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Chiggsglover:
Haha Haha
That's the way oooo, I used to live by the Sawmill as a kid till when I was in my senior secondary school. those of you who are in lagos will know it, you'll see it from the Third maintain bridge towards Yaba.

I went there some months before I travelled and I got stares. I went to overwhelmed that I thought I might be robbed or kidnapped. I think I overheard someone say in Yoruba, Where did this JJC come from?

Chiggsglover:
Thanks man, Ooin.

Well I have been, really really busy.

I started to work with my care agency just last week Friday, my schedule has been disrupted, still have to a balance between work and fun.

I am a fellow who thrives on a regulated schedule because TWENTY FOUR HOURS isnt enough for me even after my NYSC when I had no job, I would always groan about how fast time flies.

Fixed schedule is good to save time, and also fixed meals, fixed wardrobe, thinking about what to wear can be very burdensome. I'm gonna take some time to adjust my dress code and wardrobe about what to wear so I'll always look great with little stress. If you dont take that into consideration, one can wear the wrong colors.

It's going to be a while to get a balance tho. My day starts from 6am, sleep runs away from me, i just put on my favorite show, Culture Express at 6:30. so next thing is to Eat. I go for the breakfast I learnt from Abigails hostel at Aston quay when I first came to this country.
Consisting of toasted break with boiled egg or sardines with plus Mayonnaise, push it down with any juice, orange, or apple or milk. And have a solid like oat or wheat. this can keep me full for a whole day till lunchtime from 3pm to 6pm. Lunch can be anything, this is the only point i think about what to eat, as I have time to plan it.

In this country, Food is very expensive. You can easily spend €30 per meal. So its very common to take food to.your office and microwave. Even the whites do. They take their coolers of food, something my classmates shamed me for when I was in JSS1. How can I be the only one that takes cooler to school. I had to dance to the music then. I'm old now, no one can shame me.
I don't give a damn about people opinions.

Whenever I go to get groceries, I wear my Crocs and walk confidently. Blacks here always put on Sneakers, I cannot kill myself. It's not like I'll be given cash or special attention when I wear sneakers, I cant spend €80 on a shoe and be wearing it up and down. Plus the discomfort

If you go with €5 in any Eatery in Nigeria. you can easily eat to your fill in a good eatery, not Mamaput. Plus the food may not be to your taste since its basically foreign.
When I was working in the warehouse, the cafeteria was very cheap to eat in. I didnt bother to go with my food because I could spend €3 and eat well, €6 for the extras to pamper your palate.

This my new job has really opened my eyes, I'm still shocked about somethings. I won't update you yet till I gather my thoughts. Second day in my job, that was yesterday, one of my clients died, he has been deteriorating within the weak and couldnt sleep. that's the ghastly horror about this job.
He was weak and had lots of spasms. When he did regained himself. He smiled at me with his wrinkled face. In the midst of all the pain, his eyes still had a spark.

sweetmb4real200:
Where can you get original honey

Chiggsglover:
Thank you. This Covid virus has opened the Truth about the real situation about alot of fake people and countries, it has exposed American as a failed nation, Kylie Kardashian as a fake Billionaire, Trump as a Racist who doesn't know how to lead, hes more a dictator. I used to think Trump knew what he was doing, until now, Obama would have handled it way way better. He hasn't even called the family of Floyd as I type, he was asked the question by a reporter. He said no. And finally, it has exposed Nigerian government, they are existing but they are not really there. They only play the game to stay in power and focus on trivial. In the lockdown, government couldn't even provide 10k monthly. Even if they did, the money will vanish and we will be busy settling the matter with the CBN. I'm here receiving €350 weekly from a foreign government . Naturally where should my patriotism go to. Lol

For once I was very happy about the government when they banned Canadian airline and others, I was shocked. I guess it was because it wasnt in favor of the Nigerian airline.

Chiggsglover:
To add to what the writer said, you dont deserve people respect, you earn it. How have we gained respect from the way we treat our own.

Think about it,
People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
Do you still judge people for their lifestyle and the way they live, even though its non of your business?

