@Original Poster:

Which is more likely:

1. Your friend's girlfriend suddenly sends you that text

OR

2. You have been exchanging texts with your friend's girlfriend
and as a consequence of such correspondence, she sends that text

It might be a bit odd to expect serious advice when you have neither provided
the full story nor stated your motives.

"To thine self be true"

@ Moderator:

"Onibara Mi Ti A Npe Ni Aigbe" in the
Business Forum

Is there a particular reason why
the title of this thread has no
English translation?

Perhaps you could add -in parentheses-
the English translation of the title
of this thread.

@NeuroBoss:

Nice one.

keemax: What ability or skill do you think you possess? Which group of people do you love to mingle with?

Let's see how I can be of help with your answer - totally free o.

@tos4u:

Please think deeply about these questions from keemax.

@ The Nairaland Team:

Happy Birthday!

Although some people know exactly what they want and go
for it, most people don't even know what they want, not to
talk of knowing how to get it. (This could explain why there are
so many seminars and ebooks)

Let's discuss the feasibility of starting one's own business.

Perhaps this discussion could help someone decide one way
or the other on the right choice to make.

Considering the risks involved in owning a business,
is this option a must for everyone?

In view of the rising unemployment, it seems easy to
suggest to people to avoid the labour market
and just "start your own business".

How feasible is this option?

Let's discuss this.

@Nairaland:

Thank you for putting this on the
front page.

P.S. Up Rangers!

@ayobase:

Let's try going through your original post being careful to note:

1. facts: information based on real occurrences
2. claims: assertions without evidence or proof
3. diversions: deviating from the point


pagans are the one responsible for the draw backs we are having in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. [CLAIM] Nigeria being a point of contact to other African countries.[CLAIM]

The last time Wole Soyinka was fetching water from Osun River to take outside the country for the whites to have a proper sense of belonging when doing the Osun festival. [Did this really happen? Until proven, it's a CLAIM] Who said a prof can't be a fool! [DIVERSION]

Years back, Festival of idols worshipping/worshippers under the guise of Festival of Arts and Cultures was staged. [The Festival is of course a fact; however, the idea that it was idol-worshipping in disguise is a CLAIM] Apart from this, we have different forms of gods stationed in places across the Nation, and Africa at large! [CLAIM/DIVERSION]

We are stinkingly reeking of Idol worshipping and shedding of bloods.[CLAIM] Do you think most of those blood sheddings are natural![DIVERSION]

We all know that God wished Africa well from the onset. [CLAIM] Four (4)Rivers flow out from the Garden of Eden.[CLAIM] How many into Africa? [DIVERSION]

God detests Idol worshipping/worshippers.[CLAIM] He is a very jealous God.[CLAIM] Israeliter were punsihed on different ocassions in this regard.[CLAIM]

We complain of Boko Haram, but shouldn't we be thankful? [DIVERSION; what's the point?]

Do you think, we have been more careful not to have experienced another civil war.[DIVERSION] Or what about those natural disasters we are being exempted from.[DIVERSION] Too scientif also?[DIVERSION]

Syria have been in chaos for the past yrs for just trivial matter....Gaza is there.....the middle east as whole.[DIVERSIONS]

Even Mali, a close friend is on hers now. [DIVERSION]

Despite out sins and unseriousness, God has been faithful to us just because of those few that decide to reckon with God.....Nigeria would have been in a BETTER chaos without no religious people. [CLAIMS]

Let's be thankful to those that have decided to keep praying and fasting for the peace of Nigeria. [DIVERSION]

God has decided to keep this country due to those ones![CLAIM]

And we are not impoverished fool. [DIVERSION] Can't you see.....stop being sarcastic.....No country in the world has no people that beg to survive![CLAIM/DIVERSION]

Let's do away with the pagans, and c Nigeria moving forward! [CLAIM/DIVERSION]

Its simple as A-B-C! [REALLY!?]

oziomatv,

Daalu rinne!

O na-amasi m ma anyi bu ndi Igbo na-ejikota
onwe anyi onu.

O ga-adikwa mma ka anyi jiri naani olu be anyi
na-ede ihe o bula anyi na-ede ebe a. Enweghi
onye anyi ji ugwo.

Ana m ahu ebe ndi ozo na-asi naani ndi ha choro
ka ha dee ihe na nke ha bu ndi alakuba; kedu ihe
nke anyi ga-eji puo iche?

Ndeewonu.

@Sales Mgr

Thanks for the quick response.

@All

Can you secure bulk/wholesale orders?
Then this opportunity is definitely for YOU.

