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A strange visit to the house A woman in modest dress, accompanied by her husband, dressed in a comfortable but cheap suit, got off a train at Boston Station and went to the Harvard University principal's office. They did not make an appointment. At first glance, the secretary decided that those people at Harvard had nothing to look for. "We'd like to meet with the school principal," the man said in a silenced voice. "He'll be busy all day," the drought secretary answered. "We'll wait," the woman said. The secretary ignored the visitors for several hours hoping that at some point they would be disappointed and leave on their own. However, when she made sure that they wouldn't go anywhere themselves, she decided to harass the director and inform about their visit. "Maybe if you accept them for a minute and wake them up, then they'd rather leave? " she asked the director The director sighed angrily and agreed. As important as...

A father used to say to his children when they were young: —When you all  reach the age of 12  I will tell you the secret of life. One day when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that he was going to tell him, but that he should not reveal it to his brothers. —The secret of life is this: The cow does not give milk. "What are you saying?" Asked the boy incredulously. —As you hear it, son: The cow does not give milk, you have to milk it. You have to get up at 4 in the morning, go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do the work yourself. That is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you don't get milk. There is this generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free: their mentality is that if "I wish, I ask..... I obtain." "They have been accust...

The easiest way of catching a flu is by hanging out with someone with a flu. The easiest way to catch bad habits is by hanging out with those with bad habits. Never underestimate the power of association because iron sharpens iron.  You can't be different from those you closely associate with. Your association will determine your acceleration in life. You can be found with people who are going nowhere and expect to go somewhere. It is important to mention though that it is not only the people you are found with that will influence you but the people you follow on social media, the songs you listen to,  the books you read etc. Just because someone is an influencer doesn't mean you should follow them. Learn to distinguish between a positive influencer and a negative influencer. Sadly many are bored in life and have no direction and are therefore looking for entertainment more than education. The truth is some of you have been found in bad situations because of negative influence...

15 BENEFITS OF KEEPING YOUR LIFE PRIVATE  1. The less you share, the less likely people will be in your business. 2. You'll stop caring about people's opinion about your life. 3. You won't have to seek validation to do what feels right for you. 4. You'll attract peace into your life. You'll experience less drama, toxic energy and more time alone. 5. If everyone is your friend, you've a problem. You can't trust anyone with personal information. 6. The real flex is being private, staying low-key and telling no one about your life. 7. It'll be 10x easier to walk some paths alone to achieve your personal goals. 8. Privacy teaches you independence and how to connect with people on a deeper level. 9. Everyone leaves. You'll learn how to be alone and not feel lonely. 10. When you build in silence, people won't know what to attack. 11. People don't care so much about you. They only care on what you can offer. 12. People will want to know more about y...

Purpose of life Once upon a time, there lived a wise man.  His son, however, was very lazy and wasted his time sleeping and spending time with his friends. The years passed, and with time faded the youth of the wise man. As he grew older, he began to worry  about his son’s future. He recognized the need to give something to his son so that he can take care of himself and his family to be. One day, he called his son to his room and said : “I want you to find the real purpose of your life and when you find it remember it always and you will lead a life full of happiness and joy.” Then he handed his son a bag. When the son opened the bag, he was surprised to see 4 pair of clothes, one for each season. There also were some raw food, grains, lentils, little money and a map. His father continued-“I want you to go find a treasure. I have drawn a map of the place where the treasure is hidden, you need to go and find it.” The son loved this idea. The next day, he eagerly set out on a j...

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 ?  In the year 2123, exactly 100 years from now, we shall all be laid to rest beside our loved ones. Our homes, which we have fought so hard to create, will be occupied by total strangers, and they will possess all we have right now. Everything we own, even the expensive car we didn't even buy yet, will eventually be scrapped and sold to a collector nobody has ever heard of. Our offspring won't recognise us or remember us for very long. How many of us can name the father of our grandfather? A few years after our deaths, our history, photographs, and acts will fade into history's oblivion, at which point we will be remembered only as a portrait on someone's bookshelf. There won't be any trace of us left. Maybe if we took a day to reflect on these issues, we'd see how foolish and feeble the desire to have it all really is. We would be different people with new perspectives and ways of thinking if only...

