Showing posts with label Random Cyber Inscription. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random Cyber Inscription. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Hello Dear Readers!
Thank you for all your comments and messages thus far, much appreciated. For those who read but are not following yet please feel free to do so by clicking the “follow button” on the right hand-side :-)
Meanwhile…
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Arsenal Versus Barcelona
Venue: Emirates Stadium Date: Wednesday, 16 February Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live and Live on ITV 1
This is just a quick and brief post today. If you’re not a fan of football/soccer I apologize in advance. Admittedly I myself am no football fanatic; however I do support Arsenal & make a point of watching their big games….
Well, it doesn’t get any bigger than Arsenal’s match against Barcelona tomorrow and I felt the occasion was big enough to justify a blog.
So…Gunners are you ready? Our boys certainly are, “They” were up early this morning training at London Colney ! Oh, and the “They” included Samir Nasri, Woohoo!! Apparently he trained with the rest of the team and has recovered from the injury that he sustained to his hamstring in the game against Huddersfield. Nasri will be at the Emirates despite a possibility that our much loved midfielder may not start… :-S (*Shaking my head*)
We don’t want a repeat of last season when Gallas et al started but had to leave the pitch in the first half. We all know how that story ended! What else? Rosicky is playing but Diaby isn’t because he went and messed up his calf whilst playing from France. (Sucks). There is more, let’s not forget that Sagna is suspended because he was sent off in the Partizan Belgrade game. (*sigh*)
This is a big match for us, if, (sorry, I meant when) we beat Barca we are unstoppable! Nothing logical should prevent us from wining the Champions League! We’ve been in the Champions League quarter finals three seasons in a row and if we want be there a fourth time we need to beat Barca tomorrow regardless of the presence of Messi, Pedro and Villa.
In a nutshell we need to play with passion, no regrets or stupid stunts by both team members and Manager, just superb clean heartfelt football.
I hope Arsenal does the unthinkable tomorrow and exceeds all expectations leaving Barcelona with a humbled lesson in the beauty of the underdog.
Friday, 21 January 2011
Do you think Bruno Mars has a shrink? Do you think he should be left unsupervised? Grenades, bullets & blades? Readymade nooses tied 2 pianos etc… Maybe his shrink suggested music as an outlet..Everybody thank that clever shrink bcos that’s one talented dude nonetheless.
(Disclaimer- No I do not think he is crazy, OBVIOUSLY....)
(Disclaimer- No I do not think he is crazy, OBVIOUSLY....)
Sunday, 16 January 2011
YSL, Dior & disappointment ...
I just watched a video on a blog called “A Writer’s Life” (http://margeryehannah.blogspot.com/2011/01/rip-yves-saint-laurent.html) The video was about the passing of the late YSL(RIP), and his legacy in the fashion world.
Amidst the cool shots of high fashion catwalks and red carpet events I could not but help pay close attention to the narration. A particular series of events in YSL’s life really stood out to me...
“If the late YSL was not drafted into the army leading to him losing his job working for Dior, he probably would have never established one of the biggest fashion houses of all time. Put simply my dear readers, in every disappointment there is a blessing.”
That’s all folks.
Saturday, 1 January 2011
1/1/11 HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!! 2011 is Here!
Hello World,
If you’re reading this give yourself a big cheezey pat on the back because you have made this bloggers day. (Why? Because I’m just happy to know that someone out there in the big world has taken a second out of their busy schedule or not so busy schedule to read my blog.)
Ok so it goes like this, I was on my laptop, I look to the bottom right hand corner and saw the time, it read, 23.30 pm. I thought to myself, “Darn I am supposed to make sure I blog every day in this New Year.” Then I thought to myself again. “Who are you trying to kid, what is the point, you will never keep it up”. I thought to myself again “No! no! no! it’s a New year! YES I CAN! (Or, yes I CAN TRY at least)”. So here I am blogging.
The greatest thing about this blogging thing is that there are no fixed rules, (I Think), and technically this still counts as a blog and fulfils my daily blogging quota even though it’s just a few sentences (or so) to wish everybody a Happy New Year. So here goes....
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Welcome to 2011!! Or 20ELEVation as I like to call it...
Oh one more thing today has a quirky date. Check it out; today’s date reads. 1.1.11 or 1/1/11. Cool right?
Peace and Love
Cyber D
XOXOX
N/B
“Isaiah 43: 18-19 NKJV
Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth, shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Thirst for Oppression and the Hierarchy Dance?
