Comments on: Citizenship Exam Day In Ottawa

By: Zhu

Zhu — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:41:47 +0000

@Max Coutinho – Thank you Max for you nice wishes! I kind of agree with you… as much as I can understand some people who want a Canadian passport, if you are not living there, what’s the point?

By: Max Coutinho

Max Coutinho — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:15:06 +0000

Hey Zhu,

No, girl…you are not boring: you are an organised person, that’s all !

I agree with the Canadian Government cause many people take the citizenship of Western Countries and then do not live there…and if they don’t, they won’t pay taxes (in its million forms); they won’t discount for social security; so what’s the point of having the citizenship? To avoid asking for visas? Well, it doesn’t work that way any longer…

Darling, bonne chance ! I am sure you will pass and be invited to the ceremony *hug*!

I’m rooting for you!

Cheers

By: Zhu

Zhu — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:18:00 +0000

@Bluefish – Yes, for Nunavut, it’s April 1st, 1999. And Newfoundland was the last province to join the Confederation, in 1949

@Beth – As the French say, “don’t sell the bear’s skin before you kill it” But I certainly do hope to be Canadian this year!

@Mauro – Thank you so much, it’s really sweet of you! I take good luck wishes, they are always useful

@Baoru – 谢谢！

@beaverboosh – French and Canadian, Canadian and French… Yep.

@Agnes – Thanks…eh!

@Final_Transit – Thank you! I picked up the award now (sorry, my mind was elsewhere this week!), it’s in my “fame” page.

@Soleil – It is important to me, hence the preparation… Can’t wait to the oath either!

@Shantanu – Thank you!

@Seraphine – I feel exactly the same about multiple choice questions! I hate them always think there is a fifth answer, or that none of the answer truly fits

We don’t have MCQ in Europe, we write essays for everything.

@Aiglee – Thank you! Yes, it will be your turn soon enough too…

@Linguist-in-Waiting – Thanks! I hope so do *crossing fingers*

By: Linguist-in-Waiting

Linguist-in-Waiting — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:19:52 +0000

I hope you get it! I am sure you will do well.

By: Aiglee

Aiglee — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:33:42 +0000

Congratulations Zhu!! I’m sure you did great, but either way Good Luck! And thanks for the explanation, I didn’t know the details ^^

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:21:18 +0000

eek. i was the 13th response. so i’m making a 14th response too, because 13 is bad luck.
you’d think on a 20-question test, they’d at least leave off question 13, like the middle square in bingo…

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:19:01 +0000

i wish you all the luck, zhu. but i have a feeling you don’t need luck, because you prepared and you engineered your own fate. maybe i should wish canada luck instead?
ah, yes, the trick questions. they annoy me. they don’t measure whether you know a subject. they don’t measure your familiariy and knowledge. they measure whether or not you are paying attention.
an i hate that, because i never do. it’s like those questions where they ask if an airplane crashed exactly on the border between the united states and canada, where do they bury the survivors? of course, i’ll sit there for twenty minutes wondering if the ground is too frozen in canada to permit burial…

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:23:51 +0000

Good luck with the citizenship!

By: Soleil

Soleil — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:05:59 +0000

Good luck! Sounds like you were well prepared. Can’t wait to read all about the citizenship ceremony!

By: Final_Transit

Final_Transit — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:32:39 +0000

Hi Zhu,
I’m sure you’ve done well. Congratulations in advance!
btw, did u forget to pickup your award from my chinatown post?