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November Blues

Today would be officially month 30 in Alberta. My primary objective to accomplish at almost any cost this year was to buy a home. Unfortunately…

Young Adult Dating Blues

  A bit influenced on my personal sour dating experiences, I always took very little interest in other young adults. My exact words to someone else:…

October Blues

Last time I posted I was ranting about the struggles of fighting to keep the home downpayment money, and further into October the battled continued.…

Home Buying Blues

 It was my intention to buy my first home earlier this Spring- and have been having that goal in my mind all the way back…

September Woes

I’ve always had a depression problem growing up, as my family was very hard on me and expected me to perform, so I didn’t really…

Approaching my 28th month in Alberta

If you’ve been following my posts, you’d have learned that I once came here to work the oil patch, make some money, and go home.…

February- from about to lose everything to about $10000

As emphasized in my previous entry, I spent much of December and January watching myself burn through much of my savings- being out of work for…

Out of Work Blues

Since December 10 I have been out of work. After my construction job hauling heavy equipment and water dried up, I went to an oilfield…

Leaving family behind to escape control, as a ‘Chinese-Canadian’

Someone on a popular university Facebook Page wrote a long note about the burdens of growing up in Canada as a Chinese youngster, and I…

8th Month in Edmonton, 18th in Alberta

Overall I have progressed tremendously ever since I have been here, though I’ve had multiple setbacks. I’ve endured some terrible endeavours, but overall have made…