Well on Monday (2 days ago). I went to Surrey to Register the kids with their new school. I had planned to also take some printed resumes around at the same time to apply for work in the area (Any work would do).

I got on the bus at 8:30, when My big brother drove up to give me the kid’s Philippine birth certificates. I was surprised as I didn’t think I’d need them as I had their Chinese birth certificates & their Canadian Citizenship papers. But that was cool still.

I took Tonfino Bus to Departure Bay (Nanaimo), transferred to the Ferry to Horseshoe bay. Arrived at Horseshoe bay at 12:45. Transferred to City Bus to Downtown Van then to Skytrain to Surrey.

I got to the new apartment at 2:15, to pick up our Lease agreement, and then made it to the School by 2:30.

I am so glad they were helpful because they had officially stopped receiving registration at 2:00. (every day 10:00~2:00). but when they heard that I’d come all that way just for this, they helped me out. it took about an hour to fill out and photocopy all the kids paperwork (And they preferred the Philippine birth certificate over the Chinese one as it was easier to read. ^_^)

That being Done I realized I would have no time to apply for work as I had about 90minutes to get back to departure bay and it would take about that time to get there. Then the sky train kept stopping mid track to wait for the train ahead of it…. I got on the Bus from downtown late, and I was certain that I was going to miss my ferry and thus miss the last bus back to Port Alberni….

Luck was on my side I arrived at Horseshoe Bay at 5:30 The ferry normally leaves at 5:25, but because it was late they were rushing the sales of the tickets on it so people like me could get one it. YAY!

The rest of the day was alright.

Sammy got this package from the school marked “Welcome to Kindergarten” it has crayons, pencils story books, paper, and other cool goodies.

Irish hid it until we are moved.

So… I just connected this blog to my different accounts on the internet we’ll see how that works for me.

8 Days left to the next move (from Vancouver Island to The Mainland.) Admittedly not as big a move as from Beijing to the Island was, but it is about time wee get our own place. My children and I are sitting inside the house again, even though it’s a beautiful day. The reason: when we went out to the back yard here the neighbours decided that was the best time to drain their kiddy swimming pools.(Not last night or in the evening) So the entire back yard is flooded with this Algae-filled guck that is not too pleasant to smell. a couple of the neighbouring kids slipped around in it and got soaked….

So we promised that we’d take them around the corner to the park in a bit. (After Laundry was finished).

How does this compare to Beijing? Well the Algae filled back yard isn’t much different, but the fact that it came from a swimming pool some kids played in for a month, while there it’s just from someone (Not necessarily a kid) just squatting and taking a dump in front of the slide or next to the bouncy horses….. Plus the air is nicer, so we can go to the park in a few without the kids developing a bad cough from it.

I have to go to the mainland on Monday to register the kids at their school. unfortunately the funds we have are not enough for the whole family to join me. And after that I’m going to do some leg work for job hunting, as the online applications have not yielded any results yet.

Cheers

It’s midnight and I am about to go to sleep. But I figured I would put a little post here about this thing.

I returned to Canada just under a month ago, (3 weeks ago). And have been trying to get my children to play out doors more. No problem for my daughter (4 years old), but it is a bit harder to get my son (7 years old) away from his tablet unless there are other children right there begging him to come play.

I did what I swore I’d never do when I was young. I let my son be raised and taken care of by the TV (In this case netflix and ripped sesame street dvds). Now I have to wean him off of it and get him outdoors to play. YAY! Chalk 1 point for dad in Terrible moments.

Just opener, Family man, married with kids just re-immigrated from Beijing. I will be posting about cultural observations and obscurities I notice, but for now it’s time to get to bed.

Will be posting weekly or twice weekly.

Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs eat you alive.

Chadwick Baldwin