Any update from NLNG??

Cheers folks

@tombri
do u feel wot i feel? this phase of waiting btw medicals and employment leta/assumption of duty seems to be more nerve-racking than the previous. Seems to be due to the fact that i didn't give it so much thought that i will pass the assessment centre stage, no thanks to the quality of candidates also vying for same unlike the case now with the assurance much greater.

if u feel me, holla back!

stay cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome back @thought,

missed u

tombri:
@ All

I think Kuwena is becoming a 'DISTRACTION'

i quite agree with u but only on one hand. on the other hand, the response he generates with those posts are just short of phenomenal . i visited this thread on saturday, saw the dearth of new posts, shook my head and continued with other concerns. u can just imagine my glee when i peeped only to find that the page is into the seventieth . i could proffer few other reasons than a kuwena post and rightly so .

the downside was that the guy flattered to deceive. he, in fact, disappointed . i actually thought he was out to explain that he had overcome his earlier hysteria and was sorry to God and to fellow peeps for that post. And so i kept thinking even after reading the first few lines where he was talking of "growth." Little did i know he was talking of anything but growth!!!

in fact Kuwena reminded me of the sayings of someone who said that "there are two kinds of increase, either by growing or by swelling." I think I know what he meant by "growth" and I still hope he will come to and realise that "God is God and man is is just what he is called- mortal man."

i think we should remember him in our prayers while still admonishing him . i don't think he's lost yet . Methinks his r just the sentiments we all feel in the immediate aftermath of disappointments especially when we r so young, only they don't usually last for so long, not days nor weeks and getting worse as in Kuwena's case. Chei!

God be with him!!!!

good morning, or rather afternoon peeps,

that should suffice for courtesy and before i get distracted by kuwena's whinning. . . .

@thought,

pray, tell us. what is this plan A for which somebody gave up his NLNG offer?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease and pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

pak:
one of my favorite portion of scripture is Job 14 v 7 - 9

Job 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

For those who didnt make the cut, look up and see that the land ahead is indeed very green.
Water is scenting again (bggroup and schlum should or will soon be recruiting), its time to bud and fulfill
your destinies, your potentials

The Yorubas will say 'no matter how thick the forest is, the bird must always fly'
Spread your wings men and brethren, its time to fly

well said. i would really like to link up with u.


@ wandel, tombri, okoroboy, tommyex and all
God bless u all

pak:
(am not all the time into those 'its the will of God' thing - sometimes dissapointments might have been ochestrated by God and sometimes its due to our own failures but God is always a master of making the best of every situation

i also think [b]"time and chance"[/b] happen

but ultimately, God's plans for us are the best!

just checked this thread and developed this strong nostalgic feeling that leaves me too emotional to really post. there is no gainsaying that there were very great people here.

i find this thing going on by the band of saucekid et al very entertaining. it's definitely stolen the shine from the original post in a most amusing and altoghether entertaining way. having come across this on another thread i can't help but wonder what these guys have in common. my bet is that most of u play video games a lot!!

keep the tempo up. i like it

pak:
You don enter already.
At least you didnt barge into any wall or miss a door while trying to
get into the hospital or clinic, so your sight couldn't have been that bad.

i definitely didn't barge into anything_{i am definitely not "one-eyed sunday"}. the eye thing is not that serious. i'm just being paranoid. it even took me till my university days to notice that i had the problem and i don't even use glasses though i intend to start doing so soon.
thanks for ur kind words. they r soothing.
how u dey. hope u r cool.


@all
the spirit in the thread is low today. only a handful of posts

i may not appreciate fully how it feels like not to be called at this stage, phaps due to the fact that i aint experiencing it personally but i certainly understand what it feels like to be seemingly rejected and in my heart of hearts i just wish everybody here, at least more of us were called . i still hope more peeps here will receive their letters. how i would love that to happen. then we can all be happy again. i like to see ppl happy. but then it's just a thought. . ., only a thought. . .

and talking about thoughts, where is thought? i mean @thought

pak:
Hey, PGM (Praise God Man)

i like that!

in fact i love it!!!!!!!!!!!

biolabee:
@pgm
bros here i hail o you seem to be a funny guy
Friends i have working in nlng say that once you have passed the medical stage its more/less a certainty
on the issue of the eye test people i know there with imperfect eyesignt and using glaseese were employed

