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jacq (f)
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I will like to ask those of you in the UK/US because that is were most Nigerians want to go . A friend of mine told me that most Nigerians in these countries are living the dream life of every Nigerian person: People driving the lastest cars, living in the best houses, people making it in life over there (whatever that means). So are all these really true? Please don't shoot the messenger  |
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Hotstepper (f)
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sum people are who gat their things going for while others ain't, itz a place where if you want to be successful, u can and if u don't want to be, u can equally not be, itz an option
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babaibadan (m)
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Wo ore mi ma je kin tan e (my friend don't let me deceive you). Merica is not all what they say it is;don't get me wrong America is a sweet place o but its not paradise like they say it is. A lot of nigerians also live lowlife here enough gari. It doesnt really matter where u are , alot of people are living better in nigeria than some people in the states(even though i still prefer life in the US to naija LOL) So it depends on how u manage your life and finances. A lot of Nigerians do more than they can handle here anyway. Den go dey pose but if u check them pocket na govt loanplenty there.
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Old Glory (m)
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I have a nice home, I drive a 2005 gas guzzling SUV, I have a good Job, I guess i am living the dream. Wake me up if i am really dreaming.
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clocky (m)
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abeg d dream is just a fuckng mirage. Comparing i'll say its better living in nigeria if u have a very good paying job because u will be able to afford a lot of thigs and there would be no loans and bills n all that stuff which is killin person for this damn place
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babaibadan (m)
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I have a nice home, I drive a 2005 gas guzzling SUV, I have a good Job, I guess i am living the dream. Wake me up if i am really dreaming.
Congratulations for all your achievements which includes letting us know u are a good liar. SUV my foot. So when are u planning to pay back the loan (just jokin) |
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iice (f)
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Hmmmmm i guess US/UK are the only places 2 live ur dream 
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Old Glory (m)
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BabaIbadan
Not everyone pays loan! I work in the auto Industry, it is easy for me to change a vehicle every 90days if i choose to. No my 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer, is Paid for. No lien on the title. CLEAR FCUKEN TITLE!! ATL Niggas, straight up haters!!!!
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babaibadan (m)
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BabaIbadan
Not everyone pays loan! I work in the auto Industry, it is easy for me to change a vehicle every 90days if i choose to. No my 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer, is Paid for. No lien on the title. CLEAR FCUKEN TITLE!! ATL Niggas, straight up haters!!!!
My brother i no dey hate on you but it would have been good if u also included those times when u cleaned toilets,worked as a parking lot attendant and also worked as "walk around character" in chuck E. cheese. |
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babaibadan (m)
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@
old glory
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Old Glory (m)
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Lolololol @ BabaIbadan
I pay Emma Cruz to clean my house, thankfully i did not have to do any of those menial jobs. I was never an Illegal immigrant. Are you trying to tell us something in your biography? Like i said Southern Niggers always hating on everything and everybody.
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babaibadan (m)
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Lolololol @ BabaIbadan
I pay Emma Cruz to clean my house, thankfully i did not have to do any of those menial jobs. I was never an Illegal immigrant. Are you trying to tell us something in your biography? Like i said Southern Niggers always hating on everything and everybody.
Guess u want to no more about me? i wont tell u my status but am also a lucky guy who doesnt forget the gloomy days. |
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Old Glory (m)
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Babaibadan
Gloomy days is a thing of the mind. You call it gloomy, i see the cup half full. I can only live my life, i do not care to know $hit about you. Go and tell someone that cares in Buckhead or college park or maybe even in Duluth. I really do not give a rat's ass what or who you are. You know how we do right?You Do you, and i will do me.
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babaibadan (m)
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Babaibadan
Gloomy days is a thing of the mind. You call it gloomy, i see the cup half full. I can only live my life, i do not care to know $hit about you. Go and tell someone that cares in Buckhead or college park or maybe even in Duluth. I really do not give a rat's ass what or who you are. You know how we do right?You Do you, and i will do me.
thanks for letting me know u sabi GA well, glory be to God. Big mouth. Do u know anything about salvage cars? buying them repairing and selling them. And who told you am from ATL? i only live there, i am a true son of Ibadan land.A sojourner in a foreign land. Just kidding man, i can imagine your burning head while u were typing all that Manchester United sound so furious. LOL theres nothing personal man |
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Old Glory (m)
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BabaIbadan
Check me out in the Auto Section. I am mad knowledgable about cars. But i will let this one go. As a typical Ibadan man, you seem to be chasing your tail. Good Luck @ Life!
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Bhola (f)
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Yeah, it is very possible to live the dream life here. Most people are just greedy. Most people want to impress the wrong people. Nigerians are known oppressors. Why we think we should impress or oppress the other man, is what I don't know.
Most people work menial jobs, when they initially get here. If they are lucky to stay with the right people, they are shown the ropes - go to school, get a degree- and they can get a good job.
On a personal note, I got here, worked full time, 40hrs in Wal-Mart, while I was working on my degree in Chemical Engineering. Now, I am done, I work with the number uno private company in America. Do I live the dream life, you betcha. But, I don't need to come here and start stating what and what I have or don't have. I have a girl that we started work the same time in the store, and she is still there. Not to be boastful, I probably make more than five times what she makes now, but she refuses to go to school. See, to live the dream is not that hard. Just be hardworking and pray you meet the right people when you get here initally.
Some peeps have been here since forever, but they're still doing menial jobs. One, they might not have the right papers or they are just lazy.
