As an older, single and unreliable young woman, she quit her good job in China, bid farewell to her relatives and friends, sold all her property in order to realize her dream, and went to a small island in western Canada to study abroad. It has been more than two months, and she has gradually integrated into the life here. She used to keep a diary, but she was helpless and often lazy. Whether anyone watched it or not, she just talked about some daily life. Make a record for yourself. I hope to share some life experiences and feelings with you here, and give a reference to those new immigrants and new international students. I will try my best to record objectively, and my feelings will be specially marked so as not to mislead others. Let me introduce myself first. Before I came to the imperial city, I was quite satisfied with my life at that time. There was no injustice or persecution. I was just a small errand boy of a European enterprise, working diligently and having a relationship with colleagues. In short, he is just an ordinary person. Have a boyfriend who appreciates each other and has a stable relationship. He has no intention of getting married, mainly for personal reasons. After I graduated from college, my family wanted to send me abroad, but I was not interested. Maybe he was too young. Later, because I have been working in a foreign company, I met many foreigners and found that many of their thinking is different from ours. I gradually became interested in their culture and way of thinking, and then I often went out to travel and felt a lot. Coupled with the encouragement of my two American friends, a German friend and a Canadian friend, they all think that I am an avant-garde person and that many problems about human beings and society are profound and macro, so they encourage me to contact the west? Advanced? Ideas. So I began to prepare. I want to find an agent for studying abroad. In fact, I can also apply for immigration, but I don't know what to do yet, so I will spend so much money to move there. If I don't like it, it is a waste of money. Moreover, I was busy at work at that time, but I was too lazy to do it myself. I thought about giving money to the agency to do it. You can't succeed if you succeed. The waiting process is about one year. While waiting, I got a promotion. Later, when I resigned, the company repeatedly asked me to stay, and even hinted that I could be sent to Europe in the future. What is the content of their speech? In my experience, as long as it is not implemented on paper, it is all a bluff. So on the 20th12 10/0, I came to Canada. Nanaimo, I think if everyone wants human flesh, it will come out soon. I am open-minded and not afraid, so write in detail. It's absolutely true Part 2 Nanaimo is the second largest city in vancouver island, alas! In fact, it is not half as big as Huilongguan. Because I have just arrived in Canada, I don't have any relatives or friends. A friend of my sister's has emigrated to Vancouver, but when I came back, I found that he had returned to China. Usually from China to Nanaimo, you fly to Vancouver first, then take a bus to the ferry (horseshoe bend) in Vancouver, and then take a boat to Nanaimo. My sister's friend specially invited one of his friends to pick me up from the plane, but I don't know him well, and I'm even more embarrassed to bother his friend. So I refused their kindness and booked a direct flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo. The plane is small and crude. It looks like a bus inside, and it's still one of those long seats. There are 50 seats in a row, and I am the last row. This is the smallest plane I have ever flown. When I finally knew what psychological uncertainty was, I felt like I was floating badly, just like driving a Japanese car. I was fooled. There was no airflow. I was so happy after landing! I don't plan to take this plane again in my life. Those who haven't taken it can try. Much more exciting than riding a roller coaster or something. The airport is very small, not as big as the railway station in the third-tier cities in China, and it is very old everywhere, or it may be dark everywhere because of cloudy days. I went out to get my luggage and found a place to rent a car. Because I learned before I came, it would be very troublesome to find a house here without a car, so I booked a car on expadia.com, from Hertz Company. Canada has a China driver's license. The store of the car rental company is super small, just a clerk, unsmiling, and the speed of picking up the car is super fast. After 5 minutes, the rental price is more than 200 Canadian dollars, but the insurance is really expensive. I bought more than 500 full insurance and spent more than 700 Canadian dollars a week. I ordered Fox online, and it became a silver Prius, a Japanese car, which is very new, only over 10,000 kilometers. In fact, it is enough for the general renter to drive by himself, but he still walked with me to the parking place and still didn't laugh. But then I found out that this person was super good, so I stopped talking. So I carefully drove this Japanese car out of the airport, because I got a foreign driver's license, and I was very uneasy! It was raining and I was a stranger. Afraid of being stopped by the police uncle and sent directly back. The speed limit in expressway is 80, but when I was driving 80, cars kept overtaking me at a very fast speed, which embarrassed me, even though I was driving on the right side of the road all the time. In a place where everyone is speeding, you will be embarrassed and blush if you don't speed. Because