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handie: I'm a final year student and honestly, my GP ain't as good as I wish. I'm contemplating dropping some courses and rewriting them next session to boost my GP. please can I resit those exams and still go for NYSC that same year? I talked to my course adviser about it and he said i'll be able to go with the next available batch once my result is out. pls is this possible? what is your advice to me? N.B: I'm 20 years old

A bird at hand is worth 666 in the bush

Dolemite: Nigeria looks like a pig sty, very dirty.

You can say that again

Eko Oni ogbanje o

Thank God I am half Angolan.if you folks don't straighten up,I am dumping naija for Angola ozugbo

chinnyness122: as an introvert, its not really been easy dealing with people who don't understand me.

people say am proud, snobbish and unfriendly. dat I always feel too big to associate with them. while some odas think am a good n homely girl,.....hahaha but dey don't know me

I am a 100% indoor person, I prefer to read novels, play music, and surf d net. I am easily irritated by people and as such, I don't have many friends. once someone starts irritating me, i stop picking his/her calls. I hardly make new friends, d ones I make, maintaining d friendship becomes a problem. dey complain dat I don't call, I don't visit bla bla bla ........am working on it shaa.

party? hahaha! not my thing buh wen I attend one, I jes sit n observe.


I find it difficult engaging in a conversation with people esp d elderly ones. I find myself tongue-tied weneva I wan to spaek to dem.. I hardly call dem by dia names, I prefer going near dem n whispering in dia ears.

stage fright I something av not bin able to deal with........I think my own "introvercy" is d worst.
I really nid help!

Can someone give her tips

Djtm: How old is he?

Just 10

herald9: Wow...that's the highest point... and for the fact that He's addicted to games makes it worst...

I think you should get him a bestie...an extroverted type...with time he'll learn to associate...

Also surround him with friends... he'll explode

In the company of his close friends he is actually loud and I get calls from the after school that he was playing with friends when asked to be quiet
But he doesn't make friends easily with people he doesn't know unlike his siblings
In a crowd where he doesn't know the people,he is very miserable

FKBZ: Am a confirmed introvert,no friends,can't start a conversation not to talk for keeping it.
I hate arguments with a passion and I hardly get angry cos I have better things to he thinking abt.
If anyone vexs me and ask me wat they did I would say I forgot even when I was with my former gf I had to write down wat she did wrongly so I could remember for future reference
When am with someone I prefer if the person is a talkative so I would have liitle to say and I would just be nodding or far away in my thot's.
I really love to have a friend but meeting one is hard of me.
I doubt if their is anyone who truly knows me even a little.
Sometimes I think how would I get my briadal train when the time comes.
I hate fake people and I easily detect lies.

There are a lot of people like you
It's just your nature but you can modify it and be a little more sociable
It's actually fun to get to know people

herald9: My dad ain't shy...
My siblings can chatter 24/7 non-stop

Don't know bout mom....

I have a young son that is tending towards being an introvert
Whenever we go out on a function,he can't wait to be back home to his video games
He hates going out
He is miserable when we are out and sometimes would cry because he wants to be home even when everyone is having fun
He forces himself to hang with other kids at event but 30 minutes later,he retreats to find me and tell me he wants to go home
It bothers me sometimes
I am hoping he will outgrow it
The only time he is excited to be out is if I am going to get him some new video game and itune cards and he can't wait to get to the store

At school and after school he has some few bossom friends and sticks with them.

FrancisTony: Public speaking- No

Attending social event- No

You need to step out from your cocoon slowly
How about job
Or schooling
You have to deal with the public
How can you get ahead in your career without speaking publicly
Determine to step out
I don't expect you to turn to an extrovert but you should slowly begin to socialize
You'll find out that it's not that hard


Are there any introverts that overcame some challenges and are now sociable,maybe you should give tips on how you did it

sisiafrika: I choose not to be labeled. I'm me.

The answer is yes,it is just a description

FrancisTony: Oh! Okay. Thanks.

As an introvert, meeting new people is really hard for me i.e I shivers, stammer and feel like fainting while at it.

Well, being with them like few days brings out the extrovert nature of me. I can be extremely talkative and nuisance.

Also, as an introvert, I am scared to shake hand with strangers and even some extrovert peeps I know.

Well, when I was in S.S1, a girl who later became our headgirl met me and was like "how are you"? Mhen, I wanted to die while replying her. Same thing applies while talking with girls I meet at first time.

