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Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:51am On Aug 03, 2023
God has finally done it for me grin. 3 years worth of work came to fruition and I was able to japa to Chile tongue tongue tongue. Sharing some pics from my trip and my everyday life on this thread. This is for those who think that south america is hell. Theres a lot of amazing countries in the world. You need to research and figure out what works for you. My flight was from Lagos to doha to Brazil and then finally to Chile. I didn't really start taking any pics until I got into Chile. I am sure you can find thousands of pictures about Brazil, Qatar or Lagos online but hardly anyone has posted anything about Chile.

The first pic is me In the plane crossing the Andes mountains. The light in the distance is the city of santiago.

Second is the airport in concepcion.

Third is my Uber ride from the airport to my Airbnb

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:53am On Aug 03, 2023
Airport in Chile. Men I was shocked by the neatness. I have been to Italy and las Palmas and honestly their airports don't come close to how neat Chile is. It's fucking crazy

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:55am On Aug 03, 2023
Went out to get my sim card today and everywhere Is so neat and clean even the market is so neat. No papers or anything anywhere.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Ayinke93(f): 12:56am On Aug 03, 2023
The eagle has finally landed. Congrats. I think it'll be nice to give details about how to move to Chile. Help us all get out of this shithole grin grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:57am On Aug 03, 2023
Ayinke93:
The eagle has finally landed. Congrats. I think it'll be nice to give details about how to move to Chile. Help us all get out of this shithole grin grin grin

It depends on demand. I am ready to help o cause the visa process na die cheesy cheesy cheesy

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Regex: 12:58am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
God has finally done it for me grin. 3 years worth of work came to fruition and I was able to japa to Chile tongue tongue tongue. Sharing some pics from my trip and my everyday life on this thread. This is for those who think that south america is hell. Theres a lot of amazing countries in the world. You need to research and figure out what works for you. My flight was from Lagos to doha to Brazil and then finally to Chile. I didn't really start taking any pics until I got into Chile. I am sure you can find thousands of pictures about Brazil, Qatar or Lagos online but hardly anyone has posted anything about Chile.

The first pic is me In the plane crossing the Andes mountains. The light in the distance is the city of santiago.

Second is the airport in concepcion.

Third is my Uber ride from the airport to my Airbnb


Congratulations mibro!

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:59am On Aug 03, 2023
Internet infrastructure in Chile is very developed. Honestly if not for making calls you can live without getting a sim card. There's literally internet everywhere. From the airport to taxis to trains to buses to restaurants. Just putting up your wifi on any streets brings like 3 free wifi networks and this isn't even the capital city. The capital is Santiago and that's like 7 hours from here. Internet here is also very very fast. Screenshot is from the wifi at the Airbnb I am staying at

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:59am On Aug 03, 2023
Internet infrastructure in Chile is very developed. Honestly if not for making calls you can live without getting a sim card. There's literally internet everywhere. From the airport to taxis to trains to buses to restaurants. Just putting up your wifi on any streets brings like 3 free wifi networks and this isn't even the capital city. The capital is Santiago and that's like 7 hours from here. Internet here is also very very fast. Screenshot is from the wifi at the Airbnb I am staying at.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by nomolos92: 1:15am On Aug 03, 2023
Are you there for a visit, work or school?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 1:17am On Aug 03, 2023
nomolos92:
Are you there for a visit, work or school?
School

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 1:45am On Aug 03, 2023
Night time from my apartment

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 2:29am On Aug 03, 2023
Congratulations brotherly! This is nice. Omo, see country! 😍

Na to start to dey practice wetin you learn from duo lingo remain.

It's too sad that nobody writes about South America here and nobody cares, I don't know if it's the language barrier or something else.

For instance, people don't know studying in Brazil is free from kg to PhD, free Healthcare and free feeding cheesy, and they also started an exchange program that offers scholarship literally giving you stipends to study there.

