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[Deleted member 1050918]

It's the smell of really strong indian spices and IT IS REAL. I am in a situation ATM: just bought a house previously owned by an Indian. It's been a week and over $1k spent trying to get the smell out, it just won't go. We have had to delay moving in cos it's just unbearable. We noticed it when we went for initial viewing but assumed it will go away by simply airing out the house. Nope, that hasn't worked yet.

Anyone has tips on our to get the "curry" smell out?

Fresh immigrant concerns: How to find a good job in Canada? How to get necessary designations?

wonderbly's concerns: How to get food smell out of my newly bought house?

It's funny how you go on to tell "it's not that bad" in Canada. No disrespect, just pointing it out.

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

i think its also okay to make racial jokes at your own expense very occasionally.

That's one thing I miss about the US. You could joke about pretty much anything including race (in a social context). Thankfully there's still comedians like Russell Peters around not afraid to make a joke or two

 

[wonderbly]

Fresh immigrant concerns: How to find a good job in Canada? How to get necessary designations?

wonderbly's concerns: How to get food smell out of my newly bought house?

It's funny how you go on to tell "it's not that bad" in Canada. No disrespect, just pointing it out.

I didn't mean to rub any of this in anyone's face, it was just in line with the discussion and wanted to ask for help with my "seemingly insignificant" problem . For the record, I have been an immigrant in other countries and paid my fair share of sorrow, pain and worry, so I do understand every one of those immigrant concerns you mentioned. It's all par for the course, but after all is said and done - Canada is not that bad .

 

[wonderbly]

finally, please please please bargain at the car dealerships if you’re getting a car. not bargaining is ripping yourself off

THIS. DEFINITELY DO THIS.

 

[charp]

I haven't posted here much but I have been following this thread since day 1.

Timeline:

AOR- 3rd Feb 2021
VO- RROC
ADR- 31st March, 2022
ADR submission- 29th April, 2022
PPR- 8th June, 2022
Good luck guys!

P.S- It may appear as if I have been very lucky but that's not the case here. My PR journey had started in way back 2011, December when I had landed in Canada as a student.

During my stay in Canada, I experienced multiple rejections including MPNP refusal in 2013, AINP refusal in 2015, work permit extension refusal in 2014. Had to leave Canada with a heavy heart and tears of pain in December 2014.

But I didn't quit on my Canadian dream and picked myself up again in 2020 and gave a last shot at it with FSW outland application in 2020.

10 years and 6 months later here I am looking at my PPR with tears of joy.

Won't thank any Gods here as I am an atheist but yeah
“I want to thank me for doing all this hard work. I want to thank me for having no days off. I want to thank me for never quitting. I want to thank me for always being a giver and trying to give more than I receive. I want to thank me for trying to do more right than wrong. I want to thank me for just being me at all times.”

Never give up!

 

[zekkeh]

That's one thing I miss about the US. You could joke about pretty much anything including race (in a social context). Thankfully there's still comedians like Russell Peters around not afraid to make a joke or two

yeah i'll be fudged if i wasnt even allowed to make jokes about myself. leave me out of social circles like that

 

[Deleted member 994371]

It may appear as if I have been very lucky but that's not the case here. My PR journey had started in way back 2011, December when I had landed in Canada as a student.

During my stay in Canada, I experienced multiple rejections including MPNP refusal in 2013, AINP refusal in 2015, work permit extension refusal in 2014. Had to leave Canada with a heavy heart and tears of pain in December 2014.

Damn, bro. Congratulations. You deserve it more than anyone.

 

[RSub]

You can save yourself a lot of trouble with spice odours if you just skip the dry-roasting/tadka and cover the pans most of the time while cooking. I'm also used to opening the windows while cooking anything, but I don't think that's an option in Canada during winter.

It still gets stuck on our dresses. Better to bath or put a new dress and go out.

 

[Deleted member 994371]

It still gets stuck on our dresses. Better to bath or put a new dress and go out.

So I guess I gotta have dedicated cooking clothes now? Damn.

Gotta say. I'd like to learn these things through comments over here rather than learn them from actual life experiences.

Keep them coming. What else do I need to know?

 

[ImpatientAlligator]

It's the smell of really strong indian spices and IT IS REAL. I am in a situation ATM: just bought a house previously owned by an Indian. It's been a week and over $1k spent trying to get the smell out, it just won't go. We have had to delay moving in cos it's just unbearable. We noticed it when we went for initial viewing but assumed it will go away by simply airing out the house. Nope, that hasn't worked yet.

Anyone has tips on how to get the "curry" smell out?

Most of the odours will reside on the cooking surfaces, the ceiling and the ducts. If you haven't already; clean the ducts with professionals, clean the ceiling with a scented wet sponge and clean the cooking surfaces and cooking exhaust with baking-soda and vinegar.

 

[ImpatientAlligator]

don't stare you will see a lot of pretty girls but don't there is is difference between glance and time stare

 

[wonderbly]

Most of the odours will reside on the cooking surfaces, the ceiling and the ducts. If you haven't already; clean the ducts with professionals, clean the ceiling with a scented wet sponge and clean the cooking surfaces and cooking exhaust with baking-soda and vinegar.

Thanks! We've done the baking soda and vinegar, they said to give it a couple more days. We are having the ducts cleaned as well. I will try the wet sponge on ceiling bit too.

I think the strongest smell is in the Pantry, where the spices are stored. One of the cleaning guys said we might need to change the shelves in there as the smell is stuck in the wood? I am hoping it doesn't come to that

 

[charp]

Damn, bro. Congratulations. You deserve it more than anyone.

Thanks bro. It's been one hell of a ride.

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

So I guess I gotta have dedicated cooking clothes now? Damn.

Gotta say. I'd like to learn these things through comments over here rather than learn them from actual life experiences.

Keep them coming. What else do I need to know?

Idk where in India you are from but if you look white-ish then try and pass for Turkish/South European, if you dark then go for Brazilian/African, it will help with the dating scene, most bimbos won't be able to tell

 

[Deleted member 994371]

if you dark then go for Brazilian/African, it will help with the dating scene, most bimbos won't be able to tell

Apparently, neither can Harvard faculty