Category: Toronto
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Functional Teeth via Implants
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to get a tooth replaced, by an implant. My sister and me have this genetic issue, where deciduous teeth (baby teeth) are not replaced by real teeth (I think it is called Hypodontia). Anyway, I just had one and dentists in Austria, during my childhood, told me it…
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English Idioms learned the hard way.
Do you know what “being half in the bag” means? I thought I did, until this happened … First, if you know what it means, read on. If you don’t know, or just maybe know, read this! English is not my first language, so while living in an English speaking place, I do sometimes reuse phrases…
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How a park made a fool out of me, 3 times. True story.
Considering a downtown park, in a mega city like Toronto, I assumed the following things are impossible, can’t exist or just won’t work. Oh boy, was I wrong: 1. Did you know white squirrels exist? No? Me neither, until I saw one at the park! 2. Checking out the neighbourhood of an apartment we where going to…
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How following my grandfathers advice brought me to Canada
Just before I went to study in the UK for a year, my grandfather got serious: “Don’t fall in love with an Englishwomen, it would be such a pain for the family to travel back and forth, on top of the language barrier“. When I got back, I told him I followed his advice: “Her…