Monday, October 24, 2011

I wish life came with an eraser


"If wishes were horses beggars will ride."

I wish life came with an eraser. Wow! How wonderful that would be. Bad Good as it may, life is a one way direction with several interjections at various points. Does that sound familiar? No reverse, no brakes, no U-turns all one way speed lanes. I felt how hard that hit you but for sure it is a reality.

I have made mistakes; gross ones for that matter. Some I wished that day never came in my life but sincerely what is the point wallowing in self pity and dwelling our entirety in the best when the future holds more. No point I say.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Why FROWN when SMILES are a lot easier?


"A smile is a frown turned upside down"

Isn't that easy? Most time I really imagine some faces I see that I pray to be lucky enough to see smiles on them. These faces are not frowning out of pain or sorry but because the owners of such faces feel that's the best way to see them as serious or mean. Oh please spare me that I always say to them. I once went for an interview and I could remember smiling and laughing all through than I answered questions. The interviewer finally said, "young man I think you are a jolly happy fellow, I was sad the whole of today but your smiles just got me lifted." We all burst into laughter. She and myself are the best of friends till today.

Why go through much pain keeping that mean face that scares everyone. This post is not teaching you how to smile. If you already know how to do that count yourself pretty lucky but if you don't uuuhmmmmmm... you've got so much to learn. Just pull your cheeks backwards and let you teeth show a little. That's a smile provided you don't look scary at it. WARNING: Always use a mirror while doing this! LMFAO!

To the serious issues now. A popular quote says, "it takes more muscles to frown than it takes to smile." The origin of this quote is actually not known, the quantity of muscle involved in the action is also not known as various writers have theirs. Let us share some of the quotes below:

One deep-fried-Zen adage advises: "It takes 13 muscles to smile and 33 to frown. Why overwork?"
  (The Washington Post, 5 December 1982)

"You know the old adage that it only takes 10 muscles to smile but it takes 100 to frown," she said.
  (The New York Times, 19 April 1987)

According to doctors we use only four muscles to smile, but when we frown we use 64 muscles — 16 times more.
  (The Hindu, 11 March 2000)

It takes four muscles to smile, 20 to frown and roughly 317 to appear amused when a Celine Dion imitator, who happens to be a man, sings a song about, er, flatulence.
  (The Denver Post, 29 September 1998)

It's easier to smile than to frown. A smile uses 17 muscles, a frown, 43.
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 February 1997)

Right there, you commit to selling to all employees — at cost, not a nickel of markup — company T-shirts that say, "It only takes one muscle to smile and 37 muscles to frown."
  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 April 1995)

Don't they know it is said you use 35 muscles to frown and four to smile? Why tire yourself?
  ([Queensland] Sunday Mail, 18 August 1991)

Sonny Smith, Auburn's basketball coach, on his dour counterpart at the University of Alabama: ''It takes 15 muscles to smile and 65 muscles to frown. This leads me to believe Wimp Sanderson is suffering from muscle fatigue.''
  (The New York Times, 16 December 1986)

It takes 72 muscles to frown — only 14 to smile!"
  (Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations., 1979)

 Source: Snopes.com

With all these quotes I really see no reason why anyone should doubt it. My grandmother always said, "laughter makes you leave long, why worry?" Always learn how to wear that smile on. Smiles makes us feel happier and lighter, though it is not a total cure for all situations (those very sad and agonizing moments), it sure offers that release and better state of mind to deal with the pain. Always put your smile on, even if you do not need it someone seeing your face does.

Whose got the BBM infection?

Sometime between the last quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010 an infective bug was let loose more than before and its effects grew so exponentially. One that when it bites leaves one frenziedly frisking fingers through the keypads of the bug originator (phone). A chronic infection! This infection is the almighty BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). I guess that name is quite familair? The purchasing trend for a Blackberry phone increased not for the smartphone, business-official and email purpose but for the chatting ish - BBM.



