I still remember the day I said: “I want to live in Canada and work in my field”. I was confident my English would improve soon enough to get a job in this industry that is about being a TOTAL PRO in the writing and speaking departments. The interesting part is that dreaming is as frequent as having to deal with the impostor syndrome. For … Continue reading My brain says: on it!
This morning I was thinking about something I need to pick up from the dry cleaner, something pretty ordinary for anyone anywhere, right? Well, it turns out this is not always as mundane as it could be, at least not for me. We’re about to celebrate our fourth anniversary in Canada, and although the pandemic years don’t count as regular years, settling down has been … Continue reading The dry cleaner
Hoy en la mañana me acordé que tengo algo pendiente de recoger en la tintorería. Algo casual, común y aburrido, como todo lo relacionado con lavar la ropa. Sin embargo, últimamente esto ha sido un tanto particular para mí. Estamos a unos días de cumplir cuatro años en Canadá, y aunque la mitad se ha ido en pandemia, esto de establecerse aquí ha sido una … Continue reading La tintorería
Día de la Mujer. He pasado ya muchas horas pensando en las causas que hay que seguir defendiendo, la complicación y a la vez la bendición que es ser mujer en estos tiempos. En la radio hoy me tocó hablar con activistas, políticas y hasta una psicóloga para desmenuzar el rol de las mujeres en la actualidad, así que llegué a casa toda empoderada, sintiendo … Continue reading Así te protejo, aquí sigues dentro
Dentro de las varias organizaciones que buscan reunir a los latinos aquí en Canadá y/o Toronto, existe una muy chula, sin fines de lucro, llamada Hispanic Canadian Arts and Cultural Association. Hace unas semanas me contactaron para entrevistarme y ¡vaya sorpresa! ¿Cómo así? ¡Si yo suelo ser la que entrevista, la que hace preguntas y escucha atentamente las historias de la otra persona! Total que … Continue reading La entrevista… conmigo :O
Almost three years living in Canada, which means almost three years of dealing with my insecurities and learning from this culture as fast as I can. Thank God I finally feel more fluent, confident and comfortable (yay!); but this is not done yet, more immigration processes still need to be done. A couple of weeks ago I did my English test to apply for the … Continue reading English tests aren’t the real tests!
First of all, no worries, you didn’t miss the 1st part of this story. It starts like this. A new city, a new job and a new life on the Covid era. I underestimated how complicated this adventure would be. When I accepted the new job in Kingston, I thought we would find an apartment right away. I thought that in smaller cities that couldn’t … Continue reading The K Adventure (2nd & 3rd parts): A New Home and Being Thankful
Hey you Silvia 