Canadianfly:


Yea 4 or 5. I think it depends on province. Lol @ how to behave. That'll be the case for my last child. Just 6 months and I'm hoping the 1st child will also help in teaching when the time comes. Lol @ far away. I feel you. Even though my 1st is almost 3 now, 4 still seems like a million years away. But it's just one more year

That would be interesting to see a 3/4 year old teaching a 1 yr old . My first ones are 4 and 6 so I have no fear with them. It's my 1 yr old. Still toying with how long I can endure staying at home before he starts school. Na Ontario province o.

I will definitely send you a pm for the routine. I will save it for when I get there.
I will definitely have to adjust. I don't mind cooking and small cleaning but I may have to get someone to do deep cleaning once or twice a month. Luckily my kids are old enough not to be so messy.
Till next year summer. Hopefully, that's when we will get to move.

Canadianfly:


Hahaha @ your last paragraph.

I have never been one for helps sha, maybe coz I moved to Naija recently and I no get strength to beg anybody to do anything for me. I have always done Creche and Daycare. D

LordSir1:
Hello house I'm fresh out of school...bsc electrical/electronic engineering with a CWA of 80.1%, I schooled in Ghana (knust). I'm considering a coursework based masters program in instrumentation and control system engineering or any related course (I'm to understand that I might not get it as a direct course in Canada)....please what's my admission prospect looking like, which schools would you recommend i look out for and can I get any form of funding with such a grade.

Dayummm son at boldened....You must be one smart chap to have made that average...as long as it was honest work . Congrats on surviving Electrical Machines,Semiconductor Devices,Digital Systems and all that Engineering Math razzmatazz Some of us only managed to scrape through by the skin of our teeth....Now listen, *puts hand around shoulder*, I'm sure you are feeling real high and mighty with that CWA but the real work in the real world starts after school and in a couple of years (not more than 1 or 2 max) no one will give a rat's ass whether you had a CWA of 99.9% if you can't deliver in the real world. For your post-grad ambitions kindly scoot over to the student visa thread and put your 1st Class awesomeness to work by starting from Page 0 from right here https://www.nairaland.com/3948393/canadian-student-visa-thread-part and by the time you are at Page 50 thereabout you will be in "pole position" as the Semiconductor Devices lecturer used to put it for your Canada ambitions. All the best!!

impish:
Ah, I envy you oh. Whenever we have had gaps between nannies (sometimes up to 2 months), I have done everything myself. It is hard at first, but like you said, having a routine makes it easier. However, I am always happy to have some help around, especially on those days that I want just 1 extra hour of sleep. lol.

I am definitely sleep training our next kid! We didn't do that with our son. We didn't really want to at the time, but I think we will try a different approach the next time around.

Mrs. O
www.mycanadianfling.com

Routine routine routine! That's the way to go. And the good thing is, even when you have family visiting like the grandparents...you can share the routine with them and they help too. But like Vcole wrote, it helps A LOT if your spouse is a "domestic" man. Mine likes to cook, and he knows how and when to feed the kids, bathe them and get them to bed. Once I traveled for work for 3 days, he was alone with the kids and got them ready in the morning, dropped them off and headed to work. All I did was write out what clothes I wanted him to put on them . I wanted to be picturing them in my head in particular clothes .
I'm a total weirdo!
On sleep training, it's a very good way to establish a routine as well. You can research online about it, my only advise is that the first 3-5 days will be hard because your baby will cry and turn red, they want you to carry them. You have to be strong, walk away from their crib and stand by the door, until they learn to comfort themselves and sleep off. During this time, my husband would go and stay in his car coz he couldn't stand the cries LOL. But after the first week, it was easy to get them off to sleep.

ugoiyke79e:




i am definitely sending you a pm as well! I am sure I need d routine...

Seen it. Will email you tomorrow from my folder The Children's Program

XX01:


That would be interesting to see a 3/4 year old teaching a 1 yr old . My first ones are 4 and 6 so I have no fear with them. It's my 1 yr old. Still toying with how long I can endure staying at home before he starts school. Na Ontario province o.

Don't even sweat it. Older siblings will help. Especially with coloring and ABC songs lol.

nkigirl:
I will definitely send you a pm for the routine. I will save it for when I get there.
I will definitely have to adjust. I don't mind cooking and small cleaning but I may have to get someone to do deep cleaning once or twice a month. Luckily my kids are old enough not to be so messy.
Till next year summer. Hopefully, that's when we will get to move.

