6 best ways to survive the hardship of fuel scarcity in Nigeria

For some days now, it's been suffering and smiling with my fellow Nigerians over the issue of fuel scarcity. I laughed my ass out when i saw some funny fuel memes on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; but i was so disappointed in our government when i realised the issue had gotten out of hands. 

Not only are the average Nigerians suffering from it, the rich Nigerians are also crying over the same issue. It has affected MTN, Airtel and Etisalat telecommunications, Banks and radio stations have started shutting down earlier than necessary, church choristers are now fast-forwarding their songs to manage fuel #lol, flights are being cancelled, and even an oyinbo (white) man was seen on a motorbike searching for fuel.

Time-lapse transformation of homeless vet makeover to see the potentials in people we ignore everyday. (Video + pix)

If there is one thing that'll make you cry in a feel-good kind of way today, it's this.

A 25-years-old American local video producer, Rob Bliss, has set out to prove that potential exists even in the people we ignore in footage that has quickly spread across the internet. The clip features a homeless U.S. Army war veteran, Jim Wolf, who struggled with poverty and alcoholism for years. While these internal struggle can take a long time to cast off and reverse, it took only a few hours in a saloon chair to change wolf, an homeless man, into an incredible handsome man with potentials.

Rob Bliss, the video producer, said he did the transformation because he was trying to get himself into doing things for a better purpose. "If I can only get people to look at any homeless person on the street and see the mirror image of them - the image of someone who would look socially acceptable - realise that potential, that 'what if,' and root for their success," Bliss said.

Since his makeover, Wolf will soon move into his own apartment and has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

While this transformation was for one man and the video encourages people to donate to a specific, local ministry, it also contains messages that reach much further.

One is that "an outward transformation is important, but an inward one is more important and the other is that hopefully, it will help to change stereotypes to give people a perspective that "everyone is worthy of being treated with dignity and respect."

See more photos and watch the video after the cut:

Inspirational courage of black teenager who saved Nazi-tattooed man at KKK march from angry mob (Photos)

This amazing image of humanity and selflessness was taken in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during clashes between the Ku Klux Klan and anti-clan protesters in June 1996. It is an image of a black teenage girl shielding a supposed white supremacist from an angry mob. 

In June 1996 the Klan held a rally outside the city hall with a small group of Klansmen dressed in white robes and hoods. Police dressed in riot gear and armed with tear gas were also present to protect the Klansmen from an estimated 300 people protesting against them. While the peaceful protest was going on, a large crowd of anti-clan protesters spotted a man with an SS tattoo and a confederate flag T-shirt and identified him as a probable Klansman; then a woman with a megaphone shouted, "There's a Klansman in the crowd." In a split second the crowd turned from peaceful protesters into an angry mob baying for blood.

Exchange A Service For A Hug, Help Someone & Make The World A Better Place Like Anthony Cymerys.

Today, i want to share a little story that inspires me a lot and makes me think really deep. It's about a treasure, an awesome and selfless man, who in his little way contributes greatly to lives and put smiles on people's faces.

I'm writing about an 82-years-old Anthony Cymerys in the above picture, who is also known as Joe the Barber. He began offering his service as a barber 25-years ago after he retired from a career in business.

Every Wednesdays, Anthony sets up a chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford's Bushnell Park. The homeless, longtime clients and those just passing by on luck had their haircut for just a token. The fee is always the same; A HUG FOR A HAIRCUT.

Isn't that just awesome? Now you understand why i called him a treasure. He is a rare gem and a treasure to our corrupt and selfish generation. Can you imagine what he exchanges for love? An hair cut.

Are there still sincere people around?

I saw this on Facebook and decided to share because it's so me. I can deal with and forgive a person that's wrong as long as they are sincere. 

In the world that we live in today, finding sincere people is as good as impossible. There is always a selfish interest behind every gesture and no one wants to tell the truth but they all want to hear the truth. What a world we live in!

Everything in life is Vanity!

Sometimes, i wonder what people think when they feel and act like the world is under their feet, when they act like they can do anything and get away with it, when they intimidate the less privileged as if there is no end to this life.

For example, when Blackberry first came out, it was an hot cake and most people intimidated others with it; but now, everybody use it. 

Camry was once the car for the big boys, but now, it's being used for public transport.

Plasma screen TV was only owned by the rich, but now, it's used in every local restaurant to watch football matches. People used to go out with the Ipad for swag, but now, it's too heavy to go out with.

Some so called big girls used to intimidate other babes with their brazilian hair, but now, even secondary school girls are tired of wearing human hair.

You form big girls/boys because you go to UK for vacation, but now, real big boys/girls buy first class ticket just to go buy ice cream in London.

What i'm trying to get across is that we should stop acting like there is no tomorrow because the things we place so much value on today will fade out like ABA jeans; and just like what we call Tortoise car today was once a big man's car yesterday.

Everything in life has an expiring date; even the life we have is a borrowed one.

No matter what you have, be humble and always be thankful to God for whatever he has given you because aside God, all of these material things are just plain vanity.

Start your day with this thought and be inspired.

Don't give up, try again!

You are sure to succeed if only you don't give up.

Here is a little tipoff if you know nothing about the most talk about man not only in the history of America but in World history.
He wasn't only the messiah that put an end to slavery, his whole life was also a total inspiration.

Abraham Lincoln lo­st his job in 1832

Failed in business in 1833

Lost his wife 1835

Had a nervous breakdown 1836

Was defeated for speaker 1838

Lost bid for congress 1843

Lost nomination to congress in 1848

Was rejected for land officer 1849

Was defeated for senate in 1854

Lost nomination for vice president in 1856

Defeated for senate in 1858 and was finally elected president of the United state of America in 1860.

Do not give up on your challenges until they give up on you. Be consistent, you will succeed if only you don't give up.

12/12/12, the last repetitive day of our lives

Make it memorable!