Riley18 said:
Ah foreign student pla ang hubby mo, eh di malaki dapat ang pof nyo...?
Gaano na katagal sa canada ang hubby mo?
Nakapagresearch na din ako kahit konti regarding sa place at sabi nga maganda talaga sa alberta. Sa edmonton since city nga siya madaming work opportunities. Medyo mababa din daw ang cost living pero mababa din ang pay. Sa Fort Mcmurray mas mataas ang rates at madami din work pero mostly sa oil company ata kasi parang nandun yung oil reserve ng canada. Yung nga lang walang mga malls unlike sa edmonton.
Naghahanap-hanap na nga din ako ng work kaso parang hindi nila masyado pinapansin pag wala pa sa canada yung nag-aapply kasi mahaba nga ang processing. Natry ko na yun last year eh, dami ko inaplayan, may ilang sumasagot pero pag nalaman na wala pa ako sa canada sinasabi nila na mag-apply na lang ulit pagdating dun...
Wala pa sya sa Canada. Andito pa. Sabay sabay kami. mejo malaki nga ang ka kailanganin namin. Sobrang pray lang ako ng todo na sana mabigyan din ung babies ko. Sabi ko nga pag di sila nabigyan, mauna na sya, sunod na lang kami gang mabigyan ulit. Di pa kami nag forward ng papers. Kasi kailangan pa ng approval letter sa isang college dun sa ontario. Pinili naming school sa Mississuaga.
Ung time na pumunta ako sa Canada nung 2011, tourist visa ako nun. Then nag extend ako, ung extension ko gang july 2012, pero feb 2012 umuwi na ako. Dami ko din experience na ung mga mababasa mo sa mga forums totoo. Not sure kung familiar ka sa lbautista pro boards. Madalas din ako magbasa dun. Talgang ung lahat ng mga experience nila dun bad and good totoo lahat.
Nung sa toronto ako, Dami ko nakausap na mga pinoy dun na nagsisisi na pumunta dun. Kasi establish na sila dito eh. May isa akong kilala yung wife nya nauna ng umuwi sa pinas. Bumalik na dito. di lang sya maka alis kasi ung anak nya na lalaki ayaw umalis ng Canada, gusto dun mag tapos. So bantayan lang daw nya gang makatapos ng high school then balik na sya with the wife. Mag papa balik balik na lang sila para di ma provoke ung citizenship nila.
Kung okay naman ang buhay sa pinas, mas okay talga dito. Kasi tayo mga pinoy mahilig tayo mag relax sa beach, coffee with friends, tambay, chill. Sa Canada kasi la ka na time sa ganun. Mabilis takbo ng life. Kailangan lahat bayaran para di masira ang record. Dito okay lang kahit di mo bayaran ng 1 month or two months ang phone bill mo or credit card. Dun hindi masisira record mo at pag nasira na record mo, after 5 to 7 years pa bago luminis ulit ung record mo. With that, mahirapan ka mag apply ng line sa cell or cable or credit card or mag rent ng house. Kasi may hinihingi sila sayo eh. Ung friend ko sa Toronto, di nila nabayaran mag bf ung cable nila which nasa 500CAD, nasira record nila. Nung lilipat na sila ng house, may hinihingi sa kanila, ang ginagamit nila sa sis nya or dad nya. Kaya sobrang busy mga tao sa kaka work, minsan dalawa pa work nila, kasi daming bills na binabayaran.
Ang gusto ko lang naman kasi sa Canada, ung security. Ung lam mo na pag gising mo, then magkasakit anak mo di ka na magiisip kung san kukuha ng money or pano ibudget pera mo, kasi may health benefits sila. Ung security na pag matutulog ka na di ka mag worry na kung the next day mag sarado ang company mo at wala ka ng work iisipin mo agad saan ka kukuha ng money or enough ba naipon mo, which sa canada pag natanggal ka sa wok dahil nag bankrupt ang company, basta as long as hindi ka nag resign, bigyan ka nila ng support financially for, I think, one year, gang makahanap ka ng bagong work. And lastly pinaka gusto ko dun ung worth ung pagod mo sa work. Dito kasi binigay mo na lahat ng knowledge mo, naging successful ung company dahil sayo, pero sweldo mo magkano lang? not enough para bumili ng magandang house or other stuff na kailangan ng family mo. Pag nakakita ung anak mo ng laruan na car na worth 5 to 7 thousand, then let say meron kang pera na 8 thousand, manghihinayang ka bilhin kasi iisipin mo ung ibang gastos na gagastusin mo na importante. Pero sa Canada, let say may $500CAD ka, then gusto mag pabili anak mo ng car na worth $125, bilhin mo agad. Kasi ung na earn mo, kung professionals ka, more than $125 per day. Ung mga worth na 1000 pesos dito sa atin tapos pag 1thou lang din money mo di mo mabili. Sa canada pag may bitbit kang $50 tapos maka kita ka ng $10 na same worth din ng 1 thou sa pinas, mabibili mo kasi may sukli ka pang $40. ^_^
Buti na lang tayo mga filipinos mga hard workers tayo. Kaya natin mag tyaga. I guess ung mga professionals na doctors or dentists, sa kanila mahirap kasi maganda trabaho nila sa pinas. But sa canada kailangan nila mag take exam or additional subjects para ma meet nila standards ng canada. Yan din ung reason bakit naging mahigpit na si Minister Kenney. Which sobrang hirap na ngayon mag apply under federal skilled worker. Even mga foreign students na gusto maging PR and mga skilled worker na gusto maging PR, magiging mahigpit na din sila, dati di naman sila ganun ka strict sa scoring ng language. Pero nagkakaron ng language barrier na nagiging caused na maraming nagiging unemployed.
