The Rise of the Giant that is google... hope you enjoy this.

WILLS WISDOM

Just a few of the wise words of Mr Smith, thought it would be good to share this with you.

MAN ON THE MOON...

Well, well, well, what can i say? Kid Cudi has done a very good job with this album, he has brought something different to hip-hop. Just like the 90s when you had several sounds, Cudi has shown how fearless he is, and given us something worth listening to, His off key singing, his lyrics and his motivational sounds in the case of "My World" . The unmistakable sound from ratatat plays a major part in 'Alive' and 'Pursuit for 'Happiness' and Kanye West went all out with some of the productions... Over all it's a good album worth buying... so go out there and get yours!

BIG BEATS!!

Today i have decided to upload some ' go getter ' music...It's a state of mind!! I REFUSE TO LOSE!!!!

A little uplifting song.

The Future?

Young and Hungry

Hunger! What is hunger?

v.intr.

1. To have a need or desire for food.
2. To have a strong desire or craving.

" A strong desire or craving " What do you do when you have a craving? usually we act upon that desire and satisfy that urge. When one needs some food, you don't go talking about it, do you? You get up, get some food and you eat. So why is it that when it comes to our hunger for success, a lot of us tend to sit back and talk about it all day and yet neglect to take the necessary actions that are needed to satisfy that hunger!

It is said " you reap what you sow " Action is a very important factor in the act of satisfying ones desire, every little step you take, helps in shaping your future in the right direction. With no action, nothing is achieved simples!! :)

I have searched all over the Internet to find some young people who've had a certain hunger for a particular area of endeavour and the process they took to feed this hunger.

Here are a couple of them:

WILLIAM TEMPEST.

" Tempest is rapidly establishing a name as one of the city's hottest young talents" - Hilary Alexander, The Telegraph.

William was born on the 19th of December 1985 in Cheshire.

As a kid growing up he had such passion for fashion and at 16 proceeded to enrol on a two year National Diploma course in fashion design and textiles. He graduated with a distinction and was offered a place at the 'London College of Fashion' where he achieved a first class honours degree in womenswear design.

As a student he worked for Giles deacon and did some freelance work especially for Diesel. ( He designed the windows and installations for the London Flagship store re-launch )

After graduating, William moved to Paris where he worked on a womens ready-to-wear collection.

January 2008 William returned to London where he established his own label.

He was chosen by a panel including Donatella Versace to show his spring/summer 09 collection on schedule at 'London Fashion Week', as part of 'Fashion Fringe'.

His clothes have been spotted on celebrities such as Emma Watson and Lilly Allen.

Later this month, he will showcase his spring/summer 2010 collection in collaboration with Sony VAIO.

DAVINCHE

Is a 23 year old self taught south london studio producer and engineer. At 16 he founded paperchase records and has been behind the creative direction of the company.

He has produced for the likes of Wiley,Kano and Tinchy Stryder and has done UK remixes for Britney Spears and M.I.A.

As a trained Pianist and Guitarist he also composes and arranges classical music and has performed a classical concert for the BBC.

Heather, Heather oh Heather!!

"My serve works well and I have lots of fight in me in matches. I never give up. I can still improve all parts of my game. My ambition is to win a grand slam and to be No 1."

Words of the first Briton to win the girls US Open. At 17 Heather Watson has achieved a great feat. Beating Russian Yana Buchina 6-4, 6-1 on the 13 0f September to grab the title and setting the stage for more great stuff to come. She works very hard is very determined to improve her game regularly.

She is ranked British no1 for juniors and 21 for seniors. Apart from being very good at her game she has the right attitude as well. To some British hopefuls, the prospect of playing in the junior shadows of Wimbledon champion Laura Robson might soon become a position that promotes jealousy and a sense of inferiority. However, Heather Watson is using it as an impetus to make her own presence felt on the grand slam stage.

Laura Robson.

we are hopeful for this superstar in the making and we hope you've been able to learn that with hard work and the right attitude....the sky is your stepping stone!!!

