wanderlustian:


Story is looooonng!

Client's wife was preg, went to have the babybin US. Met brick walls, client had returned to 9ja. Wifey was stranded and had preg complications, coupled with having the other kids with her. I was called upon for 1 mission, help her when she went to have the baby to assist with the other kids and bring them all home safely.

Now you get the drift. It had never been my call from the get go. They had their plans, which i had to work with, which wasn't foolproof. I eventually had to manage expectations.

At the end, all is well that ends well.

Originalsly:
Wow!..... you should've said this from jump so we won't get the impression that you're a poor planner and don't know what you're about. Now the whole thing makes sense.. basically you went as a nanny. Hmmm.... now I wonder which was worse.... staying in the South Side or staying with the family... abeg... don't answer this one!

wanderlustian:


Azzin, I had no idea about this.Travelling is Education itself! Not all who wander are lost. Lolz!

Originalsly:
Just curious.... is it female clients only? Don't you think before you retire from doing the legwork you should experience the trip with at least one male client?...just for the record and reference?...not that you would go with any ehmmm.... riff-raff but with a sane and respectable and honest and truthful and ehmmm..... undangerous person like me who so far in life has been harmless! My box is half packed....waiting for word.

kenniez26:
How much is d yellow taxi u took from Penn station to JFK airport? What if am traveling from new York to Chicago via Amtrak train, how would I get to the train from JFK airport and how much it is?

its just like enugu city is a city in Enugu state . New York city is the largest city in New York state and Albany is the capital of New York state . other cities in New York state are : Rochester , Buffalo,Syracuse,Niagara falls.
small towns in New york state : Huntington,White plains,Utica, Newburgh,Bronxville ,Watertown,Jamestown,etc.

New York state is as large as Bornu state,Adamawa state,Gombe state and Yobe state combined .

Below : Rochester, New York

tescoman90:

lagos even better .......make she enter ibadan or gombe or niger delta

ok ,what is it u wanted 2 point out 2 me in these places because i can not physically go there now


Speak freely, this is a free discussion .

ILuvGummyBearz:
ok ,what is it u wanted 2 point out 2 me in these places because i can not physically go there now


Speak freely, this is a free discussion .

wanderlustian:


Ok, so I feel I would be in a good position to compare life in Nigeria vrs Life in America, having experienced the best of both worlds.

Life in Nigeria is haaaaarrrrrdddd! In a few words here is our reality
1. We generate our own electricity, Generators are our main source of electricity, the main grid is back up, if you even get it
2. We pump our own water, most times it is not pure. We have adapted to using impure water to cook and bath, to drink, we drink pure water. We trust others to purify water, package them in sachets and sell to us for $0.001. Hopefully, it is pure enough
3. We provide security for ourselves. In communities, we contribute money to pay vigilante to protect us while we sleep
4. Healthcare does not exist. Right now, the federal govt has not paid doctors in 3 months and they have been on strike. If you are gravely ill, you can only turn to your pastor for a miracle

ok . I can uderstand all these but just as lagos has been built up so 2 can the rest of yer country.

Point:4 healthcare in America is not guaranteed
Nor is it free the goverment healthcare few poor people qualify for is paid for by thier own taxes

We pay into this from the day we begin working intil the day we retire but are not guaranteed coverage


Point:3 can 2 explain this futhur?
Protect u from what?


Point:2 The nigerian goverment needs 2 deal with this pure water is 1 of the easier things to provide a people who pay taxes for it


Here we pay a month water bill and a taxes 2 make the water pure


Point:1 yes i heard of the electric issues u face
And i couldnt deal with that

I have aquestion: why isnt the power supply stable in Nigeria?

wanderlustian:
5. Education is a big joke. If you want your kids to be properly educated, they have to attend private schools which are ridiculously expensive

6. There are no jobs. The universities churn our more graduates every year, of which only 1% just may be able to manage to land good jobs with their connections. Like, the only way you can survive is to be creative. Creatively beg, steal or start a business and pray for God to pick up your call

7. Our roads are death traps. When I travel abroad, I confidently go on road trips. In Nigeria, I fast and pray before I travel. If you follow Nairaland, you will see episodes and episodes of avoidable road mishaps if only our roads were any better. Even if the govt gives out contracts to fix these roads, nothing is done. God help you when it rains

8. Our leaders are the worst scums in the universe.

9. The police is your enemy. Extra judicial killing is their specialization. You can get killed by the police for refusing to part with $0.50 cents. You can get arrested just because the policemen are broke and bored and you will need to pay to bail yourself. Those who have no one to bail them may remain in jail for years without trials, as in forgotten

ILuvGummyBearz:
ok . I can uderstand all these but just as lagos has been built up so 2 can the rest of yer country.

Point:4 healthcare in America is not guaranteed
Nor is it free the goverment healthcare few poor people qualify for is paid for by thier own taxes

We pay into this from the day we begin working intil the day we retire but are not guaranteed coverage


Point:3 can 2 explain this futhur?
Protect u from what?

