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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 3:12pm On Sep 03, 2020 |
PanicButton: Hehe I hope they hear |
Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 3:12pm On Sep 03, 2020 |
Titugirl: Same here |
Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 3:11pm On Sep 03, 2020 |
J111333: Yea she did say a lot. Too much even. But then again her actions were a lot too. She kept bringing up d issue of relationship and was crying when d guy wouldn't budge. The ring was d goal. She didn't seem to care what happens afterwards 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 11:07pm On Sep 02, 2020 |
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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 10:28am On Sep 02, 2020 |
RonaldoVido: Really? Lol 3 Likes |
Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 10:28am On Sep 02, 2020 |
donbachi: True. While it depends on d guy, it depends more on d lady. Shooting shots is for strong mature ladies who know what self love/respect is. That is only when you can manage d fallout 7 Likes |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 9:51am On Sep 02, 2020 |
GoldenJAT: Thanks man. I'm gooder. Trust you are too 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:48am On Sep 02, 2020 |
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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:45am On Sep 02, 2020 |
Beautiful people! That part where she said she didn't wanna miss her only shot at beautiful kids Is the guy that all that or just average? 4 Likes 1 Share
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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:34am On Sep 02, 2020 |
The end 4 Likes
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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:26am On Sep 02, 2020 |
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Romance / Re: Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:26am On Sep 02, 2020 |
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Romance / Ladies, Shoot That Shot by Champagnemami(f): 9:26am On Sep 02, 2020 |
Saw this somewhere. Thought it makes for an interesting read. 6 Likes
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Culture / Re: HRH Prof Chukwuemeka Ike Is Dead, And No Heir To The Throne by Champagnemami(f): 1:53am On Jan 11, 2020 |
Oh this man, this very great man Vincent chukwuemeka Ike. Potters wheel was one of my favorite books growing up. And then toads for super, when d guy lost his dad and his mom wouldn't stop wailing. Bottled leopard....awww Such great literary icon I hope your grandson is located soon 10 Likes |
Culture / Re: HRH Prof Chukwuemeka Ike Is Dead, And No Heir To The Throne by Champagnemami(f): 1:53am On Jan 11, 2020 |
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Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 12:23am On Dec 21, 2019 |
lionlee216: Hey boss Saw your hookup mention. It had me hehehehe 1 Like |
Food / Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by Champagnemami(f): 11:55pm On Dec 17, 2019 |
sassysure: Yummmmm How did you arrive at those carrot rings? 1 Like |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 2:28pm On Dec 11, 2019 |
@efe24, the guy with d Msc in architecture, the guy with Msc in geology, sorry can remember your monikers, will edit when i do. Pls get a pgde, run those courses safety courses @kellycute mentioned and you have a good chance here. Lots of options to choose from. For the English grads, English is a hot cake here. Will keep you informed on what liscences and certifications to come armed with. July/August is the best time to drop here if you looking at a teaching career. Teaching here aint easy tho. The kids are ogbanjes and abikus. I mean that literally. It's why they pay you much so that when you feel like beating any one up, you'll remember what that would mean for your account balance and then call yourself to order 16 Likes 5 Shares |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 2:19pm On Dec 11, 2019 |
Coming down to Dubai on a visit or resident visa is something that should be weighed carefully. Each has its upsides and downsides. Some companies would not employ you on a resident visa while others go rush you, even within the same sector. For instance, the UAE MOE would not even consider you for employment unless you're on a 3 months visa or lower. Meanwhile other schools give priority to people on resident/spousal visa. When you're on a visit visa, the moment you step into this place, you're under pressure to get a job, you have only 90 days so you'll be restless. And some employers will not touch you with a long pole like 70 days into that 3months. They want people who still have time on their visa. With a resident visa you don't have this problem. Problem is, this might cause you to become lazy and slow. You might just step out of your house one morning and decide not to job hunt cos the sun is too hot, afterall you have two years. Medical care in Dubai is very expensive. If you have cause to enter into a hospital and leave with some drugs, you're looking at like 500aed. Imagine if you now have an emergency that requires surgery, then you're Looking at millions of naira. No matter how small a job you do here you have access to medical insurance, although sometimes you have to make some equity contribution on drugs. For most big organizations, you have quality medical insurance that can even cover treatment abroad. For most organizations tho, could even be all, if you're not under their visa, you can't access this insurance. That's one downside to working with a resident/spouse visa. **resident visa comes with its own insurance but it ain't comprehensive** When coming into Dubai, take care to calculate your expenses and have extra for miscellaneous and other contigencies. Find out how much accommodation, feeding, transportation would cost. Transportation is very important. If you're hoping to land a job fast, you cant rely on your bus card on which you're charged like 3aed per drop. You're even just coming into town so you're not familiar with bus no and routes and even if you keep asking questions, you'll still get confused. So you have to be ready to spend a lot on taxi, taxis are expensive. An hours ride could cost you 12k naira. So lets say 3mmonths comes to an end and you ain't landed a job yet, what next? You returning home? Or you calling up your agent? The latter is gonna cost you. So whatever you do have enough cash to last you at least 5months or have a strong support at home to always top you up. Otherwise if you're female, you'll start whoring around. If you're male, you're come on nairaland to talk about how Dubai is the worse thing that can happen to anybody. There's a third option tho, take up a 150naira job and be dissatisfied for the next two years probably, even working for a silly Bangali, who forgets to pay you at the end of the month. Also, ensure your agent ain't your only contact in Dubai. Ordinarily, he should pick you up at the airport, help you settle down and then guide you. But don't be surprised when you land and call him, he tells you "thank God for journey mercies" and switches off his phone. What now?? ALWAYS have enough cash, cos in this desert, its everyman for himself 23 Likes 6 Shares |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 4:30pm On Dec 10, 2019 |
