Did you relocate to a new Country? A new city? Where are you and what are your survival tips as concerns where you are? If you are in a new Country, do you already have the papers to stay or you are still doing hide and seek?Or did you Japa recently and everything is still upside down with you....Please share tips as someone might need this.....
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Firstly, I will advise that you find a gathering of Nigerians (helped me a lot when I moved to Portugal). Yes, there are Nigerians you should avoid when abroad to avoid getting into trouble but that’s the same way there are also lots of Nigerians that you can associate with. This will help you kill part of the boredom and loneliness a lot of people experience when they first move abroad.
ReplyDeleteI found my ‘gang’ by joining a Nigerian church in Portugal (still feel a void in my heart after leaving that church.
If you have the opportunity to make friends, including foreigners, do not hesitate to do so. A lot of people fall into depression because they are just too lonely in a new country.
Going to a Nigerian church also helps you interact with people that eat what u eat and speak what you speak.
Lastly, leave well within ur means. Don’t also be desperate to get rich quick and have a lot of savings just yet, there will be a lot of time for you to do that.
If your family members start disturbing you for money immediately, do not pretend to be fine with them, let them know it takes a while for people to settle in enough to have something to send back home. If u can’t afford to do that yet, don’t! Don’t go broke trying to please the people back home.
I was coming to type the last paragraph
DeleteWell noted
DeleteThank you Eka, it's noted.
DeletePlease bvs in Dublin, what is the country like?
ReplyDeleteWhere are you?. Cos that determines the answer. Dublin better pass where you dey, if you’re where I think you are
DeleteI have like 20.
ReplyDeleteWill drop in 5hours.
Anticipating 🤞
DeleteIf migrating to the USA better come legally if not you gonna suffer to the bones.
DeleteShishi nobody go give you except little helps from Church or your Nigerian parapo community groups.
Nobody's anybody's momma here. Few stipends and they forget you.
DH has American passport,he had lived for over a decade from some days after his Nysc scheme and my passport is British.
He went back to the company he had worked for,I followed the work route even though my passport was in the works then.
Resigned kiakia and we pursue am go.😁 Some people never forgive me for disappearing. kikiki.
We started from Dallas Texas, sweet easy life and now in another city,his job is taking him round and mine is in silicone valley so there's always a space for me and my gadgets ,same pay package figure anywhere in the world. All our kids were born in Baltimore. FOC😂 by the way.😉
It's an OFUNNEKA something 😁
E get one we borrowed money to cross over to born sef. Now it's sweeting us. Kikiki.
If you have a 2 year plan, please go learn IT(cyber security,cloud architecture,data analytics or science, artificial intelligence etc).
5 sectors you can live convenient from your earnings;as a Techie,Finance, Doctor, Engineer or Entrepreneur.
There's no white color job for you, na Walmart shelves you go dey stack or at most serve orders at McDonald's.🤷
Your husband go drive trucks and heavy duty machines. If he sees conveyor of luggage job at airport, you go throw party. Use your brain now.
Better use your internet time wisely to plan your future.
The Future is technology 👌
Besides side gigs are great too: tailoring,massaeur, plumber, sign language, tutor, catering, visual art, hair making, event planning,crotcheting.
Blacks especially won't stop ringing your line. No dey wrinkle nose,go learn😳
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Don't just move,make sure it's in regions where there are sure job plugs. There's little people can do for you. Have your papers biko, doctors and engineers are hungry and homeless so imagine your sorry ass.
Learn Spanish or French or both. If you can learn Indian,good enough. They own stores and dominate some sectors.
3. Save before you spend a kobo from your monthly digits.
Learn how to drive,you'll have to get around many places in your car.
Don't be gluttony, eat less.
Eating 3x a day na scam. Twice is it. Food is cheap. Protein is readily available and highly inorganic things are in the shelf in large quantities.
And please, don't go laughing or mocking fat people,obesity is a disease🙄
Anything made with corn "is plenty". Na USA be onye Nna in corn production.
