Frustrations of Technology

Many great discoveries and inventions of the world were done long before the era of the smart phones and computers; when men used the abacus to count, feather quill pens to write and the ability to read was a privilege of a few. Then men had little or no knowledge about the earth which was believed to be flat and to be the center of the universe. There were no airplanes, no phones and satellites were inexistent. Yet more than 80% of today’s existing knowledge was built-up during that epoch.
Despite all the advancements in technology today, the world has been unable to trace the Malaysia MH370 plane that went missing since months. In spite of today’s acclaimed technology, the world hasn’t been able to track down a group of unscrupulous Boko Haram extremists (Nigeria) holding hundreds of girls hostage since weeks and tarnishing the reputation of one fastest growing economy of the world.

The above two scenarios are really exposing the limitations of today’s level of technology. It still beats my imagine how an object as large as Airplane MH 370 equipped with the most sophisticated chips and a crowd as huge as 300 girls cannot be traced and tracked. This is also a reminder of how vulnerable we are today! It is time to go for alternatives rather than comforting ourselves that we are surpassing the age of technology and moving into the robotic age! 

What a world of technology!
May be we should resort to African magic, the African technology…..to be continued!

Determination

In real life, there are no perfect persons, there are no perfect places and there are no perfect times. At any time at any place with any person, give in your best and make the best of what you have.Life is a dynamic process and no condition is permanent. 

THE IDEAL LADY AND THE PERFECT MAN

Why on earth will a man suddenly fall in love with one and only one Lady from billions of women? Why on earth will a Lady choose to live the rest of her life with only one man from the millions on the surface of the universe? An avalanche of attempted responses have been advanced to answer this challenging question but one of the most plausible explanation goes thus……..
A fortnight ago I was privileged to listen to an eloquent speaker who cumulatively and concomitantly enjoys the prowess of being one of the most celebrated scientist of our times. He suggested that the answer lies within our sub-conscious mind. After perusing through my flood of thoughts, I concur with this.
As a human evolves from childhood to adulthood, (s)he progressively builds an image in the sub-conscious mind of the ideal partner (s)he will like to have. This virtual image borne in our minds becomes a reality when we meet the person whose attitude, aptitude, altitude and other personal attributes match with our imaginative “ideal”. The journey of a compatible relationship thus begins.
This image of the “ideal person” is influenced by one’s intrinsic desires and exposure to the outside world. This might be a celebrity, a mentor, or simply some imaginative ideal when we set our minds wondering. But do “ideals” really exist? Many people under duress bow for the proxy to their “ideals” to satisfy temporal social pressures. In the long run, incompatibility becomes evident and divorce becomes eminent. For sure very few meet their ideals during their earthly sojourn. But as an African adage goes, in the absence of the crocodile, we can perfectly manage the lizard (reminiscence of my friends from CCAST Bambili..).
“Perfection” and “ideals” are alien to mankind. In real life we do rarely meet our ”Ideals” , we build them. The difficulty which sets in is that of what trade-off one must make to go for a “near ideal”! This is because if one must wait for the “ideal” Mr. Right/Miss Right then one will definitely wait forever,……..for ideals only exist in an Eldorado. EIN 2014-04-17.

“And Miss X is thinking: Maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. (Anonymous)”.

Life and Choices

You defeat yourself when you try to control things outside of your direct influence.
Life is a balance between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Quite often, you can control the former not the latter. An early-in-life understanding of this limits your frustration in life. Although your external environment keeps changing, although people around you keep changing, although events around you keep changing, you should always strive to maintain your internal milieu at a relatively steady state. Chaos sets in once control of "self" is lost. Most important, you should always have at the back of your mind that, the person who has the most to do with you is you, not some person(s), not some external forces, not your environment but you and the choices you make. Try as much to be rationale when you make your choices…..because your life is controlled by your choices.

The Turkish International Basic Neurosurgery Course (IBNC): A Panacea for Continuing Neurosurgical Education.

Esene IN. The Turkish International Basic Neurosurgery Course (IBNC): A Panacea for Continuing Neurosurgical Education.Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği Bülteni / Ocak 2014.p21.

Thinking

One of the most difficult thing in life is trying not to think. The human mind was made to think and it is just unthinkable when one tries not to do so. Most of the times we spend a lot of time thinking about the past, pondering about the present and worrying & speculating about posterity. The past is gone, the present  just passed to become the past and  only time will tell what the future holds. No need to be worked up thinking so much! Cheer up and relax!

Enya-Only Time

Life

Three things for sure will happen in life: Birth...Growth...Death! As for the timing, place and person ....only the God knows!

One Life

The reality of life is that each individual cuts his/her own path. In the course of your path, have courage.There is no real loss in occasional failure.Be patient and satisfied with small rewards and steps all will add up.Most importantly, enjoy the process of living coz you've only got one chance to live!

Difficult times

It is in times of difficulties that one understands the realities of life. It is in times of difficulties that one comprehends people.It is in times of difficulties that one understands the Power of God.
Truly, God keeps away flies from the tailless cow! You just have to pray and trust in him.

Vision and Action

Vision without action is a dream. 
Action without vision is simply passing the time.
No vision with no action makes a negative difference 
Action with vision is making a positive difference.
(Joel Barker)