The end of the month... So fast and yet so slow...
At the end of the month, I have proposed to sit down and access my priorities and prospects... So far so good!
1. No mouth watering offer from SHELL, MOBILEXXON, CHEVRON etc...
2. Still in NIIT running a program that doesn't appear to end...
3. Made some enquiries at the Digital Bridge Institute about their course ware and cost issues...
4. Considering the likelyhood of getting a job at NIIT as a faculty member.
5. Try other firms that I haven't applied to.
6. Read guardian newpaper to source for possible vacancies that i can fill...
7. PRAY!
The good news is that there's light at the end of the tunnel - the bad news is: I don't know if it's the light of an oncoming train!
Like I always say - it's all about perspective - mine at least!
Have a lovely new month or at least think about it!
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Thursday, June 24, 2004
We may make our beds haphazardly but the lying down part...
I took to convincing myself that life was a whole wad of confusion. Sometimes, you think you know what you're doing - sometimes you KNOW you haven't a clue as to what you're doing and sometimes, you just do it (the NIKE slogan) and hope for the best...
I think life doesn't have too many suprises if you have the right outlook; which are listed below:
1. Expect the unexpected even when you think you are...
2. Look real hard before you walk - leaping wastes too much energy and might hurt you in the end...
3. Give something back to the world everyday, even when you think you're flat out broke...
4. Have meaningful friendships - explore the alternatives...
5. Live your life - with a spice of risk and danger (but have an insurance cover that's cast in stone)
6. Love, Hate, Fear, Anger are expressions of humanity - aim for expressions of Godliness.
7. Give, give then give some more... (if you can do this tell me how!)
8. Age is a funny thing - you wait for it all life, then when you're finally there you realise how old you are...
I'll add some more to the list of my platitudes... (don't take them seriously)
Till I can be with you in thoughts - ciao!
I took to convincing myself that life was a whole wad of confusion. Sometimes, you think you know what you're doing - sometimes you KNOW you haven't a clue as to what you're doing and sometimes, you just do it (the NIKE slogan) and hope for the best...
I think life doesn't have too many suprises if you have the right outlook; which are listed below:
1. Expect the unexpected even when you think you are...
2. Look real hard before you walk - leaping wastes too much energy and might hurt you in the end...
3. Give something back to the world everyday, even when you think you're flat out broke...
4. Have meaningful friendships - explore the alternatives...
5. Live your life - with a spice of risk and danger (but have an insurance cover that's cast in stone)
6. Love, Hate, Fear, Anger are expressions of humanity - aim for expressions of Godliness.
7. Give, give then give some more... (if you can do this tell me how!)
8. Age is a funny thing - you wait for it all life, then when you're finally there you realise how old you are...
I'll add some more to the list of my platitudes... (don't take them seriously)
Till I can be with you in thoughts - ciao!
Friday, June 18, 2004
Sorry - so sorry for the absence...
Had to get out of town for awhile - the threat of a strike, something that appears to be a nigerian past time was looming around the corner. So yours truly decides to get out of town, while the wolves where still howling at a distance...
There's nothing like taking a refreshing break to give yourself some rest and perspective...
I ate and drank myself silly and didn't want to come back but then - the voice of reason;(my dad) prevailed and here I am...
I came back with a little question: What defines a person?
Is it: Environment, Genes, Knowledge, Experience etc.
When U get the answer, please let me know - I'd like to learn from you...
Will soon post some serious stuff - right now, my brain's in the can - so I have to get it out...
Missed you all (I really did)
Had to get out of town for awhile - the threat of a strike, something that appears to be a nigerian past time was looming around the corner. So yours truly decides to get out of town, while the wolves where still howling at a distance...
There's nothing like taking a refreshing break to give yourself some rest and perspective...
I ate and drank myself silly and didn't want to come back but then - the voice of reason;(my dad) prevailed and here I am...
I came back with a little question: What defines a person?
Is it: Environment, Genes, Knowledge, Experience etc.
When U get the answer, please let me know - I'd like to learn from you...
Will soon post some serious stuff - right now, my brain's in the can - so I have to get it out...
Missed you all (I really did)
Saturday, June 05, 2004
Wow - the response appears good...
Now for some questions we always ask ourselves silently:
Do u sometimes feel that the 'Good Lord' has just pulled a fast one on you...
Why is God allowing this to happen to me, u silently ask?(really common)
Do u feel listless? Without any base or just wandering around doing nothing or something you don't enjoy?
Do you sometimes lose track of who you are along the pathway of growth and the pursuit of economic prosperity?
Do u find yourself doing things that are contrary to your nature?
Do u sometimes feel less than you are just because your friends are getting to the places u're still aspiring for?
Do you suddenly question your drive and ambition when your goals and aims don't appear to take u in the direction you mapped out for your self. (both on a professional and private basis)
Are u feeling unfullied and with no prospects in the horizon?
Do u see the future as bleak without potential?
Are u afraid of tomorrow because your today appears so uncertain...
Do u see a future for yourself, when your today is full of frustrations, disappointments and woe...
Are you snared in feelings of gloom, despair, doubt, sadness, terror, frustration, woe, unhappiness etc.
Do you sometimes feel that your emotions appear to swing through the extremes: Joy to pain, happiness to sorrow and u don't know why?
