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Jack273:
pls Bracket how much do you spend per day and per month. I'm asking because of the block account, I think the estimated cost of living per month is too much. This is after doing some conversions of currency. And also as a unilag student I know I don't spend that much per month, although cost of living there may be higher than that here in 9ja

Sometimes, I can do without spending a dime in one week. The estimated cost per month is too much tho, but it still boils down to your spending habits. An average international student from Europe doesn't cook, they eat out almost every time and this is expensive in the long run.

What will take the chunk of your spending is house rent, insurance, radio bills and Internet. A budget of €500 per month will do for the first few months before you figure out your spending habits and minimizing it.

idu1:
How's nursing education like in your school or germany in general?

Nursing is not a really big jib here in Germany unlike other countries. You might want to search about that yourself.

Wizplynfrosh:
USA right or London and please I want to know if u come across America embassy or uk embassy the amount of people there seeking visa or are they few or are they many like the one in nigeria

Unfortunately, I can't answer this because I don't even know where the embassies are. You don't know all these things except you have businesses there. But guess dey carry UK visa anyhow for here. Once you're out of Nigeria, it is kinda fairly easy to get visit visa to other countries as along as you meet the requirements.

Wizplynfrosh:
And another question
Have you experience any form of racism in your month of staying in Germany and this question maybe annoying if you have chance to go to the state or Canada or jand will u go because of d language barrier in germany

Yes, but kinda subtle and I kinda caused it.

I will definitely move away from Germany to an English speaking country because of my family and Europe is kinda super boring.

Kloneboi:
Ok, but any idea about the economy of the city? cos I don't depends on most facts from Google

Sorry I have nothing to say about the city. But I believe there will always be bigger cities close by that you can look towards.

Wizplynfrosh:
Hey braket I want to ask you a question about your Nigerian friends how do they feel when they heard you are in Germany all the girls that do ako for you how do they feel please gist me abeg

Hell oh hell.

Unfortunately, there's no story here. I am kind of a reserved and secretive person, and I happen to be around people that that talk much about themselves and never bother to hear about me.

Only my very close friends knew about my traveling. The normal friends and acquaintances did not know about my traveling because I didn't post pictures of "abroad" on my social media except on special dates in my life and the pictures don't even depict where I presently live.

Kloneboi:
Hi braket, any info about availability of student jobs in FREIBERG?

Not at all.

edehgeorgeC:
I'll like you to talk about the standard/cost of living in your city, ease of getting job in ur current city and the pay range. Also talk about relationship especially with German babes- how do they see us black Africans?
Also how friendly are your lecturers/co German students- do they associate well.

Housing is expensive in my city, even the student hostel is €300+ per month. Getting a job without german in my city is 2%.

Germans are wired in a way that I don't understand, I don't really relate with their ladies so I don't have an answer for you.

Lecturers are friendly and approachable but professional as well. There was a dinner and drinking party with the HOD of my department in December.

BikeMan:
Python is quite easy to learn.I would suggest Colt Steele's Python 3 bootcamp course on Udemy. What are you studying bro?

Same thing my friend said. Taking a course on edx, will check udemy as well.

Studying Electrical engineering.

Thecassanova:
Congratulations. Seems both short & long stay take same 5days. I got my long stay study visa in 5days too although I applied from SA.

Been In Paris for just a week & it has been a refreshing city. Would as well be visiting the UK later in the year during my week study break.

Enjoy!

Mind linking up. If I visit Paris soon? I study in Germany just in case you visit the neighborhood soon as well.

I am kinda free for 4 weeks. Going on vacation and I intend on using it to learn Python programming. I just want to get a student job and develop myself not these standing committee jobs.

It is question time and you can all ask your questions and I try my best to answer them, or tell me what to write about.

So I am done with first semester. It has been a long semester tho. I would like to discuss about the exam situation and some cultural shocks experienced.

The German university education is structured in a way that you have to work under time pressure in the exam hall and most times the exam is where you get all your grade for the course (except the professor puts in place some extra bonus schemes).

Owing to this, if you go into the examination hall without profound knowledge, you might woefully fail. Some professors also allow you to come in with cheat sheet(whatever you feel like writing into the exam hall. It is limited to A4 paper front and back).

Good thing and bad thing about exams here is that you can decide to not write the exam even on the day for the examination. All you have to do is go collect sick letter from doctor. Even before the examination, they ask you if you're fit for the exam, else you can leave.