What is the BBM? It is quite synonymous to the Yahoo messenger, GTalk, MSN, 2go etc. The plus side of the BBm is that it offers that aesthetics and allows you to do a little customizing of the characters you want to choose. It also gives room for your online friends to know the songs you are listening at a particular moment (This is actually a way to start up or spice up a conversation). The BBM is the only chat app that allows segmentation of friends into groups as well as choosing to belong to groups.


With all these positives the addiction and social nuisance transmitted by the BBM bug is overwhelming. From checking your phone first thing when you rise from bed to being the last thing you always want to  set your eyes on before going to bed. The major reason why you will always want to charge your Blackberry phone every hour. Driving and pinging is a different tale! Walking on the road or "watching TV" with eyes glued on the screens of the BBM device. Most annoying social nuisance is seeing people fiddling with their phones in meetings, executive meetings! A colleague of mine got a query for that from her boss for pinging during a meeting with a state governor in the governor's office. An honor she rubbished.

Annoyingly, the BBM can never be turned off as you can't sign out of it. The best you can do is turn your alert to the silent mode. What a bondage to be pitied. RIM why? Worst of all once you change your BB to a higher model you've got to start re-entering and re-adding all your contacts as these cannot be backed up on the PC manager or synonymous to the GTalk, Yahoo messenger, MSN etc. A burden of a job to do.

Interestingly, the sale of the Blackberry can never decline. Reasons being that the device has a very versatile in the sense that it makes you feel belonged among a particular clique - The BB people; all longed for by mature adults and the teeming youths, children inclusive. A perception that attaches the blackberry to an article of ostentation yet bringing an anti social behavior. Really?! A friend once said, "I never liked the Blackberry but my fiance wanted it so bad, I got it for her and right now I beg her for attention because she is so into her BBM than myself." What a confession. My cousin says without her Blackberry (BBM) she feels lonely and depressed.


I'll really like to know what you guys think. If you are a Blackberry phone user please tell us how you deal with and manage this infection or are you immune to it. Also, if you are not a BB user how do you feel not belonging to this group and how's the urge like wanting to join.

People get the comments coming...

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Inspiring Video: Amazing voice of a 9-Year Old singing Amazing Grace

I was really inspired,  goose bumps all over me. A true reason to serve God and be thankful. A must watch for us all!!! Enjoy!!!



Thursday, October 13, 2011

India unveils world cheapest (N5,540) tablet, Aakash. (Video Inside)

The world cheapest tablet was successfully released on October 5th 2011 in India. This is an feat attained by the Indian government and people following the release of the cheapest car, the Tata Nano, in 2009.

The tablet known as Aakash (Hindi word meaning Sky in English) or Ubislate coming at a mere $35 or $50 for the commercially available one. The Aakash is a 7" tablet with a resistive touchscreen, 800 x 400 resolution screen, with a 350gram weight and an android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system with a processor of 366MHz, 256MB RAM, memory upgradable to 32GB, 2 USB ports, WiFi, 3.5mm headphone jack and supports file formats ppt, docs, pdf, etc. It's battery life is about 2-3 hours seems to be a con to the Aakash.
During its release the Indian Human Resource Department minister said the tablet was produced in a bid to boost education via e-learning and overall improvement in ICT.

Below is a video description of the Aakash.


Though the iPad, Xoom, Galaxy tab and many other tablets offer fairly more specifications, the Aakash might soon become the world best selling tablet. Let us just watch and see. What are your views?

Nigeria to invest $2.68bn in Indonesian Refinery deal

It is now all over the news that Nigeria plans to invest $2.68bn in three (3) refineries to be built in Indonesia. My question is now why these refineries are not going to be built here in our country. This our export and import of everything. God help Nigeria and its leadership decisions ooo! This better be a joke ooo or media buzz. Read full gist here.

Source: The Jakarta Post.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Freshest Video: Tiwa Savage - Love Me, Love Me, Love Me


Enjoy!!!!

How Important is Sex in relationships?

All of us crave for perfect relationships. All the emotional sharing, peace, provision, trustworthiness blah blah blah. This article is not to x-ray what a perfect relationship should look like because I believe that there is no perfect one rather people involved in the relationship seek mutual ways to attain "perfection"

SCENARIO A: Ben and Rose started dating a month ago. Rose is a strong believer of NO SEX in a relationship unless she is married. Ben knew this forehand before getting into the relationship. Ben anticipates sex and feels that one day Rose will yield to it or better still get it elsewhere.




