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🌏BLUE PACIFIC OCEAN FOOD, LANGUAGE & NEW FRIENDS CAFE☕️

Vancouver, BC

🌏BLUE PACIFIC OCEAN FOOD, LANGUAGE & NEW FRIENDS CAFE☕️
**A NEW WAY TO:** **🔵 MAKE MANY NEW GOOD FRIENDS** **🟣 LEARN USEFUL CANADIAN ENGLISH** **🟢 LEARN MANY FOREIGN LANGUAGES** **📅 NEXT FUN AND INTERACTIVE EVENT:** **MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH FOR YOUR JOB FUN LUNCH ON SUNDAY, JULY 7TH 🥟😋 🍜🥤🍛🌏🌍🌎.** **POPULAR LANGUAGES TODAY: KOREAN🇰🇷 JAPANESE🇯🇵 SPANISH, ENGLISH🇨🇦 VIETNAMESE🇻🇳 AND RUSSIAN🇷🇺 SPEAKERS MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WANT TO LEARN THESE HOT LANGUAGES🙂.** **👍 GOOD FRIENDS FOR LIFE! 👨🏻👱‍♀️👳🏽‍♂️👩🏻🧑🏽‍🦰🧑🏼‍🦱👩🏽‍🦱** **👍 VISITORS TO CANADA ARE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN US!** **👍 NEW STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN CANADA🇨🇦 ARE VERY VERY WELCOME TO JOIN US!** **👍 FUN EVENTS EVERY MONTH!** **I'M PETE FROM VANCOUVER WHO HAS TAUGHT ENGLISH CONVERSATION TO KIDS IN KUMAMOTO CITY, KYUSHU, JAPAN🇯🇵🐻. I AM A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHER WHO CAN TEACH ENGLISH SPEAKING AND ACADEMIC WRITING. I CAN ALSO TEACH SOME JAPANESE CONVERSATION.** **👍 WE ARE A GROUP OF OVER 200 NICE AND FRIENDLY REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS/WORKERS IN THEIR 20'S AND 30'S. ALL OF US ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD, FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING, AND CULTURE ( TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, TRAVEL, SPORTS, DATING/RELATIONSHIPS, JOB SEARCH, NETWORKING, SPORTS, HOBBIES, ETC.) OF NATIONS NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN 🌏🌎🌍.** 🇨🇦 **FREE ENGLISH WORKSHEETS AT MOST EVENTS (Canadian vocabulary, idioms, academic writing, conversation, grammar, IELTS etc.)** **👍 FUN EVENTS ARE MODEST-SIZED GATHERINGS IN MORE PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENTS RATHER THAN IN LARGE NOISY VENUES.** **👍 SCHEDULED FOOD, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE EXCHANGE CAFES: LANGUAGES OFTEN SPOKEN/LEARNT/TAUGHT ARE ENGLISH (CANADIAN, BRITISH, AND AUSTRALIAN) KOREAN, VIETNAMESE, SPANISH, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN, PORTUGUESE, CANTONESE, MALAY, PUNJABI, FRENCH, CHINESE, TAGALOG, ESPERANTO, HAWAIIAN, TAIWANESE, AND EVEN SIGN LANGUAGE.** **👍 VENUES FOR OUR CULTURAL EXCHANGES : ESTEA CAFE, TREES ORGANIC, BAO BAKERY, MILK AND SUGAR BBQ BAR, SUNFLOWER BBT, LIBERTE CAFE, PARKS, AND VARIOUS EUROPEAN CAFE BAKERIES IN VANCOUVER, BURNABY, AND COQUITLAM.** **👍 YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT MOUTH WATERING, CHEAP, AND LITTLE KNOWN FOODS OF THE WORLD🍜🍗🍣? WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THE BEST CHEAP RESTAURANTS IN VANCOUVER AND CANADIAN FOOD?🇨🇦😋** **👍IF YES, JOIN US ON OUR INSTAGRAM:** **derektravelsforfood** **\* SEE AND LEARN ABOUT FOOD IN 40 COUNTRIES🌏🌍🌎 INCLUDING PERU, DENMARK, JAPAN, LAO, ARGENTINA, VIETNAM, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH KOREA, AND CANADA (BC TO NEWFOUNDLAND) 🇨🇦.** **CLEAN, FRIENDLY, AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT** **GROUP FOCUS:** **LEARN/IMPROVE/PRACTICE ENGLISH AND LANGUAGES/CULTURES FROM COUNTRIES NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN: SPEAKING, PRONUNCIATION, AND LISTENING SKILLS FOR YOUR JOB, SCHOOL, OR TO MAKE NEW WORLD FRIENDS.** **EVENTS:** **FUN AND INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION EXCHANGE CAFES☕️** **MONTHLY DIM SUM LUNCHES🥟 ;)** **CHEESECAKE AND COFFEE** **BUBBLE TEA SOCIALIZERS🧋** **COOL DESSERT NIGHTS🍰** **ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING WORKSHOPS** **IELTS AND CELPIP PREPARATION WORKSHOPS** **ETHNIC FOOD LUNCH/DINNERS** **PICNICS AND POTLUCKS** **UKELELE WORKSHOPS🪕** **RICHMOND NIGHT MARKET** **• FEMALE MEMBERS WILL FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE BECAUSE ALL MALE MEMBERS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE ORGANIZER** **• Improve your English communication skills for your job, school, or to make new friends** **EVERY SUMMER WE HAVE A HAWAIIAN THEME UKELELE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POTLUCK PICNIC AT A PARK NEAR THE JOYCE-COLLINGWOOD SKYTRAIN STATION. WE EAT DELICIOUS FOOD, PLAY FUN GAMES, AND PLAY AND SING WITH THE UKELELE (TOTAL BEGINNERS UKELELE LESSON).** **CONVERSATION TOPICS: Keeping safe in Vancouver, travel and adventure stories, how to find a good Vancouver job, school issues, hobbies, music, yoga and exercising, relationship building, food and drink, movies, pets, cooking, musical instruments, dating and relationship skills, sports, protecting the environment, job finding, Vancouver Canucks.** **EASY TO APPLY FOR A FREE CLUB MEMBERSHIP:** **1) Provide a CLEAR photograph showing your whole face (NO SUNGLASSES, MASKS, OBJECTS BLOCKING FACE ETC.) BE SURE THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE PICTURE.** **2) Fully answer ALL questions AND ALL parts.** **\* YOUR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION WILL NOT BE APPROVED IF BOTH STEPS ARE NOT DONE**
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LEARN UKELELE, EAT, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS🪕🍕🥟👨🏻👩🏻🧑‍🦱

