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Krazy people everywhere

Timhortons:
He came with 2kids from naija and the third child is 3months old,the wife just had him a couple of months in calgary.We visited the wife today and she is still in shock.May the good lord give her and the family the courage to bear this irreplaceable loss.

I passed by the library @city hall that night and saw police tape with some police vehicles there. I never knew what really transpired till I got home only to watch CTV breaking the news... it's hard to even understand why? Police know the killer very well As he has been charged before for other crime..
RIP brother

He is the real MVP

This is sad... wetin dis people want sef?

Going to the airport early should be number 1

While men dey jack book and acquire degree like say tomorrow nor dey... Baba God na your hand we dey o

Evergreens I laff in Swahili.
So what do you have on ground to achieve this "to" in less than 18months?

Currently following happenings on CNN.. I just hope it ain't terrorist attack.

salford:
I would upload more pics when i reach my destination. currently driving from Calgary to Regina.

Safe journey sir... Hope to meet you soon on your return.. Enjoy Regina

WellEndowed:
What is the cost of rent in Calgary?

It depends on variety of factors? How many bedrooms, number of washroom, area of the city, condo, basement or townhouse, furnished or not furnished? Utilities included or not?
Like earlier said kijiji dot ca will give you clues. Also rentfaster dot ca is another good site

One of the first things recommended in terms of employment is VOLUNTEERING. This can actually be the gateway to networking with the right set of people and even getting employed.
Another thing is, As much as possible hang out with positive minded people cos negative minded people will so discourage you that you will almost regret coming to Canada.
Manage your credit very well cos this might hunt you in the future if ruined. This is a credit society but wisdom is needed.

Calgary peeps you can holla

salford:
Good advise, but If one has never driven in US/Canada, then great care should be taken while driving.
It takes months to acclimatize to the driving conditions in a big city like Calgary. The merging lane rules, yield on solid green, driving through CT rail tracks, the right of way rules within subdivisions, one way rules e.t.c could be very confusing and lead to some serious accidents. You can also pick up a drivers handout from any registry for free. You would learn alot from it even before going for the knowledge and road test to obtain your operator's license

if you are going to stay within Calgary, freedom mobile/wind would be the cheapest option, but the network roams when you leave big cities.

Welcome to Calgary Vcole.

Good advice on driving. But freedom/wind is wack.. go for chatr or kodo. Fido is also good

vcole:
Hello everyone. I landed last month in Calgary. Its been a struggle trying to post because I've been quite busy but i'll try to share my experience thus far.
I have a toddler and I am currently pregnant so we decided not to take a direct flight from Nigeria. We flew medview to London and spent a couple of days there then flew air canada to Calgary. Medview........let's just say that would be the first and last time we would fly them. They were totally disorganized at the Lagos airport in terms of checking in passengers and there was so much uproar which ended up in the flight being delayed by over an hour. However, the aircraft we used was quite large and the leg room in economy was quite spacious and they made up for all the drama with the food which was quite savoury especially if you have a taste for Nigerian cuisine....they had fried and jollof rice (fried rice wasn't great at all, jollof was nice), pounded yam and egusi, amala and ewedu. The pilot more than made up for the delayed departure by landing us in Gatwick only 5 mins later than schedule. Down sides - no in flight entertainment.

Air Canada was good. Aircraft was lovely, in flight entertainment, cabin crew and meals were lovely as well. They are also kid friendly and leg room was good. Flight was smooth until landing which became quite turbulent due to the weather. Flight duration was 8.5 hrs.

At YYC, it took about 20-30 mins to get from the aircraft, go through immigration and pick up our baggage. Then we headed to the department that handles landing and had to wait for about 2hrs before it got to our turn. We landed on a Sunday so I don't know if that was the reason for the long wait. However, I realized that if one of us went to that department and took a number while the other picked up the bags, it would have accelerated things a bit as that was what some people did. Landing took about 5-10 mins.

We had booked a hotel nearby to stay for the first night and they sent us a pick up at the airport. We had found an apartment 2 months earlier on rentfaster.ca and a friend had helped view it and pay a deposit on our behalf and we were to sign the lease which was to start the day after our arrival. We had intended to rent a car the next day, go to meet with the landlord at our apartment, inspect and sign the lease then go get a few necessities since the apartment was unfurnished. However, come morning we realized that we couldn't rent a car because we required a credit card which we did not have. Let's just say things started getting a bit frustrating from that point on..........mostly because moving around is expensive by uber or cabs and although where we live has a good transit system, moving around with a toddler and a bump ism't exactly a glass of wine but oh well, so far so good. Lesson to be learnt - land with a functional credit card and plan to rent a car or buy one as soon as you can especially if you have a family. Then proceed to commence the process for obtaining a drivers license for the province in which you reside.