Is Beyonce TRUELY Pregnant? (Video & Pictures of "fake" pregnancy inside)

The news of Beyonce's pregnancy took the world by surprise. Doubts still abound on how real this pregnancy is as the pregnancy has been growing more than the usual pregnancy growth rate.
In the channel 7 "Sunday Night" interview with B, hell broke loose as the supposed pregnancy folded unusually. Hehehe!!!!

Just see the pictures after the cut... Also, watch the video too, concentrate between 0.52 second to 1.02 minutes

Monday, October 10, 2011

Harvard University is no longer Number 1 university in the world






In case you have not heard, HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS NO LONGER NUMBER ONE WORLD UNIVERSITY (though I'll still like to be a Harvard Alumnus). After being on the number one spot for 8 consecutive years it lost that feat as stated by the Times Higher Education (THE) University Ranking. Right at the number one spot now is California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Harvard at number 2, Stanford University at 3rd place with Oxford and Princeton Universities taking 4th and 5th position respectively.

See the full list of the world 400 universities here.

Step brother cuts off 3 weeks old baby's right arm



Wonders they say will never end. A 30 year old man, Mr.Nathaniel John has cut off the right arm of his 3 weeks old brother, Etimbuk John in Uruk Otong village in Uruk Anam LGA of Akwa Ibom state.

Sadly, the perpetrator could not say he reasons for doing so as he was lynched by the village youths after committing the ordeal. Speculations have it that it was because of a quarrel between the man and the baby's mother.

Currently, the baby is receiving treatment at University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) and will soon be discharged but the family really needs assistance to settle their bills.

God have mercy!!!
Read more about the story here.

Life is Short, Stop Living on Assumptions

Life in itself is very short so why make it all complicated or live it in a shell which happens to be your assumptions. In as much as it is quite interesting to live in your mind especially "thoughts of positives," in that time of solitude and meditations there is always the need for clarifications, checking and double checking.

I sure believe that one way or the other we are all affected by these assumptions which eventually grow into monsters - gossip and grapevine. I will summarize this with little expressions you might be familiar with but have never thought of.

You miss someone, just call!
There is absolutely no need to keep on "forming" or just dey demo.
Want to meet someone or stuff alike, c'mon just invite!
You will only receive an answer that says YES or NO. Nothing more. It's quite better than assuming that maybe or maybe not the person fit no gree.

Want to be understood, Explain!
How more can i talk about this? You are in an argument and you state your suggestion but it seems not accepted and you choose to keep mute yelling, "okay, just forget," how do you want them to understand when you don't want to explain.

You have questions, Ask!
What's a better way to know if you don't ask?

You don't like it, just say it!
What's the point having it burden your heart and just keep mute? If you want to say it always do so nicely, after all, there is always a way to tell someone to go to hell and he asks for directions.

You like it, state it!
Definitely, you'll receive that "thank you" in return for sure.

You want something, Ask for it!
This happens to be our major problem. We just believe that the person concerned should know you want it. The person be God or juju man. Abeg jor!

Conclusively, no one knows whats going on in your mind, just express it and be free. As Nike would say, "Just Do It."



Friday, October 07, 2011

EFCC arrests 3 governors - Alao Akala, Gbenga daniel and Akwe Doma


The EFCC hammer has fallen on three past governors of Nigeria for frauds committed during their tenure. They are Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel (N58 billion), Oyo state governor, Alao Akala (N25 billion) and Nasarawa state governor, Akwe Doma (N18 billion).

Na Naija money them dey chop so right?

Freshest Video: Naeto C - 5 & 6


It is the real deal. Nice video!

Lady bathes cheating boyfriend's pubic area (D**k) with acid. (Graphic Picture Inside)


Is this picture above a justification for a cheating boyfriend? Seriously I do not know what our relationships are turn in into; whether it is based on love, hate or desperation only God knows. We hear the stories everyday, from battering, hot oil bathes and acid bathes but this one too bad oooo!

