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414# 闲云  

That's my pleasure.
We could have a potluck in a park after the strike finish. Your family, Linda's family.... are all in Toronto now. Maybe on that day both Linda and your wife will fin ...
jiayi 发表于 2009-7-25 01:36

                               
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That's possible, a predictable surprise

闲云

no more update today

jiayi

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Hehe, I am a little busy today. I am having the supper now then go to the LINC class. I'll finish it this night.  Thank you !

jiayi

I find making a schedule is very necessary, especially you feel very busy.

Although I know what I should do everyday, it is interrupted by other things easily. For example, I know I should watch English program every night. While I turned on the computer, I thought  'ok, I have a look in the forum. It doesn't need much time.'  However, having a look could last a long time, then I began to watch program. After finish that, it was almost 1 o'clock. So many instances there are. I can finish the things, but the life is not regular.

As an adult, He/She has laziness too. If you don't want to encourage your laziness, would you like to make a schedule? So  I made a schedule for me last weekend.  It works, I feel better.

月明

I find making a schedule is very necessary, especially you feel very busy.

Although I know what I should do everyday, it is interrupted by other things easily. For example, I know I should watch Engl ...
jiayi 发表于 2009-7-28 10:24

                               
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good idea. but i find it is hard for me to make a plan. laziness is one of my nature. if i make one, it will make me feel trapped. but sometimes we have to.

jiayi

July 28, 2009

The day before yesterday I made a very easy but delicious food --- steam spare-ribs with Chinese five-spice powder.

You can buy any Chinese flavoring in the Chinese supermarket. It’s one of the reasons I like living in Toronto.

Ok, let’s see how to make this delicious food. Three steps are enough. 1. Put the flavorings into the spare-ribs such as soy, salt, a little alcohol etc. Just put it aside for about 20 minutes. 2. Put the Chinese five-spice powder in it and mix it well. 3. Steam for 40 minutes. Maybe you’ll think it’s too long and the meat is old. Actually it is very tender.

Will you have a test? You can put some vegetables under the spare-ribs too such as taro. It’s pretty good. But I didn’t buy this. I put some potato in it. It was ok too but not my favorite. I divided it into two parts. One was steamed on Sunday, another was steamed by my husband on Monday when I went to linc school.

This week I want to test another food: Korea pickles. And I bought a tool to make sushi too. Yummy!

jiayi

good idea. but i find it is hard for me to make a plan. laziness is one of my nature. if i make one, it will make me feel trapped. but sometimes we have to.
月明 发表于 2009-7-28 11:44

                               
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You already did it good. Your English is much better than me:)

You are right, sometimes we have to. In canada a big difference in studying English is the pressure, it push us forward

闲云

Well, a good schedule is always very helpful, especially when you need to balance housekeeping, learning and taking care of your child. Good job

月明

July 28, 2009

The day before yesterday I made a very easy but delicious food --- steam spare-ribs with Chinese five-spice powder.

You can buy any Chinese flavoring in the Chinese supermarket. It’s  ...
jiayi 发表于 2009-7-29 01:18

                               
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it seems i met a good chef here!   en, if possible i would go to your place for eating.  i am a good diner but not a good cook. i should learn from you, but it is really not my interest.  i can do but not enjoy it. i have bought some books for cooking. they did not work at all.

jiayi

July 29, 2009

Usually you should report your last year tax before April. Because some benefits according to your last year tax, it will be calculated again after the reporting tax finish.  For example the child benefit will change in every July. My child benefit was reduced half.

For a new immigrant, usually the last year income is low, so the benefit is high. For example the child benefit has 3 parts.

1. From the reporting tax. For a low income family, it can be over $200. While the normal is about $120.( I forgot the detail because I didn’t take the letter with me). When your family income over $40000( I forgot the detail too), the benefit will be less than $100.

2. If your kid is under 6-year-old, you can get $100 per month, in spite of high or low income. But it is in Ontario, there might be other benefit in other provinces.

3. If your family income are between $2500 and $35000(I forgot the detail too), you can get another benefit( sorry, I forgot the name too) ,it’s between 40 to 70? It is decided by your income last year.

Oh, my god. I forgot all the amount detail. It seems kill your time to read this journal. Any way, if you are a new comer and last year’s reporting tax is low(but not zero) , you can get almost $400 per month. However, once you have a salary, it will be below $200.

jiayi

428# 闲云
I agree with you

jiayi

it seems i met a good chef here!   en, if possible i would go to your place for eating.  i am a good diner but not a good cook. i should learn from you, but it is really not my interest.  i can d ...
月明 发表于 2009-7-29 08:59

                               
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If you can come it's my great pleasure.
Thank you. I am still not a good chef. What I can say is I make progress in cooking, just like my English .I find cooking is very interesting thing, using the same serial to make different dishes. I like cooking more and more.  Yesterday I test two new dishes. One is ' DongPo meat', Do you heard that? Another I learned from the supermarket, pancake with Golden Mushrooms.

闲云

You're right. Child benefit bases on your family income: the lower income, the higher benefit. Basically the benefit consists of two parts: the federal and the provincial. It's a very good social benefit system which obviously is very helpful to the family of new comers.

Seems like your family is making bigger and bigger money these years, congratulations

月明

July 29, 2009

Usually you should report your last year tax before April. Because some benefits according to your last year tax, it will be calculated again after the reporting tax finish.  For exampl ...
jiayi 发表于 2009-7-30 02:21

                               
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although you forget the exact numbers, i still can get a concept of that.

jiayi

July 30, 2009

I go to work by walking everyday. When I passed the yards, I always think about what I could plant in the yard if I have a yard.

Many family plant mulberry trees in the front yard, the shape like a umbrella. I like it. I could ask my duaghter raise some silkworms and we could eat the mulberry seed in the summer. There are many beautiful flowers we can plant. The most popular are rose,globe lily, lily, trumpet flower. In the early summer, peony flower too. There are many other flowers which I don't know the names. Some are wild flowers, some can be made a dish. I remember a soup was made with a flower which I saw it everyday. So many kinds of flowers you can choose. Now I know some are annual plant which can grow every year. Some are not, you should plant them every time. The seed pack will market the information.

The backyard has many choices too. Some vegetables such as tomato, string bean. Some fruit trees such as cherry, pear...

Hehe, a daydream. Maybe I am too tired to plant anything even if I have a house.

jiayi

Seems like your family is making bigger and bigger money these years, congratulations 闲云 发表于 2009-7-30 04:08

                               
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I hope so, that's why I buy 649 or super 7 every week. And if you win a prize in a lottery, you don't need to pay the tax!

jiayi

434# 月明

Hehe, it's my pleasure

闲云

Well, we do have our own yard now. But first thing of all is to get rid of weeds in the lawn. As a matter of fact, we have spent several days of time to do it. Now my front yard and backyard look much better. Horticulture is a hard work

jiayi

July 31,2009

I am busy these days because some new projects begin. That's why I can't write the journal in daytime.  I should work overtime on this weekend. As you know, For a period of time in the past, I hardly do any job. It's the time to make up for the lost working time.

Anyway, I like the status now more than before. At least I can accumulat some working experience. Nothing to do is not good for a new comer.

jiayi

Well, we do have our own yard now. But first thing of all is to get rid of weeds in the lawn. As a matter of fact, we have spent several days of time to do it. Now my front yard and backyard look much ...
闲云 发表于 2009-8-1 02:31

                               
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Yes, I know it's a hard job. So I am not sure if I'll plant some thing even if I have a yard. It's need to pay much money and energy.
But maybe I'll have a try. Having a house with yard is a reason we want to live in Canada.
I think your yard will be beautiful next year.