Thou Shalt not...

There was a time when the only sins we knew where those written down in the Ten Commandments...
and then the Catholic church came up with the Deadly sins...and the not so deadly sins (I forget the real name)
Anyhoo today the Vatican released some new sins...and omg they are Mortal sins
some of them are in my own words:
Thou shalt not be obscenely rich (take note Bill Gates)
Thou shalt not pollute the earth (take note Lagos state government)
Thou shalt not manipulate genes for the sake of scientific experiments (take note stem cell research ppl)
Thou shalt not do/sell drugs (w3rd)
Thou shalt not violate Human Rights
Abortion and paedophilia are somewhere in the list too...
bravo Vatican...only succeeded in losing more young membership
since I am not Catholic I think I can say...umm I am not so sure why it is a sin to be obscenely rich as long as no one is hurt in the process of attaining and maintaining the riches...I like money because money is kind of good
I am not a great fan of pollution, I'd like the earth to be habitable for my great great great great grandchildren so kudos Vatican on that one
Manipulating genes...if from gene manipulation a cure for cancer, Alzheimer's can be found...I'm up for it...but if the reason for gene manipulation is to create a super human being then I am against it...so I guess I will sit this bit out.
I don't do drugs nor sell them...so I guess that one is kosher with me
Thou shalt definitely not violate human rights
Abortion...I'm pro life...use a condom if you no fit hold body
paedophilia is a no no...screws up kids minds and we wonder why there are so much university shootings
But left to me I think humans have evolved enough to know what is right and wrong...I don't think we need the church telling us what is good or bad, if we strive to be godlike (which I definitely am striving to become) we should be able to distinguish between right and wrong I mean its not rocket science...dont pollute the earth otherwise there'll be no where else for you and your descendants to live...
with that...I'm of to daydream about my latest crush.

Bittersweet Symphony

That song has been in my head since the weekend and thinking of the lyrics makes me realize how much of a genius Richard Ashcroft is.
And it makes me wonder, the things we take for granted how meaningful they really are...for example companionship...I'm never the one to wear my emotions on my sleeve but sometimes I feel numb, it seems people do not understand the workings of my rather complex mind to comprehend my actions.
I have been thinking a lot lately about religion...contemplating why we humans need to believe in something bigger than ourselves. I have come to the realization that we all need something to look up to, no matter how independent an individual is, there is that stage he/she aspires to reach...maybe this is why we have God.
He is all knowing, ever present, never changing and the list goes on. As wonderful as he is, we humans have done some stupid things all in his name. Look at Gaza today, innocents die simply because people are fighting for Holy Land...maybe Jerusalem should become some sort of Vatican, sovereign to none other but itself and maybe the Christians, Muslims and Jews may live together in some sort of peaceful coexistence.
"And I'm a million different people from one day to the next..." It's these subtle differences in personalities that make us interesting subjects...as much as I love myself I wonder if I can enjoy being with someone like me all the time...

It's just a bittersweet symphony this life...
Trying to make ends meet
Trying to find someone then you die...

I think unlike Bono I have found what I'm looking for...piece of mind with a father in heaven whom I believe is always looking out for me...not providence...guidance and my own free will with Yahweh there to guide me and ppick me up when I make those bad choices that define my humanity...
and life is a bittersweet symphony because to get to the enjoyable part...you have to suck on a lot of sour lemons...mais c'est la vie