Need further details? Remember this offer is for
a limited time. So hurry NOW and post your email
address and phone number on this thread.

To your success

Winston

Are you a serious marketer?

Can you sell dust in the Sahara Desert?

Your marketing skills can give you
steady streams of income this year.

By the way, this is not a get-rich-quick
scheme. Neither is it a way for you to
make money without working.

If you are looking for a lazy way to make money,
this opportunity is NOT for you. Please stop
reading right NOW.

However, if you are a serious marketer
willing to do some serious work, please reply
this post by posting your email address and
phone number on this thread.

Cheers.

Winston

P.S. For further details, please post your email
address and phone number on this thread. I'll
contact you ASAP.

@DavidDylan

I'm honoured that you read it.

@mazaje

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Have you come across positive thinking lately? It’s all over the place these days.
The airports are replete with positive thinking literature. It is a perennial buzz-word in
business and management circles. It has even crept into the Church and is widely preached
from the pulpits in various guises.

“Positive thinking” in this essay refers to the teaching that man controls his life and circumstances
by his words and thoughts. In other words, he is at the centre of his life and destiny and has himself to
blame or praise for his resultant failure or success. The positive thinking movement includes a lot of terms
such as subconscious mind, visualization, affirmation, psycho-cybernetics, self-help, motivation, etc.

The positive thinking movement is catchy. Its promise is everyone’s dream come true: the ability to actually
create the life you want for yourself. It assures you that you can have more money, more love and better
health by thinking right. However a closer look reveals deep flaws.

First, what is the basic premise of positive thinking? The basic premise is that you are in control of your life.
While this may sound comforting to a lazy thinker, a little deep thought reveals the fallacy in this premise.
For instance, how were you able to think yourself into being born? How were you able to think yourself into
being born into your particular nationality and family? How were you able to think yourself into your physical
structure and appearance? How were you able to think yourself into where you are right now?

Truth be told, experience shows that so much about our lives is completely out of our control. Man is plagued with
limitations. In fact the whole idea of religion arose as man realized this and tried to pacify the unseen forces that
seemed to be running the show. Indeed this phenomenon in man has led to this new religion of positive
thinking, where people hope to control their lives through various gimmicks. However, it is more mentally
satisfying –and productive- to admit our weakness and seek help.

However, admitting one’s weaknesses is an anathema in positive thinking. The positive thinker is taught to live in
constant denial of the so-called “negative” aspects of life. The other day, a friend who had not been feeling well
kept telling me that he was “strong”. Whenever he needs some cash from me, he prefaces it by telling me that
he is “very rich right now”. Apparently these are statements made in a bid to speak only positive words at
all times. But where is the line drawn between positive “confession” and outright lying?

This culture of denying “negative” experience has indeed been taken to bizarre extremes. I know of a family who bluntly
refused to take their son to hospital even as his health went from bad to worse. Their belief was that sickness was not
their portion and that they had already overcome. Sadly, the young man finally died.

I must make this point clear: I am not an advocate for pessimism. I do not say that we should go around with a gloomy
perspective of life. That is far from it. The message I mean to pass across is the need for people to face facts and not illusions.
It is childish to pretend that certain unsavoury circumstances do not exist all in an attempt to be “positive”. Life happens;
people get sick, people get broke. We have to wake up and deal with life as it is, not as we wished it were.

Another anomaly in this positive thinking is the value system it subtly promotes. This is not usually stated overtly but the
root idea behind the movement is plain greed. By admonishing you about the need to avoid “being average” or
“mediocrity”, it subtly breeds a culture of covetousness; the need to get more, to have more, to be more!

While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with wanting a better life, there is need to balance this with the teaching about
being able to enjoy the present. What ever happened to the virtues of contentment? Whatever happened to enjoying
the present, giving thanks to God for our daily bread? However, these sound so old school, especially in this age
where people are becoming millionaires before they reach puberty.

There is nothing wrong with being a taxi driver all your life if that is your calling in life. Your net worth is not
necessarily a measure of true success. Instances abound to show that you don’t have to be a money-bag to be
successful in life. I have seen tomato sellers who have been able to train their children to university level from the
proceeds of their trade. I have also seen drivers who have somehow used their meagre salaries to comfortably
take care of their families. Can’t such people be classified as successes despite their “mediocre” net worth?

I had earlier mentioned that positive thinking is now being preached in various churches. Today a lot of pseudo-Christian outfits
promise you that you can be all you want to be, achieve every goal. Everything is centred on how you can get everything you
want in your own way. Then we turn around and wonder why there are too many self-centred, egotistic Christians. It only follows
that if you are the centre of your own life, you are your own god, following your own plan whether or not it means trampling on
everybody in your path.

