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I guess this thread belongs in the "setlling in" section or whatever, but you guys are my homies so the message is for you, and besides, I don't wanna go straying all over this forum, getting into who knows what kind of trouble!
I just gave Will and Ian Ferguson's "How to be a Canadian" to my husband as a gift and I highly recommend it! So far I've read the first 20 pages or so, and browsed the rest, and there are some jokes could be understood by everyone but the majority require some inside knowledge of the country. Here's a little excerpt from Chapter 1
"How to find Canada on a map*
*map not included
Canada is a very large nation, most of which is above water. A "continental cornice stone" located between Greenland and Irkutsk, Canada is where the bombs will land when the US Strategic Defence Initiative takes effect.
Government:
The capital of Canada is Bay Street. The government, however, is located in Ottawa, a sunny, semi-tropical city on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. We think. Much beloved by poets and painters, Ottawa is a city of canals. It is often compared to Venice. In fact, among certain jet-setting circles, Venice is now known as "the Ottawa of Europe".
Economy:
The main product manufactured in Canada is snow...."
etc....
If you've read it, don't tell me how it ends ;-) If you know of other good ones in the same vein, please let me know! (I also got "Why I hate Canadians" by the same author but not sure yet if it's also worth recommending)
Happy Thursday!
TLH
I just gave Will and Ian Ferguson's "How to be a Canadian" to my husband as a gift and I highly recommend it! So far I've read the first 20 pages or so, and browsed the rest, and there are some jokes could be understood by everyone but the majority require some inside knowledge of the country. Here's a little excerpt from Chapter 1
"How to find Canada on a map*
*map not included
Canada is a very large nation, most of which is above water. A "continental cornice stone" located between Greenland and Irkutsk, Canada is where the bombs will land when the US Strategic Defence Initiative takes effect.
Government:
The capital of Canada is Bay Street. The government, however, is located in Ottawa, a sunny, semi-tropical city on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. We think. Much beloved by poets and painters, Ottawa is a city of canals. It is often compared to Venice. In fact, among certain jet-setting circles, Venice is now known as "the Ottawa of Europe".
Economy:
The main product manufactured in Canada is snow...."
etc....
If you've read it, don't tell me how it ends ;-) If you know of other good ones in the same vein, please let me know! (I also got "Why I hate Canadians" by the same author but not sure yet if it's also worth recommending)
Happy Thursday!
TLH