The first does a better job of being specific about what is being asked. It would sound more nature if it was reworded like this: 'How has your lifestyle changed since you came to Canada?' The second options should be reworded a bit, too: 'What are the differences between what you were like in your country and now?' This question is a bit more general and might get wider variety of answers than specifically asking about lifestyle changes. I like the first option better, but it depends on if you want to ask about lifestyle differences or not. Blessings

Waiting for E.

'Warten auf E.' is a piano piece in D minor by Michael Proksch. It's pretty simple and pretty short, so even I am still able to play it. The title translates into 'Waiting for E.' and is kind of reminiscent of the play 'Waiting for Godot'. Fortunately the similarities end there, and to be honest for me it was always closer to Beethoven's 'Für Elise' than to the play - despite the almost identical wording.

I think titles are important. While art in general and music in particular are very good at creating a certain mood or feeling, a good title directs the fantasy of the recipient. It also limits it in a way of course. In my opinion 'Warten auf E.' strikes a perfect balance. You know you are waiting, and you know you are waiting for E., but you don't know why or who E. is. E. could be male or female, and are you even sure E. is even a person? So The title leaves enough room to project your own ideas into the piece but also gently pushes you closer to the idea the composer had in mind.

But that's not all, and it'd be very disappointing if it was, because every pop song uses this concept nowadays. Although pop songs admittedly have a little more text to work with. The left hand (/die Begleitung) consists of broken chords and follows the pattern d, a, b, f, g, d, g, a. So That's eight bars ("Takte"). Then it starts again with d. Now What makes it special is that every third cycle the second g in the 7th bar is replaced with an e that coincides with a highlight in the right hand. After the second cycle there is a second e-line, and after another regular pattern the piece ends. I always considered this ploy, the interaction between the title and the notes, to be very profound and very well thought out.

My E. is my mother whose first name is Elisabeth. You can listen to the piece performed by the composer himself here: https://youtu.be/f-mEYLOzh8w (although He seems to play from memory, and at one point what he plays doesn't match at least my sheets, but you can't really criticize a composer performing his own piece, can you?)

Well done. You have a nice writing style. There are a few errors and some places where I have some suggestions on style. I am out of room. I will add a comment to explain.

It's very close. I'm guess you want to say: "He couldn't do anything but said that he was very glad, though he looked most uncomfortable." "He couldn't do nothing" makes it sound like he couldn't sit still, like the one thing he actually could not do was to do nothing. From the context of the rest of the sentence, I think you mean the opposite of that. Let me know if I am wrong. My only other comment is on the word "most." This word works fine and is probably preferable depending on where you are, but you could also consider replacing it with words like "very" or "quite". Using "most" here sounds very formal and reserved to my ear, but that might just be due to my dialect. But this isn't anything you need to change to make it correct. It's just a style choice. Hope that helps! Blessings

"At the spot" means what it sounds like. "At" is being used simply as a preposition showing where its object is spacially. Example: "The car is at the spot where I left it." I cannot think of other uses for this phrase. "On the spot" is often used as an idiom with a few different meanings. It can refer to something being done immediately. Example: "I bought the car on the spot" means "I bought the car immediately" It can refer to being put in a difficult situation. Example: "John was put on the spot when his wife asked him where he had been all night." John is in a situation where he has to quickly decide how to respond to what is a tense question from his wife. Thus he was put "on the spot." When a teacher calls on you in class, that is another example of being put "on the spot" in this way. "On the spot" can also refer to something or someone being at a specific location. Example: "When the car crash occurred, the paramedics were on the spot." They were there at the right time and the right place. Of course, it can also be used in the same way as "at the spot" as a simple prepositional phrase showing a position in space. Example: "The keys are on the spot where I left them" I hope that helps. Blessings

"I mean it" is more of an indicative statement. When I say the two phrases out loud to myself, I hear "I'm telling you" as flowing better with the following sentence. For example: I'm telling you, I don't know where the money is! "I"m telling you" seems less important than the following clause, "I don't know where the money is," which receives the force of the whole sentence. When I say, "I mean it, I don't know where the money is!" the force lands more on "I mean it" because "I don't know where the money is" becomes the object of what I mean. Actually, the whole second clause is only telling us what the "it" is from the first part. Where the first example only adds emphasis, the second example actually adds new meaning to the sentence. Instead of simply making a declaration, it turns into a declaration about a declaration. Does that help? Blessings