LETTER TO MY FELLOW STUDENTS:

LETTER TO MY FELLOW STUDENTS:

It’s more than four months and we are still sitting silently in this dungeon, like a patient waiting helplessly for the sharp blade of the knife of the surgeon. We have been help against our will, as captives of a decayed academic structure.

       What is rightfully ours have been forcefully taken from us. We have been denied our mental food; our limbs are now too weak to fight back.

       The infamous Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is gradually digging the foundation of our future (education), and has left us in the bitter experience of psychosomatic trauma. In a bid to salvage the academic structure, they are gradually unearthing the foundation of those structures.

       Our education sector is now a victim of the whims and caprice of politics. This strike is a typical solecism of our lettered professors. Their much vaunted academic prowess has been put to question, following their recent actions.

       We have heard and received a lot of canards with regards to the strike. But the truth is that we are not going back to school anytime soon. the last NEC meeting held on Saturday 23rd November 2013, was just another of those meeting held, merely to waste time and to fulfill all righteousness, as no conclusions were reached. While 60% of the academic gurus agitated for a call off, the rest were praying for a probe into the death of their colleague who they claimed was assassinated, and so the strike can go on.

       It is our belief that one day we shall be free from the mental torture and inhumane treatment meted on us by our captors (ASUU). This is a battle for our right and we must fight to any height.

Yours Sincerely

Augustus C.

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HOT GISTS:

HOT GISTS:

Ø     Those agitating for the total cancellation of Anambra guber elections are indirectly advocating for the extension of Gov Obi's tenure. if it took INEC more than 1 year to prepare and organize an election that will later be cancelled due to incompetence, how long does one think it will take them to prepare and organize an election that will later be upheld. Probably this time it will take 2 or more years, thereby extending Obi's tenure which has barely few months to lapse.

Ø     Hon. Uche Ekwunife should be ashamed of her recent political actions. During the campaign she was one of the APGA stalwarts that raised Obiano's hand and declared him the best candidate for Anambra. How come she's now going to court to contest Obiano's legibility to contest? She probably thinks that the events of Rivers state, (where Omehia won and Rotimi took over six months later, after Omehia's legibility was contested and won in court) would happen in Anambra. Her political advisors, if she has any, should wake her from this pipe dream. She should have a better dream than that of becoming a Governor in 2014.

Ø     Without being bias, I think this ASUU strike is becoming one of those dirty games of politics. They now claim that their dead colleague was assassinated, and so the mystery behind his death should be unraveled before they can call off the strike. They also want the President to pay them the 4months salary that was held during the time of their strike. Who is fooling who? Have we forgotten the saying: "no work, no pay"? You leave your work place for 4months in the name of strike, and expect salary for those months. I seriously think that all those professors need a therapy to evaluate their mental proficiency, because they are recently behaving like retards.

Augustus C.

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MIRROR OF LIFE.

MIRROR OF LIFE.

Each time I look into the mirror, I have three questions in mind. Do I see who I was? Do I see who I am? Or do I see who I want to be? Unfortunately, there is no one around to answer these questions but myself.

I have lied to myself most times. I have always thought that I am better than the drug addict that smokes hemp in the bush behind my house; I have thought myself to be better than the derelict that sleeps in the street; I have thought myself to be better than the drop-out who now uses the trigger to earn a living. Maybe I have been wrong all this while.

       Looking at the mirror this morning, I saw a shadow, a shadow I have thought for so long to be myself; A shadow that bears the exterior and not my interior resemblance. For how long have I lived  in ignorance. How long have I ignored my mistakes because no one was there to see them?

       What is the difference between me and the drug addict or the derelict across the street? They all made mistakes like I did, but people never saw mine like they saw theirs.

I have tried enough living in a borrowed world and covering my mistakes in ignorance.

Could this be my past haunting me, or are my being taunted by the image on the broken mirror. Who do I really see in this mirror?

I might have made mistakes in the past, but now I have to correct them, or join the long queue on the line of doom.

Most times in life we think we are better than others, but if we could take a closer look in the mirror of our life, we might see ourselves drowning with others.

Change is not far from the moment when you looked into that mirror. You might not be close to where it started, but if you try, you might be close to where it ends. A decision is taken in a moment, and that moment can change a life.

Augustus C.

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ASUU STRIKE: A HOSTAGE SITUATION

ASUU STRIKE: A HOSTAGE SITUATION

The problem with ASUU and the government is that they don’t understand. They don’t care to know where the students stand. They have been throwing these stones at each other for so long, without caring about who gets caught in the middle.

       Gradually, days run into weeks, months run into years and nobody cares. In a bid to salvage the academic structures of the country, they are gradually unearthing the pillars of these structures.

       What has the death of a man got to do with millions of lives at stake? Why not accord the dead respect with a minute silence or maybe an hour silence or even more, as they may prefer? But no! ASUU chose to postpone a crucial meeting that would decide the fate of Millions of Nigerian Students in order to mourn a dead colleague for seven days.

