Prettiepearlz:

But what is your problem with people wanting to travel with food? Did they use your money? Buzz off please!

Lol, I even paid for extra luggage because of food.
I can't be caught not packing enough food.

Please we need help in getting accommodation for a family of 5 in Mississauga.l against second week in September. Max budget is 2500.
Thanks

CountVersailles:

Why are you travelling with so much foodstuff? Are you going to a camp where there is little food?

For a newcomer in Canada, who may not be financially buoyant as you might be, buying food here within those early days can be considered 'expensive'. Remember they are yet to start making money in dollars and what those prices amount to when converted to naira usually come as a shock.

Again, someone who have stayed in Canada for a while might have had his or her taste buds adjusted to the food here, but we cannot say the same for the newcomers.

So, if space is not an issue let the person pack as much food stuff as possible and is allowed that can take him or her for a long time before they finally integrate. Anyone who says otherwise will not be there to pay the bills for him or her when it starts.

ednut1:
they have booklets, clearing backlogs. Cleared first week of july last friday. Updates on their Instagram page

Oh ok.Thanks I would try and visit them next month.

Emmasonic4me:


For a newcomer in Canada, who may not be financially buoyant as you might be, buying food here within those early days can be considered 'expensive'. Remember they are yet to start making money in dollars and what those prices amount to when converted to naira usually come as a shock.

Again, someone who have stayed in Canada for a while might have had his or her taste buds adjusted to the food here, but we cannot say the same for the newcomers.

So, if space is not an issue let the person pack as much food stuff as possible and is allowed that can take him or her for a long time before they finally integrate. Anyone who says otherwise will not be there to pay the bills for him or her when it starts.

lool @bills. True though

I now understand this foodstuffs matter and bag aspects . Thanks for the valuable piece of information

Emmasonic4me:


For a newcomer in Canada, who may not be financially buoyant as you might be, buying food here within those early days can be considered 'expensive'. Remember they are yet to start making money in dollars and what those prices amount to when converted to naira usually come as a shock.

Again, someone who have stayed in Canada for a while might have had his or her taste buds adjusted to the food here, but we cannot say the same for the newcomers.

So, if space is not an issue let the person pack as much food stuff as possible and is allowed that can take him or her for a long time before they finally integrate. Anyone who says otherwise will not be there to pay the bills for him or her when it starts.

Food is about some of the cheapest things you can buy in Canada. I know that because I've lived in many cities. Even if you don't work and are living on your POF, you don't need more than $50 to shop for food for the week and you can make enough food to last two weeks. The problem with our Nigerian brothers and sisters is that when they want to eat Indomie, they want to eat indomie from Nigeria which is available at exorbitant prices at African store. Sometimes its price is more than 5x the regular indomie you can buy at walmart. How that is any special than that regular indomie, I don't know. Same thing with chicken. Chicken o! They want to eat the chicken from African store. When will they learn that it is not sustainable to continue to subsist on the kind of food you were eating in Nigeria? If you are in Rome, you behave like the Romans.
So, why won't their money finish quickly?

The brighter point is that many of them eventually pivot to Canadian brands, but not after wasting away their money on Nigerian indomie. It typically takes them about 6-8 months or so before they start seeing it is unsustainable to be craving Nigerian indomie. For some, it takes years. Years of wasting away hard-earned dollars. And when they finally move to way cheaper chinese indomie, they see there is not even that much difference. You can replace indomie with whatever you want. But why does it have to take that late to figure things out and spend more wisely in a new environment? There is a reason the whole Canada is not shopping at African store.

let's not excuse ma.d behaviour. Survival is often dependent on how you adjust fast. Thinking you are still privileged and wanting to live the Nigerian life when you are in Canada is one of the worst things that can happen to you. There is no reason that should be encouraged.

CountVersailles:

Food is about some of the cheapest things you can buy in Canada. I know that because I've lived in many cities. Even if you don't work and are living on your POF, you don't need more than $50 to shop for food for the week and you can make enough food to last two weeks. The problem with our Nigerian brothers and sisters is that when they want to eat Indomie, they want to eat indomie from Nigeria which is available at exorbitant prices at African store. Sometimes its price is more than 5x the regular indomie you can buy at walmart. How that is any special than that regular indomie, I don't know. Same thing with chicken. Chicken o! They want to eat the chicken from African store. When will they learn that it is not sustainable to continue to subsist on the kind of food you were eating in Nigeria? If you are in Rome, you behave like the Romans.
So, why won't their money finish quickly?

The brighter point is that many of them eventually pivot to Canadian brands, but not after wasting away their money on Nigerian indomie. It typically takes them about 6-8 months or so before they start seeing it is unsustainable to be craving Nigerian indomie. For some, it takes years. Years of wasting away hard-earned dollars. And when they finally move to way cheaper chinese indomie, they see there is not even that much difference. You can replace indomie with whatever you want. But why does it have to take that late to figure things out and spend more wisely in a new environment? There is a reason the whole Canada is not shopping at African store.

let's not excuse ma.d behaviour. Survival is often dependent on how you adjust fast. Thinking you are still privileged and wanting to live the Nigerian life when you are in Canada is one of the worst things that can happen to you. There is no reason that should be encouraged.