Mcowubaba: Yea right. There is less to zero racism in America which is why you guys have the black lives matter movement. Lets not even begin to talk about the security problems. Each one of us has reason and target for immigrating, short term or long term. Some do to earn a living, others for citizenship. But one thing is common, its all about the good life, quality life. From the start of the article i mentioned homelessness and overstay which are direct outcomes of no job, so what negative anything was i hiding at first? The 'freedom' you don't get to enjoy in the UAE is no different from what you get serving/living in a place like sokoto,zamfara. Its a Muslim country, so naturally you can't expect to live like you're in America. I've lived here two years. In my first year I saved 15m naira. How long would it take an RN in the US/UK to save same? By the second year, I begun my masters program and ran some courses, so less savings. For the first time in my life my supposedly useless Nigerian certificate is worth something. I come online to share the story and somehow I'm claiming UAE is a paradise? Y'all need to take a chill pill. Seriously 29 Likes 5 Shares |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 11:54am On Dec 10, 2019 |
You people didn't lemme finish my story. I would have gone on to tell how people stay here for even up to a year without a job, surviving on stipends from home. How some borrowed money to move over, ended up with 80k naira jobs and creditors back home are threatening their parents. And I would have gone on to mention what a decent salary here should be. And how much you must earn before your spouse can come live here with you. But then I've said many people come here with little or no information of what's truly at stake. Relying only on info got from the agents who are more concerned with their commission and end up making bogus claims and job promises. This still doesn't change the fact that there are people making it here big time especially in certain sectors. Dubai labor market belongs to professionals and I did mention that here is not like Europe/America where people are able to do even up to 3 odd jobs a day. And no I'm not working for 500k a month. I work for the government ministry of education. People whose annual salary is my monthly in Nigeria are able to lead very stable lives. The middle east in recent years has been the perfect destination for qualified teachers world over with the UAE topping the list. That your friends are in Dubai living in squalor because of hurried poor decisions and a lack of opportunity doesn't change that fact. And yes the sweetest catch of Dubai earnings is that its tax free. The health sector is also very juicy. Nigerian doctors here earn 20,000 dirhams with 2 years of getting their liscences. This is aside the 2/1 bedroom flat accommodation if you're married/single, school fees allowance for two kids, to and fro flight on a yearly vacation to home country etc There are engineers here in ADNOC, a big employer, earning 35k aed on a monthly. Yet in this same Dubai you see my nigerian engineer graduate brothers working as baristas for 1500aed. The difference between these two is just one or two certifications that the latter did not know to get This dichotomy is what i was hoping i could bridge by sharing my experience but some oversabi people would not lemme be. 38 Likes 8 Shares |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 11:51pm On Dec 09, 2019 |
birdmansoho: Lol People just dont understand that its not easy anywhere. Currently, the US is d best place to hustle. So many side/odd jobs especially with the immigration restrictions. But in that same US, there are many Nigerians who can't afford a ticket home. Heck, some can't even send 20k for a family emergency in Naija. In my school we're 80% Britain, Canada, America, Australia. The rest 20% are Arab, Africans, others. These 80% are coming from countries that you all are running to. I earn more than a teacher on my grade level in the US. These ones use some considerable sum of their salary for taxes. Whereas mine is tax free. But in this same Dubai, you find people with same qualifications as mine doing domestic help work of 150k. At the end, its about sensitization. Don't just carry bag and say m going to Dubai. What are you coming here to do? Is that d best you can do? Are there better options? Ask questions and arm yourself with info. That same India you condemned i have friends there who have hit it big. Meanwhile Indians are running into Dubai in droves. And what's wrong in a shared accommodation? After I got my first pay, i rented a self con of 35k dirhams per annum. After 3 months i did a brain reset and got a shared apartment for 9000 aed per annum. Which means i now save extra 2.6million naira yearly. That it didn't work for Yuh friends doesn't mean it wont work for others. So you just take a chill pill and breath 68 Likes 8 Shares |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 10:02pm On Dec 09, 2019 |
Moren002: Get a pgde. You'll be glad you did 1 Like 1 Share |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 9:53pm On Dec 09, 2019 |
promzy555: In what as in course |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 9:46pm On Dec 09, 2019 |
promzy555: Wow...in what?? Year of graduation?? |
Travel / Re: My Experience Living And Working In The UAE by Champagnemami(f): 9:45pm On Dec 09, 2019 |
77up: No. But by the time you do 5 jobs in a space of 1year, they begin to question your stability 5 Likes 1 Share |
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