Oluwatosin Babalola

Jesus lover | Actuarial analyst 🎓

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

Welcome to Chapter 25 baby🎊🎉
My God has been more than faithful and still is, I am forever grateful🙏
Looking forward to many more amazing years🥂❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@enikonko She’s definitely proud of you🥹❤️

[Phiona Kyeru @kyeruphiona]

No One Warns Immigrants About the Silence

When people move to the UK, everyone says, “You’ll be fine.”
But no one warns you about the silence.

The kind that fills your chest when you come home from a 12-hour shift …too tired to cook, too broke to order food …and the walls don’t answer when you talk.

Back home, in Africa, there was always noise …neighbours arguing, radios playing, kids laughing outside, boda guys shouting across the road.
Here, even the air feels like it’s watching you quietly.

At first, you think you’re strong.
You smile through the cold, through the confused looks when you don’t catch the accent, through the “where are you really from?” that hides behind polite smiles.

But it’s the small things that wear you down.
Having to repeat your name until it doesn’t sound like you anymore.
Being called “love” but never truly seen.
Hearing your qualifications don’t count because they’re “not UK standard.”

You start from scratch. Again.
Washing dishes. Cleaning houses. Sending money home like it doesn’t ache.
Telling your family you’re fine, even when you cry at the bus stop because your card declined.

Still… there are moments.
Catching the eye of another African on the bus and sharing a silent smile.
Hearing an Afrobeats song in a corner shop and feeling your heart breathe again.
Cooking familiar food in a cold kitchen and, for a moment, it smells like home.

And slowly, life rebuilds itself.
Not the way you imagined, but piece by piece ….quietly, stubbornly, beautifully.

Because being an immigrant isn’t just about survival.
It’s about learning to belong in a place that never expected you to stay… and still daring to call it home.

[D.Storyteller🥹🤍 @dammy_pep]

God, please give me the strength to keep going when it gets hard, and let my story be one of grace and overflow.

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@enikonko 🫂❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@Mothers_Grace @enikonko No be small thing😅

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@TolaNube @lmun_ng My girl😍Well done baby❤️

[P🦋 @palimotloung]

I’m very big on this

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@MasterTope_ 😂😂

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

First time using Air peace two weeks ago, flight was delayed for 2 hrs, I was like not bad. Coming back the next day, it was delayed from 2pm till 1am. We got to Lagos by 2am and I got home by 3am, my parents could not believe it.

For your peace of mind, avoid Air peace.

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

I am here live.

People are actually losing their minds here.

Totally disorganized people

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@MasterTope_ Lmao😂❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

God did💃💃💃

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@enikonko Thanks baby girl❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@enikonko Alhaja ti o common😊❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@enikonko Thanks for always baby girl❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

The friend that won’t pick your call, then call you back and still recharge your phone so you have enough airtime @enikonko ❤️❤️❤️

[THE KINE 🌕🖤 @asher_kine]

who are you gonna call?? 😅 ⬇️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@_archangel69 Thanks my guy😊

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@millyrozay_ Thanks Chief😊

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

Welcome to Chapter 25 baby🎊🎉
My God has been more than faithful and still is, I am forever grateful🙏
Looking forward to many more amazing years🥂❤️

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@Mothers_Grace See whining😂

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@__Iyebiye Thank you🥰

[Oluwatosin Babalola @laso_babs]

@Khunley13 Thank you😊