The world is small

[Mephys 2]

So me and my husband went to the apartment complex's pool yesterday with the kids. There is a girl there that takes people's names and verify pool passes sometimes. It was my thris time seeing her but i've never really talked to her before. Yesterday there was a bunch of 18-22 yo guys playing football in the pool and they are cursing and swearing a lot and they dont pay attention to little kids and there was at least 10 families with their kids yesterday and they were really annoying. 2 of them were trying to throw each other in the water and they almost hit our 2 yo And the girl told me she the only power she had was to take their pool pass away but since she was alone against maybe 8 guys she was a little scared they would just make more trouble. So anyways our 2yo prolly wanted to take his revenge I guess and puked his lunch in the pool ( ham sandwich) because he swallowed water by accident and evacuated all the pool So of course the girl closed the pool for the rest of the day to clean and treat the water. Ok thats not related to the K-1 thing and i jsut thought it would be funny to share!

So we stayed alone with her, trying to help her and catch the big stuff with a net (yeah I know im gross) and as we were speaking to her, I noticed she had a strong accent so she was probably not a native american. I asked my hubby when she was away and he agreed so he asked her if she was bilingual and she said "sure im French Canadian!" lol So I asked her where she came from and she is from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. For those who arent too familiar with Quebec's regions, people from Saguenay speak with a very strong accent compared to people from Montreal. So that's why she sounded so different. But after I asked her couple questions I found out she came here on a K-1 Visa 5 years ago. My hubby wanting to be a smartass asked her if she knew about VJ, and she obviously didnt. I thought she was weird after cause she told me she had wait almsot 4 years to get her GC ( ???) and that she was pissed at this immigration thing to not be able to work and travel for almost 4 years.... So that was my confirmation that she didnt know about VJ. SHe had no clue about EAD or AP. She filed her GC, never received anything, and she waited 1YEAR before calling them to know what was going on. Then she couldnt get answers cause her case was nowhere to be found.....THEN she called 1 YEAR LATER to get more info ( ????) and finally re-filed for her GC and then got her GC somwhere like 1year and a half later (????) But yeah she was clearly a really uninformed and patient person......Dunno how she went through that. Shes lives in the same appartment complex as we do and she works at the pool so I'll probably see her sometimes and share a poutine or something.

[Emancipation 2]

So me and my husband went to the apartment complex's pool yesterday with the kids. There is a girl there that takes people's names and verify pool passes sometimes. It was my thris time seeing her but i've never really talked to her before. Yesterday there was a bunch of 18-22 yo guys playing football in the pool and they are cursing and swearing a lot and they dont pay attention to little kids and there was at least 10 families with their kids yesterday and they were really annoying. 2 of them were trying to throw each other in the water and they almost hit our 2 yo And the girl told me she the only power she had was to take their pool pass away but since she was alone against maybe 8 guys she was a little scared they would just make more trouble. So anyways our 2yo prolly wanted to take his revenge I guess and puked his lunch in the pool ( ham sandwich) because he swallowed water by accident and evacuated all the pool So of course the girl closed the pool for the rest of the day to clean and treat the water. Ok thats not related to the K-1 thing and i jsut thought it would be funny to share!

So we stayed alone with her, trying to help her and catch the big stuff with a net (yeah I know im gross) and as we were speaking to her, I noticed she had a strong accent so she was probably not a native american. I asked my hubby when she was away and he agreed so he asked her if she was bilingual and she said "sure im French Canadian!" lol So I asked her where she came from and she is from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. For those who arent too familiar with Quebec's regions, people from Saguenay speak with a very strong accent compared to people from Montreal. So that's why she sounded so different. But after I asked her couple questions I found out she came here on a K-1 Visa 5 years ago. My hubby wanting to be a smartass asked her if she knew about VJ, and she obviously didnt. I thought she was weird after cause she told me she had wait almsot 4 years to get her GC ( ???) and that she was pissed at this immigration thing to not be able to work and travel for almost 4 years.... So that was my confirmation that she didnt know about VJ. SHe had no clue about EAD or AP. She filed her GC, never received anything, and she waited 1YEAR before calling them to know what was going on. Then she couldnt get answers cause her case was nowhere to be found.....THEN she called 1 YEAR LATER to get more info ( ????) and finally re-filed for her GC and then got her GC somwhere like 1year and a half later (????) But yeah she was clearly a really uninformed and patient person......Dunno how she went through that. Shes lives in the same appartment complex as we do and she works at the pool so I'll probably see her sometimes and share a poutine or something.