Share ko lang sayo ah ung sinabi ni Minister Kenney:
"Canada's story is one of immigration. Ours is a country of openness whose prosperity has always been fuelled by the hard work of newcomers from, generation after generation. And I always celebrate the fact that ours is one of, perhaps the only major western democracy, that really has a broad and deep public and political consensus in favour of immigration.
We are talking about people who were willing to leave behind what was familiar in order to reach out across the world to take a huge chance on an uncertain future. And together they built this amazing, prosperous and free country. And today, as we sit here, not very far from us at Lester Pearson Airport, dozens of new Canadians will arrive.
They'll get off that long transoceanic flight, they'll go up to the Border Services desk, they'll present their permanent residency visa that's been issued by my officials and a CBSA officer will put a stamp on that paper welcoming them to Canada as new members of this amazing community.
And they will then set out to begin their Canadian stories. Filled with dreams, with a sense of hope and optimism, with a belief that if they work hard, they'll be able to do better for themselves, their families and especially their children. They'll be coming from all around, over 180 countries of origin. And I'm here today as Canada's Minister of Immigration to tell you that we must do everything we can to ensure that they do realize their dreams, that we maintain the promise that if they work hard, they will succeed and to the fullness of their potential.
We must ensure that they can contribute significantly to Canada's prosperity. And that they don't find themselves stuck in survival jobs, bewildered and disappointed, uncertain as to why they are unable to work in their profession or trade and just feeling a sense of shame, of uncertainty that they're not realizing their potential, but just bearing through it and gritting their teeth to provide that opportunity for their kids.
That too often and for too long, has been regrettably the immigrant experience in Canada. We see it in this room, people who have succeeded fabulously. We all know the stories of people who arrived here with nothing. I know some of the folks in this room very well who arrived here, the classic story, with virtually nothing in their pockets, virtually nothing but a work ethic and who are now massively successful entrepreneurs and multimillionaires who have created hundreds and thousands of jobs. We all know that that is possible and that continues to be the dream that draws people to this country.
But at the same time, we also all know that person who's stuck in the survival job, the foreign trained professional, the medical doctor and the engineers whose working the graveyard shift at a convenience, who is making minimum wage as a security guard, and you know the joke and it's not funny, is that the safest place in Toronto to have a heart attack is a taxi cab since the chances are that your driver is a cardiac surgeon. That is typical Canadian humour, by the way. I don't think people outside this country would understand it, but you all do.
And I'm here today to tell you that in our budget last week, we are signalling a program of transformational reform of Canada's economic immigration programs to ensure that the future for the people stepping off the plane today at Pearson, ends up like the future of so many of you in this room..... people who have realized Canada's opportunity rather than a future of disappointment, of barriers, of hurdles, of underemployment and indeed of unemployment.
Secondly, for those who want to come into regulated licensed professions, we're going to say that they have to have a solid minimum level of proficiency in one of our two official languages. Because, you know, one of the problems with credential recognition is even when we do have foreign trained professionals who get their licenses, if their language skills aren't up to the Canadian standard, then they just don't find employment. So we're not doing them any favours by bringing them in to face underemployment and that's why, for licensed professions, we're going to require a reasonably high language benchmark.
The other day I was in Vancouver at an Iranian community event and a lady came up to me to say ‘Minister Kenney,' – she broke down in tears – “I came to Canada three years ago. I'm a radiologist from Iran. My husband is a pediatric surgeon. We came here three years ago” – and she was speaking flawless English and it was clear, she was a highly educated woman – and she says that “three years later, we are no closer to getting our license to practise medicine in Canada.”
And she became very emotional and said you know, we're taking more courses, we're doing what we can but we're depleting our savings and very soon, she said, ‘I think I'm going to have to go back to Iran.' She said ‘I cannot stand that place because of the government, but if that's the only place I can make an income so that my son can stay in Canada and go through school,' Because, she said, ‘my son's dream is to find the cure for cancer. And I want to support his dream. But if you're telling me I can only do that by going back to Iran, I may have to do that.'
