Think before you react!

Source: Shantina Wilson's book cover.

"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." - John Maxwell.

What do you do when you're having a bad time or when something goes wrong?

Do you become irritated, frustrated, angry or depressed? Do you start feeling sorry for yourself or complain about why bad things always seem to happen to you?

How you choose to react to any unpleasant event will make a difference to how you feel for the rest of your day and even for the rest of your life. Let me explain ...

Kim Kardashian reveals reason for spliting with Kris Humphries; also hides from camera (Video Inside)

Interestingly Kim Kardashian has spoken up on her reasons for splitting with Kris Humphries saying: she got "caught up with the hoopla" surrounding her relationship with Kris Humphries "and rushed into something too soon." 

This was an emotional message contained on her website. She was no firm saying that her divorce was not at all any form of media hype and frenzy as people believe. Read full story here  and 
here.

In the same way while Kim was traveling to Sydney, she got mobbed by median people at the Sydney airport. The life of a celebrity. See video here.

Kim Kardashian divorce Kris Humphries (Reality TV Wedding)

What's trending now? On Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, MySpace... Kim Kardashian divorces Kris Humphries. Isn't this the biggest joke of the year. 

I just got myself thinking on the purpose of this marriage union between these fellows, probably in Kim's wish list she wrote down there that she needed to get married at 30, and that she did. Or she needed to get married to a hunk and have an explosive media hype. Or whatever that comes to mind is allowed at this point.

Interesting this is the complete season of Kim Kardashian's wedding lasting about 10 weeks (72 days exactly). Humans thinking that marriage is for fun. Actually why would I blame Kris when every dude in the would must have fantasized about making out with Kim. His wishes came through. LMAO! He was just another reality TV husband, husband on camera!

Seriously, I really feel there is something wrong with celebrity marriages, stuff they should watch their attitudes. Hmmmmm! God help me ooo because I'm a celebrity my self. It have been! Hahahaaaas!!!

Watch out for the next season of Kim Kardashian wedding/marriage.

Baba Suwe breaks record

Most of you must have noticed that I have not commented or written anything at all concerning our ace comedian, Baba Suwe that has been detained by NDLEA for over 4 weeks now.

Interestingly, he made an appearance in court yesterday where an injunction was given to release him if by Friday he fails to produce the long awaited "Expensive Shit."

According to his lawyer and some medical experts, Baba Suwe has broken a world record being the 1st human detained for 28days by drug law enforcements on account of having ingested hard drugs and yet have not shitted it. ROTFLMFAO! All na record jooooor. Free the man, whether he is using jazz (according to NDLEA boss) or not; well calculated homework, wrong imagery of the scanning machines or wrong interpretations by doctors. As Terry G will say, FREE ME! 

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.

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...

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!!!

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.