ogakpatakpata: @ken1982.........How are you ken; l hope you are doing fine?.



Yessir very fine ...and hope you are having a great time as well

ken1982: Please house...quick questions...do the shared rooms have cooking stove and are things like rice and beans available to buy and are they affordable

ogakpatakpata: Yes, they do have cooking stove, rice,beans and other Nigeria delicacies are also available in different African shops but expensive, l will advise when coming you should come with some food items,but, it shouldn't be too much to avoid paying excess luggage, others might add to what l have already written. Enjoy your day!!


I can't carry o...lol...at a start i won't want airport palava ...thank you for this...

ken1982: Please house...quick questions...do the shared rooms have cooking stove and are things like rice and beans available to buy and are they affordable

justi4jesu:

Yes they are available somewhere in deira frij murar, but quite expensive so you can come with yours especially palm oil because most African restaurants here use groundnut oil to cook because of how expensive palm oil is sold here, so you can come few cooking ingredients but make sure you hide the palm oil when passing immigration in Nigeria because they must collect it from you if they get to see it or you can find them something and they will allow you to go in with it.

ken1982: Me am not carrying anything o...before dubai immigration say i b terrorist with biochemical weapon....but seriously...there should be some affordable way of feeding in dubai...like a local meal that is africanish ....

ken1982: @ogapaktapakta...that's funny o...living with so many people...i wonder how one protects himself from theft and how one can read in peace...hope there r libraries...we pray fir better conditions for us all...

ken1982: ok



ok...thx...what about internet and also can u describe d shared rooms and how they are...like is it just a large or small room with bunks or does it have other probable benefits...if we were to b just 4 in a room how much would dt be

ken1982: Me am not carrying anything o...before dubai immigration say i b terrorist with biochemical weapon....but seriously...there should be some affordable way of feeding in dubai...like a local meal that is africanish ....

justi4jesu:

Lol...There are African restaurants but they are expensive compared to the Bangladesh and pakistani food they often sell here, you should know that once you leave the shores of Nigeria, your native food tends to be expensive wherever you go.

If you go to an african restaurant here and order for semovita,it is okkay because they sell semovita in supermarkets here so its not scarce but if you want a taste of garri,amala and pounded yam then be ready to spend 25dirhams upwards..



Actually i prefer to cook...that's a better way to live...n cheaper...hardly ever consider eating outside...thanks...@ogapaktapakta and u@justi....please at what range will b a 4
man room...in dollars
So that is it. Come with Enough Money.

ken1982: Me am not carrying anything o...before dubai immigration say i b terrorist with biochemical weapon....but seriously...there should be some affordable way of feeding in dubai...like a local meal that is africanish ....

henrimoto: @justi4jesu.,Nne, pls o. do you think he can manage the bangladish and pakistani meal...? since its somehow cheap....( no, i dont think so. mainly looking @ them, bangladish and pakis... they dont look like people that has good food...) so, how about the indomie noddles option...? are they cheap too.? lolz... oga ken, no vex. am just trying to help your curiosity..

ken1982: @henrimoto lol...at worst i go dey eat am dey go though i do not like spicy food...@justi thanks so much for the advice...@ogapaktapakta thanks Baba...i know i should go through the threads and i have but sometimes i just ask specifics just to enable me achieve a mental basis for approach.it could be repetitive times but trust me it helps o

ken1982: @henrimoto lol...at worst i go dey eat am dey go though i do not like spicy food...@justi thanks so much for the advice...@ogapaktapakta thanks Baba...i know i should go through the threads and i have but sometimes i just ask specifics just to enable me achieve a mental basis for approach.it could be repetitive times but trust me it helps o

OBRICADO: Must I attest my certificate before I could get a nice job in Dubai? I don't have the original of my o level certificate, first leaving cert, my bsc statment of result.this is because I lost them in a fire outbreak that happened while I was serving. However, I have the photocopies accept for first leaving cert..... What I have the original copy now is my NYSC discharge
Certificate and will get my main Bsc cert. Pls I want to kw if I can come and get a job with them without going to attest them. And because of the current Assu strike don't kw if I can still get the cert....I schooled in one of the state schools here. Pls I need urgent reply

Lawmann: Ogakpatakpata,i must commend you for the way you have been answering people's question.i must also thank other members of our dear forum for the time and energy they spend in answering questions.i am a businessman and i dont i intend going to uae to look for job.please,i want to start taking nigerian foodstuffs to uae.is this line of biz lucrative and do you have a clue on how one can start the biz?please,guide me if you can.Thank you and God bless.

ken1982: @ogapaktapakta....i know what u mean...good thing is u r doing a good job...we will meet and hopefully it won't b cos i need help but we go jolificate (not an alcoholic) ...what u doing here is great...red but really u should add that $2000 will be enough for a period of time...i guess lets say maybe 2months...@justi ....dear that's nice info...thanks...please or lets rally round fine chick and get her a job...let us pray and work so she gets a good job...

ogakpatakpata: @ken1982...............................l hope you have been able to achieve a mental basis for your trip, the summary of the whole sermon is you must come with enough money; in my personal opinion, after your visa and ticket has been sorted out, make sure you arrive the UAE with a minimum of $2000, anybody telling you otherwise is not helping you, l am really tired of seeing our forumites suffering after few days in Dubai and funny enough they also ask some of this questions you have asked and they still arrive with between $100 to $500 which can disappear within days and some of us here you see giving advises here will not even near such members when they are stranded.l try not to ignore our forumites when they arrive and are stranded, l always try to chip in my widows mite and in some cases call and give them moral support, some of them reading this write-up can testify to that.


Furthermore ,it is easy to give advise in a faceless forum,but, when the chips are down and some members are calling for help in Dubai, trust me, only FEW OF US WITH CONSCIENCE SURFACE TO GIVE OUR WIDOWS MITE. My apologies if l sounded a bit hard on you, l only want the best for you, not just advising you but meeting you physically if possible on arrival to help in whatever capacity l can. That is the essence of life.