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tobbie247:
It's quite simple. I took two shots and made it one. First shot with my right hand placing my left on the morror and vice versa. The rest is just playful manipulation. was a little tricky sha.

Nice one!

TochiPhotos:
"I love playing tennis, I'm a big fan of Serena Williams. I take my Children to the court when I'm playing and my daughter is slowly picking up interest in the sports. I came to buy her a racket." www.thehumansoflagos.com

Cool!

I'm so glad a fellow Nigerian loves tennis like I do. It's my favourite sport.

Nice one.

slimzypink:
am finer i swear

Stop swearing. ..

Show us...prove with pics

bb4522:
My take on the first stage is the timing. I think if you take more than 7min to finsh the test you are likely to fail even if u score all. Dats my thinking o base on my analysis.......any1 with diffrnt idea

Please elaborate on your analysis and how you arrived at 7 minutes as the 'cut off time'.

Thanks.

pretydiva:
If dem like mk dem disunite, I don't care

Na wa oo...una wicked for this thread oo..

Beverly and Melvin don suffer.

tunapa2009:
how far? I have travelled as planned.. Loooool..

Loool...nice one.

Na wa for una oo..

"I just wrote mine"..."I have written it"...o jebi...who asked you

"I have answered my 20 questions"...the questions are for all who got the mail abegi!

Na wetin go full next 3 pages be dat if I no para...

barcanista:
Mama Peace is busy campaigning and mobilising for votes, APC apologists are taking to keyboard to insult the woman. Let me state that she may be deficient in the use of words but she's communicating her message. It's GEJ all the way still

Are you for real?

What's her message? That she doesn't want to be serving her husband food in prison, so APC should not be voted in?

It's well.

I like the concept...at least. ..it's a deviation from the two inseparable lovers or royal nonsense movies I see all over the place.

But I'm curious if it won't be a rehash of the average Hollywood 'haunted mansion' movies.

I hope the movie has its own VOICE. And I'm not that sold on the husband-wife chemistry between Omoni and Mike (might be too early to judge...this is just a trailer).

I am not savvy with camera and sound issues but all looks fine to me judging from the trailer.

And I love me some Omoni Oboli. Looking forward to it.

Rapmoney:
Read about the 'Rap' part again and see why you missed the point

What of country music

Wow! This is amazing.

You even show face for 'Moments with Mo' sef. Hope it was fun with Bolanle and Dolapo?

Hbd sir.

An2elect2:
God is more concerned about what we need, not what we want.

I love this answer.

Lol

^^^^
Art is subjective.

And there are some movies that they're so deeply rooted in their 'themes/backdrops' (for example wrestling for Foxcatcher, baseball for Money ball, stageplay behind-the-scenes for Birdman) that if you're not connected with it, you either don't 'get' the film or you find it 'uninteresting'. Just like I didn't find 'The Imitation game' that interesting because I didn't get the backdrop of the movie and wasn't ready to connect with it.

Birdman is easily my favourite of 2014. I'm surprised such a crazy film won best picture at the Oscars. And it's the most rewatchable for me out of all I saw. You keep finding new things as you watch again and again. This is my personal ranking:

*Birdman
*Whiplash
*American Sniper
*Gone Girl
*Snowpiercer
*Foxcatcher
*Xmen: DOFP
*Guardians of the galaxy

I haven't watched 'Boyhood'.

Nice one.

I enjoyed 'The Meeting'. 'Will be looking forward to this.

I hope she does a good job sha oh...'cos I'm finding it difficult imagining Rita in a convincing, three-dimensional 'Christian Sister' role.

I believe shez up to the task.

Wow!!!

Oh boy. ..

mayorde:
Fast forward 4years and some months. Will be rounding up NYSC by July. Graduated best in Department and Faculty. Was it worth quitting the job? Only time can tell

Congrats! The sky is your beginning.

It would be worth it in Jesus name.

It's really nice that you gave a feedback.

I'm not sure.


But she stands a chance for the title.

I have watched these in last couple of days:

Birdman, Whiplash, Foxcatcher, Mockingjay Part 1, Top Five, Imitation Game.

My favourite was 'Birdman', the Best Picture winner. I love this movie and I've rewatched it at least 4 times already. It's a unique dark comedy and plays like a filmed stage drama. The performances are top notch and the ensemble work is admirable.

'Whiplash' is a close second. Very interesting movie...full of tension as the story of a young man that wants to be the best at drumming is pushed into the extremes by a psychopathic music director unfolds.

Foxcatcher is the 'darkest' of the movies. Feeling of tension and unease throughout the movie...and Steve Carrell did a solid job as the psychopathic Du Pont.

Forgive my ITK op...


You are at a "juncture", not a "junction".