I am very nervous, I am not in the mood to see the scenery along the way. Coupled with the time difference of 14 hours, it was almost desperate, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief at the hotel. The hotel is booked in booking.com, the nearest motel to the school, not far from the city center, in the south of the city. When I started looking for a house, I realized that the southern part of Nanaimo was an old liberated area, with bad public security, drugs and young women who slipped (I couldn't type the word ji nv in the input method, my input method was too pure, sweat! ), drunkards, there are many clubs (clubs), so the house is relatively shabby and has a faint smell of decay. Maybe my sixth sense played a role, and I felt very uneasy when I got there. Before coming, I often heard domestic netizens complain about the high speed in China, which is really expensive. The countries I went to were not that expensive, and the high-speed highways in Germany and Canada were free. I don't know if it's all free or not. However, expressway in Beijing is really the best in China I have ever seen. I don't drive much in expressway in other places and have no right to speak, but I have been to Shandong by bus. Although not as good as Beijing's, it's not too bad. Germany's high speed is a long time at first glance. There are many patches, big patches and small patches. Although there is no speed limit, you can't drive more than one. Most people will drive 120. I take the bus, and the driver drives all the way 100, cruising at a constant speed. When I was in Germany, my friend took me to a place with good road conditions, almost 200 yuan (his car is a Mercedes-Benz roadster, and Mercedes-Benz is an ordinary car in Europe, so Martha Lardy Ferrari is also a good car. My friend told me, so if you don't believe me, argue with him. He is a pure German, he can't speak Chinese, and his English is poor. If you are not afraid of being photographed on the China Expressway, there is no problem driving over 200, and the road conditions are good. There are not so many patches in Canada's high speed, but I don't think their high speed is high speed either. In busy places or outside urban areas, there are three lanes in one direction, most of which have only two lanes, that is, four lanes in both directions, and some places even have only one lane. There are traffic lights and crosswalks on their expressway! And there are many warning signs about deer crossing. It is really hot! I think the Third Ring Road in Beijing can throw away several expressways here. In BC province, unless otherwise specified, the speed limit outside the city is 80, and some places stipulate 90. But everyone also drives around 120. Comparatively speaking, the speed limit of 120 in Beijing is the most reasonable. Haha, I don't know if there is a mistake. Maybe it's because we can learn from the experience of developed countries and take fewer detours. The owner of the hotel is from China. At first I spoke English to him, and then he tentatively asked me? China? Then we began to communicate in Chinese. The boss is from Sichuan. He is enthusiastic and talkative. I've been here for more than ten years, so I should be considered to have a good life here. As soon as I heard that I was a new international student, I began to introduce all kinds of life here. He was the first person who told me not to live in Cheng Nan. This is not an advertisement. The boss is really nice. If anyone from China travels from Nanaimo, it is recommended to stay in this hotel, Diplomatic Motel. One of my classmates had a very painful experience when staying in a motel run by foreigners. I won't go into details. It was noon when I arrived at Vancouver airport, and it was past four o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived at the hotel. I didn't eat for a day, it rained, and I was cold, hungry and sleepy. I quickly finished washing and put on a clean dress. I asked the boss where to eat and went to eat. What did the boss recommend? Shanghai? You can tell by the name that it's a Chinese restaurant, and it's really run by China people. There is a buffet at lunch and dinner time. You can eat casually or order for more than ten yuan. The waiter is a well-developed and beautiful girl who can speak Cantonese. Later, I went to dinner to know that she was from Fujian and had been here for a long time. She doesn't know some Chinese food. When you go to dinner with your classmates, you have to be an interpreter. Hehe, I am proud of myself first! The hot and sour soup there is quite authentic, but the others are average. After all, it was improved according to the tastes of local people. I feel much warmer after eating. When I came out, I found that I accidentally parked in a parking space for the disabled (generally, the most convenient parking spaces here are for the disabled, and later I had experience). I blush secretly and feel sleepy. I hurried back to the hotel to sleep. When I got to my room, I began to look at it carefully. That's a suite. As soon as you enter the door, there is a small hall with a TV, sofa, dining table and two chairs. There is also a simple kitchen table, with a small refrigerator, microwave oven, local driver (toast can't be turned over for help), cooking stove, pots and pans, tableware, kitchen knife and so on. Further inside is the bathroom. Their bathroom is standard, with four sets, a washbasin, a toilet, a bathtub and a shower. There is a bedroom, a big double bed, a TV cabinet, two bedside tables and a small TV. There is a telephone, and local calls are