January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[Pam&Josh 0]

Waoowww!!! Congratulations Cécile!!!

Here is another night you're gonna have troubles to fall asleep!!

You must be so happy!!

Enjoy!!

And of course good luck to all the other ones!!

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Thank you everybody for your sweet messages

Here is another night you're gonna have troubles to fall asleep!!

Yes. actually i'm going to try to go to bed now. and i'll wake up in an hour and a half to talk with Bryan, and then go back to sleep an hour later and... i'll be tired tomorrow

Goodnight everybody!

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[Alex & Rachel 78]

Cecile - your story is awesome. Oh man, what a way to meet! And Blake is right in that it's an anniversary you'll never forget.

In fact nearly everyone's stories are a heck of a lot more interesting than mine.

And............ WE ARE APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I can do the happy dance!

YES!!! Congratulations! (Now I can feel a little less guilty ) So...was it that touch? Did you get the NoA2 in the mail or is the site working again?

Aw, I am sorry to hear work is so stressful for you.

Still very much hoping that you and every else get swift approvals. I want us all to be having our interviews around the same time, too!

Thanks! And yeah, that'd be cool indeed if everyone stayed around the same dates as the rest

So, I'm curious, guys - how did you all meet? I've heard a couple of stories from people but if the question has been asked before it was too long ago for my poor brain to remember!

Hmm... how did we meet... well, we were both members on an online community and I've seen her posting in the forums a few times but we never really talked.. When she started showing up in the chatroom of this community, for some reason we always missed each other (well, guess the reason was exactly 12 hours time difference lol) but after a while we came in contact with each other and it clicked right away between us. After a while we talked more and more, mostly in private chat sessions and eventuelly we began to feel the love between each other. There was one problem tho, she was still in a relationship but, as she told me back then (and as it really showed more and more to me), it wasn't a relationship in which she wanted to be. The guy was really not for her but she was scared to break up because of how he might react.. in the end she did break up tho and then we basically decided we should meet each other and so we did last september.. the rest followed really quick as it all felt so good between us

Oh my, that's crazy...that's pretty much mine and Alex's story, word for word. Ours took a lot longer to progress, though. We started to chat privately in early 2004. We didn't even realise we each had a little bit of a crush on each other for another two years. In the meantime, I left a guy with whom I had no prospects (it was never a relationship that was going to go anywhere, but my problem was that instead of being scared of the guy's reaction I was comfortable and friends with the guy and it took a while for me to haul my ### and move on with my life) and we finally met in July 2006 and have been together since.

Edited May 14, 2008 by Alex & Rachel

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Also, hello to Levi Heather - I've not noticed you posting before today. Welcome!

I think I'm more emotional about Cecile's approval than I was about my own. Damn hormones! I'm on the verge of tears here.

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

I gotta shift my positve energy ray towards Aliona, Sunnybear, Heather and Michelle.

lol.. I love my fiance a lot but I'm still a male Michelle is the USC and my SO

Oh my, that's crazy...that's pretty much mine and Alex's story, word for word. Ours took a lot longer to progress, though. We started to chat privately in early 2004. We didn't even realise we each had a little bit of a crush on each other for another two years. In the meantime, I left a guy with whom I had no prospects (it was never a relationship that was going to go anywhere, but my problem was that instead of being scared of the guy's reaction I was comfortable and friends with the guy and it took a while for me to haul my ### and move on with my life) and we finally met in July 2006 and have been together since.

omg, that's pretty cool to hear there's more people with a similar story Hehe yeah, you guys indeed took a bit longer to see each other and move on with each other but still, you're gonna make the same move as we're gonna do Pretty cool!

btw.. I was just looking at the stats of last year and even tho I like what I see for approvals at the moment, I kinda think they should be able to put a lot more approvals through the pipeline when I look at last year.. they are hardly able to get half the amount of petitions approved compared to last year.

[sunnybear 0]

WOOOT WOOOOOT Cecile! CONGRATS to you two!!!! GO CSC!!!! Cannot wait for Igor's list to update cause then I will be in the 70's! hahaha.....

[BlakeandOlha 0]

I gotta shift my positve energy ray towards Aliona, Sunnybear, Heather and Michelle.

lol.. I love my fiance a lot but I'm still a male Michelle is the USC and my SO

Please forgive me, Positive energy now shifted from Michelle to Jeroen. It's so hard to keep up with who is the overseas person and who is the USC.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Blake was just hoping he was still the lone male in this sea of females, Jereon.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Ok, it's the end of another workday so it's time to log off. As per usual the list of approvals and those still waiting follows:

