Strictly By Invitation

Why are events which are tagged #StrictlyByInvitation advertised in the media? I thought those who have been invited already know about it or it's to tell those not invited "We are going to chill, but you are not invited"  #OddThoughts

It seems the Anti-AirtelGhana Campaign for #Kwame Gyan in March 2014 Worked

A Review of the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Award

The Ghana Music Awards have over the years, been one event that people in the music industry, and fans alike, often look forward to every year in over 10 years. It has seen a change in sponsors over the years from MTN Ghana to Vodafone Ghana. MTN had a long run with some winners being Icons for their branding. I hope Vodafone Ghana will also go in that direction or a better one for years to come.

The 3^rd of May 2014 saw the 15^th edition of the Awards night, dubbed 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards taking place at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra. May be it about time organizers start thinking of a rotation around the regions in Ghana since it’s a Ghana Awards event and not an ‘Accra Music Awards’.

RED CARPET

The show, just like the previous one, started with a ‘red carpet’ session. Two hosts positioned at vantage locations, seems to randomly invite one popular person to talk. It was the usual question “who are you wearing?” with very interesting responses. Some mentioned local fashion designers, others, designers not in Ghana. At least, popular people in Ghana believes in Dan Lartey of blessed memory domestication campaign, this time when it comes to fashion. One response which caught my attention was what one guest said in response to “who are you wearing?”, She said “I went into my closet and picked one of my old clothes”, I can see she didn't go through the stress of going buy a new clothe for the event. This time around, the lady hosting the red carpet event was not looking ‘hyper’ like the previous year’s female host. She was calm and went about her work. Her male counterpart was not doing badly, he was just doing too much talking. It was just surprising to hear them ask how many nominations some of the artistes they interviewed had received. I thought as a host of such an event, you should already know that and not ask the artiste. Repetitive questions kept being recycled but it went on well

MAIN EVENT

The show finally commenced, and as usual, it didn't start at the advertised time, about two (2) hours late. There was a good opening music which got some cheers from the audience. Every year, people look out for something special on the awards nights. It could be an artiste fumbling, wrong name being mentioned or someone falling on stage as it has happened in past events. Fortunately, no one fell and no fumbling.

There were the usual music performance interludes from Ghana and our cousins from Nigeria. Although some of the performance were A+, some were just not even above average, and this made the program seems to be a drag. There were some old school musicians which excited the audience. This time around, the audience didn’t just sit or pose whenever there was a music performance on stage, they took part by dancing and applauding. Our own self acclaimed fastest rapper was my best performer for the night. One of our ‘foreign’ musicians, who the host introduced as nearly being our brother-in-law, to me was the just average despite the hype.

The performance of Dj for the night made me miss the usual suspect who has been spinning the tables in the past events. I guess I expected too much from this new one, would give him a ‘C’ rating.

The main host of the show did their best to control affairs, seems rehearsed and they did it with little hitches. I wouldn't want to talk about their clothes because that would be a long essay so would leave it for another day

The awards presentation went on smoothly, with some winners coming on stage with a whole entourage to collect one award. We cannot blame them too much, they also want to be seen. The downside of that session was that some of the artistes didn't show up to collect their award. Fans of such artistes must have been a little disappointed since they voted for them but couldn't see their favourite on stage to pick the award. I think once you are nominated and the date for the event fixed, you should make time to attend. One award came with a brand new Hyundai i10 car, but looking at the size of the car, I wonder if the winner can comfortably drive the it, unless he pulls the seats back to the fullest.

Then came the moment that no one anticipated, it got lots of the people at the event surprised. Two reality show participants who are publicly known to be dating came on stage to present an award. The man started saying nice things about the woman, which was normal, only for the man to go down in his knees, takes out a ring and propose to the lady. For a moment I felt it was one of the stage antics but one can hear from the gentleman’s voice he meant business. The lady looked a little hesitant to respond to the proposal, she finally yes to her man still wearing a surprise look

Overall, the event went on smoothly. Apart from the usual late start of event and the some artistes not showing up to collect their awards, all went well. I will rate it 3.5 out of 5

There are some people who do not agree with the winner of ‘Artiste of the Year’ award, the only advice to them is that, in the next event, do well to vote as many times you want for the person you to win the biggest award. It is one of the few voting events where you are not tied to one vote per person. So do well to vote if you are really a fan and want your artiste to win

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Let it all motivate you

The way to be highly motivated is not to go out and look for things to motivate you. The way to be highly motivated is to let everything motivate you.

Be motivated by the defeats as well as the victories. Be motivated by the challenges and difficulties just as much as you're motivated by the positive possibilities.

When you hear encouraging news, be motivated. When someone gives you discouraging news, be just as motivated.

Your level of motivation does not depend on what happens. It depends on the way you choose to respond.

Choose to respond with a sense of positive and meaningful motivation. No matter what happens or fails to happen, let it motivate you to reach higher and to create new value.

You cannot know everything that will fill this day, yet you can choose right now what to do with it. Let it all motivate you to make the efforts that will make it all even better

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Praying for others

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on
opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land and he was able to eat it's fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren!

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, there was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, again there was nothing!

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing!

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could  leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer,  which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."

"Tell me, O God," the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered.."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone,  but those of another praying for us.

My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed.

"What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself"

Great Day To Be Alive

This is a great day to be alive. This is a great day to be you.

You can delight in the beauty of every little thing. You can experience the wonderful satisfaction of knowing you're making a positive difference.

You can dream, and then enjoy working your way toward the fulfillment of that dream. You can learn and create, and love and share, and experience life's richness in your own unique way.

This is an outstanding moment, because it is a culmination of all you've ever experienced. The paths you've chosen have led you right here, and now you can do something new and meaningful with it all.

The fears and shortcomings of your past no longer have to hold you back. The genuine love that's within you has more longing and ability to be expressed than ever before.

Look around you with thankful, loving eyes, and feel what a truly great day it is to be alive. The very best of life is here now for you, so live it to the fullest on this uniquely valuable day.

Haaaaaba !!!