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when i came to Cnada the most difficult thing was to undersatnd other culture from where i have to start which culture is the most dominant and that takes me a hard time to figure out particular believes until I start to attend heritage festival and start to face real culture not intangible 

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when i came to Cnada the most difficult thing was to undersatnd other culture from where i have to start which culture is the most dominant and that takes me a hard time to figure out particular believes until I start to attend heritage festival and start to face real culture not intangible 

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Niru Raghavan
Erika Goble
Jenna Gauthier
Andy Keenan
Brooke Leifso
Carol Tonhauser
Chantayne Tierling
Kristie O'Neill
Angela Namocatcat
Jay Suathim
Nicole Patrie
Lisa Tsen
Anna Ali
Brenda Hoang
Nicholle Kean

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During the summer of when I was 22 years old, my best friend and I told our parents we were going to the movies. Instead of actually going to the movies, we went skydiving and jumped off a plane 13,000 feet from the sky. Wired on adrenaline, we came back home with our rehearsed movie reviews and acted as if didn’t just risk our lives and increase our life insurance premiums.

P.s. My parents ended up finding out three days later and now feel anxious whenever I say “I’m going to the movies.” Lol.

Andy Keenan - Brenda Hoang
Carol Tonhauser - Erika Goble
Robert Lawson - Jay S

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I've always had an odd knack for getting along with canines. One time, a fully wild wolf at a wildlife sanctuary I was visiting saw me, bounded across its large enclosure and stared right at me. I ended up petting her through the bars! I still have a photo with that wolf (taken by my very nervous friend, who doubtless thought I was going to get my hand eaten).

Chantayne Tierling - Andy K, Heather K

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I’ve tried learning 6 languages.  I am terrible at languages, but as a child, could speak back to my grandfather when he would teach me (there were two languages other than English).  As an adult, I have almost given up on learning languages, but have noticed that I can speak to squirrels.  My spouse says that speaking with squirrels shouldn’t go on my resume, and there’s no way of proving my competency.  He has a point.

Niru - Brooke L
Brooke L

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While in New York City and on the look-out for a delicious new treat to try, I got more than I bargained for when I accidently bought a CBD oil-infused cookie! Needless to say, the rest of the day I felt quite calm while exploring the Big Apple!

Niru - Andy Keenan

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I took skydiving lessons for a solo jump. It was fun, but not as much fun as the tandem jump I did a few years later. During the tandem jump, I saw a full circular rainbow in the clouds at 8000 feet! There was no gold though.

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One summer, a colleague and I attended a technology conference. We arrived early, found the perfect table for viewing the keynote address, which was from Canadian Astronaut, Colonel Chris Hadfield. He ended up sitting right beside me for the entire morning and we ended up eating lunch together. Amazing stories were shared.

Andy Keenan - Brooke and Chantayne

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I went to Paris, France on 24-hours notice for a 10-day vacation and didn’t even have a hotel to stay at when I landed at the airport, proper currency or, as I found out later, any idea how to use their pay phones.

Brooke - Andy K

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Many years ago, I worked as a Canada Customs agent at a tiny seasonal border crossing to help pay for school. It is probably the strangest job I’ve had. I’ve searched more people and cars than I care to remember, and found the weirdest of things. I also learned that even wholesome looking grandparents can be drug smugglers and that most people are terrible liars, keep gross things in their vehicles, and rarely properly store weapons. I also learned not to be a jerk to the Customs Agents – they are just doing their jobs, but can drag a search out for hours if you anger them. But the most valuable thing I learned from that job is how to pack a car. My theory: clown cars are just full of CBSA agents.

Erika - Brooke, Heather

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I used to live in Los Angeles. One day, a guy came up to me on the street and asked me if I wanted to be in a TV series. I told him no.

Jenna Gauthier - Andy Keenan

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Once upon a time in the quiet neighborhood, I was walking to 7/11 store at around 9 pm. A man came to me and asked “how are you doing”. I looked at him and I was about to say something, but suddenly, he pulled his pants down!?! The first thing I say was “YUCK”, and I did walk away really quickly. Thank god it was dark!

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My friend and I were driving from Edmonton to Sedona, Arizona because I was helping her move to start a new job there.  We were turned away at the Canada-US border crossing because my friend didn’t have all of her proper documentation with her.  I still hope to be able to visit Arizona one day!

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Pre-pandemic, on a whim I agreed to go on a  girls trip to Vegas with my cousin. We ended up standing in the pit of a Backstreet Boys concert and I got to hold hands with two of the boy band  members, Brian and Kevin!

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When it comes to camping, I don’t fancy it at all but I don’t mind glam camping at all! My first time glam camping was in the Sahara desert where there were actual beds to sleep in in the tents and a toilet tent bathroom! What a way to sleep under the stars :)

Erika - Chantayne

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I’ve been to Argentina for a friend’s wedding. That week is the only time I’ve spent in South America. We spent time in Buenos Aires and the Cordoba Mountains. I think we also went to the beach in Paraguay. I became friends with the macho family patriarch, who said I could call him his childhood nickname his English nanny gave him, "Freddy"!

Erika - Anna
Anna A - Carol

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I am not a chef, but I have no shame (and sometimes poor judgement) in the kitchen. I like to experiment with soup.

I have random, unlabeled things in the freezer that have gotten lost under other things. I took out what I thought was frozen broth.

It was not broth. It was gravy.

Some people would have made other plans for dinner that night. I did not! I used the gravy. 3/10 would not recommend.

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Chantayne - Heather