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Time 0:03:18 Transcript We are family of four from Akureyri in Iceland. We had a beautiful little house on hill in Akureyri. I always wanted to move to a different country, me and my husband often talked about it over the years but it was never the right time. Then everything changed and Iceland …
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Time 0:03:35 Transcript When I was young, whenever I got the chance, I would always tag along with my mom. She works for Unicef and always went away on small trips to rural areas or villages. I liked packing, getting ready to go, eating quickly, and jumping into the uncief car. I liked looking out …
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Time 0:03:59 Transcript At this stage, the story of my life can be divided into four chapters: Chapter 1: Born in Cameroon in a family of more than 40 children and 8 different mothers. Chapter 2: I get married to a Canadian engineer. My husband, through his work in international development, helped …
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Time 0:03:56 Transcript My maternal grandfather, Charles Midgley was born in York, England in 1882. By age 20 he had become the head gardener for a big estate. At the same time his desire for adventure was burning in his brain. It was then that he took note of advertisements for purchasing large …
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Time 0:05:19 Transcript (Translated from French) After working very hard for days and nights on my research project, I stood up in class and started doing my presentation. My English wasn’t fluent like everyone else, and my class mate started laughing at me. I felt so disrespected, despised and …
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Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come home. Few years ago my son said “mother make up your mind, where is home?” When my husband and I told our families and friends that our plan was to move to Canada, only for 2-3 years, just to learn the …
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Time 0:03:54 Transcript As a child, I spoke only Icelandic until I began school in grade one. I grew up knowing that Icelanders were expected to marry Icelanders. When my cousin arranged a blind date for a Christmas social and I found out he was Ukrainian. I gasped! My date said, "Would you like to …
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Time 0:03:46 Transcript When I was 18 years old, I started working as a car mechanic in Korea. When I was 25, I started my own business in Seoul called Kang Motors. Four years later, I married my wife Hey Suk Cho and next year we had our first child. I did my best at that time. My business was …
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Time 0:04:52 Transcript It was 2:00 a.m. Our family was rudely awakened by two Russian soldiers armed with rifles and were told to pack a few things, and we would return in a few days. We were all loaded into box cars, hundreds of us and travelled by train to Archangel, Siberia 2,000 km from home. …
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Time 0:03:22 Transcript My memories of the ten day voyage were very mixed. I was excited to be on a ship but I saw so many sad people that I was confused. I remember people crying hard and waving handkerchiefs in the air. I looked over the side and saw big fish following the ship. I now realize …