I’m relieved!
Almost a million people in the Vancouver area remain under a boil-water advisory for a fifth day, although coffee giant Starbucks is once again serving residents.
—CTV.ca News
Starbucks, computers, and the Vancouver skyline
(Photo credit: Mezzoblue)
I arrived home from dinner yesterday to find no water in my house. The pipes are totally silent when the sink is turned on. I haven’t seen a single drop of water in about 24-hours.
It’s really normal for the water pressure to be non-existent for long periods of time. I have slowly learned that from [...]
Why can’t I stop thinking about this tonight?
A city block in China is huge compared to those in North America. Often the area within a Nanchang city block will contain a small maze of streets connecting the random collection of buildings.
A quiet hidden street
Another foreigner introduced me to a small restaurant that was in an area hidden from me until I was [...]
After a facinating train discussion with a heart surgeon-turned-entrepreneur manufacturing heart valves, I arrived in chilly Beijing. The 23-degree weather of Nanchang may be winter to my Mexican friend, but I’m okay by putting my windbreaker over my t-shirt for the windy 6-degree Beijing weather. I took the subway to what I thought was ChaoYang [...]
After more than a year without a computer, I finally conceeded to the fact that I’ll be in Asia for another 2-years at least and I really need a computer. For a variety of technical reasons and handy features (like the built-in camera), I chose to buy an Apple MacBook. Nanchang has a small compter [...]
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Halifax (加拿大哈利法克斯市) local time is now:
05 Sep 2008 at 6:16 PM
In 2004, Justin left his job in Vancouver (温哥华) to study at Thompson Rivers University (汤普森河大学) and pursue a degree in business, with an economics major. From 2005-06 he was part of an exchange program with the Tianjin University of Technology (天津理工大学) in Tianjin, China. Instead of returning to Canada, TRU World sent Justin to Nanchang University (南昌大学) to study Mandarin Chinese. In both programs he was the first student from TRU to participate in these exchange programs in China and, in total, spent 2 years living in China.
Since returning to Canada in July 2007, Justin relocated to Canada's eastern city of Halifax (哈利法克斯) and transferred to Saint Mary's University (圣玛丽大学) to continue his business studies.
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"I shall pass this way but once; any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
—Stephen Grellet (1773-1855)
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
—Abraham Lincoln