IMAGINE!!!

We Must be grateful for everything we have and try not to compare ourselves to others. Imagine life without your loved ones, without clothes on your back, without food. Imagine life without an education, without the Internet, without the exposure you have today, without family support and the government support. I bet you can't imagine that?!

There are folks who live this life and all they want is food to eat, Clothes to wear, a hug from loved ones and finally to be able to read and write. Let's celebrate life, let's celebrate what we have and quit worry about what we don't have. Young people are dying everyday in the UK from stab wounds and gun shots, over nothing!!! Imagine dying because you have no food to eat or because you've been forced to fight a war you know nothing about?!! You can't imagine that can you?!!

Let's take time to reflect and appreciate the blessings we have.

Gotta Believe it

Saigon is an American Hip Hop artist who raps about sensitive things. Non of that gun,drugs and girls rubbish we are accustomed to in rap these days. Here's a new video, hope u enjoy it.

1hr 16mins of Inspiration

Not Going to say much...watch this and i hope you learn from it!

SELF DOUBT...MY INNER DEMON!!

Self doubt is such a horrible Emotion, and it is something i have been battling lately. Is it natural? Is it just nerves? or is it fear? Whatever it is...i don't like it.

I have a lot going on right now and for some reason i feel like i am not well equipped to tackle them, i feel like i am going to fail, this is a problem a lot of folks face... so i decided to do some research and figure this thing out...these are my findings ( some of them... not gonna bore u with too much detail )

Well...after watching this video, i didn't feel the need to continue with my research...i just knew that i had no REASON WHATSOEVER to doubt myself ever again... i knew i had to just believe in myself and my abilities and that falling was not the end of the world...getting up again was all that mattered!

So to everyone out there ... these times will come, you will feel like nothing is working right, you will feel like you are useless, you will feel like there is no hope for you... but remember, you've got it in you ... FEAR NOT!! Billionaires , Celebrities , Kings and great men and women have at some point doubted themselves... but got right out of it. So i say...GET RIGHT OUT OF IT!!

ROX ROCKS!!!

True Beauty and Talent

Sometime in November 2007 a friend of mine told me i had to see this very talented young lady perform...honestly i wasn't keen at all,cause i had been disappointed several times. ( the same old Beyonce/ Mariah Carey wannabes ) But my friend insisted i see this lady perform on the 14th of November 2007, She also claimed i would like the look of the young lady performing ( I am attracted to petite women. ) That worked and i was ready to go...i invited a few friends and off we went to see this Lady perform. On getting there..some other folks did their thing and it was cool, but all that mattered to me was seeing this petite young lady who could sing like crazy! It was time, and ..... POW!! i was instantly hit by her beauty but was still waiting to hear her sing, and then .... POW!! POW!! That voice!! that silky voice of hers hit me HARD!! I was mesmerized ... speechless and very pleased i came. She did a track called " Shoot me down " Which i love to bits ( Please bring it back to myspace ) and i fell in love...not with her beauty alone...but with her voice and stage presence as well.

Shoot me Down...the song that got me hooked!

The first day i saw Rox Perform...pic taken from my friend's phone

Gorgeous!!

Roxanne Tataei aka ROX was born in 1988 and has been performing Professionally since she was 11,touring with the National Youth Music Theatre. She travelled to Mexico, Did some teaching and wrote some great songs .... back in London... she unleashed all those great songs to us. She has performed at the BBC's Electric Proms, Her soulful pop song 'I don't Believe' is currently the soundtrack for Rimmel London's TV ad, She performed at Selfridges for their 100 year anniversary celebrations and she did Valerie on stage with Mark Ronson ( She was much better than Amy Winehouse i must say )

Performing at Selfridges

The actual performance

At 21 Rox has focused her energy on writing great songs ( Yesss!! a breath of fresh air ) and success is definitely Guaranteed, i am yet to hear a song i don't like. We wish her the best and hope she is able to inspire more young people to follow their passion and make the best of it.

