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GidiRide:
I’m 10 years older than her.

She’s an Nd holder but still want to get her Bachelor degree.
We met in my eglise, she liked me and we started talking..
In few days we were already close, and it felt like we met in months ago.

She really loves me, She’s has shown traits of a good girl, well behaved, intelligent and loving. She’s from a good home, her siblings look forward to seeing me on Sunday.

As I’m typing she’s on WhatsApp call with me eulogizing ourselves with our sweet names.

I really do like her a lot, infact I love her truly but but I’m scared.
Pls note that I’m also a great guy, an entrepreneur, a dog lover, a. CEO etc but I’m SCARED.

I don’t want to jeopardize this relationship and sometimes I feel she’s smaller looking at the age gap.

What do you guys think?

eghosaadeghe:
Okay, so I think i’v returned back to earth now.
My Timeline
IELTS : April 6th 2019 L8 R9 W7 S8
WES : August 19th 2019 (Professional degree)
ITA : August 20th 2019 (CRS 465)
AOR : September 21st 2019
MEP/BIL : October 3rd 2019
GU 1 : October 17th 2019
GU 2 : February 13th 2020
Love Letter (PPR) : February 14th 2020
Family of 1

MY EPIC STORY
Always felt deep down that I was going to relocate abroad at some point in my life after my University. But at what stage and to what country? Didn’t have the faintest clue. All I knew was I was sha leaving Buhari land at some point. My elder brother relocating to Canada with his family in 2014 really motivated me to put in more conscious effort into researching which countries would be best for a doctor (Optometrist) planning to relocate. Options were narrowed down to Canada and the USA, but the strict rules, retraining and bridging programmes required for licensure and practise for migrant health care practitioners discouraged me once more.
Graduating from university and moving for NYSC finally made it crystal clear that there was no future for me in naija . But the fear of starting from scratch after 7 years of training, plus 1 year of NYSC simply scared the hell outta me. My brother ( Bless his soul) literally had to force me to register for my IELTS and paid for the exam on Feb 14th 2019. Na so I start to dey find materials online o, reading very slowly in my spare time during and after work and chose a date which I knew I would have enough time to prepare before then( April 6th). NYSC was now over and my IELTS exam getting closer. Decided not to take up any job just yet because the fear of say person 75k just go laidat and coupled with the fact say I know i neva read jack, kept me on my toes.

IELTS
Arriving back home (Benin) from NYSC, I realised I only had a few weeks more to prepare. I knew id read quite a lot at this point but id heard all the IELTS stories na. ‘These people will not use me to shine’. Kept practicing with my Cambridge 1-12. Didn’t discover youtube speaking videos till a day to my speaking test. Speaking test came and was asked to speak on a topic id practiced from the youtube videos the previous day (a skill that was difficult for you to learn). Ah! Auntie God bless you. How did you know I watched that video last night. Are you an angel?? I talk to the woman with mind joor, maintained eye contact (look into my eyes and gimme my . I was just confident during and after the speaking test.
The day of the other tests came. My old man dropped me off by 6:30am (is it not me dat is looking for free ride) so had to wait till 8am to be checked in. I jump enta hall first (nothing dey apun nau, na we dey here) not knowing that that demonic AC will nearly freeze me to death. Too much AC means, no sweating and no sweating means piss go hold you. 10am, just b4 dem share paper, naim I raise hand o “Oga abeg i wantu goan piss". Oga say sidon there. Chai!!! I hold dat piss take do listening. B4 reading i raise hand again “Oga i wantu goan piss" Oga say ‘sidon there, its not time yet’. At this point i started to reflect on how it was a bad idea visiting my villlage the previous december. Well Oga finally agreed to lemme goan piss while the reading had started. Usain Bolt would have been proud of the display of sprinting prowess I showed before returning to continue my reading test. Made it through the rest of the exam without providing more comedic content for Oga invigilator and the other test takers.
Well results were due to be released on good friday and after the anxiety of waiting all day and resigning to the fact that BC had gone to chop easter rice, late in the evening I saw the result had been uploaded. First thing that caught my eye was ‘Writing-7’...See screaming mehn.. I’d passed the almighty Writing, with Listening – 8, Reading – 9 and Speaking – 8. Id made my IELTS at the first attempt, wow!! God is great. Things were actually looking up for me, and God had embarresed the edo winches...lolzz.