Vancouver, BC

LEARN UKELELE, EAT, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS🪕🍕🥟👨🏻👩🏻🧑‍🦱
**NEXT AWESOME GROUP EVENT: FREE INTRODUCTORY TOTAL BEGINNERS UKULELE LESSON AND DIM SUM LUNCH ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024 🪕🥟🥢👍😋!** **JOIN THIS LIVELY GROUP IF YOU WANT TO :** **1\. LEARN TO PLAY AND SING WITH THE UKULELE🪕** **2\. EAT DELICIOUS FOODS LIKE DIM SUM\, PIZZA\, DESSERTS\, RAMEN\, SUSHI\, AND VEGETARIAN 🥟🍕🎂🍜🍣🥗** **3\. MAKE NEW VANCOUVER UKULELE FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 🙂🌏🌎🌍\.** **🙂 WATCH OUR COOL AND FUN 💥🌈✨❤️ INSTAGRAM EVENT/LESSON VIDEOS BEFORE JOINING. SEE PHOTOS📸 AND VIDEOS 📹 OF OUR FUN, LIVELY, SUPPORTIVE, UKULELE LESSONS, FOODIE EVENTS, AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 👍🥳** **LEARN UKELELE, EAT, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS (INSTAGRAM)** **INSTAGRAM USERNAME: @UKULELEVANCOUVER** [LINK TO INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/ukulelevancouver) **JOIN OUR WHOLE UKELELE, EAT, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS COMMUNITY:** 1. LEARN UKELELE, EAT, AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS **\*MEETUP AND INSTAGRAM** **LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE UKELELE AND EAT DELICIOUS FOODS WHILE BUILDING YOUR FRIEND CIRCLE** 2. PETE'S BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATES UKELELE LESSONS **\*MEETUP** **HOW TO PLAY AND SING WITH THE UKELELE LESSONS** 3. DEREKTRAVELSFORFOOD **\*INSTAGRAM** **USERNAME: @DEREKTRAVELSFORFOOD** **SEE AND LEARN ABOUT TASTY AND CHEAP EATS IN 40 COUNTRIES 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇻🇳🇹🇼🇵🇭🇦🇹 🌎🌏** **YOUR OWN UKELELE NOT NEEDED TO JOIN🙂: WE HAVE EXTRA QUALITY UKELELES 🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕TO USE FOR FREE!!!👍👍** **LEARN TO PLAY BEATLES, HAWAIIAN, ABBA, DISNEY, MOVIES, CLASSIC & NEW POP, TOTORO, TOTAL BEGINNER SONGS, & MORE ON A/YOUR UKULELE.** 🌈 SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW BY ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE IS OUR UKULELE GROUP'S CURRENT THEME SONG 🎼. **AFTER EVERY UKULELE LESSON THE WHOLE GROUP GOES FOR A DELICIOUS LUNCH NEARBY 🍣**🥟🍕🍜🥘🥗🍰🧋 **⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FIVE STAR (OUT OF 5 STARS) AVERAGE RATING OF PAST LESSONS ( RATED BY OUR MEMBERS)** WE ARE A **465 MEMBER** COLOURFUL, FUN, AND VIBRANT ENGLISH SPEAKING AGES 20'S - 70'S COMMUNITY UKELELE SOCIAL AND ACTIVITY GROUP THAT LEARNS HOW TO PLAY AND SING WITH THE UKELELE, 🎼😎🪕🥏🎸🎉🍕EAT, AND MAKE NEW UKE FRIENDS. **BESIDES BEING SUPER FUN , OUR CLUB IS VERY WELCOMING TO NEW MEMBERS AND ACCEPTING OF TOTAL BEGINNERS** **FRIENDLY SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT** **🤗 PRIVATE/GROUP SINGING AND PLAYING UKELELE LESSONS FOR CHILDREN🧒👦🏻, ADULTS👩👨‍🦱👩🏻AND CORPORATE ARE AVAILABLE AT A LOW RATE: DISCOUNT FOR MEMBERS (FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOO) OF THIS MEETUP GROUP** **NO PREVIOUS SINGING OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO