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heisenberg33: Normally i try not to comment in this section of nairaland but posts like yours necessitate some exceptions once in a while. First of all, may be in an attempt to impress a targeted audience here on nairaland, you made lots of assumptions and wild conjectures. How does not having money correlate with the prevalence of Aids in Africa? I really need more explanation on that. Does the availability of money in anyway whittle down the prevalence of the scourge?? Is the cause of the pandemic the absence of money or being jobless as you implicitly stated? Secondly, you said "instead of them to focus and be innovative and creative like their mates in Europe and America". This is a sweeping statement which erroneously alludes that the youths in America and Europe are more focused than those in Africa. There are no trusted statistics to prove this, what they have is a government that enables the innovative and focused ones reach their goal. There are lots of youths in America and Europe wasting away just like you find them in Africa, a few innovative and focused ones may not be representative of the entire sample. Furthermore, i fail to see how being innovative and focused would reverse the spread of the scourge.

The biggest Faux pas you made is stating the age long Nigerian relationship "maxim" that "you want a girl to be your honey, yet you do not have money". This is a gaffe highly reflective of the Nigerian mentality of aggressive love for materialism and consumerism, and you need to rid yourself of such thinking, it reeks of low self esteem. How does being in a relationship translate into being a financial house? I am really mystified at such thought process. The girl is not rendering you any service so why are you compelled to pay her? why isn't she paying you? Yes, once in a while partners can share gifts and live up to some financial responsibilities, but this is not a right of any of the partners, it should be solely within the capability of the partners, and should not be restricted to any of the sexes. Guys like you are the reason why our girls get the wrong message and i don't blame them. Now, you may bring the issue of sex as a justification for the guy to bankroll the lady. Need i remind you that sex is a mutually enjoyed activity by 2 consenting people, so none of the partners deserve to be paid any more than the other.

I believe in being generous in a relationship but that is not a responsibility, it should be out of the magnanimity of the partners. It is preposterous and very parochial to assert that no one should go into a relationship without money, this is the quintessential Nigerian thinking which you need to extricate yourself from. A boy deserves as much right as a girl to receive financial aid in a relationship, it is not the sole prerogative of any sex.

Finally, i do not know your aim of writing this, but if it is to lament the spread of Aids, then the issues you have raised are tangential to your objective of righting this. Also, if your aim was to emphasize the importance of spending on a girl compulsorily, then these points you have raised are incongruous with judicious reasoning

Finally, someone that gets it.
God bless you! The OP wrote rubbish and people are liking it.

KI won fi awon ode aperin yi sole o

Mr Aboki: If na Naija,

BREAKING NEWS:: Fashola works under-cover as Keke Napep rider in Lagos. Gets arrested and Manhandled by LASTMA for riding against Traffic and attempting to run away. - Channels

ACN/APC blame PDP for the attack on Gov. Fashola. Says LASTMA officers were agents of the PDP. - Sahara reporters

PDP denies the allegations and says Fashola should be taken to the Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation. Says the Law must take its course. - Punch

GEJ applauds LASTMA for its professionalism. Promises them better welfare package. - Nation

APGA says that the attack on Fashola is an attempted genocide on Ndi Igbos. - Daily Sun

Fashola flown abroad for treatment after being bailed from LASTMA police Station. - Tell

FRSC and Police declare Fashola wanted for riding an Okada without Riders Permit. - Newswatch

Is this not the same netwrok Nigerans claim their downlaod speeds is poor?

How did everyone that got the free data able to enjoy it on a terrible network?

Story, story

freecocoa: Story!

My mum so wanted more children and she was one of the most intelligent persons I know(no jokes).

I sure want children so amoro kwa'm ife ndia na kwu.

Duh! She is your mum.

We don't expect you to say your mum isn't smart. All kids think they got the best/smartest mum.

The schools are expensive but they are worth it.

If you have not visited these schools, please don't criticise.

They can be compared favourably with the best high schools around the world. They offer a whole lot of other stuffs apart from reading and writing.

Why is GRANGE and AVI CENA not mentioned? They are in the same class with the listed schools

Seriously?

Nigeria is a huge joke!

@braverat in China,

NEXT TIME, bite the snakes eyes! It will go blind and it's rat eating days will be over.

It simply means " she wants to take pepper soup prepared by you"[size=8pt][/size]

Seriously, have you ever given her pepper soup before? If the ans is yes, then she wants more. If it is NO, then it may mean something else.

Finally, have you considered the option of her sending it to you erroneously?

Just reply by quoting her sms with a question mark after. Only the sender knows, we can only speculate.

Unfortunately, in this part of the world, people find it hard to differentiate the acting role from the real individual.

All the popular actors and actresses that have played several stereotypical roles are facing the same dilema

Female advocates in support of divorce are all over this thread.

Don't judge her if you have not been through what she has gone through.

All I see is a girl that was not raised right and she is seriously yearning for love and attention as an adult.

She knows something is wrong with her, but doesn't know how to overcome the challenges in her life because her immediate family is of no help.

She actually needs help and support not all these negative statements coming from you all.

And for those that think she could have handled it differently or discreetly, her personality trait doesn't support that. She is an extrovert. Beverly needs help not criticism.

walcolm: this is an unofficial leak right?

Yes

wade4500: [b] To the poster, I'm curious how you were able to graduate with 2.2 and not know a whole lot about what you studied? It baffles me greatly. Second, I can't comprehend this , other engineers on here should help me out, how you could cram engineering? It's virtually impossible and highly improbable to do that. Engineering school goal is to horn your critical thinking skills and ability to solve problems. This is why engineers are better thinkers than other professionals.

