Hiya Al, glad you made it online at last give me a shout when you're ready for visitors

Ready for visitors anytime Lorna - now that I have a sofa for them to sit on

Welcome to the forum!

Your post I found very moving. I have worked with many filipino nurses, both here and in the UK, and without exception found them hard-working, cheerful and uncomplaining.

There was a young man I knew in the UK who had left his wife and two small children at home to come and work there ..... the UK is not best known for its high pay for nurses, but this guy lived in the nurses quarters ..... (cheap and not very cheerful!) and sent almost all his pay home.

He ate in the subsidised canteen, and could never afford to go out and enjoy himself with his fellow nurses..... A more cheerful, willing hard-working person you could not meet! All the patients tend to love the Filipino nurses.

I find your remark about the privilege of living and working in a foreign country very humbling when you compare it with the whinging and arrogance I sometimes see among my own country-men.

Good for you. And GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

woohoo i'm on the next flight
I wish

Rosie

You are very welcome - however you will have to sleep on the sofa as we have only one bed!!!!

Oh boy this post has been one of the hardest I have ever read. To say it brought tears to my eyes is a great understatement.

When we told my parent's of our plans to give Canada a try, they looked shocked, but were 100% behind us. My mum had moved around the country, back when they had no internet or even phones....so it may as well have been abroad. "Go where to work is.....you must do what's right for you and your family, nothing left in the UK..." these were all the things they told us.

They came out to visit June 05, which given their ages 91 & 80 was amazing and I was so proud of them. They loved it here and if they were younger would move here. Over a BBQ we made a deal....we would stay in Canada and they would choose the warmer option of Tenerife (brother & sister both live there). While with us mum admitted to me that when we first told them about Canada, she cried for a week. I can still here her saying those words. Mum is a very strong lady and crying is certainly something she doesn't do often.
So now I get to visit them in Tenerife.......the goodbyes are awful and I worry and dread them for weeks even before I see them, but we get through it.

Sorry to waffle on.

I wish both of you all the very best........

Linda

thats so sad and yet amasing at 91 and 80 and then to move to Tenerife,
Karma sent

Thanks.....not many people move at their age!!

Mum would still come to visit here, but we don't think dad would make the journey, he gets very confused, his physical health is great, but his mental health is failing.
He thinks he has found the farm where he was kept for a while as a prisoner during the war. He was put to work with the Farrier, who was good to him. Luckily this was a happy time for him (well under the circumstances) so his memories are good ones. The actual place was in Poland, but he is convinced that he is now going and helping him once again. Well at least it keeps him active!!
He has gone into details of conversations with this guy. This is so strange as he never leaves mum's side.

We do have a giggle about it......I think mum needs this, it's pretty hard on her, she has now started smoking again after 20 years :curse:

Good news for me is that yesterday they had their phone put back on.......it's so good to be able to speak to them on a daily basis!!!!


Linda

My heart goes out to you, when my grandad died my nan was convinved he'd gone working in Italy, they'd spent a lot of time travelling around Europe after the war. She used to relay the phone conversations to us, which was sad but she was happy.

Don't be too angry at your Mum for having a ciggie, it must be so hard for her now

Rosie

Don't tempt me

ehe what is WIKI pages??

In the top blue bar, between "Articles" and "Classifieds" is "Wiki"

or just click here: http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada

thank yu very much Morwenna, people here are really very nice

Sorry i usually say at the top of the page,

thanks a lot Coffeepot