Friends, we cannot underestimate the incredible loss of human potential, the terrible tragedy that's lived by so many people like them who put everything on hold, have now lost their savings and are struggling to get by and think maybe they made the wrong decision for their families. It's wrong. It's wrong to be inviting people if they, and yes, we must get the professional agencies who are the gate keepers to the licensed professions, to open the door of opportunity to remove unnecessary red tape and burdens and hurdles. We must get them to provide a fast and fair process for assessing foreign credentials and we are working with the provinces and, in turn, their professional agencies to do this through the Pan‐Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
Friends, I've probably spoken too long, lunch is waiting, but you can tell I'm pretty excited about this. I've just given you an overview, a survey of the transformational agenda for immigration reform that we are about to embark upon. And I want you to know this, that in everything we do, in everything we change in this program, the objective comes down to that one simple idea, that that person who's stepping off the plane in Pearson as we speak will have a future that realizes their dreams, that allows them to truly achieve their potential and to make this a great and prosperous democracy, a land of opportunity for their children and for generations to come.
Thank you very much."
Paputol putol lang ung ni paste ko, kinuha ko lang mga importants na sinabi nya, pero kung gusto mo mabasa lahat ng speech nya click mo lang ito http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/speeches/2012/2012-04-05.asp
Totoo ung sinabi nya na ung nagiging joke na sa canada ung pag inatake ka sa loob ng taxi cab, may gagamot agad sayo ng doctor. kasi mga cab drivers toronto, mostly mga indians or punjabi sila. Kasi minsan nakikipag kwentuhan ako sa mga drivers pag nag mamadali ako at no choice ako kung di mag taxi. Mga professionals sila pero end up nila taxi cab. So in a way, naiintindihan ko din si Minister. kahit nainis ako una sa naging changes, pero ung binasa ko speech nya, na realize ko sabagay. May point naman sya. Ayaw lang nya paasahin mga immigrants na magkakaron ka ng greener pasture sa Canada. And ayaw din nya na masayang ung mga years of education na pinaghirapan ng mga immigrants sa home country nila, tapos pag dating sa Canada di naman nila magamit.
Hala ang haba na naman. Obvious na wala akong ginagawa ^_^ share ko na din sa iba, kasi maganda talga speech ni minister kenney. speech nya yan late last year. and para malaman din ng iba ung life sa canada, para di sila mabigla. Sabi ko nga sa hubby ko "Hon I'm not going to promise you that our lives in Canada is going to be like a bed of roses. It's not going to be easy, but one thing I will assure you, everything's going to be worth it, we just have to to take the torns out from the roses, and if we'll both do it, though it's going to be hard and painful, at the end, once all the torns are taken out, our lives will turn to a bed of roses without the torns in it." Englishero kasi hubby ko, filipino pero lumaki na english ang salita sa house, kaya un ung message ko sa kanya english, pero pag nag aaway kami tinatagalog ko talga sya, kasi nag bleed na nga utak ko sa galit, pati nose ko nag bleed pa kaya straight tagalog na galit ^_^ ayaw nya sa canada, ayaw nya sa us or anywhere outside pinas, pero sabi nya kung san daw ako happy and as long as magkakasama kami, kasi lam nya even before pa naka set na mind ko mag raise ng family sa canada. Kaya support na lang sya sa akin.
And one more thing, mahal ang dentist sa Canada kahit may insurance pa. Kaya pagawa mo na lahat dito. Like cleaning or whatever na papagawa mo. Kung nag eye glasses ka naman, bumili ka na ng bago dito. Ung iba pag mag vacation sa pinas, take advantage na nila at papagawa na nila ngipin nila dito. Sa experience ko din sa mga manicure, di maganda dun. sa atin kasi ang gagaling ng mga pinoy na gumamit ng nipper at talgang lilinisin nila eh. dito hindi. Di kolam kung ano lahi nila, but most na nasa toronto na may facial or manicure pedicure mga vietnamese ata sila. Mahal and di worth it. Ako na lang nag nipper sarili ko mag isa. ^_^
May mga dentists and mga cosmetologists na pinoy sa toronto, pero mga tago sila, ung mga walang license or hirap makakuha ng license. Ung mga clinic nila sa mga bahay nila. Pero magaling sila kasi professionals dila sa atin. Mas mura sa kanila. Kailangan mo lang sila hanapin through referrals ng mga friends na filipinos. I laso heard, sa toronto, may free dentist din or mag pay ka lang ata ng 100 CAD or less, not sure, pero sa mga students na nag dentists sa university of toronto. Un daw ung mga Students na graudate na, nag upgrade lang ng education nila, so pwede daw pumunta sa university na un, and sa kanila ka pagawa. Not sure lang sa alberta kung ganun din or meron silang ganun sa universities dun.
