Friends and Friendly

Do you have friends? Of course, everyone has his or her friends. But do you have friends in Canada? Canada is an immigration country. So it's hard for people to make friends here. In China, as the saying goes, a man depends upon his parents at home and upon his friends abroad. It's really true. When our whole family arrived at Canada last winter, our friend picked us up to our rental house. The place we lived had been found by my friend. Before we came here, we had chatted through the Internet and delivered the picture and illustration of the location and surroundings. It helped us make up our minds. And after we came here, we needed to register at some government service centre. It was also our friend who helped us as driver and translater. After we had been here for 2 months, we needed the Health Card. We needed to take pictures. It was hard for us to find the place. So our friend again came to help us. With his help we got through these things easily. So friends are a part of our life. But how can we make friends? Maybe it's easy to make friends with the people from your own country, you know, they have the same history, the same culture and can understand us easily. I think one word is also very important. That's "friendly."
When we first arrived in Toronto, at the airport, we needed to call our friend. But we had no coins to pay for the telephone. We looked for anyone could give us change. Finally, a cleaner gave us 1 dallor. And he even told us for to keep it. He was so friendly and kind to us.
When we took bus for the first time, we didn't know whether I should pay for my daughter. So I got on the bus and asked the driver. He asked me how old my child was. I said to two and a half years. And he said no. And he said "Cute girl" to my daughter with a smile. When we got down, he wished me good luck. He was very friendly. Later, I knew that when the child was 2 years old, parents had to pay 60 cents for a ticket.
When we went to apply our Health Card, the service person gave a box full of lollipops to my daughter and said, "Brush your teeth!" She was very friendly to us.
When I wanted to decorate my room, one of my LINC school classmate, Barbark at once offered me his help. He right studied some design classes. He was friendly.
All these persons treated us in a friendly way, and I felt happy and comfortable. Actually, we need to be treated friendly and we also should treat others in a friendly way.
Just my feeling about life in Toronto.