ECA
Paid the WES processing fee and proceeded to Uniben to start my transcript processing through ETX ( Had I known...). Those people kept me waiting for weeks and weeks till the Lord ministered to my that this ETX waka was not the way at all. The period of come today, come tomorrow seemed endless, till I met a church member who worked in the exams and records offices. We tracked my transcript to one Yellow Aunties table. Yellow Auntie said she will do her work before weekend that we should just exercise patience ( all she needed to do was to bring out some files which were on a shelf right in front of her). My church member said ‘can I just do it' and Yellow Auntie was like ‘go right ahead', which I later learnt could be translated as ‘your own don finish'. Transcript was moving smoothly o, until e jam anoda rock for 2 weeks. Next I heard was that transcript haff lost. Jeezzzoooossss!!! 100L- 600L results gone missing between offices in exams and records. I thought after my pissing escapade these village pple had been banished. Osalobua laho!!
Well after resubmission of many documents and the help of anoda very kind lady at exams and records( not all of them fly at night) transcript was finally ready for sending to WES. Send it to WES nau, they said Uniben ddnt have light dat week and I’d have to wait till light comes for them to print cover letter. Like seriously?? Nothing surprises anymore with Nigerian universities. Light sha eventually came and that was when my previously missing 100L-600L raw scores danced Zanku and reappeared from where it was previously hiding. On Sunday morning my church member told me that the file was found in, guess where Starts with Ye and ends with ow Aunites Office. Well I sha said a prayer for her.... Ok more like swear...but you get the idea
WES sent the confirmation email to Uniben and Uniben replied (or so they said). WES say dem no get any reply, the Uniben guy say ‘WES too dey lie’. Chai!! See gbege !! Well, it took my appearing in person in the computer room of exams and records and requesting the guy there send it in my presence before that issue was finally resolved. Yayyy!!

REFERENCE LETTER
This one is not suppose to be an issue before o.... I decided to use my NYSC experience to claim points. Felt getting a reference letter would be easy because I was in really good terms with all the staff at the hospital where id served. My direct boss said id have to get it through the head of admin so I called him with confidence based on say I dey see him patients sharp sharp for clinic, even when its not their clinic day. So I called my bosom buddy to ask for a reference letter and as expected he said he’ll give me but was kinda busy at the moment. Kept calling to remind him of his promise and he finally obliged to type it out in the format I’d sent him and even forward it to me in Benin. What an amazing pal!!
Days turned to weeks and id still not heard from my real G. My guy had also stop taking my calls. Ah!! Abi d letter don already dey post? My former colleagues finally convinced my G to take his calls o and my guy told me that as he was typing the letter he suddenly realised that the letter was going to ‘outside country' and that ‘outside country' reference letter might require a small fee and I will have to write through the Overhead Ogakpatakpata Bishop Governor General of the hospital, through anoda Madam Kpatakpata General Overseer Supervisor General before they will consider approving my reference letter request. Well, God saw us through in the end, got the letter I needed and moved on.
It was after my IELTS I discovered the online goldmine that is Nairaland Canada Express Entry page. I simply googled express entry and it came up. Found so much important information just by reading through the first page. I never needed to ask any questions because as I read on, i found that they’d already been asked by someone else with concise and accurate answers given. Met the tread in Part 6 and I used to spend at least 4-5 hours a day (no jokes) going through previous posts as far back as part 4. Was determined to find as much information as I could get. I became obsessed with creating the ‘perfect' hitch free application. Nairaland became my bible and every morning I would read through all the posts till the current page of the thread.
If you can take time to really study this tread even from previous parts, I bet you you’d become a guru in this process.

ITA
After the long wait for the credential evaluation report, it was finally ready on Monday 19th of September 2019. Immediately I created my profile, no issues or questions asked (Oshey Nairaland Express entry guru) sitting on 465 and expecting a draw on Wednesday. Tuesday I woke up from my ‘beauty sleep' to find out that a draw had taken place with cut off of 457. God has done it o!! A day earlier than expected....was now fully convinced that my pissing villagers had been banished completely.

MEDICALS
Medicals was booked for Q-life on Friday 13th September and I arrived Lagos on the 12th. Got PCC from Inspector Moshood 6k (easy breezy) but didn’t get to my uncles place where i was suppose to stay till 11:30pm. 4:00am I was up and ready but the Uber couldn’t get into the estate cos of road construction( But y today of all days, tot these my ‘pple' had finally died na). So had to trek out of the estate and take anoda bike (20mins ride) to goan meet Uber guy who was already waiting. God bless that guy for me sha.
We reached Q-life at about 6:30am for me to write name as number 2 on the list. Things were looking up. Staff were owk, had no issues with them, just followed instructions till I saw the doctor who asked why my BP was high. ‘I dinnor reach house till 11:30pm last night becos of ur Lagos traffic and was up again by 4am. How wee my BP no be high'. She sha said it was already going down as per her subsequent readings.
Was done with medicals before 9am and took the time to visit some of my guys in Lagos then went to have ice cream later (at least dat one should lower the BP even more nau)

AOR
Finally decided my application was ready for submission after going through it the 479th time. Had just one letter of explanation for gift deed and uploaded payslips and highlighted salary deposits. For proof of PR and proof of status of sibling, I submitted the exact same documents ( citizenship document and Canadian passport). Paid RPRF and received AOR same day (21st September) . God bless you big bro!!!