Oh yes Sunnybear you're now number 79

Remaining 72.5%......... Approved 27.5%

Name……………. Filing Date

Remaining

1 Bryant & Aliona* 01-01

2 Raghu & Swathi* 01-01

3 Ayako & Nathan 01-01

4 Belen & Tim 01-02

5 Ten & DJ 01-03

6 Thanh & Cao 01-04

7 Yanny & Karmen 01-04

8 Lili & Matt 01-05

9 PT & J 01-07

10 Ajay & Komal 01-07

11 Hazel & Ben 01-07

12 Matt & Robin 01-08

13 Maria Ameliza & Eric 01-09

14 Judee Anne & Reynaldo 01-09

15 Irina & Zubzare 01-10

16 Sarah & Rudi 01-12

17 Bruno & Carol 01-12

18 Russell & Dakotah 01-14

19 jj & sh 01-15

20 Elena & Sergey 01-15

21 Liberty & Phillip 01-15

22 jen & jay 01-16

23 Hilda & Chris 01-16

24 Mitchell & Joy 01-16

25 Steph & Gareth 01-17

26 Oscar & Joselyn 01-17

27 Marina & Eugene 01-17

28 Agatha & Robert 01-17

29 VRP & SK 01-18

30 Levi & Heather 01-19

31 gabbie & erv 01-22

32 Busch & Eric 01-22

33 Chris & Therese 01-23

34 nr123 & nm123 01-23

35 Laura & Scott 01-23

36 Joanna & Dale 01-23

37 Lean & Emil 01-23

38 Nick & Sarah 01-23

39 yan & isa 01-24

40 a & o 01-24

41 Greivin & Courtney 01-24

42 Jeroen & Michelle 01-24

43 Lucie & Damon 01-24

44 Olga & Blake 01-25

45 Lea & Ron 01-25

46 jennie & matthew 01-25

47 Paul & Joanna 01-25

48 Rymma & Vadim 01-25

49 WE & CE 01-25

50 Supida & Supida 01-25

51 Lena & Val 01-29

52 Susan & Chris 01-30

53 Ersila & Ilir 01-30

54 Mary & Carl 01-30

55 Benny & Cassi 01-31

56 Ge & Haibo 01-31

57 Benny & Cassi 01-31

58 Richel & Michael 01-31

* mailed in Dec.

Approved

1 Gerald & Vinera….….01-04….04-22

2 Bing & John…………01-12….05-02

3 Shirley & Steven…….01-07….05-02

4 J & Paulie……………01-04….05-02

5 Rosi & Chuck……..…01-04….05-02

6 Hesham & Tanya……..01-14….05-02

7 Pamela & Joshua………01-11….05-05

8 Eliciana & Benjamin….01-11….05-05

9 Robe & Victoria………01-09….05-06

10 Wayne & Nueng*..…....01-01….05-06

11 Yuliya & Brian………..01-03….05-10

12 Rachel & Alex………...01-11….05-07

13 Relyn & Patrick*..……..01-01....05-06

14 Plami & Krasi……….…01-01....05-07

15 WW & MM……………01-12….05-07

16 Paola & Chris………….01-04….05-06

17 Zrinka & Eric………….01-05….05-07

18 Badr & Aimee*………..01-01….05-08

19 Stacy & Jonathan*…….01-01….05-09

20 Erica & Scott………….01-12….05-12

21 Cecile & Bryan………..01-02….05-13

22 Portia & Tony*………..01-01….05-14

[Levi_Heather 0]

Also, hello to Levi Heather - I've not noticed you posting before today. Welcome!

I think I'm more emotional about Cecile's approval than I was about my own. Damn hormones! I'm on the verge of tears here.

Thank you! Good to be here. I hadn't been on in awhile and spent alot of my time in the Canada forum. So good to have the info and support on VJ

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Blake was just hoping he was still the lone male in this sea of females, Jereon.

Damn you figured me out!

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Blake, I forgive ya besides, my SO can need some positive energy as well, she is very anxious as well for me to finally come over ^^

And lol, Rachel, I could've known it was that xD

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Cecile - your story is awesome. Oh man, what a way to meet! And Blake is right in that it's an anniversary you'll never forget.

In fact nearly everyone's stories are a heck of a lot more interesting than mine.

And............ WE ARE APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I can do the happy dance!

YES!!! Congratulations! (Now I can feel a little less guilty ) So...was it that touch? Did you get the NoA2 in the mail or is the site working again?

It was on the website. It seems it finally works again.

the date was today's date (14th) and they said "on the 13th of May we have sent you a notice of approval bla bla bla...".

[sunnybear 0]

Ok since you all are sharing stories I will share the one of Steph and Gareth hahaha.....aka I am sunny and he is Bear....

Wellll I was married to my highschool sweetheart almost 10 years and had my daughter Gabby with him....loved him and nothing was really that horrid about the marriage....but it just wasn't the marriage I wanted so to speak...call me greedy but I craved more affection than he gave etc...I also want more children and he was not willing to compromise on this....so between those two things and loads more little things the marriage started going downhill....I started getting heavily tattooed at this point (my sleeves) and lo and behold I meet Gareth since our tattooist was his good friend at the time and was working out of Gareth's flat until he got his own place. Gareth was laid upon his sofa watching tv and didn't speak much really to me the first time we met, just normal hellos and such. Well when I was getting ready to leave I was bending over fastening my shoes (green vans with velcro straps heehee) and glance over to catch him really checking me out.....he hurried and looked away and I just grinned.

We then began speaking over myspace through comments and such. I was a stay at home mom and he worked in an office he was on messenger almost every day. Well he knew all the ins and outs of my marriage good and bad. He never was trying to "Get me" so to speak in fact I was more after him....Well my then husband kept going out every weekend leaving me behind unless I wanted to take our daughter to parties with me (which I didn't!). So I sat home and talked to Gareth then on the weekends as well.....

You can all see where this is going right? Anywayyy I never thought I would have the guts to leave my husband cause even though I was very close to finishing my degree I was VERY dependent on him since we had been together since I was 15. But then caught him messing around with some other married women etc....this was my OUT. He agreed to let me take our daughter with me and that was that.

Gareth and I are still in a state of disbelief it is all going to actually happen and our dreams are going to come true....we always thought "oh maybe in another lifetime" etc....

So yeah that is my scandalous story haha!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Children was a big point of contention with me, too. I can fully sympathise there. So does Gareth want more children? My ex hated children and that was why I knew we were never going to have a lasting relationship - it was okay while we were at college, but once we had both graduated I knew it'd be time to part sooner or later. Finding someone like Alex who is marriage and child-orientated at his age is like finding gold! We are going to wait a few years to begin a family but at least I know we have similar ambitions.