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[Chukwuma @_chukwuma_]

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[‘Wale Adejimi @Ifwal95]

Let me talk about my actual experience as a student in Germany 🇩🇪, including some of the struggles I’ve rarely talked about.

I arrived in Germany in 2020 to study for my Master’s in Photonics at the Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

I came with a scholarship, plenty of dreams, and honestly, no idea what the next two years would look like. 😂

Remember, this was also during COVID.

It wasn’t always rosy.

1. COVID made the loneliness hit differently 😭

One of the hardest parts of arriving in Germany in 2020 was how difficult it was to make friends.

This was during COVID. Social activities were highly limited, people were keeping their distance, classes and interactions were disrupted or moved online, and there weren’t many opportunities to simply go out and naturally build friendships.

Imagine leaving behind your family, friends, church community and practically everything familiar to you in Nigeria, only to arrive in a new country where you barely knew anybody.

Thankfully, one person really helped me through that period: my fiancée back in Nigeria, who is now my wife. ❤️

We communicated every single day.

Calls. Messages. Video calls. Just talking about our days and keeping each other company from thousands of kilometres away.

She basically became my closest companion during that period.

Looking back, I don’t think I’ve talked enough about how much that helped me emotionally during my first year abroad.

Long-distance relationships aren’t easy, but during that particular period, having someone I could speak with every day made Germany feel a little less lonely.

2. The language barrier was REAL 😭

People sometimes talk about studying in Germany in English, which is absolutely possible. My entire Master’s program was taught in English.

But living and working there was another experience.

At some point, I had a lab supervisor who wasn’t very conversant with English. That naturally limited how deeply we could communicate directly about my research.

Thankfully, there was a German PhD student in the lab who spoke English and would often help interpret between us whenever we needed to discuss more complicated research issues.

Imagine doing advanced scientific research and sometimes needing someone to help interpret so you could properly communicate with your supervisor. 😂😭

It was an experience!

3. Then came the hustle for money 😭

My scholarship was €860/month, but the funding covered only one year of my two-year Master’s program.

Thankfully, I was living relatively cheaply. I was spending roughly €450/month, so I deliberately saved part of my scholarship because I knew Year 2 was coming and that €860/month would eventually stop.

But savings alone weren’t going to be enough.

So I started hustling in my second year. 😂

And my jobs had absolutely NOTHING to do with Photonics.

At one point, I worked at a paper-sorting facility.

I also worked at Burger King, making burgers. 🍔😂

My Burger King career ended rather dramatically. I remember leaving angrily one day after an unpleasant encounter with a German woman, with the language barrier playing a major role in the situation.

But Burger King was nothing compared with DHL.

😭😭😭

DHL was probably the toughest physical job I had ever done in my life.

I worked there for about two months, usually from around 10pm to 5am, two nights every week.

My job involved loading DHL containers.

Sometimes 4–5 containers in one shift.

See, I grew up in a home where I wasn’t even allowed to carry a 50kg bag of cement. 😭

Now see somebody’s son in Germany, in the middle of the night, loading DHL containers until morning.

Life will humble you. 😂😂😂

And I would still return to being a Master’s student studying Photonics.

Nobody looking at you in class would necessarily know what you did just to keep yourself going.

Eventually, things improved.

1/2

Frame1: first winter
Frame 2: Going for my dhl job.

[Nichojay✨ @Nicho_jayy]

Oh my days guys!!!! Saw someone standing beside me on the tube just now and thought he looked very familiar.
Tapped him gently and asked:

“are you by chance…Peter?? “
Him: Yes….
Me: Drury?????
Him: “That’s me”
Me: 🤯🤯🤯
Me: (looks around check if any other person spotted this absolute legend)

Me: Proceeds to have a nice chat about the EPL, LFC, City114, Messi..

Loved his perspectives and energy!!
An absolute Legend FR!!🫶

[Toyyib Adewale Adelodun @taadelodun]

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It is where the rich use public transportation."

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Warner Bros and Paramount have officially merged.

DC Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CNN, CBS, HBO and Paramount+ are now all under the same company.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

I need you to understand how grossly wicked a person is, if they have experienced life abroad in any capacity (lived abroad, are living abroad or have visited abroad) and still support a terrible government back home.

They are the very spawn of Satan. You can't be enjoying good governance and dont want same for others.

[☔ @Whotfismick]

2026 be like

[Eric @amerix]

Learn to be strict with yourself.

Your time.

Your resources.

Your business.

Your discipline.

The moment you become mediocre, others will take advantage of you and mess you up.

It is better to be called a bully because being afraid to say NO will cost you a lot.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘LANTERNS’ is currently been averaging nearly 19M viewers per episode worldwide.

(Source: https://t.co/PnE6TdPUZ6)

[I Japa at 40+ 🇳🇬 → 🇨🇦 @40PlusImmigrant]

Getting PR feels like crossing the finish line, until Canada hands you a whole new race.

Becoming a Canadian permanent resident is a huge milestone, but it doesn’t magically fix your life.

PR opens doors, but you still have to walk through them. It gives you stability, but you still have responsibilities. It gives you opportunities, but you still have to build the life you imagined.

[Brute Lesnar @BuddyNoLove]

Give me some adult shit to buy that changed your life. I would love a thread full of life hacks.

[Brute Lesnar @BuddyNoLove]

I STILL revisit this post

[Imade. @ImadeIyamu]

Don't forget to read, write & think for yourself today. Resist the brainrot.

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

Please date someone who actually wants to experience life with you. Not just dinner & sex. I’m taking Museums, cooking classes, festivals, pottery, concerts, bookstores, road trips, random adventures.. EVERYTHING.

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

today is the only day you can repost this..

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

After traveling for awhile, you realize that the aisle seat is actually better than a window seat.

[Jeybro @TheLord_Jeybro]

If Canada 🇨🇦 is on your list, consider graduate school.

Already have a degree? Explore Master’s and PhD programs, especially funded research programs.

Start with Canada’s leading research universities at https://t.co/jm6uo7Obn0

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Bonaire 🇧🇶

[Abeke Yíwọnláta @FolaLagos]

Which one is this one again? God don’t let me die in Osapa 😭