A Filipino Immigrant’s Realization Canada has been “home” for our family for a decade now and if I were to go back to that year when I am still deciding whether I should complete our application for skilled immigrant through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, I will still take the same path. I will not …
I once shared in this blog how I encouraged my three children to speak in Tagalog, our native language. I do not have anything against those fellow Filipinos who cannot speak our language, in fact, I have friends who live in other countries and have children who cannot understand or speak Tagalog. I also know …
My family and I have been living in Canada for almost 9 years now. We have already established a new life in Winnipeg, my husband and I have secured permanent jobs, we have a house, we made new friends (some of them were almost family to us), we got used to the way of life …
As I have mentioned, it is one of my intentions for 2016 to feature inspiring stories of people who (like me) immigrated to Canada from their home country. If you have been following my blog, you guys all know my immigration story by now. I thought, it will be also interesting to share stories other …
Season 3 of MasterChef Canada featuring the new batch of home cook hopefuls will premier in 6 days. Last week, I featured one of the lucky home cooks who made it to the top 40. This week, I again had the privilege to meet one of the top 40 finalists, Matthew Astorga of Pitt Meadows, …
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This morning, a lot of sleep-deprived Canadians got an extra hour in bed, as Canadians in provinces that use daylight saving time (DST) turned their clocks back by an hour as the time were adjusted at 2 this morning. In other words, when the clock stroked at 2 a.m. the clock officially rolled back to 1 …
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I was sick for the past 2 days so I had to stay home, after my kids left for school, I was left alone at home. You won’t hear anything but the sound of the light music playing from my iPod. I was seating at my husband and I’s favorite chair (we have this chair …
I am participating in #MoreThanALabel: Immigrant Stories, Simmons College’s online MSW Program’s campaign to promote transcending labels. By participating in this campaign, I will be sharing my story and how I believe we can shatter the stigmas often attributed to immigrant communities. In most of my blogs, I proudly mentioned that I am one of …
According to 2011 Canadian census there are around 61,270 Filipinos in Manitoba, in fact, the Filipino community is the largest visible minority group in Winnipeg. We Filipinos are also known for our festivities, here in Winnipeg, the members of the Filipino communities shared the fun of having a community celebration with Canadians and other nations through the Manitoba …
It is fulfilling to know that in some way or another, what I put up in my blog has helped a few people… I will take it as an assurance that my blog site is serving it’s purpose… when I came out with the very first post about immigrating to Canada, I actually didn’t think of …