RESETTING THE MIND SET IN RECESSION.
+ Models Retreat 2016 in review.
To many of us, recession is a new word we have come to learn after President Buhari came to power. Very few of us care to know the literal meaning because the economic impact simply define it as time of hardship. The truth is that poverty of the mind has always been with a lot of people. Everyone is out for what to grab. But life is short to give excuses for not trying to make positive impacts while we can.
I stopped writing for a while now because I felt like people has stopped reading. I stopped sharing much on social media because I felt like I have less intellectuals up there… I am definitely inspired again. This time by young people with similar drive, passion and vision. These set of people originated from a shanty town in Lagos called Ajegunle. Why not Lekki, why not VGC, why not Ikeja? Yes Ajegunle.
I came across a young female model during one of my auditions, precisely for upcoming events. I realized that there was something about her. She was calm and confident. My instinct did not fail me as I later discovered that she is a reigning beauty queen; Face of Ajegunle (FOA). I proposed she become my co-host in one of the events for which she came to be auditioned; MODELS RETREAT 2016. Her name is Ogwu Bliss, a trained Runway Model/ Fashion Designer. Indeed she never disappointed my confidence in her as she diligently did her bit.
Bliss is supporting her Runner up in a pet project tagged “Girl in Prison", to take place in Kirikiri maximum prison on the 26th of December 2016. So she had a meeting in that regard a day after Models Retreat 2016 which she co-hosted. She invited me, and I was so eager to support her by being there. Organizing Models Retreat in far away Lekki was overwhelming, and I was still appraising the challenges and possible ways forward. Then I remembered my decision to support any model with vision and drive otherwise know as passion. I lifted my self and attended to Bliss's invite. Although I came in late, it was just the right place to be not because it fitted into my expectation. But because the gathering was made up of intellectual content. Yes content. I easily connected with the people I met mentally. Obviously they were all leaders with deep sense of responsibility. From Bliss to the organizer of Face of Ajegunle Beauty Pageant, to the creative intellectuals like Olaemma Opara , to Tee-Signature, among the FOA sisters as they proudly address them selves.
I quietly listened to them as they discussed like a family intelligently. I was offered their brands. The summary is that their stories and ideology is amazing, simply inspiring. Indeed FOA is more than a show, but an INSTITUTION where people are helped to become better. Of course the success story is never without those overwhelming moments when quitting seems like the best option.
In conclusion, there are so much I could pick from what olaemma wrote with the tag “Living in recession and finding your social capital”. The line that caught my deeper admiration is this; “There are capitals everywhere and every time, but only answers to you in consonant with the values and expectations that runs in your heart. And so the problem is not that there are no money or whom to help, the problem is that your heart is either empty or too small to hold the thoughts, ideas, people or values that comes to you".
MODELS RETREAT is a beautiful idea just like models Connect Industry Night, conceived to provide models a platform to network, sharing ideas, opportunities in an atmosphere of fun. No matter the challenges, the beauty of the idea as presented can’t be questioned. It has become clear that there is a bigger challenge in actualizing ideas. No one individual can actualize a big idea in a big way. This is the lesson we all must learn, offering to help each other in the best possible ways in actualizing individual dreams. Beauty queens and aspirants must learn to pick up from where the pageant organizers stopped in creating platforms which is the first level of empowerment. The most important thing is the mental empowerment to actualize a vision. Passion is the driving force, and no career person can go far without it. Models Retreat 2016 should provide the needed picture of a passionate humble beginning, how people can disappoint at the last minutes, how to stay unbroken among other lessons. Your last option is what is yours and available like our humble camera phone which captured the red carpet when the media failed.
Yes, together we can connect Nigeria, and the world around us. It all begins with our Passion & vision. Yes we can.
~ Treeze (MCN)
@treeze3ze
@models_connect_nigeria
+ Models Retreat 2016 in review.
To many of us, recession is a new word we have come to learn after President Buhari came to power. Very few of us care to know the literal meaning because the economic impact simply define it as time of hardship. The truth is that poverty of the mind has always been with a lot of people. Everyone is out for what to grab. But life is short to give excuses for not trying to make positive impacts while we can.
I stopped writing for a while now because I felt like people has stopped reading. I stopped sharing much on social media because I felt like I have less intellectuals up there… I am definitely inspired again. This time by young people with similar drive, passion and vision. These set of people originated from a shanty town in Lagos called Ajegunle. Why not Lekki, why not VGC, why not Ikeja? Yes Ajegunle.
I came across a young female model during one of my auditions, precisely for upcoming events. I realized that there was something about her. She was calm and confident. My instinct did not fail me as I later discovered that she is a reigning beauty queen; Face of Ajegunle (FOA). I proposed she become my co-host in one of the events for which she came to be auditioned; MODELS RETREAT 2016. Her name is Ogwu Bliss, a trained Runway Model/ Fashion Designer. Indeed she never disappointed my confidence in her as she diligently did her bit.
Bliss is supporting her Runner up in a pet project tagged “Girl in Prison", to take place in Kirikiri maximum prison on the 26th of December 2016. So she had a meeting in that regard a day after Models Retreat 2016 which she co-hosted. She invited me, and I was so eager to support her by being there. Organizing Models Retreat in far away Lekki was overwhelming, and I was still appraising the challenges and possible ways forward. Then I remembered my decision to support any model with vision and drive otherwise know as passion. I lifted my self and attended to Bliss's invite. Although I came in late, it was just the right place to be not because it fitted into my expectation. But because the gathering was made up of intellectual content. Yes content. I easily connected with the people I met mentally. Obviously they were all leaders with deep sense of responsibility. From Bliss to the organizer of Face of Ajegunle Beauty Pageant, to the creative intellectuals like Olaemma Opara , to Tee-Signature, among the FOA sisters as they proudly address them selves.
I quietly listened to them as they discussed like a family intelligently. I was offered their brands. The summary is that their stories and ideology is amazing, simply inspiring. Indeed FOA is more than a show, but an INSTITUTION where people are helped to become better. Of course the success story is never without those overwhelming moments when quitting seems like the best option.
In conclusion, there are so much I could pick from what olaemma wrote with the tag “Living in recession and finding your social capital”. The line that caught my deeper admiration is this; “There are capitals everywhere and every time, but only answers to you in consonant with the values and expectations that runs in your heart. And so the problem is not that there are no money or whom to help, the problem is that your heart is either empty or too small to hold the thoughts, ideas, people or values that comes to you".
MODELS RETREAT is a beautiful idea just like models Connect Industry Night, conceived to provide models a platform to network, sharing ideas, opportunities in an atmosphere of fun. No matter the challenges, the beauty of the idea as presented can’t be questioned. It has become clear that there is a bigger challenge in actualizing ideas. No one individual can actualize a big idea in a big way. This is the lesson we all must learn, offering to help each other in the best possible ways in actualizing individual dreams. Beauty queens and aspirants must learn to pick up from where the pageant organizers stopped in creating platforms which is the first level of empowerment. The most important thing is the mental empowerment to actualize a vision. Passion is the driving force, and no career person can go far without it. Models Retreat 2016 should provide the needed picture of a passionate humble beginning, how people can disappoint at the last minutes, how to stay unbroken among other lessons. Your last option is what is yours and available like our humble camera phone which captured the red carpet when the media failed.
Yes, together we can connect Nigeria, and the world around us. It all begins with our Passion & vision. Yes we can.
~ Treeze (MCN)
@treeze3ze
@models_connect_nigeria
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