       I have wondered: what if this man never died? What if he was in coma? I bet ASUU would have told the students to wait till he is out of coma, before anything could be said about the 4 month old strike.

       This strike is gradually becoming a hostage situation. ASUU is the hostile, students, parents government and the entire Education Sector is the hostages. What ransom will be due for ASUU to release the education sector from this hostage situation? 

       I thought the grey hairs of these professors were insignias of wisdom, but their recent actions have made me wonder if these hairs were bleached. Where they should have fought with wisdom of their grey hairs, they have fumbled with dirt in their bare hands.

       This is a breach to our Human rights. We are entitled to sound education, but ASUU have denied us this entitlement, with their subterfuge to hold on the strike. It is high time we demanded justice.

       If we don’t rise up to the situation and tackle this problem with both hands, then we might be using those hands to bury more dead bodies and probably mourn them for the rest of our lives.

Augustus C.

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www.umuahianlodge.blogspot.com

Woman gives birth on board Arik Flight enrout to London.makes emergency landing in Spain.

Woman gives birth on board Arik Flight enrout to London.makes emergency landing in Spain.

According to Thisday newspaper,

An Arik Air flight with over 100 passengers en route to London Sunday was forced to make an emergency landing in Palmas, Spain, as a woman went into labour and gave birth while the aircraft was airborne.

The pilot was said to have requested the emergency landing on the advice of two doctors who were on board the aircraft and had helped the mother deliver the baby.
When the passenger went into labour, the cabin crew asked that doctors on board the flight to identify themselves. Following the announcement, two of the passengers came forward, saying they were doctors and assisted in the delivery of the baby.
Normally, a source disclosed that in the few instances where women have given birth on board, the aircraft would continue its flight to its final destination. However, the Arik flight was forced to make an emergency landing following the advice of the doctors that the woman was bleeding excessively - she was said to have experienced excessive hemorrhaging, necessitating the emergency landing.
At the time of this report, both mother and child were said to have been stable but were left behind in Palmas for monitoring by medical personnel, while the flight continued on its journey to London.

The airline was trying to ascertain if the woman had presented a false medical report from her doctor on the true duration of her pregnancy or she had gone into premature labour while on board the flight.

Women with full term pregnancies are not allowed to travel by air, according to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations. As such, intending pregnant passengers are required to present medical reports certifying that they are less than 32 weeks pregnant before they are allowed to fly.

A source said the airline was carrying out a full-scale investigation to ascertain the genuineness of the medical report presented by the woman. 

Arik Air’s management said yesterday that if it is discovered that the woman was given a false report to enable her fly, it would file a special complaint against the doctor who had issued the medical report to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) for endangering her life and that of the baby, as well that of other passengers on board the flight. 

#im curious, what nationality is that child going to be? Will the baby's mom be claiming her baby is from Nigeria, Spain or even London....*confusedface*

GAME OF LOVE

GAME OF LOVE

It is not a battle, but it is very fierce. The game of love, a game where trust is a big question. A game of two halves of love and lust, whichever you decide to play in, is at your own cost.

       In this game you are regarded as the best player, if you are able to dribble as many chics as you want without scoring a goal; only then can you be awarded with the infamous award “PLAYBOY”.     In this game the word mercy exists only at the back page or not at all; on the cover page, you will find the word FUN boldly written.

       “Messilessly” the guys dribble the chics and “Ramosly” the chics try to stop their amorous advances. In this game, you don’t have or need a Howard Webb to be fair in officiating the game. Ironically there are no rules in this game, you either kick or be kicked; it is a free for all game. Interestingly some decide to stand on the lines and remain spectators.

       The only match fixing ever witnessed in the game of love is gossip. This crime is more rampant with the chics, and the Supreme governing body of this game, “Free Independent Flirts Association (FIFA)”, is trying to curtail the fixing.

The game is an open transfer market, but here you don’t buy or sell; you just steal the player that has the money bag or beauty packs, not minding if your best friend is the manager of the player.

      

       One funny thing about this game is that it is always in session and unlike other types of games where fatigue is an excuse, here fatigue is a sickness and all players are always in form.

       As a guy that wants to join this game, money must be ringing bell in your pockets, because that’s the only socket that gives a girl wireless connection.

As a girl that wants to join the game, in order to appear more appetizing in the transfer market, you can colonise two different countries (Brazil & Nigeria) on your hair, and maybe call it “BRAGERIAN HAIR”. It doesn’t matter, if you paint yourself into a modern masquerade, because no guy will play if you are not… Don’t forget to polish your English and fine tune your voice, because guys are tired of hearing “I’m Brushing” instead of “I’m Blushing”.  

If you want to be a spectator, fine! Funny enough, there are no gate fees, but don’t indulge in match fixing. And be careful, the goals that are not scored on the field of play can be scored at the viewing points.

I like this game

Like seriously?

Oops!

Augustus C.

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