Wow

Maybe you should practice before a mirror on how to greet people
Actors do that
Practice and see your facial expressions,that may help build confidence
Then when you meet people attempt to be the first to say "hello,how are you",that will give you some control

herald9: 100% introvert... extremely shy!

Who is the shy one amongst your parents if any?,mom or dad ?
Do you have other siblings?
Are they equally shy or outgoing?

Djtm: so many thoughts. But I believe it will just happen. No, the thought doesn't scare me.

I met a couple this past weekend, first time I saw the hubby ,I had met the wife some other times,the man is very quiet and shy but the wife is a chatterbox that could talk up a storm,gesticulating with her hands ,very bubbly personality.
But in the company of her husband,she is a little subdued
You may end up with a talkative wife
They say opposites attract
Someone has to make some noise in that house
She pulls you a little out of your shell and you help pull her into toning it down some.
Good combination

Why can't these people be peaceful
Why go around causing problem everywhere they are found
Muslim gang armed and attacking a police station and innocent citizens
Sounds like Boko haram

Dozens of people were killed and injured in a “terrorist attack” in China’s far western Xinjiang region, home to the mainly Muslim Uighur minority, state media reported Tuesday.

“A gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices” in Shache county early Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local police.

“Dozens of Uighur and Han civilians were killed or injured” when some moved to a nearby township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles, the report said.

“Police officers at the scene shot dead dozens of members of the mob,” it added.

The attack came on the eve of Muslims in China marking the Eid festival at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the exile World Uyghur Congress, an exile group, said in an e-mail that more than 20 Uighurs were shot dead by armed authorities while 10 were injured.

A total of 13 Chinese security personnel were killed and injured, he said citing what he described as a local source, and about 67 people were arrested.

Information in Xinjiang is often difficult to verify independently and it is not unusual for there to be a time lag in official media reporting violent incidents, especially when they involve clashes with police.

In a bylined commentary Xinhua said that the attack was intended to “destabilise the region and spread fear and hatred”.

“Police shooting dead of the mobsters was decisive and well justified,” it said.

“The attack is against the spirit of Ramadan, which is about the practice of self-discipline and self-control,” it added. “The rioters were committing blasphemy against Islam, ‘the religion of peace’.”

Beijing commonly blames separatists from Xinjiang for carrying out terror attacks which have grown in scale over the last year and spread outside the restive region.

Among the most shocking incidents was a market attack in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi in which 39 people were killed in May, and a deadly rampage by knife-wielding assailants at a train station at Kunming in China’s southwest in March, which left 29 dead.

The violence has also included a fiery vehicle crash at Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s symbolic heart, in October.

Rights groups accuse China’s government of cultural and religious repression they say fuels unrest in Xinjiang, which borders Central Asia.

The government, however, argues it has boosted economic development in the area and that it upholds minority rights in a country with 56 recognised ethnic groups.

The latest reported violence comes as China has launched a crackdown following the high-profile attacks, making a show of punishing offenders.

Earlier this month courts in Xinjiang sentenced 32 people to prison terms ranging from four years to life for terrorism-related charges, state media reported.

In June, authorities executed 13 people, and sent more than 100 to jail in a public mass sentencing on mostly terrorism-related offences in Xinjiang.

Three people were also sentenced to death for the Tiananmen Square attack.

In early July, government websites said China banned civil servants, students and teachers in Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting, leading to condemnation from the World Uyghur Congress.

China’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist, and for years has restricted fasting in the region.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/07/29/dozens-killed-and-injured-in-terror-attack-in-chinas-xinjiang/

A doctor in charge of an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone has become another victim of the deadly virus, the country’s health chief said Tuesday.

“Dr Omar Khan died at 2:00 pm,” announced the head of Sierra Leone’s health services, Brima Kargbo.

Khan was admitted last week into an anti-Ebola treatment facility run by the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) after testing positive for the virus.

He had been in charge of the main Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, around 320 kilometres (200 miles) east of the capital Freetown. Three nurses at the facility also died of the disease.

Health Minister Miatta Kargbo called Khan a “national hero”, praising his “tremendous sacrifice” in working to save the lives of others.

According to the ministry’s latest figures released Tuesday, 489 cases of Ebola have been recorded in Sierra Leone and 159 people have died.

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma has this week visited the towns of Kenema and Kailahun to check on the country’s response to the epidemic and meet with patients and medical personnel.