Dear reader this is a re-write! I accidently deleted the original version that I blogged on 27/10/10! (Sorry,I know, very silly of me.) I have tried my best to remember what I wrote and re- posted it for your viewing. (Hopefully it still makes a bit of sense)
I recently read a post on Adun Okupe’s blog … (http://adunokupe.blogspot.com/2010/10/stereotypes.html).
The post highlighted a scenario which I will summarise in the interest of simplicity. Two customers were in a store in Nigeria waiting to be served by a store assistant. Customer A was rude and abusive. Customer B was polite courteous and patient. Despite the negative traits and characteristic demonstrated by customer A the store assistant opted to serve them first. Why was this? It can be argued that customer B was regarded and deep weak and a bit daft and therefore unworthy of priority customer service.
On being prompted by this Adun’s blog to think about a scenario similar to that of the one above I got a sudden urge to write the following;
Have Nigerians have somehow managed to distort one of the most beautiful and unchallenged characteristics of the Nigerian culture. (I use the term Nigerian culture loosely for simplicity)
What is this characteristic? The characteristic of Nigerian culture that I deem beautiful is the unfettered “Respect for Hierarchy”
Be it in the church, village, mosque, classroom, youth camp, household, government or office there is clear consensus on the supremacy of hierarchy within Nigerian society. The term seniority is evidently one of great meaning within Nigerian society. I mean, who dares to usurp their senior in Nigerian society? Is it possible to meet a Nigerian that has never had certain words spoken to them or at least heard them rained upon someone in their presence? For example, “Is he/she your mate?” “I am talking and you are talking”, etc.
From as early as the boarding house and senior school assemblies ground days, ones rank, position and role within Nigerian society is established and clearly defined. There is a general consensus that one should know their place and be dammed if they dare to step out of line.
Arguably such clear adherence to the respect and acknowledgement of hierarchy is a positive thing, after all a lack of structure and organisation can inevitably lead to chaos and anarchy. (Yes reader, I see the irony in that sentence.)
So… what is my point? What has this respect for hierarchy got to do with poor customer service received by the majority of patient and courteous within Nigerian society? Why so much respect for “the hierarchy” but not so much respect for the individuals within that hierarchy when in day to day interactions, situations and scenarios? Why the polite are sometimes labelled daft or perceived as weak? If you are softly spoken does that make you a mumu (moron)? Surely one does not need to raise their voice to be deemed assertive?
Perhaps it’s because some Nigerians have come to forget that strong leadership does not equate oppression. One may be feared, but that same being may not be respected. One may have power but that same person may not benefit from true loyalty. The greatest assets in life are alien to the terms naira, dollar and sterling.
Change has to start somewhere, and that place can be it in the smallest of settings. For example change can occur during the most mundane and routine tasks and interactions. The lady in the store shouts at the cashier because the cashier lets her, the cashier lets her because she needs her job and her boss will sack her, the boss will sack her because her Oga will vex if the customer complains because he needs money. Money is more important to him than the level of abuse his staff incurs on a daily basis right? What would the outcome be if the Oga had used his position to give the store boss the authority and confidence to promote a zero tolerance policy on abusive customers thus empowering the cashier to refuse service to the rude lady and opt to serve the polite customer instead? Do you think if this was the norm in the store and stores in Nigeria the rude lady would at least start to think about changing her ways? Small change, large impact!
In the pursuit of happiness the majority Nigerians have become comfortable and anti-change. The higher up the hierarchy one is the more change adverse they become. Who wants to change a system that is convenient insofar as they can keep throwing the right colour notes at it?
The concept of hierarchy in Nigeria is no longer being used as a means of establishing order. It is ironically used as a vehicle to ensure that order on a mass scale is prevented. It ensures the convenience of those at the top and the oppression of those at the bottom.
When you witness people being rude in public and their rude behaviour being rewarded in the form of them getting whatever goods or services they demand, you are witnessing the “Hierarchy Dance.”
What is the point of being so high up in the hierarchy if nobody knows? Just in case the witnesses missed the cars, houses and expensive jewellery there is just a little extra something that the misguided do. They perform the hierarchy dance. The dance is performed to show how high up they are. People tend to do what they are allowed to do. So the question is not why they do it, the question is why are the allowed to do it?
Obviously not everybody high up in the hierarchy is misguided, due to the grace of God in their lives and it is because of this Nigeria still has hope!
So all is not lost!
