Yet another post about Canada

So in keeping with the previous post, here's a post about the pros and cons of Manitoba and Sask

Sask

Pros

• Canada's sunniest province with an average of between 2000 and 2500 hours of sunshine annually.
  
• Health care provisions commence immediately you move to the province.
  
• Employment growth in Regina the capital city.
  
• Has some of the most affordable houses in Canada though the prices continues to rise.
  
• Prince Albert has twice been named as one of the 10 best places to live in Canada.
  

Cons

• Blizzard capital of Canada.
  
• Rising cost of rentals which has lead to a decrease.
  
• 1^st ever KKK rally was held in Moose Jaw in 1927, nothing again ever since.
  

Manitoba

Pros

• Health care provisions commence immediately you move to the province.
  

Cons

• Rentals are steadily increasing.

Indecision

So, after being convinced for the longest time that i wanted to move to Calgary, Alberta, now i'm confused. Saskatchewan aka Sask and Manitoba are slowly starting to sway me. not because there's anything wrong with Calgary, it still has all those great points i listed previously. However, the biggest draw to those 2 other provinces is that they are the only 2 that allow family sponsorship of siblings as well, unlike the others which only allow the sponsorship of only parents or spouses and children. Anyway, i don't really need to make a decision before i get there, and who knows, things could change in Alberta within the next 2 years. So keep watching this space.

Like a bad rash...

...just when you think you're rid of me, boom!!! I come back..couldn't resist the cliché.

Anyway, today I got yet regret. I mean how someone can refuse to give you a job even when you say you're willing to earn less than half the amount you're currently earning beats me. I mean they refuse, you call them and say its ok, write a motivation letter..but still, they are so unwilling to let you make the sacrifice. Frankly I don't think it was any of their business and I don't recall asking them to feel sorry for me and not wanting to let me lower the standard of my life. If you ask me, I think they are just afraid that with that amount, I would jump ship the minute I got something/anything better...which is not what I was planning.

I have decided a few things though based on today's regret. I have now tried all the companies I was targeting and have had no takers. Therefore, I'm not going to actively look any more, if I see something I like, then I will apply, but no more stalking people for jobs. I know that from time to time I will get really miserable and want to chuck it all in, but I really don't know how much more I can do other than what I've been doing so far. I will endeavour to work my hardest at my current job, get as many raises as I can, coz from now on I'm in it purely for the money. Come 2009, around January-ish which is when I'm supposed to hear from my emigration application, I will leave and go to Canada hopefully having saved all the money I need. If this application is rejected then I will still apply for my master's degree and go there anyway. So regardless of the outcome of that application, one way or another, I will be in Canada by the end of 2009!!!

Coming soon to a blog near you

Before and after photos