free. This is really important for foreigners who have just arrived. When looking for a house, you should call with a local number, while calling with a foreign number is ignored. The main reason is that making long distance calls is very expensive. Telecom here is still at the level of China ten years ago, with poor service, high fees, monopoly and opaque bills. To tell the truth, eating here is very expensive. Just eat a McDonald's for about 10 yuan, and get used to raising taxes. The consumption tax HST is 12%, of which 7% is saved and 5% is collected by the state. It is said that only Alberta has a low consumption tax. Because people have money and don't charge consumption tax, they just have to pay 5% of the state's income. It costs five or six yuan to have a casual breakfast here. Eat hot dogs, hamburgers and the like. After eating several unsuccessful examples outside, I began to cook in the hotel, which was comfortable and cheap. Therefore, it is suggested that people who travel here should not hold the idea of coming here for a big meal. To tell the truth, there is really nothing to eat, everything tastes the same. The McDonald's here is really junk food, which not only nourishes the garbage, but also tastes worse. The Canadian subway tastes similar to China, so don't try sandwiches anywhere else. It's hard to swallow It's no exaggeration. A & ampw may be their local fast food. It's very popular and tastes good. Teenagers' hamburgers and fried sweet potatoes are actually fried sweet potatoes. They are fragrant and sweet. I'm addicted to them, but they should be long. Think about it! I broke my jar. A teen burger 4 yuan, fried sweet potatoes in 4 yuan. After tax, it is 6 Canadian dollars in 9 yuan. Calculate whether it is expensive or not. Canadian dollars are more expensive than American dollars now. The first night's sleep was really bad, cold, cold, cold. Moreover, the problem of jet lag made me wake up after a short sleep and I was hungry. Although my head tells me it's sleepy, my stomach tells me it's hungry, so we can't have both! And I have no experience on the first day, and I haven't prepared anything to eat. The refrigerator was empty, and then I began to miss home. I wanted to eat roast duck hot pot one by one, but I didn't cry at that time because it was used to drool. Probably because I felt unsafe and scared, I slept with the light on. The light in the corridor can pass through the door a little, but at night I have nightmares, dreaming that the door is occupied, and the shadow comes in through the door and wakes up in a cold sweat. I dare not tell my family, for fear that they will feel distressed and worried. Finally the next morning, I rushed to the nearest 7- 1 1 to buy breakfast, bought an egg and cheese burger, and found instant noodles! Decisively bought a box, go back and taste it, and then buy it when it tastes good. They must get used to it. The waiter wants to chat with the people who buy things, usually how are you? How was your day? What a nice day! Something like that Probably to eliminate the embarrassment of waiting at checkout. Sometimes two people want to have a good chat, and if they talk too much, the checkout speed will naturally slow down, and the people waiting behind will not complain, and some will chat with them, but there are not many opportunities to queue up here because there are too few people! When I got home, I realized that I had made a wrong decision. That hamburger tastes terrible! Eggs taste like plastic foam. Although I haven't eaten plastic foam, I don't think it tastes so bad. It smells like washing powder. I ate omelets out twice when I came here. Their omelets should not be fried, but they all taste terrible. I suggest that students who want to try in the future should be mentally prepared. Instant noodles come from Nong Xin, South Korea, not to say that I am unpatriotic. The instant noodles here are all Japanese except Korea. Although Korea is not very popular with Tianya Ye, but he didn't rob our Diaoyu Islands, so I chose a Korean one. Instant noodles are delicious, but the weight is small. After eating, I decided to buy another one, more than two yuan, and the tax was almost three yuan. The weight is similar to that of the noodles in our keg over there. Expensive! Start looking for a house when you are full. I contacted one on craigslist before I came, and I read a few more when I came. I called to make an appointment to see the house. Two well-known classified advertising websites in North America are craigslist and kijiji, which are local 58 City and Market. In fact, the information of the two websites is similar. I prefer the former, the interface is clearer and clear at a glance. Pure personal feeling: The customer experience of foreign websites is not as good as that of China websites, which may also be because people in China and foreigners have different ways of thinking. Houses here are generally upper and lower floors, few with basements, and some are semi-underground. In fact, the first floor is their basement. The general pattern is a one-bedroom or two-bedroom suite on the first floor with independent access and garage. The second floor is a two-room or three-room suite with a kitchen. The old pattern is that the first floor is the living room, and the kitchen has a guest bedroom or study and a guest bathroom. There are several bedrooms on the second floor, and you can add a small living room or a more entertaining hall. Nowadays, many people buy big houses, live on the second floor and rent out the first floor. Renting this suite is basically 650 to 