It is even more surprising that the pseudo-Christian outfits try to justify this positive thinking fad with random verses of the Bible. If only
people could read the Bible for themselves! Contrary to popular belief, the Bible is the simplest book in the world to understand, and
not some esoteric text. The problem most people have with the Bible is when they try to read in their own private interpretations
by quoting verses out of context.

The Harvard Business Review of February 2008 correctly traces the origins of positive thinking to “ideas from Eastern philosophies
mixed up with slogans that are completely incoherent.” Jesus Christ never taught positive thinking. We are not told in the Bible of any
time where Christ spent hours in affirmation and visualization, nor did he teach his followers about the subconscious mind and the
power of vision. So one wonders how some preachers now proclaim these metaphysical and magical teachings as Scriptural.

Jesus Christ taught dependence on God for our daily needs. That is a more practical way of living than positive thinking. To be sure, asking
for God’s help is not as exotic as affirmations, visualizations and the like. However, experience shows that it is a far more productive plan to
admit one’s inadequacies and count on God’s help.

To achieve any meaningful objective, one needs to be in the right place and at the right time. Some people refer to this as “luck’, others call
it “time and chance”. We would be honest to admit that we cannot consciously control our being in the right place at the right time. Read through people’s success stories and you would discover the recurring theme of their being presented with the right opportunity that led to achieving their goals. This serendipity always resulted from acts of God and not from their positive babbling.

Lastly, the apparent aims of positive thinking are indeed noble: to motivate people to be their best, to improve their finances, and to make them feel happy and healthy. There is nothing wrong with that. However, like the cliché goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

So he's the Anti-Christ today?

Wonder who's next.

“Beware! Is This Not a Scam?”

That was exactly what Emmanuel my good friend told me. We were sitting a table in Mr Biggs, chatting over some meat pies and Pepsi. I was trying to introduce my friend to a new business opportunity and he was really fuming, warning me never to even set foot within 10 miles radius of “these people”. In other words, I should never even dream of having anything to do with them.

I was surprised, to say the least. I knew Emmanuel well enough. He was neither an investment expert nor a financial guru. He was just a young graduate who like me would love to make money with minimal effort working from home, without the stress of working ourselves to death like bankers.

We were brainstorming as usual about the dream of having money flowing into our bank accounts, working only a few hours a week from home, so we could have more time for more important things than having any boss breathing down our neck.

Whether it’s marketing health products, FOREX trading, internet affiliate marketing, or something else, we’ve all seen the fantastic claims people make about making tons of money, AND how they can show you how to do the same thing. Open any newspaper or magazine and you’ll see their ads.

I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists, selling you their latest get rich quick program. Me too. I have bought so many of these programs that I’m up to my eyeballs in manuals and e-books. I kept hoping that one day I’d discover the secret to financial independence, so I kept buying more and more. Finally, after so many disappointments, I got FED UP. I decided to get to the bottom of this love we have for get rich quick programs, and find out if there really were any LEGITIMATE programs for making money.

I literally contacted the advertiser of every get rich quick advert I could find. Posing as an investor, I managed to convince them that I was seriously interested in buying into their business. That way, they actually saw me as a serious customer and revealed more about their business. Well, I was disgusted with 99% of what I found. Many of the owners actually boasted about how many people bought their useless manuals and e-books. I repeatedly found:

• Most of the information was outdated.
• Most of the ideas are confusing
• Most of what they say will never work in Nigeria
• Most of their ideas require a lot of money to start up
• Many of them were merely disguised adverts for their seminars

I quickly realized that these so-called Get Rich Quick programs were totally useless. And these advertisers knew it, yet they were laughing all the way to the bank. I was relieved that I had finally exposed these con men. Surprisingly, while sifting through all the scammers’ materials, I was able to locate a legitimate way of making money here in Nigeria.

That was what I was trying to tell Emmanuel my friend that fateful day at Mr Biggs when he started warning me about the same club I was trying to introduce him to. This club is one which allows every day people like you and me make extra money working even from home. The club’s membership is impressive, with members all across the nation. I even chatted with a few of the members I met on Nairaland.com and they verified that they were making between N40,000 and N100,000 every month through their network. But don’t take my word for it, you can send an email to the address below and find out for yourself. See what you think.

They do charge a minimal monthly charge for membership to this programme, which is to be expected for any legitimate business. Anyway, if you decide you are interested in joining this Club, I advise you to join quickly, as there are unconfirmed rumours that the programme may be scrapped soon to avoid system overload.(By the way, you didn’t hear this from me!)

