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Monthly Archives: December 2008
My First White Christmas
It was my first Christmas in Canada and it’s a white christmas. We just moved here last October 20, 2008 so we don’t have close friends yet. It was just the two of us but I didn’t mind. He is … Continue reading
Posted in Living and Loving
Tagged Add new tag, chocolate cake, Christmas, citizen eco-drive, magic sing, noche buena, noma lights, pilot, roasted turkey, watch, white christmas
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Moving To Regina
It was good news to us when my husband got a job contract in Regina but there was also some worry to it. We were living in Edmonton and Regina is city in another province. That was a very big … Continue reading
Posted in Living and Loving
Tagged apartments, Boardwalk, moving, regina, Tim Hortons, towing, U-Haul, zellers
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Banff and Lake Louise
Banff is part of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. Being there is being at peace with the Creator. It’s incredible how nature can be perfect in all its asymmetry. All the sceneries in Banff are breath-taking that it would … Continue reading
Posted in Travels|Vacations
Tagged Alberta, Beehive, Canadian Rockies, gondola, Juniper, Lake Agnes, Lake Louise, Mirror Lake, Moraine, Mount Agnes, Rundlestone, Sulphur Mountain, teahouse
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Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park is part of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. My husband and I went there to celebrate my birthday. We drove all the way from Edmonton but it was a nice drive. There are roadside rest areas inside … Continue reading
Posted in Travels|Vacations
Tagged Alberta, athabasca river, Becker's Chalets, Canadian Rockies, canyon, columbia ice fields, Jasper, maligne, river, spirit island, whistler mountain
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The Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies is one place in Canada that you must not miss in your lifetime. It is in the province of Alberta and has four parks; Jasper, Banff, Kootenay and Yoho. The place is so vast and breath-taking … Continue reading
Posted in Travels|Vacations
Tagged Alberta, Banff, Canadian Rockies, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho
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Things to do in Edmonton
Edmonton had been my home for barely a month. My husband actually lived there for almost nine months. He worked there as an IT Consultant with the Office of the Solicitor General. Before I joined him last September 2008, he … Continue reading
A strange place I call home
I arrived in Canada last September 24, 2008. I flew in from the Philippines on Cathay Pacific Cebu-Hongkong-Vancouver. My final destination was Edmonton but I had to go through the Canadian Immigration Services in Vancouver first because Edmonton Airport is … Continue reading
Getting Ready for Canada
Getting Ready for Canada Leaving for Canada as an immigrant was a life changing decision for me. There’s a lot of preparations to be done beforehand. I was going to my new home where almost everything is new to … Continue reading