I attended FUTO Owerri; was an A student until I went to the US to continue. Ended up being a B student here. My point is; there no way you could graduate from any US engineering school and not know what you studied. Besides, you will give up in your first yr because it is very rigorous here than back home. Or they will ask you to leave. Happened to a Nigerian guy who came to study chemical engineering. Very much like you; didn't have a strong background in the fundmentals; guess what? He was a B student before he came here. In others he crammed or copied his way through school, and thought he could do the same here. He paid for it big time. Tried to copy here, the white students exposed him big time. First, he was warned and failed that class. Second, he was politely asked to leave the school. The guy is miserable now. Told him just go and study something easier. Not everyone is born to be an engineer by US/abroad standard. Obviously he would have become an engineer in Nigeria like you had he stayed back home.

The spine of my post is there many Nigerian engineers who are very much like you; know they were incapable of studying engineering but still continue because they are confident they will cheat their way through school. I can tell you, you can never do that in US. YOU MUST USE YOUR BRAIN AND KNOW what you are studying or they will rid you out and tell..you don't belong here.





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Irrelevant post

If you are trying to defend the government, paid agent or not, creating more enemies for your subject isn't the right way to go about it.

[quote author=Texas.Cowgirl]Is that 2.2 out of 5.0? [/quote]4.0

You just want education without application. Your problem isn't with what you studied or the results obtained. Simply put, you don't know what you really want to do yet.

Tintinix: There is a difference from where you are born and where you are from...

Travel and see..

Thank you! I was about writing the same thing.

walcolm: the contact name not showing in SMS is a region thing, i expect it should get fixed with time and yes, its because smart dialing is not set up properly in NIgeria. what happens is if you save contact the traditional way, the name will not show in SMS because SMS numbers come in full international format (+234.....). if you save your contacts in international format, when calls come in in traditional format, then the name wont show

i have used my Z10 in the USA and i can assure you it is not like that because they have a more structured database

Downloaded OS 10.1.0.4651 for STL100-1 and smart dialing option has been included. Issue resolved.

.....for a good wife, NO

.....for a bad wife, YES.


I have noticed that the regular female posters on NL are all perfect. Isn't that strange?

My Z10 doesn't display the senders name for sms even when I have them in my contacts.

OS upgrades didn't resolve the issue too ( currently on 10.1.0.4543.

I read on crackberry about the smart dialing option but my phone doesn't have it. I have the STL100-1.

Can anyone help out? Thanks

Dereformer: Mennnn, I envy this family. This is indeed a noble family. It is not about wealth. It is about determination and focus. I know many wealthier families in Nigeria whose children are vagabonds.

If the Okonjos are moslems their degrees will be in the act of bombing and terrorism. I still remember Abdulmutalab.

I hate Islam with passion.

You are not different from Abdulmutalab, with very little brainwashing, you will gladly bomb muslims.

Are all the girls on this thread claiming to be celebate?

Toneyo: Shutup if u don't know what to say. Who preaches hatred? Christians or Muslims?
Who condemns other people's religion?
Who kills for religion?

I'm sorry to say this, your so damn foolish. U have not eyes to see who is killing for religion and ears to hear who preaches hate for other religion (christianity).

You just proved his point with your response.

In your bid to defend your religion, you resulted into insults. What will you do if you are facing him? It can best be imagined.

Maybe they need just one copy at the moment

KayEnn: LWKMD...but seriously, the way this Samsung phones gets heated up eeh. I thought they were gonna address that issue in S4. Sold my S2 out and added coins to get the S4 but discovered the heat problem still looms. I hope they address that issue in S5.

Samsung phones will continue to heat up. S3 has a quad core, which to me is too much for a mobile device. Optimization of the OS is far better than additional hardware. Additional hardware means more heat is generated. Mind you, Samsung cover is plastic so it is a good material to excite fire.

[img][/img][quote author=bright_edge]I think I can identify with this article. I used to think I was super intelligent, primarily because I was a local champion in high school and college. But at a time, I realized a lot of persons were better than me. Before then, I used to always groan when I'm not successful in some selection process that requires some intelligence, like passing a job aptitude test or interview. For example, when I just graduated, I used to refuse to apply to some companies, like banks because I felt I was too smart to work in a bank. In retrospect, I think I was naive. I even turned down some job offers thinking I deserved more pay. With time, I had to humble myself to get to the basics of whatever I want to do, without much expectations from myself. I just had to start from somewhere and keep making steady progress. I think this has made me happier somehow. The challenge lies in trying to gauge your real capabilities. Sometimes, we underrate ourselves and at other times, we overrate ourselves.

There are two dangers in thinking you're very smart. First, it'll make you feel relaxed, thinking you do not need to work as much as others - just because you're smarter than them. This can easily lead to failure. Second, you start expecting too much from yourself. When you don't meet up to your expectations, you become frustrated and you blame the "unfair" system; instead of figuring out why you failed.[/quote]The fact that you were able to retrace your steps and do a proper self analysis makes you a smart man.

oldlord: i notice dat most nairalander are crowd-follower. wen one person sound logical, everybody follow him. If another person sound irrational, another group lin up behind. Yes it may nt b the OP business but he just posted his feeling. I av read senseless post on these forum dat enjoy commendation from most viewer.

Spot on.

The moment one perso makes a little sense on the first page, most posters tend to just based their response/opinion on the topic on that.

You can tell easily the ones that really undersand what the issues were.

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