Many years Canada is considered a
multicultural country and immigrants all over the world come here pursuing the
best life. I came to Canada 2 years ago and everything was different: culture, traditions,
people and language. In the beginning of my journey into a new environment I stood
between two questions: to assimilate into Canadian society or to preserve Moldavian
culture? An important and the biggest contrast that I have noticed between
Moldavian and Canadian society was food and language.
While the Canadians have an
access to a variety types of food at the restaurants,the Moldavians eat a traditional type of food at home. First
year I lived in Canadian family where I made first steps to assimilate into
Canadian society. In the Canadian family I tried a traditional Canadian cuisine,
some of them became my favorite. Now I eat not only Moldavian traditional
food, but I cook Canadian courses as well.
For me learning second language
was hard and challenging period in my life. In Canada I got chance to talk to
native speakers in English, also I have watched TV shows and finally I took the
ESL course where I got a possibility to
learn English from teachers whose native language is English.
My life in Canada is in the sharp
contrast to the life I lived in Moldova. Beside the fact that between Moldova
and Canada exist lots of differences such as: food and language, everyone still
can choose between assimilation and preservation own culture. I chose to assimilate.
