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chrisb2r200:
Following....more grace to OP....meanwhile I will be heading to Berlin come September. I would need someone there or going to connect with. @Berliner . I hope u read this. Feel free to PM/mention @all

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What's up guys?
So I decided to take off few minutes to update the thread as I am beginning to settle in into my new environment.


A lot of things happened these few months I was away, and trust me, it wasn't easy but I still pulled through.

I will just highlight the things that happened and elaborate them in subsequent posts.

So, I got a full-time holiday job I did for couple of weeks, I moved out of my student dormitory and had to keep up in friends' places because it wasn't easy getting an accommodation again.
I ex-matriculated from my university and enrolled in another university( many thanks to the shallow educational background Nigeria's University gave me.)

Well in the end, I was able to get an apartment in front of my new school and I am settling in quick and recovering the study hours I had lost.

What's the update from your end guys(ladies included )

About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

Braket:
About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

Always good to hear from you bro.
Keep striving ,God go crown ur efforts.

Abeg have you heard from jigba.
She just disappeared once...

Braket:
About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

Weldone man. The standing thing is getting clear. You sit, the money also sits down. At least you've made some bucks before the new semester.

Braket:
What's up guys?
So I decided to take off few minutes to update the thread as I am beginning to settle in into my new environment.


A lot of things happened these few months I was away, and trust me, it wasn't easy but I still pulled through.

I will just highlight the things that happened and elaborate them in subsequent posts.

So, I got a full-time holiday job I did for couple of weeks, I moved out of my student dormitory and had to keep up in friends' places because it wasn't easy getting an accommodation again.
I ex-matriculated from my university and enrolled in another university( many thanks to the shallow educational background Nigeria's University gave me.)

Well in the end, I was able to get an apartment in front of my new school and I am settling in quick and recovering the study hours I had lost.

What's the update from your end guys(ladies included )

Long time braket!

Nice to hear that you finally moved out from that apartment!.

Braket:
About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

Lol I think doing unskilled Labour is this same everywhere abroad, so boring and stress full, from your explanation is 100% from what am doing here. You stand almost 10hrs,

Braket:
About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

well done bro. that work seems strenous..hope u were paid well for the duration.

Braket:
Thanks bro. If I can vividly remember your moniker here, you were on Erasmus scholarship in Europe.

Concerning the reality falling on me. I think it is worth noting that I have been nursing this dream for several years now and I know what is obtainable there in terms of how rigorous the education system is as compared to UK, how learning and mastering the language open doors and the likes.

I wouldn't mind if you mention realities that will be falling on me so that I can be prepared and not be surprised.
Thank you

Dantay brain..Lol

Sir Op welldone sir, God bless your handwork. Its not easy, you guys are the best!

Hopefully when I get a chance to study, I will do so even though I have only a waec certificate

God bless you all, Amen

johndoefoo:
Someone told you can run your online business(blogs, having apps on play store), even freelance like fiverr but make sure your clients are not living in Germany, and don't receive payment to Germany account straight. You can get payment to Yankee, or Naija, from Naija to Germany. That way you are safe.

We make at least $200 weekly online here in Nigeria, if I can continue that in Germany. I will not work there... till I graduate. Anywhere you go just be smart, there is no free money anywhere.

Can you please brush me about this fivver ? I know how to toon pictures and do other graphics works, I dont know whether such services will be needed on Fivver, moreover, what type of services do offer that u earn such per week?
sorry for going off topic

It's good to hear from you braket
Danke für das Aktualisierung �

frankfrancis871:
Nice one, saw this today. Read from page0 to 13, wished I had the opportunity you had. God help you guys.

But please can someone with a waec certificate school in germany ?

God bless international students, Amen.

Wrong thread


Ask your questions here
https://www.nairaland.com/4566903/general-german-student-visa-enquiries

Enjoying your mini blog. Just spice it up with more pictures. You dont seem to tell us much about your Academic pursuits and social life there. in germany. Wishing you all the best.

Braket:
About my holiday job.

I was able to get a holiday job through a job agent to work at UPS logistics facility.

