I have been in Canada several times. My sister lives here since 2011, after one year in Toronto she moved to Calgary and to be honest with you I prefer Calgary but I still don't know why. Almost 3 months ago I left everything that I had in Venezuela to start a new adventure here, only with 2 luggage and my soul full of good memories. I decided to become an immigrant. Even though is not my first time in Calgary it would be completely different from the others, because I came to stay. The lifestyle of Canadian culture is not as different as I thought, what has been a challenge is live with my sister after 7 years living without her.
It's hard for me to fit in on a house with new rules and try to make it my new home, because at the moment it doesn't feel like home. I'm trying to be the same person that I was in my country but is difficult to keep loyal to my identity when there are so many things happening around me -find a way to stay here, get a job, take care of my niece, help my sister with the house. Recently I found that I don't talk with my friends as frequently as I did before and that is starting to bother me, here a have new and more responsibilities leaving me with less time to spear. I need to find a way to balance my life here and what I left in Venezuela, I don't want to lose what I have with my friends, I don't want to become in someone that I'm not but I found difficult to be myself when others critics every move that I make.
Anyway, it's only been 3 months I hope that this whole situation -and not me, change. If not, I will start to questioning if coming to Canada was the correct decision.
