How settled are you really in Canada?
Dec 30th 2008, 12:33 am
#47
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Being settled is a bit like a relationship:
Canada is different from Britain, so looking here for what was in Britain can be frustrating. - Seen this with a few expats
There's no class here: and you can read that both ways, and one of them would be wrong. There are many people with lots of class here, but they are not defined by their geneology, school tie or accent.- erm same as above
You can reinvent yourself here, as many Brits have: Grey Owl, David Thompson, Robert Service.
And Canada is a great country: it's not just Mounties, Maple Syrup and hockey.
BTW go to a hockey game. Take a chance, you might like it! Or not, doesn't really matter. What matters is that you try. - yeah we did monster trucks..wow was that different, BUT fun
My point is that coming to Canada is not like coming to a restaurant where you can complain about what's missing. It's like a pot-luck. And many times you "eat what you brung" while trying out perogies, ginger beef, andfood from other countries.
Canada is different from Britain, so looking here for what was in Britain can be frustrating. - Seen this with a few expats
There's no class here: and you can read that both ways, and one of them would be wrong. There are many people with lots of class here, but they are not defined by their geneology, school tie or accent.- erm same as above
You can reinvent yourself here, as many Brits have: Grey Owl, David Thompson, Robert Service.
And Canada is a great country: it's not just Mounties, Maple Syrup and hockey.
BTW go to a hockey game. Take a chance, you might like it! Or not, doesn't really matter. What matters is that you try. - yeah we did monster trucks..wow was that different, BUT fun
My point is that coming to Canada is not like coming to a restaurant where you can complain about what's missing. It's like a pot-luck. And many times you "eat what you brung" while trying out perogies, ginger beef, andfood from other countries.
What is the point in moving to a different country and not change the way that you are, for us we have acouple of english friends and the rest of my friends are canadian.
I am only into a few months of our journey, but the people i have around me has helped me settle and those are the ones that will come into 2009 with us, cant deal with the english way sometimes and love the good karma that lots of canadians do..................
If you are doing the move and expect another england forget it, stuff is not the same and get used to it, would i move back to the uk, NO thanks
I am getting used to the snow slowly, even snow shovelling and getting about car skating.......
if you want the move you will be fine, if its not for you then return to the uk, nothing gained, nothing lost (apart from cash
)Good luck on your journey
Dec 30th 2008, 12:43 am
#48
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Having lived in various places, I wanted to ask other members how settled they really felt, once reasonably established in Canada.
Of course it is all subjective; but how did you know you really felt really settled?
What would be your own personal definition of feeling truly 'at home?'
Or, do you consider that in uprooting your family and moving away permanently, never really feeling settled, the price you pay?
Having emigrated once before, and contemplating a second-attempt, ultimately the 'end' feeling is what I imagine most migrants (myself included), would aspire to. I'd love to hear other people's experiences and look forward to any responses.
Of course it is all subjective; but how did you know you really felt really settled?
What would be your own personal definition of feeling truly 'at home?'
Or, do you consider that in uprooting your family and moving away permanently, never really feeling settled, the price you pay?
Having emigrated once before, and contemplating a second-attempt, ultimately the 'end' feeling is what I imagine most migrants (myself included), would aspire to. I'd love to hear other people's experiences and look forward to any responses.
I do worry a little about my OH as it is my family here and in effect he has no friends in Canada, but he saw very little of his friends in the UK and is very much 'got too much to do' to go out and live life!!!
Dec 30th 2008, 12:53 am
#52
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
We can all paint like Piccasso right? We can all distort faces and paint them blue so why aren''t my kids pics selling for a million bucks.
The Group of Seven had a way of seeing the landscape that is hard to duplicate. Same with Emily Carr or Thompson in the Arctic.
Dec 30th 2008, 12:55 am
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
That's a bit backhanded!
We can all paint like Piccasso right? We can all distort faces and paint them blue so why aren''t my kids pics selling for a million bucks.
The Group of Seven had a way of seeing the landscape that is hard to duplicate. Same with Emily Carr or Thompson in the Arctic.
We can all paint like Piccasso right? We can all distort faces and paint them blue so why aren''t my kids pics selling for a million bucks.
The Group of Seven had a way of seeing the landscape that is hard to duplicate. Same with Emily Carr or Thompson in the Arctic.
Dec 30th 2008, 1:02 am
#54
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
That's a bit backhanded!
We can all paint like Piccasso right? We can all distort faces and paint them blue so why aren''t my kids pics selling for a million bucks.
The Group of Seven had a way of seeing the landscape that is hard to duplicate. Same with Emily Carr or Thompson in the Arctic.
We can all paint like Piccasso right? We can all distort faces and paint them blue so why aren''t my kids pics selling for a million bucks.
The Group of Seven had a way of seeing the landscape that is hard to duplicate. Same with Emily Carr or Thompson in the Arctic.
Dec 30th 2008, 2:31 am
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Post a pic and we can find out!
Dec 30th 2008, 1:00 pm
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Great post, I think you've summed it up perfectly.
Dec 30th 2008, 1:49 pm
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Home has always been wherever I was living. When I lived in a flat on the other side of the city to my parents, people would ask me if I was going home for xmas and I'd answer that I was going to visit my parents and then be home after a couple of days.
So I'm just living in a different place, having met a Canadian woman and moving over after marrying.
So I'm just living in a different place, having met a Canadian woman and moving over after marrying.
I moved over before marrying though.
I prefer a 4-1-2-1-2 with 2CB, L+RB, DM, L+RM, AM & 2S. maybe switch 1 of the strikers for another AM if required.
Dec 30th 2008, 10:53 pm
#58
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
I for one must say that i felt at home the day i stepped off the plane in Calgary. I promised myself, new life new me and i have stuck to that. It has been a fairly rocky road this last year but no more than i would have had in the UK i am sure, with one thing or another. I have seen some of the English come here with their usual English attitude and bringing the old lifestyle as well, i think that is so sad.
I love how the Canadians are with everyone......the guys at OH work are now starting to get the hang of our humour, it can be funny to watch as things go over their heads. They have also had a good laugh at us and the way we say things, to the point where OH supervisor walks around saying "bloody hell" in a dead funny, he thinks English, accent. I love the fact that nobody judges and cares who you were, just who you are now. I love the fact everyone speaks and nothing is too much trouble, and my god......how polite!!!! WOW!!!!
I do have a few close English friends who have been a total rock for me, and they are the ones who will always be in my life no matter what happens in the future.
I feel moving to another country is a growing and learning experience, and it should be embraced to the fullest, if that is not on your agenda, maybe it is better not to make the move at all.
I love how the Canadians are with everyone......the guys at OH work are now starting to get the hang of our humour, it can be funny to watch as things go over their heads. They have also had a good laugh at us and the way we say things, to the point where OH supervisor walks around saying "bloody hell" in a dead funny, he thinks English, accent. I love the fact that nobody judges and cares who you were, just who you are now. I love the fact everyone speaks and nothing is too much trouble, and my god......how polite!!!! WOW!!!!
I do have a few close English friends who have been a total rock for me, and they are the ones who will always be in my life no matter what happens in the future.
I feel moving to another country is a growing and learning experience, and it should be embraced to the fullest, if that is not on your agenda, maybe it is better not to make the move at all.
Dec 30th 2008, 11:01 pm
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Re: How settled are you really in Canada?
Settled, love it and DH says he is never going back to the UK except for his parents funerals when the time comes which hopefully will not be for many years