Amid growing concern over the spread of the virus, activists have launched a campaign urging Koroma to cancel an August trip to a US-Africa summit in Washington to deal with the crisis.

Ebola is a form of haemorrhagic fever which is deadly in up to 90 percent of cases.

In addition to Sierra Leone, the virus has swept through Guinea and Liberia and hit Nigeria, leaving at least 670 people dead across the region.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/07/29/head-doctor-at-s-leone-ebola-clinic-dies-of-virus/

elektra: I am an introvert. I enjoy my own company. I can enjoy sharing space with many people for a limited time, after a while I withdraw into my shell. Even at big family occasions, the first few hours with them I'll talk alot and then my mouth begins to physically hurt. People that don't know me wonder if something they said pissed me off, they have no clue in just resting my mouth.
I also have conversations with myself alot! My family has gotten used to me. My mum just chatters away because she knows she won't get response from me most of the time.
As for meeting the right person, I need God's intervention, I'm in my early 20s and I guess I should be building a relationship now but its just not happening as I don't keep many friends and I don't attend many social functions.

You can start small by attending events like birthdays
Just convince yourself to go
Find someone you are comfortable with and go with them
Join a church single's ministry
Allow people to introduce you to people
One small step at a time

ManTiger: I can assure you that we are on top of the situation.

Missionary or jihad style ?

For the introverts,what are your thoughts on dating,marriage and meeting the right person
How do you intend to meet them?
Does the thought scare yoU?

sisiafrika: Talking to oneself is a sign of mental illness, have u give it a thought?

Dokita without stethoscope
You are now making diagnosis over the web

Smartsyn: we express our condolences to the people of Yobe State..

And the entire north at large

Yummy from another kitchen

DickDastardly: As Bokoharam will be a thing of the past in the next 48hrs

Why not? All hands are on deck

DickDastardly: As our security forces are currently on top of the situation

The public is advised to go about their normal business .

pinkishgal: I'm a confirmed introverts, I find it very difficult to mingle with people, I keep to my self most times and I don't get bored. I enjoy my own company, I detest been seen everywhere and any where, i don't have friends cos most times they turn out to be fake...I don't really care what people think of me...so far I can have my peace and space I'm good to go. I enjoy my quietness and solitude.

You should make attempts to socialize
Little baby steps
You miss out when you don't socialize
There must be a group you can fit into
Do you intend to be alone the rest of your life?

dozzzybaba: .... The perpatrators shall be brought to book

No stones will be left unturned

ephee: How soon should a single mum reveal her status in a relationship that wunt end up dissapointing the man.
Is it at the very start of the relationship or towards the time the man is seriously in love and wants to take the relationship to the next level?

Your honest opinions please!

From the get go

okparaugo: I had a sister mature like this at 12.

Some girls attain maturity at tender ages..

Some still in JSS 1 and 2..

At 12 wearing fake lenses and make up and lockets and posing berra for picture
Please
The size is not the issue,that picture there cannot be that of a 12 year old,I could bet on that

gratiaeo: El rufail will mourn until he learn how to respect himself.

I hate to say this no one mock God and remain the same El rufail insulted Jesus Christ the son of God so how does he expect to have peace in his family.

Until he repent he will forever running from pillar to pole.

He lost his daughter in UK and here another one El rufail must repent by saying sorrow to God opening and to all the people his deliberate or indeliberate caused their death when he was a minister otherwise he will never have peace including his generations born and unborn.

This is not my wishes for him but the wishes of God for him until he truly repent.

Are you God or who made you God's spokesperson
I dislike el rufai and his gutter mouth myself but there comes a time when you should feel some empathy for a fellow man at his time of despair.that is what separates normal people from psychopaths
The man just lost a son in a ghastly accident for heaven's sake
If you can't show some compassion,you can at least shut up
Sheesh

wristwatch: What will make a man strong can't kill him. I dated a lady whom I loved so much & what happened @ d end she left 4 no reason.I tried 2 convinced her but wasnt successful.I felt like committing suicide not until I gained courage 2 move on.
Op, my advice 4 u. Let her go if she wants 2. U will meet another lady far better than her. Please stop begging 4 love. Love is not 2 be begged, it is met 2 be appreciated. Dont allow one lady 2 give love bad name on ur behalf.

Please tell him o before he carries rope enter bush begin look for mango tree all because of toto