Everyone just wan go UK and Europe with their N2m.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Esiman(m): 2:31am On Aug 03, 2023
Congratulations, boss. Greater heights to you.
tensazangetsu20:
God has finally done it for me grin. 3 years worth of work came to fruition and I was able to japa to Chile tongue tongue tongue. Sharing some pics from my trip and my everyday life on this thread. This is for those who think that south america is hell. Theres a lot of amazing countries in the world. You need to research and figure out what works for you. My flight was from Lagos to doha to Brazil and then finally to Chile. I didn't really start taking any pics until I got into Chile. I am sure you can find thousands of pictures about Brazil, Qatar or Lagos online but hardly anyone has posted anything about Chile.

The first pic is me In the plane crossing the Andes mountains. The light in the distance is the city of santiago.

Second is the airport in concepcion.

Third is my Uber ride from the airport to my Airbnb

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 2:41am On Aug 03, 2023
Karleb:
Congratulations brotherly! This is nice. Omo, see country! 😍

Na to start to dey practice wetin you learn from duo lingo remain.

It's too sad that nobody writes about South America here and nobody cares, I don't know if it's the language barrier or something else.

For instance, people don't know studying in Brazil is free from kg to PhD, free Healthcare and free feeding cheesy, and they also started an exchange program that offers scholarship literally giving you stipends to study there.

Everyone just wan go UK and Europe with their N2m.

I was in Brazil yesterday and Brazil is a very amazing country. Studying in Brazil is completely free and there's a Brazilian university in the top 100 in the world the university of Sao Paulo. If you are in tech, Brazil is a major tech hub. All major large tech firms from Google down to Salesforce have a large engineering presence in Brazil. South america is also very easy to get papers after studies compared to Europe except Finland before they changed it sha.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 2:50am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


I was in Brazil yesterday and Brazil is a very amazing country. Studying in Brazil is completely free and there's a Brazilian university in the top 100 in the world the university of Sao Paulo. If you are in tech, Brazil is a major tech hub. All major large tech firms from Google down to Salesforce have a large engineering presence in Brazil. South america is also very easy to get papers after studies compared to Europe except Finland before they changed it sha.

Imagine.

I want to ask, how important was the certification from the language school concerning your travel?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 2:52am On Aug 03, 2023
Karleb:


Imagine.

I want to ask, how important was the certification from the language school concerning your travel?

It was important o. They will ask for proof of Spanish proficiency. In Chile absolutely no one speaks English and I mean it. Without Spanish you will be stranded. Brazil asks for celpe bras. Another thing is that schools will conduct interviews before admissions and the interviews will be in Spanish. I will advise anyone to come to south america aside Venezuela and Bolivia. The other countries here are very okay and it's easy to move from south america to the US, Canada or Europe due to the strength of the passports. Even upcoming countries like Colombia and Peru, their citizens are exempt from LMIA in Canada and both passports can be gotten in 4 years. Some people have been doing express entry since 2019 and nothing commot. If they enter Peru that 2019 they don get citizenship this year.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 3:00am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


It was important o. They will ask for proof of Spanish proficiency. In Chile absolutely no one speaks English and I mean it. Without Spanish you will be stranded. Brazil asks for celpe bras

Where did you get your certification?

Besides, was the language school good abi they were just collecting more money to dish out certificates?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 3:03am On Aug 03, 2023
Karleb:


Where did you get your certification?

Besides, was the language school good abi they were just collecting more money to dish out certificates?


I will rate the language school like 4 on 10. I went to lextorah. It's popular in Lagos. You will need to do more work on your own. I started watching Chilean tv shows. I started reading Spanish books. I also did Duolingo everyday. The only thing I didn't do was speaking cause no one to speak Spanish to in naija but I am speaking here and I understand what people say.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 3:13am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


I will rate the language school like 4 on 10. I went to lextorah. It's popular in Lagos. You will need to do more work on your own. I started watching Chilean tv shows. I started reading Spanish books. I also did Duolingo everyday. The only thing I didn't do was speaking cause no one to speak Spanish to in naija but I am speaking here and I understand what people say.

And this people collect a lot for the certificate from what I heard. Imagine.

Was it important to them that your oral Spanish wasn't too fluent during the interview?