The Rimmel Ad

For more info:

http://www.myspace.com/roxmusik

http://www.twitter.com/thisisROX
http://www.roughtraderecords.com

WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE WHO WE ARE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CROWD!!!

I thought this will be good to put up...enjoy it people!

Helen Writes It

Helen Oyeyemi was born on the 10th of December 1984 in Nigeria and moved to London four years later.

Her first book the Icarus girl was first published whiles she was at school studying for her A-levels. She later had two of her plays published and another book " opposite house " published in may 2007 by Bloomsbury.

She studied Social and Political sciences at Cambridge and graduated sometime in 2006. Her 3rd Novel titled " white is for witching " Was released may this year and it was dubbed " a Literary sensation " by the Times.

At 24 Helen has achieved quite a lot and i hope you are inspired by her 'can do' attitude and make the best out of your life as well.

Young and Doing it!!

Adam Hildreth (born 25 March 1985, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) setup his first company, Dubit Limited when he was 14. [2] Dubit Limited went onto become one of the biggest teenage websites in the UK and now markets itself as a 'Youth Marketing Agency', advising major brands on how to market their products to young people.

Hildreth's latest venture is [3] Crisp Thinking, which develops online child protection technology. The company claims to work closely with both Internet Service Providers and child protection organisations to develop solutions that protect children and teenagers from 'online grooming'.

He was reportedly worth £2m in the 2004 UK top 20 richest teens list and the current (2008) Sunday Times Rich List ranks Hildreth as 23rd in the 100 richest young people in the UK based on a valuation of £25m. In a study of British Millionaires of the Future Adam was predicted to be worth £40m by the year 2020. Hildreth was named the CBI's Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the end of 2006, which was awarded to him by Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones from BBC's Dragons' Den programme.

Culled From Wikipedia.

UPDATES!!

Hey! It's been a while since I've written anything. It has been a deliberate act...We are working very hard on our website and everything else we are hoping to present to you, and since our website will have it's own blog i thought I'd take a break here and focus on creating great content for the website. As you can probably tell...i miss you guys so much, that i have decided to carry on with this blog regardless.

WEBSITE:

Our website is looking really good and at the moment we are working on adding a forum to it...that way u can be involved in the whole process. We are looking to keep young people engaged in being creative and innovative and we hope with your help we can achieve this.

MERCHANDISE:

As part of our youth campaign,we are launching some nice looking merchandise based on the cartoon characters that were created for the brand. I will post a blog soon with a formal introduction.

MORE:

There's more to come and we hope you will be very much involved in the evolution of the Hoodieville brand!!

Pardon me i must say...i'm kinda like a big deal ( and so are you )

It's 2:30am and i am  i sitting here thinking about all sorts of things. Decided to listen to this new song by the Clipse titled " Kinda Like a big deal " and it got me really thinking about my life and the reason why i am on this planet..I thought about my journey to this dear planet..the sperm race and how i beat the odds to make it here and i realized that indeed i am special and i shall carry myself as such. I mean think about it...we as individuals are the ones who made it...why do we all feel inferior? why do we feel like we can't achieve whatever we put our minds to? Why have we suddenly lost the courage we were built with? These are questions we must ask ourselves on a daily basis. We all have a role to play, so get off your lazy asses and play ur part folks.

Yeah...one more thing...Pardon me i must say...i'm kinda like a big deal!!!

PHILLY CHEESE STEAK SANDWICH DON!!

So I'm sitting watching t.v and i see it.....The Philly cheese steak sandwich...Mmmmm!! i can do that! i thought to myself , so off to the web i went to learn more about this wonderful delicacy. Found this video and my life changed forever.

After watching this off to the shops i went to get all the required ingredients

and back to the kitchen to try this out...If i may say so myself it turned

out GREAT!! ( Well until i taste the real thing from philly )

NIXON PRESENTS....

...THE RUBBER PLAYER!!!!

