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Kai! Check out this futsal center

Indoor soccer at its finest. O boy, yankee fine!

Prettiepearlz:
Ogini? Carry your bitterness away from here joor, that was how you derailed Franknetter American thread. Do you have issues with those going abroad? No one is asking for your opinion, if you love Nigeria, stay. Abi dem force you to go amrica?(in jenifa's voice). Leave it for people who enjoy the thread and keep your opinion to yourself.

Thank God I'm not the only one who has noticed this.

Originalsly baba, nice thread o! Your boy is loyal o

DrAnie:
Nice move Frank. Congrats! It's a different ballgame living in a western world most esp the US or UK in terms of food, weather, advancement in technology, lifestyle etc. Seems you were studying medicine before migrating. However, you dont really need to pursue a career in the medical field in the States to make good money unless you have a passion for it. I would suggest you delve into computer science or information systems and you will never regret you did, since you already have a penchant for computers. Once you get your SSN, DL and GC you are then "ripe" for the job market lol. Please dont be so excited in getting a job and then grab just any kinda job you find. Some jobs may not be worth doing.. lol. Although, you have to start from somewhere. God bless your hustle!
Please do go back to school asap. That would put you at great advantage in the US. Also, the friends you keep would either make or mal you.
#Shalom.

Social Security Number, driver's license and Green card?

Now I know why suarez and barcelona players like diving on the turf. the thing be like carpet, very comfortable .

So, as a soccer lover, I've always been on the lookout for places to play ball close to my house. While driving, I normally come across soccer pitches, but I rarely see people playing. So I did a Google search and it directed me to "google meetups". I searched for a venue closeby and luckily, they were playing. So i packed my old nigerian gear which includes my okirika (second hand) boot and jersey, enter motor and zoomed off. After driving for about 30-35 mins, I arrived at the venue. They had started playing sha, so I had to wait and see if a space would open up. While waiting, I did two laps round the pitch. I had to stop 'cos I was panting like a goat

Someone made a hard tackle and had to leave the game, so I was presented a bib to join the game. As I show up with my old boot, everyone just dey look me with one eye. Needless to say, I really enjoyed myself, but I'd be looking to buy new sports gear sha.

My people, I got to play soccer on an artificial pitch yesterday for the first time in my life

sirRiddy:
Frank hmmm
be careful
I haff said my own o

If you see the work wey I jam this morning, you go pity me. I dey come sha, my 30 minutes break don end.

I dey work for burger king today. Now na my lunch break.

Una dey vex for here o

toluine56:
Your chips Don throway sef.
How's work been bro?

Fast paced. No time to even waste. As each order dey come, you dey make am sharp sharp. I'm getting used to it though, the Lord is awa strength and awa muscle

Lunch time, as an employee, we are entitled to some benefits

Here, you won't hear of your bosses owing you salary, as you dey come work, you clock in with your fingerprint, your time go dey read, some companies even give you health insurance after being with them for some time.

Bottom line is, you are paid for every second of your time. Jobs full everywhere as long as you're legal. I'm basically a high school graduate, but I'm making some money jejely. Talk more of those who are professionals (like Cfcman them).
Like I said earlier, no matter what you read on this thread, you will not fully appreciate it until you see yankee for yourself. Na here you go see the true definition of "there are many ways to kill a rat".

lionlee216:
Well, Let me quickly share my own experience with you or a word or two.

1. I have a very close cousin here. When i was in Nigeria, she really tried her best, she do send me money like 10k to 15k and being a student, You can imagine how long the money can take care of things. She and her husband always complain of things of not easy in United state that bills are killing them, they even said after paying bills, the little money left, they do use them to buy used clothes at least to look good but i was surprised when the husband bought a benz E class for his 70 year old dad to be attending landlord meeting and yet they say things are not really easy in united states.

2. There is this bro in my area that went to usa in 2010, we were very close and guess what, immediately he got to the usa, he blocked everyone of us on facebook. I felt so bad and worthless personally. He thought we will be a pest that will be asking money everytime and the funniest, i have never even asked him for money before when he was in nigeria. So he came home last year dey "buga" everybody and i asked myself, is this not the same usa everybody keep saying it is not easy?

My advicee : I am not the type that is here and keep discouraging others back home not to come here saying it is not easy, Yes it is not easy but you will sure get there.. I haven't reached where i am going but i am not where i used to be.

Usa is worth every penny you spend. My cousin visited me last week and smiled saying " You see it is not easy" and i also replied with smile too saying " it is really not easy, i feel like going back home".

Dont be discouraged, with hustling and prayers, You will get here.

