Last May, I came up to Vancouver for a visit, see what it might be like to live here. I had the opportunity to take a trip up the Sunshine Coast to Powell River. It’s a small town in the…
An office mate and one of her friends invited me out to see The Avengers last Tuesday night after work. I agreed without really thinking about it, something I’ve been doing often whenever someone asks if I want to go…
Acquiring furniture, pots, pans, flatware, dishes and pretty much what you normally take for granted, is a process. The most logical way is to shop online, especially since I have no car. Except that requires a credit card and there…
Blue skies. Sun. Gentle breeze. Mountains. Softball field. Just as I envisioned Vancouver to be.
In my quest to meet people, I have acquired a Social Dictator, and joined req leagues of some office mates. The basketball req league hasn’t worked out well, mainly because I joined before I knew I would be moving sooner…
Hearing snippets of conversations in different languages on the bus, walking around Vancouver, reminds me of my first two instances of hearing a foreign language in a non-academic environment.
This has been rolling around in my head for awhile now. Monet paintings are composed of thousands, perhaps millions, of tiny dots. From a distance, it is beautiful. Up close, it’s downright ugly. This seems to apply to a number…
Last week, I think, some of my office mates were abuzz with the grand opening of a new IKEA in Richmond. Richmond is a suburb of Vancouver. Think of, say, Schaumburg, Illinois. Easiest and best way to get there is…
I’ve had a little trouble wrapping my head around this concept of “mandatory health insurance.” While I get the idea, and after first hand experience of the mess of American health care, I’ve been curious how “mandatory health care” works.…
Some of my workmates took me out Friday night. I confess I’ve been hesitant to establish non-working relationships with workmates. Tricky business sometimes, and I also always had family and close friends to rely on, hang out with and otherwise…