Nothing wrong with cold. Just wear another layer of clothing.
Hot weather sucks. Strip down to birthday suit still hot.
Was holidaying in Penang this year. Walked from the clan jetty back to hotel . Body heated up. Had to take a cold shower to cool down

1 hour .... you are extremely lucky. The few time I got caught in a snow storm ...took a few hours to get home. during my student days, regular bus ride would take just over an hour. During snow storm...the same bus ride would take 3 to 4 hours.

NW is part of greater Vancouver. goto www.cbc.ca. Check the news regarding Vancouver home price.. If you think KL house price is insane.... you cant afford Vancouver....X3

You said you are in your 30's. In 10 years time, you will be in your 40's. Age will be against you. The older ones get, the less points allocated, thus more difficult to get in unless you are loaded

Different type of cold. Humid cold vs dry cold. 1 degree C in Vancouver, one will be shivering.
Cathay Pacific HK-Toronto no longer stops at Anchorage for refueling thus one transit stop to Asia
Air Canada has Calgary to Tokyo flights (2,4, 6), thus one transit stop to Asia.



This post has been edited by segamatboy: Nov 8 2015, 09:43 PM

Chinese are just as bad. Cant speak the Cantonese and these days Mandarin, you gonna get crappy service or be ignored.
From the 90s till the late 2000s, rich HK and PRC kids terrorized the streets of Vancouver(street racing). I was told it was Chinese hypocrisy at its best. Police crackdown could not stop the illegal street racings until one fateful morning when one idiot crashed his car killing a young Chinese police officer
. Only then did the local Chinese media focus illegal street racings and the street racing gradually ended. Rich fresh of the plane Indian kids replaced the rich Chinese kids
Prior to the 1997 handover, lots of Hong Kong triads people migrated to Vancouver. Now lots of PRCs are coming over. PRC triads people are also coming over. 14k triad, Big Circle Boys gang, Lotus gang etc Canada got them all. Google if you think I am making it up

The new PM is one of those politically correct idiot
Canada is heavily depends on resources for its economic well being. The new PM supports Keystone pipeline whose sole purpose is to ship bitumen to Texas. Tar sands/Oil sands extraction is extremely polluting and energy intensive.
Canada is a cold climate country. The new PM wants to bring in more immigrants. Since the mid 80s, the vast majority of immigrants are from developing countries, with China India and Philippines topping the list. You think these new immigrants want to live in igloos or turn the thermostat up to the high 20s Celsius or low 30s C
More immigrants mean more economic activities. Immigrants need cars, houses, food and other stuff. This means more energy is need and Canada's main source of energy comes from fossil fuel.
Climate change????How to cut carbon emission/greenhouse gas?? Give me a break





This post has been edited by segamatboy: Nov 8 2015, 09:31 PM

Baby Trudeau is determined to bring in 25000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year as part of his election promise. If ISIS can smuggle a few jihadis in, you can kiss the easy travel to US goodbye. Go find out if Chretien blinked/cave in when US tightened its border after 911

Huh?? French is only required if one lives in Quebec and maybe New Brunswick or working with the federal govt. Western Canada is very hostile towards the Quebec and French is not required. The reason your friend had a hard time finding a job is that he had no local experience. Canada is like OZ and NZ. No local experience...tough luck

Pension is what you make and govt deduct for your retirement
The other one is Old Age security. This what the govt gave to people and it is universal .e rich and poor get it
And then there is another one and it is Guarantee Income Supplement. Those who retire and whose pension and Old Age is below the govt set theshold get some money
You can Google to get more info

The ousted Conservatives govt wanted to raise the retirement age to 67. Baby Turd aka Canada's former Pok Amai Amai teacher rescind that directive. Back to 65

And you think the employer not aware that once you get the papers you can tell them bye bye whenever you feel like it.??? Only works if your skill is in a severe shortage and the economy is booming. The boom is over

Back in late 2008 my employer hire 14 TFWs from Philippines for kilang work,Company got more work than workers.Yes, those TFWs did ask the company to sponsor them as PR but the company said no. Apply on your own. After 2 years, 7 left . Law says that the TFW can leave their employer once they finish their first contract. Even if their work permit are renew if company are willing to rehire them, the TFW can also leave their employers.

TFW.....temporary foreign worker

Not a very good idea aafter listening to some of my cousins talking about their neighbours

All Canadian and American geologists say the BIG One is long over due

Canada got US as it neighbour. US as you know id the world biggest economy and military superpower. That's why Canada dont spend much on military defense and much of it is diverted to social programs.

OZ got who?? Indonesia??

Depends on how long one stays in the country and how much he/she contributes., Visit one of my aunt, a widow on the weekend. She migrated in the early 80s when she was in her early 40s. Only had JCE level education and worked in low wage jobs. According to her, her CPP is around 46xx, Old Age is around 34xx and GIS is around 75xx. approx over 15k per year