₦airaland Forum

Successjoy:
lol. hope you can cook sha? bring in more gist pls.

Yeah, I dey try sha. But my sisters are here too though. I don't think their pride would allow me enter kitchen and whip up something delicious

obiaguna:
See as to go obodo ndi ocha dey hungry me.. Na money dey yab me so o..chai..lol..

Nice gist Op. I bet you feel brand new and rearing to start a new life.

Brand new no be small thing o! I feel spanking new!

ttmacoy:
I must say kfc isn't that nice in America, at least compared to the UK.

Given you are in Chicago you should try out Chic-fil-a. It's really nice and a lot better than kfc.

Alright, thanks for the tip.

Settling in


As a fairly good-looking fella, when i went to church last Sunday, i was getting lots of stares from the females.


ha! where do i start from?? so much has happened this week.
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the weather has gone from bad to worse; my cousins who have been warning us about how cold chicago gets werent joking at all. If someone had told me that you would not feel the warmth of the sun even when its up there shinning down at you, I wouldnt have believed.

Some days back, i woke up around 8:00am (or so), peeked out the window, saw the sun up and blazing. It snowed the night before and I thought it would be nice to open up the garage door and shovel the driveway while wearing just my boxer shorts and one polo

kai! As I opened up the garage door, the cold hit me like a trailer! in my haste to run back inside, i even left the garage door open.
had to go back inside and dress like an eskimo for the task at hand.


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the other day, I, my siblings and my cousins went sight-seeing. towards the evening, we drove past one nice neighborhood where almost all the houses were beautifully decorated with christmas lights. I was just thinking in my mind that these people dont know what to use money for

No one takes them serious anyway

Opez4real:
which professional course were you studying

Judging by your profession, you should know. Otherwise, my moniker would give you a clue. Google it

Settling in


Slowly, my biological clock has normalized. I sleep as at when due and wake up normally. It's been a week (or so) of uninterrupted power supply, uninterrupted internet connection, uninterrupted food and water. One week of feeling relaxed and not getting scared anytime you're in a tricycle (Keke) and an overloaded trailer pulls up beside you; one week of not wondering if your school would lose accreditation when NUC comes knocking; one week of not getting scared that frat boys would come and rob your hostel; one week of not giving a fvck about buhari and his wonderful economic policies, one week of not wondering if things would ever get better. One week of peace!

Do I regret leaving nigeria? Not one bit.

My friends keep asking me why I left my professional course of study to start afresh in the USA. I just laugh and shake my head... If only they knew...


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Weather forecast has it that there would be a blizzard (Snow White) coming soon. So we went grocery shopping today and stocked the freezers -at least we aren't bothered about nepa or about buying petrol for the generator set.

stew cooking in progress

They have groundnut

gentleiphy:
Welcome to the other side of "living life" away from the other side of "merely existing"....cold no dey kill..you will adapt and good thing you have the wood behind you but no go hunt thier squirrels and rabbits cos animal right dey o...ehe try sharply to get a job to start helping mumsy with the bills and reduce her hustling...obodo oyibo no be come and play o o....you must work at the same time have enough to enjoy....settle down first i go come carry you hit Vegas make you feel the groove...thank me later.

Lol. Thanks for the tips

JetLagged?

I keep waking up by 1-2am (which coincides with when 9-10am in Nigeria)

Right now, Im awake just because of this same reason. I find it hard to go back to sleep when I wake up like this. Thankfully, I came over here with my Ps4 console, I'd just play master league till morning.

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You think Mtn or etisalat are fast?

think again!

if you see the download speeds I'm getting over here, you'll cry
too bad torrenting is illegal here in the USA, if not, by now i for don empty their data base

Ive been checking out a few websites where I can do some proofreading/editing work so I can earn small change (I tried this sometime ago in Nigeria, but with the whole IP changing thingy, I lost my zeal). With the power of a USA IP address, Im willing to have a go at it again.

Any ideas?

gbaby4live:
Hi Op,
please, how long did it take to process the immigration Visa? and did you guys do DNA test to confirm that your mum in the States in your real mum?

I heard from someone that they are collecting DNA as means to prove maybe the relationship record is real before issuing the Visa..

Nah men. No DNA test needed. Once you have childhood pictures and all, I don't think the test would be necessary.

The process was quite lengthy, your petition has to go through different phases with the VISA interview being the final phase. We were checking ours on one website https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

Originalsly:
Lol.... it's good for skin toning! Kidding. Try use organic eggs... they are natural... brown she'll and yellow yoke...but twice as expensive. Bro..... you said it's mad cold ...and been snowing. .. but I'm sure your mom be getting up and going to work. Always be aware of her struggles and try to make life easier for her. While you're settling in.... if Permanent Resident... apply for a Driver Licence. We can hang out... if you have the time ...but ehmmmm.... I first have to get a visa! Following!

Yeah.. working on getting my license asap.

Kai! I wanted to fry eggs this morning.
The eggs are white!



The shells are white!!

dnacrystal:
op, which visa type did you guys go? also at which level did you leave school? just curious o

Immigrant visa.

Security and housing

In Nigeria, once you buy land, you can erect "manshon" anyhow you want it. If you even want it to be flying, na your land, do anything you want.

When you're done with your house, if you want your fence to touch the sky, your choice, na your house, na your land.

The reverse is the case here, the neighborhood I'm staying has only one type of structure, same thing with the neighborhood my cousins stay.

As for fencing, my house no get fence sef -no jokes. See road, see my domot.