JOIN** 🙂👍👍 **MOST MEMBERS ARE BEGINNERS: TOTAL BEGINNERS WELCOME TO JOIN** **🙂ALL AGES WELCOME** **🙂EVERYONE WELCOME** **WE SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY AND ALL SONGS ARE IN ENGLISH, SO IF YOU ARE LEARNING ENGLISH, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH SPEAKING, GRAMMAR, AND LEARN NEW WORDS :)** **THRILLING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PICNICS, CONVERSATION CAFES, POTLUCKS, LUNCHEONS, HIKES, FRISBEE, RICHMOND NIGHT MARKET, DIM SUM LUNCHES, FESTIVALS ETC.** **😷MASKS WEARING REQUIRED WHEN SINGING.** **💥SUPERLESSONS INCLUDE FREE PIZZA 🍕!** **WE MEET ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY COOL POPULAR MUSIC GENRES (ABBA🇸🇪, BEATLES🎸🇬🇧, BTS, AIR SUPPLY, BLACKPINK🇰🇷, CARPENTERS, CHILDRENS, CHRISTMAS🎅🏻, COUNTRY, DISNEY🐭, HALLOWEEN🎃, HAPPY BIRTHDAY🎉, JAPANESE🇯🇵, KOREAN🇰🇷, MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS🎼🌈, SPANISH, POP, TOTORO🐰, HAWAIIAN🏄🏻‍♂️🍍🏝, 50'S - 90'S🕺🏻🛼, AND MORE🙂)** **VANCOUVER NEWCOMERS, TOTAL BEGINNERS, GUITAR/VIOIN PLAYERS ARE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN :)** **ONE OF VANCOUVER'S MOST POPULAR MEETUP GROUPS** **🎼 WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK OF ALMOST 600 UKELELE LEARNERS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND.** **IN- PERSON GROUP UKELELE MUSIC LESSONS ARE HELD IN A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN EAST VANCOUVER EXPO LINE SKYTRAIN STATION.** **😷WE PRACTICE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS (BC GOVERNMENT) SUCH AS MASK WEARING DURING SINGING.** **🇨🇦CANADA'S LONGEST RUNNING AND CURRENTLY ONLY BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATES UKELELE MEETUP GROUP: 2015 - TODAY :)** **CANADA'S SECOND LARGEST UKELELE MEETUP GROUP.** **The ukelele is a cool sounding and cute small guitar-like Hawaiian musical instrument that is currently exploding in popularity worldwide including Vancouver, Canada.** **🏝🏄🏻‍♂️🍍EVERY SUMMER WE HAVE A HAWAIIAN THEME UKELELE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POTLUCK PICNIC IN A PARK NEAR A EAST VANCOUVER SKYTRAIN STATION. WE EAT DELICIOUS FOOD, FUN GAMES, AND PLAY UKELELE :)** \*\*\ \*\* **🎅🏻🎄 FUN CHRISTMAS PARTY: WE PLAY CHRISTMAS SONGS ON THE UKELELE AND EAT FRESH TASTY PIZZA** **CRITERIA : PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REQUESTING TO JOIN.** **1.) All applicants and their guests must be a beginner (total - upper) or intermediate ukulele player.** **Sorry, no advanced or professional ukulele players** **2\. \) Applicants MUST provide a recent CLEAR PHOTO \.** **(no sunglasses, ,masks, objects, blocking their face etc.)** **3) Applicants MUST answer ALL questions/ALL question parts AND submit a recent clear photo of themselves.** **\* JOIN REQUESTS WILL BE DECLINED IF ALL STEPS ARE NOT FULLY COMPLETED!** [LINK TO INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/ukulelevancouver)
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55+ Women's Circle of Friends