MEP/ BIL
Got my biometrics request 12 days post AOR. It was going on very nicely. Got to VFS , did my biometrics, no fuss at all and I felt PPR was on the way ( Maybe in 6weeks...lol)

THE WAIT
I would read people say here that the wait is the most difficult part of the whole journey, but I thought to myself, ‘how hard could it possibly be?? Me that haff pass IELTS finish, survived Uniben wahala, scaled through all the obstacles....surely this should be a piece of cake’...Mumu me!! Just 2 weeks post BIL I don dey second guess my application o. Caught ghost update on the 17th of October (background check changed to ‘Your application is in progress....” and held on to this for hope, happiness and frankly, sanity. Was still hopeful I could get my PR before the year runs out and decided to join a Naija only AOR Aug/Sep/Oct WhatsApp group to monitor the status of applications with similar AOR's.
You really do go through the complete circle of emotions - hope, anxiety, frustration, anger, tiredness, momentary madness....during your wait on this journey. I also told myself I wasn’t gonna bother checking for visa office (Lemme not disturb them as they are processing it before dey wee make mistake...lol) Days became weeks and by late December when August AORs began getting PPR I felt January latest i go dance for my own. January came, still no show. ‘But people with AORs after me have started getting na!!’ This was my breaking point. Finally decided to give IRCC a call.
Found out my application was being processed at Ottawa VO, eligibility passed and background check in progress. Felt like telling that agent ‘send me ur acct details lemme give you small tin for malt'. This was exactly what I needed to reignite my optimism. I was now eating well again... Quite a number of September AORs had gotten PR and some October AORs were now getting theirs too. At this point I just told myself ‘the same God that took control of this process till this extent will see it through. I cant keep worrying like this’.
I felt it was coming but this time was determined not to worry about it. On valentines morning, I caught a ghost update and background check changed to ‘We are processing....”. Knew it was super close now. At exactly 10:59am got the most beautiful valentines love letter via email “Ready for visa...”. To say I went crazy after this is a mild way of putting it, but was just filled with so much thanks to God for everything he had done during the journey.
Its been an incredible experience filled with plenty of ups and downs but in all honesty, I wouldn’t have had it any other way. To everyone at one stage or the other in this process, please do your research (Its very necessary), hang in there no matter the obstacles or how senseless what you’re doing seems at the moment. Remember nothing good comes easy. If to say na so e easy, no body for still dey naija.
A new journey begins...God is indeed awesome!!!

carissaa:
If you're going through a work permit route, you don't but if you're going through EE, you do

carissaa:
I don't believe any agent can help you get a job in Canada except you're into core IT such as engineering or coding. Even then, you have to be exceptional to get a job from outside Canada. I think you should try to process the Express Entry for yourself and see how you can do provincial nomination if points are not enough.

However, this is an opinion. My opinion. Na you get your moni.

macho44:
Yo'fam, i'm putting up some of my PS4 games for sale. All of 'em are in perfect working conditions, and my pricing is POCKET-FRIENDLY. It's strictly on First Come-First Serve basis. So, waste no further time and talk to me today.

1. Uncharted 4 "A Thief's END"
2. FarCry PRIMAL
3. God Of WAR Remastered
4. Second Son
5. The Last Of US
6. Dishonored "Death Of The OUTSIDER"

kestolove95:
And she claim to b a virgin, with her dry nyansh

DEHVEHLOP:
Just when Hausa and Yoruba are flying in the sky, THE PIGS, PIGLETS AND IDIOTS ARE BUSY HATING AND WAILING...










ANYWAY, GALA GO SELL WELL WELL FOR THE AREA

1x2x3:
LUCKY DEAL

Dell 7577 gaming laptop
512 ssd
1Tb HD
16 gb ram
Core i7 7th gen
GTX 1060

TLC 180k

Baltimore Picker

Call 0 9 0 3 9 3 7 6 7 8 2

engrjoe:
Lagos Ibadan? They need to be specific because Agege rail line is still less than 60% complete, Ikeja is less than 40% complete(that one dey are still digging and try to put overhead) I cant tell of Ibadan. Agbado as at the last time I passed there was still less than 70%.
They should be specific and Ibadan ppl can help out by telling us how much % is completed already over there before we accept audio promises for the media.

