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This guy! Hilarious!

landis:
yes, visit friends but afterwards go and stay in hotel.

It is better that way; we both keep our respect, privacy and freedom.

Way, way better! Visit friends and afterwards go stay in a hotel!

Poland. . . . hmmmm. . . . Warsaw &  Krakow! Nice places though. Just doesn't have the charm of Prague, Budapest or Vienna. Don't know why!

@gadogado
I like your drift especially with all the talk of Nigeria's global possibilities.

But think of this,  Imo State registered more JAMBITES than all the 19 Northern states together.When Nigeria becomes great as you hope, we would have a situation where there would be more Imoites in better jobs than all the Northerners put together.i don't think you goin' like that.

Edo State probably  produced more doctors than all the Northern states put together, there is be a problem!
Lagos state collected more taxes than all the northern states put together, we've gat a problem!

It is so pathethic that this scenario also reflects in sports. Not up to 10% of super eagles at any given time are northerners. Or check the whole squad going for the olympics. Few northerners! Pretty pathetic situation. Nah. Thats bad!
So its not just oil. Its everything.

Its like been stuck with a roomate that never pays rent at month end, never does dishes, never buys food for the flat, but wears the best clothes and and brings Ladies home almost everynite while you get to sleep on the couch.

I Support the Unity of Nigeria. I love Jos, Kaduna, Taraba, Abuja and a whole lot of Northern states. And I've gat Northern friends home and abroad.
But to be truthful, this system in itself is not sustainable. The northern elders are decieving themselves that the system as it is favours them. Thats nonsense because the results prove otherwise.

The longer they hold on to those deceptions the more the rest of the country(reads South) advances both economically, ideologically and otherwise.

Its time the Northern elite wakes up so we don't find ourselves in a situation like  Korea, where the South Korea is the 11th richest economy in the world while North Korea is amongst 11th poorest countries outside Africa.

As a rule, I don't use Air France. TOO MANY BAD STORIES.

@Siena
I understand why the poster asked that question. Googling it wouldn't have helped him.
Usually, in August tickets from Nigeria are ridiculously expensive , so he must have been shocked at the price of $2500.
The prices vary and he probably assumed that some Nairalander would know somewhere he could get it cheaper.
Was a fair question, he just didn't explain properly.

Cch3coo:
There is a rude awakening awaiting you soon [that is if you even succeed in your quest to leave Naija]. Only someone who has never been abroad would come up with such crap.

I second that. A very rude awakening awaits the bobo and that is if he gets 2 leave 9ja.

Besides, who said Black Americans have a better reputation. Majority still carry with them slavish mentality.Thats why it's taken an African(Obama) to be the first Black president.

Asides, I think poster's got a huge sense of humor. He's gotta be kidding.

I have always thought Lagos is way too expensive. Forbes has just confirmed it. Sqaulid, run down environments in Ikoyi,VI & Lekki charge like 50,000+ USD per annum for a two bedroom and request 2 years upfront.Hotels on the Island start from maybe 25k for the cheapest rooms. Way, way above what u get in LA.The interesting thing is how fast Lagos has climbed down the list from 96 in 2005 to 30 in 2008.
Moscow tops the list of most expensive cities, with  Tokyo; London; Oslo, Norway; and Seoul, South Korea following suit. New York is 15th, Lagos, 30th and Los Angeles, 50th.
Read the Forbes article here http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/23/cities-expensive-world-forbeslife-cx_zg_0724expensivecities.html

You can see the original list here
http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_cities_for_expatriate_employees

(The index is based on cost of living expressed in US dollars. Therefore, if the dollar weakens against the local currency of a city, the city becomes more expensive and moves up the index, even if prices expressed in local currency remain the same or even go down.)