Let me pave way for the career experts to come and advise accordingly.

ebdib:
I think you should have emailed the department about funding opportunities for international students BEFORE APPLYING
Ask them How competitive are these awards and how many students are granted in a given term

Many schools have these non thesis option to milk money off rich international studentrs (Even Harvard does this)
Anyway no point crying over spilled milk. If youre financially well off you can go for it but if not then i dont think its a wise option for your career.
Discuss with your parents and know what the best option is for you.
However from a professional standpoint a non thesis MS isnt the way forward especially if you're going to spend a lot of money on it.

Okay bro. Thanks.

ebdib:
I'm sorry but from what you've described here you simply didn't do your homework prior to applying!
How didn't you figure out you were being admitted into a non thesis program? I'm very sure if you checked the department page that info would be there. It has to be.

Obviously you also didn't mail the departmental contact about funding prior to applying as well because if you did you'd also be informed.

Funding is usually figured out during the admission process and its a competitive process.
Needless to say, telling a departmental advisor you can serve as an assistant sounds like childsplay. This isn't Nigeria where people can take unilateral decisions without consulting the faculty board and this is done in conjunction with the graduate school.
My wording may sound harsh but you're making it seem like Purdue is at fault here but the only person i can fault is you for not doing adequate research.

A non thesis MS program is a no-no.. Unless you plan to return back to Nigeria after your studies. No point doing an MS program in a science based field where you can't progress to a PhD unless under dire circumstances.

No offence intended by this post.

Thanks for the post. And I didn't take offence.

I know what I applied for (MSc in Agricultural economics, which is a thesis programme), not this. This non-thesis programme is a recently established track in my Department.

And I just got my admission three days ago, and that's why I'm just raising dust. Or how do I figure out what I'm being admitted for without an admission letter? I ensured I applied (to the thesis programme) before the deadline for students that are interested in funding. You mean I should have been bombarding them with mails after I applied? Please enlighten me.

While I am not playing a blame game but want to seek for advice as regards my case, it was Purdue that decided to give me admission into this other aspect of my course and not that I ignorantly stated I wanted it. Maybe they had a lot of qualified applicants and had to 'push' some of us into the 'non-thesis programme', because that was what I could infer from previous mails from my advisor. It's now my choice to accept it or not. And this non-thesis programme automatically doesn't get funding.

So, what is my fault? And what homework should I have done? When I didn't even envisage this?

I appreciate your advice, thanks.

streetMic:
Nope you dont have to. In a week or two you should get a mail to that effect. Most schools are currently making decisions on that. God will grant you one....Say AMEN!

Na wa for this Purdue ppl o. My advisor talk say there is no funding for what I was admitted for.

I actually got admission for Professional Master of Science in International Agribusiness (in Agricultural Economics). I later checked my admission letter and saw that it's a self-funded program and students there aren't eligible for tuition waivers and etc within the dept...imagine.

I still dey disturb the woman (advisor) that she should please look into my case and dat I can serve as her assistant in any capacity.

Also, for what I was admitted for...though my advisor said the students write papers, it's a non-thesis programme.
I just dey confuse now...wen me I don dey imagine how research go be like...and it isn't the best programme for someone dat wants to advance to PhD since the 'traditional' (na so dem cal am) Agricultural Economics programme where students write thesis, are funded etc. dey dia.

This is the last mail my advisor sent me:
"This degree is primarily for students who plan to work in the industry, especially multinational firms. Purdue’s own PHD program does not admit professional MS students. However, you are required to take  the same Microeconomic theory, Macroeconomic theory, Econometrics, Programming, courses together with research track (all funded) MS students. You can take any MS courses offered in our department. You don’t write a thesis, but write a none-thesis paper.  It is up to the students how good a research paper can be. I once advised a non-thesis international student who is now a PHD student in the US fully funded as an RA, partly because we turned her non-thesis paper into a journal publication, while most research track MS students do not have.    Please consider all carefully before you make this big decision involving a lot of $$.  We truly welcome you to our program but will understand whatever your decision."

Please, what do y'all think? Should I just focus on hopefully getting admission into the other schools I applied to? Thanks.

streetMic:
Nope you dont have to. In a week or two you should get a mail to that effect. Most schools are currently making decisions on that. God will grant you one....Say AMEN!

AMEN!!!!!

Thanks bro.

sirRiddy:
cc Slimmy05. Please help answer his questions, sir

Thanks bro.

sirRiddy:
Congrats. What course? Did you get any funding yet?

Agricultural Economics.

Not yet. I don send email to that effect sha. Or do I have to get my I-20 before I know if I got any form of funding?

kennyrony:
Which semester did you apply for, fall?

Yes...fall 2015.