Long time with no post. Why, not much to talk about, other than my friend John and I both agree we should be back in Thailand asap. The reason why is that costs are out of control in Canada due to the Liberal government bungling the economy leading to inflation.
Housing is beyond the reach of middle class Canadians and those that managed to actually buy a house may soon lose it if they can't make their mortgage payments due to increasing mortgage interest rates.
Meanwhile Canada is chasing after over a million immigrants per year! I really don't know where they are going to live or how they will afford food and gas. However that said, an immigrant family with 5 children, mom not working, and dad with a minimum wage job will be middle class due to the Canada Child benefit paying over $700 a month for each child. They do not get taxed on the benefit. However my taxes are paying for that benefit. Jaidan gets under $200 because it is mostly clawed back because I make too much which is all taxable.
John is staying in Canada until his wife earns enough money to build a house back in Thailand. Thavorn and I probably have another 3 years in Canada as we want Jaidan to stay in his current school for another 3 years. He is mostly a B+ student except for an A+ in Mathematics.
However we hope to visit Thailand (John's aim as well) each year for the next 3 years. However airfares are exremely expensive as airlines try to recoup their Covid losses. Airfare is currently $3000 plus so that may not happen.
So life is boring as we don't do much as we are saving for airfares. Life goes on but it is pretty boring.
I yearn for my walks on the wild side :-)
TTYL
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