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Remember the primary school prayer: Some have food but cannot eat, some can eat but have no food, we have food and we can eat, Glory be to thee oh Lord ... This prayer has been remixed by different musicians changing “God" to “Allah” and Wande Coal changing it to "Jehovah" "For the food we are about to eat, we thank you oh Lord" - FGCL dining hall prayer. A colleague once told me, I never used to say thank you as a child so my mum will take away anything given to me till I said "Thank you". Her mum wanted her to learn the importance of being thankful after a gift. If you are not thankful, things can be taking away from you. I did a couple of aptitude tests before passing out (NYSC); I didn't pass the first two while the only one I passed was dragging. After passing out, I stayed home for a couple of weeks then I started crying. "You are getting aptitude test invites indicating you met a certain criteria. All you have to do no