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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 7:03pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Santino1: I am down ! Its at scotia bank arena? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by XX01(f): 7:10pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Santino1: I am interested. Me! Me! Me! |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by snoop4dem: 9:14pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Hi @Canadaman18 I sent you an Email. Not sure if you saw it or not but I thought i'd also follow up here[quote author=canadaman18 post=76597517] |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 9:18pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
snoop4dem: Dont believe I saw it but Ill double check this evening |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by snoop4dem: 9:36pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
It was the express entry Email address you posted I sent it to. If peradventure you dont get it when you check this evening you can let me know and I will re-send canadaman18: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by kylexy61(m): 2:13am On Mar 13, 2019 |
laminaria: Unless you have access to an indoor football court, you most likely won't be playing football in the winter. The cold is just too troublesome. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by lonelydude: 2:46am On Mar 13, 2019 |
overcomer296: London weather is that as friendly as you thought. Activities are often shut down due to extreme weather. Houses are affordable and there appears to be a good number of jobs (menial ones though) with a little professional ones. Secondly, if you are the kind of person who likes lively environment, trust me when I say London is not for you. GTA cities are the best places for that. Hope this helps. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by laminaria(m): 6:57am On Mar 13, 2019 |
kylexy61:This is more troublesome than the weather itself, I wouldn’t mind to pay or register with any indoor football court ,Thanks for the heads up. Hey guys pls between Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba which province is the coldest among the three? Trying to cross my t’s and dot my i’s before landing ,Thank you in advance. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Santino1(m): 1:57pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
canadaman18: XX01: Too bad I only have one spare ticket. Seeing as canadaman18 indicated interest first, it's only fair s/he gets it. @canadaman18, can you briefly post your contact details so we can coordinate. Unfortunately my PM doesn't work so that's the only way we can keep in touch. And yes, it's at the Scotiabank Arena at 8pm. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by adewumz: 1:58pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
Landing gist! I got to MMA 6ish, quite early for an 11pm flight, but that was because I wanted my family to get back home in good time. Check-in had not started so I had to wait for about 20mins. Now, get this about me, I hate stress particularly while travelling(I travel a lot lol). The only food items I had were peanuts, indomie(onion) and maggi and I was ready to drop them if need be. Immediately my bags went through, those hyenas pretending to be customs officials called me and wanted to check my bags with their dirty hands(yeah, I don't like those people). I told them what I had and they started telling me about getting some certificate and I knew they were just about money. I guessed they sensed my nonchalance and told me to go. I flew BA. One bag was overweight by 1kg, while the other bag(although full) was about 18kg. The lady said maybe i should move some things to my hand luggage(yeah BA allows your hand luggage and personal item to weigh up to 23kg, if you can lift it in yourself of course). So i just moved some clothes into the hand luggage. Went through immigration and they were quite friendly. I didn't really travel with cash(had about 100pounds and few dollar bills. I had my settlement fees in my dollar card. Boarded without any hassles. I hated the food(bland jollof, the disrespect lol). Oh yes, I had a long layover in London(almost 9 hours). I booked my ticket like that on purpose so I could sleep, eat and take a bath at the lounge. Honestly, long haul flights wear me out and I needed that break. Got to Heathrow around 5am and got enough rest in time for my 1.25pm flight straight to Calgary. Flight to Calgary was smooth.The food was good especially the mashed potatoes. Got to YYC, I didn't need the personal effects list and I had no goods to follow. I was directed to the office with a big E. I got there and I wasn't asked any other question apart from those questions on my COPR. No question about funds or anything else. I declared my food items and wasn't checked or anything. I got out and my sibling and family were waiting for me. Yeah, Canada definitely has a lot of empty land space than the US. It wasn't cold at all when I got here( had on a turtleneck with no jacket and was fine). I went to Nandos with my family and it was really good. So YYC doesn't have Service Canada, so I went downtown the next day. I feel confident about driving soon because I had been driving in the US. Got my SIN, opened an account with Scotia and got a Chatr line. I had initially gone to request for a healthcard, but the guy said I needed a proof of address(phone bill, copy of lease, mailed bank statement etc). I went to get a phone line and requested a printed phone bill with address and all to suffice for proof of address. I went back to get my healthcard and the Asian guy said he wouldn't accept it. Now I am a kind of person that believes even a fellow Nigerian can be a dirtbag to me and it's usually not about race but that human beings can be dirtbags regardless of race. Now my sibling had had an encounter with this same guy when trying get an Albertan license and also noticed the Asian guy's attitude. Anyway, my sibling drove me to another place and this same utility bill was accepted without any question. My sibling wanted us to go back and demand from him and probably a superior officer why the same utility bill that was rejected by him was accepted at some other place. I was not that bothered by it so, we went to get ribs(yummy). It's snowing but still not that cold for me, so I am settling in nicely. One other thing, I noticed the aging population thing almost immediately. So many old people at the mall. So my wakabout continues today. I loved reading other people's landing gist, so there goes mine. May Canada favour us all. 146 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by adewumz: 4:04pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
I had my first (static) electric shock while touching a car door. I have been warned door knobs shock also. I haven't read anyone talking about this. How do you all cope with this? 10 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by AZeD1(m): 4:19pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
