Posted by 9jabook.com on August 16, 2008 at 4:36am
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John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood
I choose to be in a good mood.'
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins..Wanna see my scars?'
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.'
'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked
He continued, '..the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.'
'What did you do?' I asked.
'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity''
Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:
01. Delete this
02. Forward it to the people you care about.
You know the choice I made.
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Posted by 9jabook.com on August 12, 2008 at 2:35am
9jabook is a social network focussed on mentoring and educating its members on any topic under the sun .We also offer free stock options for members that bring in people to the site . We give free lessons and advice via our RVP scheme Reverse venture capitalist project .Backed by a team of Experts in Banking ,IT ,Finance ,Aviation ,Entertainment ,Health we are taking social networking to the next level and empoering the youth of nigeria . I am the founder and ceo . Join the site and lets take it from there .I love facebook but what has facebook done for my pocket lately . That is our mantra .Take care
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Posted by 9jabook.com on August 6, 2008 at 12:10am
A message to all members of www.9jabook.com
Hi 9jabook Family,
We have decided that not only are we all members but we are also a family of Nigerians,Africans and Children of this world, ready to make a difference.
This week is movie star week.
Monday and Tuesday was Female Movie Star Week
Wednesday and Thursday is for the guys !
We have for the guys
Jim Iyke
Ramsey Noah
Segun Arinze
Babes
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Stella Damascus Aboderin
Genevieve Nnaji
Just goto 9jabook.com click on groups.
We have created groups for the hottest movies stars if your star is not there be the first to create a group for them !
No double groups please, one star one group !
If you consider yourself an up and coming star then create a group ,if your group has less than five members by the next week Sorry o ! We go delete am ! No vex !
The up and coming star with the most members automatically gets a place in 9jabook bigbroda !
9jabook says Congrats to princess Anyamele she is Miss 9jabook and the first Webmate on 9jabookbigbroda, the first Nigerian big broda on the web !
nominations for bigbroda 9jabook continues send to 9jabook@gmail.com.
Also Mr 9jabook is coming soon Guys get ready to rumble.
We have partnered with www.huhuonline.com as our sole news provider.huhuonline is an investigative news service covering Nigeria.
we also now have online games to knock you out !
In two weeks our Full scale Web University will take off online at www.9jamovies.com !
Dont forget to invite your 5 unique friends or more to get the complimentary shares option and dont forget the 9jabook promise.
"Making your social network really yours"
Have fun !
Gongo Aso
Weboga aka JB !
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This week is movie star week.
We have created groups for the hottest movies stars if your star is not there be the first to create it !
No double groups one star one group !
If you consider yourself an up and coming star then create a group ,if your group has less than ten members Sorry o ! We go delete am ! No vex !
9jabook says Congrats to princess Anyamele she is Miss 9jabook !
Also Mr 9jabook is coming and
nominations for bigbroda 9jabook continues send to 9jabook@gmail.com
Have fun !
Gongo Aso
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Absolutely amazing!
Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!!
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321
1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111
9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888
Brilliant, isn't it?
And look at this symmetry:
1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
Now, take a look at this...
101%
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:
What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.
How about ACHIEVING 101%?
What equals 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help
answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
If:
H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K
8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%
And:
K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E
11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%
But:
A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E
1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%
THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:
L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D
12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%
Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:
While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!
It's up to you if you share this with your friends & loved ones just
the way I did..
Have a nice day & God bless!!
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The Piano Lounge of the Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja is perhaps the last place where a soul-stirring discussion about Nigeria and her myriads of challenges are expected to occur. The trappings of affluence, the conjured fantasies, and the recycled vanities on proud display, can almost leave you drowning in the waters of illusion – a false feeling that all is well, when so much is actually unwell.My first encounter with Nduka Otiono was during my undergraduate days at the University of Ibadan where he lectured my class as a visiting scholar to the Department of English, and successfully initiated us into the cult of Metaphysical poetry. Then he was still General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and had carved a niche for himself as one of the leading lights of the literary movement in Nigeria. Mr. Otiono’s stay with us at the department was short. He soon left the University, leaving us to battle with the wits and conceits of the metaphysical poets. That was four years ago, and I had lost touch with him until about two months ago when I located him on Facebook. So it was a meeting I eagerly looked forward to when I received a message from him last Friday 25 July, 2008 asking me to meet him the next day at the Transcorp Hilton on a brief visit to Nigeria from Canada where he recently