₦airaland Forum

Like if you think these ladies look like the Kardashian sistas

Popowaa: Lol,everybody has taste

Yes o... He may be blind but his taste buds are still intact.

Nice write up... very inspiring.

The request is still pending

Urgent request: 3 bedroom flat at Milverton Court, Lekki.

Please call 08107535757

Going... going... gone

Thanks Maxi and Berem, looks like the word got round as the contractors are back on site. In the days to come, I hope something more tangible will be done. Our environment should matter to us and those responsible should be held accountable. Will keep you posted .

more pictures

I am using this medium to call on fellow Nairalanders to help draw government’s attention to the condition of the road leading into Abule-ado Town, Lagos State. Abule-ado is adjacent to Festac Town and opposite Satellite Town (along Mile 2 - Badagry Expressway).

Over a year ago the construction or repair of this road was awarded to Impact Solution Limited. Their pace of work was quite slow (their equipments and work approach was rudimentary) and presently they have abandoned the site. All sorts of speculations have come up as to why they stopped work but nothing concrete. The manner in which they abandoned the work is even undesirable - leaving manholes or ditches unguarded to the detriment of pedestrians and motorists. Also the makeshift bridge they put in place is in a terrible sate and not likely to last. When there is a heavy downpour vehicles cannot pass and those that try do breakdown; this road is the only one in and out of the area.

The residents association and individuals have made considerable efforts to improve the situation but the government needs to intervene at this point. Please is there a website or contact details were such issues can be reported and meaningful feedback can be gotten within the shortest possible time? Attached are pictures of the sorry state of this road.

NB: Moderators please post on front page.

---

The best offer awaits you - reach out now and be rewarded

pato405: publish your phone number

Your comment is appreciated, the email address will do at this point. Don't hesistate to send a mail - it is a decent offer.

Yes, a newly renovated flat is available for rent at Fashola Estate, Igbogbo - Ikorodu. Its on the first floor.

It is a 2-bedroom flat (two toilets and one bathroom). The floor is neatly tiled and the windows have mosquito nets The rooms have wardrobes, the kitchen has a store and cupboards too.

Rent: N300,000 p.a.

Agency and Legal fees: N60,000

For more information: talkryte@gmail.com
NB: Agents need not enquire

SOME years ago, nobody asked a young person which career he or she would like to pursue. Parents and senior siblings most of whom had no inkling about the passion and drive of the youngster whose life was being decided upon made career decisions. These decisions were made based on the supposedly monetarily lucrative careers or careers that connoted honour such as in medicine, law and engineering to mention but a few. Even to this date, many parents, including the educated elite still brazenly or covertly try to choose careers for the children.

One of my lecturers in the university recounted how his father nearly disowned him when he learned that he had gained admission to read philosophy. The old man lamented that his son was ending to no good given that he had never heard of anybody find food to eat as a philosopher. Well, philosophy was the course of study that suited my lecturer. He loved teaching. He is very good at it and all of us who passed through him loved his ability to deliver in class and in research and presentations. He has since gained several degrees in philosophy, is now a professor and travels round the world lecturing and writing books. As a person, my lecturer is highly fulfilled.

What we choose to do with our lives, the careers we pursue, whether imposed upon us by patronising parents and senior siblings or chosen by ourselves also defines what we would get from life. Our careers would bear heavily on whether we end up happy or frustrated with our lives.

Because of the important role our career choices play in our lives, it has become critical that these issues be well considered by all and sundry, especially the youth who have the burden of the future on their shoulders.

Here are major considerations for career choice, which every youth should factor: Purpose, Passion and Service.

The purpose of life

A purpose also means the reason for. Generally speaking, the purpose of life is to learn to be happy. On a personal note, the purpose of your life in the material sense is your perceived reasons for your life, which becomes meaningful only when you can align your perceived reason for your material life with your innate desire to be happy. Everyone must discover his or personal purpose in life to be able to be successful in achieving it. There are strategies for discovering your life’s purpose. It is recommended that as you consider or plan your career path or change your present career, you first work to understand the purpose of life and your personal place in it.

When people engage in careers outside their personal angle of the purpose of life, they end up unsatisfied with life and may end up with mental and physical health challenges that take away the joy and peace they would have had in their lives.

Your passion

The most positive synonyms of passion are fervor, excitement, enthusiasm, ardor and zeal. Passion is also connected to love. If while choosing a career you look inwards and find out those activities of life you are excited about or things we love to do, you would be making very wise and empowering career decisions. When people pursue a career on a subject area to which the only connection they have with it is that it makes lots of money or has social status, one is headed for a life of misery. We are all endowed with some innate passion connections to all that we can do while on earth. The key to success is to find that linkage between what we want to be and what we love to do. There are strategies for finding one’s passion in life and for connecting same to the choice of career we pursue. You may engage coaches to hold you accountable in your efforts to discover and follow your passion. On the other hand, you can research for these strategies yourself, study and practise them with equal or reasonable hope of success.

Those at the crossroads of finding their purpose and passion or deciding which career path they would like to follow to achieve the true enrichment of their lives are highly encouraged to engage coaches. A good coach would do better for you than you could do for yourself in discovering, pursuing and really living your purpose and using your passion to identify the career path that would lead you to successful living.