laminaria: I believe there are football leagues(amateurs) in all provinces and you just have to find them(reddit/{province}) is a good way to start your search. Alternatively, you can start one. I play basketball every Tuesday at a local school(someone organized it via reddit) and we all pay $5 every time you show up towards the maintenance of the school gym. 8 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 4:54pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
Santino1: Cool , I live very close by! Thanks , you can email me at expressentrycodingATgmailDOTcom Cheers |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 19CannyMum: 4:54pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
adewumz: Happens in the north during harmattan. Always make initial contact with an item of clothing or accessory, e.g. scarf. 10 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by adewumz: 5:28pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
I will keep that in mind. Thank you. 19CannyMum: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by oohunt: 7:38pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
canadaman18: YOU ARE TOO MUCH!!! 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by mikkyphp(m): 7:42pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
Santino1:I don't mind the ticket. Please let me know if it's still available. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by SixSigma1(m): 8:05pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
dustydee: @dustydee, apart from some of the reasons @salford1 already given, some of the additional reasons not to accept counter offer from current employers are: 1. Your loyalty will be questioned as you will hardly be trusted anymore (the keyword here is hardly) because they know you are looking. All your moves going forward will be suspected. 2. When promotion time comes around, your employer will remember who is loyal and who isn’t. 3. Should there be need to downsize, you will be the first to go because they see you as not being loyal anymore. Why keep you during trying times when you have already gave them the signal you wanted out. 4. For the most part (not all the time), you are giving the counter offer just to buy them the time to hire a replacement or to get you to train somebody else internally to do your job without you knowing that this is what you are doing (especially the part of your job that you are the best at doing or you are the only one that can do). After this, any silly mistake you are gone. 5. They hardly keep the promise made to you to stay and at this point you have already lost the other offer you declined. They will become hostile or defensive when you remind them of the counter offer agreement (this is what happened to your friend). With this you become frustrated and may not be very productive anymore leading to poor performance. 6. The employer that offers you a counter offer did not value you in the first place and they're only thinking short term by offering you the counter offer. The short term part of it is that the employer will often be thinking about the costs and risks involved in finding a replacement, hence they made you a counter offer. However, you have to ask yourself, if they think you're worth that counter offer now (more money, promotion, better work conditions or what ever they are now offering), why weren't they offering that earlier? Note that any of the above can happen in any company either reputable not reputable. This reason being that this may not even be a function of the company itself (as a reputable company will not play game with you to stay and later frustrate you out), but it is more a function of your direct manager who is trying to save face by not having somebody quit on him/her. 30 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by mikkyphp(m): 8:32pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
adewumz:even wearing and removing cloth sef, you'll be hearing kpa kpa kpa..static electricity... 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by dustydee: 9:01pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
SixSigma1:Thanks. That promotion part of the counter offer that was reneged on was very painful. This was from a very reputable global brand/institution. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Zutlin: 9:10pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
mikkyphp: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Godisincontrol: 9:39pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
mikkyphp: From my little experience While washing your clothes, include fabric softener. Look for anti-static sprays/static guards/static clings and use on the clothes. Also applying dry talcum or any other powder on your body helps to reduce it. 23 Likes 25 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 9:40pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
laminaria:You have already arranged them in the right order. 10 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by laminaria(m): 11:49pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
AZeD1:Thank you AZeD1 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by laminaria(m): 11:56pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
salford:Thank you Salford. It seems our winter here in Australia is equavalent to summer in Canada. Alberta it is! 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 2:21am On Mar 14, 2019 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:24am On Mar 14, 2019 |
smileymum: The Ethiopian air vs Lufthansa part was a little humor thrown into the gist. It's not worth you having an headache over. And that was the only part you cld comment on. If you don't have encouraging words for a newly landed, at least u can keep 'shut'. There are good people on this thread looking out for more important info such as landing proceedings, how to help people with settling, and then we have those on the other side... looking for faults in ur posts and how to prove they know better (in real life they are dealing with inferiority complex) Abeg Hanty don't come and use me to score points. Leave my landing gist and move on. Pick any airline and enter. I am not advertising for any of them 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:33am On Mar 14, 2019 |
Newbeecey: I sent to those who sent an email. If you are not one of them, please send me a mail |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:34am On Mar 14, 2019 |
Randomsue: Amen to the prayers. Thanks to everyone |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:35am On Mar 14, 2019 |
MissTobs: Please let us do mail for the details 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:39am On Mar 14, 2019 |
Ramj: I didn't bother to do that because the other staff addressed the issue. Even when I had replied someone on this thread that I understand a bit of German , some people still want to believe it was an 'assumption'..as if they were there with me..SMH. Naija ITK 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by titiclassy: 3:41am On Mar 14, 2019 |
hardhewoonmee: Thanks, we are settled now. I didn't cargo. I used my luggage allowance and all items were' goods accompanying' |
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