Surrey, BC

55+ Women's Circle of Friends
**Cost to join: - $35.00 annual fee for 2025 (January to December) to attend unlimited events. First event you attend is free.** **This is a Women's Social group in Surrey** **for Women 55+** You **need to live in Surrey or adjacent cities to Surrey to join our group**. When joining our group you will need to **provide a photo of yourself, otherwise your request will be declined.** This helps us know who we are looking for at an event. Majority of our events are based in Surrey but we do venture outside this area from time to time Participation is an expectation when joining our group, as we are an active club. Members who do not attend any events in 6 months will be removed from the group. We proactively review our member list on a regular basis. **\*\*Repeated cancels or last minute cancels** will have you removed from the group **\*\*NO SHOWS - 2 No Shows** to any events and you will be removed from the group. **\*\*Harassment and Belligerence** is not tolerated and will have you removed from the group All monies collected are used for various events and activities associated with running the club, such as cost of using Meetup to post our events (it’s not free) or rental of meeting rooms to host events are just some of the expenses. We host various events each month such as, Morning Walks, Ladies Luncheon, Ladies Dinner Out, Music Bingo, Movie Matinee, Theatre events depending on what interest members have. If you have an idea for an event or would like to host an event let anyone of the Organizers know. 55+ Women’s Circle of Friends is a wonderful way for women to meet other women, make new friendships and a great way to get to know the community if you are new in town. "A circle is round and has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend." \~ Author unknown
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R.E.A.L. Over 50s Social Group: Friends, Food & Fun

Burnaby, BC

R.E.A.L. Over 50s Social Group: Friends, Food & Fun
\- Please note that new members now need to pay their annual membership fee of $10 before having their membership application approved\. \- you need to E\-TRANSFER $10 to: davidbt2001@gmail\.com \- If you do not do any electronic banking then you need to find a friend who does and have them do it for you\. Paying in cash at an event you attend complicates our accounting and record keeping\. Just be sure to text 604\-316\-3007 and note that a payment from say JOE BLOW is for the membership of say JANE DOE\, where that applies\. Thank you\. This group is now 18 months old, is growing extremely fast and has 16 organizers. There’s something for everyone - older than 50 that is. That is why we are waiving any ‘trial period’ before payment is due. ————————- Hello members, new and old, Please take the time to read this carefully, it is important. This Meetup group is special not only in that it caters to a very specific age demographic, it is (although probably not unique) in its goals, somewhat atypical. The group seeks to encourage members to see the group as a place to take the first step toward building REAL actual friendships, those that exist separate from Meetup. In other words it is not only for fleeting encounters, or 'hit-and-run' social sessions leading to skin-deep relationships and acquaintanceships. Many social studies show that the single biggest ingredient in overall human happiness is social connection, and in particular the ***quality*** of relationships, rather than quantity. We also know that there is a global pandemic of social isolation and that Metro Vancouver is particularly afflicted. The word REAL speaks volumes in my opinion, and it also happens to be the opposite of the online or digital kind of artificial friendships. It so happens that each of the four letters in the word REAL can stand for important dimensions of real friendships. \- R is for RECIPROCAL\.  Surely real friendships between two people are marked by reciprocity, of many kinds, but mostly both parties initiating contact with the other. It doesn't need to be 50-50 but if it's 90-10 then one or both parties might become resentful. \- E is for ENDURING\.  It takes time to build real friendships and after substantial investment of time and emotion, do we not all want the friendship to last for a long time? \- A is for AUTHENTIC\.  If somebody is only interested in keeping your company because they are getting something from you such as money, prestige/status, business networking or advice, or sex, that doesn't seem like a truly authentic friendship. \- L is for LOCAL\. The likelihood of a friendship developing in the first place is dramatically enhanced if these *two hypothetical people live close enough to meet easily fairly often.* So that's the lie of the land folks, this is long enough so I will draw it to a close for now, but really it is also important to set out the FOUR FACTORS that I and others believe make for the most successful Meetup groups. 1\. Having LOTS of events 2\. In mostly SMALLER groups \(5 to 9\) 3\. A WIDE VARIETY of events so the group has appeal to many different kinds of people 4\. Events in MANY NEIGHBORHOODS to satisfy the L for LOCAL requirement set out earlier\. Love, peace, light. DB \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
901 members · Public

