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Originally Posted by seacreature
I used to live on Hyde Road. It was a very long time ago though. :)
I lived in Hull and Leeds after that. |
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Originally Posted by snowqueen
FWIW Seacreature, after all the pasting you have had on this forum in past months about your opinions on Canada (which you are entitled to by the way, even if not everyone agrees with you) I think it's very brave of you to come on this forum again and admit that perhaps your heart wasn't in it from the start. I hope it all works out for you back home.
Good luck SC. And remember that you were brave enough to try a different life. Rich. |
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Originally Posted by willmore
Bye bud - dont let the door hit your arse on the way out!
seacreature has been very honest, i wish you well back home, it takes guts to give it a go. I hope everything works out for you SC. annie |
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Good luck in your journey home Seacreature. I have followed your experiences on the forums. Sorry it didn't work out for you.
All the best :beer: |
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Glad you finally made the decision to move back to the U.K. - from your posts it was clear to see you were in quite a bit of distress about your life in Canada - hopefully things will be a lot brighter for you from now.
Give us an update when you get back! Take care Seacreature!!! |
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Hi seacreature , good luck in your adventures . I wish you all the best .
I am wondering though , I was under the impression you were very happy in Nova scotia and were perhaps aiming to return there ? Is it mainly employment ( or lack of ) or just Canada in general ? Best regards Phil |
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Will you be home for your birthday???
Good luck with everything. Linda :beer: |
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Originally Posted by seacreature
Hello everyone!
I hope you're all well! As you may know, moving to Canada has not gone very well for me for many reasons, not least problems finding suitable employment. Anyway, I have now booked my flight home and will be back in Manchester in just over 6 weeks. Fortunately I have a job waiting for me and we should be able to start to quickly rebuild our lives again in England. Deep down, I know why my relocation to North America has failed, it was basically because I didn't really want to be here, my heart wasn't in it. I tend to think those that succeed will ultimately overcome any problems with jobs and Canadian experience and make it work, simply because unlike me, they want to be here. My commitment to Canada has generally been weak at the best of times. I became deeply homesick rapidly and never endeared myself to Canadian 'culture' or even Canadians themselves. I found it very hard to get along with people here and the few lasting friendships I have made have mainly been with other immigrants, many of whom have been in a similar situation to myself. I hope that others will find some solace in this message and realise that you CAN make it in Canada. You just really have to want to make it work and most of all, you really have to want to be here. :) |
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Originally Posted by bmido
I've only been in Canada for 10 months now - just got AIP. Before I decided to come here, I know I have option to go back & live at my home country. I keep that option open all the time. I wish you best of luck & have a safe trip home!
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I'm kinda jealous Seacreature. I'm so tempted to head back home (I really want to) but I think instead that maybe we'll be heading further west to find our fame and fortune here in Canada. Haven't found it so far! Best wishes for your move back.
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Good luck SC, we have had our fair share of disagreements over the past 12 months but i wish you well.
Originally Posted by seacreature
Hello everyone!
I hope you're all well! As you may know, moving to Canada has not gone very well for me for many reasons, not least problems finding suitable employment. Anyway, I have now booked my flight home and will be back in Manchester in just over 6 weeks. Fortunately I have a job waiting for me and we should be able to start to quickly rebuild our lives again in England. Deep down, I know why my relocation to North America has failed, it was basically because I didn't really want to be here, my heart wasn't in it. I tend to think those that succeed will ultimately overcome any problems with jobs and Canadian experience and make it work, simply because unlike me, they want to be here. My commitment to Canada has generally been weak at the best of times. I became deeply homesick rapidly and never endeared myself to Canadian 'culture' or even Canadians themselves. I found it very hard to get along with people here and the few lasting friendships I have made have mainly been with other immigrants, many of whom have been in a similar situation to myself. I hope that others will find some solace in this message and realise that you CAN make it in Canada. You just really have to want to make it work and most of all, you really have to want to be here. :) |
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You tried.....you saw.....and it wasn't for you !!!
Home is where the heart is...good luck SC x |
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Good luck Seacreature (love that name!). It's great that you have a job to go back to. It's better to have tried and decided it wasn't for you than never to have tried at all :) .
Thanks for your honesty during your time in Canada - I could relate to a lot of what you said and I'm sure others could too - especially in their first few months of being here. Canadian culture takes a lot of getting used to. At least you know from experience which country suits you better. Take care, Chris |
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Originally Posted by seacreature
Hello everyone!
I hope you're all well! As you may know, moving to Canada has not gone very well for me for many reasons, not least problems finding suitable employment. Anyway, I have now booked my flight home and will be back in Manchester in just over 6 weeks. Fortunately I have a job waiting for me and we should be able to start to quickly rebuild our lives again in England. Deep down, I know why my relocation to North America has failed, it was basically because I didn't really want to be here, my heart wasn't in it. I tend to think those that succeed will ultimately overcome any problems with jobs and Canadian experience and make it work, simply because unlike me, they want to be here. My commitment to Canada has generally been weak at the best of times. I became deeply homesick rapidly and never endeared myself to Canadian 'culture' or even Canadians themselves. I found it very hard to get along with people here and the few lasting friendships I have made have mainly been with other immigrants, many of whom have been in a similar situation to myself. I hope that others will find some solace in this message and realise that you CAN make it in Canada. You just really have to want to make it work and most of all, you really have to want to be here. :) I know how you feel. Similar experience. I was there for 3 years until 2 years ago. I could not wait to get back to U.K. I am now here and thankfully I have maneged to piece together a sensible existance including a good job and home.I am not British I had just lived and in U.K prior for some 18 years. The 1st thing that struck me was the air of resignation that came across from... not Canadians but the Brits living there! How they relegated themselves to being voiceless and conatntly "somewhere else".It rang the alarms on what could possibly have "extingusihed" them like that. Canadian culture presented itslef to me as one of people who did not really want to take intrest in anything outside of their homes and their childish leisures. Where I wanted some pride in success or achievment at work I found matter-of-factliness and boredom. I like DIY and yet I could not enjoy it in Canada. Whenever I opened my tool box to fix something I had the urge to competley tear down this "oversize shed" and build a proper house for my family. And work management? "We say No! because we can" kind of thing all the time. Anyway to save me going on... it always struck me how you could start your own National Anthem with a single letter "O"!. Almost as if it had been written to order. It read to me: "We have nothing to say, by the way.. blah blah" Canadians as people I found to be extremely kind, charitable, family minded, and well meaning folk. I always thought I aspired to all that and yet I had a deep sense of not belonging and not even wanting to be there. I could not bring myslef to adopt their sense of esthetics for example. Everyhing among their furniture and house decor seemed disproportional, brash, bold, or just too modern. I suppose it must be from their French influence. Anyway, back in England I hope you like Curries and a pint of Bitter because I did miss these a lot when I was out there. Best of luck in all :beer: your ventures!! :beer: |
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Originally Posted by Gezza
it always struck me how you could start your own National Anthem with a single letter "O"!. Almost as if it had been written to order. It read to me: "We have nothing to say, by the way.. blah blah"
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? I could not bring myslef to adopt their sense of esthetics for example. Everyhing among their furniture and house decor seemed disproportional, brash, bold, or just too modern. I suppose it must be from their French influence. If Canada wasn't for you, I respect that. I was just puzzled by the two observations quoted above. |
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