@ tpia, lol. Not a good thing. Need to make effort to eat other foods besides quaker oat, and custard and noodles! Are you nigerian? I see ur in new zealand

Ok, thanks. will do that now

I have heard so much about Blue ocean strategy, but have not read it. Will do so soon. But is it for someone who has plans of starting a business, no matter how small. with no initial business experience except for street smart! Will search for the book though.

@ JERICHO: If ur interested, theres this agency that helps u recruit new staff, drivers maid, front desk officer, etc. and they have a contract with u for a year, in that time, if u decide that u dont want the staff that was given to u , they immediately replace them and they have all the details of the potential staff incase of theft etc. I think they are highly effective.

About the job, I like it, but I studied petroleum in school, and personally like a challengin environment, im not gettin that here, seems like they dont really think the Nigeria office is relevant etc. Anyway, this new job is a marketin assistant job in an International oil contracting company and im hoping the offer would be good, will find out on thursday. Definitely plan on doing an MBA or something else cos I studied petroleum engineering , not sure yet though. But i need to save up adequately , with all this credit crunch all over the place!

Hey, I think your online blog is a great idea, I love food like you do and would sit infront of tv to get new recipes most f the time, but recently I runout of ideas for meals to cook and ended up taking custard, indomie etc, u know all the cooking that does not reequire any major ingredients! Now I know ill be preparing yam porridge this evening. Please bring in more recipes, rice recipes, banga soup etc, Dont stop and do publish the cook book. It would help a lot of people.

Thanks Jericho. Sounds like you ought to be getting a new driver!

@ Mukina, hey, im new to this forum, what was ur project about?

@ Cristalz: If u only knew. Not much work happening , it really depends on Interest in investments from the Representative country, when that is low, we practically have nothing to do.
Anyway, Interviewed for Marketing assistant Job 2 weeks ago, promises to be better pay, had a second interview same day. And this morning while I was making my hair at the salon, I got a call from them for another interview for the 2nd of March 2009. Wish me luck Y'all.

@ Tollu. Sorry about that, and thanks for welcoming me all the same. Was just too relieved to discover that such a forum exists.

@ Mr. Crackles. Good way to celebrate your good news, we all rejoice with you. Audi A4 ; Great choice!

Well today at the office, have not done much. Spent earlier hours at the salon cos I was busy partyin friday (Is it me or were all the hot spots in Lagos filled up Friday Night?), Had my french class on saturday and attended the Anthill event at Piccolo Mondo , wonderful poetry sessions plus a guest appearance by Djinee and My new best artistes in Nigeria: Ibiyemi and Bez. Lovely vocals and lyrics.

Other than , that, trying to get facts and figures about a major company in Nigeria for a Client looking to partner with a Nigerian company in the online transactions angle but wants to be sure of their financial status! Wish google could have helped, but you would be surprised how little information we have access to in Nigeria.

Hope everyone is having a good day so far,

This is a beautiful writeup. Thank you so much as you have covered all that is needed to land the job. I recently went for an interview, and all you mentioned in your forum actually happened. I did intensive research on the company before hand and funny enough that was the first question I was asked. Also, I thought I knew the venue but found out i didnt on the day of the interview, lucky for me I left early, so I still made it in time for the interview.

I didnt know I had to follow up after the interview, so that I will make a note of doing.

Thanks again. Its very helpful to know such information before an interview.

Due to lack of structure i must say i am considering other jobs at the moment! You kinda get tired of being paid to do 'not much' after sometime. But one thing i love is my Nespresso coffee with different flavour capsules, keeps me going all day. Did i mention im alone in this office and have a manager (consulting) that comes in 2ce a week. Thank God for this forum!

I work with the commercial section of an embassy here in Nigeria. Im an assistant manager. Cant say I do much, cos work depends on incoming projects and right now, much aint happening.

Today, i stayed at the office and since I have personally banned my self from facebook for a moment, i picked up nairaland, which is quite good i must say. have done nothing today, hopefully will get enquiries next week. TGIF by the way.

Hi, I studied petroleum engineering in Nigeria. Let me know if you need more info. Thanks

Ok , got it now! Thanks. Have succesfully posted my topic. Cheers

Please does anyone Know how I can get the financial report of Interswitch. I have an established telecoms company in Europe looking to partner with them but need to know , their strength.

i replied the thread, still cant see the new topic button. Pls help!

Thanks for the tip. Been tryin for ages to send a topic, but could not find it. Cheers. I am a new user here too after being a guest for a while. Cant wait to get started.