You'll be fine. And your kids will adjust faster than you think. No depression, it's not our portion oh. Amen

Driving
So I came to the driving centre today.
The queue was s long. But I was determined to get that sorted and out of the way.
Came with my Letter from FRSC, the license itself and Passport.

It got to my turn, did all the documentation, paid the 105 CAD, I proceeded to the screen. My heartbeat started racing faster than Dywane Johnson. This is the fate of the furious. I had seen people who did not pass and had to go queue up again (you pay 15 CAD for retake) but because of the queue and time, I really needed to pass. I had done enough practice test in Nigeria. (Here is the link I used. http://www.g1.ca/g1-practice-test/ Practice till you are clocking 100%. The questions were exact.)

Download the driving instructions manual and read when you are less busy or bored. When you have a good understanding of their rules, the practice test will be quite easy and a breeze. (Just Google it or send me a mail, I will fwd the pdf one I have).

I have also been told, if you are not sure, just skip. The test is divided into two sections. 1. Knowledge and Sign test. You can only fail four per section. So strategy is to ensure you get your 16 straight. So if you don't know/not sure, just skip so that even if na the last four you fail, you are good to go because once you fail more than four, the test stops. e.g. you fail number 1-5, that is game over.

So sha, I continued my test with heart racing, finally finally screen said I passed. I bounced off my seat like a boss awaiting my temporary license / result confirmation.
Cheers folks

impish:
You are so correct. It is difficult to get them to be serious, especially when "school" is in your home. Today was our first day. I told my son that he was starting school. Then when I asked him to sit down at the table, he was confused. Lol. But I started with things that he loves - colour red and elephants. I also gave him stickers when he did a good job and he loves rewards. We took a few breaks in between and kept the classes short. 15-20 minutes each class.

By the 3rd class, he was sitting at the table waiting for me to finish what I was doing, and come and join him!

I responded to the comment on abcmouse.com. It is an excellent resource and we have started using it. It will be one of the resources we use throughout the school year, and most importantly, at the end, we will take the assessment to make sure that he is where he is expected to be at 4 years. We are on the 30-day free trial, and will probably pay for the full year once the trial expires.

Mrs. O
www.mycanadianfling.com

Thanks for mentioning the ABCmouse, I'll definitely explore that. I am also homeschooling my 3.5yr old daughter. She'll be 4 in January so the 31st Dec cut-off is a hard pinch on us. She has been attending preschool while I did my masters. Now I'm done and job hunting, we do our bit at home using some Kindergarten workbooks that are based on the Canada curriculum as a guide. So far she's keeping interested and learning.
All the best to every man and woman on this journey of settling-down-in-a- new-country.

impish:
Yes! I posted something yesterday, and will post again today. I want to talk about a few things we have been up to so far - SIN application, health card, etc. Hope to share that today.

Meanwhile, to my experienced egbons in the house, abeg, where can a housewife find assorted meat in Ottawa?

Thanks.

Mrs. O
www.mycanadianfling.com

Oh you're in Ottawa?! I'm kinda new on this thread so I'm just skimming through the pages. I've been I Ottawa for almost 2yrs now. You can get assorted meat and fish/seafood from GreenFresh Supermarket. It's a Chinese store. When I mean assorted I mean you can even find frog meat.

Khalesi:

Thanks for mentioning the ABCmouse, I'll definitely explore that. I am also homeschooling my 3.5yr old daughter. She'll be 4 in January so the 31st Dec cut-off is a hard pinch on us. She has been attending preschool while I did my masters. Now I'm done and job hunting, we do our bit at home using some Kindergarten workbooks that are based on the Canada curriculum as a guide. So far she's keeping interested and learning.
All the best to every man and woman on this journey of settling-down-in-a- new-country.

Aaawww. So she gets to start JK fall 2018? Can't she join them early next year?

Canadianfly:


Yes and no. If you no get money to pay..... You can call them and tell them you no wan do again and they cancel your line. However, the sim no go work. You no go fit receive or make calls with it. Basically dead sim. Then when you wan do, you call them and see if they can re-activate it.
Month to month is designed to help one avoid getting tied to one mobile company on a long contract.

