Doing my best to avoid the dreadful rat race. Not doing so well with that goal right now.

7.28.2006

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:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

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.

6:22 PM

 

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