People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
Look at the Prostitute in the street, some you have them as neighbors, tenants, church members.....
I had one as a neighbor in my service year, I treated her like a sister. I never judged her, even though she liked me more than I did, I still gave her respect and turned her down in the way that we're still friends.
You dont know their side stories. Some of them have looked left, right and backward, if they dont do it, theyll starve to death. Some were abused as kids by their father, brother, uncles..... some have looked for hustles and the men denied them that, Hoping to sleep with them when they're frustrated. Where theres no demands there cant be a supply.
The Irish law protects prostitutes, if you and an excort is caught, the Irish government will cover her with a blanket and let her walk away, and theyll drag your ass to jail.



People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
The most important thing is to feed people. FOOD.
Group of boys out of joblessness decided to abandon cultism and rather hustle online and swindle people, scamming isnt good cos I dont feel good when I was scammed. I have lots of such examples around, these young boys comes from poor homes, from what they make, they pay the rent of the house where their family live, subscribe for date, if they can do these, food is nothing.
I know examples of young boys like this who take care of their widowed mothers and help to train the young ones.
Yet we sit and judge them
Yet instead of the government to curb the problem by providing jobs, rather they go after these boys. Those white folks they swindled, they are very perverted. I belong to some dating sites, you need to see the demand of these folks and link, I've heard at least three offer me money for sex, cos of the stereotype on Blacks package. Lots of them go after very small boys, and they have very ridiculous kinks. Whenever youre being swindled, greed plays a big role.

People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
On churches, the goal isn't to judge them but we really dont need lots of churches. I've spotted lots of churches in places that is unimaginable. From shops that people would have used to make a living to flats. I even saw one inside those huge iron transformers.
Churches aren't what we need, we need businesses, I spotted one Victorian style building that's perfect as an office for my future plan. I will be enraged and agitated if that building has been converted to a church. Although right next to it, is a church of fire.
The church judge the youth, some denominations have mastered the art of judging, they only smile to church members, every other folks are sinners.
If you are broke and need their help, theyll say thst sin made you poor. Especially if you are on jewelries.

People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
You see some folks who keep hairstyles you dont like, what is your business?
How is the hair going to limit their potential.
Will your quality of life improve when they need and make the adjustments?


People around you are hungry and have No Shelter.
The same goes for the same sex folks, as long as you are discreet and not corrupting the future generations. We need heterosexual couples to ensure the survival of the Human race. Keep the bedroom things private, we dont want to know what you're doing there. I have a problem with giving people the ideas on Social media about what you do in the other room by your mannerism and lifestyle. Let us focus on the most important things.

When Obama sign same sex marriage, Nigeria rushed to ban it, just put yourself in the shoe of someone who is hoping for a better tomorrow where I dont go to bed hungry. The same sex law in Nigeria and the one on corruption that targets Yahoo boys are the most enforced laws in Nigeria.
Give a call to the police that yahoo boys are having an Orgy with all manner of laptops of different shapes and sizes, or gays are hosting parties. Theyll zap there with guns and camera.
Try to call them if you and your family is about to die of hunger, and see their response.
You need to see Rwanda

We need to put first things first
According to Maslow hierarchy of need, the first is Food, then shelter then the other needs which are more emotional and long term comes along.
Most of you reading this, you have eaten today at least, you have a smartphone with daya,
we have about 30% of Nigerians that will go to bed hungry this night and my heart groans silently.


I am Hungry, cold, with no clean water to drink, I sleep under the bridge, how does your action and policy alleviate my condition.

