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Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Rosexpress(op): 3:36am On May 23

Nobody writes this list so I will.

1. The cold is not just weather. It is a personality. It will change you.
2. You will spend the first 3 months converting every price to naira. Stop. You will not survive.
3. Nigerian food exists here but it will cost you emotionally and financially.
4. You will miss the most random things — the noise, the heat, the fact that someone is always around.
5. Sending things home is harder than it should be. Finding a reliable cargo service is a genuine life skill.
6. Your Nigerian friends here will become your family faster than you expect.
7. The NHS is genuinely free and it will confuse you every single time.
8. You will buy a coat, think it's enough, and be humbled by February.

What else would you add? And for number 5 — anyone use REDS (usereds.com)? Curious if others have tried them for UK→Nigeria and Nigeria→UK cargo.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by wordapostle(m): 8:26am On May 23

Subtle loneliness and comparison

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Equal2DeTask(m): 4:35am On May 24

So make we no travel again?

Are you guys regretting your traveling to UK.....?

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by yommen: 6:31am On May 24

Equal2DeTask:
So make we no travel again?

Are you guys regretting your traveling to UK.....?

He is only telling you that it is not all Rosey. I won't tell you not to travel though. It's good to go and make the money.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Gbadugbakun(m): 6:32am On May 24

Please come back to Nigeria if UK have taya you.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Iceiscold: 6:33am On May 24

You go pay taxes and you must pay

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by UniQue84: 6:33am On May 24

Thanks for the information but no matter what people say or write I will consider myself an incomplete human being if I don't travel out . grin

Traveling is part of EDUCATION.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by olumided: 6:35am On May 24

Wetin I go add when I haven't travel by air before and I pray God should make my dream come true.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by grandstar(m): 6:39am On May 24

I waa there on holiday in early 2020.

The cold humbled me. I felt relief once i came back home.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by UniQue84: 6:39am On May 24

wordapostle:
Subtle loneliness and comparison

Yes I agree with the subtle loneliness but it mostly affect extrovert ....I am a deep introvert, don't like loud noise, don't like seeing people around for long, don't do clubing, can stay in doors for days and weeks provided there is light, data and food am good to go.

Even though travelling is part of my hubbies.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Bullhari: 6:40am On May 24

Well, no body expects it to be the same. With time, you will be fine

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by wiseone28: 6:41am On May 24

Let me read comments from the ajalas

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by VenExchangee: 6:43am On May 24

AI WRITE UP...

No 9 : try get handwork before you travel anywhere, especially how to barb hair

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Daniel058(m): 6:43am On May 24

Travel to UK or USA? no sir .

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Daniel058(m): 6:44am On May 24

I would like to live in Singapore

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by BlocksNG(m): 6:46am On May 24

oga pack and shift, you wrote this jagons front UK and yet, you sat there comfortably without thinking of returning home. Enemy of progress.

Rosexpress:
Nobody writes this list so I will.

1. The cold is not just weather. It is a personality. It will change you.
2. You will spend the first 3 months converting every price to naira. Stop. You will not survive.
3. Nigerian food exists here but it will cost you emotionally and financially.
4. You will miss the most random things — the noise, the heat, the fact that someone is always around.
5. Sending things home is harder than it should be. Finding a reliable cargo service is a genuine life skill.
6. Your Nigerian friends here will become your family faster than you expect.
7. The NHS is genuinely free and it will confuse you every single time.
8. You will buy a coat, think it's enough, and be humbled by February.

What else would you add? And for number 5 — anyone use REDS (usereds.com)? Curious if others have tried them for UK→Nigeria and Nigeria→UK cargo.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Image123(m): 6:50am On May 24

Add that they'll still not come back home oh, instead they'll be discouraging others from joining them. cheesy

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Discountsempai: 6:51am On May 24

BlocksNG:
oga pack and shift, you wrote this jagons front UK and yet, you sat there comfortably without thinking of returning home. Enemy of progress.

He is just preparing your mind for what to expect

Especially the cold.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Discountsempai: 6:52am On May 24

Image123:
Add that they'll still not come back home oh, instead they'll be discouraging others from joining them.

The guy did not say don't come, just that one should.be prepared

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by BlocksNG(m): 6:54am On May 24

No need. Millions of Nigerians has been traveling to UK centuries before him papa knack hin mama. Basket mount.

Discountsempai:
He is just preparing your mind for what to expect

Especially the cold.

Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Sccarrr(m): 6:54am On May 24

Gbadugbakun:
Please come back to Nigeria if UK have taya you.

make una stop all this mumu talk

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by IronCondemned: 6:58am On May 24

Yesterday i received a call from a friend who left for Portugal about a month ago, the lamentation for rent no be here o. 600k naira monthly when you convert the Euro amount to naira just for one room apartment in a five bedroom flat, shared toilet and kitchen with all the occupants of the other saperate rooms. A lot of bills, but minimum wage is about 900 euro.

The comparisons can weigh you down if you don't know your ways. However, she said there's jobs available, just the language barrier.

In all, life over there is still far better than Nigeria. We only need to fix our country because their's didn't fall from heaven, it was designed and fixed. We can do it too.

First step is to remove Tinubu and his APC group of thieves in 2027.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by DONOCSO(m): 6:58am On May 24

How about earning more money 🤑

Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by funsho75(m): 7:03am On May 24

Why are people angry
huh

He just talking about his experience

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Factoryfitted: 7:07am On May 24

Gbadugbakun:
Please come back to Nigeria if UK have taya you.

This line is worn out. Long past ime to look for another one.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by ChristineC: 7:07am On May 24

You guys need to please shut up.

Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by reddingtonblack: 7:10am On May 24

UniQue84:
Yes I agree with the subtle loneliness but it mostly affect extrovert ....I am a deep introvert, don't like loud noise, don't like seeing people around for long, don't do clubing, can stay in doors for days and weeks provided there is light, data and food am good to go.

Even though travelling is part of my hubbies.

Still you will feel it, someone dont like go out at All does not mean if they put the person in prison he/she will like it

YOU are introvert by your choice ...thats flow But when your environment seems to be enforcing the choice ... your body will revolt ..thats human for you

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Gbadugbakun(m): 7:10am On May 24

Factoryfitted:
This line is worn out. Long past ime to look for another one.

Help me find another one. I will pay you.

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Re: Things You Realise After 1 Year In The UK That Nobody Prepared You For by Flangelo12: 7:11am On May 24

ChristineC:
You guys need to please shut up.

Why?

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