Hey!!! you know that moment when a kid walks into a new school for the first time, he clears his throat, waves his tiny hands with a little hi, hoping to find some among the alien faces that surround him. Oh well, its something close here cause this is my hi, bonjour, Ni hao ma moment on Steemit. I guess there are more to follow this one. I thought of what to write as my first post but then I remember its just an introductory post, so let's start from somewhere and open into my world. 
Well ladies and gents, this is Etiese James. I am known by many names - Rutherford by the chemistry folks maybe because of the dangerous experiments even in toxic environments.
Etydear by the ladies -believe me I can't remember how the name started and stableoxide by my secondary school mate- I guessed I loved chemistry too much then. And once I had to take a team of colleagues through a set of tough decisions and conflicting negotiations in the university, when we came through they named me Rango- honestly, I can't say I liked the name then, but it sticks, so?
As a Nigerian from Akwa Ibom state, I speak my native language Ibibio fluently. Sometimes I manage to speak a little English well, not my fault, its still a borrowed language. Recently, I picked interest in mandarin Chinese and can manage to say a few你好吗。我很好。谢谢。Equally I can say hello in Dutch, French, Hausa, Tiv, Efik and Idoma. I just love 'em languages. To me, they are like ice breakers when you meet new friends for the first time. As I meet new people on Steemit, I hope to expand my horizon with languages.
Am a man of food. I can eat almost anything from all cultures. From the Ekangnkukwu of the Ibibios to the Miyan Kuka, Miyan Karkashi, tuwo shinkafa of the northern Nigeria, the okoho soup of the Idoma, Oha soup of the Igbos and recently, my friend @paparazy06 showed me the way to Amala and Ewedu soup of the Yoruba people. With all these, nothing compares to my love for a well cooked Afere Atama prepared with palm fruit extract, abak, and periwinkle, mfi.
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I love meeting people, learning and trying out new things. Maybe that's why I love children cause they are always ready to learn and try out things. I learned to play chess, listen to jazz and hip hops. Used to play badminton in the good old days but always sucks so bad at playing or watching football.
Am very persistence, always strive for an excellent spirit and can thrive well in what many would consider black waters. My career interests is a bit unusual, I have passion for management consulting and plans to utilize my science knowledge in advising our science firms as a management consultant.
If you love poetry and creative imaginative stories, then watch this space cause soon you will have enough to play with. I have read some works by @d-pend and @dobartim in the poetry section and am greatly inspired. Other articles will follow too in science development news, career advice, skills development and sometimes pictures of me making fufu or visiting beautiful places. Its all for the community, isn't that so?
I wanna thank you @joshuaetim for introducing me to this platform. Thanks too @mritsnobideal, my Whatsapp lecturers, @anjiba, @iconnelly and daddy @izzrael for guiding my footsteps here, I won't forget @drakos and @timcliff for the technical support through steemit chat when my account registration was stuck. Let's have some fun and learn along the way. Cheers.
nice piece, very detailed......
You are welcome, I hope our training has helped you a lot, we wish you success in your journey in steemit
Your faithfully
Your steem daddy @izzrael
Cheers
Welcome to steemit and I hope you enjoy your moment here
Thanks @sammybase
bienvenido a steemit, steemit es un gran lugar para nuevos amigos, amo esta comunidad, de nuevo bienvenidos aquí, si quieren, podemos barbearnos mutuamente, y vencernos el uno al otro, si quieren, por favor no se olviden de dejarme en barbecho, y comentarios a mi publicación, siempre te devolveré votos, "me encantaría darte la bienvenida a nuevos" @yousafharoonkhan
welcome to steemit, steemit is great place for new freinds,i love this community, you again welcome here, if you like, can we both fallow each other , and upvote to each other, if you like please do not forget to fallow me, and comments to my post, i will always give you back upvote, ,, i love to say welcome to new,, @yousafharoonkhan
Thank you. I appreciate you warm welcome. And please what language is that.
Welcome to steemit, a very beautiful introduction.... I would love to test your chess skills someday
Am getting old man. But I still remember the art. We'll play someday
warm welcome
Thank you
Welcome to steemit! <3
I hope to enjoy the moments. Thank you
most welcome to the world biggest platform in steemit
Thank you my friend
Nice introduction ☺👍
In my language I would say sosongo to that.
Welcome to Steemit brother. Do have a womderful stay.
Thank you
Welcome bro
Welcome to Steemit, your success begins now. Wishing you the best on this platform
I guess its gonna be fun
@originalworks
welcome to steemit lordjames and enjoy stay here .
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Welcome to steemit bro.. hope to create a good memory here
Its my dream and hope too Bro.
Nice work!
Gracias
It's good having you here bro..you are a real inspiration to many out there. Keep the fire alive bro... chears
Welcome.
Chess is so much fun :)
Welcome to steemit!
you are highly welcome @lordjames Good to have you here
Welcome to steemit James.
See proverb abeg, l shall look forward to seeing more of such thunderous proverbs in your subsequent blog. But wait a minute, all this names for you alone?
Chaii!
Chaii!!
I think we all in steemit community should just gather and give you a suitable chieftaincy title before you proceed to collect National merit award.
Welcome to steemit, wish you a wonderful experience on this platform
This is an awesome writing for an introductory post. Great to have you here. I followed your post from the Whatsapp platform.
Welcome too
Welcome too
Great then
This is nice, I've got to know my boss a little more than initially....
To add to your list of languages:
Buenó amigós 😆