Mehn this just seem like a whole lot ish....
So please advice.. which is the best to do?
I don't have a sim yet. I have a tab but planning to buy an iphone.
What is the best option now with this scenario.

Congrats bro.
Temporary licence? I thought you'd be given the main licence since you've got your nigerian licence and have been driving for a while?

I came with my international driver's licence and my expired nigerian driver's licence, do I have to go through any different procedure to obtain a Canadian driver's licence?

Please note I asked 2 questions. Need answers as soon as convenient to you. Thanks

Ballerz:
Driving
So I came to the driving centre today.
The queue was s long. But I was determined to get that sorted and out of the way.
Came with my Letter from FRSC, the license itself and Passport.

It got to my turn, did all the documentation, paid the 105 CAD, I proceeded to the screen. My heartbeat started racing faster than Dywane Johnson. This is the fate of the furious. I had seen people who did not pass and had to go queue up again (you pay 15 CAD for retake) but because of the queue and time, I really needed to pass. I had done enough practice test in Nigeria. (Here is the link I used. http://www.g1.ca/g1-practice-test/ Practice till you are clocking 100%. The questions were exact.)

Download the driving instructions manual and read when you are less busy or bored. When you have a good understanding of their rules, the practice test will be quite easy and a breeze. (Just Google it or send me a mail, I will fwd the pdf one I have).

I have also been told, if you are not sure, just skip. The test is divided into two sections. 1. Knowledge and Sign test. You can only fail four per section. So strategy is to ensure you get your 16 straight. So if you don't know/not sure, just skip so that even if na the last four you fail, you are good to go because once you fail more than four, the test stops. e.g. you fail number 1-5, that is game over.

So sha, I continued my test with heart racing, finally finally screen said I passed. I bounced off my seat like a boss awaiting my temporary license / result confirmation.
Cheers folks

Seen on LinkedIn....

Rocorleone:
Congrats bro.
Temporary license? I thought you'd be given the main license since you've got your Nigerian license and have been driving for a while?

I came with my international driver's license and my expired Nigerian driver's license, do I have to go through any different procedure to obtain a Canadian driver's license?

Please note I asked 2 questions. Need answers as soon as convenient to you. Thanks

1 & 2. Yes Temporary License because they will post the license to your address within 90 days. So the one printed on paper can be used while waiting for the one in the mail.

With your FRSC License, and Letter, you will go for the knowledge test, then G1 road test or G2 road test. The letter makes you skip the waiting times (12 - 18 months before you can proceed to the next level test.) Check page 11 of the manual for better clarification. So with the letter you do the Knowledge Test proceed to G2 road test, pass and collect your G License.

Your Nigerian License is expired. The manual says "If you are a new resident of Ontario and have a valid driver's licence from another province or country, you can use that license for 60 days in Ontario. If you want to continue to drive after 60 days, you must get an Ontario driver's license."

You need to get that FRSC letter to claim waiver for the 2 years waiting time. I had previously posted where You can make a request via email to them. They collected the original of the letter. You must also present the Nig License because they will need to make a copy of it.

Rocorleone:


Mehn this just seem like a whole lot ish....
So please advice.. which is the best to do?
I don't have a sim yet. I have a tab but planning to buy an iphone.
What is the best option now with this scenario.

Go with the cheapest month to month you were offered, the $15.

I didn't quite get your statement about having a tab, do you mean you don't have a phone yet? If this is the case, save that money for buying iPhone And ask for a month to month with phone then let them tell you your bill for every month.

Ballerz:
Driving
So I came to the driving centre today.
The queue was s long. But I was determined to get that sorted and out of the way.
Came with my Letter from FRSC, the license itself and Passport.

It got to my turn, did all the documentation, paid the 105 CAD, I proceeded to the screen. My heartbeat started racing faster than Dywane Johnson. This is the fate of the furious. I had seen people who did not pass and had to go queue up again (you pay 15 CAD for retake) but because of the queue and time, I really needed to pass. I had done enough practice test in Nigeria. (Here is the link I used. http://www.g1.ca/g1-practice-test/ Practice till you are clocking 100%. The questions were exact.)

Download the driving instructions manual and read when you are less busy or bored. When you have a good understanding of their rules, the practice test will be quite easy and a breeze. (Just Google it or send me a mail, I will fwd the pdf one I have).