Rank 2008 Rank 2007 City Country Score 2008 Score 2007
1 1 Moscow Russia 142.4 134.4
2 4 Tokyo Japan 127.0 122.1
3 2 London UK 125.0 126.3
4 10 Oslo Norway 118.3 105.8
5 3 Seoul South Korea 117.7 122.4
6 5 Hong Kong China 117.6 119.4
7 6 Copenhagen Denmark 117.2 110.2
8 7 Geneva Switzerland 115.8 109.8
9 9 Zurich Switzerland 112.7 107.6
10 11 Milan Italy 111.3 104.4
11 8 Osaka Japan 110.0 108.4
12 13 Paris France 109.4 101.4
13 14 Singapore Singapore 109.1 100.4
14 17 Tel Aviv Israel 105.0 97.7
15 21 Sydney Australia 104.1 94.9
16 16 Dublin Ireland 103.9 99.6
16 18 Rome Italy 103.9 97.6
18 12 St. Petersburg Russia 103.1 103.0
19 19 Vienna Austria 102.3 96.9
20 20 Beijing China 101.9 95.9
21 22 Helsinki Finland 101.1 93.3
22 15 New York City US 100.0 100.0
23 38 Istanbul Turkey 99.4 87.7
24 26 Shanghai China 98.3 92.1
25 25 Amsterdam Netherlands 97.0 92.2
25 29 Athens Greece 97.0 90.6
25 62 São Paulo Brazil 97.0 82.8
28 26 Madrid Spain 96.7 92.1
29 49 Prague Czech Rep. 96.0 85.6
30 37 Lagos Nigeria 95.9 88.0
31 31 Barcelona Spain 95.2 89.2
31 64 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 95.2 82.5
31 23 Stockholm Sweden 95.2 93.1
34 24 Douala Cameroon 95.1 92.9
35 67 Warsaw Poland 95.0 82.4
36 64 Melbourne Australia 94.2 82.5
37 39 Munich Germany 93.1 87.6
38 45 Berlin Germany 93.0 85.9
39 44 Brussels Belgium 92.9 86.5
40 40 Frankfurt Germany 92.5 87.4
41 33 Dakar Senegal 92.2 89.0
42 28 Kiev Ukraine 91.7 91.4
43 43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 91.3 87.0
44 30 Almaty Kazakhstan 90.7 89.6
45 31 Bratislava Slovakia 90.6 89.2
46 45 Düsseldorf Germany 90.4 85.9
46 72 Riga Latvia 90.4 81.5
48 52 Mumbai India 90.3 84.9
49 59 Zagreb Croatia 90.0 83.5
50 57 Hamburg Germany 89.9 84.2
51 35 Abidjan Ivory Coast 89.6 88.3
52 34 Dubai UAE 89.3 88.8
53 84 Perth Australia 88.5 77.8
54 82 Toronto Canada 88.1 78.8
55 42 Los Angeles US 87.5 87.1
55 68 New Delhi India 87.5 82.3
57 50 Algiers Algeria 86.8 85.1
57 71 Lyon France 86.8 81.9
57 73 Lisbon Portugal 86.8 80.8
57 86 Brisbane Australia 86.8 76.9
61 53 Shenzhen China 86.3 84.7
61 60 Budapest Hungary 86.3 83.1
63 48 Taipei Taiwan 86.1 85.8
64 89 Vancouver Canada 85.8 76.5
65 45 Abu Dhabi UAE 85.7 85.9
66 41 Birmingham UK 85.4 87.2
66 92 Calgary Canada 85.4 75.5
68 74 Limassol Cyprus 84.6 80.6
69 36 Glasgow UK 84.0 88.1
70 68 Guangzhou China 83.9 82.3
71 78 Bucharest Romania 83.6 79.6
72 98 Montréal Canada 83.0 74.5
73 96 Adelaide Australia 82.8 74.7
74 118 Tehran Iran 82.2 68.6
75 51 Miami US 82.0 85.0
76 90 Tallinn Estonia 81.6 76.4
77 64 Honolulu US 81.4 82.5
78 54 San Francisco US 81.0 84.6
78 99 Auckland New Zealand 81.0 73.9
80 63 Beirut Lebanon 80.8 82.6
81 80 Casablanca Morocco 80.7 78.9
82 55 Jakarta Indonesia 80.5 84.5
82 93 Ljubljana Slovenia 80.5 75.3
84 58 Chicago US 80.3 83.7
85 97 Vilnius Lithuania 80.2 74.6
85 109 Ottawa Canada 80.2 72.3
87 112 Bogotá Colombia 80.1 71.7
88 77 Amman Jordan 79.6 79.8
89 70 White Plains, NY US 79.3 82.1
89 129 Caracas Venezuela 79.3 65.4
91 56 Hanoi Vietnam 79.0 84.3
92 102 Santiago Chile 78.5 73.3
93 111 Wellington New Zealand 77.6 71.8
94 80 Kuwait City Kuwait 77.5 78.9
95 104 Leipzig Germany 77.1 72.9
96 76 Accra Ghana 77.0 79.9
97 108 Sofia Bulgaria 76.9 72.5
98 83 Houston, TX US 76.8 78.6
99 79 Boston, MA US 76.5 79.2
100 60 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 76.3 83.1
101 93 Cairo Egypt 75.9 75.3
101 101 Lusaka Zambia 75.9 73.5
103 102 Nairobi Kenya 75.7 73.3
104 75 San Juan Puerto Rico 75.4 80.3
105 95 Bangkok Thailand 75.1 74.9
106 106 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 75.0 72.8
107 85 Washington, DC US 74.6 77.0
108 104 Mexico City Mexico 73.6 72.9
109 87 Atlanta, GA US 73.5 76.6
110 137 Manila Philippines 73.4 61.2
111 87 Morristown, NJ US 73.1 76.6
112 91 Manama Bahrain 71.1 76.2
113 100 Seattle, WA US 70.9 73.7
114 114 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 70.6 71.0
115 117 Lima Peru 70.5 70.0
115 115 Denver, CO US 70.5 70.8
117 133 Chennai (Madras) India 69.3 63.7
118 134 Bangalore India 69.2 63.6
119 110 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 68.7 72.2
120 115 St. Louis, MO US 68.5 70.8
120 121 Kingston Jamaica 68.5 68.5
122 107 Guatemala City Guatemala 68.1 72.6
123 130 Tianjin China 67.9 64.7
124 124 Panama City Panama 67.3 67.4
125 127 Blantyre Malawi 67.1 66.4
126 113 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 66.8 71.4
127 118 Detroit, MI US 66.3 68.6
128 123 Portland, OR US 66.2 67.8
129 118 Cleveland, OH US 66.0 68.6
130 130 Colombo Sri Lanka 65.9 64.7
131 122 Monterrey Mexico 65.8 68.1
132 125 Dacca (Dhaka) Bangladesh 65.0 66.8
133 128 Pittsburgh, PA US 64.4 66.3
133 135 Tunis Tunisia 64.4 63.4
135 126 Winston-Salem US 63.5 66.7
136 140 Montevideo Uruguay 63.2 58.4
137 132 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 62.8 64.2
138 139 Buenos Aires Argentina 62.7 60.3
139 138 San José Costa Rica 60.6 60.5
140 136 Johannesburg South Africa 60.4 61.3
141 142 Karachi Pakistan 54.7 56.1
142 141 Quito Ecuador 54.6 56.3
143 143 Asunción Paraguay 52.5 50.0


