Back in Canada, still in zombie mode
Okay, I've finally arrived. My Air China flight was delayed from Beijing, meaning I missed my Vancouver to Toronto flight, meaning I had to sit around in airports for a long, long time. Boo.
Few observations:
- it doesn't take too long being in Canada to rediscover Canadians' consumption problem.
- similar note, people who work in the Beijing airport are also a bit large due to the fact that KFC is the only affordable place to eat in their workplace.
- Air Canada's planes are ghetto. When Air China has better planes than you, then it's not looking good for your airline. Time for another government bailout perhaps.
- Another note about Air Canada, not only have they stopped serving food. They've stopped giving out pillows and blankets for free. $2 charge now. WOW
- There's something about immigrants and working at airports but I can't figure out why there is such a strong connection.
- In China, I felt a little bit 'uncool'. Back in Canada I swear that I'm the least hip person under the age of 30. Scratch that, under the age of 40.
- Women in Canada don't seem to mind dressing like skanks. And not just the young ladies, there were a few women in Vancouver and Toronto in their 50s skankin' it up pretty good.
One more short note. Off the plane in Vancouver I went to have a Tim Horton's coffee (you don't understand how sweet it is after being away for 2 years). I promised my friend, let's call him Big Door, that I would think of him while I drank it. But from thinking about him, I somehow caught his 'stomach problems' and then proceeded to spend a good portion of the afternoon taking care of business. Thanks a lot Big Door!
I'm tired.


1 Comments:
Hey Pete, Nice to see that you've made it back to Mother Canada. I'm sure your ice hockey skills will pick up right where they left off. It's funny, I continue to have similar experiences with coffee here in New York, especially the iced variety. Everywhere I go I need to explicitly tell the people to cool it on the sugar.
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