
Welcome to Correr Es Mi Destino!
I started blogging in 2006 to keep in touch with family and friends back in France. I mostly wanted to post pictures and info about Canada, especially about immigration since I struggled to learn about it myself when I was into the process.
After a couple of posts, I realized I could do much more than that and thus entered the real blogging world. I learned a lot about templates and layout, cursed my computer and Blogger a few thousand times, read other a lot and eventually developed my first Blogger blog. In September 2007, I took another step and moved to self-hosted WordPress.
I named my blog “Correr Es Mi Destino” after a Manu Chao song: “Clandestino”:
¡ Solo voy con mi pena !
¡ Sola va mi condena !
Correr es mi destino,
Para burlar la ley.
I’ve always loved this song and often listened to it when I was on the road, lost in Latin America.
Correr Es Mi Destino is divided into 9 categories:
- Canadian Life: Anything related to my new life under the snow. From bitching about the weather to hockey games and the Stanley Cup, from culture shock to shocking culture, from old Europe to the New Continent, whatever is in my immigrant’s mind.
- Immigration: The entire immigration process to Canada, tips, newcomer’s first steps…
- Trends: Sometimes, I read the paper and I just don’t get it. Why ? WHY ??? And don’t tell me I’m overreacting, I’m a former anarchist-communist turned regular left-wing.
- Snapshots: Pictures of Canada, a country seen through my eyes. Also travel photography: France, China, Finland, Panamá, Costa Rica, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the U.S.A… and more to come I´m sure!
- On The Road: “I traveled the world and the seven seas…” This sections is subdivided into several distinct trips, including Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys, French Escape and French Summer (France), “Beijing 2008″ (Olympic Games in Beijing)… In Próxima Estación — Esperanza, follow us in Central and South America. In Down Under, come over to Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand! In La Ruta Maya, explore Southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras!
- Working Girl: I’m a young office worker and the world is mine. Well, most of time. The rest of time, I just bitch about work, like everyone else.
- Just Bloggin’: blog fun, memes, interviews…
I also publish series every Saturday (ten posts in total). So far, there is:
- Canadian-ism (s): What defines Canada? This is a series on our icons, from people to places, from everyday life’s items to sports, from trademarks to customs.
- How To Blog: Covering the basic of blogging (setting up a self-hosted blog, plugins and widgets, monetizing a blog etc.).
- How To… Canada: How to immigrate in Canada, to work temporarily, to open a bank account, to find a job… all the basic information you need to settle in Canada!
- Americana: A series that explores various aspects of life in North America.
- How To… Immigrate To Canada: The different options to immigrate to Canada, how to make sure an application is processed quickly, what happens after you arrive in Canada… A must read for anyone interested in immigrating to Canada!
- How To… Find A Job In Canada: I’m not a job counselor, and I’m not an expert. But I do know how it works in Canada and I’m hoping to pass along some information that may not be obvious to everyone.
- The Canadian List of Ten: Ten weeks, ten posts, ten lists and one hundred new Canadian things for you, from food to language, from city to weather.
- Ten Immigrants, Ten Interviews: I contacted ten immigrants to Canada, who each have their own story, their own reasons to come to Canada, their own point of view on how life is up North in the igloos. They all answered ten questions, bringing a new perspective on immigration.
- Ten Photography Tips: Examining various aspects of photography, with plenty of tips and examples.
- How to Avoid Fraud: Investigating ten common types of fraud and how to recognize scams.
- Ten More Immigrants for Ten More Interviews: They are from Thailand, India, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, France… and they all chose to live in Canada. Interviewing ten new immigrants to Canada.
If you want to learn more about me, visit About Zhu. This blog’s archives are located in Past. You can also look at my pictures (Pics) and read reviews about this blog in Fame.
Some of my pictures are for sale: don’t forget to check out The Shop!
Hope you have as much fun reading this blog as I have writing it !
Zhu — 珠
