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blaze007: House, i greet o. Which is beta IELTS academic or general?

You will be needing Academic

emmanuelkim: Hello is going to benin(cotonou) the best place for TOEFL, won't therer be Network Failure like Nigeria? and is there any hope of TOEFL Opening Nigeria this year?

In my opinion, I feel going to Benin is a very long thing. PTE and IELTS are other options accepted by the schools, they also have almost the same price tag and results come out in a similar time frame. There is no set date for lifting the ban.
I wish you the best.

damsamty16: please house,am planning of writing my toefl
in benin republic or ghana bcoz nigeria
centers has been suspended.if i write the
exam early nextmonth wic is december
8,hope it wnt be too late coz admission to
undergraduate starts in jan.Quick response
wil be highly appreciated.God bless u all.

Dec 8 + 15 days = Dec 23, you can still meet up. Don't slack

reach4lar: its EXTREMELY COLD during winter.

Is 4lar in Finland? Which University?

Instead of going to Ghana or India for TOEFL, why not write IELTS/PTE while you still have time. Prices are almost the same.

@zaib
Read through the thread from the very beginning, that should help.

Don't go all religious on me, I'm not a Muslim and I don't like pig fat.
Let's not cause a market sabotage in the name of an unconfirmed blab.
Simply call Shoprite customer service to clarify things.
That's how it's done in saner climes.

I take it as mine, just like she takes it as hers.
Very essential!

Rumor has it that it's a sorority thing.

Rumor has it that it's a sorority thing.

texazzpete: Well, you were talking like a sycophant. What the heck was I supposed to say to you?



This is not a CGI movie. It is a live action movie with CGI elements thrown in. The trailer was abysmal, there was ZERO dialogue, no acting talent on show, not a single thing to show that the OP has ever watched a single trailer in his life.
It's not about whether CGI is 'beans' or not. It's a job/skill like any other. Would you be happy if your mechanic messes up your car and tells you that 'it is not beans'?

For whatever reason, you are celebrating mediocrity. You deserve any knocks you receive. When you finally summon up the courage to come up with your own work, at least do everyone a favour and actually put some thought into it.

Issorait, point made

texazzpete: And many sycophants who are satisfied with mediocrity like this guy above will try and tell you you're on the right path.

People who are rightly dissing this trailer aren't trying to discourage him. They are trying to save him from an expensive embarrassment. For a Feb 2014 movie, this is terrible.

What a nice way to save someone from embarrassment,
Dude even called me a sycophant.
There's no time to trade words with you, but kindly find better ways of being a constructive critic.
I commended his efforts based on personal grounds.
I'm a cgi, vfx person myself, doing this thing is not beans. Every time I think up an idea in this line, I dump it again and again, simply because of the fear of failure, fear of people like you.
This is someone who I believe has overcome that fear and all you can do is nail him?


@I wish you the best

@op it's a nice attempt, I don't watch nollywood but will gladly wait for this. It carries something different from the usual.

Not sure BRF will be glad to see his beloved project painted as destroyed in 2050

Just to let you know, NL is a testing ground for your tolerance for critics. Many will say shit about your work and dreams just to discourage you. It's up to you to prove them wrong.

I believe the movie can still be much nicer than it currently is.

Ji shi ki

andromida: Well done.

Thank you

yellowpawpaw: Anytime my pple want me to cry, they will sing this song for me;
Yellowsis dey for corner
(Hv forgotten the 2nd line)
Wetin dey cause am o!
Money palavar!

(Since my tender age, they ve been calling me yellowsisi so for my mind, I will be like so I be ashewo, and it will always make me cry)
Whoever that sang that song wasn't my friend. I loathe that song and was ready to kill the artist cos I was no ashewo!
(Can't help but laugh as I remember that)
Years of innocence.

Orlando Owoh

Daddy used to force me to watch "Speak Out", later he wanted me on the show.

Then I was more interested in picking up the fork from the kitchen and slot in the Sir Shina Peters cassette into our dear departed Betamax.
Forgot to mention that the fork was my own miniature guitar, just to play along with SSP.

Good ole days

rufychuks: please which software did you use in creating this?