That's really great!! So cool how you just ran into her!! I did run into a Russian bride when we lived at our old place (she was the hairdresser at our building).. she had come through K-1 as well, and we talked all about our experience moving to the US.. So cool that someone who speaks FRENCH is so close to you.. HOLY 4 years for a GC.. YIKERS..

[Lance27 19]

Thats funny

On a side note, I ran into a lady from Montreal when I was visiting the in-laws in New Mexico. She's Native American so it was easier for her to move.

[misa 2]

That's awesome you've got another French Canadian close by! Sucks that her GC took so long. USCIS sure doesn't give us enough information to "go it alone". Thank goodness for VJ! Can you imagine how LOST we'd all be without VJ and other members here?

[Emancipation 2]

That's awesome you've got another French Canadian close by! Sucks that her GC took so long. USCIS sure doesn't give us enough information to "go it alone". Thank goodness for VJ! Can you imagine how LOST we'd all be without VJ and other members here?

I'd be in a mental hospital for sure

[neiks 19]

thought she was weird after cause she told me she had wait almsot 4 years to get her GC ( ???) and that she was pissed at this immigration thing to not be able to work and travel for almost 4 years.... So that was my confirmation that she didnt know about VJ. SHe had no clue about EAD or AP. She filed her GC, never received anything, and she waited 1YEAR before calling them to know what was going on. Then she couldnt get answers cause her case was nowhere to be found.....THEN she called 1 YEAR LATER to get more info ( ????) and finally re-filed for her GC and then got her GC somwhere like 1year and a half later (????) But yeah she was clearly a really uninformed and patient person......Dunno how she went through that

She was probably using a lawyer. lol

[misa 2]

That's awesome you've got another French Canadian close by! Sucks that her GC took so long. USCIS sure doesn't give us enough information to "go it alone". Thank goodness for VJ! Can you imagine how LOST we'd all be without VJ and other members here?

I'd be in a mental hospital for sure

I'd be right there with you!

Neiks, good point about probably using a lawyer! I am *so* glad we didn't.

[derekkj 0]

The world is so small that before he moved, Flames9 was my neighbor.

Never did meet IRL either.

[Clarky and Tarah 0]

The world is so small that before he moved, Flames9 was my neighbor.

Never did meet IRL either.

Wow, great story, the puke part made my day . Too bad you didn't meet the girl a few years ago when you could have shared your VJ wisdom and saved her alot of trouble (that is, if you would have had your VJ wisdom years ago ). The world is very small.

So, how long did it take to get the pool cleaned out?

[Flames9_RN 358]

does this mean ur moving to a new aprtment complex? lol Nice to meet other cdns!! maybe some day Derekkj and I will meet,lol

[Mephys 2]

The world is so small that before he moved, Flames9 was my neighbor.

Never did meet IRL either.

Wow, great story, the puke part made my day . Too bad you didn't meet the girl a few years ago when you could have shared your VJ wisdom and saved her alot of trouble (that is, if you would have had your VJ wisdom years ago ). The world is very small.

So, how long did it take to get the pool cleaned out?

