fairheart:
Long time Twoods! The last time you and I had misunderstanding here, I told myself I'd not get on any heat conversation with you. I will manage to keep my word. But I must say a few things about the comment below.

You said you're a Christian as if you've to tell people who doesn't know you before they know your faith. You also hit the original poster hard by saying he falsely acknowledge God the visa approval you know nothing about how he started and ended to the point of the approval. How did you know his acknowledgement of God is false? A true Christian would not have used this set of words on another Christian because he reverences his Creator for a success that means a lot to him. Who're you to even quote that part of his post?

Yes, you're right that he did basically everything his counterparts in Europe or Asia would do to get the visa, yet, acknowledging God is something any stable, grateful, happy Christian would have done. And you come out here to hit it as if it's wrong! He owns all the right in heaven and earth to call his approval a "miracle". Is it not a miracle in a country good and genuine people don't get their way (even after hardwork, and doing all the right things the right way) because of the way our situation is? Is it not a miracle that a man from the largest black nation on earth and one of the poorest, is going to the best nation on earth? Is it not a miracle that you, Twoods, got your F1 visa smoothly, which was a huge opportunity that gave you a strong foundation you harnessed to become who you're today? Why not return home and see the difference? Maybe! You even live and eat in a country that even its founding fathers acknowledged God and miracle at one point or the other during the founding phase! I think you don't know what a miracle is!

As for saying he did others disservice, you're also wrong. Blatantly wrong! In fact, you're seeing all these religious stuffs from a broken perspective that you need to fix before you can truly earn the badge to correct others. And you need to fix it, because it's neither helping you nor the people you think this guy has done disservice to.

If you love God with your heart, mind, and soul--as the Christ you said you follow commanded—you'd have known and understand perfectly well that it's every Christian responsibility to reverence God! That is their Creator for Heaven's sake! It's one of our duties if we love God! He has done that and you are trying to call him a bad name. This's the part of your comment that touched me to grab my computer to write.

Some of the students you see on this forum are first-generation! Some of their parents did not get to travel abroad to study. I know a student here who was the first in his entire family—from Dad's and Mom's side--to enter the airplane and travel abroad to study. You will call it nothing because you easily got your visa. But for him, this is a feat—a record his children will live to read and be proud of. How stupid of me would it be if I say he should shut up and sees it as normal? It's not normal! He did great and that's it! He should be thankful to his Creator—even if this student is not righteous or has garment of sin on! How's that your business? How has that done any student here a disservice?

You cannot judge anybody religious/spiritual experience, no matter what you claim to know, the level of your education, age, or the social stigma you claim you're correcting. You're an educated man! Read the history of the country that has bathed you with opportunities you use to have come this far in life. The US was founded by men and women who had strong faith in God and influenced by it. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Rockefeller, Washington, etc. If 32 years old Thomas Jefferson who's said to have written the Declaration of Independence is here, I'm sure he would be laughing at your comment. The "God factor" was part of his life as it was for others. He prayed and write about "God". This was when America was under the influence of Great Britain. And Thomas was one of the brightest young men of his generation. Read that document bro!

The issue is not God or reverencing Him, because the last time I read the book of Isaiah, it's stated in a chapter and verse I can't remember that, 'We are His witness." And you know what that mean? We have duty to reverence him. He's our Source and Creator! We wouldn't have been here if not for HIM. That's what Emeraldtommy was trying to do! And you miss that part, man! The American founding fathers placed God at the centre of everything while they do their homework—as this student has done prior getting his visa! He's done nothing wrong to deserve this useless comment that you should have assessed thoroughly before posting here.

I have pushed this idea everywhere I go or invited to talk or share my opinion on the state of governance in Nigeria: God will not do for us the things He has given us the abilities to do by ourselves and for ourselves. But if we do what we should do, He's God to help us where and when we reach our limit--if need be! Nigeria is not what it is because Emeraldtommy and other Nigerians perpetuate or live with the perspectives that all it takes is "miracles" for Nigeria to work; Nigeria is what it's because Nigerians abuse religion by hanging on God when and where He wants us to work hard and get things done by ourselves. It's not because we reverence God or admit his presence or believe in miracle! We will still need miracle to build Nigeria anyway! Yes, we must work hard, create, innovate, strategise, breed natural leaders, and do our homework when and where necessary. But we will still need God, prayer and cling on the essentiality of morality to create a nation as great and prosperous as America. Go to China and ask their highly intelligent scientists if they believe in God or a spiritual being or force aiding Creations or at the centre of everything! They will tell you their story. They believe in the assistant of the spiritual realm, which God is centrally behind! I would have been the first to bounce on Emeraldtommy had he said he got his visa due to "all-God, no man duty" bulshhit. He did not do that. He's just happy and grateful to a God who got his back.

If you want to help your home country rewrite its dark story of ineffectiveness, poverty, lawlessness, falsifications, corruption, injustice and more importantly, abuse of religion or faith that has destroyed and wasted our resources and time, do it right. You'll need God's help yourself to do that! In fact, you will get to a point you will wish for a miracle and get it, even as you play the primary role. You gotta accept that God is at the centre of everything, even in the midst of darkness you see many Nigerians groaning in. Get your own perspective about things checked. You've done a lot of disservice to those you claim you wanted to serve with the comment below. I hope that they, too, see where you got it wrong! Have a great day!

Altern8:
The kind of depression that leads to suicide is not what most of you are describing here. You are referring to sadness/disappointment.

Clinical depression is a mental health challenge. It is not something you can advise anyone to snap out of. It requires medication and professional counselling sessions.

Hope you now see why many of those who eventually commit suicide go ahead despite all the advice and tough love they’ve been receiving. It is not a simple phase that can be overcome by financial success or a beautiful new girlfriend. It is a persistent mental condition.