I have also been told, if you are not sure, just skip. The test is divided into two sections. 1. Knowledge and Sign test. You can only fail four per section. So strategy is to ensure you get your 16 straight. So if you don't know/not sure, just skip so that even if na the last four you fail, you are good to go because once you fail more than four, the test stops. e.g. you fail number 1-5, that is game over.

So sha, I continued my test with heart racing, finally finally screen said I passed. I bounced off my seat like a boss awaiting my temporary license / result confirmation.
Cheers folks

Congrats on scaling the G1! For others yet to take the test, here are further sites where you can practice the exact questions that will come in the computer test for Ontario;

Mobile site for the website used by Ballerz, m.g1.ca

http://icandrive.ca/ontario/g1-practice-test

www.drivingtest.ca/g1-driving-test/

https://apnatoronto.com/Ontario-g1-test/

For those going to other provinces just navigate in the above sites to get your preferred destination and take their own tests. With consistent practice you wont need to study the handbook in-depth but getting 90% on the practice tests over and over has proven to be a good indication you're ready for the real thing. All the best.

Came across some websites and thought to share
Housing
Realtor.ca (really good) went through it myself and almost teleported myself to canada
Hometrader.ca
Kjiji.ca (already known here)

Temporary housing
Toronto
Safehomestay.com
Staystudio6.com

legendary4luv:
please house, this question might sound dumb but I need more clarification. can fresh graduate with no work experience apply for express entry and what are my chances?

That would be difficult as Express Entry is a points based system with the points coming from distinct selection factors. Work Experience is one of the prominent factors and has significant points apportioned to it. See this extract from CIC website:

Selection factors

If you meet all the conditions set out in the minimum requirements, we’ll assess your application based on these selection factors:
•age
•education
•work experience
•whether you have a valid job offer
•English and/or French language skills
•adaptability (how well you’re likely to settle here)

These factors are part of a 100-point grid used to assess federal skilled workers. You earn points for how well you do in each of the six factors. Your total points will show if you qualify for the Express Entry pool. The current pass mark is 67 points.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp

Another avenue would be to apply as a Skilled Trades person but that would also require work experience among other issues. The remaining class of Express Entry is for those who qualify under Canadian Experience Class. You can review these in the above link.

legendary4luv:






thanks a million times for your quick response but will I be considered if I have one year work experience in any sector because I can't imagine myself working for naija for extra two years couple with the EE awaiting period, that's like 3-4 years in naija

It has to be one year work experience in a job that is classified at either skill type 0, A or B and you will need to provide an employer reference letter to evidence your employment. See this extract from CIC website in that same link:

Skilled work experience

Your work experience must be:
•in the same type of job as your primary NOC
•within the last 10 years
•paid work (volunteer work, unpaid internships don’t count)
•at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2011 National Occupational Classification (NOC)
•at least 1 year (1,560 hours total / 30 hours per week), continuous: ◦full-time at 1 job: 30 hours/week for 12 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)
◦equal amount in part-time: 15 hours/week for 24 months = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)
◦full-time at more than 1 job: 30 hours/week for 12 months at more than 1 job = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)

You must show that you did the duties set out in the occupational description in the NOC. This includes most of the main duties listed.

If you can’t show that your work experience meets the description in the NOC, you aren’t eligible under this program.

What's your work experience in? What do you do and can you get a reference letter as specified above? This is jus a start but you can go ahead and use the CRS calculator to simulate what your scores could be, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

legendary4luv:







I read everything in the link but I have a question, what's the minimum amount someone tend to have in their bank account to enable the person eligible. thanks

For a single applicant, you must have the equivalent of CAD $12,300.00 at your disposal. For other family sizes, you can check this link for the complete table, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp

Blackbuddy:


For a single applicant, you must have the equivalent of CAD $12,300.00 at your disposal. For other family sizes, you can check this link for the complete table, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp

thanks alot, you've been helpful

Canadianfly:


Seen it. Will email you tomorrow from my folder The Children's Program

I want too please. I have a 10month old, lemme just start preparing. Thanks

sweetrie:
I want too please. I have a 10month old, lemme just start preparing. Thanks

I'll send it when I get home tonight. I haven't sent to Ugoiyke yet. Will send together tonight.

follyzee:
Hi esosa4real

Please I would like to join the group, can I send pm to you.


Thanks

please add me too