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I was born in a small town named Sialcort in the province of Punjab of Pakistan. I emigrated to Canada with my mom and my older brother and sister in 1978. My father was already living in Canada and had established himself. I was only a baby when I came here, so I don‘t remember anything of living in Pakistan. But I would often dayâ€" dream about myself as a child in Punjab playing some Third World game using some rocks and a stick, or playing marbles, which is how I imagine Pakistani kids play, howevâ€" here did my world begin? Was it in t Pakistan my place of birth, which I have no recollections of, but I feel very much at home in? Or was it in Ontario where it sometimes seems that there is no place for me, but nonetheless is where I have experiâ€" enced all my pleasant and unpleasâ€" ‘ant memories? KT RTRADERS vibeo cames You can now cover all your everyday banking needs for the low monthly cost of $9.95 with the Scotia Account. 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