MONTEÈCLAIRS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

BUCKET LIST Don't hate me but i am absolutely not a fan of Nollywood. I mostly do white movies, why?, because there's always something to learn. A lot more to learn actually , whether in technology, video quality, script writing, casting, innovation, fiction etc. #anyway there are few exceptions from Nollywood especially in recent times# Back to the 'koko' gist of today, "The Bucket List (2007)" ... The main plot follows two terminally ill men in their early fifties from different cadre of the society who (by stroke of coincidence) met   in same hospital room, being treated for advanced Lung cancer. With only less than six months to live, they wrote a wish list which they called, ‘the Bucket List’ ; it was a list of things they planned to do before they " kick the bucket ". . (by the way, the idiom, 'Kick the bucket', means to ‘Die’). They went on a road trip to achieve their ‘Bucket List’ to the extent their strength would allow… ...

ACCREDITED CHURCH OF GOD My mum, a Pastor, an Educator and Music Minister was in her elements last night writing a song for her coming album; and as ever, everyone in the family had to be involved #or else...lol# Part of the song involved mentioning names of Churches in Nigeria. We tried listing them alphabetically, Assemblies of God, Apostolic Faith, Christ Embassy, Covenant Christian Centre, Daystar Christian Centre...but we were running out of nomenclature. Suddenly my Dad remembered that ‘Mr. Google knows  better’ #i made that up# and so we went online and our findings were  shocking , sad & hilarious.  ‘Hilarious’ , you will soon see why. ‘Shocking & Sad’, Yes! because we saw so many churches, yet so little impact considering the rate of crime, promiscuity and despicable evils prevalent in our great country and even the world at large. We were reminded of the end time by Jesus taught in Matthew 24:4-14. So dear reader, as you roll on the floor...

ANGELS ON STRIKE Breaking News! #news intro plays# “ Welcome! You are on to Space TV and this is news beyond the solar system and i’m Purity Seth. Report reaching our studio reveals a state of pandemonium ,confusion when Angels at Heaven’s gate threatened to go on strike, after a man refused judgement (with affidavit as  proof  ) stating that he was now 58yrs instead of 68yrs and so will not bear responsibility for the extra 10years...” “Na so i siddon  jejeli (calm & relaxed ) after a powerful church service for owner’s corner inside my friend moto dey hear tori o...’ Frank :-  how far with your football trials na? Jayjay:-   i went to embassy, everything was ready but they said i should change my football age from 21-20 years Frank:-    and have u done it? Jayjay:-    Yes o! Everything will be sorted soon.... My people , as i turn head to look the person (Christian brother) wey suddenly grow younger, i s...

God knows i can NEVER marry a policeman (pay me a millions bucks if it happens mistakenly...hehehe). Of course millions of Nigerians share my opinion of not liking the Police, but i’ve recently decided to see them as friends, not just because of their ad-campaigns or that they are humans too, but at least for their efforts in maintaining civil order (Titus 3:1,2, Romans 13:5 ). However, i must add they have played hilarious roles for lots of my spontaneous mischief.  As i strolled to the bus-stop with two of the Nduaguibe’s one fateful evening after youth meeting in church, we encountered a police van parked on Western Avenue, Ojuelegba , with 3 officers (one behind the steering wheel and two on either side of the front doors).Their black uniforms under darkness formed a perfect camouflage in collaboration with their dark truck, as they laid in wait for ‘criminals’ # usually traffic offenders#. As we walked past i hollered, ‘Police!’ , and kept walking with a mischief grin...

 Everybody hates to be kept waiting! Chidi was no exception, he was sick of it. He had sent me an 'epistle' (in the name of chatting) sharing his despair of waiting for a job after graduation...and his case isn't peculiar. Everybody hates to be kept waiting! Okay maybe not 'everybody #making allowance for weird exceptions# , but most 'normal' people hate to be kept waiting particularly when they are not certain of when the wait will be over. I am not quick to judge those 5 foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) who weren't sufficiently prepared for the wait on the bridegroom (there were also virgins). I'm not quick to think i know how 'waiting' people feel, be it 'Waiting Mothers', 'Waiting Singles', 'Waiting Orphans' (awaiting adoption), 'Waiting Contractors' (especially for payment on government related projects), 'Waiting Applicants', 'Waiting Hungered', 'Waiting Patients', 'Waiting...

FOUNDER’S SYNDROME David wouldn’t let me be, he kept asking prodding questions seeing the pissed look on my face. Eventually, i had to share my grievance... In retrospect, someone (another friend of mine) had offended me, threw many months of service and commitment back in my face. I was pulled out of an on-going project without-a-word, for sentimental reasons, and what he’d done was pure and simple, utter disrespect #eyes-rolling#  David smiled in understanding, then educated me on the ‘condition’ plaguing my offender, Founders Syndrome. Founder's syndrome, sometimes called founderitis , is a label normally used to refer to a pattern of behavior on the part of the founder(s) of an organization that, over time, becomes maladaptive to the successful accomplishment of the organizational mission. The term is anecdotal/unofficial and does not actually refer to a medical syndrome . It is particularly common where there has been only one person leading the orga...

NETWORK CONSPIRACY THEORY Nod your head twice if you’ve ever gotten any of these responses:   ‘ Network Busy’ , ‘Number not Available on    Network’, ‘number you have dialled is not reachable at the moment’, ‘Number does not exist’, ‘communication failure has occurred’, ‘you have insufficient balance’ , ‘you are not allowed to call this number’ ‘...your call has been terminated’   ...not to mention undelivered emails, pings and the wasting prepaid monies to the mobile networks and failed customer care   ...arrrgghhh!$#@^#&%^$R^&...mssstchheeeew ! #i guess your head is already vibrating with many nods...lol# Have i been the only one experiencing this network menace recently?? make no mistake  about it dear  friends, all the networks in Nigeria are culpable. 'Oh my God!', i exclaimed out of frustration yesterday (and short of throwing away my phones and laptop in annoyance).  I simply concluded it could only be a kinda networ...