Eko ooni baje oo.

[quote author=Sammy107_d link=topic=154470.msg2577305#msg2577305 date=1217355383]vikiviko just spoiled my day. was about to do the same [/quote]@sammy107_d
You were about to do the same as in "drowning" or "swimmimg" in browne's beach?? Which one?? Abeg eh, don't do the same oh!

Anyways, Barbados is marvellous. But how do you cope with the costs man?? The place is expensive.Everything is like thrice the cost of what obtains elsewhere. Its worth every penny though.
Two crazy dreamzzzzz I have: One has to do with Barbados!!

@Studying in Barbados  VS   Nigeria Universities
It all depends on your career aspirations. If you are looking at an Oil & Gas related Masters Degree, studying in barbados wouldn't cut it at all,except the oil u are looking to drill is Cod liver oil.
The hottest careers are in the Hospitality, Real Estate and Finance industry.Finance is really hot especially if you have an ACCA. So anything in this direction would be cool. But methinks, you can make anything possible anywhere, it all depends on you.

As per Naija Universities, Hmmm!They've really produced excellent as well as inferior graduates.The proportion however, favoring inferiority maybe 2:10.

e go hard oooh!

landis:
umm, where are they?

America?

Somewher in the middle of the ocean btw America & Europe. That's why they've gat the Eurotunnel crossing!

eeeh. . . . efe? who dat?

Depends on if we look at Europe as a peoples or a continent. Actually UK & Ireland are not exactly in Europe.

Vicjustice:
Are you talking about Atlanta Georgia or the Nation, Georgia?
   If the second, i'm afraid you're not at all generous with your offer. How could you encourage your countryman to seek citizenship in a country like Georgia that's struggling with brutal poverty where most people earn less than $80 a month?
   Last week, there was this true story of a Georgian woman who sold her bicycle in order to buy some food stuff for her family, and a related story of a Man who sold his microwave oven to raise money for his house rent.
By location, this country is not considered to be in Europe and yet, it's isolated in the middle east where it is located, its passport needs visa to almost every country in the world; and its citizens are everywhere seeking political asylum which are seldom successful.
   Hmm, na only Georgia, add Afghanistan join am. . .
   Man, why don't you state your real intention. . .

aaah! I never knew Georgia has moved to the Middle east! That"s fast!! Early this year, they were located in Eastern Europe. I wish Nigeria can move too!!

@poster
need some quick bucks huh??No be so oooh!

in Naija 4real? Where? Maybe McRolands or Mcdonells!

But truly, we need either Mcdonalds or a BurgerKing in Naija or at worse KFC. Really!

I love the size of the "Double Whooper" Big Mac!! And, whoa!, this beautiful lady is going to have a marvelous meal with family tonight.

Don't you guys think it's high time we get a Mcdonald's in Nigeria

He he. . . . . very soon we would all be wishing Obasanjo was allowed a third term. I really miss OBJ, El-rufai and the rest of the marvelous team.