Luv from
The Cyber Inscriber
xoxo
Dear reader this is a re-write! I accidently deleted the original version that I blogged on 27/10/10! (Sorry,I know, very silly of me.) I have tried my best to remember what I wrote and re- posted it for your viewing. (Hopefully it still makes a bit of sense)
I recently read a post on Adun Okupe’s blog … (http://adunokupe.blogspot.com/2010/10/stereotypes.html).
The post highlighted a scenario which I will summarise in the interest of simplicity. Two customers were in a store in Nigeria waiting to be served by a store assistant. Customer A was rude and abusive. Customer B was polite courteous and patient. Despite the negative traits and characteristic demonstrated by customer A the store assistant opted to serve them first. Why was this? It can be argued that customer B was regarded and deep weak and a bit daft and therefore unworthy of priority customer service.
On being prompted by this Adun’s blog to think about a scenario similar to that of the one above I got a sudden urge to write the following;
Have Nigerians have somehow managed to distort one of the most beautiful and unchallenged characteristics of the Nigerian culture. (I use the term Nigerian culture loosely for simplicity)
What is this characteristic? The characteristic of Nigerian culture that I deem beautiful is the unfettered “Respect for Hierarchy”
Be it in the church, village, mosque, classroom, youth camp, household, government or office there is clear consensus on the supremacy of hierarchy within Nigerian society. The term seniority is evidently one of great meaning within Nigerian society. I mean, who dares to usurp their senior in Nigerian society? Is it possible to meet a Nigerian that has never had certain words spoken to them or at least heard them rained upon someone in their presence? For example, “Is he/she your mate?” “I am talking and you are talking”, etc.
From as early as the boarding house and senior school assemblies ground days, ones rank, position and role within Nigerian society is established and clearly defined. There is a general consensus that one should know their place and be dammed if they dare to step out of line.
Arguably such clear adherence to the respect and acknowledgement of hierarchy is a positive thing, after all a lack of structure and organisation can inevitably lead to chaos and anarchy. (Yes reader, I see the irony in that sentence.)
So… what is my point? What has this respect for hierarchy got to do with poor customer service received by the majority of patient and courteous within Nigerian society? Why so much respect for “the hierarchy” but not so much respect for the individuals within that hierarchy when in day to day interactions, situations and scenarios? Why the polite are sometimes labelled daft or perceived as weak? If you are softly spoken does that make you a mumu (moron)? Surely one does not need to raise their voice to be deemed assertive?
Perhaps it’s because some Nigerians have come to forget that strong leadership does not equate oppression. One may be feared, but that same being may not be respected. One may have power but that same person may not benefit from true loyalty. The greatest assets in life are alien to the terms naira, dollar and sterling.
Change has to start somewhere, and that place can be it in the smallest of settings. For example change can occur during the most mundane and routine tasks and interactions. The lady in the store shouts at the cashier because the cashier lets her, the cashier lets her because she needs her job and her boss will sack her, the boss will sack her because her Oga will vex if the customer complains because he needs money. Money is more important to him than the level of abuse his staff incurs on a daily basis right? What would the outcome be if the Oga had used his position to give the store boss the authority and confidence to promote a zero tolerance policy on abusive customers thus empowering the cashier to refuse service to the rude lady and opt to serve the polite customer instead? Do you think if this was the norm in the store and stores in Nigeria the rude lady would at least start to think about changing her ways? Small change, large impact!
In the pursuit of happiness the majority Nigerians have become comfortable and anti-change. The higher up the hierarchy one is the more change adverse they become. Who wants to change a system that is convenient insofar as they can keep throwing the right colour notes at it?
The concept of hierarchy in Nigeria is no longer being used as a means of establishing order. It is ironically used as a vehicle to ensure that order on a mass scale is prevented. It ensures the convenience of those at the top and the oppression of those at the bottom.
When you witness people being rude in public and their rude behaviour being rewarded in the form of them getting whatever goods or services they demand, you are witnessing the “Hierarchy Dance.”
What is the point of being so high up in the hierarchy if nobody knows? Just in case the witnesses missed the cars, houses and expensive jewellery there is just a little extra something that the misguided do. They perform the hierarchy dance. The dance is performed to show how high up they are. People tend to do what they are allowed to do. So the question is not why they do it, the question is why are the allowed to do it?
Obviously not everybody high up in the hierarchy is misguided, due to the grace of God in their lives and it is because of this Nigeria still has hope!
So all is not lost!
Luv from
The Cyber Inscriber
xoxo
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