Tag: New Canadian

• November Life Update

  

  We’ve assimilated to life as Canadians in all but one aspect—I still do my spring cleaning in October/November, like I would in the southern hemisphere. And, as luck would have it, my intense spring cleaning fever coincides with something big this year. We’re moving. For many immigrants, purchasing a home is a long-term dream. Moving…

  Yolandie Horak

  November 4, 2024

  Immigration, Personal

  Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Emmigration, Family, Home, Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration Update, Maple Mondays, Moving, New Canadian, New Experiences, Personal, South African Abroad

• How Immigration Influences My Writing

  

  I’ve lived on three continents, in countries with 14 national languages collectively, of which I was fluent in 2 and passable in one. An adventure, people call it. For me, amid the culture shock, those times it felt impossible to adapt, and those wondrous instances of ‘I’m really here, this is really happening to me’,…

  Yolandie Horak

  February 12, 2024

  Immigration, Writing

  Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Emmigration, Emotions, Germany, Immigrant, Immigration, Indie Writers, Johannesburg, My Writing Process, New Canadian, South Africa, South African Abroad, Stuff for Writers, Toronto, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing

• Accidental Accent

  

  Okay, the title might be confusing, considering we moved to this country almost six years ago. 🤭 But this topic feels like a natural extension of my post about our citizenship. While living in Germany, we could get by with things we regularly said in South Africa. ‘Ja’ is a staple there, pronounced identically to…

  Yolandie Horak

  September 4, 2023

  Immigration, Personal

  Accent, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Changing Accent, Different Accent, Family, Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration Update, New Beginnings, New Canadian, New Experiences, Personal, South African Abroad, South African Living Abroad, Speaking