Hmmmm. Food for thought, there's a lot to reflect on

Chiggsglover:
Was taking a walk today and I remembered I have not shown you guys this funny part of the developed world.
People rent basements here.
In the last picture, they even use it as an office sef. Its very interesting to watch.
I wil be on the road one day to locate an office only for the map to tell me its here. And I'll walk around like a dog chasing it's own tail. Only to find out its below Ground the ground level.
I remembered when I still had my sight on Canada, when I checked their rent websites, i noticed that such kinds of houses are cheaper to rent because in the whole building, you'll be the first to freeze to death before others and Also your space become a Hotel whenever the denizens of the underground come to the atmosphere for their seasonal holidays. They will come up, chill and dine with you. You know them, Grumpy Mr earthworm, Glamorous Mrs Silverfish,
Gallivanting boy centipede and the Gothic lady Millipedes.
I hear government provided regulations for a livable underground hotel. First of which there must be a window, at least, when you're not a prisoner sentenced to a dark room of horror. When you think of it, a window makes the place feels great when you're inside. This is why we need government regulations that's executed.

Let's not forget that these houses were built over a hundred years
ago. 80% of the houses here are that old. Infact Dublin has the world oldest hospital that's still operational
even today today.
Humans will always be humans, why do you think we have all the heavy duty cameras, devices in the guards car that scans your plate number and provides information, documentations, camera and wifi in the bhs and Luas and others.
All of this is to ensure that brain works properly whenever youre here. When you know that once you break the law, MenInBlack will Jaywalk to door, then you put your hand in your pocket and shake him, he will smash his boot and salute you. If you try to try to bribe the cops, they might forget your many sins and bring you in for bribery and corruption. They might call it attempt to bribe an officer of the law.

Just imagine Nigeria wants to invest in such houses, imagine the sizes of windows theyll be putting , from some the size of 32 inch tv to size of a book, some might only punch a hole............Just to pass wire.
There will be an extensive legislative law by the legislative arm in Nigeria, in fact, when you finish reading the law on the sizes of windows, if you're guilty, you might pee on yourself. Some of our actions of today will be ready for harvest when we're older and in generations to come.

Chiggsglover:
Sure you can, I've replied to countless.

Vslayer:
Thanks so much

Chiggsglover:
Thank you very much

I know a lot of criticism I'll get if I go back to my church in Nigeria, its really a terrible situation. Christian religion hasnt helped the black race much. Fine, I can say that it took away the ills of the practices of our traditional culture. But we need to form our religion and abide by it. I really love the black panther movie, we saw a beautiful mix of tradition and technology.

About the hair, while I was waiting for my visa and was at home without combing, my hair locked for about three months. As I wasnt looking for jobs again and attending those nerve racking interviews, I stopped combing.

Interviews in Nigeria is like going for exam. I dont like the feeling I get at all. When you're on your way, you'll surely spot one fella in the bus that's heading there and by the time youre there, you'll see crowds. From the ones pressing phones to the one reading as if they missed some topics in exam, to the ones who came with their friends and they wont keep quiet.
All the interviews I went in Nigeria, I passed all and wasnt employed, except for one, that was weekemd teaching.

Never got any rude remarks from the Irish, my experience at the warehouse wasnt very nice but it wasnt negative, when I broke a serious rule in the warehouse, a white male, not sure of the country just ordered me to go out and correct myself. The warehouse conditions was by far better than what I saw when I worked for two months in the warehouse of a popular Online store in Nigeria. I wont say the name. Just because I came 5 min late, I wasnt paid for the week, look at that sort of abuse.
If I did the same mistake in the care industry, theyll correct in a more softer way.

I've had three interviews in this country, when I got to the venue, I was the only one that was to be interviewed, I passed them all, I was refused for one because of the distance, I rejected the rest because I wasnt satisfied.
If I didnt have an interview experience in Nigeria, I would have been neutral. I really pity folks in Nigeria who have to put up with that.
Big brother naija, the crowd was something else. Lol
I must say I feel happy about attending interviews here because I know I'm not seeing multitudes of people and I know that the odds are not against me.

Vslayer:
Good to be here

Pls is there whatsapp group for people that want to use this childcare pathway. So that we can learn and help each other.

Please can I use degree certificate as post secondary certificate?

Secondly, is it advisable to write ielts exam before getting a job offer or after the job offer then exam

Chiggsglover:
You'll just do an online assessment that wont take long and that's it. You'll be earning from €15 while I'll start from €11.45, from September, I'll going to start the QQ level 5, so I'll can get to your level. Instead of me to be doing warehouse job in freezing rooms, I'll pass.

