Thursday 1 November 2012

my first winter in canada

Living in a tropical country, we always dreamed of seeing and feeling winter. How nice it would be to live in a country with 4 seasons, not just rain and summer.. I heard from my classmates who lives in Vancouver that saskatchewan is  one of the coldest temperature from -40-60 including the windchill,One of the coldest province in Canada.
My classmate told me be ready with yourself bring a nice jacket it is about five months to suffer for the cold weather.
I can't believe that I am actually here. How long I have been dreaming of coming to Canada. The long wait is over and I am actually here! The wide streets, the quiet neighbourhoods, the houses that are almost alike and painted mostly with earthy tones. It seems every house is new, the spacing of their houses so evenly distributed, the clean streets and yards, the smell of the grass, and no traffic and horns to be heard. It’s incredible! Everything is new! And I am excited to explore more than what I’ve seen at that moment.
Months pass by, adjusting to new culture, new house, new friends, , new work, new directions, and learning bus schedules.which is really helpful to newcomers when you don't know anyone and feel lonely. You could just block your loneliness for hours and indulge in books. But then, I was getting excited waiting for winter. I heard people complaining that winter is coming.My cousin always telling me that pursue yourself to practice driving,winter is past approaching its so hard to catch the bus outside.
One day my cousin called her husband to drive her going to work because it was having a thick snow outside. It was October 30,2010 That is the first time that i saw the snow.when the snow stop falling ,My cousin told me come outside wear your winter jacket,bonnet,gloves and your winter boots were going to shovel the driveway.I'm so excited to step on for the cotton like snow. I was amazed to see how God really creates a beautiful world to live in. I saw the snow in each flake. It was beautiful! Amazing how He created the snow with a crystal spider-like form. What was God thinking?! Why does he need to create this kind of form when he could only create just white plain balls as snow? Oh, how lucky these people are that they could experience winter and the other seasons.While in my own country lots of calamities,Flood,typhoon,earthquake volcanic eruption etc.
Now, I was stepping on the snow like cotton-candy, they're drifting away one by one. It was a dream come true.