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ihedinobi2:
Sure. You can pm me. We'll take it from there.

I'm enormously pleased to help, bro.

I had given up hope of seeing mature Christians on NL until I saw what you and some other people had to say about certain issues. God bless you immensely.

olumorinmoses:
pls we dnt want anytin spurious to be posted here again. what is d meaning of 2014/2015 admissioon closed? pls stop dis kind of play ooo. waiting patiently for my admission ooo.

It can't be closed as second as second list is yet to be released. If you believe in God, keep praying, I'm sure there'll be good news as soon as the list is out.
Also, don't be worried, worry won't do any good, just keep praying.

Good morning Y'all.....Thanks to Deji01 for the nomination.

My situation is complex in a way that there isn't much to be said.
This is my second trial at JAMB, didn't make it the first time because I chose OAU and I was no where near Osun state at the time of the PUTME(I was in Jos).

So, if I were to say what I might have done wrong, I made some wrong decisions which I'd probably make if I had the chance to choose again.Oh, yeah....and well, I really read this year (I'm about 51% sure I won't read that way again for a veeeeeerrrrrrry long while)....and I prayed too(I really really did)

So, that's it....nothing really dramatic

I nominate errrrrrm.......Dr Chiamaka.

Chiamaka01:
Do you know him out of NL? Because he never said his name was Timmy.

I'm 99.09% sure I do....Except there are two Adeniran Johns....coming in for civil engineering.

Chiamaka01:
Is your name John?

Lol....heavens no! My Christian name has a sexy ring to it ....D dude's name is also Timmy.

crowniran:
here..my name is crowniran john...jes got admitted too....faculty of tech..department of civil engineering....nice meeting u guys hia

.......hehehe, namesake...Welcome onboard bro, I've been silently observing you.

tobeykush:
Not really, but I know a medical doctor that doesn't know how to quote... *looks around*

OMG!....you mean it.....that's just tragic, is the person someone I know?

Chiamaka01:
Can you compare the number of unemployed/underemployed doctors to that of any profession in Nigeria? @timmytimmy

Lol, seems like Dr Chiamaka is ready to pounce on me.Well, I think you're very right,unfortunately like most doctors and to-be doctors, you misunderstood the statement I made . That statement is rather political........it has sooooooo many meanings but what I meant was that "the general thinking of an average Nigerian is that once you become a medical doctor,your financial, social and health problems are most likely over".

Chiamaka01:
Okay, i'll narrow it down to OAU for now, till proven otherwise.

I don't think OAU is the only school where there is a struggle for medicine. The NMA gives a certain number of medical students that each school can admit in a year.I'm not sure other courses have a centrally governing body like that hence admission is based on the school's discretion.

Btw.......I think at certain times, Medicine is over-rated in Nigeria. (quote and I shoot )

# it's a tough world....but I think we'd survive.

Johnwills:
Okay. 2011 and 2012 were good cos I was working and also acquiring some skills. Little by little I made some savings. I got an idea of studying abroad and I pursued it. I wrote GCE and got my result clean. But a big blow of disappointment was around then. I took SAT and TOEFL and scored high. Got admission with some sort of scholarship in Washington University (AERONAUTIC ENGINEERING) and Oral Robert University (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) but couldn't go due to financial Statement or Bank Statement. My guarantor disappointed me. So I lost everything. My moral to study went down. I managed to pick jamb form 2013 and scored 155 OAU. My score was useless for both poly and univ. I summoned courage and sit for jamb again this year and here I'm, in for Applied Geophysics. Though its not electrical engineering like my papa, I love it cos I it is different from what I know. I want to find out the composition of the PAST.
"THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS NOW; AND THAT WHICH IS TO BE HAS ALREADY BEEN; AND GOD REQUIRES THAT WHICH IS PAST" Jwills

......wow

Johnwills:
TimmyTimmy, I think there should be something for OAUTemitayo. His story is the "saddest" so far. SuperT14 what do you think?

SuperT14 the order says you can continue.

Lol....There is already everything for him, he has dreams and ambition and God has been in his story so far or what do you think? .....in the face of resistance, strength and perseverance is built.

Johnwills:
very clear. I have something to say about this. But not yet cos if I do, it will change the present Programme you instituted. So let the OAU FRESH 14 Programme continue, sir.

Ait sir.....

babysmart:
johnwills I really luv wat u re doin...pls keep it up
nd @Timmy great idea...u got dis thread rolling

Thanks, aunty mi.......I go come chop this kyn jollof rice when we resume

Johnwills:
What is societal robot?

Lemme describe using an analogy.If you were to ask an average American student to mention all the presidents of America and tell you about their lives....you'd be shocked to hear very inspiring stories, stories of men like Benjamin Franklin, great thinkers.
How many of us want to be like Ex-president Obasanjo? how many of us know the biography of Abacha?......we don't and we are right not to because these men didn't care about posterity, they didn't care about changing Africa.Sad news is that 98 percent of young people in Nigeria are walking in the footsteps of these older role models we have living around us.Like robots, we dream of going to school and living lives of comfort and that's all we dream of. We are too scared to dream , like everyone around has accepted the status quo, we just want to act out the script society has written for us.

