Top Ten things we were glad to leave behind 1 THE CRIME!! 'Nuff said. 2 The fear (ditto). 3 The uncertain future for our kids. 4 The taxis. 5 The crime! 6 The currency. 7 The tax. 8 The crime! 9 The public transport system... NOT! Where in SA is one of these? 10 AA What are YOU glad to have left behind? Please e-mail me and I'll add it to the list. |
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Survival tips for the bad days Have you already left SA? What's YOUR survival tip? e-mail me now. Please use "Survival Tip" in the subject line 1 Take time to explore your new home town, see some sights, have a celebratory dinner at a nice restaurant, join some clubs - doing normal things will make you feel more at home. 2 Look for all the good stuff in your new country - don't compare it to home. Be excited about it all. 3 Recognise up front that there will be bad days, have a cry and move on. Before we left, we made a list of all the things we would NOT miss - ie all the reasons we were leaving - because it's very easy to romanticise what you think you left when in fact it was probably gone years before you climbed on that plane. 4 Fight SAD: St John's Wort, a herbal medicine, is good for grey sky syndrome and mild depression. It's available all over. You can also buy lamps that emit the"right" light - use it in your living room as prescribed while watching TV. 5 Don't search out news about home or hang out with ex-pats only - meet Canadians and make new friends. 6 Try the local pasttimes - snowboarding, skiing, snowtubing - you'll soon feel more at home. 7 If all else fails, go and see what's really happening in SA on iafrica.com's news pages... all that crime will make you feel so pleased you left! 8 Join The Canada List and make friends before you land so that you have someone who understands the lows and can celebate the highs, too. And don't forget to watch out for our scheduled Canada Coffee Club Chats - chatting to others still going through the process will make you feel much better. |
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Survival tips for the bad days Have you already left SA? What's YOUR survival tip? e-mail me now. Please use "Survival Tip" in the subject line 1 Take time to explore your new home town, see some sights, have a celebratory dinner at a nice restaurant, join some clubs - doing normal things will make you feel more at home. 2 Look for all the good stuff in your new country - don't compare it to home. Be excited about it all. 3 Recognise up front that there will be bad days, have a cry and move on. Before we left, we made a list of all the things we would NOT miss - ie all the reasons we were leaving - because it's very easy to romanticise what you think you left when in fact it was probably gone years before you climbed on that plane. 4 Fight SAD: St John's Wort, a herbal medicine, is good for grey sky syndrome and mild depression. It's available all over. You can also buy lamps that emit the"right" light - use it in your living room as prescribed while watching TV. 5 Don't search out news about home or hang out with ex-pats only - meet Canadians and make new friends. 6 Try the local pasttimes - snowboarding, skiing, snowtubing - you'll soon feel more at home. 7 If all else fails, go and see what's really happening in SA on iafrica.com's news pages... all that crime will make you feel so pleased you left! 8 Join The Canada List and make friends before you land so that you have someone who understands the lows and can celebate the highs, too. And don't forget to watch out for our scheduled Canada Coffee Club Chats - chatting to others still going through the process will make you feel much better. |
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The Canada List and The Canada Coffee Club are owned and managed by Penny Nelson All content copyright P Nelson. |
Top Ten things we were glad to leave behind 1 THE CRIME!! 'Nuff said. 2 The fear (ditto). 3 The uncertain future for our kids. 4 The taxis. 5 The crime! 6 The currency. 7 The tax. 8 The crime! 9 The public transport system... NOT! Where in SA is one of these? 10 AA What are YOU glad to have left behind? Please e-mail me and I'll add it to the list. |
