Exactly four years ago, I got up very early. Feng and I got in the car still half asleep. It was a big day for me: I was crossing the border to the U.S.A only to come back to Canada a few minutes later, to validate my permanent resident visa and to become a landed immigrant.
I’ve Just Landed My Very First Office Job
I have my own office. An office with a door, a desk, a computer, a phone, a whiteboard and drawers.
No Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom
I was almost late for my first class.
I had left home on time but I was lost in the huge campus and none of the students I stopped to ask for directions seemed to know the location of my building. I eventually found it, a couple of minutes before my class was due to start.
The Campus Theory
I developed a new theory.
Canada is a capitalist developed country, with plenty of goods available, a reasonably efficient and non-corrupt administration and businesses are quite customers-oriented. However, all this change the minute you step foot on the university campus.
From Teacher To Student
I kept my promise: I wanted some changes in my life and I have slowly been working on that.
I had decided to attend university again. What can I say, I like studying.
But of course, it wasn’t that simple…
Inukshuks On The Ottawa River
Remic Rapids, on the Ottawa River, is home to an original artistic project: the “art of balance”, by local artist John Ceprano.
Every year, John creates beautiful sculptures, placing stones one of top of the other. They are similar to the traditional Inuit symbols: the inukshuks. And every year, as the water rises and winter begins, the ice naturally dismantles the art.