Getting There
Managed to load the next unit of the French course to my computer but that's as far as I got. I have looked thought he second stage of the course I got for Christmas and it's a lot more detailed. I will have to fully understand the beginner stage before I move on to the next stage.
I anybody reading this post has any experience I learning a language from CD please leave some comments. I just need to get some motivation together. Anybody can leave their comments on this blog!!!
Well that's it for now, have a Happy New Year!!!!!!!
"Get your act together"
Right, I have been told!!!! Learn French,or you won't be going. I have ten days off work for Christmas and plenty of time on my hands. I am getting the next level up on my French course for Christmas, and I haven't even finished the second unit of my beginner course yet. Maybe this will be the incentive to stop being so lazy!
It's not actually all that hard to learn French from a CD course. It much easier than learning in school anyway. I bet I could learn loads of languages by this method if only I had the motivation to get off my arse and do it!!!!!
It's not helping that it's I'm only at the beginning of the immigration process. But I'm just going to have to get over it!!!
More posts soon.
Why?
"Why move to Canada when you have the USA next door?" say some of my friends.To which I answer "Why move to the USA when you have Canada next door?"
I was thinking about moving to the USA. I have wanted to live there since I was about 9 or 10. And i did live there, for 6 months in San Antonio, Texas.It was the best time of my life and I have good friends there. However, in the 4 years that I have been back in England things have changed.
For starters Bush was re-elected back to power; then there was the war with Iraq; then there was hurricane Katrina; then there are too many horror stories about health care and lots and lots of other things that I do not want to go into because I will never stop.
Yes, the USA has got a hell of a lot of opportunities. Yes you can do very well for yourself; yes you can afford big houses; yes you can go to University; yes you can have excellent (if expensive) health care; and yes, you can get all of this in Canada.
Quite frankly I just can't be bothered trying to get into the USA. As far as I see it Canada is a lot easier to get into if you have the skills they require. I can move there just being a Legal Secretary, for the USA I have to first do a Bar Conversion Course (for either New York or California), then try and get a job before I apply for immigration papers, then I have to prove to the Immigration Board that the job I have cannot be filled by any US Citizen, and that's if i want to go to New York or California. I am ruled out of at least seven states altogether as they don't accept foreign qualified lawyers, and most of the other states either require your education to be evaluated (fair enough) or to have worked as a lawyer in your home country for a number of years (3-5) (usually both of the above).
So there you go, the first (very probably not the last) of my arguments about moving to Canada over the USA.
Here I go
Well, this is my first entry on my long road to moving to Canada. In February 2007 I will have passed my first qulifying milestone - to have been in full time work for 12 months. (This is one of the criteria that has to be met). The second milestone is a bit further away (I have to have at lease $11,000 CAD before I can apply). Not sure how that's going. At the moment it looks like i'm half way there, but the exchange rate is $2.00 to £1.00 at the moment and its unlikely to last (but i hope is does!!!)
I'm looking at starting the immigration process in winter 2008. This will give me more chance to raise finances and get everything sorted out, like getting my education evaluated and all necessary documents together. It also takes the pressure of getting points in the languages. I don't have enough points at the moment to immigrate (you currently need 67). If i get moderate marks in my French test i can possible reach the mark. But it is difficult to get started on the languages, and given the fact that the finances won't be in place until at least January 2008 there is no point starting just yet anyway.
In the end there is no point rushing it. Once the application is submitted it takes between 2-5 years to process (in London at least). An extra year won't make much difference; and if all the documents are properly prepared beforehand it should work in my favour.
Well, that's it for now. I will try and update regularly.
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