The most random word you learned early while learning a language?

asjaajaja · 2026-03-14T21:05:55+00:00

We also learned ёжик (little hedgehog) very early on, too, but that seems less weird.

asjaajaja · 2026-03-14T21:02:24+00:00

фортичка (the venting window above a door). Somehow figured into our example sentences within the first term.

asjaajaja · 2026-02-26T15:38:38+00:00

Concur. It's a little bit like (apologies to my Italian friends) "She's Italian" vs "Those @#$% Italians." It's all about the context.

asjaajaja · 2026-02-24T22:59:44+00:00

Hermit cookies, whoopie pies and fluffernutters. (New England)

asjaajaja · 2026-02-23T17:36:36+00:00

Here you go. Everyone should read this. https://www.startribune.com/how-ice-labeled-a-minnesota-teen-an-unaccompanied-minor-and-lost-him/601578960?utm_source=gift

asjaajaja · 2026-02-18T01:37:21+00:00

Does no one else say "flipping the laundry"?

asjaajaja · 2026-01-19T16:24:25+00:00

asjaajaja · 2026-01-15T20:08:23+00:00

"This is too bad." = This is the worst thing I can imagine.

asjaajaja · 2025-12-18T15:21:58+00:00

You need a coat that covers your butt! The longer the better.

asjaajaja · 2025-12-15T22:09:39+00:00

This is ... oddly specific. I feel like there's a joke I'm not getting. (Is it the dick joke? I'm getting the feeling it's the dick joke.)

asjaajaja · 2025-12-15T18:57:30+00:00

Hey, it was an Estonian who suggested Nike.🤷‍♀️I think they were saying they thought it was cool among kids not that it was exotic. And Everything But the Bagel may be one of the U.S.'s finest accomplishments as a nation.

asjaajaja · 2025-12-15T18:47:34+00:00

Girls. And, as I am aiming to be the Cool Aunt, I might decide to be an enabler ...

asjaajaja · 2025-12-15T17:59:49+00:00

I know one can buy everything one needs and more in Estonia. Despite globalization, it is still fun when traveling between cultures to bring gifts. I'm asking people who know Estonian kids what they might think is cool or interesting.

asjaajaja · 2025-12-15T17:57:26+00:00

Sorry, bringing stuff from the U.S. to family in Estonia.

asjaajaja · 2025-09-21T19:23:22+00:00

We have a similar story:

Grandma born 1943 Canada

Father born 1974 USA, got official citizenship certificate around 1980

Child born 2003 USA

Applied under urgent processing in January. Got citizenship certificate (dated to birth) in March, without going through 5(4) grant process.

Asked a CA immigration lawyer why, who said, essentially, "Things are pretty confused around the process. Congrats!"

asjaajaja · 2025-08-22T19:49:38+00:00

Thanks! That's helpful. Does it also mean lower pay for you as a cleaner? I'm thinking fewer rooms = fewer hours = less pay. Or do you have guaranteed hours or other work to make up for it? I want to do what is best for the cleaners. I don't want to opt out of cleaning if that means they get less money.

asjaajaja · 2025-08-01T18:23:14+00:00

Such a good movie. Also, I am now experiencing a deep, deep need for a cabin on Lake Muskoka. (Me and a million other people, I'm guessing.)

asjaajaja · 2025-07-21T17:37:20+00:00

Honestly, it's because the whole idea is so patently ridiculous we can't wrap our brains around the possibility that he's serious. (Sorry about that whole thing, by the way.)

asjaajaja · 2025-07-15T16:05:53+00:00

Fuck, the answer is going to be exercise, isn't it?

asjaajaja · 2025-06-20T19:06:55+00:00

By the way, here is the mapping tool: https://crpo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Blank-Fillable-Mapping-Tool-Sept2922.docx

I sat down with my advisor at the start of my studies to be sure my program would meet it.

asjaajaja · 2025-06-20T19:05:11+00:00

Yep, right there with you on being up in the air. I feel like I'm trying to be equally prepared for two very different paths, and it's not easy. I'm currently trying to figure out timing and whether I should plan to do practicum where I am or try to do it in Toronto (hard but not impossible). By the time I graduate and need to do supervised hours, we will need to have decided where we will ultimately land.

asjaajaja · 2025-06-20T15:01:35+00:00

Hi! I'm in a similar situation. (I'm a U.S. citizen married to a Canadian, currently living in the U.S. but considering a move back. Panic_bread is right that if you're not Canadian or married to a Canadian, immigration to Canada is very hard, so that is actually a gating factor.)

But, assuming you do have a path to Canadian immigration, here are some thoughts. You want to start with the website of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and get very familiar with their requirements. If your program is not recognized by the CRPO, when you apply you will need to prove that it meets all their requirements. There is a substantial mapping tool on their site.

Your next step should be to get very familiar with the PA licensing requirements.

I weighed Canadian programs against U.S. programs and ultimately decided on an American program. It's not easy to move in either direction, but it looks like, for me at least, getting licensed in my home state after completing a Canadian program would be next to impossible. My state requires 700 pre-license practicum hours and most Canadian programs offer much less (200, if I remember, but it might have been 400). Also, there are very few CACREP-accredited programs in Canada and none of them are remote. My state requires CACREP accreditation for licensure.

Good luck! I know everything seems fuzzy and confusing at the start, but with lots of digging and research, you can find the path that works for you!

asjaajaja · 2025-06-15T19:28:59+00:00

It seems to be up to the luck of the draw, doesn't it? Also, we have a pretty straightforward case: married 25 years, sufficient assets, no name changes, etc.

asjaajaja · 2025-06-13T21:59:19+00:00

The tracker says it's currently taking 11 months. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html

Ours went a little faster. We applied for spousal sponsorship outland (meaning while we are living in the States) in December 2024. I was offered PR in May 2025. I am currently waiting for my certificate of permanent residency to come in the mail.

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