Eat well before going shopping,the aisles for beverages alone na the whole Ikeja.😂
Make eye no turn you.
Learn about additives and food colorings in packaged goods. E get why😭
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For your sanity, avoid the people of numbers, except you are rainbowed, it's their life not yours.
There's bite of racism even though it's denied waiting for you daily. They don't miss it.
Too many Karens abound so have handy your airpods and a stiff Nigerian shoulder pad on ,don't dull😤 that way you'll dey your day.
Be smart and stay out of the legal lines.
Any car without insurance,run,don't rent.
5.
No African time. Buy plenty alarms for your own sake, it's usually a + or - 10minutes difference,else you leave a bad first impression or impressions. Common flea market sef no get delay,you're meeting an empty Centro commercial if you arrive late. No time for nonsense.
6.
Respect yourself and others. There's no Aunt Stella if she's not your 9ja nwanne. First names please.🙃
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If in lagos,enter yaba o. Hmmm.
Buy enough first grade okrika, from head warmer,hand gloves to boots, wash am well,do am shege with Waw and Sunlight detergents,send to ironing centre and courier to your relatives or friends before coming.
What you can get there with N5k will cost you N90k or more.
All wears,ok if not you gonna scream.
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DeleteAre you coming with kids? To school? Looking at buying a house? Don't know where to worship? How to handle your financial procedures?
Hmmmmm. This one eh. Na ogbonge category.
First, before you love,hold your paent tight. Everyone's talking about and sleeping with everyone. Oriegwu 🙄.
There's 8,9,10,11......
Make I cook finish abeg.
Next time.
Welcome to December when you wake up.
Me got 8 hours to it.
Rock this Xmas because the next one might wear a mask.🤷
I'm hungry. Please edit the typos ejoor.
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Woww thanks for this......! From Today I be your fan
DeleteANUTY PLEASE LEAVE ANUTY ALONE
DeleteAnd the anuty had to use my name as example.
Anuty everything you said is soooo true
Lol I no leave her
DeleteThere’s no trick or tips to it. Just pray you get in contact with people that want you to prosper and can give you accurate information that will make life easier for you if not you’ll just be stagnant.
ReplyDeleteWhen we moved from minnesota to new jersey.We were in a hotel for a while.we got a phone book and checked from O, we are igbos , you will see ogbonna,okoro etc igbo names . we called the first name that clicked with us.The lady of the house has the same name as me.They came to the hotel to see us,showed me where to shop, salon to do my hair etc,This was 23years ago. we are still friends.Another thing is to look for a good church.Introduce your self to the pastor.They are very welcoming.
ReplyDeleteNoted
Delete23years and both of you are still friends, aww, that's a good one.
DeleteI told my husband that when we japa, it’s the government of that country that will roll out red carpet for us and beg us to stay. Yes it happened and the most outstanding experience for me in New Zealand is the people. If I write about the quality of life and people here, you’d think I am exaggerating. I have never experienced any form of racism here and the Nigerian community here are so cozy and united.
ReplyDeleteThe only aspect I hope an improvement on is my career. I got here and had more kids (twins in my 40s) and I didn’t have a live in nanny or house help as I was used to back in Nigeria . We have daily child care services and a babysitter who comes in when hubby and I need a few hours to hangout, then a cleaning service that comes in twice a week on hourly rate. Sometimes I enjoy the organic mummy-wife lifestyle but, to be honest, I miss my banking career I had back home.
Oh wow! You are in the same country as my sister
DeleteOh wow
DeleteCost of living is so high
DeleteCanada can be lonely but the best is to live within your means. Any PR can come and after a few months buy a house, buy new cars BUT... how much would be your monthly payments after? No do pass yourself. Mix with like minds and dont create unnecessary competition for yourself. I personally hope I get a sure link into IT.
ReplyDeleteReading comments and nodding my head,wow!😘😘
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and enlightening comments, mostly true too!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting read
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