When I was 15 years old. My parents decided to move to Canada for my education and a better future . They never confirmed the idea with me. They start looking for a house , high school , plane tickets etc. When they decided to tell me that we are going to move to Canada , everything was already arranged.…
Vancouver is an area that’s forever in my mind. The bright lights of buildings at night, the sound of waves crashing on the sand, and the fog covering the mountain tops. I love the sound of the seagulls singing at the sun, and the roaring sounds of engines on the streets. I love walking down the seashore and finding shells. I also enjoy driving on long road trips watching the mountains getting closer.…
“David, why are you hanging out with the CBCs?” A tough looking Chinese student asked me, furiously. CBC stands for Canadian-born Chinese, a term describing an Asian community that somewhat resists their Chinese identity. On the other hand, the angry Chinese student belonged to the community named “Fobs”- fresh off boat. Fortunately yet, unfortunately, I was the being that was in between of the two groups.…
My family is living in Burnaby as visitors to Canada. My family and I are currently living on Qayqayt’s land because it is important that people recognize where the land belongs to. I have learned about First Nation’s history in Canada and as a visitor, it is essential to respect the land we live on. It is relevant to my practice is that respecting and acknowledging every individual who settles into Canada or other countries is crucial. I have discussed my cultural background and how it serves a purpose as a Child and Youth Care practitioner.…
Independence Patient anticipation Up till now I've been hurry up and waiting At a bus stop in independence licking an ice cream cone I've been kicking I've been scheming This is as close as I've ever been to leaving Five blocks away, a stone's throw from home…
Just a moment before I stepped onto the humongous metal machinery that would soar through the sky, I had doubted myself. “Am I qualified to take this privilege to go to Canada? Or would this be a foolish choice that would impact my life in a bad way?” Now, when I think back, I was quite surprised about how I wasn’t excited about the airplane ride. I guess I was just more “mature” than the other 7 years-olds.…
It was a big challenge for me, two years ago, when I finally realized that the opportunity to leave Nigeria, and move to the United States was real. I was not really enthusiastic about leaving everyone I have loved for the first sixteen years of my life, most especially my grandparents, for me to finally reside with my parents. On the other hand, I was jubilant because it was a chance for me to have a better education, meet new people, learn from somebody who thinks differently from me, and also get to share my ideas with the kind of people who never had the chance to live the kind of life I have lived in the past.…
My family and I moved to the U.S.A. in March of 2012. Although I knew almost nothing about the U.S.A at that time, I’ve managed to absorb American culture and taken it into my life. I became relatively fluent in English that I don’t have any trouble with daily life in here. In summer 2012, I decided to tryout for my school’s Cheerleading team…
I woke up the morning after my wedding, exited to migrate to America. (I believed that this was going to be an amazing experience.) About a mere week later, my husband and Imo moved to America. The main reason for our move, is that my husband works in Microsoft, which, apparently, is located in Seattle. My first year in America was the worst.…
Shifting from Bahrain to Canada was a big cultural shock for me. It changed many of my perspectives and helped me form new ones. Within three years in Canada itself we moved to three different cities. For a year we stayed in Montréal, Québec then we shifted to St. John’s, Newfoundland and finally, we moved to Toronto, Ontario. All these changes have allowed me experience diverse Canadian culture.…
I lived in Canada, Alberta for almost seven years, at my dad's job, United Rentals, instead of firing him or laying him off they transferred our entire family down to Colorado, his work was in Denver and moved into an apartment that was close by my dad's work because at the time nobody has bought our house in Canada yet so my dad wanted to wait until the other house sold before he got a new one. By the time it sold and we found a house that my parents could afford I was between eight and nine years old, we moved into a fairly big house because there was six of us so it is very difficult to live in a small house for the four kids, each of us had our own room and in Canada we shared me and my brother shared one and my two sisters shared one,…
I am petitioning for a retroactive withdrawal from spring semester 2016. During both the fall/2015 and spring/2016 I was asked to move back home to become the primary caretaker of my 92 year old grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Initially the routine was simple, school, work, and my grandmother. During the year while being the primary caretaker of my grandmother I was also working maintaining a twenty hour work schedule, which at the time seemed to work out for both myself and my family. Keeping up with the school work didn’t seem to be an issue until the work load from my course began to pile up, having to commit so much of my time to my grandmother as well as school and work was just too much for myself to keep up with.…
The gleaming sun caressed my squinting face as I glanced up at the magnificent blue sky decorated with white, fluffy clouds that resembled cotton candy. I was outside exploring the vast backyard while barefoot. It was my first morning in the United States. My stepfather, my siblings, and I had arrived seven hours ago from the Philippines to our new home in Rhode Island from the T. F. Green Airport at around midnight. Last night was my first time seeing my mother in a year.…
For the first time ever, I’ll be moving away to a different country. I can't believe I’ll be leaving the country I spent my entire life in. I’ll be leaving my memories, my house, my friends, and everything else I've ever had. The country I spent my entire life in and never been away from it before. Worse than this I have lost the most valuable family members one of my daughter and my wife.…
There are so pretty and comfortable. Then I went to Yosemite national park with my friends we have seen the snow-capped mountains and heard the bear called. I was thinking it was amazing and crazing. When I was afraid of the bear called my friends laughed to myself. Finally, my mother came to America in…