Canadian way of life =)

Hehe ja bin es fliessigs... 


as i told you in my last blog, i went to the bank for opening a bank account. so on monday i had my appointment with Tissany and she advised me about the different accounts they have. 
first thing you have to learn about canadian way of life, you have to pay for everything you want (and sometimes even for the thing you can't do anything about it; for example an incoming phone call)
the transactions on you bank account are limited... for example i can do 25 transactions and for each more than that i have to pay. 
then instead of sending you a personal bank card you just get an impersonal one... they take on out of their shelves and that's it. further for you online banking you just need the number of your bank card and a password... very secure... :P haha 


if you want to rent an apartment in canada you don't have to make a contract. 
when we visited our apartment, the owner told us, if you want to rent it, you can do that, you were the first ones which wrote me, so if you want, it's yours. so no contract - no signature - noooothing. but we insisted on making a contract, just in case... 
because we were afraid of getting kicked out because of the olympics. several friends, without contract, were kicked out so that the owners can rent the apartment for more to make good money. 


canadian don't like contract, so you neither have one at work. after my interview at prospect point my boss said, oh you are employed, you will earn 9.50.- / hour and start on Saturday... that was it. no notice for quitting and so... by the way the normal wage here is between 8-12 .- sooo not really much. 


oh and if you use public transport, please line-up... canadians line-up for everything... waiting for a bus, get into a club, waiting for a table in a restaurant, waiting to get into a store on boxing day... i guess it's common to wait one or two hours just to get into a club... why not...


and if not today, then tomorroaw.... maaaybe... 
hunting for a job is really hard in canada.
sometimes you can just write e-mails because there is no phone number or name of the company... so if you write an e-mail you can't do anything else than wait... 
maybe they will write you, maybe not... and most times you won't hear anything... 


every time you enter a shop you will be warm welcomed and asked how it is going... =) 
most of the people here are very friendly =) 


aber canadier sind au seeeehr diskriminierend... es git jo eich vier maskottli fürd olympiade, aber isch üch scho mal ufgfall dass de mukmuk isch entweder nie uf de werbig oder den nur ganz chli :P isch doch fies :P 


to be continued... =) mue iz go volley spiele