Make Friends They catch you when you fall, and even if they are not there when you fall don’t regret making them your friends.

Steps in the sand of Time were not made sitting down! Stand the …. up.

Achievements today:

1. NuGrotto database(backend) reconcilation with customer cards. Using SQL Managment “Console”

The customer cards had been prepared ( a lot of celebs are nuGrotto club pips o: dj zeez, dbanj, tuface, rita dominic, wande coal, don jazzi, even Basket Mouth I surprise for that one o etc)

I had to go to the Bitel terminal verification software (on the resident flash), then to the MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader) then swipe the card o the terminal. The Track no. displayed on the terminal was used as the Card Number in the NuGrotto DB. Then I’d look for the name on the card in the DB then enter the corresponding Track no./Card Number. There were cases of  non-corresponding Customer names on the card and in the DB which I corrected. Then for some cards there was no record at all. Also set the PINs to a default value for all customers too.

2. Prepared a Job completion Form for use on the NuGrotto project.

Today is the birthday of two of my most wonderful friends. Hope I was able to make their day in a lil way sha. God bless em and give em long life tagged with prosperity. Friends you know yourselves and Hope every inch of the way in this new year will be fulfilling.

My eyes are probably blood-shot right now, stayed awake 99% of the past-night.

Work today is boring o. Being working lil by lil wit Miss Felicia on Paymaster new Website, Installation and supply of neccessary software to do offline editing of  delievered outsourced job.

Progress with NACOSS UNIOSUN election proceedings.

Had a lot of surprises on facebook today. Started work on editing and reconcilation of customer cards with SQL database for NuGrotto Loyalty Solution.

Listening to Cece Winan’s, it wasn’t easy, what a coincidence. Well its been a week  or somefin since I wrote something here. Been able to write a partial report for NACOSS UNIOSUN

Wednesday:

I didn’t go to the office at all ‘cos I was so broke! Imagine the rest. A real tight day. Anyway at the end of the day my cuz called that he was in Lagos and i should come over to stay with em in the hotel.

Thursday

Continued work on Vending solution

Friday

Started work on Bitel “screen” animation for paymaster products. This place has sort of sucked for the past two weeks. Nothing really to do. But time to work on my project research sha.

Went to Ikeja, To Taafoo, didn’t get the Belkin wireless adapter, they gave the excuse that I didn’t call to “claim” my

Please look at this took statements and please judge if there is no difference

1.Please Note: Prizes not claimed within 7 days of notification is
automatically lost.

2. However, you are to call/mail for confirmation of  prize won within 7
days of this notification else prize is automatically lost.

unwise people. just wasted owo ti o si nbe. God will judge

Anyway the second statement was from a corrected mail they sent after talking (or is it arguing) with them at there office. They sent the second mail to notify me that I had won another thing. Don’t even know if I have there time now.

Saturday

Had to go to chamscity. Supposed to take off like 8am and get there 9am o. Boy, David Woke up at about 15mins to 10, you can’t blame now. I only get to sleep on Saturdays. Its virtually like I compulsorily sleep-walk during the week. Anywayz got to chamscity very late. I ate in the resturant there the result I had to deal with about 6hrs later, t’was terrrrible.

After the whole SIM REG demo data capture, we all dispersed (paymaster pips). Other Chams subsidiaries came with their own data capture solution.

From there I went to IB. Its was so boring, No light bla…bla… I just decided to sleeeeeeeeeeeep. Woke up when my sisters and mum back (Dad on another trip Abuja this time)

Sunday:

Virtually no difference from yesterday until latter in the day. Worked on Giskonsult project(did a little yesterday too). Had to go to the gatemen’s house to work at home. Finally left home at about 4:40 to meet Pastor T at Iwo-road Biggs only to get there and didn’t meet him. Worked at a Petrol Station First then left to his parent’s house (at Alarere) Stayed and worked in the car.From there went to the  Tantalizers at Iwo-road an worked till a few mins to 9. Took off to Lag arnd that time (called to Stay with  my cuz at Ibafo).

Monday (Today)

Got to work sort of early.

You know the state of the mind sometimes is what prevents us from having a diary. Why did I say that? Well it wasn’t like I wasn’t online almost throughtout last week, but my situation and environment where not so encouraging. No money, blame it on … nobody! not even myself. Tough to understand.

 I really had time to think this weekend. What is a jobless, sleeper-waker movie watcher to do. One of my most striking thoughts, really stuck, “if you are bothered by abnormalies in life then you definitely suffer”. You would probably ask why, this is probably similar to my favourite original and shortest quote “… never be surprised”. Yoruba people say “… ti a ba ti ku, ani ye ma ri” wish I could accentuate that.Humans are embidiment of Abnormalies. But specfically, Nigerians are the best Abnormalies. Abnormaly NO 1: Behaviourial abnormalies: We are under so much stress yet we stand tall. Our elasticity is so unique, Yield, surrender is not in a true Nigerians lexicon. I was the other day looking at the high-risings in lagos, particularly the 1004 estate. I was like if it was elsewhere only God knows how many people would have jumped off this building. Imagine walking on the street of any typical Nigerian city. You suddenly see two people fighting or lets even say arguing right on the express causing hold-up for another 5km behind them, some further enquries later, you find out they are arguing about the most stupid thing… thats behaviourally Ok like that is not enough look at this awon agbalagba ara ti wo n ja on TV and these are our leaders o.

The internet is another way where you can actually see people express this human-nature-born abnormaly. its just there in us. I saw one guy (a white) crying profusely (actually laughing) about Nigerians leaving one guy(can’t remember his name) in the National team that fumbled alone, that we are lucky he evn played for us. By the time I finished watching the video all I could say is God is just great. The same God that made other people is the same that created this one o. He is like the best programmer u know?

Looking more generally now, going to the hospital probably will widen your horizon on what I mean by abnormalies.

Wednesday:

Got so late to work, I was queried. Anyway for now, informally by Mrs. Ifueko. I hope it doesn’t get formal anytime soon. Although it quiet unsual of me anyway. I normally would be in the Office by 7am (like this morning) although we are supposed to resume by 9am. I like my workplace (probably not my work). I like the people there. But the work not so thrilling for me no offence to anyone but. Thats just how it is.

Thursday:

Installed Antiviruses for all the desktop systems in Paymaster.

Friday:

Started work on a “simulation” interface kinda stuff for the vending solution using flash. To illustrate how the flow of the solution should be like.