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STANDTALL THE-ACTIVIST
DEMOCRACY DAY: WHERE THE HEAVEN ARE WE?
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 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm I have being asking mi-self time and time again if there is anything to celebrate on this Democracy Day. For me it is another time to reflect.
Yar’adua our promising leader, took the mantle of power a year ago and he promised to be a servant leader. I quite like his philosophy. Amidst his tasking roles of leading this country is taking care of his health. I do hope is health is in good shape for the tasking tasks ahead.
One year gone, and I am still yet to see improvement in a lot of areas. Am I hearing wait, the work is going on? Or am I hearing well, things will never change we have being promised several times before?
I am throwing this open to you all, if you have noticed improvement in the following areas of concerns will you share with me?
- Electricity, Light, NEPA, PHCN, Light, Light!!!
- Inflation
- Security
- Food scarcity and high prices
- Dilapidated educational system
- Corruption
- Bad roads
- Maternal mortality
- Affirmation action
- Pls add to the list if there is any area of concern you need to add
Where the heaven are we in this country?Visit NIGERIA CURIOSITY for more
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A Dozen Ways to Get to Know Your Real Partner
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I got this through yahoo Personals and I thought it would be great if I share itA Dozen Ways to Get to Know Your Real Partner The Signs Are All Around You By Stacy D. Phillips Special to Yahoo! Personals Updated: May 20, 2008 Stacy D. Phillips In my line of work -- family law -- I often hear the same old refrain when my client explains to me why they split from their significant other. It goes like this, "I guess I didn't really know my partner after all." You might ask, "How could that be?" How could you have an intimate relationship with someone only to wake up one day to find out that the person you fell in love with is not the person they turned out to be? I believe there are at least a dozen ways to know who someone really is -- indicators -- and if we do an inventory early on, we might stand a better chance of getting to know the real person before we fully commit. The following "observance" suggestions are important ones to make in the early stages of any relationship because each offers insight into habits, patterns, and behaviors. As you ponder these observations, know that there is no right or wrong; it's a matter of acceptance. Sometimes we have to accept quirks and differences as part of the give-and-take process. As you do your assessment, however, the goal is to decide whether or not you can live with or without your real partner.
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Here are the dozen indicators:
1. Protocol: First or Second? Whether it's walking through a door, ordering dinner, or taking a bite out of the freshly baked cookies you have made together, if your partner always have to go first this could indicate self- centeredness. Are you willing to always be the giver? 2. Politics: Liberal or Conservative? How your partner views what is right or wrong in a political sense tells you a lot about his deep inner beliefs about society, and ultimately, the way he will approach your relationship issues. Will his views cause a rift in your relationship? 3. Television: Sitcoms or News? If his tendency is to watch "escape" TV programs versus "newsy/event" oriented ones, you can learn a lot about one's intellect. Do you want a mate who can keep up with your every day interest in what is going on in the world or a person you can run away with to avoid the world we live in? 4. Money: Flash or Stash? If your partner throws money around while dating, he might well be reckless with your joint finances when you move in together. Do you want to hook up with a tightwad or splurger? 5. Stress: Freak or Peak? Under Pressure, does he go to pieces or rise to the top of his game? If the answer is the former, every minor incident in your relationship might become a crisis. Do you like a lot of drama? 6. Conversation: About You or Him? As you first get to know each other does he always talk about himself first or you? If he is usually the topic priority do not expect that to change. Can you subordinate yourself to the world revolving around him? 7. Pets: Warm or Aloof? Believe it or not, the way in which he treats animals will not be dissimilar to how he treats your children. How do you want him to treat your loved ones? 8. Communication: Listens or Ignores? If you have something you want to talk about and he tunes you out as a general rule, can you cope? 9. Strangers: Kind or Rude? How he treats those they do not know (waiters, grocery clerks) often reflects on how he will treat people in general, including you, shortly after the glow wears off. 10. Priorities: Family or Work? You can tell almost immediately where a person's preferences lie in terms of what comes first (a family member's illness or a business trip) by the choices he makes when faced with an "either/or" situation. Do you care if he leaves on the next plane to present the such-and-such report if you or the kids have pneumonia? 11. Appearance: Fat or Fit? How he regards his appearance screams loudly about his sense of self-esteem. Those who eat sensibly, workout reasonably, and who take pride in their appearance are the ones who have a great sense of self. Does he really have self-confidence or might it be a front? 12. Faith: Strong or Weak? If you want a peak at his soul, learn more about his spirituality, or lack of it. What a person believes deep down is often what shapes the way in which they conduct their day-to-day affairs. What is your mate's "words to live by?"