Think about it....

OMG...... I really don't know what to say, you've said it all.
First of all.....I never expected this idea to become realistic, people usually don't give out such private information hence a big thanks to everyone that has contributed thus far. Your reward isn't just in heaven,I believe it's here.

Reading some stories here actually made me emotionally shaken.It made me realise that even though WE are all different and we might not all be geniuses or not come from very dream inspiring backgrounds, God made sure everyone has a passion and a dream; a gateway to purpose.

Johnwills has already helped in giving a breakdown of everyone's story, thanks to him so I'll just say a few things more.I was talking to my bro this morning and he said something about most young people in Africa being "societal robots". We can be more, we can be bigger than we think.

Once again, thanks to everyone who has shared, even though I've not met most people here in person,I feel like I understand them more and I've been deeeeeeeeeply inspired.

Love the stories, please let's keep 'em coming....also, if anyone here has an inspirational story perhaps the story of Steve Jobs....fuel us!

babysmart:
....sorry guys my ba3 was low...

hmmmn...so my story...


jst like evry child, I wanted to b a doctor when I was younger.Bt while growing up, I realised it wasn't easy to b a doctor nd dat I was scared of blood nd easily irritated.
my mom is a physics teacher nd since I was old enough to help her mark scripts I discovered dat most of d students failed woefully. besides dere re always so many physics textbooks at home nd when I open dem I literally get confused so lets jst say I grew hatred 4 physics.
All dese reasons coupled with d stress I saw my sister go tru while she was writing waec made me scared to b a science student.
soo...I decided to go to art class...my mom was happy because while she was younger she wanted to b an art student and hated physics too (d very subject she is teaching now) bt her teachers didn't let her cos she was brilliant

gotta go, will b ryt back, pls stay tuned

*in thick oyo accent*hI hafe henter

moyes5757:
Timi thank u for dis idea its rili bringin pages 2 diz thread .. Nd emm babysmart we're waitin in line 2 hear ur story.

.......thanks, thanks....I do my best

Chiamaka01:
I still wish i could be an engineer, @uumm.

.......awwwww I think you should have stood up and told him what you wanted.
That's just one opinion, what you did might have really been the best thing to do.
Don't worry ehn.....you've started out well already.
Nice and emotional....complete and yet incomplete, I just have a feeling you'll be celebrated when God completes the whole story.

Chiamaka01:
My dad is more like fire, and my mom is as calm as still water, so she just told me that i could do it and i could be good at biology if i wanted to, so i wrote the putme and i scored 80 in biology, thanks to my mum, grandma and my uncle.

........Good morning ma, you slept off on us yesterday. You'll begin the day by sponsoring the whole house with free popcorn.
we are waiting

dora7891:
waow.....

......carry your torn #10 and gaan sitdown ....while you're doing that, prepare your write up

dejii01:
Abeg, pass one. Enjoying the vibe here, hope it doesn't stop.


50 box, last price. I be Ijebu man.

.....oga take popcorn sit down,you dey block screen

understatement:
Can we start making comments?

.....errm, I guess so.

Chiamaka01:
My dad is more like fire, and my mom is as calm as still water, so she just told me that i could do it and i could be good at biology if i wanted to, so i wrote the putme and i scored 80 in biology, thanks to my mum, grandma and my uncle.

......*runs in with trolley of popcorn* popcorn for sale, buy #100 only, get #30 free!

uumm:
Okay,after reading through Timmy's write-up, it's only fair that I share my fair-share of me. Btw, I and Timi have quite a lot in common..... here I go.. please pardon the long essay you're about to read..


If you had asked me what I wanted to become many years back, I woulda said doctor (don't relax yet)..
As a little boy, I had no actual 'dreams' for my future that I can think of.. all I had was my dad's dreams for me.
I remember one time when a bus that was conveying medical students passed by, my dad said to me "one day,you're gonna be on that bus son", and I was like "umm, okay".
Anyway, the point is; 8-year-old me wanted to become a doctor (because of my dad.)

Fast-forward to a few years later- when reality happened- I was chilling at the bottom of the class in the latter part of my secondary school days. I know that most people who know me from P.D might find this hard to believe, but this dude was never always 1st or 2nd or anything close in Senior Secondary School.. Maybe it was because I was too young for my class.. maybe one witch was pursuing me. Somehow, I graduated Sec. School and then I realized I actually needed a future ambition.

After failing to gain admission to study medicine that year, my life literally began.
Here's a list of professions I considered :
1. Computer Scientist (I was pretty good with computers)
2.Philosopher
3.Rock-star (Timmy understands)
4. Lawyer
5. Professional dancer (I kid you not)
6. Footballer (I don't even play ball).