Please what us really the best punishment for a cheating partner?




Thursday, October 06, 2011

WizKid wins Best African Act in MOBO Award


Eyeyeyeyeee! Eyeyeyeyeee! The popular "Don't Dull" crooner WIZKID emerged as winner for the Best African Act category. He won this amidst other nominations in the category like D'Banj, Seun Kuti, LiquidDeep, etc.

Other winners include:
Best UK Act - Jessie J
Best New comer - Jessie J
Best UK Hip-Hop/Grime Act - Tinie Tempah
Best Video - Tinchy Stryder ft Dappy - Spaceship
Best International Act - Rihanna
Best Song - Jessie J - Do it like a dude
Best Album - Jessie J - Who you are
Best UK R&B/Soul Act - Adele
Best Reggae - Alborosie
Best Jazz Act - Kairos 4tet
Best African Act - WizKid
Best Gospel Act - Triple O
Outstanding Contribution to music - Boys II Men

Freshest Video: Flavor - Adanma


10 things you never knew about Technopreneur Steve Jobs






     "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living other people's lives."
                                                                                                        - Steve Jobs

Following the death of the iconic Apple legend and Technopreneur at 56 years, there have been more hits on virtually all search engines for the name "Steve Jobs." Tweeter, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, ... etc all have his name listed somewhere very noticeable.

Interestingly there are so much I bet you never knew about this man. Commonly known is that he is the Co-founder and once the CEO of Apple Inc but there is still more. 

A problem child, college drop out and dirty fellow. A Buddhist with a Muslim mom. Denied his wife's first pregnancy saying he was sterile. Eats only fish but no other meat. He can't read, write and understand characters easily. Never met his only biological sister in his life. CEO of Pixar animation studies and sits on the board of Walt Disney. Never believed in giving to charity. Had a daily uniform, black high neck t-shirt, blue jeans and a sneakers (If you doubt it please look up his pictures on the internet. Read more in detail here.

Hillarious - World smallest people (Pictures)

This is to spice up your day a little. God created them this small and little but they go on with great exploits. Laugh it off and be thankful.


 The shortest actor





The shortest professional basket ball player



Shortest man ever documented



Shortest couple
 More pictures after the cut...

iSad, Steve Jobs Apple CEO passes on.

iSad. iMourn. iWail. iCry. iPad. iPod. iPhone.

Steve Jobs has passed on after battling with pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed in mid 2004. A colossal legend has fallen. October 5 2011 will remain an indelible date on the mind of all tech lovers. The world lost a visionary leader and one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Sad as it may his legacy still lives on.

Born February 25, 1955 and spent only one semester (6 months) in college, Steve Jobs took up to the great task of entrepreneurship creating one of the Fortune 500 company and world known name Apple Inc with net worth of $8.3 billion (2011)

              "Death is the destination we all share. ...It clears out the old to make way for the new."
                                                                                                                  - Steve Jobs

Gladly watch his inspiring speech at the Stanford University in 2005 below. May his soul rest in peace.




Tuesday, October 04, 2011

A tale of Lagos Traffic Jam a.k.a Go-Slow

I've been waiting for a perfect day to write about this but from all indications with regards to my schedule there is never a perfect time except now. Maybe the traffic jam a.k.a go-slow got me all overwhelmed leaving me exhausted to write at all.

Lagos. The commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. The centre of excellence. The city that never sleeps I call it. I can tap myself on the chest and say all the Nigerian tribes (250+) are represented in this city (It is actually a state but the commercial nature of it has turned it to what looks like a single city.) Come to think of it, Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria yet the most populated!

WORDS FOR LIVING

Life on earth is only a passage towards a destination most of us still doubt actually exist. This piece does not focus on the destination details rather the real ingredients for purposeful living and inter-human relationships here on earth.

Yes, life throws its own challenges and is filled with complexities we try to unravel. Let the web-intertwining nature of life be left alone and do focus on its simplicities. Power words I call them – PLEASE, SORRY and THANK YOU.