There is a group, active on twitter called Mentally Aware. Contact them if you think your depression is not just deep sadness.


And please stop saying suicidal people are mentally weak or they have poor upbringing. That cannot be any further from the truth.

One example is Robbin Williams, a rich and successful Hollywood actor. He committed suicide despite having all of the things most of you are praying to get. I also read about a top executive who committed suicide shortly after a trip in his private jet. His business was on the upward trajectory and he had loving family members (as stated in his suicide letter). They still don’t know when he became depressed cos it wasn’t evident at all, at least until they read his suicide note after his demise.

Medical help is the way forward for depression. Do not trivialise it by saying hurtful things to those suffering from it.

If you think you overcame it on your own without help from a psychiatrist or any knowledgeable person, then what you went through was most probably NOT depression. It was just a phase of sadness.

Martinez39:
Lol. Family members and relatives are not always your friends. Don't expect much from them.

ONKEvents:

I can relate, but you can not be jobless. You don't need to resume an office to have a career. Start freelance marketing, dropshipping, official errand running(I have a friend that helps a company, submit letters, collect cheques and pay them to the company account. And he collects 30k monthly, and he only needs to run these errands 4x a month. Imagine doing it for more than 1 company) all you need for most of these is smart phone and data.

My motto nowadays is I refuse to be pressured.

If your siblings are disrespecting you, it's because they have seen you too much, get friends you can stay over theirs for a week, return stay few weeks home and disappear again. Then another thing is learn to stay your lane and don't trespass theirs. Most times when my elder ones are pucking their nose in my wahala or always acting bossy those days, that's when we remember that they are not ashamed their mates are working and they are here acting all bossy at home.

Stay safe! It's just a phase

iblion:



Chemistry no too get many options. Check bremen,FH Münster, FAU, FSU Jena. George August Universität. Bonn. Bayreuth. I’m not sure if their deadline has passed thou. You’ll be limiting your options without TOEFL exam and uniassist but you’ll surely get. Just check them out.

Johnolukolade:


It is usually referred to as "Financial Support". Have you done the GRE and TOEFL? What's your level of education and what's your standing (GPA)... If you tell us that, someone would give you one or two heads up on where you can get funding.

Kevwe06:



No ,my dept nor do interview ooo. African verbal and visual arts (AvvA)

Kevwe06:



Congrats !! that’s actually the school I’ll be going to come October. I got admitted last week.( Faculty of literature and media Arts)

Kevwe06:


Did you do any skype interview?


Congrats !! that’s actually the school I’ll be going to come October. I got admitted last week.( Faculty of literature and media Arts)

boiz2men:


send a pm. might forget. I will check my mail and send the link there if that happens

optimusprime2:

, how it works here is you contact the school first of all, I'm sure you must have heard about the system.
Find a school you want to go online and speak with them, it would definitely help if you have very good results as schools in Netherlands are particular about strong academic merit.
If you are accepted they will guide you on what to do.
That's all you need to know trust me.

optimusprime2:

No. Holland.

optimusprime2:

Trust me, it works to your advantage.
I wish you live abroad.

I don't look my age as well, I look 10 or 12 yrs younger... omo the awoof train passes, meal tickets, transit beta wey I don collect because I dey like teenager me sef don taya the matter, sometimes I dey tell clerk for train station say "I be adult" she go just shout tok say; "minors to the other line please" tooh, na im me go waka go pikin section carry 75% reduction ticket, Las las e dey ep my pocket.

But Enh, this side wey I dey, if pesin no hold body wella, na paedophile im fit turn even by mistake, because 14yr old pikin wey don big finish, go con dey follow pesin Upandan because im go feel say you be im mate & country people no go tok say "no follow huncu", na so wahala fit gas.

IprintMONEY:
I still get my bread and juice from malaysia. I drink peel fresh juice . u will never find a juice that real in naija. Please u guys should stop all this display of poverty

femliany:

Look inwardly brother you have a gift and potentials that you can turn to money making venture

femliany:
Miracles don't come to lazy bones..always take steps of faith

luckyzeeto:


Auslanderburo(foreigners office in his city)

D5000y:
Thank you very much. I really appreciate. Yes, I haven't been granted admission yet. But does the email implies I am being considered for the scholarship?

MrDojo:


Take heart, brother. It's not easy, but God will favor you.

Take a look at this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/3269169/modified-making-money-publishing-amazon

Also, check the thread on job vacancies - the one talking about you can't be a Nairalander and be broke. Take care of yourself.

Chuksmonika:
dont give up bro...be strong...and please dont ever believe everything you read here,upto 60percent of them are lies,i assure you....some people here are making mouth and they know it,one even said he left at age of 13,what responsible parent will allow their child leave house at age 13,like i said earlier,be strong,you will soon get there bro!!

Jiang:


Stop comparing urself with other people if you no wan depression to frustrate ur life or force you to make some stupid choices that you will end up regretting, THEY ARE THEM & YOU ARE YOU.

princetunex:


First born shey and average family. I totally understand. Almost in same shoes.

tohyorsih:
fucck off

zicoraads:
I can't even begin to imagine what his wife, kids and his aged mom will be going through right now.

She was always scared about his criticism of the Nigerian political class, and what they might do to him. I vividly remember his brilliant article about the '1 percenters and 99 percenters'.

This death moved me.

Focusmind:


Hello, seeing this now. Honestly, I wished I could help. Have a lot of CVs from relatives that I have not being able to help them because of the current situation in Nigeria. Openings are so difficult to come by now.

Am sorry that I won't be able to help you at this time. All the same, what course did you study?