Point:4 healthcare in America is not guaranteed
Nor is it free the goverment healthcare few poor people qualify for is paid for by thier own taxes

Point:3 can 2 explain this futhur?
Protect u from what?

wanderlustian:
5. Education is a big joke. If you want your kids to be properly educated, they have to attend private schools which are ridiculously expensive

6. There are no jobs. The universities churn our more graduates every year, of which only 1% just may be able to manage to land good jobs with their connections. Like, the only way you can survive is to be creative. Creatively beg, steal or start a business and pray for God to pick up your call

7. Our roads are death traps. When I travel abroad, I confidently go on road trips. In Nigeria, I fast and pray before I travel. If you follow Nairaland, you will see episodes and episodes of avoidable road mishaps if only our roads were any better. Even if the govt gives out contracts to fix these roads, nothing is done. God help you when it rains

8. Our leaders are the worst scums in the universe.

9. The police is your enemy. Extra judicial killing is their specialization. You can get killed by the police for refusing to part with $0.50 cents. You can get arrested just because the policemen are broke and bored and you will need to pay to bail yourself. Those who have no one to bail them may remain in jail for years without trials, as in forgotten

Point:6. American jobs are constantly being outsourced overseas for cheaper labor

And America's 2 cry out for work

Just like there many attend College few avtually obtain a job in that field .
I think this might be a global matter though
There just arent enough jobs for the populous 2 work a decent 1.


Point:7 America actually has an excess of roads and toll roads that are unessicarry and who pays for this excess?
The people. We pay hundreds of thousands In taxes for roaways and toll roads that we dont use or need

But i hear u on the quality of 9ja roads. And note the unconvince they are


Point:8 people think our New presendent Trump is low scum 2
Bill Cliton wasnt a very good for America either

I have aquestion: why isnt the power supply stable in Nigeria?

Point:7 America actually has an excess of roads and tool roads that are unessicarry and who pays for this acess?
The people. We pay hundreds of thousands In taxes for roaways and toll roads that we dont use or need

ILuvGummyBearz:


Point:8 people think our New presendent Trump is low scum 2
Bill Cliton wasnt a very good for America either

tescoman90:
@ ILuvGummyBearz please tell me about the annoying thing about your stay in America?

wanderlustian:




We also pay taxes, if the taxes we pay is channeled to having a system that works. How can doctors not be paid their wages? This is unheard of in USA. I had a baby in the USA. I paid cash, and you know why I ran to USA to have a baby? I had twins born at 7 months in Nigeria that died at birth because the govt hospitals were on strike and the private hospital where I had my babies has only 1 oxygen tank which was in use. So the babies were oxygen starved and allowed to die like they didnt matter. I am a victim of a failed healthcare system, and guess what 1 in 10 Nigerian women have a story. We have one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the world.

this is sad. My condolences for yer loss

This is ridiculous and not a mater of America being better but of a goverment not doing its job.

Where in nigeria do u live? Is lagos like this??

wanderlustian:


So @Iluvgummybearz pray, tell me why America is not the paradise we believe it is?

ive been tellin' u.
U want 2 be in America because u want what?

Better hospitals and protection?? Yer hospitals need 2 be built up there

ILuvGummyBearz:
Point:6. American jobs are constantly being outsourcedoverseas for cheaper labor

Arnd America's 2 cry out for work

Just like there many attend College few avtually obtain a job in that field .
I think this might be a global matter though
There just arent enough jobs for the populous 2 work a decent 1.



Point:7 America actually has an excess of roads and toll roads that are unessicarry and who pays for this excess?
The people. We pay hundreds of thousands In taxes for roaways and toll roads that we dont use or need

But i hear u on the quality of 9ja roads. And note the unconvince they are


Point:8 people think our New presendent Trump is low scum 2
Bill Cliton wasnt a very good for America either

wanderlustian:



Wow! and on the outside, we felt Bill Clinton was a demi god! No matter how much of a scum Trump is, I doubt if he will ever embezzle up to 1% of the commonwealth our leaders have stolen from us.

Nigerians shouldnt be this poor. The country is so rich, I cant comprehend how a group of people will just decide to hold 160m million people ransom. And we have been so bent and beaten, the best option is to run away.

And when we manage to get out of this hellhole like Franknetter did, we marvel at the level of organization America has to offer. I don't mind paying your taxes. I dont mind paying for health insurance, I dont mind the expenses, I just need a system that works

America's Leaders dont have 2 embezzle money
They just tax u high and use the money as rhey see fit and its completely legal

But itz not only them but state governors who can pull for the povkets of the poor with state income taxes
Have u not heard of the Hortoblie state Califonia is in financial because of bad goverment? Who's paying 2 fix it all?
The people of califonia. And mainly the poor at that.
Thats the twisted thing with taxes the poor pay the most

Income tax Its basically a tax we pay 2 the state when they need money separte fro the taxes we pay out of our paychecks monthly.

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The naira 2 dollar is small . There would be no way for yer leader 2 embezzle the sum americans pat in taxe fir unused or unnecessary road/toll roads,Roadway cameras

U know they spent some millions for roadway cameras that caused mir s than stopped them?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/red-light-camera-backlash-cameras-causing-accidents/story?id=13925887


Its easy 2 look at another countrys President and prasie him when u dont have 2 live under his laws
Cliton was awful for the American people
And so was Obama healthcare plan

CFCman:


During Clinton's administration, over 20 million jobs were created, and the federal government achieved a balanced budget. But I still blame him for dismantling of the Glass-Steagal Act, which was indirectly responsible for the economic crash of 08.

As for availability of jobs, I know people who have had to work two jobs in order to pay their bills. They barely get a day off during the week, it's crazy.

were are these jobs he created Can u show me because ive not seen them?
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U mean in 9ja u work 2 jobs
Do u know that what we do here. Work 2 jobs because 1 isnt enough

U make 2 little 2 survive off of but 2 much 2 qualify for fanaical aid

The very financial aid U are paying for from the paycheck of those 2 jobs but arent getting.

ILuvGummyBearz:
this is sad. My condolences for yer loss

This is ridiculous and not a mater of America being better but of[b] a goverment not doing its job.[/b]

Where in nigeria do u live? Is lagos like this??

ILuvGummyBearz:
ive been tellin' u.
U want 2 be in America because u want what?

Better hospitals and protection?? Yer hospitals need 2 be built up there