Beware of Bad Temper

Story Time: Bad Temper
Tahir
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.

Reflection:
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there.

"A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one."
Story Time: Bad Temper Tahir There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. Reflection: When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. "A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Source: Facebook posted by Woo Scandy on 28May, 2014"

Interesting soup (nkwii)

There is this soup called "nkwii" eaten in many parts of Cameroon. People really enjoy eating it but I don't think I am ready to try it. if you try to pour it from the dish and are not careful all of it will leave the dish and very fast too. If you struggle with eating okro, then you will certainly find it not easy with nkwii. One thing about nkwii is that you will not want to pour it on the way because if you do, you should be ready for a serious fall.

True Life Story

I am the first from a family of six. Grew up in a farm with my parents. Had the opportunity to attend secondary school. My parents purchased everything, I mean everything that was indicated on the book list. Just one thing they didn't purchase for me was a back pack. I really wanted to have one of those back packs but all they could buy for me was a "Sacks & Motors" A shopping bag of some sort. I was not very happy at all in form one especially seeing more than three quarter of my classmates with back packs. Anyway, I worked hard on holiday jobs and purchased one for myself as I was going to form two but you will be surprised to hear that in form 3, the fashion was to hold books in hand or in a file. Despite the risk of dropping them, I literally kept aside my back pack and followed the wind... It is very important to appreciate what your parents did for you. They probably did their utmost best.
I was highly inspired by this photo posted on Facebook by Edith Bonglam

Teaching Practice April-May 2014

Teaching practice at Government Technical High School (GTHS) Nkwen. It was fun having a guidance-counselling session with the students on the notion of self-assertiveness - assistance in moulding the personality of the students. In this session, we talked about behaviour, aggression, passivity and assertiveness very important aspects that shapes our personalities in one way or the other.

Pencils & Erasers

Pencil and Eraser - This is dedicated to parents and children...
Pencil: I'm sorry
Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.
Pencil: I'm sorry because you get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.
I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.
All my life, I've been the pencil.
And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents, getting smaller and smaller each day.
For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have.

Source: from Facebook posted by Shey Tatah Woo Scandy on 21st May, 2014

Africa IT-Connect Conference Nairobi 2014 Series 4

Africa IT-Connect Conference Nairobi 2014 Series 4.
For two weeks, IT Support staff from SIL and WBTO's who work in different field locations around Africa gather to study and share with one another how together as one, they can use IT to facilitate the work of Linguistics, Literacy & Bible Translation using ICT tools.