The City of Blinding Lights

My bout of Malaria is finally over.
24th February, UMDNJ hosted Vagina Monologues, yours truly was there...fabulous
25th the usual, class all day meetings all night...and Champagne while studying
26th uneventful...hang over in class, wrote a paper on History of Mathematics (woohoo)
27th ...Quiz in Physical Chemistry aced that
28th...I don't understand African Americans, they feel they have stronger ties to Africa than proper Africans...maybe they do maybe they don't but I refuse to be chastised for being privileged...so don't tell me there are hungry kids in Africa...I know this already.
Today...work...City later, going to get all fabulous and hang out with OneRepublic probably hit National Underground http://www.yelp.com/biz/national-underground-new-york

while at this...there's a proposal in the Nigerian House of Assembly to make indecent dressing a criminal offence. If your husband can't help but look at another woman's chest, I guess it means you have to get some silicone in yours.
In this day and age how can we be living according to standards dictated by society...scratch that the government? What ever happened to individualism and self expression?
Personally I dont expose my rack (because I've got none) but I agree with the saying "If you've got it flaunt it"
If I can't show off my legs then the same should be done about frivolous spending...after all when you spend millions on drinks that in itself is vulgar...since all vulgar things are now criminal offences then the government should be charged on spending money on crap...

anyhoo off to get ready to have a great time tonight...cheers
oh Rutgers Female Basketball team rules (even though I dont enjoy the game)

I havent posted anything because I have been uber ill.
well things that have been on my mind during my convalescence have been the proposed indecent dressing bill supposed to be passed in the Nigerian Senate... I say screw that. If I feel the need to walk around indecently dressed, its my freaking prerogative.
I can't type that much since I am not fully recovered but soon

Help...my professor is aweome

Not only is he involved in some interesting research...
his views are making me rethink my faith, not in the sense that I am becoming atheist(urgh) or agnostic (eeww) rather, it is giving me insight as to what the original judeao founders of Christianity must have felt.
Every day we learn something new...maybe there is no such thing as witchcraft...maybe Tolkien got it right, we do not know what happens to man after he dies, we are only making stuff up as we go along in life so we have no fear of the after life instead have some sort of hope that the after life may be better.
Does that make me any less smarter than my fellow scientists?
No, i don't think so, rather it is the hope that there is something better out there for me that keeps me going. It might not be "god" per se, but there is a force that drives us to be what we are, a force that I aspire to be with someday, a force that I believe I am part of...this force lives in me, lives around me encompasses all that I do, this force is me, this force is God...
God because there is a lack of a term to describe it...
We were made in his image, hence I am a god to, here on earth but when I leave here I would like to answer to him, and I would love that in that moment it will be a conversation of love.
Sometimes, I think I am Christian because I was born Christian, and I look at what Christians are doing today...appalling all in the name of faith.
Why can't we live and let live, why must a religion be right or wrong...if we all believe in God why can't we all find him in our own special way
this isn't agnostic propaganda I like to know where I stand...as of now...
I believe in God...I believe that when I die I will be caught up to some higher plane to be with him...all this depends on how I spend the time he has given me here on earth..I hope I spend it well..instead of bickering about whose religion is right or wrong...

oh excerpt from my professor:
Dr Roderich Tumulka
researcher in physics at the Mathematics Institute at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Paranormal phenomena do not exist

The single most important scientific discovery, most relevant to everybody's daily life, is that paranormal phenomena do not exist. Magic, witchcraft, mind-reading, clairvoyance, faith healing and similar practices do not work and have never worked.

There is a large body of very strong scientific evidence for this conclusion, concerning virtually all suggested forms of paranormal phenomena. For careful discussions of this evidence, I refer to the sceptical literature.

The degree to which the public is aware of this evidence, and has accepted and digested the conclusion, is often far from satisfactory and varies a lot from one phenomenon to another. While in Western countries everybody laughs at the idea of witchcraft, belief in astrology is quite widespread, and the efficacy of prayers - say, for health - is hardly ever doubted.

It makes a crucial difference for our lives, whether we imagine ourselves to be surrounded by supernatural beings and happenings or whether we see ourselves instead in a world that science can help us understand. Many scientific principles, concepts, or discoveries need not be understood by the public, despite their importance - they need only be understood by the experts. The question of the paranormal is different, in this respect.

This is really happening

1 U.S. dollar buys 1 million Zimbabwe dollars on black market

The Associated Press

Thursday, October 18, 2007

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The black market exchange rate for the U.S. dollar broke the 1 million Zimbabwe dollar mark Thursday and the government announced another sharp jump in inflation.