As regards documentation, we got everything done in the first week...health cards, social insurance numbers, etc. It isn't a complicated process at all.

My impression of Canada (through the eyes of Calgary) thus far........Its a diverse community and most people are pleasant. They make eye contact with you and converse easily. No one has a problem understanding you if you speak proper English with your Nigerian accent. Everyone we have met or spoken to on the phone always always ask you how to correctly pronounce your name and usually get it on the first or second try. Calgary seems lovely to me, the kind of place I would like to raise my kids in.

A few things I have learnt thus far......mobile data plans zap at the speed of light here. Getting a home internet is a huge help in that regard. The weather is actually good this time of year. Child care is expensive so for families with preschoolers, factor that in as a top priority.

Welcome to Calgary...

Ecclampsia

Ensure you have like 30 billion for the akkant o

Why? IS this not corruption ni from the transparent, honest anticorruption crusader?

This matter don tire me. Wetin una want now?

How much?

Lexusgs430:
The simple reason I always use jovago..........

Also had sweet experience with javago in terms of hotel booking.

Dem say see "Fada", you say see oyibo
Fire burn fada, you still dey ask weda the bear-bear burn
Rope tie goat, goat tie rope, sha there is a "tying"
Ikebe nor dey tire the owner

Penboy:
Haha...
2 hours everyday?
For real?

Yep, for real

Nor be who first go police station dey win case
Gidigidi dey tear trouser
To get big teeth nor be problem but get big lips to cover am.
Know your way nor be curse
Dem nor dey open eye dey cut shakri for pepper soup
Dem nor dey fear malu, dey fear e sh*t O
Rain nor dey fall for only one person dormot
Dem nor dey tell craze man say war don start
Fowl wey dey lay egg, yansh dey pain am too
Headmaster was once a school boy (my papa favorite, especially when you wan scam am )

Penboy:
Hmmm...
Boss, this is medical school.
Barely sturdy??

And so? Medical school does not mean death... Yes hard work and most importantly SMART WORK it is but which one be study 19-20hrs? Even your brain will be fatigued after 4hrs of straight jacking

Penboy:
Reading for 13hours is the easiest route for failure in medical school.
You must read Atleast 19-20hours daily if you must remain in medical school.

nor go give pipo children hypertension o.
The bottom line is "O man know thyself". What worked for others might not work for you.. find out what work for you. I usually advice 2hours everyday.

9ja matter tire person.. pls can I have the meme "which kain wahala be this?"

afechosen:
Lovely piece.. brought back many memories of med school.Untold stress is in all medical schools in Nigeria, not minding if you focused on UCH. I guess if facilities are improved upon and medical students welfare is put into focus,it'll reduce the stress.You actually gave a precise summary. Thanks Sir!

Some of our teachers need reorientation sha... Sometimes after ward rounds, you go just dey ask yourself, "na so I dull?" Then you go vex page book for 6 straight hours only to come the next ward round and consultant say present this patient.. As you dey read biodata, patient start to follow you argue say you pronounce the name without adding his/her title.. The consultant go start another round of insult and humiliation for patient's present.. Kia! You go wan quench

aladon10:
who asked ya to sign up for medical school ya can always decline if ya can't dnt complain just do ya Best anyway am also a final year .medical student will be a doctor in a month time good luck to all medics all over Nigeria

Just imagine say, you come meet this writer for your medicine long or short case, then you go understand why he write this stuff...
Success in your exams

This country matter just weak me.. no evidence and the "presidency" dey suspend people upandan...
Abeg iiiii

Everybody nai be Nollywood actress ni? Even the ones wey never act, dem go tag them actress and actor.. which movie this one don feature in sef?
Let me come and dey go siddon for my house as na working from home win am now

Good but nor be today dem don dey inaugurate things for this country.... After this razzmattazz, na there matter for end.. the next thing na so so committee dem go dey set up

We nor dey c wetin the state government dey use money for o.
Salaries dem dey owe
Employment that na no go area
Infrastructure na "deading" things
Security, make we nor go near there..

Hunger wan finish men una go dey call so so billions in different currencies everyday...

If it was possible for every to unite and Chase all this awon werey politicians ehn, e for make sense but that na future impossible tense... cos na only "react" dey react for social media platform, then go house to continue the suffering and smiling.

Which of them did the writing? IS it the president or the presidency