800, including water, electricity, heating and parking. You also need to pay extra for water, electricity, heating and so on. Living in an apartment will be more expensive. One bedroom is basically 700 to 900, and two bedrooms are about 1000. Moreover, ordinary apartments have to pay extra for utilities and heating, and it is said that many good apartments are in great demand because there are people waiting in line there. Generally, the lease term is relatively long, and it takes one year to sign it. If you want to move, you have to give three months' notice. Generally, parking spaces in apartments have to be paid, and apartments operated by companies have to pay taxes in addition to rent, because they are commercial. Even some apartments need letters of recommendation from former owners. But why do so many people love renting apartments? The service is good. If you are willing to pay, someone can even clean it up. If something is broken, someone will repair it as soon as you tell the administrator, so it is not necessarily the rich who live in the house here, nor the poor who live in the apartment. In the process of looking for a house, I gradually learned that Cheng Nan is chaotic and the public security is not good, so the house price should be lower. To the north is what they call a middle-class community. Looking north, it's really different. The house is neat and clean, similar to the block in the American drama Desperate Housewives. And there are actually many houses here, so people who own houses are very enthusiastic and sell them in various ways. One of the old people showed me the house, but he told me that his son lived in the house and rented it on the first floor with his son. His son is handsome and has no criminal record. He is an architect, and his son can take me to school every day. I was in a mess in the wind. Are we looking for a tenant or a wife? Although the old man is very nice, I dare not rent that house. Actually, I regretted it later. It's really important to find a good landlord and roommate. Then I stumbled here. But the old man was so enthusiastic that he scared me at that time. They like to rent their houses to people or students who have stable jobs. Generally, they are required not to smoke, hold parties, stay overnight, take drugs or keep pets. If you like this house, you can tell the owner directly. If you don't like it, you can say, I'll think about it and call you another day or something. Then you don't have to call. At that time, I didn't think foreigners could think that China people didn't take the exam. I must tell people that they were very surprised when they received my call. People here generally don't like the landlord in China. I remember a classmate going to China to rent a house with the landlord, and a girl who has been here for a long time repeatedly reminded me? Are you sure you really want to go to the landlord's apartment in China? It can be seen. After I came here, I also met some immigrants, everywhere. I have to say, I really don't have a good impression The hotel owner I met was very nice, but he also scolded China badly and was completely brainwashed by the local media. He has been condemning all kinds of things at home, saying that no matter how good the Canadian government is, the income of civil servants is very low and very clean. Don't understand, ask? Then why did they become civil servants and national leaders? He said? Is that because of political revenge? All in the tone? How do you China people know such profound things? . I really don't understand politics, and I don't comment much. I still love my country very much, especially since I came here. I think China is better, but I also think this boss represents the mentality of many immigrants from China, and pursues so-called freedom and fairness politically. But I know that many Americans and Canadians I have contacted are calling their leaders incompetent, stupid, greedy and heartless every day. In the process of renting a house, I met a landlord who recommended it to me, but his house won't be available until the end of the month, so I chatted with her. What did she ask her later? What did she tell me? We were all alone when we first arrived, but no one told us? I had to laugh and have a circus. I never dared to ask her anything after that. She is from Hangzhou, her husband is in China, and her daughter is in college here. She told me that many foreign students are not good at school, and then said that my school is not good and her daughter's school is good. I won't elaborate on this matter in case someone doesn't know much about it. Later, after school started, it was discovered that people were constantly bullied by unscrupulous landlords, including China landlords and foreign landlords. So don't forget to bring anything when you go out. Mind you, when renting a house, you must write it down on paper, and everything must have evidence. In case we have any disputes in the future. I don't get along well with my roommate either. Let's talk slowly later. I am looking for a house to move these days. Sunny scenery, sea view room, so the scenery along the way south of Nanaimo in Victoria is not chaotic on the surface, because there are no people everywhere. This apartment is opposite my hotel. I heard from the hotel owner that it is a local low-rent house, which is rented to some people who live on relief. On the edge of expressway, it's noisy and the surrounding environment is not good. Besides, it is in the south of the city. Victoria scenery, the statue of the pier home, when I saw the real thing, I was a little moved.