relocated in the face of the depressing demands of the Nigerian system.I had anticipated a short meeting. But it was not to be. We spent over five hours sharing thoughts on the travails of the Nigerian nation. Our discussion moved from the poverty and hunger in the land to the Niger Delta crisis and then to the failure in leadership. For the first time in a long while, I was listening to an intellectually insightful dissection of the Nigerian conundrum. At a point, it became so emotional tears began to well up my eyes. We looked at the power sector in Nigeria, attempting a sincere analysis only to end up with an emotional paralysis. We had thought; if only Nigeria could just fix the energy problem, a large part of our problems would be solved. With $16 billion we could have generated 16, 000 megawatts of power, sufficient to help drive the Nigerian economy to unimaginable heights of economic rebirth. But today’s sad reality is a seemingly powerless probe on a power sector bedeviled by inefficiency, corruption and a harvest of scandals. What is the problem with us?In the course of our discussion, we were soon joined by one Mr. John, a friend of Mr. Otiono who works in one of the banks as a customer relations manager and then my good friend Ferdinand Adimefe, a youth corper serving at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) here in Abuja. Together, we all continued with this passionate talk about our national misfortunes. A little insight from the banking sector opened another can of worms. It was disturbing to hear how some of these financial houses had become homes to all kinds of immoral transactions. If you were not touched by the financial roguery, you only needed to hear how hundreds of Nigerian female graduates end up becoming sex merchants in some of these banks usually appearing bright and beautiful from the outside. No thanks to the proceeds of their ‘stinkingly’ rich interiors!At a point, we were joined by Mr. Toni Kan Onwordi, Head of Corporate Communications, Visafone who exchanged banters with Mr. Otiono and then moved on. I had heard so much about Toni Kan, read a few of his write-ups and had come to admire him just like my big brother Tolu Ogunlesi who works in the same outfit. I wondered how the likes of this young man survived the frightful and sleazy conditions of the Nigerian media where you are constantly confronted with the two unpleasant options of starvation or having to embrace the brown envelopes. I saluted his resilience and prayed for some of my friends in the media who are fighting to remain men and women of honour in this untidy rat race of what may be termed for want of better description, a voodoo republic that thrives on the ‘lootocratic’ orgies of a heartless hegemony! I immediately recalled that Mr. Otiono had been in the Nigerian media for over a decade and once sat on the editorial board of the now world-famous Thisday newspapers. I do not intend to write Mr. Otiono’s biography. But I am convinced that it was a good decision he made when he took a paradigm shift from the Nigerian arena, proceeding overseas in order to retain the sanity of his body and mind. What a system we operate, what a country we occupy!The statistics are horrifying. I shivered with righteous indignation when UNODC boss Mario Costa mentioned that between 1960 and the present day, Nigerian leaders had stolen over $400 billion! With just $10 billion, the city of Lagos can be transformed to the mega city status it deserves with all basic infrastructures in place. Yet, recent research and development indices have revealed that the city of Lagos is a looming catastrophe. Thus, while cities like Dubai and Hong Kong continue to amaze the world with their advancement prowess, the city of Lagos has been marked as one of the disaster megapolis of the century – waiting to happen! Why should this happen to a nation so richly blessed? Our education sector has not fared any better. When Prof. Niyi Osundare, in his valedictory lecture at the University of Ibadan remarked that the universe has left our Universities, it was a death knell that sounded loud and clear. What is the state of our tertiary education today? What kind of graduates are we producing? Are we producing assets or liabilities to society? What is happening to the infrastructure, the laboratories, the libraries, the lecture rooms and the hostels? Is it not pathetic how our Ivory Towers who society should rely on for the much desired intellectual re-engineering, have become in most cases, empty, helpless and idle towers of subsidized illiteracy?As if that is enough, Nigeria currently has about 10 million school age children out of school; 4.5 million are potential primary schools pupils and the other 5.5 million, young men and women who should be in secondary school. When you combine that with the 60 million adult illiterates in the country, you can imagine how many steps we have taken backwards all these years. Maternal mortality rate in the country is put at 1000 to 100, 000 births in our labour rooms. That is equivalent to 10 plane crashes everyday! The Nigerian situation is akin to a theatre with tragic renditions whose spectators are a heartless elite sitting, watching and satiated by this spectacle of gore, tears and sorrow.I come to one sad conclusion. The problems of this great country are man-made and if there will be any solutions, it will have to come from Nigerians themselves. But who is ready to bell the Cat? Who can rescue this rogue republic from the hands of these pirates? Here again lies the tragic irony. We have a nation populated by some of the brightest brains on the face of the earth who individually are geniuses in their own rights but have never been able to successfully fix any problem they collectively set out to solve. It is a tragedy that swings the way of pessimism, but history does not prove me wrong. We are confronted by a very strong cabal whose only interest in Nigeria is driven by their devious doctrine of self-preservation at all costs. They are deadly and dangerous. They are few in number, yet very powerful, and have resisted change in this great nation. They can get you sacked from your jobs, and make life unbearable when they think you have become a threat. That is why the efforts you and I have made so far amounts to little or nothing, because all this talk does little or nothing to them. They hardly even read you or hear you talk. But should we give up? A million times, NO! The change that we seek must prevail. It will not be an easy battle, but it must be fought and I believe we are going to conquer.