The working environment is just the same as described by Franknetter in his dairy.

I had to work for 8 good hours standing Monday to Friday. The section I was attached with is called the 'Outbound'. What we do basically is packaging of orders on the conveyor into cartons that fit them.
Trust me, it was hectic working in this section because my supervisor was a workaholic and he keeps saying "Schneller Schneller (faster faster), Zeit kostet geld (Time is money) ". Ah yes, do you remember my Deutsch is 'Sehr schlecht( very bad)?' Despite the fact that UPS is an American company, majority of the staff speak Deutsch and don't understand English.

I happened to be attached with a supervisor that does not understand English, so I had to improve my language skills. Many thanks to the few hours I sacrificed on DW.com, I was able to understand majority of what he was saying and right now, I can tell you that my vocabulary has improved a little, but my listening skills improved the most.
Luckily for me, there was a native English speaker in my section and he helped me with translations and even information I wasn't aware of because of the language.

Shey I said 80% of them don't understand English, and UPS being an American company, the computers were all programmed in English, that eased another part of the work for me because we had to print some stuffs from the data base. I later realized majority of them don't know what they are doing on the computer because they had just crammed what to do and don't know when there's an error in the system.

In short, I did this boring blood sucking job for couple of weeks. It was the same routine every Monday to Friday. Waking up at 5am to prepare breakfast and lunch, sometimes dinner ( there's no place to buy food around the facility, I miss Nigerian work environment for this. At least one canteen will have opened shop just because of us, or one old woman would have opened a bread and akara or beans center). Catching the bus by 7am and meeting the same set of people on the bus, heading to the store at the train station to buy Coca-Cola or yogurt, still getting to meet the same set of people in the store as well, getting to work, finishing work and getting home at 9pm.

It was so boring and it was as if I was leaving in a loop(those kind of things about studying a person routine and carrying out a robbery action or assassination is real because I lived it first hand. In fact at certain period of time, I know where we would meet red light and where we often meet green light).

Apart from being a boring job, by the time I get home, all joints would have gone separate ways. I also started having a rocky relationship with my supervisor due to many reasons.

I later resigned before the expiration of my contract because I needed to face my priority here and also get enough rest for the semester ahead.

Bracket... I finally got here, Frankfurt. 2months plus now. How are you doing bro? Sent a pm

smoothvee:
Bracket... I finally got here, Frankfurt. 2months plus now. How are you doing bro? Sent a pm

Congratulations, Smoothvee.

I stumbled on this thread today and I must commend you for the updates of your adventures in Germany. I pray everything would work out together for your good.

UbiPetrus:
Congratulations, Smoothvee.

Thanks bro... just tryna settle in..

smoothvee:
Thanks bro... just tryna settle in..

congrats please is it Bsc or Msc

smoothvee:
Bracket... I finally got here, Frankfurt. 2months plus now. How are you doing bro? Sent a pm

Ah cool. Would holla you when next I visit Frankfurt.
Hope you hsve registered with Messe. I heard they are sharing shift for next year already.

Hi guys, it has been a while but studying and working is a scam in Germany trust me. Those two words shouldn't be used in the same sentence at all. Except you speak German and you have a working student contract(sometimes you get this without speaking German but it's rare). Anything apart from that, trust me you're gonna be stressed.

To imagine that it is because of studies that I haven't had time to give update here oh, talkless of then combining work with it, mehnnn..


I expressed my first snow after 18+ years. It came as a surprise that blessed morning sha. Everywhere just rice without stew.

NP: Ye by Burna boy

Braket:
Ah cool. Would holla you when next I visit Frankfurt.
Hope you hsve registered with Messe. I heard they are sharing shift for next year already.

choi!!! se info! wey i dey here dey find like water since! bro..... how i go take run am.. i know MESSE but nothing about it. you fit answer my pm? this might just be a break for me.. tired of riding foodora in the cold

Braket:
Hi guys, it has been a while but studying and working is a scam in Germany trust me. Those two words shouldn't be used in the same sentence at all. Except you speak German and you have a working student contract(sometimes you get this without speaking German but it's rare). Anything apart from that, trust me you're gonna be stressed.

