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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 17 by reyjay(m): 3:05pm On Apr 30, 2020
Good afternoon wonderful people, I’m a National diploma holder I just went to ask if there are colleges that accepts such certification?
Politics / Declaration Of Asset by reyjay(m): 8:14am On Jun 13, 2015
DECLARATION OF ASSETS....
Since 'our' president has declared his assets,
it is very important that l also declare mine
too and it goes thus:
1. Four pencil trousers.
2. 9 T-shirt.
3. 1 wall clock
4. One bathroom slippers.
5. 4 shoes.
6. Many of note books and text books .
7. Half bag of pure water.
8. One keg of rain water.
9. One skin light cream with so fine hair cream
10. Two GSM (1 Samsung s5 & 1 Nokia Touch)
11. One wrapper
12. 5days soup
13. 3pots and one kettle.
14. One set of spoons and a set of plates.
15. One rechargeable lantern.
16. One gas stove and one hot plate
17. One gallon for buying gas
18. Red Rug on d floor and one Mouka foam.
19. -200 naira debit card.
20.No Girl friend.?
21. #10 @ GTbank and #576 @UBA and #754 @
first bank
22. One ear pic
Plus 5 polo.Pls, all good Nigerains should pls do this for
transparency sake. Na gode...barka de rana.
Education / Must Read: A Motivational Quote by reyjay(m): 10:10pm On May 03, 2015
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
- You were born in a first class clinic, I was delivered at home but we both survived.
- You went to a private school and I went to a razz government school, but we both ended in the same varsity/college.
- You woke up from the bed and I woke from the floor but we both had a peaceful night rest.
- Your outfits are all expensive, mine are all simple and cheap but we both still cover our unclothedness.
- You ate fried rice and roasted chicken, I ate pap and akara but we
both still ate to our satisfaction.
- You ride on lexus jeep and I use public transport but we still got to our various destination.
- You may be reading this post from your sony xperia, q10, Iphone6+ and I typed it with my outdated phone, but we still see the same thing.
Dear readers, life is not a competition and there are different ways to get a lot of things done; different lanes all leading to the same destination,
just because your neighbor is doing things faster does not mean you are failing.
Happiness doesn’t come from having everything, but from making the best out of what you have,
it’s all about how you see yourself.
Stay on your own lane and forge ahead.
Reflect on this and cheer up.
Life is short!!!
Politics / #teamlagos by reyjay(m): 1:53am On Apr 11, 2015
#Vote ambode to connect Lagos to the centre

Education / Will You Burn Your Certificate For 50 Million Dollars by reyjay(m): 6:33pm On Oct 17, 2014
50million dollars= (8, 194, 999, 700 naira)
Nairaland / General / Re: If You Could Be One Age Forever, What Age Would You Choose? by reyjay(m): 11:47am On Aug 27, 2014
22.....After sch,no stress,jst live ur life d way u wnt it
Culture / Re: African Time: The Bug In Our Systems by reyjay(m): 5:17am On Jul 21, 2014
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Education / What Do You Call This Lady? by reyjay(m): 1:59pm On Jul 20, 2014
Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law.
Education / How Many Socks Would You Have To Grab To Get A Matching Pair? by reyjay(m): 1:40pm On Jul 20, 2014
If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks, and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to grab to get a matching pair?
Family / {must Read}..help Sumbody Today by reyjay(m): 11:22pm On Jul 17, 2014
One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side
of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could
see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her
Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still
sputtering when he approached her.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No
one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was
he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe; he looked
poor and hungry.
He could see that she was frightened, standing out
there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was those
chills which only fear can put in you.
He said, “I’m here to help you, ma’am. Why don’t you
wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my
name is Bryan Anderson.”
Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady,
that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car
looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his
knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change
the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled
down the window and began to talk to him. She told
him that she was from St. Louis and was only just
passing through. She couldn’t thank him enough for
coming to her aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady
asked how much she owed him. Any amount would
have been all right with her. She already imagined all
the awful things that could have happened had he
not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being
paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping
someone in need, and God knows there were plenty,
who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived
his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him
to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back,
the next time she saw someone who needed help,
she could give that person the assistance they
needed, and Bryan added, “And think of me.”
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It
had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good
as he headed for home, disappearing into the
twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe.
She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill
off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It
was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old
gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her.
The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to
wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that
even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t
erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight
months pregnant, but she never let the strain and
aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered
how someone who had so little could be so giving to
a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan.
After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a
hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get
change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady
had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the
time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered
where the lady could be. Then she noticed something
written on the napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what the
lady wrote: “You don’t owe me anything. I have been
there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way
I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back,
here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end
with you.”
Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.
Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill,
and people to serve, but the waitress made it
through another day. That night when she got home
from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking
about the money and what the lady had written. How
could the lady have known how much she and her
husband needed it? With the baby due next month,
it was going to be hard….
She knew how worried her husband was, and as he
lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and
whispered soft and low, “Everything’s going to be all
right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.”
There is an old saying “What goes around comes
around,please help someone
today

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Culture / Re: Does Education Really Make People Act Civilized? by reyjay(m): 6:05am On Jul 04, 2014
There are four arguments made by the pro-educational camp:
Firstly, that Civilization teaches people about technologies,
cultures, buildings, leaders, and of course, civilizations, from all
over the world and across the sweep of history. I’m fairly
sympathetic to this view, and I admire the game’s expansive
worldview – it makes a real effort to include civilizations other
than those already familiar to the West.
However, I question exactly how much any player takes away
from the game – it’s not as if you need to read the in-game
encyclopaedia (the ‘Civilopedia’) to perform well, and the entire
point of the game is that you get to play around with history –
it’s not as if you’re learning about ancient Chinese or Persian
battles. I’ll grant that a motivated student of history might read
up on all the game’s historical articles – but once you find that
student, the job’s mostly-done already.
Secondly, that by playing the game, Civilization helps people
understand concepts like the scarcity of natural resources, the
importance of geography, and the impact that small decisions
can have across centuries (basically, it’s ‘Guns, Germs and
Steel’ in game form). Again, I’m not sure if people actually take
away these concepts from the game unless they’re specifically
pointed out to them. In some ways I think that Civilization
presents a very deterministic and mercantilist view of history,
one with constant advancement being the norm; the role of
chance and of total disaster is papered over, in the (very
understandable) service of gameplay. Maybe this chimes with a
particular Western (or perhaps American) view of history, but
it’s not something I recognise from reality.
Thirdly, that Civilization is a powerful tool for teachers to
provide context to history lessons. This is actually a pretty good
idea – not one that I’ve seen in practice or know much about
myself, admittedly. I can see how a good teacher could use
Civilization to think about counterfactuals like “Why is my
country the size/power it is now, instead of what it is in my
game?” and to illustrate some of the ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’
concepts. I don’t know if a single teacher could do this for a
class of 30 students, but if you lowered the number, or perhaps
played a few democracy games, it could work very well. One
can imagine a game of Civilization providing the spine for an
entire term’s worth of activities, from art and language to
science and politics; I’d sign up, for sure!
Lastly, that mods to Civilization (community-created
modifications or expansions to the game) can give players very
good lessons in specific subjects. In 2007, Telefilm Canada
funded the imaginatively-named The History Game Canada, a
million-dollar expansion of Civilization 3 that lets you play as
one of nine civilizations, including the Algonquin, Mohawk,
French, and English, to rewrite the country’s history and
explore various counterfactuals like:
Civilization 3 was the clunkiest and most frustrating game of the
series, so I am in no hurry to try this out, but it sounds very
enticing, and potentially a real improvement on dry, didactic
history lessons (though not cheap, of course).
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find many other overtly
educational mods for Civilization, which isn’t surprising, since
good mods can require surprising amounts of graphical assets,
text, code, rules, and design (I speak from bitter experience after
having attempted a couple of total conversions in my youth). It
takes a remarkably motivated and skilled teacher to make the
effort of designing a custom map, arranging all the cities and
units just so, and tweaking the rules to fit the context – but it
does happen, as demonstrated by Shawn Graham, who made a
mod called The Year of the Four Emperors, aimed at teaching
his undergrad students about the events after Nero’s
assassination in 68AD, and how someone other than Vespasian
might have won out.
Entertainment / An Open Letter To Silverbird by reyjay(m): 5:45am On Jul 04, 2014
If you think we
Nigerians are Jobless
or fools, then YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR
MIND!!!!!!! You want the rich to get richer? Even when
MTN told us to "Text To Win" an Aeroplane we never did it,
now you're telling us text to vote for people like: Aliko
Dangote, Ngozi Okonjo – Iweala, etc as Silverbird Man/
Woman of the year award Winner. For God's Sake, these
people are made and yet you ask ordinary Hustling Citizens to
still use our N50 (Money for Bread/Akara) to vote for these
people....If they need it so badly, it should be a toll-free
texting paid by them. We have no business with who ever is
the Man of the year. If you are alive, feeding yourself and
your Family, trust me, you are THE MAN OF THE YEAR.
If you are taking care of your Husband very well, training
your Kids well, also your house is in order and your Family
is pleased with you, then, you are also "WOMAN OF THE
YEAR" God Bless and Flourish our Daily Hustle, AMEN"
Naso oh!!