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We live in a time that it becomes imparative for youths to become self reliant and independent. That we live at a time when degrees, diplomas and certificate can hardly put food on your table is not far from the truth. The increasing rate of unemployment in the society coupled with the fact that the government are doing lesser than required to subvert the high rate of unemployment among the youths is another factor that should propel the youth of this great nation to start looking inward. this means that it is time for the youths to stand up for themselfs as the state has failed us in so many ways. We do not have to revert to dubious means or illegal means to counter the ill that the society has done to many a youth of this great nation.All hope is not lost, we can infact beyond all doubt do the unimaginable despite all the bottlenecks put in place by our leaders. all we need to do is stand up and take action by seeking wealth iniatives that will better position you for tomorrow.In lieu of the above, Youth Wealth Initiative is created to bring together Ideas, Skills and Knowledge required to enable youths create and foster ideas and initiative that will lead to Wealth Creation. This we hope to achieve through collaborative research on Business Startup, Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Skills, Community Services, Leadership Training, Project Planning and Implementation, Advocacy etc.The membership of this organization is open to every youth in Nigeria and beyond.Collectively we can achieve it!!
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hi 9jabookers,
well what can i say we have recieved a huge response on voting for miss 9jabook .
you can see results at the voting page
http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.aspx?p=808454
copy and paste or just click on this link.
Well, voting will continue until tomorrow evening 6pm
choose well !
Now to other things, 9jabook big broda will go live next week and we will do as we do on 9jabook.The people will vote !
no rigging .
vote for ten individuals to be part of it.
Requirements :
working webcam
blog on 9jabook
no profanity
no pornography
must be registered on 9jabook with 5unique friends
Big Brother 9jabook
Ten People
Ten Webcams
Ten Blogs
Ten different Lives
Vote one off every week
send your nominations to 9jabook@gmail.com
winner goes home with 200dollars ,one baaaad website,one webcamera
payment by sendquicker.com
10shares in 9jabook !
feature video on 9jamovies.com
make una shout o !
na wa o !
na so we dey do here
to your success
JB
Weboga
9jabook.com
keeping it real
gongo aso
no be beans
we are on fire !
Visit www.9jabook.com at: http://www.9jabook.com
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Hi9jabookers,
na me o JB the only African WebOga (nigerian webmaster)
hope you had a good weekend ? mine was work,work and
work .I wont complain because i like work.
ok we have crossed the 700mark ! Hip Hop Hurrah.
There is more to come but let noel my lepa friend(skinny
pass victoria beckham) first tell you what is going on
with the female face of 9jabook competition.
"ok hi guys this is noel, This is the bomb we have some
hot ladies ! very very hot 9ja princesses out there.
goto the group page at
http://www.9jabook.com/group/femalefaceofnaijabook
we hope to start voting by launch date 26th where we
will unveil the female face of 9jabook ! ok there is a
prize too. oops, did i say that ! !lol .ok i got to go
take care guys.JB don dey complain .ok back to Abi abi
na JB the weboga ! lol ! "
My sister thank you for your comments.
ok the mechanic workshop don dey do something
Newest additions to the site are
1.Set privacy see top right of page close to the
chat.you can set your privacy here.dis na for all those
toasters wey dey worry my fine naija sistas , we have a
dating site so make una go do una underG moves there
.www.naija2naija.com . oga babso and David take note una
know unaselves.lol !
2.There are a lot of websites that are very useful and
like 9jabook you have a share once you invite your five
unique members to join see these sites at the topleft of
the page!
3.The movie website is back, hold on, we are going to be
giving quality nigerian movies and broadcasts via our
internet TV!the site is up but we are still working on
it , you can upload movies and audio there now
though.www.9jamovies.com
4.Now you can buy stuff from ebay from Nigeria not only
ebay but a selection of websites from china too where
you can order things direct from the manufacturers ! yes
by this week we are launching www.9jabay.com .dont
forget the official launch of 9jabook is for the 26th of
July ! interested goto the group page .
5.Reminder to those that have not secured their five
unique friends which adhere to the rules we have laid
out for SHARING "MONEY" na una know o ! those shares
will go to another person,simple. dem say many are
called but few are ... .
The rules are simple:
"Each user gets equal share of 49percent of site
Profits. to activate invite 5 unique people, 5people !
You have to make them your friends .They must not be
people you met on 9jabook.and they must have a valid
photo ID on their profile.You also get one advert credit
when you join and that is not all ! U get a share of
other 9jabook sites and your own free website."
una don hear the gist o ! e dey happen here for 9jabook
.Nigerian facebook wey you get your own share inside too
. First in Nigeria,First in Africa,First in the Whole
World !
no other social network gives you part of it to own !
and for awoof too !
ok see una soon.
noel
representing the babes
JB
representing
d bobos
gongo Aso
no be beans
no shaking
no fighting
no playing
.....
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subject to all forms of yawa no formal represntation by
INEC EFCC , no more yahooze jamgbajitis plus all d othe
smesme .yeparipa o !
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Female Face of 9jabook competition .9jabook is doing a
female face of 9jabook.The winner would not have to
invite 5people to get their complimentary shares and if
they have done that already that means they will have
two complimentary shares Wow !
ten beautifull African princesses shall be shortlisted
and from these ten all members of 9jabook will vote for
the female face of 9jabook. the website is at
http://www.9jabook.com/group/femalefaceofnaijabook
join this group and upload your picture there Delete Comment
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