It was silent...
Our dream was not provided.
It was not yet time.
I had been silent about this. I was almost resigned. I kept rejecting the thought that EE was hard. Mahirap tumaas ang score. Mahirap mainvite. This will give a quick glimpse to what happened.
I re-entered the EE pool when it expired after a year. I kept applying to jobs. I do not even want to count how many cover letters I wrote and resumes I sent out. I know that I am more than qualified but it was not yet meant to be.
I researched more and read more. I talked to my friend from Nova Scotia. We met with relatives visiting from British Columbia. Because of my age, I know that I have to take a different path way. But we know we have to sound it off to people who know better.
2019 was a blur. Suddenly it was gone.
In February of 2020, we attended the Educanada fair. This time, I have 2 provinces in mind, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. We are not really looking at the big cities and these two appear to be perfect — the right amount of city bustle but with the laid back feel of the countryside with its nearness to nature.
This time too, I am looking at studying further. Aside from honing my current skills and making me a better fit for our plans, it will also give me the opportunity to have a “feel” of the country.
I applied at Nova Scotia Community College and New Brunswick Community College and they were already responding and requesting for additional documents.
But then the pandemic happened.
The country was in lockdown from March until June. My mind was preoccupied with work and fear of the disease. Almost all the other countries including Canada was in lock down. There was nothing that we can do.
My IELTS, and with it, my EE expired. There was a big gloom hanging over my head.
The country only eased the lockdown in June. Still, we were not confident to come out.
In August 6, IDP Philippines conducted a short seminar on studying in Canada. I signed up and scheduled a counseling session for August 29. Since I wanted a Saturday session, that was the earliest they can give me.
This was the time too that I got in touch with my school for the additional documents. My school took longer to process the documents given the skeletal workforce.
On the day of my counseling, counsellor AG explained to me what to do. (More about this in another post). She advised me to research and promised to email me additional details.
We agreed on October for me to submit my documents to her.
One month to research, to pray more, and to get ready.