Chiggsglover:
Well, you can get it easily in Nigeria if you go to those nursing schools that are approved and certified.
That was what they kept asking me, if I had ANY qualifications. Coming from the Realm of Numbers, I had to start from the scratch. I even met a Nigerian man, who has spent 22years here. He also came for the training. He was fairly comfortable, with family and His JEEP

A friend of mine studied Sociology, she also qualified, she was sent an online assessment to see if she remembered those health codes. She did it once, passed and that was it.

SteveUg:
Please what do u mean by 1year post sec school cert.... ?

aezenkwu:
He used fake screen. I once fixed my screen with a guy named Raj. No body noticed anything on note7. It's just that he ordered screen and yet to enter.

aezenkwu:
This guy has a bad customer review when it comes to fixing of phones.

I Sent this guy a customer s max 2 screen and he told me here it was 13k gotten to Lagos he said it's 15k. Since the phone don reach lag. I added the money. Unto say we are one family here and I didn't drag it. Sent The phone back. The screen is bad! I called the customer care but they started giving me flimsy excuses. Check the cost of sending. The customer was so angry and he went out dumped the phone in my shop since then.

The phone case was so rough just like u dey learn work. There is this guy someone directed to me, his name is Raj. He worked on my sister note 7 very well and we didn't even know it has been worked on. But the only thing it's always out of stock. Or wait he orders.

OllyFair:
sorry to ask, do you get the screen replacement here or from AliExpress.

repairpalng:
Very correct bro. Some emotions got into it. When you go an extra mile to meet a customer's demand and you get this kind of feedback, it could be quite painful.

suddenBlionaire:
Ma'am, please don't make the mistake of going to his office again. I can assure you more damage will be done to that phone and you'd come back here to cry bitter again. I've had similar experience and I ended up trashing the phone.
You can relate with other reputable touts here to recommend a technician for you though you may still have to order a replacement for the power panel if at all there is; you don't repair, you replace.
Sorry about your experience.

repairpalng:
Kindly do a mini video recording of the freeze/twitch when it happens for the purpose of records so we can know what to look into.

repairpalng:
Noted ma, we would replace it with the original one that was there before and do a refund. Do bring it to our office at your convenient time.

repairpalng:
Bros I know quite well you recommend us a lot. Thanks.

To be sincere sir, we will rather just do a refund at this time for the issue (power button) she's complaining about.

repairpalng:
Madam we will refund you for that repair (1000). I think at this stage that is the best we can do.

repairpalng:
2 people doesn't equate to all of them.

repairpalng:
I sincerely don't think you know the volume of jobs we do on a daily basis...

repairpalng:
Screen is currently being fixed at our office for 14K, it was reduced AFTER YOU PLEADED MADAM that we reduce it to 12K

The power button flex WE BOTH AGREED TO 2K TO Fix IT.. After we fixed it and it was working YOU PLEADED THAT YOU HAD NO MONEY ON YOU, THAT WE SHOULD REDUCE IT TO 1K which you paid a day after.

Your phone was *TOTALLY BLANK WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT MA* phones with bad screens rarely go BLANK unless there are other issues. When a screen is cracked/broken you will would usually see ink on stains on it NOT TOTALLY BLANK.

You brought it to our office asking that we fix Screen + Camera.. There's no way what we did could have caused the phone to start looping (the phone had underlying issues that wasn't made known).

Its not our duty to make sure your phone IS TOTALLY OKAY because we didn't diagnose it. What you asked us to change, we did. That should be where our duty lies, that's what was paid for.

Offering you data connectivity to update your phone is a privilege to you in our bid two ensure you left our office with a good experience.

Reducing prices for you (on two occasions) is also a form of ensuring you left with a good experience.

Servicing your board after we have saw your whitish debris on it (sign of liquid damage) is our bid in the ensuring you left with a good experience.

IT is therefore quite surprising when we saw this issue brought to nairaland without exhausting communicating with us...

In all, we still hope to resolve any pending issue you may have with the screen/power button we fixed.