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 10 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 whole immigration process to Canada, tips, newcomer’s first steps… Come on enjoy the Maple Leaf country !
• 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 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… and more to come I´m sure!
• On The Road : “I traveled the world and the seven seas…“. This sections is subdivided in several trips, such as “Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys” (France), “Beijing 2008” (Olympic Games in Beijing)…  In Próxima Estación - Esperanza, follow us in Central and South America!
  
• 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…
• Moods: moody drawings.
• En Français: quelques articles en français, principalement reliés au processus d’immigration au Canada (étapes, délais…) et à la politique française.
• 中文： 對！我會說漢語！我學漢語學了十二年了…

I also publish series every Saturday (ten posts in total). So far, there is:

• Canadian-ism (s): what defines Canada? I’m starting a series on our icons, from people to places, from everyday life’s items to sports, from trademarks to customs. Don’t expect anything too deep: this is Canada the way I see it. I don’t bring answers. I just want to share, and I will with you every Saturday — enjoy!

• 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 basics you need to settle in Canada!

• Americana: a series that explores various aspects of life in North America.
  

• How To… Immigrate To Canada: in this series, I detail 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!
  

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.

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Hope you have as much fun reading this blog as I have writing it !

Zhu - 珠