To imagine that it is because of studies that I haven't had time to give update here oh, talkless of then combining work with it, mehnnn..


I expressed my first snow after 18+ years. It came as a surprise that blessed morning sha. Everywhere just rice without stew.

NP: Ye by Burna boy

It melted quickly though. Please post frequently..

smoothvee:
choi!!! se info! wey i dey here dey find like water since! bro..... how i go take run am.. i know MESSE but nothing about it. you fit answer my pm? this might just be a break for me.. tired of riding foodora in the cold

Haaa Foodora? Sorry bro. Hope you never jam car oh.

janettee:
It melted quickly though. Please post frequently..

Yes. I didn't get the opportunity to take a walk in it.

About the education here in Germany.

I really can make a conclusion now, but the problem I experienced in Nigeria is still the same thing I am experiencing here. I hardly gain anything in class.

Don't get me wrong, the lecturers understand the course well and they have the industry experience but they often have issues communicating them to me. I think this is because they prefer using German textbooks than English ones, and the German textbooks do things in a totally different and hard way I swear.

Quick example is the K-map my computer science professor often use for his exercises is so technical and different from the one's you find online.

The good part of studying here is that there is stable electricity and Internet. So even though I don't gain anything from the lectures, I often find a better explanation on YouTube.

In addition, the speed at which lecture moves here is not a joking stuff oh. My mathematics professor starts a topic and finishes within 2 hours. Imagine starting and finishing everything that has to do with Integration within 2hours.

The best part of everything is that, there is always an exercise class after each lecture. This often helps me with understanding the course well even though I don't gain anything in lectures, because this is the period when the professor shows you his approach of solving questions. It really helps more than lectures trust me.

Hello bro , any major difference between private university and Free tuition university ?

Braket:
About the education here in Germany.

I really can make a conclusion now, but the problem I experienced in Nigeria is still the same thing I am experiencing here. I hardly gain anything in class.

Don't get me wrong, the lecturers understand the course well and they have the industry experience but they often have issues communicating them to me. I think this is because they prefer using German textbooks than English ones, and the German textbooks do things in a totally different and hard way I swear.

Quick example is the K-map my computer science professor often use for his exercises is so technical and different from the one's you find online.

The good part of studying here is that there is stable electricity and Internet. So even though I don't gain anything from the lectures, I often find a better explanation on YouTube.

In addition, the speed at which lecture moves here is not a joking stuff oh. My mathematics professor starts a topic and finishes within 2 hours. Imagine starting and finishing everything that has to do with Integration within 2hours.

The best part of everything is that, there is always an exercise class after each lecture. This often helps me with understanding the course well even though I don't gain anything in lectures, because this is the period when the professor shows you his approach of solving questions. It really helps more than lectures trust me.

Mikehk2:
Hello bro , any major difference between private university and Free tuition university ?

The only difference I know of as of this moment is the tuition fee.

Braket:
Hi guys, it has been a while but studying and working is a scam in Germany trust me. Those two words shouldn't be used in the same sentence at all. Except you speak German and you have a working student contract(sometimes you get this without speaking German but it's rare). Anything apart from that, trust me you're gonna be stressed.

To imagine that it is because of studies that I haven't had time to give update here oh, talkless of then combining work with it, mehnnn..


I expressed my first snow after 18+ years. It came as a surprise that blessed morning sha. Everywhere just rice without stew.

NP: Ye by Burna boy

You go soon graduate from unskilled to a professional job but you need one vital key and I see you are working on it: Language to a very confident level not on certificate or B1, B2 levels.

If you got IT skills, search for 1st Level,2nd Level Support job, or student jobs relating to your course of study.

Goodluck and greeting from HH

styles2009:
You go soon graduate from unskilled to a professional job but you need one vital key and I see you are working on it: Language to a very confident level not on certificate or B1, B2 levels.

If you got IT skills, search for 1st Level,2nd Level Support job, or student jobs relating to your course of study.

Goodluck and greeting from HH

Thanks Veteran. You're a perfect example of Germany will be awesome in the long run.