no no, am at her sister school. UoR has a sister school u know, haha. the one closed by, don't say it don't want no one knowing where i am, lol

touched U or R once, a good place.

i hate their heat, it makes my body scratch me oo,

when my roomy put on heat, i open my side of the window, lol

we get sister school?

eeyah lol you just hiding in that UoR LOL

am sure i will lost you around Roch

have you tasted that Jamaican store meatpies? there is a jamaican store where they sell some petty african food, downtown

lol the heat isnt too bad. I'm trying to imagine what sister school is close by us here. Only the community college and . . . . ah i have the school now! I know it!   It has rochester in the name eh?

LOL, right

the jamaican store i know is not downtown, i forget the name of the street now but its not too far from Genessee boulevard. Has a yellow exterior i think.

i guessed as much! we had one nice chic from there during admissions week.

OH right, Genesse, i always call that area downtown cuz of the odd and old look

what is this a reunion?

what do they sell there? i've always wanted to go but keep putting it off. how long have u been here? U must be a newbie.

so you dey eye them chic? haha, no toast o.

i stayed in Rustic village last summer, closed to mcc, yes that the one am talking abt too. i like their peppery meatpie. that's only thing i go there for once in blue moon.

ika6 comot here! Your school is about 5 mins from my house sef! see as this world small reach!  

Wow! An ex of mine lived in rustic village last yr, used to be a regular visitor there.

LOL, no Ika lol not really.

just jam that we school close  
no pour sand for our garri now, before you know plenty go dey ask and talk and then another punch don start ni yen lol  

ok ! ok i don comot!

happy now?

no mind him bo

oh and talking about garri, have u ever gotten any around here?

ika6 plenty appologies ma binu

really? that's nice. the indian guys there too dey complain for many international student cooking i read in my school mag. am out of there already.

no i haven't had garri at all.

i don't eat it here because i feel it's not clean to my taste. i will drink or eat garri when i touch obodo ayin. tell then, i smoke it in dreams only 

i only get pyam there (that's also once in blue moon).

yeah nice place though only if you have a roomie. i dont like the roomie idea. Anyway, make i go crash we must jam at some point by fire by force. i'll be on the lookout for a naija chic around mt hope or maybe ur school sef.  
take care.

wow, they've got yam too? gotta try that place o, i was thinking they might have ponmo. i'm sure i'll be too lazy to go cooking yam. did i hear someone say pounded yam?

eh, because you always get chic now,  not good to have a roommie, lol

yes there is fresh yam. yam powder for your pyam is there too. they have ponmo tell them cow skin lol. saw it once but didn't buy it.

nighty night oo, 

@ Wales,

Welcome to the club. How long you've been here? Hows the 'ye area?

Men, i have been around for two months and i stay in Oakland, what about you?

Oakland is about an hour drive from where I live . . . in the San Jose area. I sometimes attend Nigerian parties out there. But be careful, Oakland is notorious for crimes.

how long have you been around? hope you dont mind.

Cant reveal, precisely, but I moved out here in the 90's.

I really missed (still do) Nigerian when I moved out here.

Men that is long ooo, i just came about two months ago and i feel like going back home for i am very bor over here. I stay around the bay area which is close to market.

I only visit Oakland for certain Nigerian parties, so I don't know much about the area. However, Oakland has a large Nigerian population, something that is lacking in my neck of the woods. Someday maybe all nairaland members living in the bay area will have a mini get-together.

PS: whom are you living with in Oakland? I have always maintained that for a newbie, being around the Nigerian community eases homesickness to some extent. I am sure there are nice joints, frequented by Nigerians in your area.

I am all alone in oakland, do you know any Nigeria around oakland? for i have not met any since i came around.

Dont know any Nigerian that stays in Oakland, but from my understanding, the city has a sizable number of our folks there. It's unbelievable that you live alone in Oakland. Like no family or friends from Nigeria? How did you land there? I don't frequent Oakland that much, aside from attending some of the Nigerian parties out there. Hit me up sometime.

wale, it's normal. the first thing when you get here is you want to go back home. but just remember what you came here for in the first place and then you will be occupied. like was it education, if so put more time studying, (i did just that, studied like no tmr). was it to work, then just to that. at the end of the day you are lonely that's true. but if you are in sch, join the international student club, i joined one and then the asian club, before i knew it there were so much things to do. join a church (i take it that you are a christian) they care about newbies here. even in church they will link you with other nig if they have any or knew someone etc, just relax and you will be alright, engage more in your hobbies, be happy
cheer up brother.