My advice to the average Nigerian trying to come here, if you don't have a way of getting your authorization to work and all, please, kindly stay in Nigeria. Nothing worse than working a dead end job and your kids are your boss.
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babaibadan (m)
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Bolatito(am i rite?) You have said it all,oh i see why you studied chemical eng. You've got brains. thot you would also list the new toothbrush u just bought like our man from hmm hmm, Continue living the dream gurl,kudos to you.
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Old Glory (m)
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I think if you have papers to work, life is pretty much what you make it. Menial Jobs will just pay the bills, but i think many people here are illegal and therefore have to struggle. The system limits you from progressing without the right documentation. I have a friend who just got a job paying him $65k a year an IT Engineer with a recording label, the job required him to be on set and do a lot of travel, he was using someone's papers to work. There was work in Jamaica and he had to quit, because he could not travel. He is back now working at Pepsi for $12.50 per Hour. Still with his friend's papers. He has all the talent, but is limited because of work permit/Green Card.
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zebudaya (m)
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65K a year and he couldn't find a way to get legal? plain dumb or unfortunate.
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Bhola (f)
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True talk, Old Glory and that is why I warn Nigerians about coming here. Life is quite easy when you got the paper to work. Hopefully, this bill they've been trying to pass since forever, will go true. At least, give some peeps the paper they need. Some people are stuck here. They can't go anywhere. It is just sad.
Zeb, dumb? What do you want him to do?
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babaibadan (m)
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I think if you have papers to work, life is pretty much what you make it. Menial Jobs will just pay the bills, but i think many people here are illegal and therefore have to struggle. The system limits you from progressing without the right documentation. I have a friend who just got a job paying him $65k a year an IT Engineer with a recording label, the job required him to be on set and do a lot of travel, he was using someone's papers to work. There was work in Jamaica and he had to quit, because he could not travel. He is back now working at Pepsi for $12.50 per Hour. Still with his friend's papers. He has all the talent, but is limited because of work permit/Green Card.
Ehn Ehn you are now talking. Encourage our people back home to have their papers rite before coming over here. And that not all that glitters is gold. Many of them think money is poured on the streets here and when u just land u pick up money like that. You need to see how some of them ask for dollars as if say na u dey print am. |
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zebudaya (m)
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He's already using "somebody elses papers" those are rugged runs why not go one step further and outwit the system and then stay . If you don't have papers you don't take high profile jobs like that, you take jobs like the pepsi job, and then work on getting your papers anyway possible!
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luvlymoi (f)
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well america for me is the dream life because am still the child while my parents pay the bills. i knw some people suffer when they come to america but it depends on if u wer prepared because if u come to america and think its that ur nigerian education u r goin to use to work here, ur just foolin yourself. well sha the only thing that bothers me is the boringness of this country. the USA is borin but can be excitin at times tho. sha nigerians wishin they lived in the us please think again and again life is good here if u have money but theres suffer head eso when u don't have SSN. God bless u'all.
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babaibadan (m)
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well america for me is the dream life because am still the child while my parents pay the bills. i knw some people suffer when they come to america but it depends on if u wer prepared because if u come to america and think its that your nigerian education you're goin to use to work here, your just foolin yourself. well sha the only thing that bothers me is the boringness of this country. the USA is borin but can be excitin at times tho. sha nigerians wishin they lived in the us please think again and again life is good here if u have money but theres suffer head eso when u don't have SSN. God bless u'all.
yeah but your story mite change when u start paying bills |
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PTBNaija (f)
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My $0.02 is that the US isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Many Nigerians that come here come as the only one in their family. And honestly you can't be happy without family. You can have all the money in the world, but you can still be incredibly lonely.
The thing I wish to see is that Nigerians stop always looking outside to some other place as where they can achieve the dream. If you want to go somewhere else and try and make money and come back, that's one thing. There are so many well educated Nigerians in the US and England, and if they bring that same knowledge back to Nigeria, well I shouldn't have to elaborate.
I was born here, have lived my life here. It wasn't until I recently went back to Nigeria with my family that I noticed just how lonely I was here in the US. I don't have cousins or anyone here, and yeah, friends can only do and be so much. But I love it in Nigeria and I just might move there when I'm done with my schooling.
But don't get me wrong, the US is nice, but personally for me, I've come to realize that it's just not my piece of cake. But it's all relative, someonw else could feel completely different.
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luvlymoi (f)
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yeah but your story mite change when u start paying bills
well i knw my story wont change sha. to start wit am not even goin to live in the united states when am done wit all the medical school i have to do. i wont live in nigeria either. prolly netherlands. |
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babaibadan (m)
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well i knw my story wont change sha. to start wit am not even goin to live in the united states when am done wit all the medical school i have to do. i wont live in nigeria either. prolly netherlands. hmm so u gat someone in the netherlands abi?, let nigeria profit something out of you now. don't be a B%$^$^$ just kidding |
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babaibadan (m)
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@PTBnaija
i feel you my sister,theres nothing like being with your family. I sometimes wonder if only i could transfer my whole family
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luvlymoi (f)
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hmm so u gat someone in the netherlands abi?, let nigeria profit something out of you now. don't be a B%$^$^$ just kidding
don't get me wrong. if theres anybody that loves nigeria, its me! i miss that place sooo very much. like i said i am going to study medcine and of course i d have many hospitals there. u knw i have many dreams for that country and i pray to God that i ll be able to fufil them. |
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babaibadan (m)
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Amen to that .
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PTBNaija (f)
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And amen some more. I want to do that too!  |
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babaibadan (m)
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how was your trip to nigeria?
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