I am going crazy right about now...Nixon has decided to give us something so cool and classic... i mean!! look at these!!

Let's Procrastinate or not

“Procrastination is the thief of time.” - Edward Young (1683-1765)

For starters i wrote most of this blog ages ago and i have been meaning to post it , but  strangely i have manufactured a lot of reasons why posting it later made a lot more sense. We seem to think we are in control of the situation and that we have enough time, but in reality we are enslaving ourselves and stressing ourselves unnecessarily.

So...What are the causes of this behaviour? why do we procrastinate? and what are the advantages (if any ) and the disadvantages of this " thief of time " ?

CAUSES:

 "...Anxiety, low sense of self-worth, and a self-defeating mentality. Procrastinators are also thought to have a lower-than-normal level of conscientiousness, more based on the "dreams and wishes" of perfection or achievement in contrast to a realistic appreciation of their obligations and potential." This quote taken from a Wikipedia article says a lot about the causes of procrastination. It's been said it is a psychological problem caused by anxiety , though some others beg to differ blaming the situation on good ol' Laziness...which ever way you look at it Procrastination has a negative effect on our lives and our work.

WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE?

There are several reasons why we procrastinate...some are simple and others complex...i have a list from the California Polytechnic State University paper on the subject...hope this will help.

Difficult - the task seems hard to do; we naturally tend to avoid difficult things in favor of those which seem easy to us.

Time-consuming - the task will take large blocks of time, and large blocks of time are unavailable until the weekend.

Lack of knowledge or skills - no one wants to make mistakes, so wait until you learn how before you start.

Fears - everyone will know how you screwed up.

These are more complex reasons why we procrastinate:

Perfectionism - unrealistically high expectations or standards. Everything must go completely right. It may either imposed or self-imposed. The perfectionist is long on criticism and short on praise.

• It creates a high degree of dissatisfaction and frustration because seldom is anything accomplished that is completely acceptable the very first time. The perfectionist nitpicks it to death.
• A perfectionist may delay in starting a project because he feels overwhelmed by the sheer amount of energy it will take to criticize and nitpick something, and all the frustration it will generate in the process.
• The words should, ought, must, have to occur frequently in the person's conversation. (I should get straight A's; I must do everything right the first time, etc.) “If you can't do it right, don't do it at all.”
• The desire to have everything absolutely perfect may mask problems of self-esteem and self-confidence.

How to resolve:

• Try self-reassurance that this effort or version will be good enough
• Make an effort to praise what you have done
• It's impossible to eradicate all mistakes
• You have undoubtedly found all the fatal errors by now
• Remind yourself that great writers, poets, artists at one time or another completed their work; therefore, it will be okay to say that yours is done also.

Anger/Hostility - if we are unhappy with someone, we'll often withhold our best efforts. For example, if you are upset with a professor, you are likely to delay in starting a demanding project as a way of “getting even.” But you are the one who loses; you are the one with the low grade.

How to resolve:

Determine that you are the one who is feeling upset and see how your actions will actually harm you in the long run. You are not going to let how you feel about a particular class stand in the way of your personal future, are you?

Low Frustration Tolerance - circumstances overwhelm you easily; you find situations radically intolerable and terribly unfair. Frustration is characterized by whining and complaining, and such phrases as “it isn't fair,” “this is too hard,” and “no one else has to,” etc. Feeling the way you do, it seems reasonable to “put it off” until you feel better about doing the work. The trouble is, you feel just as frustrated the next day. 

How to resolve:

the more you want something and can't have it, the greater your level of frustration.

• Get help from someone who can show you how to solve the problem
• Learn how to temporarily postpone your desires. Most of the time, you will eventually get what you want.

Self-Downing - this happens when you continually minimize your own skills and abilities and express doubt about your ability to succeed. A person who habitually puts himself down tends to disbelieve himself even when he is successful: it was “just dumb luck.” In addition, he may also find it hard to accept praise and compliments for work performed - false modesty. (“Wow, you did so well on the exam!” “Oh, I just lucked out; I really didn't know it all that well.”) 