T Apa kamu tidak bahagia dengan kelahiran anakmu?J Bahagia,  tapi kenapa kamu tidak merayakan hari ulang tahun mu ?  Dengkelmu amblek ,lha apa standar cinta itu hanya merayakan hari lahir anak saya ? Dan sayapun tidak pernah seumur hidup saya merayakan hari ulang tahun anak ,ggaya koyo wong sugeh wae raya rayaan ultah, wong aku mbayar SPP anak wae nunggak kok arep Raya rayaan ultah. 🤭🤭 https://www.facebook.com/100000675277951/posts/pfbid02UqEvrnANokGsG3AtPGpkgXLJdUhsp8XPHvX5trbgunM82WCuPMREuk1622TSo1Aql/?mibextid=9R9pXO

TIGA PERTANYAAN BAGI ‘PECANDU’ PERINGATAN MAULID NABI Berikut ini adalah tiga pertanyaan yang kami tujukan kepada saudara-saudara seislam yang masih hobi dan kecanduan melakukan peringatan Maulid Nabi. Mudah-mudahan dengan membaca dan merenungkan tiga pertanyaan ini, mereka mendapat taufiK dan hidayah dari Allah untuk segera bertobat dari kekeliruannya dalam mencintai dan mengagungkan Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. Dan mereka segera kembali ke jalan yang lurus dan benar, sebagaimana yang telah ditempuh oleh Nabi ﷺ beserta para istri dan sahabat beliau -radhiyallahu anhum-, dan juga para ulama Islam terdahulu yang saleh rahimahumullah-. » 1. Pertanyaan Pertama: Apakah peringatan Maulid Nabi itu termasuk amalan ketaatan ataukah kemaksiatan? Sudah pasti mereka akan menjawab: ‘Peringatan Maulid Nabi adalah termasuk amalan ketaatan.’ Sebab jika jawaban mereka adalah ‘Peringatan Maulid Nabi termasuk perbuatan maksiat,’ maka berakhirlah perselisihan pendapat di antara kita (Ahlus Sunnah) dengan mereka. » 2...

Thoughts to Ponder....... Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one? If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one out of five enjoys it? Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with? If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes? If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist? If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, then doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed? Do Lipton Tea employees take 'coffee breaks?' What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men? I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny lit...

Pakdhe Jum berangkat kerja naik mobil avanza putih Suasana seperti di Sugihan. Saya sedang di halaman depan, pojok depan barat ada kolam kecil, berisi air yg benibg, terlihat ada ikan kecil warna merah keemasan. Pakdhe Jum mutar mobil di halaman, terus berangkat lewat barat rumah ke utara. Sempat ngobrol bentar sama Budhe Jum, cerita bahwa kerjaan Pakdhe sekarang di Karanggede, dng truk canvas saat ada pameran. Jadi, jualannya hanya sore ampe malam, tapi berangkat tetap pagi karena untuk persiapan. Budhe Jum bersama mas Ayik, bertanya: "Awal ayat surat pertengahan Al Quran?", "Alhamdulillah", jawab Ayik

⚠️ SEJARAH KELAM MAULID NABI. Oleh : Ustadz Muhammad Abduh Tuasikal, MSc. Jika kita menelusuri dalam kitab tarikh (sejarah), perayaan Maulid Nabi tidak kita temukan pada masa sahabat, tabi’in, tabi’ut tabi’in dan empat Imam Madzhab (Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Syafi’i dan Imam Ahmad), padahal mereka adalah orang-orang yang sangat cinta dan mengagungkan Nabinya shallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Mereka adalah orang-orang yang paling paham mengenai sunnah Nabinya shallallahu alaihi wa sallam dan paling semangat dalam mengikuti setiap ajaran beliau. Perlu diketahui pula bahwa -menurut pakar sejarah yang terpercaya-, yang pertama kali mempelopori acara Maulid Nabi adalah Dinasti Ubaidiyyun atau disebut juga Fatimiyyun (silsilah keturunannya disandarkan pada Fatimah). Sebagai buktinya adalah penjelasan berikut ini. Al Maqriziy, seorang pakar sejarah mengatakan, Para khalifah Fatimiyyun memiliki banyak perayaan sepanjang tahun. Ada perayaan tahun baru, hari Asyura, maulid (hari kelahiran) ...

