“Thank you for taking Eva airline. This flight from Taiwan to Vancouver is landing now. Please remain seated…” a flight attendant announced. The announcement woke me up from a long sweet dream. Twelve hours earlier, I was standing in the Taiwan international airport, saying goodbye to all relatives and friends. I was standing at a foreign airport now. My whole new life to become a Canadian started in this unfamiliar city, Vancouver.
My hometown, Taiwan, is a small, but crowded and beautiful island. It is very hot in everyday, and it is nearly forty degrees in the summer. We keep air-conditioners on every day. There are many interesting places to visit in Taiwan. Night market is one of the places that you must visit. Also, there are various delicious Taiwanese foods, such as bubble teas, stinky tofu…etc. I have many friends and relatives in Taiwan, so it is hard for me to leave everyone I love. This is the life I used to for fifteen years.
The best city in the world for people to live in is Vancouver. It is a new, unfamiliar and quiet city is the first impression I have for Vancouver. The weather is cold for me who comes from a tropical country. Everything is different. English is the first thing I am not familiar with. New house, school and environment make me not comfortable. I believe I am not going to be used to this slow paste, boring and cold city.
After three years in Vancouver, I went back to Taiwan to visit. I went to visit my friends and relatives. However, I was not used to everything in Taiwan. I was sweating everyday because of the hot weather. The crowded night market did not seem attractive anymore. This was the time I finally realized I was used to another life now.
I am a Canadian citizen now. Even though, I am a Taiwanese, I am used to the life at Vancouver now. It is a huge major change for my life to come from Taiwan and immigrate here. It is hard for me to adapt in a whole new place. However, I am used to the slow