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TAGGED AT LAST
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Guess it is time to do 6 quirk things about me since I have been so tagged by Oluwadee and Ajike. 1. I am always thinking. It does not matter what the subject on my mind is, though it is everything. I will think in my sleep over things I could change or things that should have been etc, I would still wake up thinking. I think , I wonder, I wander and I take in scenes all over my head and around me. 2. I always replay incidents in my head and it gets worse if am the one that made the mistake or did something too right like given out a necessary outburst, I will keep replaying everything in my head. Sei this head of mine 3. I am an incurable gender activist and feminist,my head snaps, my antenna receives signals anytime I hear any negative, derogatory comments about women. No, I must address this. I do, I do. Getting into argument all the time. I even analyze adverts like dettol “if I don’t take care of them/him who will” so, who takes care of her? 4. I can’t seem to wake up early, cos of that have to fast forward my phone alarm since I don’t have a wrist watch, (what is the point anyway since my 2 phones always tell the time) 30mins in advance so I can wake up to make it out of the house on time 5. I fix peoples faces with whatever it is they resemble from bird to goat to rat, to ram, to lizard to cat to dog i.e snopp and of course to other human beings they look like on TV, on the road, name it. Well, I usually share this with hubby and a few friends. Not all before they will think I have fixed their faces too. I felt our former vice president resembles a bull while Obasanjo resembles a chimpanzee. Yes only God will forgive me, what do I resemble? Of course I am a pretty looking hippo (do you believe that for a minute?) 6. Can’t keep things I am no longer using e.g old clothes, shoes, etc I always look for people to give. First, to help the world, second cos I consider keeping stuff am not using junks. And I know things I no longer need due to growing tired of it or they don’t fit like I think they would are always useful to someone else. P:S: do you know I had a crush on Michael Scofield of Prison Break? My Hubby left me to bask in the euphoria of my dream until I got over it and named my male cat after him (lol). Peace out. Tagging: Ore, blazingdaola, Don, Abbie, Pyoowata and Vera The rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you 2. Mention the rules in your blog 3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yours – six, not more. 4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them 5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged
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ATTENTION EVERYONE:
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Opportunity for girlsThe Women's Technology Empowerment Centre is now accepting nominations from parents and guardians for its forthcoming Summer Camp for girls focusing on empowering secondary schools female students throught Information and communication technologies. Visit www.w-teconline.org to submit your nominations online.....................................................................................................................................................................I AM A WOMAN
I- INTELLIGENT PERSONIFIED
A- ADORABLE
A- ADVENTROUS
W- WONDERFUL
O- OUTSTANDING
M- MAGICAL
A- ACCOUNTABLE
N- NICE
got a better one? Share it.
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Some of mi-personal sayings:
- Time heals only treated wounds
- Does your life depend on what people say about you?
- The mystery between life and death is that we once lived
- Accept what you can’t change after countless, ceaseless and endless efforts trying to change it.
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WET PANTS
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I didn't write this, I am just sharing it.Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives. The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he put his head down and prays this prayer, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat." He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap. The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, "Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!" Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else - Susie. She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough, you klutz!" Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispers back, "I wet my pants once too."  May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good
Remember.....Just going to temple, musjid or church doesn't make you a good human beings.
Each and everyone one of us are going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can Keep the faith.
God, The Supreme power, I request You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
I request You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace.
Where there is need, I request you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings.
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