The trouble with self-downing is that, given a long enough time, the person will actually come to believe that he is incapable of certain levels of achievement. 

Self-downing results in procrastination because the person who is uncomfortable with success will seek ways to become less successful and less visible. Turn in that important quarterly report late, and soon success will fade. (“Why did they fire you?” “I told them all along I couldn't sustain the pace, and see! I was right. I can't work at that level.”) 

How to resolve:

• practice accepting compliments about your work performance by simply saying "Thank you."
• Figure out why you feel uncomfortable with success. Did significant others in your life often make you feel that way? Were you taught to minimize your success? Why is success so scary? Will it make you stand out in the crowd? Do you feel as though others will not accept you if you are successful?
• Remember to compliment and praise yourself for work accomplished.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

It is argued that there are situations where Procrastination is not necessarily as bad as it is believed to be.  Based on the level of importance , a project can be pushed forward in order to tackle an immediate project of greater importance in this case procrastination is seen as a necessity.

On the other hand the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages. Procrastination gives one the false beliefe of control but ends up enslaving one and sometimes sends one to a depressive state. It has also produced mediocre results for projects that could have been a lot more advanced and of better quality.

FINAL WORDS:

DO IT NOW!!!

Colour Blind

This is a very inspirational story...hard work does pay.

TODAY,TOGETHER,WE ARE GOING TO START A MOVEMENT

 "today, together, we're going to start a movement" Iconic words used by Mark Zuckerberg the young founder of social media juggernaut Facebook, when he was addressing a 2007 audience of investors. That's our sentiments exactly, we are working at creating a movement and like Mr Zuckerberg we do not intend to do this alone,we are looking at getting everyone involved. We are working at changing the way young people think,act and are perceived by society. This is work in progress, we don't know it all,but with you we will figure it out and make it happen. The basic idea is to seek out everyone's potential and give them a platform to showcase it.

 Hoodieville is very Keen on working with writers...all of them...journalist,screen writers or even playwrights. Young inexperienced but daring and gutsy.Yes we need folks with guts..fear doesn't exist in here,we dream and we turn that dream into reality,that's the Hoodieville way. Artists are very welcome as well and will be working with us in creating hoodieville merchandise. There are many other projects that will pop up and with the help of our team and all of you out there, we will create crazy content for the hoodieville website.

We are coming up with innovative ways of connecting people through their work,talent,and ideas and we hope that will help boost the morale of today's youth who are inundated with so much negativity. We are creating this website for everyone to get involved in - content,applications,news,merchandise....everything - and with that we hope to change the way people communicate with each other. It's starting small and with your help and participation we will create a global phenomenon. Today , Together , we are going to start a MOVEMENT!!

DEDICATION!!!

Hello folks! Today I'm going to write about dedication. Dedication is something you don't find everywhere in fact it's something just a few people have hence the reason they are at the top of their game, We all talk about being successful or wanting to be successful but the one thing we lack is the dedication and the passion that is required to make ourselves as successful as we crave to be. Dedication requires a whole lot of sacrifice which a lot of us in this day and age are not willing to make...The sacrifice of maybe not having a social life for a while, the sacrifice of losing some sleep , and most importantly sacrificing our time and energy to the project we are doing. I remember walking down the road at 4am after a night out and i saw this kid practicing some skateboard moves...now that's dedication...dedication is not leaving the singing booth for four hours straight until a certain note was reached-that was P.diddy a few weeks ago- Dedication is having a couple of hours of sleep to create a search engine even when all the 'experts' thought it would be a failure...well who's laughing now...Google is the biggest thing on the Internet right now. For one to be so dedicated one must be passionate about something...one must not take no for an answer and one must always look at the big picture. Here are just a few people who understand the meaning of the word DEDICATION. 

P.diddy
Mark Zuckerberg
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Ben Way

Jessica Huie
Jellyellie
Bill Gates
Beyonce Knowles
Angie James