If i have to choose again and again, i will always choose here over nigeria without thinking twice lol

Thanks to frankteller for opening this thread.

God bless you too bro.

lolawilliams:
FOCUS. Now you can make it rain with your dollar bills in (Vlive Chicago) .kidding o

Certified Nurse Assistant . How many weeks did you studied the program for?

4 weeks+

While studying for it, I was working as a normal caregiver but I never really had much clients; work was real slow. (Maybe 'cos of my accent?)

I got cpr certification, the class was online; duration was 3hrs and it cost $25.

I also got Alzheimer care certification, safety carry certification (for transfer of elderly persons) and some other minor ones.

These oyibo people can't pronounce my native name, it's so nice watching them try to. Though I have two english names (baptismal and confirmation names), I chose to stick with my native name. My native name is Obinna but they've helped me abbreviate it to "oh-bi"

ozim:
Brother, am really happy that you doing great there,but my questions are 1) how long have you lived in US and how did you get jobs?
2) did you travel with a visiting visa, cos a friend told me if you don't have working permit you will be useless in US, is that true?
3) what's the hope of surviving for a person going to the US with just a 2yrs visiting visa?

Thanks, I will be elated if you can answer my questions

1) I entered the USA december last year.
2) I travelled with an immigrant visa, my mum is a citizen so she filed for us. I have my green card, so looking for jobs isn't that hard, you just have to be determined to work.
3) a lot can happen in 2years, there's a million and one ways to get legal in the usa. Enter yankee first, as long as you have people here that know what's up, you will find your way.

CFCman:
Slow and steady wins the race, bro. Are still
you gonna venture into the medical field?

Definitely.

Working two jobs now, cna by weekend, burger king employee during the week. $10/hr and $14/hr respectively.



Slow and steady..

Focus

Isn't life funny?
By this time last year, I was an undergraduate dissecting dead bodies (cadavers) in nigeria. Now I'm flipping burgers in the USA

Very soon, I'd go back to dissection (this time, real humans). Life sha is in phases.

Maybe I'd have this thread moved to the diary section so you guys can shove your "i love nigeria more than the usa" comments up your respective anal sphincters.

Lol. You can come here and throw tantrums all you want, the truth is nigeria is nowhere near being developed. If I was faced with this decision to come over to the USA 10 times, I'd pick here 11 times. Me, I go dey post my experiences as I dey see am, your opinions do not matter one bit, the least you can do is ignore the thread, no one forced you to click on the thread title and read through.

open your thread and defend how glorious nigeria is, you will not see me on the thread bashing your posts. That being said, say hello to the newest employee of Burger King

neurosci:
Since Pope John Paul 2 approved of female altar servers, I have come across very many in Nigeria, especially in Lag and Abk. But there was a particular priest in my parish some years ago who said he would not allow female altar servers even though several girls were willing to join. So, there was never a female altar server in my Parish.

Regarding the time spent during the sign of peace, again it depends on the priest (even in the US), as some priests officiating will never permit such a lengthy period. Imagine priests who have like three masses to officiate in a day. Msgr Osigweh will never allow that.


So, overall I think it all boils down to the interest of the priest.

Actually, I've never seen any female being queried about covering hair in any parish in Naija. I never knew such could exist sef.

I never saw any female altar server in Port Harcourt, I also have witnessed some Catholic parishes where hair covering is policed strictly. I think it all boils down to location and the parish priest's preferences.

Toppytek:
well, stream or lake? tell me something abeg.

I dey come bro. Wait small for the gist

FrankNetter:
Okay, one of the acolytes (those people wey dey carry candle) is female

I was an alter server during my early teenage years, all through my time in the association, I never for once came in contact with one female altar server. It appears things are much more different around here. One more thing I noticed was that no one policed anyone to cover their hair when entering church. The ladies left their hair bare.

Finally, the "sign of peace" part of the holy mass lasted more than 20 minutes

Everybody was just hugging and shaking everybody, some were even gisting. for real!

Ehe, una know say dem dey fetch water for yankee?

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TWoods:
Not true.

You should provide links to support your arguments bro.

O boy, yankee soft! You just have to experience it yourself.

See as everywhere fine

Okay, one of the acolytes (those people wey dey carry candle) is female

austino677:
is that a catholic church?

Yeah man.

See my own palm, naija style

Happy Palm Sunday guys, in church right now

Toppytek:
which kind phone u dey use? borrow me camera I no need the phone just the camera

which kind phone u dey use? borrow me camera I no need the phone just the camera. I guess it's an iPhone or sammy

Na s7 bro. But I be iOS freak o. I just dey use this one pass time