Dunno about the pool, but seriously VJ is a great help. One thing though, we have that poster in the kids bedroom where they get a start sticker for being good and a sad face when they are acting bad, and Josh and me were laughing so much we thought the 2yo would deserve 5 stars for evacuating the pool in less than 5 min

[Necrotica 0]

So me and my husband went to the apartment complex's pool yesterday with the kids. There is a girl there that takes people's names and verify pool passes sometimes. It was my thris time seeing her but i've never really talked to her before. Yesterday there was a bunch of 18-22 yo guys playing football in the pool and they are cursing and swearing a lot and they dont pay attention to little kids and there was at least 10 families with their kids yesterday and they were really annoying. 2 of them were trying to throw each other in the water and they almost hit our 2 yo And the girl told me she the only power she had was to take their pool pass away but since she was alone against maybe 8 guys she was a little scared they would just make more trouble. So anyways our 2yo prolly wanted to take his revenge I guess and puked his lunch in the pool ( ham sandwich) because he swallowed water by accident and evacuated all the pool So of course the girl closed the pool for the rest of the day to clean and treat the water. Ok thats not related to the K-1 thing and i jsut thought it would be funny to share!

So we stayed alone with her, trying to help her and catch the big stuff with a net (yeah I know im gross) and as we were speaking to her, I noticed she had a strong accent so she was probably not a native american. I asked my hubby when she was away and he agreed so he asked her if she was bilingual and she said "sure im French Canadian!" lol So I asked her where she came from and she is from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. For those who arent too familiar with Quebec's regions, people from Saguenay speak with a very strong accent compared to people from Montreal. So that's why she sounded so different. But after I asked her couple questions I found out she came here on a K-1 Visa 5 years ago. My hubby wanting to be a smartass asked her if she knew about VJ, and she obviously didnt. I thought she was weird after cause she told me she had wait almsot 4 years to get her GC ( ???) and that she was pissed at this immigration thing to not be able to work and travel for almost 4 years.... So that was my confirmation that she didnt know about VJ. SHe had no clue about EAD or AP. She filed her GC, never received anything, and she waited 1YEAR before calling them to know what was going on. Then she couldnt get answers cause her case was nowhere to be found.....THEN she called 1 YEAR LATER to get more info ( ????) and finally re-filed for her GC and then got her GC somwhere like 1year and a half later (????) But yeah she was clearly a really uninformed and patient person......Dunno how she went through that. Shes lives in the same appartment complex as we do and she works at the pool so I'll probably see her sometimes and share a poutine or something.

Neat!

Réjean's accent comes from that area, too. He says "pourquoi", and it sounds like "pkqwuh". I can pick up a lot of French (took 3.5 years of it in school) from just about everyone but him unless he's swearing, hehe.

We want to move to Chicago, so if we end up doing so, there will be another French Canadian in the city!

POUTINE!!!! I loved that when I was up there...

Thats funny

On a side note, I ran into a lady from Montreal when I was visiting the in-laws in New Mexico. She's Native American so it was easier for her to move.

Réjean is Native American, too, but not enough to get a free ride into the USA. :\

[misa 2]

Oh, I had a "small world" incident too. One of the vet assistants/techs at the new vet I brought my dog too is from Ontario and has been here for about a year and a half. I was going to ask her "what visa?" but thought that was pushy. She did mention she was here for school so I think she's here on a student or work visa.

Mephys, I thought of you when I was at the vet clinic thinking how cool it would have been if YOU were the vet tech there.

Edited July 25, 2007 by misa

[Mephys 2]

Neat!

Réjean's accent comes from that area, too. He says "pourquoi", and it sounds like "pkqwuh". I can pick up a lot of French (took 3.5 years of it in school) from just about everyone but him unless he's swearing, hehe.

We want to move to Chicago, so if we end up doing so, there will be another French Canadian in the city!

POUTINE!!!! I loved that when I was up there...

I'll be definitely glad to cook one for you and Réjean if you come near Chicago!! Let me know if it happens!

Oh, I had a "small world" incident too. One of the vet assistants/techs at the new vet I brought my dog too is from Ontario and has been here for about a year and a half. I was going to ask her "what visa?" but thought that was pushy. She did mention she was here for school so I think she's here on a student or work visa.

Mephys, I thought of you when I was at the vet clinic thinking how cool it would have been if YOU were the vet tech there.

Knowing what my last job was, are you sure ???

Yeah I would have taken good care of your puppy

[misa 2]

Oh, he's not so much a puppy anymore... he's 12.5 years old. Doing good but starting to show his age.

But I'm sure you would have been great with him.