Business Class 101

The last day of the month and the end of January. 'Already'? That is the first word that comes to mind. Was it not just yesterday that we crossed over into the New Year with fireworks and many declarations of resolutions that are mostly being forgotten as the year runs its course?

Hmmmm. I guess we would just need wait a little bit more to know who’s treading the path of courage and pulling the year by the balls and who is allowing the year to give em a kick in the groin.

A few months back, I had a chat via the blackberry messenger with a friend and I have decided to post parts of it here. Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals. *wink*

 

Looks like a long read but you'll find it worth your time. This is a classic example of a business class. Hope you enjoy reading it.

*Note that I have left it a lot like the original gist. However I have tried to input a few translations to aid understanding of the non-English parts.

 

JAMES:

Hmmm

JAMES:

Mo mi kanle  (Deep sigh)

Smith:

Kilode

JAMES:

Dat thing they call the ahhh moment is missing

JAMES:

I don't care what anyone tells me

JAMES:

Just one thing will turn RiseNet around

Smith:

Yea

Smith:

Ehn?

Smith:

U get d gist

Smith:

And dats what everyone wanna c

Smith:

Ok...

JAMES:

Believe me if I begin do events coverage frm everywhere

Smith:

And that is...

Smith:

Ok...

JAMES:

Something must shele (something must happen)

Smith:

I still never get o

JAMES:

We are not knwn for anything

Smith:

Explain na

JAMES:

Kk

Smith:

As in...

JAMES:

Lemmie explain

Smith:

Yep

Smith:

U r known for playing movies

Smith:

*Smiles*

Smith:

On TV

Smith:

And dats all

Smith:

Spread

Smith:

*Smiles*

JAMES:

Sorry dat is a perception

Smith:

Unseen spread

JAMES:

I tell u

Smith:

12midnite spread

JAMES:

We are not even good for movies

JAMES:

Cos if we are that alone wld sell us everywhere

JAMES:

But it is not

JAMES:

Well for class the say theories are always evolving

JAMES:

The threory that RiseNet is an entertainment brand is not verifiable

JAMES:

So it is a myth not a theory

JAMES:

No vex o

JAMES:

Na my adult education dey show face

Smith:

*Laughs*

Smith:

Ok

Smith:

I understand

Smith:

Go on

JAMES:

Neither is it verifiable that RiseNet is a movie brand

Smith:

Ok

JAMES:

If u understand what a brand is

JAMES:

U will know that calling RiseNet a movie brand is a fallacy

JAMES:

A brand is identifiable in any form that it may take

JAMES:

For example coke itself in nigeria is not a brand

Smith:

*Smiles*

JAMES:

But the container is

Smith:

*Laughs*

Smith:

U r def right

Smith:

U don start Orange Academy ni?

JAMES:

So even though I drink only coke

Smith:

*Smiles*

JAMES:

If they pour pepsi in a cup I wld most like be confused enuf and even drink it

JAMES:

Lolz

JAMES:

Noooo

JAMES:

This na pure commonsense

JAMES:

​or maybe it is not

Smith:

*Laughs*

Smith:

Ok

JAMES:

Which one is orange academy?

Smith:

Wen u say adult edu

Smith:

Na brand mgt academy for naija

Smith:

For maryland

JAMES:

Now how den do we define RiseNet as a brand

JAMES:

Serious?

Smith:

Ronke don finish him beginners for dere

JAMES:

I musto go dere ni yen o

Smith:

*Smiles*

Smith:

I go start intermediary soon

JAMES:

So u see until we identify what we want to do, identify who we want to serve, identify how etc

JAMES:

We are only joking

Smith:

Leye too has finished beginners

Smith:

Yep

Smith:

True dat

Smith:

Even if u r evolving

Smith:

Some part of u must be clear cut

Smith:

Distinct

JAMES:

Yep

JAMES:

So rite now we just plain confused

Smith:

*mouth wide open*

JAMES:

 oga (wow)

JAMES:

If u can't ave pipu banging down ur door to be on ur show u only smoking weed to get high

Smith:

But u can either despair that the rose bush has thorns or u can rejoice that the thorn bush has roses

JAMES:

Maxwel said

Smith:

Its urs to decide

Smith:

I get ur point bruv

Smith:

Bt look @ what I said earlier

JAMES:

If u r in front and no one is following u, u r simply strolling not leading

Smith:

Its urs to decide

JAMES:

I agree totally

Smith:

This is an avenue to right d wrongs

Smith:

Or continue to whine

Smith:

U either look @ d thorns,or c d roses

JAMES:

We don try to start

JAMES:

E hard

JAMES:

But at least we don start

Smith:

I was so enthralled to c a rose shrub

Smith:

Cos of d excitement I ran to pluck a branch, but alas!!!

