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Re: Recent Immigrants to Canada compared to the old days Can i ask too, thinking back, is there any forms of racism that you experienced, for instance, passover for promotion and etc.? In my second job, i was working in a logistic warehouse that distribute steel products for the Oilsands...

I betting on commoditiy 3 F - Fuel, Food and Fertiziler.

Re: Recent Immigrants to Canada compared to the old days Since [scroobal] suggested that we share our experiences, please allow me to post my experiences and my observations. Wow, you guys can really study and are really smart, i am only a "O" level - i piggyback on my wife's application...

Hi brother, i just have a few points i would like to make - Life is dynamic. if i did the above, i believe my fortune would have been very different compared to now. I see the migration landing to be "Just like fighting a war, you will want to land in the softest beachhead and make your...

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I am "O" level only, marry a filipina degree holder - now migrate to Canada. Without her, i will still be stuck in Sg.

I seriously doubt so. a. You did not factor in the inflation. b. The Return on your investment. c. The needs of the kids - education, wedding. d. Retirement needs - medical, day to day living. I have 4 kids, the sums that i factored in was in the least $2.8 million. Further...

I left sg for Ca 3 yrs ago, i think it is better to ask your child if he wants to do the NS rather than to make the decision for him. Let him know what is the cost of NS - the reservist reporting, etc. recently, i received a email from CMPB to ask my son (14yrs old) to do the exit permit...

Home is where the heart is. In the past, our grandfathers might be thinking - go to Nanyang make $$ and come back to birth place to retire. In the end, they stayed behind, we are the offspring. We no longer know or have any attachment to the land of where our grandfathers comes from...

If you intend to go live overseas, you must do it for the right reasons. Dont do it because, others are doing it and make their reasons for migrating as yours then that is definitely not right. You have to dig down and be brutually truthful if that is what you and family wants. I suggest that...

When i was a single, others said that life is boring in Brunei but i beg to differ - I love the outdoor, i took the Mitsub Pajero (4 WD) into the longhouse, I used it to tow my 1st boat from my house to the sea. I went Scuba diving as often as i like with my buddies. It was a good life & met...

"Yes, Australia, USA, Canada are indeed choice locations. SG pales in comparison. " Life is dynamic and never static - I see the issue from a different point of view. I see life as different places as different sand boxes. When i was 20+, i was working in Brunei and met my wife, we had...

Well said, tat is also why my wife and me decided and opt out of the pressure cooker life in sg for Canada. In sg society, where the ex PM is stilll in Power and the son is the current PM and the wife is managing the country $$. The brother in law is in charge of the Police and the other...

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Hi folks, I have have been following this forum prior to migrating to Canada. In it I have gain many insight that help a "O" level guy like me to plan and a achieve a extraoridinary smooth transition. I know this might not be the best place to put in this request but this section has the...

I am thinking that the marine police on patrol on the singapore straits must be sleeping. As far as i know, at any one time they will a few marine police vessel station there.

Agree with you - so far 2 more months to go i can apply for CA citizenship oredi. I have hosted 5 family in edmonton. 2 stay and the rest are on the way back afte the sell thier biz and settle their stuff

I posted some info on migration to Edmonton, even gave my email. Some body took my email and put it on a spam list. Now i am receiving so much junk mail and porn ads that i gave up. Of course, there are those at are tire kickers that doesnt wanna do research on the basics.

hi - are you in calgary or back in sillyland?

Dont know about the woes of living alone. I m not sure of what's the problem - Is having no money or having no company. If it is no money, i will suggest you think out of the box. You said that you are living alone and have been living on your saving for month now, my take on it - get a renter...