Story Track: New Job in Vancouver
The process of moving to Vancouver, with all its troubles and trials.
There are 18 entries in this ongoing story, beginning with the entry "Long Border Wait" on July 15, 2007.
Reminder: The story tracking feature began in May of 2007, and only records storylines since that date.
Monday, April 28, 2008
This was the last morning that my mother would wake me up and tell me to get out of bed. "You've moving to Canada today," she said.
 
March 8, 2008
This is good news for the job. After all that waiting last summer, fall and winter, there is finally a result.
 
February 22, 2008
I'll be truly excited if, and only if, I am holding the piece of paper from the government in my eager, American hands.
 
February 20, 2008
Then it turned blood red. That wasn't so delightful. I prefer the moon to look a normal color, thanks very much. This orange/red is just ... eh ... disconcerting.
 
February 14, 2008
So the search starts from square one once again.
 
January 11, 2008
It doesn't help that it's dark now, all the time. Dark, dark, dark. And now where can I go?
 
January 10, 2008
My boss said she isn't sure that she'll be able to both move into the new facility -- and hire me as a new employee. It might be too expensive.
 
December 4, 2007
I'm at a significant crossroads in my life. I just can't afford the gas to go any farther.
 
December 3, 2007
If you had asked me in July, when I was offered the job, if I had to wait until December to start working, I would have said I couldn't take it. But here I am. Waiting.
 
November 29, 2007
That means a future without any money, whatsoever.
 
November 15, 2007
Frustration is too simple a word to describe my feelings.
 
September 20, 2007
They claim that this is a streamlined process, but we'll see. I'll hear something more very soon.
 
September 11, 2007
I'll try to look away when the metal needle is inserted. I'm not a fan.
 
September 4, 2007
My beloved passport has arrived.
 
September 2, 2007
Hopefully something breaks up the boredom, something, anything.
 
August 24, 2007
The new Kaimin office is swanky and impersonal.
 
July 17, 2007
But the good news is that I have a new job waiting for me in new city in a new country.
 
July 15, 2007
No bars tonight, and no partying, as tomorrow I have a job interview, and I'm as nervous as anything about it.