London Is Not The Paradise I Expected

Davidylan you are absolutely right, I mean 100% right, because I think God gifted me with so many talents but I've only used like 20% of em

@dblock,
i wont insult u because u were already expecting it, BTW it would be juvenile of me

Now lets talk London, I don't mind Americans running their mouth about ma City, but not some dude from Down Under

The way Nigerians talk about peckham sef, Seun was once liking it to Ajegunle. Peckham/Brixton is by far cleaner and posher than our one and only Victoria island in Lagos. The worse council flats there are better then our 1004 (where only rich people can afford O). Who says you can't go out at night in Peckham? Ive only been there in the day twice,The only reason I would prefer not to live in peckham is the concentration of illeterate Nigerians that create a stereotype of what Nigerians are and should be.

PECKHAM IS A BEAUTIFUL SUBURB SOUTH OF THE RIVER THAMES, Maybe u should see the place at night to appreciate its beauty,I bet all u Aussies and Yanks cannot afford a decent regenerated flat in peckham and most of Southwark council.

Australia is still regarded as a developing country if u did not know and You dare to make remarks about our medieval architecture. The whole of Australia was still a prisonyard when some of those buildings were ercted. Show some respect dude.

The electricity issue happens once in a blue moon, u were just unlucky to witness it. Maybe u were staying at Brick Lane sef

baby face is right about london and i share her opinions , the problem with nigerians is in our mentality , we believe that  anything foreing is good nd i think baby face has actually seen the reality of it all . it is about propangada , the 50cent,puffdaddy stuff and all othertrash like that when u get there u will c that it was all a s ham .  i don't think it will be rational to say babyface didnt know what to do . let me ask the people that  are blaming babyface .  wht dio they expect babyface to do for the white asses , clean their toilets and wash their clothes for 10 pounds ? 

No point at all!!

Let me re-interate what I am trying to say.

Theres a few people here dissing foreign countries.  And my point is you do not bite the hand that feeds you.  The type of opportunities that are open to you here in the UK are not present in Nigeria.  The level of education in Nigeria I would say is HIGHER than the west because people read more than one topic like TOH saying  a engineer becoming a banker!  But where does that get you?  The people who are doing well in Nigeria I suggest you investigate properly.

It is more then likely to be one of many reasons

1) They have connections to people in power

2) The come from a rich family

3) They have worked aboard and have now come home to invest.

4) They have committed 419 crime to raise some capital


Look our greedy leaders do not make it easy for us to progress thats why people need to go aboard and work like dogs.  When Nigerias see people from aboard they think they must be living the high life and sweeping gold from the streets.  Thats why I said to the person who started the topic that now she ca return home and tell people that actually theres no gold on the streets and some people are actually working hard!

Do you get it now! *rolls eyes*

dblock na wa for you o!

Listen, people do make it in Naija but MOST of them are through connections.
I schooled in Naija and tried my hand at the job market but it all boiled down to going to see Uncle's and such.

Nigeria has enterprising people but the way it is currently set up makes it hard for peeps to break through in any form.

I live in London now and I have worked my way into a decent position through my own efforts without needing any hookup or such.

In Naija my family was poor and we did not have the necessary connections to get a foot on the right ladder.

Despite that there are people can still make it but it is not in the numbers that a nation of 140 million should have.

PS. where did you go that there was no light in london??  Are you sure that your mate paid his Electricity bill?? I have lived in the country for a combined 20 plus years and never been without light. You only hear of this if there is like a storm or flooding and it is a rare occurence.

Actually I think Australia is a very good country, it has all the modern comms of England combined with the space of Nigeria.

Lack of space in England is what really depresses me!

I hear once you get to Heathrow, there's always someone pounding yam by the baggage claim 

Ok Kitaun if you say so.  But there is no way people will be able to progress to their fullest potential in Nigeria with our current corrupt leadership.  You seem to be in denial that there is a problem.

I would like proof that poor people with PURE hard work only and NO CONNECTIONS make it in Nigeria.

dblock, whats wrong with British architecture? you've been going on about it for a while now they are British after all and you even mentioned the fact that they have "preserved it" ain't that a good thing?
Apart from tall and shiny building (a bit dry and common) the majority of Yankee architecture is influenced by British/European architecture

I like peckham actually, it used to have a bad reputation _{still does} but its like a city within a city, you get everything you want there  

exactly i wonder why they complain about the houses being small? I wonder how people will have accommodation if people live in 10 bedroom mansions

people also complain about how high the taxes are like its breaking news

are you sure that's not JFK  Okrika Wakeup

Thought I already posted a reply here. Anyway, I pity all you people making fun of Peckham--if I were you lot living over there, I'D be organizing how to buy a place there instead of making fun of Iya Risikat the yam-pounder and Nkechi the pure-water seller Peckham's well in line for serious gentrification, just like Notting Hill and even Kilburn back in the days. There was a time when north London wasn't so posh, but you'D pay an arm and a leg just to share a space there now, not to talk of actually owning one. Better organize a way to get into council housing sharp-sharp!

Terrocotta you are correct, the government has plans to redevelop Peckham, just like they did to Clapham and Brixton, anyone who has the chance to buy a house there(even council) BUY IT!!!!!
They are also planning transport links there, thats one thing I like about London, they can invest in run down areas, those who play their cards right will benefit.

The architecture?, I love places like London and Paris especially in the centre, they were built in the days when structures were built with passion and an intricate artistic hand and with so much attention to detail. Modern high rises in cities like NY are nice too, but I don't find them beautiful.

People make it in Nigeria, but by different rules most of the time, but often they get much further than those outside.

Yeah I don't like the architecture, the majority of the buildings look really old and I don't think that's a good thing, because I believe that the only way is forward. Post Modern Architecture or At Deco is the only form of architecture i recognise, but hey what brought me to my conclusions------.Well Heathrow is a pretty good airport, the light issue was probably the bad luck my sister brought but I really do feel that the roads in London aren't wide enough but Spaghetti Junction is doing it for me. But I bet you didn't know that the UN are planning to make a move to prevent the construction of highrises in a lot of locations in London, that move will be the world's biggest ever narrow minded intervention. I'll stop dissing London now because I don't want to make my relatives that live there pissed

No shit. But Art Deco is industrial and stuff so the movement was the begining of post modernism I believe, take the Chrysler Building or thw woolworths centre(Now the Sony building), This Art Deco buildings sparked the begining of post modernism. But my point is this kind of arhitecture is more pleasing to the eyes, well at least my eyes than brick apartments piled up aginst each other, It's almost as depressing as Newyork Midtown

The One where is your current location???