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A Nation Under Debt
I’m a small-time player. Or so said the last telemarketer who called to offer me a $10,000 Amex credit card. I gasped when I heard the figure. “But I don’t make that much money”, I naively admitted. “That’s why you should be interested in a higher limit credit card, ma’am. This is Canada”, he added, in his heavily Cantonese-accented English.
Magical Skies
Weird clouds, bright sunsets, pink light and clear blue skies — these are the best “Canadian skies” pictures I took the last few months.
Stuffs Canadians Like (Part 2)
Ever heard of the Tragically Hip? Chances are if you did, you hold a Canadian passport. If no, don’t worry — you’re just a foreigner. The band from Kingston Ontario has been around for around twenty years but it just doesn’t work outside Canada. Could that be because their songs mostly revolve around hockey, small Canadian towns and Canadian history?
Stuffs Canadians Like (Part 1)
For most immigrants, Canada’s two seasons can be illustrated by the following words — “fucking hot” and “fucking cold”. And Canadians loudly complain too. Too much snow to shovel in the morning, freeway buried under blizzard and ice storms in winter, drought and floods in the summer.
The Hill And Its Inhabitants (10/10)
When I’ll take the oath of citizenship, I’ll have to swear that “I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second”. Yes… even though Canada is a sovereign country, it is a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, as head of state, and a parliamentary democracy with a federal system. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it?
A Canadian Mindset (8/10)
Don’t ever mistake a Canadian for an American. I mean, seriously! It’s the best way to get a snowball thrown at you.
Up In The Sky
Traveling from the East to the West meant following the sun… and not sleeping much because we shared the plane with two minor league soccer teams on their way to Toronto (one day, I’ll tell you about in-flight food fights… I’m still too traumatized to speak!). I was seated by the window and snapped a few pictures along the way.
Multiculturalism (7/10)
Canada: a population of 32 millions… and we are all different. Isn’t it nice?