Do you guys remember those days before an examination when they will search you as though you're a terrorist before you enter the hall? Well it doesn't happen here. It was always obvious that we were international students in the examination hall because every other German student often had drinks and snacks in front of them despite the fact that examination is going on. But international students? Nothing dey our front.

styles2009:
You go soon graduate from unskilled to a professional job but you need one vital key and I see you are working on it: Language to a very confident level not on certificate or B1, B2 levels.

If you got IT skills, search for 1st Level,2nd Level Support job, or student jobs relating to your course of study.

Goodluck and greeting from HH

Thanks Veteran. You're a perfect example of Germany will be awesome in the long run.

smoothvee:
My guy bracket na here you come hide I don tire for this Frankfurt o, hehe. And these German babes wan give person frustration, too friggin stiff. I Dey shift my tinder location go Poland. Small vibe Dey there ..e be like them like blcks

Lol tire for Frankfurt in terms of jobs or what?

Yes Polish babes like black, no doubt about that.

ibrahimovic303:
ASUU STRIKE! Trust me this same wahala wey una dey, I also experience am via 2013/2014 admission for my then target country, Germany..Na so ASUU shift my plans that year, as I could not even send my transcripts and other documents from my school in Naija to Germany...But there was a popular thread that year on Germany, and the then OP guided me thoroughly like a kid, I fortified myself with enough skills during that strike period, from software skills to coding to even barbing etc, God bless that guy mehn, I cannot even remember his name....I kept updating hi because he was in Munich then already. So wetin I dey talk?

Learn EVERYTHING NOW THAT YOU CAN WHILE YOU PLOT YOUR EXIT FROM NAIJA.....anything that will survive you here...


My two cents...Make I go collect two sharp rounds from this geh self

That coding na the best advice person fit get. But naija condition won't even allow person to learn. I really wished I pushed my limits then to learn but then electricity . Guys with coding skills for this Germany, nah companies dey rush them for linkedin

Reading your thread often make me wish to move to Finland

ibrahimovic303:
I hate that thermal pant lol My phallus dey always dey restless once I wear that male leggings underneath Oya where be your location for Finland? As in we dey plan like road trip first from Vaasa to SJK to Turku, then Viking Cruise Liner to Stockholm, then Oslo and back to Turku after some days....Some guys just come fresh from Xmas for Naija and them wan hold small bar for hand, you know as e be na once u enter naija xmas so sha I go update you with info. If you sha get sharp banny them, "Voit tuoda ne myös" as in fine gehs oh wey dey gbadu darky like us make them feel our anointing

This trip itinerary makes sense oh. Wish I could join you but not now sha. Na this kind of group trips I dey like. One of these days when I plan on coming to Finland I will holla at you, that's if you never abandon ship here oh

Lexusgs430:
Speak with bebe2.......

Thank you sir, I will

Lexusgs430:
So how do you intend to transact?....?

Probably in Naira or if the person needs euro for one reason or the other

Does anyone by chance need Euros? I need to make a payment of £130 and my euro card wasn't accepted. I need help please.

EMMAACHILE:
I heard Denmark stop giving pr for sometime now to certain countries. I don't know whether Nigeria is in that list but doesn't look like a friendly country.

Non citizens or non-pr holders do not have access to many things like free health benefits, etc.

I meant getting married there instead of going to Abuja.

ibrahimovic303:
This is very tough these days...Even if you fall in love here and want to get married, everything has to be done from Abuja

What of Denmark?

Ralphlauren:
Having your mum or mum-in-law around is an option. its a case of applying for a visit visa and hope they are approved, however, they cannot stay any more than 6 months at a time and I think no more than 6months in total within a 12 months period.

I have heard of recent cases where elderly ones are being refused for a renewal (eg. 2 years), after their initial 6months visa just because they stayed for 5 months or close to 6 months. some couples have their mum visit briefly before the baby arrives, return and then apply for 2years. i know someone that kept his mum here illegally for over 5 years (she came in on 6months) and sent her back to nigeria when the kids were all in primary school.

another issue is the current health condition of mum or mum in law. the cold weather is not really friendly for some. some other miss their friends and family as well as the buzz and owambe parties in Nigeria. it is also important to consider if they have the physical strength and endurance to look after kids if not, you might end up having to worry about her health.

then some mum in laws (like mine) have businesses, etc that they are running in nigeria and being away for any longer than 2 months is practically impossible for them. some mums like mine feel the kids are your responsibility and they have no intention of being turned to childminder/babysitter and they want to enjoy their retirement travelling around the world and living their best life. I don't blame them though - babysitting under 5s all alone at old age is a lot of work.