Hwever does anybody have any gist on the grade level people would be taken on?
I heard Level 4,
Any ideas?

thanks a lot!!

as per the grade level thing, i have no idea wot the level will be but i don't think the grading system cuts across the industry. i think different organisations have often different grading systems.

tombri:
@pgm

how are you doing?

how has the nlng experience been so far - your medicals etc,

congrats man

firstly, i would say welcome to the thread,
the medicals were kind of "short and sharp." Everything was done in one day. there was none of the "take this container and bring ur stool sample tomorrow" thing. Only urine (_{which could be "locally manufactured"} & blood sample were demanded along with filling of forms, taking weight and height measurements, blood pressure tests, x-ray and stuffs like that.



Truth is, when i hear peeps raise the issue of the possibility of being rejected after medicals it kind of gives me some mild shivers definitely not because i have any serious medical problem (i have successfullly undergone firstbank and NNPC medical tests which were somewhat more comprehensive), but because of of the fact right until then i had never been asked to undergo eye tests. u know being asked to read some lines of print on the wall, first with both eyes open, and then with one eye closed and then with the other closed and the first open.

And the fact remains that one of my eye is slightly economical with it's vision I'm inclined to think it's trivial but the more peeps around here keep raising that issue of being dropped after medicals, the more my mind goes back to it. it's just some kind of feeling/sentiments that refuses to go away easily against my better judgement. i guess it has to do with a perfectionist desire to have things "pure."

By the way, why did u pick on me in particular to ask about my medicals

why not kenosky, kenosym, keno. . . , or even annify4eva with whom i met during the medicals? U could have gone alphabetically in the order annify4eva, afterwards biolabee, followed by kenosky, and then kenosym and so on. hey! u still have a lot of alphabets before getting to "p" for "pgm."


hope u ain't got strings, ropes or anything attached?

stay cool and remain blessed!!!

well said, in fact Gbam á la Opoks

@kuwena,
i think u av been advised enough but suffice it to ask, if u really mean to sell your soul to the devil, for just how much will that be ?, Perhaps u could do with a little help there. i, for one, can be your agent/manager . trust me i will make sure u get a good bargain . i am igbo by tribe, you're also igbo and remember

where two or three igbo men are gathered, business is there

u can reach me on 06012345678!!!


my friend kuwena is a great man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




@all
i think we still have kuwena to thank for spicing up this thread with that post!!!

good morning and have a blessed day.

Ehido:
but if u want to sell your soul abeg come and me, I will buy it and sell it and make my own margin,

well said, in fact Gbam á la Opoks

@kuwena,
i think u av been advised enough but suffice it to ask, if u really mean to sell your soul to the devil, for just how much will that be?, Perhaps u could do with a little help there. i, for one, can be ur agent/manager. trust me i will make sure u get a good bargain. i am igbo by tribe, u r also igbo and remember

where two or three igbo men are gathered, business is there


my friend kuwena is a great man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




@all
i think we still have kuwena to thank for spicing up this thread with that post!!!

good morning and have a blessed day.
u can reach me on 06012345678!!!

rati ken:
[b]@ Kuwena
I visit this thread daily though not regular at posting. Some people consider your story pathetic though i consider one of such because i have heard more heart breaking stories. This does not over rule the fact that am still trying to hold my tears.
I think what you should be doing now is sticking closer to that God that has brought you this far. He has not let you go through all this to leave you at this point.

'ONLY A PROCESSED RAW MATERIAL QUALIFIES TO BECOME A PRODUCT', 'THE MORE REFINED A RAW MATERIAL, THE BETTER THE PRODUCT'.

God is no baby and i must let you know that your reaction to certain issues in life determines the length of your processing time programmed by God. If you continue viewing issues this way, God will only give more time to get prepared(grow up) for what he has in stock for you and am sure you wouldnt want to wait that long. Its more disappointing to meet God's scheduled opportunities for you unprepared. So wait for his time, don't outrun him.

It doesn't matter if you run away from your country because it takes only God to give you that which is best for you (not what you think is best for you) irrespective of your position and environment.

So my word for you is brace up and face the realities of life. God is still processing you to get the best out of you, don't make him look foolish. He is still on your case.[/b]

well said along with other replies.

