Life Is Too short

This is just a little something I wanted to share. It was retweeted by googlejobs today. An ad campaign from Germany captioned  "Life is too short for the wrong job"
Below is the tweet and here is the link to the site.

Today is Elly's birthday. :) The best friend a gal can ever have; selfless and true. HapPy b'DaY, sweet.
(A poem in her present. :) She might share it if you ask; nicely)

Mixed Bag, Mixed CD and more

So after one day and a half; medical checks over, all tests concluded, the doctor signs me a clean bill of health and proceeds to add that I have poor taste in music. This assumption is based on the fact that my favourite song is a hymn from the Methodist Hymnal. Last I heard, it's a free country and if my favourite song happens to be a hymn, what is so odd about that? I listen to all kinds and types of music; even in languages I don't understand, it just so happens I love the words of the hymn.

In heavenly love abiding,

no change my heart shall fear.

and safe in such confiding,

for nothing changes here.

the storm may roar without me,

my heart may low be laid,

but God is round about me,

and can I be dismayed?

Wherever he may guide me,

no want shall turn me back.

my Shepherd is beside me,

and nothing can I lack.

his wisdom ever waking,

his sight is never dim.

He knows the way He's taking,

and I will walk with Him

Green pastures are before me,

which yet I have not seen.

Bright skies will soon be over me,

where darkest clouds have been.

My hope I cannot measure,

my path to life is free.

My Savior has my treasure,

and he will walk with me.  

Words: Anna Laetitia Waring, 1850

I love the smell of rain- I love it when it is mixed with that of freshly cut grass- I love it when it falls on dusty ground and it brings up the smell of earth mixed with rain- That said, I repeat, I love the smell of rain.

Someone tell me why it rains when I leave my umbrella at home. Please? I have had my handy brolly in my handbag since the rainy season started and never had a chance to use it- today, I change my handbag and did not bother to take the brolly, then it rains. Have I told you I love the smell of rain?

Remember the mixed CD I am creating? I haven't updated the list in awhile because I have been quite lazy (it would have been so much easier to say I have been busy), plus, I have a whole lot of CD's to listen to since I can't remember the track number of the song I want (mp3s are so much easier, *sign*). I am about to take a load of CD's from friends to listen to and make selections too. Anyone care to do some shortlisting for me? It will be appreciated very much. So that's it on the mixed CD front.

Since I am healthy and all that, I take up a new appointment in October(so great). I just hope my new environment will be nice since I am moving from the private sector to the public sector(civil servant, y'all. :))

Enjoy these pictures of stickers pasted on vehicles.

No need to explain

Originally reads: Be Responsible. Do Not Drink And Drive.

Now reads: Be Responsible. Drink and Drive

Extortion in the name of Recruitment

Yesterday, I received a call to come for an interview for Information Technology teachers at a basic school. The person who called asked me to bring along a hard copy of my CV, two passport pictures and an amount of GHc10 for registration. Ah? What? Repeat the requirements please.

• CV
• Two passport pictures
• GHc10

Spintex, Community 18 was the venue at 8am on the 24th of June 2010. As a matter of principle, I don't give money in order to be offered a job. Hello... I only pay for courses or programs that I want to attend. The advertisement asked for Information Technology teachers for a basic school, not people who are interested in accessing the service of a recruitment firm. From what I have heard of recruitment firms in Ghana, I am not sure I want to subscribe to one in my job search (at least not till I get some basic facts right). Some firms charge as much as 30% to 50% of the salary you get when they are able to secure a job for you (I hear); either part-time or full-time for a duration of three months or more.

So I told the gentleman who called me that I can't make it. "Is it on account of the money?", he asked. I told him it was a matter of principle and I don't think it was right to take money under the pretense of a job vacancy.  

What say you?