University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medicine


Days before flying to Toronto is really scary, imagine, feeling separated from your family this far apart really sucked . I remember it when i cried on the plane from Hong Kong to Toronto and there was this cheerful Canadian fat guy sitting beside me, he thought that i was a Hong Konger and he joked and talked to me non-stop trying to make me happy, although the jokes were lame to me that time, he was really the first Canadian guy i met in my entire life and is good one. That actually gave me courage. The first impression of Canada to me is really great, great airport, great peoples, clean, great weather (realized that it was insane later on the year). The immigrations were efficient and friendly as well. I never knew that there are THAT much of Chinese migrants there. I remember visiting the toilet where i felt like i'm in Asia. I've met quite a few Malaysians/Singaporeans there, but most of the SE asians there are Viets. The first person i met in Toronto after everything was settled was a singaporean guy. As time goes by, i can say my friend circle is really "multi-cultural", half asian half white and a few blacks. Canadians are extremely easy going, they are all already too familiar to this multi cultural scene. I can say racism does exists but it can be said there's virtually no serious rasicm in Toronto, there's once i was pointed the finger by some white guys, only once, didnt really bothered me. Everything is expensive here but it's actually expected, it's like having a meal in Starhill everyday but who says eating outside is a must? Cook yourself! Homesick is an "of-course lah.." thing, it's personal. But trust me, although Canada is sooo far apart, even the least dependent guy will cope well with the life here. It's super fun, in the holidays you may take a bus to NY, NY!!The city that we've seen in soo much on TV, CSI:NY, you know! I am happy that i'm able to study abroad Canada, it's beautiful, busy yet easy going, friendly, migrant-friendly and not to mention i am really starting to love the maple leaf now. The only only flaw about Canada is the weather, as a Malaysian i know we love cold weathers..waaah snow darn cool wth..No, you don't want that. It's ridiculously cold here! So guys! Consider Canada! Alot of degree here are recognized by Malaysian government, no worries ok! Try different flavors apart from OZ, UK, US!



This post has been edited by Decode: Apr 24 2009, 02:02 PM