Thank you for the clarifications sir.

Ralphlauren:
a 'local childminder' will not accept £600 per month to look after 3 kids 7am -7pm, 5 days a weeks and two Saturdays a month. NEVER.

what you are looking for is someone undocumented or here on visiting visa. even with that, you will be lucky to find one on these terms.

Sorry to ask sir, the question that keeps coming to mind that, is having mother in-laws around not an option too? As they can keep rotating between both parent's mum every 6 months. Is this not possible or there's a clause to it as well?

ibrahimovic303:
Thanks...In a little while I shall be free from my thesis writing so I can dedicate more time, but meanwhile I will continue helping brothers out...hopefully more Nigerians/Africans here will locate this thread, but maybe I will not blame them too, everyone here is just as busy, an average of two jobs and school and maybe family....omor na die oh Allah! some self in Helsinki have three jobs ....Well, it is anti social but I refuse that spirit, I nor go comot Festac come here come dey do anti social, we go rock the country like kilode

Baba I hail oh. Una no get language wahala with these two three jobs una dey get.
Language nah major wahala for guys here.

Mikehk2:
Hello bro , any major difference between private university and Free tuition university ?

The only difference I know of as of this moment is the tuition fee.

About the education here in Germany.

I really can make a conclusion now, but the problem I experienced in Nigeria is still the same thing I am experiencing here. I hardly gain anything in class.

Don't get me wrong, the lecturers understand the course well and they have the industry experience but they often have issues communicating them to me. I think this is because they prefer using German textbooks than English ones, and the German textbooks do things in a totally different and hard way I swear.

Quick example is the K-map my computer science professor often use for his exercises is so technical and different from the one's you find online.

The good part of studying here is that there is stable electricity and Internet. So even though I don't gain anything from the lectures, I often find a better explanation on YouTube.

In addition, the speed at which lecture moves here is not a joking stuff oh. My mathematics professor starts a topic and finishes within 2 hours. Imagine starting and finishing everything that has to do with Integration within 2hours.

The best part of everything is that, there is always an exercise class after each lecture. This often helps me with understanding the course well even though I don't gain anything in lectures, because this is the period when the professor shows you his approach of solving questions. It really helps more than lectures trust me.

janettee:
It melted quickly though. Please post frequently..

Yes. I didn't get the opportunity to take a walk in it.

smoothvee:
choi!!! se info! wey i dey here dey find like water since! bro..... how i go take run am.. i know MESSE but nothing about it. you fit answer my pm? this might just be a break for me.. tired of riding foodora in the cold

Haaa Foodora? Sorry bro. Hope you never jam car oh.

Hi guys, it has been a while but studying and working is a scam in Germany trust me. Those two words shouldn't be used in the same sentence at all. Except you speak German and you have a working student contract(sometimes you get this without speaking German but it's rare). Anything apart from that, trust me you're gonna be stressed.

To imagine that it is because of studies that I haven't had time to give update here oh, talkless of then combining work with it, mehnnn..


I expressed my first snow after 18+ years. It came as a surprise that blessed morning sha. Everywhere just rice without stew.

NP: Ye by Burna boy

smoothvee:
Bracket... I finally got here, Frankfurt. 2months plus now. How are you doing bro? Sent a pm

Ah cool. Would holla you when next I visit Frankfurt.
Hope you hsve registered with Messe. I heard they are sharing shift for next year already.

About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

What's up guys?
So I decided to take off few minutes to update the thread as I am beginning to settle in into my new environment.


A lot of things happened these few months I was away, and trust me, it wasn't easy but I still pulled through.

I will just highlight the things that happened and elaborate them in subsequent posts.

So, I got a full-time holiday job I did for couple of weeks, I moved out of my student dormitory and had to keep up in friends' places because it wasn't easy getting an accommodation again.
I ex-matriculated from my university and enrolled in another university( many thanks to the shallow educational background Nigeria's University gave me.)

Well in the end, I was able to get an apartment in front of my new school and I am settling in quick and recovering the study hours I had lost.

What's the update from your end guys(ladies included )