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Time 0:02:58 Transcript I am a typical after 80s born Chinese boy. Because of the “one Child” policy, I was a “little emperor” in my family. I didn't need worry about anything, and I could have everything that I wanted. All I had to do was be good at my studies. But I wasn’t. And that changed …
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Time 0:02:21 Transcript When I was little I used to love going to my grandmother’s house. It was filled with family portraits and china that had come from England as well as her paintings of Nova Scotia. She served tea in the afternoon, and even after 50 years in Canada had maintained her British …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript I moved in to Halifax just six months ago… To get the worked visa in Chile it was not so hard. There I had documents, papers, experience and language that supported me. I had a history. But when arrived in Canada, I realized that here nobody knew me and I had no past. Here …
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Time 0:02:19 Transcript The night before I left to travel the world for nine months, my oldest sister, Colleen gave me a small bundle of 36 numbered envelopes to keep me company. Inside were notes of encouragement and questions to inspire letters home. They were a welcome reminder of someone who …
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Time 0:03:04 Transcript When I saw the doctor shaking his head, I got utterly confused and scared. He then explained I had bilateral paraganglioma that would require a major surgical operation. I had never been hospitalized before and I did not know what to do and who will be there for me when I …
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Time 0:02:48 Transcript This very morning, I was explaining the meaning of the word ‘distance’ to my English Language students. The Chinese & Saudi Arabian students were fascinated by the many different meanings. We discussed how distance can be the number of kilometers between Halifax and their …
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Time 0:02:42 Transcript Where are you from? Sounds simple? But it’s not. It was 1992, a year that brought a war to the country that I called my own – Yugoslavia. It was an ethnic war of enormous proportions. I became a foreigner in my own city. I was 21. I grew up happy, surrounded by love and care …
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Time 0:04:50 Transcript I was born in Bremerhaven on January 23, 1941 to Karoline and Theo Muller, two doting parents. Everything was on fire, chaos everywhere. Although I was born in St. Joseph Catholic Hospital, I was baptised Lutheran immediately. Since Bremerhaven was bombed continuously and …
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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 0:05:05 Transcript In 1958, I left Hong Kong for London, England, to study a nursing program. The program is the best nursing program in the world. The British trained nurses had the best nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having …