🔺 The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said : “I advise you ten things: 👉 Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty, and do not be cowardly.” This was narrated in Bukhari Volume 004, Book 052, Hadith Number 257. 👉He also said ,  ” ..Do not behave treacherously, nor misappropriate war-booty, nor mutilate [those whom you kill], nor kill children, nor the people in cloisters.”  This was narrated in  (Musnad Ahmad, Sunan At-Tirmidhî) He also said,  “…Do not kill a woman, nor a child, nor an old-aged man’  (Sharh as-Sunnah Al-Baghawî) 👉 The Prophet said: Go in Allah’s name, trusting in Allah, and adhering to the religion of Allah’s Apostle.  Do not kill a decrepit old man, a young infant, or a child, or a woman; do not be dishonest about booty, but coll...

AVOIDING UNNECESSARY PRESSURE 1. Put your kids in       schools you can afford      because expensive      schools don't       guarantee good      results. Just ensure      they attend a good      affordable school 2. Rent apartments you      can pay for     conveniently. Don’t live      in a house you struggle      to pay yearly. 3. Let’s plan our lives and      live within our means.      Save more and spend      less. 4. Some women buy food      for their children every      morning before going      to school or even for      the whole family, do      you know it’s cheaper      to cook at home? 5. Some people don’t      earn much, but have      DSTV at h...

*Cara Berbakti pada Orang Tua yang Telah Meninggal Dunia* عن أبي عسيد مالك بن ربيعة السعدى رضي الله عنه قال، بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِذَا جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِى سَلِمَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَقِىَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَىَّ شَىْءٌ أَبَرُّهُمَا بِهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا قَالَ « نَعَمِ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَالاِسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِى لاَ تُوصَلُ إِلاَّ بِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا ». Dari Abu Usaid Malik bin Rabi’ah As-Sa’idi, ia berkata,“Suatu saat kami pernah berada di sisi Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. Ketika itu ada datang seseorang dari Bani Salimah, ia berkata, “Wahai Rasulullah, apakah masih ada bentuk berbakti kepada kedua orang tuaku ketika mereka telah meninggal dunia?” Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menjawab, “Iya (masih tetap ada bentuk berbakti pada keduanya, pen.). (Bentuknya adalah) mendo’akan keduanya, meminta ampun untuk keduanya, memenuhi j...

Bismillah Berdasarkan penelitian ulama ahli sejarah Muhammad Sulaiman Al Mansurfury dan ahli astronomi Mahmud Basya disimpulkan bahwa hari senin pagi yang bertepatan dengan permulaan tahun dari peristiwa penyerangan pasukan gajah dan 40 tahun setelah kekuasaan Kisra Anusyirwan atau bertepatan dengan 20 atau 22 april tahun 571 M, hari senin tersebut bertepatan dengan tanggal 9 Rabi’ul Awal. (Ar Rahiqum Makhtum). Tanggal Wafat Para ulama ahli sejarah menyatakan bahwa beliau meninggal pada hari senin tanggal 12 Rabi’ul Awal tahun 11 H dalam usia 63 tahun lebih empat hari. Catatan Penting Satu catatan penting yang perlu kita perhatikan dari dua kenyataan sejarah di atas. Perbedaan para ulama dalam menentukan tanggal kelahiran Nabi shallallahu ‘alahi wa sallam dan tanggal wafatnya beliau shallallahu ‘alahi wa sallam. Kenyataan ini menunjukkan bahwa para ulama tidak banyak memberikan perhatian terhadap tanggal kelahiran Nabi shallallahu ‘alahi wa sallam. Alasannya, penentuan kapan beliau dil...

