tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88474216188865603672012-01-31T00:41:17.345+01:00Opinion is one thing no human should lack. Here's my take on a few issues. Feel free to post thoughts, "+1", fb-share and RT...Imisihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02071763968371873931noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847421618886560367.post-18967690571471173712012-01-10T21:42:00.003+01:002012-01-10T21:42:58.338+01:00

Hi. Trust you had a fun Christmas/New Year break. I really wish I could have been here sooner. Can’t bore you with excuses, though. I intend to keep today’s post short and straight to the point [think I failed again!!!]. Since we almost always end on the central point, let’s try something new and start there today. By the end of this post, I would have said that there is always a ‘hidden’

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"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves" – John Connor [Terminator 2] "Who's to know if I was born to be great? I work hard to be – and that's all that matters" – Imisi A few years ago, I was present at an @AIESECIFE meeting. After going through a few items on the agenda, it was time to hear an alumnus speak on 'personal efficiency'. To be totally honest, the dude didn't look the part;

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Hallos! Sorry for my long 'vac'. If you've been following the news or my pointers, you'd know that I'm done with service and far away from Maiduguri by now. I left Maiduguri on the 18th of June - and I've already been to Abuja, Lagos, Ife, Ibadan, Oyo and Iwo in that time. Where I really am, however, remains a classified secret (lol). Still, however hard I try, thoughts of the good times /

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Sorry I had to split the whole thing in two. I figure the "brief-reading" bug I caught's a fairly popular one. And, in case you're just joining us, we started with 'Rainy Days: The Gambit'. In that episode, we journeyed from the present to the past – and then, to the more familiar future. We're here now …… - "How soon 'not now' becomes 'never' " – Martin L. King - As I sit there sulking, I notice

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I'm sure the "Imisi, Editor" thing must have hung a few questions on your mind. Not to worry, that phase is over. Alas, I'm now an EX-something; they tried to make it fancy by calling me the IPP – but you get the point. One way or another, the past must hand the future over to the present; it's the cycle called life. - A while ago, I presented my handing-over speech. Funny how it's the opening

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My time at the Ruby Springfield College comes to an end in a few short minutes. I vividly remember soberly strolling in in August, having absolutely no idea what to expect of the kids. I didn't even know if I was going to be accepted by the management; I was just too intent on making some form of impact in my service year to want to idle away at the Ministry of (no) works. - Now, the better part

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So, 'Worlds Apart' was greeted with mixed reactions. Maybe I saw it coming. Still, I can't but be sincerely grateful to all those who liked it – and weren't ashamed to say so. For the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaany who didn't, I perfectly understand. It was a fast-tracked flirt with an archaic style of poetry. I hated it from the moment that bearded literature teacher taught me many years ago. I'm not even

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At long last, and, in obvious spite of all my dilly-dallying, the long-awaited 'poem' is here. Lemme just say again that I was greatly out of my depth (as evidenced by poem number 2) venturing into the world of poems. I never really felt comfortable in that realm; it's more of my sis's thing. So, you're very correct if you're thinking I don't like them much. - All that said, there are a few

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"The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others, but ourselves as well" – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" – Jimi Hendrix The official deadline for the submission of articles in my CDS has now passed. As earlier promised, here's one of the four pieces I sent in. it may not

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"Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness" – Marshall McLuhan "Order is heaven's first law" – Alexander Pope Disclaimer: Coming from someone who once wrote Sermons: What's the Point, this may sound a wee bit strange but my slippery tongue and adventurous mind sometimes get the better of me. This is just a reflection of some of the scenes that have run through my mind recently.

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"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone" – G.B. Stern "The value of identity, of course, is that quite often, with it comes purpose" – Richard Grant Before we get started with the day's business, I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge the delectable folk of the blog-world who tagged me in their various "Stylish n Versatile" posts. I'm also apologizing for how long it's taken me to put

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"No one planned for what happened to happen. Man proposes but God disposes" - Prof Attahiru Jega Hi guys. I’m terribly sorry for how long it’s been between my last post and now. An awful lot has happened in all that time: me getting four different jobs, asides CDS, church involvement and my personal life– which covers way more than photography, writing and tweeting; me doing some soul- and

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"The way to succeed is to double your failure rate" - T.J. Watson "It's intriguing how often “risky” gets misspelt  as “daft”" - Imisi When I woke up that morning and couldn’t find any of the symptoms that had left me on the receiving end of pity the previous evening, I immediately knew it was a special day; heck, even a special year. How could I have forgotten I was in the new year? Maybe

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"Twenty years from now, when my story is told, I hope many will clap, few cry and some, get up, start walking and never stop! It doesn’t matter if it outlives me; it’s my dream all the same" – Imisi "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they

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DISCLAIMER: What you'd see over the next 3 (or so) minutes is by no means an indication of a writer's block [or whatever they call it]. It's just a few sights that have come off my cameras' lenses to make me marvel! Seeing as I'm an incurable shutterbug, maybe we can work out an infrequent schedule for some of the other pics to get seen too. We'll call those posts the "iSee Series". Till then,

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“Don't cry because it ended. Smile because it happened” - Dr. Suess “Apologies may change a moment. Conviction is what changes people” – Imisi Having started with "Lessons From The Future", "A Hole In The Kite" and "Friend or Foe", we wrap "In Thr33s" up here.......... Eagle1: Control, Control, come in for Eagle1! Control: We read you, Eagle1! How’s your pay-load? Eagle1: Can't say I'm not

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“The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success” - Otto von Bismarck “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them” -  A. A. Milne “Angels may nobly condescend to wear garments of flesh, but it’s demons who crave such outfits as a ready means to mislead many” - Imisi Our story started off with "Lessons From The Future" and "A

