I landed from Osaka, Japan to Moncton, NB. I came to Canada because my wife is Canadian and from Moncton.  I went to the French LINC course there.

Although I already spoke English fluently when I came to Canada there were days of struggling with English awaiting me, along with French.

After 6 months living in Moncton, my wife and I moved to Ontario, due to job reson. We lived there for 2 years and 2 months. It was different from New Brunswick. I went to English LINC course there.

It was winter when we moved to Ontario. Speaking of winter , where I originally came from we have only few days snow. It was tremendously shocking for me to see the amount of snow and thick ice. It was scary. All I thought about was “Why am I here?”

I only lived in Saint John for 19 days now but I think I like the good mix of culture here.

I certainly have been home sick quite bad and have experienced some hard days coming from cultural differences as well but I can comfortably say that I am glad that I came here because I experienced something that I could not have experienced back home.

- Shigeki in Saint John, NB

- Photo Credit:  Fred Chartrand, The Canadian Press