WASTED TALENT

Hi everyone,

My cousin came over yesterday and we were talking about the Olympics and how team Nigeria is faring. Unfortunately, it’s not that impressive (We are yet to win a medal...)

Well, we started talking about all the talents that are yet to be harvested in this great country...Read the list below:

1. Every day at Mushin Bus stop, you see our ‘Agbero’s’ fighting....In my opinion, they can be trained to win a medal in the boxing competition. Talent wasted.

2. When you are on 3^rd mainland bridge, you can see the Makoko people: Fishing or Canoeing. Even children as little as 5 years old can handle the canoe, why don’t we recruit them and train them to reach for greatness. Another wasted talent going unnoticed.

3. Under your bridge, (I’m sure you know the ones I’m talking about), you see all those boys playing football; they are a miracle to be harvested. Why are they still playing football under the bridge? Why don’t we give them the chance to impress us on a proper pitch? What are we waiting for?

4. How about in swimming? We say Michael Phelps is good, but I bet you the Niger Delta guys are better. They live, breathe and eat water. Why weren’t we represented in the swimming competition?

5. Aha!!!One of my favourite sporting competitions is the Athletics. You see all those guys on Adeniji that sell gala, I’m sure they can beat the new world record that Usain Bolt set in the Olympic. Those guys can run but what do we do? Allow them to keep selling gala and viju milk and look for talent in the wrong places.

6. Even you guys that are always lifting weight everytime to get '6 packs' (I know all of you, so don't make start mentioning names), why aren't you guys not representing us in 'weight lifting'? Abi, your 'shakara' na for girls only?

7. Our strong 'Meruwa' (The hausa guys that sell water) are also strong. Honestly, I wish I had their enduring skills. Why aren't they trained for a better sport?

All of these are my opinions (Don't mean to hurt anyone). Opportunities abound everywhere. We don't need outside talents to help us. A little money and lots of internal talents can get us far.

We are blessed in Naija, if only, we would stop wasting potential talents...

May God help us jare.

Thanks for reading this and hopefully, the NOC will listen to my advice and stop wasting the talents of potential heroes. (Just saying)

Hugs!!! J

Learning to fly: A new day

In the spirit of the Olympics which kicks off in the next 6 hours (Right???), Learning to fly by Lukasz "Gucio" Holuj is officially my best picture...I'm in love with Lukasz work, you can check her gallery here.


How's your day so far? What game are you looking forward to? 
I love gymnastics and canoe slalom. Can't wait to watch them but for now, join me in watching Alicia Keys video for her song 'New Day'. In love with the 'graffiti feel.

Don't give up k!!!!


Thanks for visiting. Hugs!!!!

 

London 2012: Olympic Flame Lits up

The Olympics are as much about tradition and legacy as they are sporting events, with none so vivid as the lighting of the torch which will now wind its way from Olympia to the Games in London.

Today marked the lightening of the Olympic torch, held in the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera. It saw actors in ancient Greek costume use a mirror to harness the sun's rays and light the Olympic torch.

Here are the pictures gotten from CNN



Amid the tumbledown columns and olive groves of the ancient stadium in Olympia, the high priestess holds the torch high at the lighting ceremony.

The priestess, played by Greek actress Ino Menegaki, lifts the "Archaic Pot" from which the flame is lit.

The flame was lit in the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, where actors used a concave mirror to harness the sun's rays.




More than 8,000 torch-bearers will carry the flame before it arrives at the Olympic Stadium in east London on July 27. The first was Greek swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis.

The Liverpool-born swimmer handed the torch to 19-year-old British boxer Alexander Loukos

Loukos grew up in east London, where the Olympic Stadium is situated, but his father hails from Greece. Making its way to Britain, the flame will first take in Greek archaeological sites including the Acropolis and Olympic Stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896.



Arriving on May 19 at Land's End in the far southwest of England, it will wind its way through 1,019 communities, carried by 8,000 torch-bearers ~Wish I was one of the torch bearers :)~

The final leg will run from Hampton Court Palace, the former home of King Henry VIII, before arriving at the opening ceremony on July 27.

The flame will burn until the Games end on August 12 -- a tradition that was revived at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Don't you just love the Olympics??? What game are you looking forward to see???

Chat later...

Hugs

Thanks for reading...