Service as key to power

Often, we fall into the trap of looking for lucrative career paths. We focus on careers that are known to have made lots of money for those who were in it. This is one of the most common mistakes of those seeking a career path or a change in their careers.

The real key to choosing the right career either as a young start up person or those planning to change their careers is to focus on serving the people. Seek out what people need and find ways within your passion and purpose to provide it for them and they would pay you handsomely for it.

When you serve people, they depend on you. When you serve people well, they wait for you. When people wait for you to guide them, you have power to guide them in such ways that would put money into your bank account.

One popular dictum with service is that if you give 20 people something for free, you have actually set out to have 100 people pay you for the same service. What if you give that same thing free to 100 people?

All the multi-millionaires and successful people you admire got their power, success and money by providing other people with what they want and getting paid for it.

Therefore, as you consider a career path, think about what you can do well with your bare hands and intellect. Identify them clearly by writing them down on a paper or journal or notebook or in your computer. Then look around your neighbourhood for those who might use the idea or skill or service you have created or developed. Take it to them and offer it for free and you would be surprised with what would happen in just a matter of months that you started.

All who must come to success and power must be servants first. Succeeding as a servant is the sources of obtaining the stewardship of power, success and money.

In the next edition, we would be discussing how to know and establish your purpose in life and make it a tool in your success kit.

• Francis O. Nmeribe is an industrial security practitioner, personal transformation coach and author, lives in Lagos.



http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117710:considering-your-career-path-and-change&catid=203:youth-speak&Itemid=730

The essence of Palm Sunday in modern times is reflected in Mark 11:1-3 -"As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

Jesus Christ was never after worldly possessions. He borrowed only when needed for the gospel else we would have heard of the mansions, boats, horses and clothes he acquired. He lived amongst the people regardless of class. Our extravagant religious leaders need to imbibe this conduct of Christ. This is the much I can say for now.


_{“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”}

The essence of Palm Sunday in modern times is reflected in Mark 11:1-3 -"As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

Jesus Christ was never after worldly possessions. He borrowed only when needed for the gospel else we would have heard of the mansions, boats, horses and clothes he acquired. He lived amongst the people regardless of class. Our extravagant religious leaders need to imbibe this conduct of Christ. This is the much I can say for now.


_{“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”}

pDude: She talked about the following symptoms/signs

Suicide: Please give me a break. Contemplating suicide isn't an abnormal behavior. In some cultures, suicide is a way of life. In Japan, if certain assassins fail in their duties, the perform a Hara-Kiri (suicide) to save themselves, families and clan from the shame of failing in their sworn duties. When I was swindled of a large amount of money some years back, I contemplated suicide many times. This doesn't make me mentally ill.

Panic attacks: I used to have an inferior complex in my younger days because I was obese. I avoided people and kept to myself. Anytime I went outdoors I always started breathing fast, sweating and feeling nervous because I felt people wouldn't accept me. All these are symptoms of panic attacks. Did it mean I was mental? No. All I did was lose weight and all that nonsense stopped.

Depression: This is a part of everyday life. Everybody feels depressed at one time or the other. Is depression mental illness? No.

Avoiding people: Introverts naturally avoid people. Everyone at one time or the other, want to be alone. This is a normal human behavior.

Mood swings: Everyone has mood swings all the time.


My conclusion: The writer has not given us sufficient information to clinically diagnose her condition as "mental illness". All I would prescribe for her is a good vacation and becoming more social.

Don't make hasty conclusions, walk a mile in her shoes - see things from her perspective; you'll understand better. There are number of personality disorder issues in this country but the awareness is low, so also the qualified experts to help us. Narcissism, schizophrenia, paranoid, schizoid,anti-social personality disorders are just few examples. Read extensively about them, you'll be surprised. People need to realise that the world is not perfect so also the people in it. Some imperfections are glaring while others are subtle. Making mockery of people who are mentally challenged, obese, physically challenged is being ignorant and shallow about the complexity of this world we live in. I'm glad she found a solution - not many of us are lucky.... some days are better than others but we keep trying because where there is life, there is hope.

I do not understand government again o. So she has a child out of wedlock, eventually marries the man and now she is worthy of a Prado . Oh! Oh!! Oh!!! we need to be careful our society is going out of hand.

If it is what it is, they are indeed smart. Unrelated strategy is the way. Age is not on their side - i guess this next plan - kudos guys! At least we won't worry about their well being in the latter years of their lives .

As 1 lay down my head to sleep I thank God for the day not withstanding its outcome. I also pray for a better tomorrow.

GOD IS GREAT !

Bryancrox: Is Annie Marculey the dauqhter of Albert Marculey?

No way, Herbert Macauley is of Yoruba descent.

Naija Posh and Becks, I wish U what U wish ya selves

I'm surprised by the number of reactions so far. It just shows that people are not interested by such matters or is it the figures that are difficult to track or verify? What it translates to is if we see more physical developments as is the case in Lagos state and the general view is that standard of living has improved then we can appreciate even better the details of this budget.