EP.5: To Vancouver

Finally to the city we shouse! 🇨🇦 (but almost destined from day one), sir, everyone.

Before we arrived about a week before the opening day to get ready to set up a room, do paperwork, open a number, open an account, and explore where to buy food, and where Asian sources are.

Cut the footage together on the trip. My wife and I dragged nearly 10 suitcases to the property! It was there around 4: 00.

First stage: The dark room!

It turns out that the room is unlit, we have to walk the lights ourselves, but we need a phone number to apply for BCHydro in the condo.

At that time, I forgot to think about it, because most people find a sub-contract rental (dividing with other people). They don't have to do anything because the old people already do it. But we rent the whole unit as ours, so we have to do it all ourselves.

The first mission races against time.

It's almost 5: 00 to 6: 00 in the morning to get the real Study Permit. You have to run out and open the phone number again.

Because the mall is closed very quickly, unlike in Thailand, it is extremely chaotic, but we choose to use Fido Pro 4G (5G is expensive, thousands of times a month, use 4G first, it is sensitive), and when the number opens the BCHydro account, wait about 2 hours, the light is on, survive!

Tears fall in the IKEA grove

The light started to assemble pre-ordered furniture from IKEA (thanks to a Thai friend who picked up the key to open the room for the delivery to wait), but what was not ordered was "assembly service" because it was hahahaha. The cost was expensive, so we put ourselves into labor.

The point is that there is no equipment, only a stupid wrench, and everyone thinks! The condition hurts the hand, can only assemble the bed, and forget to buy a pillow blanket, only the frame and the mattress. To sleep is assembled until 3 am because the tallow is not tight, the equipment is not ready, even hugging the neck, crying to my girlfriend, "What are we in trouble here?" But finally, I got through and woke up in a bad state, not enough sleep.

Bank Outpost: Good Luck in Bad Luck

Wake up early, the mission is not over, because now spending through the Travel Card, we have to open a bank account. Ignorance is to walk in.

❌ First Branch: No. No, an appointment is required in advance.

❌ Second branch: the same.

At the end of the third branch, it seemed to be fired first, but one of the employees walked out, Asian.

👤: Just arrived in Canada?

Us: Yes, sir. Just arrived yesterday.

👤: I usually have an appointment, but it's okay. I'll open it. Come on in.

In summary, he is Hong Kong very kind. He has just visited Thailand (BMA / Chiang Mai). Talk to the right neck. You have been here for 10 years. The house is much bigger than Hong Kong, hahahaha. Finally, he opened an account and sent a credit card request to create Credit Score for future use.

Last Stage: Compass Card

The money story is over, but the journey is not over! Here he uses the Compass Card to travel (like our home bus, but can touch everything, the SkyTrain Seabus).

The key point is, "Why rush?"

Because as a student, we get U-Pass BC (included in the tuition), which saves a lot of travel, which is an unlimited ride in every zone. If you buy yourself monthly, expensive ears, thousands of baht a month.

But the condition is "Student ID must be available first."

So we had to rush to the college to finish our student's card. When we got the card, we tied it to the Compass Card to Activate U-Pass right away.

When the card works, life is a little better. Go shopping, explore the city, or get lost. Don't worry about the cost of the car.

Here, people are quite cute. Most of them, if they know that we have just arrived, they will always say "Welcome to Canada" to encourage new arrivals because they know that new arrivals are very difficult, and most of them are people who have moved from other countries, no matter what China, India, Colombia, Brazil, Filipinos, Korea, Japan.

# Country move review # Vancouver # Canada # Study abroad # Study experience