Security wise, I was told that each house has an alarm system that's connected to the police station. When anything goes wrong, they would be notified juzz lai dat!


Picture 1: picture of the alarm system installed in my house (blurred for personal reasons)

Picture 2: how close my house is to the road side.

atoleybaba:
. How did my comment show am scared of d Igbos...who d fhuck did dy help? Am only telling u not to play d ethnicity game cause it is meaningless neither is it adding any kobo to ur acct

Lol. So much bitterness oozing from you. Calm down, I'm not as frustrated as you are. I'm not even in the zoo with you.

I'm in the USA enjoying myself

Food


One thing I've noticed here is that food is everywhere, at every corner, on every street there's an eatery (or something of that nature).

On the first day we got here, we ate out at one Chinese looking restaurant (I think I mentioned that earlier)
It was a buffet-like setting. In my characteristic gluttony, I took a bit of everything and put on my plate

After a few bites of my meal, the sauce from one of the ngwongwo I put on my plate mixed with the whole meal and I had to abandon the whole plate. Went and took another plate and took chicken, chips and fish this time around. Then took fruits later.

I'm rearing to go to the popular eateries like kfc, McDonald, Burger King, etc etc
(Yup, I love food like that)

Ademat7:
Franknetter Y not create a blog? Like ur simplicity in writing and lastly think of what can help Nigeria in terms of information (.PDF .mp3 .mp4 format) u can send back home

That thought came to my head a few times. Maybe when I settle down fully.

atoleybaba:
if they ask him. Where are u from he would reply Nigeria. Any secondary question Bae is background is when he will mention IBO. So kill urself he is a Nigerian.....he got to where he is cos he repped Nigeria and not biafra

Who mentioned anything about Biafra? Typical Yoruba man. Always scared of Igbos.

ichommy:
Nigerian Boy/Man

Whatever rocks your boat. He's Igbo first and nigerian second.

Igbo boy.

Saintsquare:
nice thread op...

Thanks man.

Weather

Being someone who has low tolerance for cold, I'm finding it hard to adapt. The snow has been falling nonstop, im afraid of turning up the heater too much so as not to increase mum's bill.

The day we touched down in O'hare international airport, it wasn't snowing. But from the next day onward, I has been snowing nonstop.

I (and my siblings) were fascinated by the sight of falling snow on the first day. Believe me, you have to witness it, with time though, we've gotten used to it.

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The next person that hits me with the "you didn't tell me" line would get it hot from me. This is becoming very annoying. There's this particular female that was wonderfully rude to me the last time we had a chat, I kept my distance.

Woke up this morning to see messages from her, telling me nonsense about not telling her I was traveling. Being the savage I am, guess what I did?

Circadian rhythm


Considering the fact that I changed timezones, my brain (and body) is still trying to adjust to the time change. I find myself feeling sleepy when its night time in Nigeria. For the past two nights, each time i go to bed, i would just wake up abruptly around like 2:00am or so (which coincides with morning in Nigeria). I also feel hungry at odd times too,

my siblings have complained about the same thing though.

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Most people whom i have contacted on social media and informed that I've left the country are being all friendly and nice all of a sudden, some of them are not very happy that I didnt inform them earlier though. Im yet to understand their displeasure, If i had told you, would you have given me money to pay for my flight ticket?

like I said earlier, Nigerians are hypocrites

shaybebaby:
I am loving this. Do keep updating. Best of luck in your new home.

Thanks, I will try to update as often as possible.

NIGERIA


So, I was a fairly popular guy in my school area back in Nigeria (not because of any extraordinary feat or something) but because I was to techy guy, the go-to guy when you have any issues with your laptop, phone, Internet or any thing technology. My course of study was nowhere near this field though, it was more like a hobby.

I didn't graduate though. I left my course of study (a professional course) and ran away.

News about my "janding" has filtered round, people whom I don't know have started blowing up my phone lines and social media accounts, even the girls who pretend not to see me have started jumping into my dms.
Nigerians are hypocrites though.

YUNGLURD:
i tap into ur blessing...I shall give testimony soon by his grace


@op, u shall make headway over there, stay safe.

Thanks bro.

christijo001:
PLEASE UPDATE EVERY EVERY MAKE WE COMPARE WITH WHAT WE GAT FOR OUR NAIJA... STAY SAFE

Thanks bro. You can ask me questions sha

Pics

FRANKFURT


Our flight was not a one-way flight. We boarded from abuja to Frankfurt, Germany then we waited for close to 3hrs for the connecting flight to chicago.

when we boarded, refreshments were being served,

the air-hostess got to my roll and asked me what type of sandwich i would like, she said something like "cheese or celery"

i chose celery (because the lady seated beside me picked the same thing)

chai! i eagerly unwrapped it, took one bite with enthusiasm and wished i hadnt. needless to say, that was the only bite i took.

we were later served rice, with chicken and one nice sauce.

i turned on the screen in front of me, listened to music, saw one or two movies, slept.....

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see eh, the moment i stepped foot in Frankfurt, the first thing that hit me was the cold, forget that harmattan wey dey make us think say we dey yankee. this cold hit me to my bone marrow.

the moment we entered the airport proper, I was in awe. I had not seen so much white people in one place (as the village man i am)
everywhere was looking like something out of a fairytale

we had a little trouble locating the particular boarding gate for our connecting flight, though with a little help, we found it.

From the automated trains, to the ultra-clean and organized airport to the comfortable chairs, clean toilets, working charging ports and airconditioning systems, i would say frankfurt was nice to me.