@kuwena
ur story is so touching, almost heart-wrenching!!      I wish i could be sure that the reason u posted that was not just to inform us but also to get responses for ur

consideration. I really hope so! I mean it!!! I sincerely hope that, as was the case some weeks ago when u blasted a couple of peeps on this thread[b]<sub>don't

know who and who precisely</sub>[/b] for the crime of player-hating (woteva that meant then), you are only acting in the heat and

passion of the moment; that it's just the first impulse everybody feels during which unguarded and hasty comments and reactions are made for which we later feel

sorry ; that, as was the case then, u will calm down again and get better control of the situation; I hope and I wish!!!!!!




pls realise that it's God, not the devil, who has been seeing u through up till this moment. The glimpse u av given us of ur travails and eventual triumph shows

that much! Wot with a timely scholarship and a job in no less a place than Intercontinental Bank!!! and possibly, NLNG, yeah possibly even if seemingly remotely

_{it's not over till it's over},  so pls expunge the idea of "selling your soul to the devil, if need be" from your action plan and in fact from your mind.



Personally i have no qualms about u going to settle abroad. u don't have to live in Nigeria in order to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria. U don't even have to

contribute to Nigeria, in the first place! I think what matters more is ur contribution to humanity and how you fulfill ur mandate/mission as God has purposed for u. If

u r convinced that you cannot truly be happy in naija here, then by all means check out! Wot's life without joy and fulfillment?   Be sure though of ur

innate convictions and of the consequences of ur actions but also on  others ( ur brother, fiance, friends etc). But most especially, i beg you, as do most peeps here,

[size=18pt]DO NOT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, SELL YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL[/size] the consequences, as u well know, are often unspeakably

disastrous whether in the long run or in the short!!!



Remember ur younger brother Chima and the fact that your mom always prayed and taught u to pray to God. If it's any consolation, u might consider that u r not the

worst off in this life. U have only to visit the hospital beds around, or consider the population of ppl who turn out for recruitment aptitude tests in order to appreciate

the level of unemployment around or see the kids out there hawking in the streets, or broader still, displaced persons in war-torn countries. The list goes on. It doesn't

imply that u r wrong to desire better circumstances but i think it's healthy to also dwell more on counting ur blessings and allowing for the vicissitudes of this life. So pls

desist from even contemplating a romance with the devil!!!!!!!!! (put your hands on ur chest and say "tufiakwa" three times while

snapping ur fingers and moving ur hands around ur head )  

Think it over and commit to God in prayer. I'll also pray for u.

All the best!!!!

hi ppl,
Top of the morning to all!

i think NLNG isn't being fair to peeps here because it would scarcely have cost them anything to notify everybody, the so-called 'successful' and the 'unsuccessful' ones about our status as regards the outcome of the assessment centre, seeing how far we've all come.

After my mobil interview (2nd stage interview of PSA recruitment), they at least accorded me the unenviable honour of being notified about not being successful. u know how these letters go:

first they thank you for your time spent with them, even telling you it was wonderful interviewing and interacting with u. then they go on to wish u well in ur career ambitions like they really care . At this stage you have only to skip the courteous pleasantries and scroll down further to see the bombshell that is "their inability to go on with the recruitment process with you."

In my case, they even reminded me, just in case i had forgotten, that the recruitment process was "highly competitive." Sure it was a shock not just because of the content but also the speed of delivery _{it was almost like they had dispatched the letter even while i was still being interviewed} .

All in all, it sure put my mind at rest and not in uncertainty. i mean, take the case of wandel. thank God the letter didn't get into the wrong hands like some insufferable cynics, or worse !!

we could all be spared this uncertainty and anxiety if an official list had been made available to show everyone's status. All the same it's well!!!

@wandel,

a big CONGRATS to you


@all
I pray that our letters shall, by no means, miss us and that even if NLNG doesn't call, we still remain in His good books for a glorious fulfillment. Woteva the outcome God's will for us is the very best irrespective of our desires/opinions which are at best human. Like some peeps here have pointed out, i think it's more of NLNG's loss than our loss if they don't call us.

I also pray for and wish success for those of us that have done or are yet to do their medicals!!!