Well, my search for legitimate ways of making money has come to an end. I must confess that I was extremely disappointed with most of what I found, and I strongly advise that you do not take chances joining any other networking programme other than this Club. Whatever you do, I wish you a healthy, prosperous year for you and yours.

All the best.


Winston

Here is the email address to find out more about this highly recommended club: fundyourdreams at dot com

The email is fundyourdreams at dot com

“Beware! Is This Not a Scam?”

That was exactly what Emmanuel my good friend told me. We were sitting a table in Mr Biggs, chatting over some meat pies and Pepsi. I was trying to introduce my friend to a new business opportunity and he was really fuming, warning me never to even set foot within 10 miles radius of “these people”. In other words, I should never even dream of having anything to do with them.

I was surprised, to say the least. I knew Emmanuel well enough. He was neither an investment expert nor a financial guru. He was just a young graduate who like me would love to make money with minimal effort working from home, without the stress of working ourselves to death like bankers.

We were brainstorming as usual about the dream of having money flowing into our bank accounts, working only a few hours a week from home, so we could have more time for more important things than having any boss breathing down our neck.

Whether it’s marketing health products, FOREX trading, internet affiliate marketing, or something else, we’ve all seen the fantastic claims people make about making tons of money, AND how they can show you how to do the same thing. Open any newspaper or magazine and you’ll see their ads.

I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists, selling you their latest get rich quick program. Me too. I have bought so many of these programs that I’m up to my eyeballs in manuals and e-books. I kept hoping that one day I’d discover the secret to financial independence, so I kept buying more and more. Finally, after so many disappointments, I got FED UP. I decided to get to the bottom of this love we have for get rich quick programs, and find out if there really were any LEGITIMATE programs for making money.

I literally contacted the advertiser of every get rich quick advert I could find. Posing as an investor, I managed to convince them that I was seriously interested in buying into their business. That way, they actually saw me as a serious customer and revealed more about their business. Well, I was disgusted with 99% of what I found. Many of the owners actually boasted about how many people bought their useless manuals and e-books. I repeatedly found:

• Most of the information was outdated.
• Most of the ideas are confusing
• Most of what they say will never work in Nigeria
• Most of their ideas require a lot of money to start up
• Many of them were merely disguised adverts for their seminars

I quickly realized that these so-called Get Rich Quick programs were totally useless. And these advertisers knew it, yet they were laughing all the way to the bank. I was relieved that I had finally exposed these con men. Surprisingly, while sifting through all the scammers’ materials, I was able to locate a legitimate way of making money here in Nigeria.

That was what I was trying to tell Emmanuel my friend that fateful day at Mr Biggs when he started warning me about the same club I was trying to introduce him to. This club is one which allows every day people like you and me make extra money working even from home. The club’s membership is impressive, with members all across the nation. I even chatted with a few of the members I met on Nairaland.com and they verified that they were making between N40,000 and N100,000 every month through their network. But don’t take my word for it, you can send an email to the address below and find out for yourself. See what you think.

They do charge a minimal monthly charge for membership to this programme, which is to be expected for any legitimate business. Anyway, if you decide you are interested in joining this Club, I advise you to join quickly, as there are unconfirmed rumours that the programme may be scrapped soon to avoid system overload.(By the way, you didn’t hear this from me!)

Well, my search for legitimate ways of making money has come to an end. I must confess that I was extremely disappointed with most of what I found, and I strongly advise that you do not take chances joining any other networking programme other than this Club. Whatever you do, I wish you a healthy, prosperous year for you and yours.

All the best.


Winston

Here is the email address to find out more about this highly recommended club: fundyourdreams@.com

Akede-Oba:

That is a common story . One Indian once told me - " the people I respect most in this world are Nigerians. They don't do robberies and selling petty drugs, but they really know about cards" . We have a lot of brains being put to bad use. Let's try to harness them to do good things for the country.

@Akede-Oba

Thanks for the original post and this one.

Thank GOD we have the Internet where people
like you and I can speak up and make a change.

Frankly, we have to pray that our leaders see
the need for image management.

Like someone mentioned in this thread, Nigerians
are oh so eager to paint themselves in the
worst possible light. Maybe in an attempt to
impress the West that we are "genuine", whatever
that means.

Truth be told: most of the "Nigerian scams" being done
today are by Europeans and Asians.

Nuff said

Meen, 2D is cool. We all grew up with 2D.

Shrek is cool and all that, granted.
Yet there's something about 2D that
can't actually be captured on 3D.

That must have been why Matt
Groening in this 21st century still
chose to do the Simpsons movie in
2D.

