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LOL, For months i have wanted to post on here and now i have my chance!! :thumbsup: Yes it`s only been a week but i could`nt wait any longer! Settling in well, looking around the Chilliwack area and seeing whats around, introduced myself to the neighbours etc, just had Shaw link me up with the TV and phone and internet so i can at least communicate. Looking forward to a better life. See you again at teh end of my first year!!:thumbsup:

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Good luck :)

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Congratulations!! Well done on your first week, I agree it is a big step. Really pleased you are getting on OK.

We go in 2 and a half weeks and my stomach is in knots..so looking forward to my post here too!

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Welcome - best wishes - and you don't have to wait a whole year to update us ;)

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Is it normal to feel homesick within your first week? Still waiting for my wife to arrive, but i have gone through a rollercoaster of emotions, not what i was expecting.

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Welcome to BC! We lived in Fareham for a few years, I worked at the Ella Gordon Unit in Pompey!
The first week, especially if you are here on your own is weird. I think it took me a year before I felt like this was home.
Best of luck with all the settling in.

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Good to hear from a once local!! Yes it`s hit me hard to be honest, there was i in the UK itching to start a new life in Canada and now i am here i am surprised with the rollercoaster of emotions that i am going through, not nice being on your own and not knowing anyone, at least i have my lovely wife comming over next week!

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I think it's fairly normal to feel homesick, especially in the beginning. I felt homesick for the first 5 weeks after arriving, not because I didn't like Canada but because I didn't think I would get back into teaching. I was fortunate and landed a teaching job within 5 weeks and have never looked back.

Stick with it and things will become easier for you.

Goodluck. :thumbsup:

Poppit

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Many congrats and keep talking to the fantastic people on this forum.

For immigration stuff, this is the one place your questions will be answered i.e. instead of having to rely on the CIC website!!

Otherwise, it is a great source of support.

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Thanks everyone, feeling better today, started to get organised and the people here are so welcoming, just need to find employment and then i know i will feel more secure. By the way i need to buy a car soon as the rental i have has to go back in December, any hints on cheap car insurance? I heard it`s expensive, i have 9+ years no claims proof from the UK. By the way if there is anyone out there that has any IT contacts between Vancouver to Chilliwack please let me know ;)

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Congratulations on your first week! I was originally from Fareham, so good to hear from another 'local'. I have been here for 3 years now, and the first year was difficult but once settled in it does get better.
:D

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Hi Local!! Fareham hasn`t changed in the past 3 years! ;) Not too keen on the TV over here, but then again, what with all the stunning scenery, i doubt i will watch that much anymore.

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hi

good luck in bc we are in ontario and have been here 4 years , we have had a rollercoaster ride but we stuck it out and we returned home in september , the first time in 4 years. we realised although we missed the family , we were happy here and are moving into our second house , this to us and my 19 and 22 year old , we are staying. it is not easy but we overcame everything and now on track.

we lived in Clanfield and owned a business in Clarendon road southsea.

good luck to you and enjoy

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Hi, We moved from Pompey on the 30 June 2010 to Ontario. Car insurance is so expensive our full No Claims from the UK did not count for anything:( We found work fairly quickly, but I have since taken a career change. If you would like to know any thing PM us, we would be happy to try and help...

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Hi Fellow Pomponian!!! :thumbup: Well i am over the initail shock, and love the place, we are both looking for work at the moment, although my wife is working on temp jobs, but we have saving to last us a few months, going to see our first hockey game on Jan 2nd, Chilliwack v Vancouver Giants, so we are looking forward to that, we have a car now, glad that we just had to hand in our UK driving licence to get a BC one, car insurance and mobile phone contracts are ludicrously expensive here!! I think the shock of how expensive even the simple things are took a time to get over, but once we are both working it will even itself out. I was looking at changing career as well, i have applied for numerous IT jobs out here but i found out many othe Brits are doing the same, so i guess the IT market is completely flooded. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!