Ini amalan ikut Imam Syafi'i yang mana yaa?  By Siswo Kusyudhanto Beberapa waktu yang lalu saya melakukan perjalanan ke beberapa kota di Jawa, dibeberapa pojok kota sering menjumpai baliho besar ajakan mengikuti acara tabligh akbar acara shalawat yang kebanyakan diiringi dengan musik, andai panitia atau pengisi kegiatan ini ditanya mereka ikut mazhab mana mungkin kebanyakan mereka akan menjawab ikut mazhab Syafi'i, padahal Imam Syafi'i sendiri mengingkari dzikir termasuk shalawat didalamnya dilakukan dengan iringan musik,  Imam Asy Syafi’i berkata, Di Iraq, aku meninggalkan sesuatu yang dinamakan taghbiir, istilah Sejenis sya’ir berisi anjuran untuk zuhud di dunia yang dinyanyikan oleh orang-orang Shufi, dan sebagian hadirin memukul-mukulkan kayu pada bantal atau kulit sesuai dengan irama lagunya.  (Yaitu) perkara baru yang diada-adakan oleh Zanadiqah  yakni rang-orang zindiq ; menyimpang, mereka menghalangi manusia dari Al Qur’an.” ,  Perkataan Imam Syafi'i ini...

Oh I have a bunch of these. Been a Software Developer in multiple companies for close to 10 years and I could not stress more on the following. I’ll keep adding when I think of something new. Drink Coffee. Coffee is your best friend on a long day. (This is a personal opinion) Please solve your problems the right way. Don’t work around the problem and deliver a quick fix. It will backfire on you. Commit your code at regular intervals and push your code at least once in 2 days. Don’t have a lot of uncommitted code on your local environment. You never know when the system is gonna go down. Never use short forms for variable names. It’ll be a nightmare to understand your code after few months. In the same vision as the point above, always add appropriate comments to your code. Documentation should always live with the code. This is the current best practice. Example - Use /** Javadocs comments */ instead of writing bunch of confluence pages. Externalize all your static variables. This will...

THE SYSTEM WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE IN THESE 6 LIES... You have to Wake up before it gets late: 1. News The news is there to hack your attention. Not to keep you informed. They want you to: • Be Distracted • Believe their lies • Stay under their control Observe with your mind not your eyes. 2. Failure "You should avoid failure there is one correct answer." Wrong. Make mistakes so you can: • Grow • Learn • Strengthen your skills Nobody is born perfect. Embrace failure and see it as an opportunity to grow. 3. Work hard You should work smart, not hard. Don't get me wrong, it will still get hard sometimes, but they want you to trade your time for money your whole life. 1 Minute of your life is worth more than all money combined. Stop valuing it more than your time. 4. Money Until 1971, money was tied to gold, which gave money value. Nowadays, money is tied to nothing. Money is basically worthless. Learn how: • To create money with no money • To make money work for you • Money wor...

Bukan air diam, Bukan pula sabun, Apalagi sabun antiseptik,                   Pembersih terbaik untuk tubuh ini adalah air yang mengalir.                             Di ajaran agama manapun, air terbaik untuk mensucikan diri adalah air mengalir. Bukan air sabun.

No matter how long it lives, the Greatest Lion will eventually die miserably. That's the world. At their Peak, they rule, chase other animals, catch, devour, gulp and leave their crumbs for hyenas. But age comes fast. The old Lion can't hunt, can't kill or defend itself. It roams and roars until it runs out of luck. It will be cornered by the hyenas, nibbled at and eaten alive by them. They won't even let it die before it is dismembered. Life is short. Power is ephemeral. Physical beauty is short-lived, I have seen it in lions. I have seen it in old people. Everyone who lives long enough will become weak and very vulnerable at some point. Therefore, let us be humble. Help the sick, the weak, the vulnerable and most importantly never forget that we will leave the stage one day.. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02cuXXMjNc1ywhzpaKVwFu3Z43ATJtmgyngWfH7U8Bq6RT6Qro13wnwSrSQGiQ4RTZl&id=100001676056647&post_id=100001676056647_pfbid02cuXXMj...

