Do you know that Manila, the capital of the Philippines, has the largest homeless population in the world, at an estimated 3.1 million? Out of that 3.1 million people, 70,000 are children. In line of the celebration of National Heroes Day this coming August 30, be a hero to someone by simply donating to Habitat for Humanity Philippines, a non-profit organization that serves Filipino families in need of decent homes. Help a family build a home. … [Read more...]
Want To Learn Javascript? Try Udemy’s Javascript For Beginners!
Javascript is the most popular coding language in the world. It was developed by Netscape (now known as Mozilla) in 1995 and was created when they saw the need for the Web to become more dynamic (remember, the net was basically text-based and static when it started). While HTML can help you make a static website, adding javascript to your website can make your site more dynamic, interactive and easier to navigate. What can you do with javascript? Some simple examples are: - mouse … [Read more...]
Registering for School for New Immigrants and Our Personal Experience
I just want to share my experience with registering for school at the Richmond BC school board (note: I am not sure if it would be the same for each city/province though). The Richmond BC school board (District no. 38) is located along Granville Ave. We gave the following documents to them: ORIGINAL Report Card (we brought the Form 137/transcript, just in case) ORIGINAL Birth Certificate ORIGINAL Certificate Of Permanent Residence (we haven't received our PR card that … [Read more...]
Canada New Immigrants: How to Apply for Child Care Tax Benefit and the GST/HST Credit
One of the very first thing that we did (after getting our Social Identification Number) after landing in Vancouver as a new immigrant is to apply for the Child Care Tax Benefit (CCTB) and the GST/HST credit. The CCTB is "a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under age 18." while the GST/HST credit is "a tax-free quarterly payment that helps individuals and families with low and modest incomes offset all or part of the GST or HST … [Read more...]
Unsend.It: Unsending Email Made Easy
Have you ever written an email and then quickly clicked the send button and immediately regretted the action? Well, here's some good news for you. The people over at Unsend.it just created a service that you might find very useful. In a previous blog entry, I wrote something about how to make the most out of your Gmail, and one of the things I mentioned was the "Unsend" feature that's available in the labs section. The only problem is, you need to make sure to click "unsend" within 30 … [Read more...]
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