I use Cinema 4D

It is the prayer of every good parent that their children live better lives than they did. It is in this light that I write this piece.
A while back I was able to take some time off
to see some movies. Someone introduced me
to a serial titled “Fringe”. Fringe happens to be
a great adventure that blew my mind and
won’t fade off so easily. It showcased a lot of
things I am so interested in, but won’t find in
everyday books. Though fictional, it didn’t fail
to open my mind to a lot of things I’ve
imagined and dreamed of in my growing up as
a onetime science student with deep passion in
the arts. Fringe was based on a lot of what the
common man will call impossibilities.
Before I digress further, I’ll like to state what
is so special about this film that struck me and
won’t make me forget about the film. In one of
the episodes (Entrada, 8 of the 3 season),
one of the lead characters muttered some
strange words that have continued to strike in
my mind daily. The words: “einai kalytero
anthropo apo ton patera toy”. I’ll take it that
you don’t speak or understand Greek, so I’ll
translate that. It simply means “Be a better
man than your father”.
Getting the meaning of the mutterings took me
to a whole new thinking realm, it was just like I
was told something I had never heard before,
and instantly I got this “Aha!” feeling. The
feeling you get when you discover something
you’ve been searching for.
I must let you know that I have nothing against
my own father that will make me go into a
head-to-head with him in accomplishments. If
there’s one dad I’ll recommend for anyone in
the world, it’ll be my dad. Despite his
shortcomings he has proven to be Superhuman
and I love and will always love him for that.
Truth be told, the fact that I love him so much
and he’s a great dad doesn’t mean he’s all
perfect. If each one of us will be honest
enough to look into our individual lives we will
find that no matter how much the love we
have for these parents (Mums inclusive), there
are still some things we wish we could just
erase.
I did a kind of keen study on my dad, I picked
out the aspects I find worthy of emulation and
the other aspects I won’t want in my own life
as a father-to-be. I did all these, not to spite
him, but to make his earnest prayers of us his
children becoming better persons come true.
Our parents tried so much in their growing up
to become who and what they are today. Not
all of them had the opportunities that we have
today. Some of them barely went to school;
some did with a lot of challenges. No
computers like we have now, no internet, no
pliable roads, some had access to electricity,
some didn’t. Most of the luxuries we enjoy
today where not there for them then. Some of
us are tired of hearing tales they keep telling
us, “In my days, I hawked this, I hawked
that…”
It is a pity that not many in this generation
harness the power of all that we have to
ourselves today. We prefer to complain about
everything not going right. Not all of us take
up the responsibility and challenge to push
through the storms we face now and balance it
with the ample opportunities around us. Until
we begin to take charge of the present in
preparation for the future, we might just end
up living in the shadows of our parents’
achievements.
I have taken it as a challenge to be a better
man than my father by avoiding the mistakes
he made along his journey, by emulating the
good and admirable features of him, by taking
on great feats he could not achieve and lastly
by being a father that my children will be
proud of. I would be counted a successful man
when my children surpass me in achievements.
I challenge you today. Be a better man than
your Father (and mother, of course)….

Please, does anyone know of a musicomedy about "Monica".

Monica was always doing weird things like using margarine as toothpaste etc

"Pana Pana, Monica Don kill me"

nanidee: Hey guys, so this morning, I woke up with a song on my mind... Ras Kimono's Rhumba style, and I have since been watching old school naija music with the likes of Onyeka Onwenu, Mike Okri, Sunny Okosun, King Sunny Ade, Majek Fashek, Daniel Wilson, Orits Wiliki and many more (Thank God for youtube). Whew...so many nostalgic feelings (I'm sorry if a topic like this has been posted in the past... just wanted to share)

Enjoy with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84CMQjymyw

See how little things bring big blessings,
A simple act of starting this thread has brought back feelings of true joy to people who thought the good days are gone.
Thanks for this thread and the download links.

To the blazes with skelewu and its million videos

I almost forgot Chris Okotie
, and one guy that sang his r n b in hausa and English "yarinya ina son ki, in baki ba, sai rijiya"

And there was "Maria, maria" and "I'll keep right on searching till I find"

Bongos

Ishilove: "Having babies

No be joke o"


It was the best Nigerian collabo back then

God bless you for digging out the Sunny n Onyeka, may you never know lack.
Your generations unborn are blessed.

You don't know how much this song means to me o

Thanks

Days when Sunny Ade n Onyeka Onwenu had this tight joint where they sang "if you love me you go wait for me". The love song is priceless. I will love a download link though.

Ok

The dude acted on betting levels, the cow, was dared to do the silly thing. Not his fault though,


Endorsement fees appear too little

Promoters pounce on the performance pay

Who buys his CD? I mean the original

Larger than life spending in his mind

The fool did what he had to do

Please define "humble".

I quit my job not long ago, not because I found another, but because I've always had this dream of running my own show. Truthfully, it's not been easy but it gives me joy that I'm doing my own thing. My creativity now blooms, unlike when I was working under slave-house conditions.

Someone posted on reasons why you should quit your job recently, it was like the person looked into my life to write the post.

I quit the job "in pursuit of happyness"... Kinda difficult, but definitely no regrets.

All these are the exact reasons why i quit my former job last week friday... I pray no one experiences the hell i went through.

Did the tip work out fine?

The choice is yours, kneel down or ASUU strike

striktlymi: Um...I believe that verse is referring to the man's duties to the state. I don't think there is any leave from his role as the provider of his family. He would still need to tend to his farm, if he has one, and do some other personal chores.

My thoughts are in the same direction, but seriously a year sounds like forever