$50 for a week?

Wonderful

Na the same Canada you dey talk about?
Family size nko. Even a single person will spend more than $50 for one week worth of food. Please leave people to do what they want. Na their money.

Good day all, please I need a candid advice, for lawyers in the house, what kind of jobs can lawyers apply for while waiting to be licensed in Canada? I would appreciate if I could get a link to hook up with other Lawyers practicing in Canada to get more information as regards this.
Thank you.

llionaire:
Hi guys,
As a double vaccinated traveller, do I need to do a covid test before flying? I'm using airfrance.

Go through your airline itinerary and flight requirements on the website. Find out everything you need to know before your trip. There you will get the latest information

rawe45:
Please we need help in getting accommodation for a family of 5 in Mississauga.l against second week in September. Max budget is 2500.
Thanks

Please help o

favourdamsel:
Hello, please why should one avoid Ghana must go bags for carrying some of your items? Especially the foodstuffs. Please is Ghana must go bag not allowed as part of your laugage.
I weighed only my empty traveling box is about 9kg without putting my item.
I wanted to use Ghana must go bag as my 2nd laugage for packing my foodstuffs to 23kg to max the weight.

Please really need more answers on this Ghana must-go bag ?

My dear, you can use your Ghana must-go bag. I traveled recently to Calgary and I even used 2 ghana must-go bags. My foodstuff and other things were intact. Once you check in your luggage in Nigeria, the next time you will see your bags is your final destination.

bimsale:
Travelling out of the county, Planning to sell your household items, like Electronics, furniture and everything in your house in bulk [b]/your cars [/b]or even if you want to sell your land and house,I can help you do that, contact me on WhatsApp or call Bimbola -O8168064058, u can also refer me to your friends and family, You get your money in bulk !, location Lagos!!!!

This is nice...I'll get in touch in 2 weeks

Haha

Did someone just said $50 food will last a week in Canada?
Wonders shall never end...

Or maybe there's another Canada somewhere I'm not aware of

bimsale:
Travelling out of the county, Planning to sell your household items, like Electronics, furniture and everything in your house in bulk [b]/your cars [/b]or even if you want to sell your land and house,I can help you do that, contact me on WhatsApp or call Bimbola -O8168064058, u can also refer me to your friends and family, You get your money in bulk !, location Lagos!!!!

Do you know anyone offering this service in osun state? Osogbo Ile-Ife environs?

oluayebenz:
Haha

Did someone just said $50 food will last a week in Canada?
Wonders shall never end...

Or maybe there's another Canada somewhere I'm not aware of

Well it can last oo, if and only if the person is on 7days dry fasting

Dailybox:

I'm not sure about BC, but i don't think it'll be needed, you should be okay with just the Nigeria driver's license.....except for Ontario.

Good day Family, as regards to this,what Do i Need to bring along that will enable me drive in Canada,my destination is Ontario

Accommodation for a single person in Mississauga pls, anyone?

AirBay:


Well it can last oo, if and only if the person is on 7days dry fasting

Lol

tracy0803409:







Good day Family, as regards to this,what Do i Need to bring along that will enable me drive in Canada,my destination is Ontario

You will need a Driver's License Letter or what some call Driver's extract. You can get this from the Nigeria Embassy at Ottawa or better yet, from Nigeria.

einsteino:


You will need a Driver's License Letter or what some call Driver's extract. You can get this from the Nigeria Embassy at Ottawa or better yet, from Nigeria.

Thanks alot Sir/Madam,please do you have an idea on how to get it here in Nigeria?

tracy0803409:





Thanks alot Sir/Madam,please do you have an idea on how to get it here in Nigeria?

It could be got from FRSC office, same place as your driver license.

tracy0803409:

Good day Family, as regards to this,what Do i Need to bring along that will enable me drive in Canada,my destination is Ontario

Just driving extract. Did mine for 30k in Naija. If you message sule, he'll only waste your time and won't attend to you.

sapien5:

Lol, I even paid for extra luggage because of food.
I can't be caught not packing enough food.

That's fine. When I arrived Canada, I had only 2 luggages on me: 1 was a bag of clothes and other personal items; the other was a bag of just food. If I were to go back in time, I will do it again.

Food was all that was right in my life, in my first year here. The argument about why not buy chinese noodles instead of indomie must presume that food is only to quell hunger. If one really can't tell the difference between chinese noodles and indomie, then my taste bud is very different from theirs. I have often wondered how some restaurants are still in business, it makes sense now. Anyways, I digress. Food is the way some of us treat ourselves to take on the burden of living, or give life a meaning. I can be going through a shitty day and have all of that turn around when I eat food whose taste demands I orient myself to see the brighter side of life.