@opoks
i will send my number immeiately after this post. my email is rockzeepee@yahoo.com. I sincerely appreciate the gesture

tommyex:
By the way,has any engineer been called??

yeah i know at least one engineer that has been called.

Guys i got some news that corroborates someone else's earlier post which is that there is indeed a waiting list, members on which could be called upon later!

Good morning!

opokonwa:
@adrianic

I'm now beginning to understand your new 'take on reality'

It's so painful _{BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO BEAR THE PAIN FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO MOVE UP}

So whichever side of the divide you find yourself, take am easy

'Cause it's not yet over until you drop dead .

Or is taken up

Pick up yourselves all you wounded fellows and make the best out of an already bad situation by facing reality.

And forge ahead with the life you have and the God you have _{THE TWO ARE YOUR BIGGEST FUELS.}

Hence he/she who has life has got hope and he/she who has got both life and God has an assured hope.

My hope has never been brighter _{for these and personal reasons}

so touching!

OPOKS
u r a great man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys,
before now i always joked to friends that if ever NLNG called me to work , i will dedicate the very next five minutes to pure madness. i said i will do stuffs like taking off my clothes in public, smiling at every one around me especially those who didn't know me from Adam, buying some really weird combination for the next meal like Rice and akara, garden egg and bread, semo and spaghetti, and lots more. Funny I meant some of these and others were, of course, just for the fun of saying them.

Well, when i got a text this afternoon from my kid brother telling me of NLNG's letter for me, I was speechless, as in dumbstruck. All I could do was to hug my friends nearest to me after I left the conference room where I was when the text arrived. Since then i've been kinda joyous and yet sober, reflecting at how undeserving I am of this blessing from God. It's, as they say, God's "undeserved kindness". It's the Lord's doing and it's marvelous in my eyes.

Yeah my stated address is Lagos although I'm currently with NNPC in Abuja. The hospital is somewhere in Onikan.I'm yet to see the letter and will be travelling to Lagos 2moro as directed to treat as urgent. So it may be true that it's Lagos and Port harcourt ppl that r getting theirs for now.


Like I said and would still have said if i hadn't made it,
IT'S WELL WITH US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to all those who have and are yet to receive their letters.

@opoks,
i like the spirit u r displaying here. it's cool.

@all
Good morning!!!

Good morning ppl,
@kuwena,
nice posts there!

glad i was away from this thread over the weekend!.
u know what they say about stray bullets!

some time ago it was,

"where are adrian and kenosky?"

we have advanced to

"where is kenosky?"


Welcome back Adrianny!

@ opoks,

the number of ur last post is 419

just an innocuous observation!!!

mavee1:
goodday everyone,can any GURU tell me what is happen with flagship asset manager.i invest some big money there. am really scared"

Is this a deliberate attempt to distract us from the fracas that seems to have become our lot in this here thread? If so, fine. it's welcome for now! In fact it's fun!!!

Now to answer the question in extension of the fun,

Methinks flagship asset manager manages assets of the flagship variety . i don't think anything has happened to them except the rumour is true that the

flag of their ship is flying at half-mast for God-knows-what!!!!!!!!!

@mavee1
didn't mean to offend u, but i really think u will meet better and more informed GURUs as far as this subject matter is concerned in the business section of nairaland.

Wish u all the best in your investment! it's WELL!!!

@ OPOKS
sorry for misunderstanding u. good nite.

opokonwa:
@pgm

I would have appreciated your advice had you not eaten your words as fast as you spewed them out when Mr Thought hurled insults at me _{unprovoked and unwarranted.}

When Okoroboy 'hit' at Uche, inspite of the fact that I had earlier bitterly criticized Uche for his comments, I flatly admonished Okoroboy for his posts and remained at it. _{I didn't change mouth immediately like you did.}

And even today, I still retain Okoroboy's respect.

I will appreciate Peace which is based on Justice _{not 'cowardice'}

This is not the time for Peace <sub>This is the time for Justice.

PLEASE SPARE ME YOUR PEACE.</sub>

@opoks

When i scrolled thru the thread this morning and saw ur name, i was thrilled that opoks was back , then when i read the venom in ur posts i was unthrilled . Yes, i ate my

words earlier directed at thought, as u say, but it was specifically the part of alluding to his being an impostor. u have only to go back and reread the post to see this. My

criticism of his post then was not so much the content _{which u call insults} as it was the timing. I was particular about the timing because

the prevailing temperature then in the forum could scarcely withstand further heat hence my admonition to first work at peace, at fixing the house before

we could begin to apportion blames. It's still consistent with my stand on ur post- PEACE. Personally i get entertained, sometimes enlightened, when

peeps trade words here. Only i dont like to see irreparable damage caused.



