Recollection of Yesterday

Give thanks, in all situations. That is a divine injunction that is so potent and capable of turning situations around, and i believe in that. Only sometimes, when things go so wrong, you find it difficult to give Him thanks but regardless of 'this' situation, i give God thanks.
Yesterday, i woke up happy and full of expectations for the Weaverbird Magazine (which i served as the editor-in-chief) launch. I worked hard for the production and was expecting to just drop by the printer's to collect copies for the launching, only to get there and find out a huge mistake in the pagination of the magazine from the printer. 
When i noticed it, i became angry and started yelling at the printer, then i broke down into tears and cried my heart out, before i started trying to call people,(sadly) to enlist their sympathy. Unfortunately, that didnt work. So i sat down and cried some more, on hearing the printer say something can be done about the mistake later, i became strong and took copies of the magazine to the launching venue.
Now, the launch has long been over and  i received loads of congratulations for the beautiful production, but i still feel terrible because i know my original aim has been thwarted  and my effort futile. I feel really bad but in all of these, i take responsibility for what has happened.
Plus i give thanks to ALMIGHTY GOD for inspiration, strength and for seeing us,(yes! me and my wonderful and supportive editorial crew) through to this day, when am able to gracefully say its over and hope that something can be done about the remaining mutilated copies.

Nawa for MTN Project Fame Season 5 oh

Has any other person noticed, or is it just me that see the 'tension' between MTN Project Fame West Africa Season 5 Judges and Faculty members?
Since the beginning of this season, they seem to be at loggerhead, disagreeing on almost every performance; the Judges trying to show their music expertise, and the faculty, hmm, been defensive at any criticism from the Judges. Nawa! for this season oh.

There is no excuse

I just finished watching Inside-out with Agatha Amata and i totally enjoyed the show, so i decided to talk about it.
What interested me the most was a young man in the panel who says he is a secondary school dropout and blames government for being so.
 Now that's so funny really, in this age and time, a well built, agile young man is still blaming someone-the government for his 'failure'? I mean every success story in life i have heard of , is a story of personal struggle, determination and sacrifice, you hardly will hear the word government in success stories. Being a dropout isn't even an excuse, the Bill Gates, Mark Zukerburg and Ted Turner of this world are billionaires today and they share one thing in common with Agatha Amata's panelist- they are drop outs too, only they didnt wait for government to rescue them, they worked,excel and rescue governments today.
The thing is, i don't blame this young man, we- the youths of today- always want to blame someone for our failures and inadequacies. Truth is, we have no excuse not to work and excel, government of no government, Nigerians or non-Nigerians.
Am in no way saying government should be irresponsible to citizens or be unaccountable to them, but we should know that while we cannot do much about what government does, we can do a whole lot for ourselves and we own ourselves everything to excel.That's right, everything.  

Hipppy

Just two days ago, i stumbled into what it takes to make my blogging dream a reality, and here we are today- me on a better blogging platform. Am soo happy. From now on, i invite you all to join me on www.tongryang-pantu.blogspot.com were we would have fun sharing our thoughts on different issues.