I think this is a good start. There are so many Canadians who hold dual or multi citizenship. However, some permanent residents have been held back from applying for Canadian citizenship or some Japanese Canadians or Korean Canadians have hesitated to openly admit that they are holding Canadian citizenship as well.
One of my Korean friends had been a permanent resident in Canada for more than a decade. After a long consideration and dilemma himself, he recently applied for Canadian citizenship and became Canadian. He is still hodling his Korean citizenship until the time he needs to renew his Korean passport or sometime soon.
After living in Canada for a long time, he has committed to the Canadian society in different aspects of his life. Canada is his new country and Korea is his country of origin. There is no better or worse. He loves both countries. Of course there are some parts that he does not like about both countries. However, allowing such people to have dual citizenship would give both countries more benefits and prosperity.
I aslo understand that this costs coutries a lot of money as well. There are lots of Canadians who return to their countries of origin, reside yhrtr and captured by other countries or by other partners abroad request the Canadian government for help.
I am Japanese and I don't want to lose my Japanese citizenship. Neither do my future children. It's not just a privilega you enjoy, but it's more a matter of IDENTITY.
南部さんノーベル賞きっかけ 二重国籍容認を議論
2008年11月16日 朝刊
自民党は二重国籍取得を容認するかどうかの議論に本格的に着手した。ノーベル物理学賞の受賞が決まった南部陽一郎・米シカゴ大名誉教授が米国籍を取得したことで日本国籍を失ったことなどを重視。国籍法改正を視野に有識者を交えた協議を重ねる方針だ。
南部氏は文部科学省によるノーベル賞の国別、分野別受賞者数の集計でも、受賞時の国籍を理由に日本でなく、米国に計上された。同党内ではこうした事態を踏まえ、「日本国籍喪失はもったいない。二重国籍を認めた方が、日本人が世界で活躍しやすい」など、法改正の動きが具体化した。
また、国際結婚などで、二重国籍者は毎年三万人規模のペースで増える一方、選択後の届け出状況などの実態把握が難しくなっていることも国籍法見直しにつながる背景になった。
十一日に開かれた同党法務部会の国籍問題プロジェクトチーム（ＰＴ）では、二十二歳までにどちらかの国籍を選択し、二重国籍を解消しなければならない国籍法を改正し、二重国籍を認め、本籍地での申請を義務付ける河野太郎座長の私案が示された。
私案では、皇族や国会議員、閣僚、外交官、自衛隊の士官、裁判官の外国籍保有は禁止している。
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2008111602000111.html
Daylight saving time ended a couple of weeks ago. It's so good that it's brignt in the morning when I leave home. It used to be really dark when I used to leave at 7:00 am in the morning! But now it's already dark by the time I get home around 6:00 pm! Good or bad...
We have a "winter time" at my workplace. :)
We could get to choose to either come in late, take an 1/2 hr lunch break, or take 1/2 hr lunch break and leave the office 30 minutes early. Most of parents chose to come in at 8 am and leave at 3:30 pm! I on the other hand chose to come in at 9 am and leave at 4:30 pm! This way gives me a little more time in the hectic mornings! Unluckily, I live far from my workplace, so I still need to get up early though...Oh well. I am hoping to move somewhere close next Spring...
サマータイムのころ、朝７時に家を出る頃はまだ真っ暗。
サマータイムが終わり、１時間遅らせたので、うれしいことに朝７時には薄明るくなってます♪
でも、６時に帰るころには、もう真っ暗！
テレビで、日照時間（？）は９時間１５分て・・・。
それより、今度Conferenceがあって、仕事で時間外になるようなことや、車を出さないといけないことがあるんだけど、カナダ人は『家庭が一番大事！』なので、みんな口をそろえて、『I cant, I cant』と首を振って言いつづけます。『I cant do this, you know I cant do this.. 』
同僚に相談なしで、個人的に、さっさと上司に伝えて、自分の都合のいいように、変えてもらいます。
カナダ人は一般的に『Nice』と言われています。ほんとにNiceでFriendlyなんだけど、こういうことは、自分（家族）が一番大事で、ちゃっかりしているというか、時間外は働かないっていうか、そして、自己主張が他の地域の人たちより控えめな東アジア人が犠牲に・・・（笑）
私も自己主張しているつもりなんだけど、まだまだ北米人に比べると少ないのだろうか・・・。私も家族ができたら、もっとちゃっかり、、（笑）
We have a "winter time" at my workplace. :)
We could get to choose to either come in late, take an 1/2 hr lunch break, or take 1/2 hr lunch break and leave the office 30 minutes early. Most of parents chose to come in at 8 am and leave at 3:30 pm! I on the other hand chose to come in at 9 am and leave at 4:30 pm! This way gives me a little more time in the hectic mornings! Unluckily, I live far from my workplace, so I still need to get up early though...Oh well. I am hoping to move somewhere close next Spring...
サマータイムのころ、朝７時に家を出る頃はまだ真っ暗。
サマータイムが終わり、１時間遅らせたので、うれしいことに朝７時には薄明るくなってます♪
でも、６時に帰るころには、もう真っ暗！
テレビで、日照時間（？）は９時間１５分て・・・。
それより、今度Conferenceがあって、仕事で時間外になるようなことや、車を出さないといけないことがあるんだけど、カナダ人は『家庭が一番大事！』なので、みんな口をそろえて、『I cant, I cant』と首を振って言いつづけます。『I cant do this, you know I cant do this.. 』
同僚に相談なしで、個人的に、さっさと上司に伝えて、自分の都合のいいように、変えてもらいます。
カナダ人は一般的に『Nice』と言われています。ほんとにNiceでFriendlyなんだけど、こういうことは、自分（家族）が一番大事で、ちゃっかりしているというか、時間外は働かないっていうか、そして、自己主張が他の地域の人たちより控えめな東アジア人が犠牲に・・・（笑）
私も自己主張しているつもりなんだけど、まだまだ北米人に比べると少ないのだろうか・・・。私も家族ができたら、もっとちゃっかり、、（笑）
This is something I would like to share with you...
This was sent by one of my colleagues today.
It was funny so I thought I could share it on here.
To those who are married...is this true?!
これは、今日私の同僚が送ってきたメールの一部です。
おもしろかったので、みんなとシェアできたらと思い、ここに・・・。
これは本当？結婚してる人。
INSTALLING A HUSBAND
Dear Tech support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed, Desperate
DEAR DESPERATE,
First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.
But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)
Also do not attempt to reinstall Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck,
Tech Support
I'd had hives for the past week for the first time in my life!
My Gosh, they were so itchy!!
The worst thing is that I have no idea what I was allergic to.
I went to see a doctor, but nothing he could do.
He just told me take a shower for only 5 minutes, take an oatmeal bath, pat my body, put some emollient lotion and take anti-histamine!
Anti-histamine does not really help. It just helps reduce hives...
Now that it's great all the hives are gone, but I still don't know what caused them. I used to eat everything you know. I used to try different kinds of food... Now I really need to be careful what to eat. It could be because of the combination of different things...combination of some sorts of food and my immune system was weak, etc...
じんましんに初めてなりました。
こうして、書いているから、いいものの。
１週間以上、かゆいったらありゃしない。
最悪なのは、何が原因がわからないこと。
医者に言ったけど、かゆみを和らげるようなことしができず。
最近はじめた新しいものは避ける、とのこと。
今までなんでも食べてたけど、これからは食べるものにも気をつけないとね。
体が弱くなってて、疲れてた上に、それでアレルギーが起きた可能性も。