LET'S LAUGH AWAY OUR STRESS WITH ANTS 🐜  1.  5 ants + 5 ants = Tenants 2. To bring an ant from another country into your country = Important 3. Ant that goes to school = Brilliant 4. Ant that is looking for a job = Applicant 5. A spy ant = Informant 6. A very little ant = Infant 7. An ant that uses a gun = Militant 8. An ant that is a specialist = Consultant😂 9. A proud ant = Arrogant🤔 10. An ant that is cruel and oppressive = Tyrant 11. An ant that is friendly and lovely = Coolant 12. An ant that has changed from evil to good deeds = Repentant 13. An ant that accumulated so much food in summer for use in winter = Abundant 14. An ant that isn’t willing = Reluctant 15. An ant that keeps financial account = Accountant 16. An ant that occupies a flat = Occupant 17. A huge ant = Giant 18. An ant that is important = Significant 19. An ant that has big legs = Elephant 20. A sarcastic ant = Mordant 21. An extremely fast ant = Instant 22. A noisy ant = Rant 23. An ant that doesn't ...

﷽  🅽🅰️🆂🅴🅷🅰️🆃  🅷🅰️🅡🅘🅰️🅝 *🍂 PAHALA BACAAN AL-QUR’AN UNTUK MAYIT* _Oleh: Lajnah Da’imah Lil Buhuts Al-Ilmiah Wal Ifta_ *❓Pertanyaan :* *Lajnah Da’imah Lil Buhuts Al-Ilmiah Wal Ifta ditanya,* *Apakah pahala bacaan al Quran atau ibadah yang lain sampai kepada mayit? Baik itu berasal dari anaknya maupun dari orang lain?* *📝🖍️Jawaban :* *Sebatas yang kami ketahui, tidak ada riwayat yang sah dari Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam (yang menerangkan) bahwa Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam membaca al Qur'an dan memberikan pahalanya untuk kerabat beliau yang sudah meninggal ataupun untuk orang lain. Seandainya pahala bacaan itu bisa sampai kepada orang-orang yang sudah meninggal tersebut, tentu Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam sangat antusias melakukannya, dan beliau Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam tentu menjelaskannya kepada umatnya agar bisa memberikan manfaat kepada orang-orang yang sudah meninggal, karena Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam sangat sayang kepada kaum ...

Saya masih bingung dengan adanya ijazah-ijazah doa itu.  Apakah doa yang diriwayatkan di hadits-hadits shahih itu kurang atau nggak manjur?  Sehingga harus ada doa yang berijazah.  Apakah memang benar Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wasalam itu menyembunyikan ajaran beliau sampai harus pakai stempel ijazah untuk amalan tertentu? Yang bisa jawab tolong bantu dong Syukran Katsiron Jawab: Ijazah doa baru di kenal di baru baru ini. Dlm islam yg ada adalah sanad hadits. Dan do'a di maktub dlm hadits. Imma apakah shahih atau tidaknya, dan semua sanad hadits dibterima dari orang yg dhobid dan soduq ( dlm ilmu hadits ) walau ia seorang hamba sahaya yg mendengarnya dari sahabat nabi yakni mereka tabi'in. Jdi doa itu ya hadits...maka yg ada adalah sanad yg shahih dan tdk shahih atau palsu.  Maka...Tidak akan ada ajaran do'a yg baru selain di dalam hadits. Jika pun ingin di ijazahkan sanadnya. Maka sanadnya itu bersambung kepada Nabi Shalallahu alaihi wasallam.. Satu contoh حَدّ...