As much as trying new food is a fad, and indulging in that have led me to pleasant discoveries; there are times when I haven't the mental allowance to gamble with taste. In those times I am not down for an adventure that could go sore. I just want to have what I eat taste exactly how I expect it to. Not just it's taste, even its feel and look (Afterall, the eyes must eat before the mouth). All of that starts with getting the right foodstuff/ingredients. I once had to trash a week's worth of soup because the palm oil I used turned out to be of poor taste. I am not down to nickel and dime when it comes to what I eat. Why am I even slaving away at work if I have to tolerate food? If that is a luxury, so be it. It doesn't seem like those savings would afford me other luxuries of life either. Maybe I would be convinced to choose the less expensive option when I see a lambo parked on the driveway of folks who go for the box of noodles that is just a few bucks cheaper.

Oh by the way, y'all bring some real foodstuff that can be used to make something worthy of calling food. Noodles/Indomie is hardly one.

Please, those who pay for flight to Canada from Nigeria.

Is the flight money paid with Naira ATM card or Foreign Card ?

Note, I am paying for family of 3

Indians, Chinese, greeks, polish, arabs , turks etc still eat their own food here. But one funny guy or woman here expects Nigerians to change taste buds on arrival lol. The last time i went to Nigeria I packed lots of spices and food too. Small Suya spice they sell for 7 dols I bought paint bucket of it about 2k or so in Nigeria. Still using it to do barbecue . Make una come chop o

2Favoured:
Good day all, please I need a candid advice, for lawyers in the house, what kind of jobs can lawyers apply for while waiting to be licensed in Canada? I would appreciate if I could get a link to hook up with other Lawyers practicing in Canada to get more information as regards this.
Thank you.

Lawyer here. There are many things a lawyer can do in Canada while waiting for licensing. The traditional pathway is to look for jobs as/in:

Legal Assistant/Law Clerks
Paralegal
Admin Assistant
Contract Specialist
Procurement Specialist
Court and Client Rep. (In Ontario) (think of this as a court registrar role)
Adjudicators in Admin. Tribunals
AML and compliance
Legal operations/risk officers
Trust and Estate practitioners

Some of these roles might require you to take short certification courses to get you up to speed. For instance in Alberta, the chances that you'll get a Corporate Paralegal role are seriously enhanced if you take and pass the Corporate Registry System exams Levels 1 to 3.

Research and curiousity are the key.

CountVersailles:

Food is about some of the cheapest things you can buy in Canada. I know that because I've lived in many cities. Even if you don't work and are living on your POF, you don't need more than $50 to shop for food for the week and you can make enough food to last two weeks. The problem with our Nigerian brothers and sisters is that when they want to eat Indomie, they want to eat indomie from Nigeria which is available at exorbitant prices at African store. Sometimes its price is more than 5x the regular indomie you can buy at walmart. How that is any special than that regular indomie, I don't know. Same thing with chicken. Chicken o! They want to eat the chicken from African store. When will they learn that it is not sustainable to continue to subsist on the kind of food you were eating in Nigeria? If you are in Rome, you behave like the Romans.
So, why won't their money finish quickly?

The brighter point is that many of them eventually pivot to Canadian brands, but not after wasting away their money on Nigerian indomie. It typically takes them about 6-8 months or so before they start seeing it is unsustainable to be craving Nigerian indomie. For some, it takes years. Years of wasting away hard-earned dollars. And when they finally move to way cheaper chinese indomie, they see there is not even that much difference. You can replace indomie with whatever you want. But why does it have to take that late to figure things out and spend more wisely in a new environment? There is a reason the whole Canada is not shopping at African store.

let's not excuse ma.d behaviour. Survival is often dependent on how you adjust fast. Thinking you are still privileged and wanting to live the Nigerian life when you are in Canada is one of the worst things that can happen to you. There is no reason that should be encouraged.

You will advise people wrongly and make them bite their finger when they finally land. Your argument is not robust.
It's a basic rule of thumb when settling in another country for the first time, take much food stuffs with you to mitigate bills and sustainance for a while until one finds strong footing.

EsoEso:


You will advise people wrongly and make them bite their finger when they finally land. Your argument is not robust.
It's a basic rule of thumb when settling in another country for the first time, take much food stuffs with you to mitigate bills and sustainance for a while until one finds strong footing.

Don't waste your words. This moniker has a history. Most regulars here don't take them seriously.

EsoEso:


You will advise people wrongly and make them bite their finger when they finally land. Your argument is not robust.
It's a basic rule of thumb when settling in another country for the first time, take much food stuffs with you to mitigate bills and sustainance for a while until one finds strong footing.

When I was traveling to Canada, I didn’t take as much as a grain of rice. I took zero food with me and survived fine for years. I also know people who didn’t pack one single food item and have also survived. It’s not a rule of thumb anything. Don’t mislead others. The only tenable argument for packing food is the matter of adjusting to taste, but what you probably don’t realize is that that’s just a matter of what goes on in your head as you eat. It’s imaginary. The better rule of thumb is to start reorienting your head and mind when you come to a new country, not just in terms of food but also in terms of friendships, relationships, etc. The earlier you know that, the better. Don’t insist on “living “ in an imaginary Nigeria while you are now fully in Canada. It’s not sustainable.

jjohndoe83:
Don't waste your words. This moniker has a history. Most regulars here don't take them seriously.

Oh yeah? Lmao. Dream on…