It's Been A Month

Sigh... how time flies. Its already a month since I stepped on the land called Canada. In my one month stay, as loser as it sounds, there's nothing much happened to me. You might wonder why, well l can enumerate the reasons. First, when we arrived here, it was freaking cold. It was winter, what you should expect? Basically, what we saw winter in the movies is not really the same winter here. Its not winter wonderland. Maybe because nabigla rin ako with the weather. I mean from tropical heat to freezing cold without passing mild hot,warm,somehow cold..oh well you get the picture. Second, my freaking feet aches ever since we landed here. Yes you read it right, feet. At first it was just the right foot, then manifestation of pain in my left foot started and then it turned to super pain. Luckily for me they didn't hurt at the same time. Giving me a way to walk. Yep, we can blame it to the temperature here, and oh we can also blame it to my high uric acid. Lastly, unemployed implies no moolah, no moolah implies stay at home. Well, don't get me wrong, not that I didn't get out of the house at least once, in fact I do, more than once actually. It's just that I, myself, don't really want to get out of the house. I became more of a TV person. Besides, I psyched myself that I'll rest for a little while but I think I over did it.

Here are my observations and realizations in my one month stay here:

** Family gatherings of Filipinos here are clustered into three groups: The old group which includes parents and grand parents; the young ones which includes the babies, todlers and basically the children and lastly the teens. Well, its quite understandable since immigrants are usually a family and their children were all under 18. I never realized that being an early 20 adult will be out of placed in that kind of gathering. Or maybe people of my age are just working. Hehehe.

** For some strange reasons, Filipino teens here reminds me of Ele's bf, Pau, in other words..uhm maangas. Hehehe. Or just may be I'm not used with it. Mind you their maangas porma is not as cheap as the maangas back in the Philippines. In short, they are not jologs.

** Health care here is number one priority. Almost all of your medical needs, one of the exception is drugs(no not the illegal one!), are shouldered by the goverment. Meaning if you are sick, tiis factor is not an option because almost everything is free. The only excuse will be you are just lazy or afraid to go to the doctor.

** Appointments are really important here. Most services here really wanted that you made an appointment first.

** Time is important. Even the bus has time. If you were late for your bus, you'll have to wait for at least 30 minutes for the next one. Meaning you are totally late for your appointment.

** People riding bus strictly follows exact fare. Pedestrians are priority. Yup cars will stop if you are crossing the streets unlike back there you are the one who needs to stop or else BANG! In short most people here have discipline.

** In terms of crime, basically the same back there. Although we got younger criminals here.

** CSI is really an interesting show. Hehehe.