Wel­come to Cor­rer Es Mi Destino!

I started blog­ging in 2006 after I became a per­ma­nent res­i­dent of Canada. Orig­i­nally, I wanted to share pic­tures and some infor­ma­tion about liv­ing in an English-speaking province since most French seemed to head straight to Que­bec. My first few arti­cles were in French but I soon switched to Eng­lish to embrace life in Ontario. I didn’t speak much Eng­lish when I first came here and I thought writ­ing in that lan­guage would be a good exercise.

Back then, I didn’t know any­thing about blog­ging. I taught myself some basic cod­ing to tweak the blog’s lay­out and even­tu­ally moved from Blog­ger to a self-hosted Word­Press blog in 2007.

Lit­tle by lit­tle, as I adapted to Canada, the blog evolved and grew much big­ger but my favourite top­ics remained life in Canada, the immi­gra­tion process, pho­tog­ra­phy and travels.

The blog was named after a Manu Chao song I love, Clan­des­tino:

¡ Solo voy con mi pena !

¡ Sola va mi condena !

Cor­rer es mi destino,

Para burlar la ley

Cor­rer Es Mi Des­tino is divided into 9 cat­e­gories:

• Cana­dian Life: All the arti­cles related to liv­ing in Canada as an immi­grant, plus the occa­sional bitch­ing about the weather.
• Immi­gra­tion: Arti­cles on the immi­gra­tion and the cit­i­zen­ship processes, tips and advice for newcomers.
• Trends: Some pol­i­tics, news and events in Canada or around the world.
• Snap­shots: Pic­tures of Canada and travel pho­tog­ra­phy, includ­ing France, China, Fin­land, Panamá, Costa Rica, Perú, Bolivia, Chile,Argentina, Brazil, Aus­tralia, Sin­ga­pore, Malaysia, Thai­land, the U.S.A, Mex­ico, Belize, Guatemala and Hon­duras.
• On The Road: This sec­tions is sub­di­vided into sev­eral dis­tinct trips, includ­ing France with Cheese-Eating Sur­ren­der Mon­keys, French Escape and French Sum­mer; Bei­jing 2008 (Olympic Games in Bei­jing), Próx­ima Estación — Esper­anza (Cen­tral and South Amer­ica), Down Under (Aus­tralia, Sin­ga­pore, Malaysia and Thai­land) La Ruta Maya (South­ern Mex­ico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras).
• Work­ing Girl: Work­ing in Canada, as a teacher and as a translator.
• Just Blog­ging: blog fun, memes, interviews…

I also pub­lish series every Sat­ur­day (ten posts in total). So far, there is:

• Canadian-ism (s): A series on our icons, from peo­ple to places, from every­day life’s items to sports, from trade­marks to customs.
• How To Blog: Cov­er­ing the basic of blog­ging (set­ting up a self-hosted blog, plu­g­ins and wid­gets, mon­e­tiz­ing a blog etc.).
• How To… Canada: How to immi­grate in Canada, to work tem­porar­ily, to open a bank account, to find a job… all the basic infor­ma­tion you need to set­tle in Canada!
• Amer­i­cana: A series that explores var­i­ous aspects of life in North America.
• How To… Immi­grate To Canada: The dif­fer­ent options to immi­grate to Canada, how to make sure an appli­ca­tion is processed quickly, what hap­pens after you arrive in Canada… A must read for any­one inter­ested in immi­grat­ing to Canada!
• How To… Find A Job In Canada: I’m not a job coun­sel­lor, and I’m not an expert. But I do know how it works in Canada and I’m hop­ing to pass along some infor­ma­tion that may not be obvi­ous to everyone.
• The Cana­dian List of Ten: Ten weeks, ten posts, ten lists and one hun­dred new Cana­dian things for you, from food to lan­guage, from city to weather.
• Ten Immi­grants, Ten Inter­views: I con­tacted ten immi­grants to Canada, who each have their own story, their own rea­sons to come to Canada, their own point of view on how life is up North in the igloos. They all answered ten ques­tions, bring­ing a new per­spec­tive on immigration.
• Ten Pho­tog­ra­phy Tips: Exam­in­ing var­i­ous aspects of pho­tog­ra­phy, with plenty of tips and examples.
• How to Avoid Fraud: Inves­ti­gat­ing ten com­mon types of fraud and how to recognize scams.
• Ten More Immi­grants for Ten More Inter­views: They are from Thai­land, India, Venezuela, Colom­bia, Mex­ico, France… and they all chose to live in Canada. Inter­view­ing ten new immi­grants to Canada.

If you want to learn more about me, visit about Zhu. You can also check out the archives, the pic­tures or read the press review.

Some of my pic­tures are for sale: don’t for­get to visit the Shop!

I hope you will enjoy your time here!

Zhu (珠)