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Sports / Re: Colombia Vs Uruguay - World Cup (2 - 0) On 28th June 2014 by reyjay(m): 1:34pm On Jun 28, 2014
ebamma: i hope cavani will finally fill suarez's boots this time,
fit in definately he(cavani) will bite sumbody to fit in
Sports / Re: Paul Pogba Vs Mikel & Onazi by reyjay(m): 10:07pm On Jun 27, 2014
Pogba!!! Matuidi!!! Sissoko !!! Valbuena!!! Griezman i dnt like d sound of dier names...its means suicide...friendly fire(onazi and babtunde)...we 'll overcome
Sports / Re: Chess Lovers by reyjay(m): 7:00pm On Jan 09, 2014
Best board game ever
Jokes Etc / Dear Lord by reyjay(m): 11:48am On Jan 09, 2014
Dear Lord, u took my favorite dancer
& singer
away(Michael Jackson)
U took my
favorite
rappers, (2pac,Biggie,Dagrin)
Now
u've taken my
favorite actors(Andy Whitfield-
SPARTACUS, Sam
loco)
Dear Lord, I would like to let u
know dat President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo... are also my
favorite
politicians. I hope to hear from u
soon Baba GOD...
Celebrities / Re: Picture Of Tee Billz & Tiwa Savage: His Hand On Her Butt by reyjay(m): 7:29pm On Jan 08, 2014
Take a good look @d pic.dah hand is tiwa's hand nt tee billz's..mak una look wella b4 una start rubbish.
Sports / Re: Nairaland African Footballer Of The Year by reyjay(m): 7:07pm On Jan 07, 2014
Mikel undecided wetin mikel sabi....Yaya joh
Nairaland / General / Re: Top- 10 people of the world with real life super powers by reyjay(m): 6:37pm On Jan 02, 2014
aventura: Na juju joor angry
na u do am for dem abi
Nairaland / General / Re: Top- 10 people of the world with real life super powers by reyjay(m): 6:06pm On Jan 02, 2014
Wow!!!
Sports / Re: MATCH REPORT: Arsenal 2 Vs 0 Cardiff by reyjay(m): 11:23pm On Jan 01, 2014
I pray d league ends like this
Sports / Re: January Transfer Window-updates. by reyjay(m): 11:03pm On Jan 01, 2014
Elsharawy.Reus and Diego costa/martinez soon gon join Le Arsenal
Sports / Re: Nairaland Backs Cristiano Ronaldo For Ballon D'or by reyjay(m): 11:00pm On Jan 01, 2014
Sum pple sha,judgin ribery cos of his achievements..if itz down to achievements why dante no dey nominees for ballonD'or...ronaldo cos of Nov/Dec performance...smh..#Messi4BallonD'or
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: David Moyes on the verge of being sacked. by reyjay(m): 10:58pm On Jan 01, 2014
Why cnt dey be like arsenal undecided
Phones / Re: Nigerian Twitter Users (Tweeps) Thread - Let's Follow Each Other by reyjay(m): 2:32pm On Jan 01, 2014
@iam_reyjay
Sports / Re: Winter Transfers: Which Player Would You Like Your Club To Sign? by reyjay(m): 12:13pm On Dec 24, 2013
I pray we(Arsenal) sign:diego costa,di maria nd two strong defenders nd One centre mid grin
Sports / Liverpool In Trouble by reyjay(m): 9:59am On Dec 24, 2013
Liverpool Vs man city on thursday.
Liverpool vs chelsea on sunday...I want to see the magic suarez wants to perform.....#arsenal No1
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Arsenal Vs Chelsea (0 - 0) On 23rd December 2013 by reyjay(m): 2:11pm On Dec 23, 2013
Arsenal all d way..No1 cheesy
Sports / Re: Arsenal FC Vs Chelsea FC Today At 9pm by reyjay(m): 10:59am On Dec 23, 2013
:-XIf na recent form chelsea go win tongue buh dz nyt o na arsenal go win
Sports / Re: PREDICT Chelsea Vs Arsenal Match Today by reyjay(m): 10:54am On Dec 23, 2013
Na draw joh...or mak Arsenal win 2-1 grin
Sports / Re: Mourinho Cannot Win Me Again - Arsene Wenger by reyjay(m): 6:11am On Dec 23, 2013
Letz wait till 8:45 lipsrsealed
Sports / Arsenal Vs Chelsea 20:00 by reyjay(m): 10:37pm On Dec 22, 2013
Chai!!! No matter the form of chelsea and man utd they would always trash my Arsenal.I hope tomorrow tomorrow is a difference...even with current form I cnt say it with my mouth that arsenal 'll trash chelsea... embarassed

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