Along The Canal
Fall is beautiful in Canada. The weather is still very nice here in Ontario and leaves are either yellow or red. The sky is blue and I still haven’t used my credit card to scrap the ice from the windshield in the morning.
How To Survive Your First Year In Canada (8/10)
Your first year in Canada will most likely be one of the most interesting year in your life. You made it, after all! Yet, adapting to a new culture and to a new country takes patience and time. Here are my tips to survive your first year in Canada.
Please No Smiling
I’m applying for Canadian citizenship. Finally. I meet all the requirements: I have been in Canada for a minimum of two years and I lived there for at least 1,095 days for the last three years. I haven’t been charged or convicted of anything. I speak French and English. I’m that close to be Canadian… minus the one-year citizenship application’s processing time.
The Pink Lake
The surface of the waters are a deep green due to the abundance of algae in the water… or a deep blue, depending on the light. The two kilometers walk around the lake offers a great view on the forest and the waters.
How To Find A Job In Canada (7/10)
As a newcomer in Canada, you will probably need to get a job as soon as you can: settling in a new country is expensive. But going job-hunting can be an intimidating task. Here are a few tips to help you find a job in Canada.
Beijing Memo
To finish this Beijing 2008 series, I’d like to give you a few tips for your next trip to China’s capital.
The Silk Market Experience (北京的秀水街)
Once you enter the underground Silk Market at the Yonganli subway station, some 1,700 retail vendors and over 3,000 salespeople are waiting for you, the 白鬼子 (our nickname, we are the “white ghosts”). And as we walk through the narrow alleys, we are nicely asked to part with our Yuan.
Beijing By Night
Between 10pm and 5am, the city is alive and thriving. Night markets, busy streets, lights everywhere — life doesn’t stop in Beijing.
A Chinese Massage Story
I was introduced to massage by my former boss in Hong Kong, Ning. Now don’t imagine inappropriate work incentives: Ning may have paid me a ridiculous wage and asked me to work on weekends too often, but he wasn’t this kind of man.
The World Through My Eyes