An Effective Chit-chat Meeting

Vancouver, BC

An Effective Chit-chat Meeting
Let’s chit-chat through learning new expressions. If you have a good command of your target language, it’ll be a lot of fun. I’ll provide you with… ・English Vocabularies
 ・Japanese Vocabularies
 ・Topic Cards

 Thanks to topic cards, you don’t have to look for any topics if you don’t know what to discuss. But you don't have to use them if you want to focus on your conversation. If you try to use new expressions, it would be a valuable language experience to improve your target language. If you can speak Japanese, I’ll put you in both English and Japanese group, but I’ll put you in English only table if you don’t speak Japanese. Everyone is welcome.
 You need to buy at least one item in the cafe. You are welcome to come late and leave early. Looking forward to seeing you all. **Organizer Ryan:** Ryan is a Canadian who loves Japan. He speaks Japanese well and is very knowledgeable about Japan. He has a very gentle personality and enjoys interacting with people. He has experience teaching English to Japanese people and understands their concerns about learning English. Please take the opportunity to interact with Ryan, a great fan of Japan. Instagram(Ryan):
https://www.instagram.com/bearshuffle88 **Organizer Hiroki:** Hiroki graduated from Langara College, a public college in Canada. He holds teaching licenses for junior high and high school English and has been involved in English education in Japan for a total of seven years, teaching university students among others. Grateful for the many benefits he has received from Meetup, he decided to start his own Meetup group to help others with his knowledge. Currently, he is active internationally as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and also works as a software engineer at a local company. Instagram(Hiroki):
https://www.instagram.com/japaneseflash ⚠︎If you focus on multi-level-marketing or any harassments, I can NOT accept you. 新たな表現を覚えながら、会話をしてみませんか? 言葉を自在に使いこなせた後の世界は本当に良いです。
 ・英語の語彙リスト ・日本語の語彙リスト ・トピックカード
 を提供します。 もし口に出したことない表現なら、是非使ってみましょう。 また、トピックカードがあるので話題に困りません。 これを読めるそこのあなたには英語と日本語を使うテーブルに座っていただけたら幸いです。英語しか話せない人とも英語を話す時間に席替えなどで話せるように配慮はします。 もちろん、今日は疲れたから、ただお喋りしに来るというだけでも大丈夫です。 カフェで少なくとも一品は何かご購入ください。 遅れての到着、早めのご帰宅、お好きにどうぞ。 **オーガナイザーのRyan:** 日本が大好きなカナダ人。日本語が上手で日本のことをよく知っている。とても柔和な性格をしており、人と接することが好き。かつて日本人に英語を教えていた経験もあり日本人の英語の悩みを非常に理解している。日本の大ファンであるRyanと接してみてください。 Instagram(Ryan):
https://www.instagram.com/bearshuffle88 **オーガナイザーのHiroki:** カナダの公立カレッジLangara Collegeを卒業。中学、高校の英語科教員免許を所持し、延べ7年に渡り、日本国内で大学生次から日本の英語教育に携わる。自身にたくさん恩恵を与えてくれたMeetupに感謝しており、自分の知見で助かる人がいるならとMeetupを開設を決意する。現在、国際的にブラジリアン柔術家として活動。現地企業でソフトウェアエンジニアとしても活動している。 Instagram(Hiroki):
https://www.instagram.com/japaneseflash みなさんにお会いできるのを楽しみにしています。 (学生さんは学生証をご提示してくださいね。割引できますので。) 場所: FLAMINGO Cafe ⚠︎ネットワーキングビジネス、ハラスメントを目的とした参加を固くお断りします。 **Official Instagram:** [@chit_chat_canada](https://www.instagram.com/chit_chat_canada)
969 members · Public