I am beginning to learn some of the conversational French and hopefully more.
"You are a long way from Quebec, my friend! And I guess that English may not be your own first language, either."And am I mistaken?

PS: how's your Arabic?
Yeah youre right, I originally from the Philippines and had worked in Middle East (Qatar and Saudi Arabia) for 20 years almost and now here in Canada for 8 years. I can still relate to speaking Arabic and here Ottawa, Ontario, there were still a good percentage of Arabic speaking locals now here, mostly from Lebanon, Morrocco and Syria. As you can expect we have Arabic Restaurant offering, Shawarma's
Cheers