Smith:

I had my fingers bruised

Smith:

I remember d first day I went to my wife's house

JAMES:

*mouth wide open*

JAMES:

U be bush mahn o

Smith:

Bt cos I still had my eyes on d rose,I didn't let d blood deter me,I approached the thistles carefully,and stil got my flower

Smith:

Bt I learnt a big lesson since dat day

Smith:

And it has been a guide for me since den

JAMES:

Hmm

Smith:

So we have rushed gragra to approach this

Smith:

Let's look carefully and c where we really need to nip dis by d bud

JAMES:

Hmmm

JAMES:

Oro agba  (words of the elders)

JAMES:

idobale ni mo wa o (I am humbled)

Smith:

*Smiles*

Smith:

What na? U have started o

Smith:

No let me bite u

Smith:

And trust me bruv

Smith:

It applies to eeeevery facet of life

Smith:

Failure in d first instant isn't failure...it was meant to be LESSONS LEARNT

Smith:

*Smiles*

 

 

'Smear Campaign' my foot!

Hmmm. I know this would sound a little bit caustic. But really you could just leave it as the rants of a pondering heart. At least that way you wouldn’t need to get offended / upset or feel bad on my behalf. I stopped feeling bad on my behalf a long while back.

I really wasn’t so interested in the pictures that were flying all over the place cortesy the social media and the broadcast media. A tv station had gotten some ‘balls’ and gone all out crusading the gospel according to ‘their’ conscience. Whether it be altruistic or not, I really don’t care to know. Not like I believe there’s anything altruistically done by men; tis either for the sake of a gladdened heart or for the sake of a future reward. But that is not our point of focus really. 

I’ll tell you why we are here – Mr. President’s remark of the public airing and viral nature of the land mark broadcast of the state of the police college,Lagos, as a ‘smear campaign’ to embarass his government. *mouth drops open*... Geez! I have never heard a more, thinking of a word to describe the irritation that phrase conjures in my head, shameful and unintelligent broadcast via the mouth of his Excellency. Yeah yeah I know we all are prone to several manifestations of mouth diarrhoea, but this takes the shine off all of them. 

In the past I have taken my time to make sure that I do not air my thoughts subjectively, well this statement would be seen as subjective by some, to forestall frivolous posts around Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's, GCFR, utterances. This case makes it so easy to do – be objective. Or how else am I going to be able to defend his ‘yarns’ that make no sense whatsoever? When year after year billions of naira is set aside for the Nigeria Police Force and yet pictures like the ones found at Nigeriafilms are the results of such spending or appropriation then I really fail to see the purpose of such statements. %*^”! Let your mind think up what that could mean and you would be correct on all counts.

And to think that the documentry was shown as a pre-event run-up to raise funds to rehabilitate the college, one of seven around the country. The event was called off/cancelled/postponed, I bet due to his mEssXELLENCY's rather unfortunate mistalk. What a shame! 

I rest my case for now. Wish you all a happy weekend. *sad face*

Fatality!

Pressing needs; Growing concerns; Unfolding dreams; - the dynamic constants of every New Year. Some tag it New Year resolutions, now whether they truly resolve and stick to it is not why we are here. Others? they give it one name or the other. *shrug* None of all that bothers me. I am not one  for nomenclatures. What we become in the process - THAT interests me. Yeah I know ‘what has that got to do with the title of the post’? *shrug* I dunno. Maybe you'll get it before the end of the reading. Anyway the word brings strong feelings of what can happen when you don't have control of your living - For those young enough to recall Mortal Kombat.

Having journeyed quite a bit this earth *taking a bow*, I have realized and coming to realize a lil bit more daily, that the things that matter the most are not necessarily the things we strive for but the 'who' we become in the process of getting those things. Don’t get me wrong – I chase those things too, even more so this year than I have ever done previously. Why? Because the good things of this life make living more blissful.... Duh!

But I also check me out. Who am I becoming in this process? Good? Bad? Or Ugly? The preceding words here have no correlation to how you look physically. But then again, what you transform to on the inside eventually shows on the outside, I know.

It wasn't meant to be a long post - the wise hear and increase in learning, a phrase is from the good old book.

Have a great week ahead.