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“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company” - George Washington “The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time” - Abraham Lincoln The story started with "In Thr33s: Lessons From The Future" Mr Oladele’s words struck a chord within MEO’s sub-conscious and the ensuing vibration seemed to blur

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After cleaning out the cob-webs on this blog, I think it's about time I offered a proper apology for how long it's been since my last post. There are a few things I do better than making excuses - but, maybe the excuses should come later. Let's just say I've been tied-up with acclimatizing and some "mandatory" work. Thanx for understanding. Now, let's move on. “There are three classes of

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“He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else” - Benjamin Franklin “The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson” - Tom Bodett It’s understandable that a lot of people consider “I-M-I-S-I” to be a tongue-wrecking name. Since I wouldn’t want to be moving around with

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“After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best” “The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching” - Anson Dorrance Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the bRinEstAkeS show. Now, meet your performers! Introducing: Sowfoe Agbebodorun, Shawbore Lation and Gbebz Aproko. Let’s get

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 I'm sure you've been wondering what has kept me off for so long. Forgive me; I never planned it to be so. By now, I must have started my year-long service in the state called Borno (capital = Maiduguri). Yes, I could have had it moved to Lagos or PH - but I don't believe in chance. So, I might come back darker, but it must be for the better. Enough chatter, let's get o the gist of the day ...

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“Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet” – Ronaldo “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion” - Mia Hamm      “Twenty-two grown men chasing one little ball”! Is that

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“I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much” - Mother Teresa “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us” - Albert Schweitzer Have you ever been so frustrated you could smash your {very expensive} phone

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“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just” - Blaise Pascal “When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt” - L.F. Buscaglia It might be fashionable in some circles for a man, after seeing a (usually cute) lady a few times, to walk up to her and share the content of a “divine revelation”. It usually goes

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"Courage is not the absence of fears. Rather, it is the ability to do the necessary – in spite of prevalent fears" “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul” - E.W. Wilcox Are you familiar with the Russian Roulette? It’s a game (invented in Russia) played with a revolver and a bullet – amongst all other

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Please read Part 1 first “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do” - J.W.V. Goethe "Whatever tomorrow will bring with it is what we hand it today" - Imisi Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t entirely stupid when he embarked on that hunger-strike. He knew pretty much that his life was ebbing away like the tip of a lit cigarette with every passing day. Yet, he persisted until

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“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself” - Jean Anouilh  “Love lives at the intersection of desire and resolve; with expression for a drive-way” - Imisi How would you define a moment? Wait a second! Let’s back things up a little bit. Imagine that you’re running for a very prestigious post (say President) and your running mate is named “D. Clock”. Now, imagine also that at the make-or-break

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“The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers” – Marshall McLuhan “.....That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” - William Shakespeare Did you ever get to see the movie “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”? I mean the original, not the one with RMD, Saint Obi and Jim Iyke {if they finally got round to it}; the one from back when Clint Eastwood was

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“What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God” – Eleanor Powell “Life is like a Thai Cuisine; the sweet always comes with the sour” – Imisi The mere existence of coincidence would make this post completely unnecessary. Yet, as I always say, chance and coincidence might exist; I just choose to ignore them! Have you ever had a pen so good you stopped using it because you

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                   “Ideas pull the trigger but instinct loads the gun” - Don Marquis         “The black man says it's the white man. The white man says it’s the black man. Indians say it's the coloured. The coloured say it's everyone” – Lucky Dube The idea of me wasn’t even conceived at the time a lot of the following events transpired. Much of the story is fact; the rest is a sparkly brew

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                       "Have an aim in life - then don't forget to pull the trigger"    “You get more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone” – Al Capone                                                  Please read Part 1 first. I remember back in 2007, when the highly informed Tunde Solate told me “there’s this new guy in the US. Watch out for him. He’s headed for

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                              "Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die" - Amelia Burr A few days ago, I was taking a trip from the heart of the city to a suburb. The road was busy and narrow – and full of herculean pot-holes. Well, I had been on many like that so, no “biggy”. It was to be another ordinary journey – but that soon changed. I was in for a low-budget James Bond

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"A politician will say what the people want to hear. A motivator will say what the people need to hear. Learn to say what you want the way they like to hear it" - Imisi First, I must say this is not an attempt to justify my being perpetually late to church. In fact, I’m working extra-hard to correct that. That being said, let’s carry on! I don’t know if you’re like me, wondering why most of

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                                                                                                  You might wanna read Part 1 first.                                                    "Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it"  - Christopher Morley By age 14, I had literally been pushed into the wall. I had set the domestic record for stooping down (about an hour or so!) I had lost

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"Just because everything is changing doesn't mean it's never been this way before" - Regina Spektor Life! What a thing! It’s lived forwards but can only be understood backwards! The only way to really understand life is having eyes behind your head! Now, looking back, it's much easier to understand the events of the past 20+ years. If I had a second shot at life, things would certainly be

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                           "Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one" - Benjamin Franklin                                                       "Anger is like a boomerang. It always comes back at you" - Imisi A long while back, I was feeling unwell for longer than I would have loved to routinely attribute to stress. I decided to have a check-up (that was before all the cute

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"Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes" - Marquis De Sade "Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All others seem to follow in its train" - Gautama Siddharta I'm pretty convinced that by Adam's reckoning, the only differences between him and Eve were physical; the dual-exhaust recreation centres up north and the honey-pot down south – and maybe

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A man once said "Without rules, we are nothing but savages". Then, another said "Rules are but imaginary boundaries waiting to be crossed by the adventurous". If I absolutely had to go with one of them, I'm still not sure which it'll be. As a kid, mom was always yelling the "no sugar in your Garri" rule in my face. This was usually followed quickly (with the same "

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