Sejauh yang saya amati, dugaan kasus korupsi pengadaan sistem proteksi TKI tahun 2012 yang ditimpakan kepada Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) adalah "mayat" yang dihidupkan sehubungan tahun politik.  Tapi tak usahlah kita keberatan.  Bagus itu! Kita dorong saja supaya KPK SAMA memperlakukan semua perkara seperti itu, terutama yang diduga menyeret nama penyelenggara negara/politisi papan atas, termasuk yang sedang berkuasa. Jika hanya satu-dua nama apalagi dari yang berbeda haluan politik yang disasar, itu namanya KPK semata PERKAKAS politik.  Hukum dipermainkan demi nafsu berkuasa.  Bukan demi keadilan. *** Mari runut kasus Cak Imin itu.  Kebetulan media yang pernah saya kelola dan kini tak beroperasi lagi (gresnews.com) pernah menelusuri. https://www.gresnews.com/berita/hukum/81618-berita-analisis-dugaan-korupsi-berselubung-proteksi-tki-/ Proyeknya tahun 2012. Di bawah Direktrorat Jenderal Pembinaan Penempatan Tenaga Kerja (Binapenta). Nilainya "cuma" Rp20 miliar....

Iseng gabung di grup komonitas anti riba. Ngeri ngeri sedap curhatan yang sudah terlanjur ngeriba ada yang sampai utangnya  milyaran sampai aset di jual kembali wanauzubillah.  Beberapa curhatan yang membuat ngeri ngeri sedap mereka terpaksa ngutang di bank karna ingin mengembangkan usahanya alhasil malah jatuh bangkrut. Innalillah. Membuka usaha memang cukup menguji iman dan kesabaran apalagi masih ngontrak.  Jadi Flashback waktu awal buka usaha di tahun 2020. usaha baru jalan 2 bulan corona tiba tiba memperodak porandakan ekonomi dunia. Pada saat itu banyak orang yang kena PHK, dan banyak orang mengeluh karna ke bingungan untuk membayar cicilan. Alhamdulillah nya pada saat itu saya tidak punya utang dan Alhamdulillahnya lagi  sebagai orang di PHK di tempat kerjanya saya gaji di naikkan. Yang membuat saya sedih pada saat itu karna terpaksa pindah toko karna yang punya toko katanya mau di pakai. Nasib klau ngotrak sewaktu sewaktu meski waktu tidak tepat terpaksa kelu...

50 GOLDEN RULES FOR LIFE. 1. Never shake hands at anyone without standing up. 2. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 3. If they trust you a secret, keep it. 4. If they lend you a car, return it with a full tank. 5. Do things with passion or don't do it at all. 6. When you shake your hand make it firm and look that person in the eye. 7. Live the experience of traveling alone. 8. Never turn down a peppermint pill, the reasons are obvious. 9. Take advice if you want to grow old. 10. Come eat with the new person at school/office. 11. When you text someone and you're angry: finish, read it, delete it, and rewrite the message. 12. At the table you don't talk about work, politics, or religion. 13. Write your goals, and work on them. 14. Defend your point of view but be tolerant and respectful to others. 15. Call and visit your relatives. 16. Never regret anything, learn from everything 17. Honor and loyalty must be present in your personality. 18. Don't lend money to...

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK, GREAT BRITAIN, BRITAIN, ENGLAND A lot of people in Nigeria and indeed all over the world, including well travelled, elite class people often confuse England, United Kingdom, Britain and Great Britain. Well, here's the way to differentiate them: *England* is a country just as Nigeria, and its capital is *London* just like Abuja is the capital of Nigeria.  *Great Britain* is a collection of 3 countries which came together as one country and has its capital as *London.* Those 3 countries are:  1. *England,* 2. *Scotland* and 3. *Wales.*  When you include *Northern Ireland* to these 3 countries, they become *United Kingdom* (union of four nations) Viz:  1. England,  2. Scotland,  3. Wales, and  4. Northern Ireland.  That is why it is referred to as the *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.*  Collectively, the four are taken as one country. And when this is the case, *London* is its capital.  N...