Worsening hard currency shortages more than doubled the price of the U.S. currency in the past 10 days, pushed up by central bank buying on the unofficial market, dealers said.

"People are asking for a million and getting it in big bank to bank transfers. Cash for cash is anything above 750,000-1," as the country faces shortages of local bills, said one dealer. "Technically, it's still illegal."

The official exchange rate is 30,000-1. In the first week of October, the black market rate surged to about 520,000-1, up from 400,000-1 in mid September.

"There's too little foreign exchange out there and too many chasing it," including the central bank, said the dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being punished by the government.

Those with foreign exchange "don't want to part with it as a hedge against inflation," the dealer said.

Lengthy power and water outages linked to shortages of hard currency, spare parts and gasoline occur daily.

Travelers returning home to Harare from shopping trips for soap, cooking and other basics across the country's borders have reported central bank buyers at the downtown bus terminal offering top black market rates for leftover U.S., Botswana and South African currencies needed to pay for food, power and gasoline imports.

Police raids on currency dealers at the terminal have stopped.

Central bank governor Gideon Gono said in a policy speech this month that his bank saw the terminal as a source of hard currency and that the official exchange rate was all but obsolete.

The state central statistical office announced official annual inflation rose to 7,982 percent in September, up from 6,592 in August, already the highest in the world. Independent estimates put real inflation closer to 25,000 percent and the International Monetary Fund has forecast it reaching 100,000 percent by the end of the year.

According to the monthly statistical review Thursday, the poverty line for a family of five nearly doubled to 22.6 million Zimbabwe dollars (US$22.60, €16.25 at the dominant black market exchange rate) in September, amid rising prices and rampant black marketeering in scarce staples. Most essential goods that have disappeared from store shelves.

A senior school teacher earns three-fourths of the benchmark for poverty — about US$17 (€12), having received a 200 percent pay increase awarded after a crippling strike closed down schools across the country earlier this month.

A regular police patrolman takes homes less that US$5 (€3.50) a month.

When available, a can of beans costs about 60 U.S. cents (about 40 euro cents) at the black market exchange or US$15 (€10) at the official rate.

In a bid to tame inflation the government in June ordered prices on most goods and services to be slashed but relaxed this as it merely worsened already chronic shortages. On Friday, the government allowed a 300 percent increase in the price of a loaf of bread.

An estimated 4 million Zimbabweans — one-third of the population — live and work abroad and their remittances are the largest single source of hard currency. Zimbabwe was once the region's breadbasket and Africa's second largest exporter after South Africa.

pour qoui

I think I should begin blogging about sorority stuff. Here is goes.

This past weekend, we didnt do the Engineering frat instead we went to DSP for an outdoor party...I made out with a hippie ouch.
Rocket got the spawn of hippies they went home together so the odds are they hooked up nice.
Young as classy as she is I'm not sure she got the guy she wanted but I do hope she did (love you to bits luv)
KD was also at the party I wish he was the hippie I made out with hot hot hot
Sunday...I spent 4 hours with Jack Sparrow there might be some flames, thats fine by me I hope the feeling's mutual
Monday...hooked up with the cigarette guy :) but he said something about ebony and ivory...uncoolI'm not looking for something with him I want Jack Sparrow
Had a chat with Melva about a Latina who gets on our nerves...I love the mc but she can be a cougar at times. Apparently someone doesn't think I should have a little, well I say I can't be bovvered, Goldie is sweet and we get along unlike Aussie and myself meh drama
Told the cigarette guy I am bethrothed, he hasn't called since (hmm) I better ell him the truth he might be thinking I am a tramp.
Rocket actually hooked up with the Jamaican, she didnt enjoy it :( so much for me trying
Football game this week, mixer with DSP with an after party, maybe hanging out with the awesome PSR girls...I hope the cigarette guy knows we are not exclusive because I really want Jack Sparrow.