When u were firing on all cylinders at kuwena i didn't really feel obliged to intervene. I can't remember being given such a mandate Not when i still felt

it was within bounds. My main concern is to keep it within controllable limits. i don't usually take it upon myself to reply every post and supposed "insults"

on this thread. Sticking to zero tolerance for disputes would probably take the shine and fun off the thread. I mostly am obliged to intervene whenever i fear it's getting out of hand and could threaten the stability of the forum. that was the case

during the war between Adrian and okoroboy. That was also the case when thought posted at u and that is still the case now u r doing same at thought. Or so I think!

So u see the objective here is peace, albeit with fun!



U call my style cowardice. That word, from u, has become hackneyed. It's become some kind of irritating cliche only to be taken down with sacks of salt.

Even later, if i reread this very post and find any thing close to an insult against u, i will consider it brave to withdraw it and in fact apologise to u. And u

call that cowardice, funny!!! ; :DD



All thesame pls soft pedal at least for now, but then it's a free world!!!


PEACE!!!

Some kind of deja vu here!

Now I fear it will be btw opoks and thought as was with opoks and Adrian.


@opoks,
welcome back, but please thread softly. I think the house will do with a little less combat at least for now.

We r still smarting from the last altercation

Peace!!!

pak:
What's Your Opinion

am in a bit of a crossroad and I would really
'preciate your opinion.
Actually am holdin down a job as a programmer while I wait for
the mighty NLNG to call me up, but the issue is that I live so
far away from work that I usually spend more than 5 hrs on the road
evryday and its somehow affecting my work and the stress is obvious,
My MD has been talking of givin me a
loan for accomodation for some time but I'v been quiet about it because I
blv I'l be in bonny before the end of this year. but things got to a head on
last friday when my immediate boss instructed me to apply for the loan this week.
The issue is this, if not for NLNG, i would hav jumpd at the offer (who no like money?)
but since I blv NLNG will be calling me up (talk about faith) very soon, I really
don't want to get into any stuff that would link me more intricately wit the company.
And I also don't want to tel anybody over here about my NLNG ambitions until
I get a formal invitation.
So holla me guys, if you were in my shoes what will you do?

@pak
if i were in ur shoe i will take the loan. if NLNG calls u, u can always repay the loan even instantly. my 2 cents though, except u av other concerns apart from NLNG.


All the best

i see a lot of information being witheld here. Like guys talking about fingering girls, pressing their boobs, arses etc. Although i am yet to finish reading the entire thread, i av not come across a girl telling us she was fingered or had her boobs and/or arse pressed


Anyway better than me who is yet to disclose a single thing!

pak:
Hey @Pgm sorry to intrude but
Am wondering where exactly do you work as in which Oil and Gas comp?
and is there any major player in the oil and gas sector that pays less than 200K?

pak:
Hey @Pgm sorry to intrude but
Am wondering where exactly do you work as in which Oil and Gas comp?
and is there any major player in the oil and gas sector that pays less than 200K?

I work in NNPC. The pay is somewhat less than 200K although the stress levels are much more distinct! Perhaps u need to clarify more on which companies r "major players" and which r not. I know for example that Saipem, an oil servicing firm, pays much less than 200K per month.

But I was kidding, my post about contemplating a return to the banking industry.

kuwena:
My dears, please rejoice with me. God has heard my prayer. I am no more to remain at Kopa level with Intercontinental Bank Plc. Just today, I have been called for the compulsory 5-week Training at Lagos, after which I automatically become an executive Trainee with the bank. The best part is that the salary package shoots from 38,500 to about[b] 200,000+[/b]; and that is not all. I am leaving Kano back to Lagos, where my family is, hoping I do not have to be posted back to hot Kano.

Didn't know that banks pay so high. And to imagine that i resigned my job in the bank for another in the oil/gas industry. I'm considering going back to apologise and ask for the job back

Good morning ppl

Av a great day.