My Life in Winnipeg

     I have been in Winnipeg for one year. I want to go to University of Manitoba so I have been learning English since I came to Winnipeg. During this year, I feel comfortable and happy because of my homestay family and IEP English program. When I just came here, I felt culture shock but it makes me exciting to have a new life in this neck of the woods.

     It was winter when I just came to Winnipeg. Sometimes I felt maybe I will die in here, it is so cold! I could feel biting cold in the air, so I have to wear lots of clothes and look like a ball. It makes me felt uncomfortable because I felt hot when I got to inside of school. Before I went to school, my homestay mother explained me bus schedule. This was my first time felt that I am in another contry. My first time to by bus was surprised, I did not know how to get off bus but I saw some people pull a thread which is yellow before they got off the bus. In my home city, we do not have to pull thread because driver will stop at every bus stop. I thought I am smart at the moment, however, I went to back door after I pulled the thread. I did not know I need to push the door instead I just standed there. I was wondering why the driver have not opened door for  me until someone helped me. I was embarrassed at that moment! I was on the bus one day, I saw the driver puted on a board to floor for a women who has difficulty behaviour ability. I felt happy for her but also feel delight for Winnipeg. I saw many this kind of  people take bus, they do not feel their inferior, they have the gots to take bus, even they may have a job! They are awesome, and Winnipeg's transportation thinks this way to help them is great. The pressing problem for me was making a quick adjustment to the canadian lifestyle that it was time schedule. For my easegoing home city, Canadian seems like perpetual-motion lifestyle. They seem never stop moving and they do not want to spend too much time to do things, just finish quickly, such as talking on the phone. Everything is done according to a schedule. They are alwasys busy even on the bus. They read on the bus. In my home city, I feel we are a lot of slower because we do not feel we need to alwasys be busy.I could spent one night just talking to my friends. I think just we have different concept of how time should be spent. 

     In addition, I am glad that I choose to go to IEP English program. It is an awesome program for me. First, every week we have different activity, such as, bowling, skating, skiing or go to musume. We can find delight from activities. Sometimes we have pizza party during lunch time, it is free! We can eat until we feel full. From these activity, we also can learn more about Winnipeg. Every Thurthday we have conversasion coffee which can help us practise our speaking. During conversation coffee, we can make new friends and eat snack. It has lots fun. In home city's English program, they just have schedule for students, no activity. Seconed, IEP's teachers are wonderful! They are very kind to all of students, and very helpful. Students have close and open relationships and enjoy with teachers. For example, last Friday was one of our classmates' birthday. Our teacher told us we will have a small party for her and if we want, we can bring some snack to celebrate for her. In this program, not only do we learn English, but we also know more about Winnipeg. Third, IEP's classes are funny. Teacher will give us some game to play after we leared. This is very geat idea for me beacuse according this game, I will find if I can understand what we learned or not. Anyway, I really enjoy IEP.

     Another pleasant thing is my homestay family. I feel I am very lucky to have them. When I just came here, I felt my room was cold so I told my homestay mother about this. Then, she brought a small heating installation to me. Sometimes she bring me to her sister's home for dinner. She is very nice to me. If she doesn't have dinner at home, she will cook for me before she leave. I remember she brough me to a small town for visiting some gardens in summer time. My homestay makes me feel I am not alone in Winnipeg, makes me feel they are also my family.
     When I go back to my country, I will have plenty of memories to tell my family all that my experience in Winnipeg and I want to create more memorable experience for my life in Winnipeg.