To put it simply, my life was in shambles. I finally settled for 'movie-addict'.I spent more time watching movies than eating,sleeping, and playing combined together. That's when it began- from regular movies, I shifted to crime movies. I was fascinated by the amazing brilliance of detectives.. then I moved to medical movies.. I just loved the doctors, and most importantly what they were doing; HELPING..
Now let it be known that prior to this point in my life, I never thought any movie could move me to tears (let's just say I didn't really have a heart).
I won't say I love medicine because of movies.. but they helped me a great deal along the way. The journey to my getting admitted into OAU has not been the most rosy one considering where I left off in secondary school, but I can only say that it is by God's mercy and love that I am what I am today.
I chose medicine because I think nothing beats the feeling of knowing you can help someone who is not doing too well. With medicine, I know I can put a smile on the faces of many.
I dream of a future where I can look back and say "yes I gave people my best, and I played my God-led part in their lives".
I don't want to be the best doctor in the world... I don't want to be the richest doctor in the world. I want to leave my mark in the life of some orphan somewhere in this world who was in need of a good doctor, and got one..
One thing I have come to realize is- everyone is special, everyone has a story, and most importantly- everyone needs help. I'll only do my part, God is the healer...
Music and writing have helped me a lot along the way, but God is the reason there's me.
If you ask me today about my future ambition, i'll say I want to be a doctor (Not because of my dad)..

*runs in with electric guitar* I need a hero to save me now, I need a hero!!!!!!!!!
Love the way you used words to create a tickling feeling..I wished it wouldn't end.Nice one bro!!!

Damfash:
Nice one Timmy!

.....thanks a bunch.

moyes5757:
Dat waz a gud write up tim. News from a reliable source for all who hasn't. Bin admitted 2nd list is comin out diz wikend

Thanks bro.....wish you all the best as you await the list.You should also get ready.

uumm:
nicely said bro..

Uumm coming up!

yup yup......make it dramatic, you hear

Chiamaka01......should be getting ready.

Chiamaka01:
@timmytimmy, nice one. Who's next?

....thanks, uumm, then you.

Alright!!!! I've dropped it.......Since y'all forced me to start, I'm asking for the permission to nominate two people.
Up next is uumm, following him should be Chiamaka01. As y'all can see, I didn't spare much details and I'd be really sad and disappointed if things don't go as planned because of someone's unwillingness to share.

While we wait, let's do small small aproko.......

Uumm should tell when he'd be ready, I'm out!!

For as long as I can remember, I've always been intrigued by the idea of being a source of inspiration and encouragement to others.

Growing up in an environment where the people living around were so diverse in culture and social outlook, I was intrigued by human behaviour. I was enthralled by the vastness of the world I had read about.I used to sit then and think about all the things I could do with my life.

First, the world of machines was my first fascination. I can't be cliché and say that I used to open all the machines around me (my mother would whip me for that) but never the less I loved machines and electricity.

With age came a more intense appetite to experiment, I began to flirt with the idea of being a doctor.I had been admitted that year and the doctor had been a beautiful, young and vibrant woman.I was quick to see the unspoken admiration held in the gazes of nurses, cleaners and patients as the woman went around spreading a hope of new life through the wards. I had made up my mind.All this had been in SS2.

When I got to SS3, I wanted to be everything. I read about Benjamin Franklin and I knew being a doctor was not going to be enough. I began to have a painfully sweet adoration for interpreters of the law.The general consensus back then was that Art students were dull and lazy; I was a good student, some might have even called me the best(I'm grateful to predegree in this area, it helped me cut my excesses and made me realise that even though I'm no slowpoke, I'm definitely no Einstein) hence I wasn't about to show weakness by going for an art or social science course.

Here I stand today, I've grown wiser and I've seen the hard facts.This part of the world doesn't support dreams! I finally found solace in the art of wielding the pen . Being an avid reader of novels, I've always been intrigued by the way words are used to draw people into a different world; worlds where there a fated heroes and heroines, where love triumphs, where truth cannot be denied power and where there are happily ever afters. The power of a book is really limitless . The works of men like Dan Brown(I don't support his beliefs, I only admire his talent), Sidney Sheldon and John Grisham have held me spell bound and made me realise the great potency of words; the pen is mightier than the sword.

I finally settled for Chemical Engineering knowing that I had to study something for my first degree.I love Chemistry, so I thought the course is relevant in our labour market and the name sounds fine .

My motivation through all these has been based on a foundation that man has the capacity for unconditional love and that a human life is really limitless in its ability to influence the world. The biblesays "man is like vapour, disappearing in the wind", hence my motto; make an impact before you disappear! My ambition used to be"i want to be like Mother Theresa or like Einstein" but the fact is that not all of us might need to be that popular before our purpose materialises, popularity might even harm purpose.At the end of the day life is like a movie, God is the producer, Jesus is the director (for me) and I'm just an actor trying to interprete his role.
I'm not scared that there is no script, I'm not scared that the Producer made a flawed story, the only thing I'm scared of is the actor's ability to interprete his role and become the hero of the movie.

Where's everybody? .....My piece is ready but I have mixed feelings about it.