The tent that is about to be submerged by snow has deep snow. Skiers and pedestrians were run over by cars. If you walk down, the snow will reach your knees. If you get lost in the snow, it should be difficult to walk!

I had a very embarrassing experience. Write it down for everyone to play with. I cheered for the first time in Nanaimo. When I first arrived here, I saw many big signs at gas stations saying, Diesel. Due to the influence of DIESEL, a jeans brand, I understood the words on this brand as the name of the gas station. To tell the truth, the advertisement of diesel jeans left a deep impression on me (my hobby, watch the advertisement, don't despise me). All its advertisements are strange, all kinds of violence and pornography. And most importantly, I don't know why it is so expensive and so many people like it. I always thought that this diesel gas station should also be a gas station in western North America, so when my tank showed 1/4 oil, I chose this gas station. I clearly remember that my friends and I had just finished eating, bought a lot of daily necessities, and it was raining and we were in a hurry to refuel. At that time, I was wondering why I didn't choose the oil number. Then I drove out of the gas station and walked home. After driving for a while, I found the car a little wobbly. I quickly pulled over to put out the fire and planned to regenerate it. However, it's sad that the car can't be hit. I quickly rummaged through a lot of documents in the taxi, turned out the emergency contact number and called the police for help. After listening to my words, they said to send a tow truck to save us at once. When asked where I was, I was completely cheated. Where am I? This is a dark place. Later, I could only describe my route to him and let them come to me all the way. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. After repairing my car, let me leave everything in the car and get on his truck. I am so excited. I took all kinds of photos along the way. I was asked to take a bus for the first time. Can I not get excited Put my car in the garage first, and then take me to the airport, where I rented a car. Knowing that he was a foreigner, my uncle even filled out the envelope to return my key. Tell me in detail what to do next, then wish me luck and leave. Actually, I needn't have gone to so much trouble, but my things are still in the old car, so I have to take the keys and drive back to get them in the new car. When returning the keys, they put them in an envelope and threw them into the door through a small opening in the door because they had already left work. The airport car rental company is still the unsmiling brother. He told me that he was afraid that I would be cold on the road and specially asked his wife to come to me, but he couldn't find it. He misremembered my phone number and couldn't reach me. All kinds of oolong. I was moved at that time. My brother always apologizes, and I always thank him. Driving a new car, going back to Toyota maintenance station to get things, and then going home, tossing for more than four hours. Later, after more than a week, serious brother called me and said that the car broke down because I filled the wrong oil, and I realized that DIESEL means diesel. Because there are many diesel cars here, they are misled by gorgeous. I apologized to serious brother for a long time and asked him if the insurance department cared about it. He said he didn't know, and he had never encountered such a situation (blushing). Later, he told him that if he still needed to pay, he would contact me again and I would go. But serious brother didn't contact me again, so it should be all right. This experience is unforgettable. My friends think I have many thrilling experiences. I once lost my bag in Germany and found it again. Hehe, but I can always save the day. Today is Boxing Day, and many things are on sale. My classmates and I went to metro town in burnaby, but the discount was not very strong, and 50% off was the sky. Some places say the maximum discount is 30%, but when you go in, you find that most things are not discounted. But there are so many people! I felt something was wrong as soon as I entered the parking lot. The traffic was so bad that the whole parking lot was blocked. It took us more than an hour to find a parking space in a very remote corner. Today's subway town is really crowded with people, and only a few large shopping centers can shop here, so it is as lively as the scene of people snapping up goods before the Spring Festival in Beijing. Like being robbed, business is a mess everywhere. Some businesses simply close their doors and restrict the flow to avoid people transferring, and the fitting room and checkout counter are crowded with people. There are security guards at the gate of every shop to keep order.