When you go to places that you’re unfamiliar with?
Have you ever experience traveling first time? Well how do you feel?
I was 18 years old when I begun my first travel out of my country Philippines. My aunt who lived in Nigeria with her husband and two kids offered their living accommodation to me, well the plan is I will work to earn more than I could get from home. I’m excited.
I’m kind of person who likes challenges and working in a foreign country could be the biggest one. So I prepared myself for it.
But even you are so determined to leave your love ones and go thousand miles away, loneliness prevails. It took me two months to adjust my feelings from loneliness to self-pity to depression to get use to my situation.
Rewind
I’m happy living in the Philippines with my family and friends. I’m very skilled and I worked with different kinds of industry, from food to factory to marketing. I love my mom and younger sister so much that I dream all good things for them.
My love to them leads me to travel to Nigeria.
Fast Forward
Nigeria is the country located in West Africa; it’s a neighborhood of Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana.
It’s the third country (my own thought) that produce oil and with the biggest contribution in oil industry.
This country welcome investor from all over the world, majority is USA, China, and India.
I arrived at Port Harcourt International Airport, a place that can accommodate very few international flights. KLM and Air France fly to and fro from this airport. Approaching the airport! I was scared! In fact it’s a mixed emotion. I don’t know is it excitement, loneliness, curious, happy, challenge all emotion. If I can post all emoticons here I’ll do it.
Up coming!
After 7 years of stay, I’m very comfortable living here despite of security risk I will never leave Nigeria. This is the place where I earn good living for my family back home. This is the place where I learn to do not under estimate yourself as the competition is high and you’ll have to make every effort just to be competitive in your industry. Lastly, this is where I learned the true meaning of humanity, where you must treat everyone, white or black equal.
Have you ever experience traveling first time? Well how do you feel?
I was 18 years old when I begun my first travel out of my country Philippines. My aunt who lived in Nigeria with her husband and two kids offered their living accommodation to me, well the plan is I will work to earn more than I could get from home. I’m excited.
I’m kind of person who likes challenges and working in a foreign country could be the biggest one. So I prepared myself for it.
But even you are so determined to leave your love ones and go thousand miles away, loneliness prevails. It took me two months to adjust my feelings from loneliness to self-pity to depression to get use to my situation.
Rewind
I’m happy living in the Philippines with my family and friends. I’m very skilled and I worked with different kinds of industry, from food to factory to marketing. I love my mom and younger sister so much that I dream all good things for them.
My love to them leads me to travel to Nigeria.
Fast Forward
Nigeria is the country located in West Africa; it’s a neighborhood of Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana.
It’s the third country (my own thought) that produce oil and with the biggest contribution in oil industry.
This country welcome investor from all over the world, majority is USA, China, and India.
I arrived at Port Harcourt International Airport, a place that can accommodate very few international flights. KLM and Air France fly to and fro from this airport. Approaching the airport! I was scared! In fact it’s a mixed emotion. I don’t know is it excitement, loneliness, curious, happy, challenge all emotion. If I can post all emoticons here I’ll do it.
Up coming!
After 7 years of stay, I’m very comfortable living here despite of security risk I will never leave Nigeria. This is the place where I earn good living for my family back home. This is the place where I learn to do not under estimate yourself as the competition is high and you’ll have to make every effort just to be competitive in your industry. Lastly, this is where I learned the true meaning of humanity, where you must treat everyone, white or black equal.
Nobody’s above somebody.
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