I HOPE THIS IS NOT HATE SPEECH LOLX. NAIJAGOVT AND FUNNY RULES

IamCharles123:
But who is Matthew in the story again.
The police officer is john.
The boy is payne.
Suddenly i stated reading about Matthew, i yam not understanding

PureGoldh:
Lwkmd... My brother... Na so me too take see am oh.

The stOry dey like fiction

Jayslicky:
The kind of men we have these days are making senseless women think they are wise and can get away with all nonsense, why not dash the bitch two slaps to return to default settings, instead he stood there standing like a statue.

If the guy didn't propose, why didn't she propose to him since we are in the feminism era.

dunkem21:
If there is darkness in the cloud for 5 hours in Nigeria and rain falls heavily on Oct 1, I will deactivate this account.

iLegendd:
Digital skill is the f*cking reason I'm happy. My school certificate is lying under my bed after all the wasted years, but my skill is all over the world generating money, fans, and clients from the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Hungary, etc.

Imagine the whole world giving you $1.00 each. Won't you be a millionaire or a billionaire?

Below is one of the numerous messages I usually get from my readers and here is Peter saying what he read in Joe Clef's books are fascinating and many more.

I'll post the entire message later on and explain his case for you my indigenous fans to learn something new.

Reminder: what he read was posted here for free on NL, but 90% of Nairalanders yelled at me and said, "Go and make money and stop talking rubbish. Can this rubbish you're talking make you money?"

I listened to them despite the abuse and turned the article to a book and it has made more than 200k now.

I guess it's good to be a good listener even when the person talking is abusing you. No be so?

So, my main happiness is the fact that I'm jobless, yet I can't lack money because I didn't put my hope in my certificate, but in God and my digital skills.

To make money, add value. To add value, create content. To create content, be a talkative on a specific topic online, but talk less offline.

QuickStandard:
Please how do I involve CBN?

QuickStandard:
Good morning Nairalanders.

Please I need an advice.

First Bank is scamming me of my hard earned money
So, it first happened August last (2018) year when I used Paga to withdraw money, (#3,100) I was debited even when the transaction was declined. I was asked to go to my bank, which I did. I was given a form to fill but nothing happened, no refund nor reversal. I went there severally but nothing was done, I even called first bank several times, but nothing was done. When it appeared that I was spending more than the #3,100 I was debited I decided to stop.

Fast forward to May this year (2019) I did another POS transaction (#4,100) and another (#1,000) in a grocery store, both transactions though not successful, but I was debited non the less.

I went to the bank (first bank) to complain, as usual they gave me a form to fill, but till date nothing has been done about it. No refund nor reversal.

Then on Friday 2nd August I used an ATM machine to withdraw #5,000, I was debited but was not paid.

Now am a bit frustrated, cause I don't even know what to do.

Worst part of it is their customer care service... I have called several times without them picking up, for hours, and my airtime continues to burn.

Please is there anyone that has had similar problems with any bank, what was or is the best way to go about it to get my money back?

I resolved to go to any first bank branch to make trouble, but on a second thought I want to seek advice, so as not to take laws into my hands.

Please help as this is getting me mad, I can't be loosing my hard hustled money to an already rich bank.

Please Admin help a brother, am sick and tired of this occurrences.


Cc Lalasticlala
Cc Seun

Amakavula:
I wouldn't do that to you. ; )

kutchs:
Can Buhari be stopped by anyone in 2023?
This question has become quite imperative given his clampdown on the opposition. Last year Tuface Idibia was intimidated and harrassed into chickening out of his planned protest against the government. Today Sowore has been arrested and his planned protest on Monday banned by the police and Nigerians are hailing the government.

If Buhari decides to change the constitution to allow him a third term in 2023, I ask who can stop him.
He has the judiciary in his pocket, so definitely not them.
He has the NASS led by his boys, so they are out of it.
The armed forces and the police he controls.
Even the poor and vulnerable masses seem so overwhelmed.

So I ask, who?

Amakavula:
we have experienced it one way or another, maybe you are moving too fast, the other person, drops slows and disappear only to appear again.

holllandis:







I want yorubas to be at the forefront of this .
When ibos were protestin and getting kiled you all were shouting pigs and laughing

Be at the forefront
Coward tribe

pocohantas:
Die na