Do you wake up wanting to share your burden of pain with a world that doesn't care if u exist?
Are trapped into events that only highlight your weaknesses instead of your strengths?
Do you feel really confident when the day ends and u'r still where u where last week( how about last year)?
Are u an optimist or a realist?
Are u truly happy...(that's the real question)
If u can answer these questions by providing solutions then u would have saved millions & billions (myself included) from anguish and despair and lots of money wasted on therapy and the likes.
Happiness like all other emotions is a state of mind - it must coexist with purpose and a sense of contentment. whether u'r a street cleaner, post man, laborer etc.
Many times, it's really hard to believe the advice u give to others(nearly all the time - most times u don't) but we must all try to reach that land of perpetual hope... Your goal and our destination in the end!
If any of u can remember a scene in harry potter: where he's show a mirror that shows only your secret desires...
U as a president, a famous actor, rich and influential politician...
He was told that a content man would look in the mirror and see only himself as he is...
that's the secret: a sense of contentment (after a hard day's toils)
Now for some questions we always ask ourselves silently:
Do u sometimes feel that the 'Good Lord' has just pulled a fast one on you...
Why is God allowing this to happen to me, u silently ask?(really common)
Do u feel listless? Without any base or just wandering around doing nothing or something you don't enjoy?
Do you sometimes lose track of who you are along the pathway of growth and the pursuit of economic prosperity?
Do u find yourself doing things that are contrary to your nature?
Do u sometimes feel less than you are just because your friends are getting to the places u're still aspiring for?
Do you suddenly question your drive and ambition when your goals and aims don't appear to take u in the direction you mapped out for your self. (both on a professional and private basis)
Are u feeling unfullied and with no prospects in the horizon?
Do u see the future as bleak without potential?
Are u afraid of tomorrow because your today appears so uncertain...
Do u see a future for yourself, when your today is full of frustrations, disappointments and woe...
Are you snared in feelings of gloom, despair, doubt, sadness, terror, frustration, woe, unhappiness etc.
Do you sometimes feel that your emotions appear to swing through the extremes: Joy to pain, happiness to sorrow and u don't know why?
Do you wake up wanting to share your burden of pain with a world that doesn't care if u exist?
Are trapped into events that only highlight your weaknesses instead of your strengths?
Do you feel really confident when the day ends and u'r still where u where last week( how about last year)?
Are u an optimist or a realist?
Are u truly happy...(that's the real question)
If u can answer these questions by providing solutions then u would have saved millions & billions (myself included) from anguish and despair and lots of money wasted on therapy and the likes.
Happiness like all other emotions is a state of mind - it must coexist with purpose and a sense of contentment. whether u'r a street cleaner, post man, laborer etc.
Many times, it's really hard to believe the advice u give to others(nearly all the time - most times u don't) but we must all try to reach that land of perpetual hope... Your goal and our destination in the end!
If any of u can remember a scene in harry potter: where he's show a mirror that shows only your secret desires...
U as a president, a famous actor, rich and influential politician...
He was told that a content man would look in the mirror and see only himself as he is...
that's the secret: a sense of contentment (after a hard day's toils)
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Complex...
That's what the human race is...
yesterday, i was exposed to the working of the Nigerian mind - it can be a lesson in mind numbing inhumanity...
I'm told that eight in ten accidents that occur are hit and run, the exceptional two in ten are an anomily that can be explained:
One of those two was caught before he could get away and the other had a crisis of conscience when he thought that the person he hit had died...
That only provides irrefutable proof that life approaches the limits of utter uselessness...
Enough about the bad (as if)- recently, our government has increased the price of premium motor spirit(Fuel) by almost ten naira(as a frame of reference: a dollar(1$) is about 145 naira). The irony is that the major export item of the said country is fuel and the economy is based on this sole item of export and as a show of good faith and 'concern' they(government) are gradually removing the subsidy on fuel (which as u are aware, we produce) equally, the budget for 2004 was based on an estimate of 28$ per barrel of crude but for the past one month(estimate) the price of a barrel of crude on the international market has gone up to 40$...(how's that for connecting the dots!) - a lesson in sensitivity!
By the way, how does one live a morally responsible life without conflict with the society - is it really possible?
That's what the human race is...
yesterday, i was exposed to the working of the Nigerian mind - it can be a lesson in mind numbing inhumanity...
I'm told that eight in ten accidents that occur are hit and run, the exceptional two in ten are an anomily that can be explained:
One of those two was caught before he could get away and the other had a crisis of conscience when he thought that the person he hit had died...
That only provides irrefutable proof that life approaches the limits of utter uselessness...
Enough about the bad (as if)- recently, our government has increased the price of premium motor spirit(Fuel) by almost ten naira(as a frame of reference: a dollar(1$) is about 145 naira). The irony is that the major export item of the said country is fuel and the economy is based on this sole item of export and as a show of good faith and 'concern' they(government) are gradually removing the subsidy on fuel (which as u are aware, we produce) equally, the budget for 2004 was based on an estimate of 28$ per barrel of crude but for the past one month(estimate) the price of a barrel of crude on the international market has gone up to 40$...(how's that for connecting the dots!) - a lesson in sensitivity!
By the way, how does one live a morally responsible life without conflict with the society - is it really possible?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)