I would have recommended sleeping pills, but if u take it before u get on the plane, u might probably sleep off at the departure lounge and miss your flight.
Besides, i don't know if there are any medical implications of taking psychoactive pills while flying. But sincerely sleeping pills might do great.
Most of my more interesting flights, I spent more than half the time sleeping.

I'm not sure the best way but Western Union and Moneygram are the most popular with Nigerians.

Exchange rate
1 USD= 120 Naira approx.
1 GBP= 235 Naira approx

Oh, they have a specific page for the refusal stamp! Kai these British folks sef!
As you said, I think he should just go ahead and apply and state it truly that he's been refused before.

Asides. . . Funky, methinks you are so versed. . . . _{and adorably so!}

@Darkroll
Seychelles must be marvelous. When is the low season? I was thinking of doing Barbados soonest, but I'm rethinking. . . Seychelles might be a better option.
What would a moderate 3 weeks cost in low season? I abhor peak periods!

The only thing I like about Italy is Lasagna!!
And yes! the language.
Nice pics .But they are too many!!
I would recommend Flickr or Pbase or even Facebook!

@Topic
eeh. . . methinks this was quite easy!
Get a visa of another country, maybe the the Swiss visa. Afterwards, he can go and apply 4 the British Visa.
He should state on the form that he had been refused a visa before.They would have 2 assume that the the other visa (swiss or wherever) was superimposed on the refusal stamp.
It's very unlikely they would bother asking "what happened to the stamp?" when he has already told the truth in his application form that he has been refused before.

Hmmm Slovenia! Nice country no doubt. But those guys seem like the least friendliest Europeans. They seem cold to foreigners generally(Just a stereotype).
Besides there is only one school that teaches in English!

revenge:
woooooww costa rica, wetin him go do there , him go on sex toiurism orrr carry co caine , or what , i wonder wetin costa rica get sef , naija pass them oooo 100 times,


but them get fine chicala mamacita there oooooo
na wetincarrythat man go there him caondey send us pictures of mountains and water and lakes liek say e no dey nigeria , the man no try at allll,

Wouldn't this be a perfect definition for narrow mindedness?
Loads of Nigerians still need an education!
Like life is all about hustling. Man, some folks go out 2 chill and Costa Rica is one of such real cool chilling spots. . . aiight?

I agree with the topic fully.
Didn't read the full article but the highlighted texts do make some sense.
Every other race has some kind of tight-knitted, protectionist web binding and keeping them strong and together, promoting their own interests wherever possible.
Only the black race can't work together.I see it changing soon though!

There are loads of schools.
visit findaschool.org

`You are never supposed to send your originals.
Get a very clear photocopy, possibly colored and certify it somewhere maybe Ministry of Education.

Yeah, Tunde was madcow- I remember.Esi used 2 be the keeper right? Was fun!
Anyways, One last clue! I lived on Bonny River Close in the Complex.
This is my email grandislands@gmail.com. Holla!

Price please!
Thats the only way you'd get clients!

@Gbeborun
Wow! Now that's coincidental. At some point those two same kids were once my closest pals. Wow!
Had a lot of friends though. If u used 2 play soccer, then try remember the kid that always scored offside goals- That"s me! Or the "fastest racer!

@Lloydhill
Ok, i don't know him. But I know lots of folks I could ask!

gbeborun:
I remember them all, even saw nike at festival of life in 2005, but she couldnt place my face. Small world

Hmmm, thats interesting! Nice 2 meet on Nairaland after 18 yrs or so right? I hope i'd be able 2 place ur face!

So let me guess. . . U would be . . . . .

It's a crazy Irony and it just explains how wrong the world's system is! Poorer nations are much more accommodating towards refugees than the wealthier ones.

See how accommodating Nigerians are: We employ all the "Republic du Nigerien" citizens. The authorities don't ask them 2 get a work permit in order to
work as a mai guard, a shoe shiner or a suya seller. They just ply their trade- free of restrictions. No deportations, no harrassment , nothing!

The westerners have a lot to learn 4rm us.

vikiviko:
I really can't remember the song that well, Perhaps some of you ladies can help me out. It was one those games y'all played during lunch time in primary school.

"I beat Mary she no cry, i kill Mary she no die , which kind Mary be this oh, Amina, amina don come , a lazy girl , a foolish girl, waka joko waka joko supe pepper ogooni piom."

Not sure sure i got it right.

You know, I remembered this song recently and I laughed! Who on earth formed that kind of creative jargon! Luvly song no doubt!

Best thing about growing up in Naija- Christmas time!! All the killing of the goat,chicken and what have you,the food, the visitors, the christmas clothes, naaah,it was so kool!