Also, how long did it take you to learn the language? What advice would you give on how to learn the language?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 3:15am On Aug 03, 2023
Karleb:


And this people collect a lot for the certificate from what I heard. Imagine.

Was it important to them that your oral Spanish wasn't too fluent during the interview?

Also, how long did it take you to learn the language? What advice would you give on how to learn the language?

The thing with Spanish speakers is that when they see you speaking and they notice it's not your first language they are very forgiving and they tend to use simpler phrases and speak much slower and repeat phrases if need be to get the message across to you. It wasn't that bad. I will say one year is okay.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by horlahsunbo225(m): 3:17am On Aug 03, 2023
Congrats bro, face your study and make us proud.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 3:30am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


The thing with Spanish speakers is that when they see you speaking and they notice it's not your first language they are very forgiving and they tend to use simpler phrases and speak much slower and repeat phrases if need be to get the message across to you. It wasn't that bad. I will say one year is okay.

Congratulations once again brother! cool

Like someone said up there, face your studies and make us proud. cheesy

If I get other questions, I go post am here.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Nemesis0147(m): 3:39am On Aug 03, 2023
God when 🥹
When will thy son of man leave this shithole🥹

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Purvan(m): 4:50am On Aug 03, 2023
Nemesis0147:
God when 🥹
When will thy son of man leave this shithole🥹

Are you ready to learn a new language??😁

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 5:01am On Aug 03, 2023
Nemesis0147:
God when 🥹
When will thy son of man leave this shithole🥹

You no wan enjoy tinubu small? undecided

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by EducatedMind369: 5:17am On Aug 03, 2023
Congratulations.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 5:22am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


The thing with Spanish speakers is that when they see you speaking and they notice it's not your first language they are very forgiving and they tend to use simpler phrases and speak much slower and repeat phrases if need be to get the message across to you. It wasn't that bad. I will say one year is okay.

Did you take your flight from Nigeria?

Considering how expensive flight is in Nigeria, is it advisable to go from say, Ghana? Is it even possible?

I'm guessing you are doing Computer Science?

If yes, did you have any challenge gaining admission to study it since you didn't do computer science in your bsc?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Dedewizzy(m): 5:32am On Aug 03, 2023
Congratulations bro..

tensazangetsu20:
God has finally done it for me grin. 3 years worth of work came to fruition and I was able to japa to Chile tongue tongue tongue. Sharing some pics from my trip and my everyday life on this thread. This is for those who think that south america is hell. Theres a lot of amazing countries in the world. You need to research and figure out what works for you. My flight was from Lagos to doha to Brazil and then finally to Chile. I didn't really start taking any pics until I got into Chile. I am sure you can find thousands of pictures about Brazil, Qatar or Lagos online but hardly anyone has posted anything about Chile.

The first pic is me In the plane crossing the Andes mountains. The light in the distance is the city of santiago.

Second is the airport in concepcion.

Third is my Uber ride from the airport to my Airbnb

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 6:18am On Aug 03, 2023
As your loyal deputy in immigration affairs, make I buy land.

Congratulations bro! Your detractors never succeeded. I am sure they are now in sifia pains. grin grin grin grin


All your enemies, die, die, die, die!!!!!




Bants aside, OP has been consistent and persistent in this journey. He did his research really hard and persevered. He applied delayed gratification, saved, curtailed lifestyle inflation etc. He prepared for the worst while in Nigeria because one never loses betting against Nigeria. He deserves it, and I am extremely happy for him.

He has succeeded, and together, we would run things. Expect to see us partying in Brazil, Barbados, Bahamas, Chile, Panama etc.

We would paint Nairaland redddddddddddd grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 6:20am On Aug 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
Went out to get my sim card today and everywhere Is so neat and clean even the market is so neat. No papers or anything anywhere.

This is not the capital o.

Chai! The white man spread his seeds almost everywhere, and in those places he is dominant, they are prosperous. The White man has issues, especially with black people. But he has done well to build successful and functioning societies for his offspring to live

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 6:46am On Aug 03, 2023
@Gerrard59

You are in South America?

Always thought you were in asia or so?

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by 22o62021: 8:01am On Aug 03, 2023
Money is still important in everything

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