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I left Kenya for Canada in 2008. Pursuit of an education at a Canadian university seemed incredibly exciting. Leaving your parents home is never easy as a teenager. Leaving their home to go to an entirely new country with a completely different culture is even more terrifying. It is now almost a decade since that day on November 24th, 2008 when I got on a plane headed here. In that time, I have grown so much as much as a man due to the experiences, good and bad, that have come along. There are certainly things I wish I could change but maybe those are the ones that have helped me become the person I am now. With that in mind, here is a series of letters, and with technology permitting, I am going to go back in time and deliver them to 19 year old me. There will be 10 letters in total, one for every year spent in Canada. Would give me the chance to maybe explain a few things to that young man, like how tea is made in other countries for example. Or tell him in advance the lov...