@yabaleftonline Y'all young men should know that a man's prayer point is to be successful and a woman's prayer point is a successful man.
Chase the right course
A guy I know left Spain for the USA after winning a work visa.
Everyone in our neighborhood celebrated like he’d won the lottery.
For months, he kept telling us how great life was.
Then one day he called me out of the blue.
He asked if he could borrow $3,000.
I was shocked.
I asked what happened to the good life he kept posting online…..
Your citizenship really determines so much for you. As a Nigerian, your matter long ooo.
I had a Saudi classmate when I was fling my Masters. He explained to me that all Saudis in the UK were fully sponsored by the government. I asked what his plan was after school, he said he was going back home to take up a job. He didn't even like the UK. I don't blame him, he struggled with the language and culture.
I had Korean classmates (those ones are always rich and clean). No one was staying back or had plan to.
I saw Chinese classmate 2 years later. He had started a business with his babe. He told me the government encourages them to take loan to invest abroad. I thought we were just having a discussion. I didn't know he had his plan mapped out.
My Spanish friend (the only one I still talk to), I asked him when he was going to pick up his British passport since he was eligible for it having been in UK for many years, he said he didnt need it that his passport takes him where he needs to go. I spoke to him recently and he said he is looking to leave the UK soon. He wants to return home to Barcelona. That reminds me, he has been inviting me to Barcelona 🤦♂️
At the start of Covid, my Canadain flatmate packed his bag and left. He told me he would finish his program from there. I once asked how he was paying for his program (Law Undergraduate), he said he took a loan from the bank in Canada.
Then you look at Nigerians- we are always looking for how to stay back at all cost because home offers nothing. Conversation always centred around sponsorship jobs - even if it is care job. This is after working 12 hours shift through out your Masters to pay for your fees and cover for your living expenses. People are even so desperate, they are paying 10k to 12k for sponsorship job just to stay back.
I was fixing my lashes when two friends started talking.
One said she was craving noodles and asked where she could get some.
The other replied, “Iconic, but it’s about ₦2k.”
Their married friend laughed and said:
“That’s small money. Let me call my husband. I’ll tell him it’s ₦10k.”
Her friend even advised, “Just say ₦4k.”
She refused.
Put the call on speaker and asked for ₦10k to buy food.
Her husband said:
“Which day that one start to use 10k buy food?”
Then he ended the call. 😭
Sis has been explaining all day that maybe he’s just not in a good mood.