And, hey, DangerMouse is 2D, and
that's enough for me!!!

@TexazzPete

"I've never really enjoyed modenine's music much.
i just feel he's so busy trying to make these great metaphors
that he often forgets to make his music actually enjoyable."

I couldn't agree with you more!

Honestly, I never knew rap had anything to do
with "metaphors" until Modenine came along!

One can't really blame him for not having flow when
he has to lace his lines with "punchlines" and "metaphors"

Check out Makaveli. The guy flows and paints images
that haunt you, make you think. That's what rap is all
about to me.

But then it would be unfair to compare Makaveli with
Modenine. One is expressing his thoughts as he flows
while the other is busy "forming" Nas.

Seun:

That is why you should read the bootstrapper's guide and plan your business according to your capital!

@Seun

I really appreciate the link to the Bootstrapper's Bible.

Thanx.

tpaine:

Scaremongering again. Show me someone who would never die.

How about all the sick children in my local hospital, dying of some of the most painful and debilitating conditions. Why did your God inflict that on them?

@tpaine

Wouldn't call it scaremongering.

It's common sense to acknowledge
the universal law of Cause and Effect.

Granted, that Ujujoan post has already
been worked to death (This should be
the 24th time I'm coming across it this
year alone!)

However, that's part of the whole idea
of the Internet; everybody gets the chance
to air his views, whether original or
borrowed.

Quoting Olabowale: If a question is asked, and you know the
answer, go directly to it. Let me help you.
If I ask you direction to Nigeria, please do not
direct me to Australia. and thats exactly what you
did above.

Lead me to Nigeria not drop me off in Australia.

@olabowale

Weak.

It all depends on where you are.

If you are in New Zealand and ask for the
directions to Nigeria, you may need to
first go to Australia before you can
proceed to Nigeria.

Breaking it down, the only way to talk
logically with fanatics is to start from
where they are.

Therationa? A fanatic? You bet! Don't
only see fanatics from only one perspective.
Blind "rationalists" and "atheists" are usually
the most rabidly fanatical about their pet theories.

Nuff said.

blacklion:

please lets stop fronting. it does happen especially during 'omugwo' [igbo custom when women come to help their daughter who just put to bed]

if the MIL is still young, pretty and intact, some super-randy guys no send.

what about lagos toy boys who happily shag both their sugar mummy and her daughter[s]?

una no hear of the popular alhaja at tejuosho market who refused to allow her toy boy to marry any one except her daughter so that the money she has lavished on the guy will be spent on her daughter?

@blacklion

This has to be the first time I'm hearing of
a woman being "intact"!

Your point is valid that some people actually
do get involved in such acts.

OMO IBO:

this thread has sick sick sick sick sick sick sick written all over it

@OMO IBO

No one needs to be judgmental and assume a
holier-than-thou attitude. Nobody, and I repeat, NOBODY
is above sin; that's why Christ came to save
us from our self-destructive tendencies.

coolier:

You are married to her daughter. And you're attracted to her. Would you have an affair with her? Or have you done something like that in the past or present?

@coolier

Seems to me like you are being tempted.

Please bear in mind that you'll bear the
consequences of your actions. Seeking
the comfort of crowd consensus is not the
way to live the life GOD created you for.

Nuff said

Absolutely no regards
For the retards!

dee02:

@babaearly

how u take know say the site na porn site?kai, lol
someone just told me, i have not visited the site before and i can't be bothered to be honest
i guess people who surf porn on the internet a lot know the sites they visit to feed their addiction, oh well

@dee02

Can you honestly say you don't know that your
link is a porn site?

It is really embarrassing as I am in the office
right now as I click your link, only to see scantily
clad ladies!

Considering the number of my legitimate posts
that have been deleted by Seun, one wonders
why your post is still here.

Or is this PDP?

@estherb,

Someone made a comment about your grammar.
I think you should really consider that.

For instance, from your post, it is not clear whether
your script was actually stolen or you are afraid
of what to do to avoid it being stolen.

Anyway, scripts get stolen everyday in the
industry, especially over here where our copyright
laws are not really enforced.

My candid advice to you is to work towards having
control over your material. In other words, plan
towards producing your movies yourself!

I know say no be yam unto the required financial
outlay, but the other option is to keep prostituting
your intellectual property to "419" directors and producers.

All the best.

@Gamine

I hear Eggovin is supposed to be
a fattener or some sort.

Then there are all these "wonder"
herbal ads in Newswatch and Tell.

@ texazzpete

Meen! Love that username! That
fellow was my man in the SuperTed
series.