I don't know how to play any musical instrument. Maraca maybe.
I like this guy.
Okay
https://www.youtube.com/user/iampaulritter
Quite tired, as I went shopping with my brother.
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Saturday, 22 November 2014
I object!!!
Well, I normally don't talk much about politics because I think that they are absurd and nonsense. Politicians get richer, lay citizens gets poorer. They can give you 101 ways to fight jam or water shortage without even experience the citizens hardship. Well, Mr. Twain seems to agree with me (or actually I agree with Mr. Twain)
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
― Mark Twain
Today let's compare our opposition party with opposition party in other parts of the world.
As a Canadiophile, it is always a pleasure to learn about Canada. The fastest way is to study their citizenship guidebook and test yourself with their citizenship test. So I took an online citizenship quiz just to test my knowledge.
One of the question is "What is the role of the Opposition parties". The correct answer is "To oppose or try to improve government proposals". It is in their citizenship guidebook too. It's good to let their future citizens know that, voting for an opposition party is not a bad thing. And leader of the opposition party lives in the official house. Leader of opposition party lives in an official home! So, it's quite right to say, the ruling party and opposition party have the same right in Canada.
Well, over here, opposition party are viewed as bad, or unlawful, or (insert negative verb). National TV is controlled by the governing party, so most political news or advert are quite bias. And some of the civil servants are afraid to vote for the opposition.
Opposition party are supposed to keep the ruling party in check, And to protest any unconstitutional or unjust act done by ruling party. Otherwise, the governing party would turn into a dictatorship or totalitarian.
If this is too hard to understand, just remember yin and yang. You need both for balance.
Nope, I am not saying the ruling party is bad or opposing party is good. Just pointing out that, how different is our (the majority) attitude towards opposition and why we need an opposition party. And how unfair is our political situation.
I just think it's funny, that all. So don't shoot me!
(well, that unethical professor who taught me medical ethics, he always 'brainwash' us to vote for the ruling party... problem with elderly Asians, they think they know too much, and they think the younger generations are stupid... so called eating more salt)
The quiz that I tried
http://citizenshipcounts.ca/quiz
The official residence of Leader of Opposition party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stornoway_%28residence%29
And on the list of residents, the current and some former Prime Ministers
Worth reading
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_responsibilities_of_the_Official_Opposition
*eating more salt means had live longer and have more experience. Another way to say, don't argue with me.
And what I write is a mere observation. If the reader thinks that the information above are incorrect, please comment
Friday, 14 November 2014
Selfie while......... donating blood?
Apparently, you can 'selfie' everywhere... grave yard, in the car while driving, diving, on a long flight, everywhere. You can also do it while you're dressed, in the dressing room or in your birthday suit. The possibilities are endless. Anywhere, wearing anything, all the time, you name it.
So after getting the key to my 'Alfa Romeo', I went to the blood bank in Canada*. While donating blood, my seatmate or cubicle-mate did a selfie. Do you really need to tell the word how you lose 1 pint of blood? Or as an evidence for your leave. (Yup, one can take a half day off after donating blood in this region... not sure about the real Canada though...) Funny thing people do here.
Donating blood is another story. I am naturally talkative. So it's my second nature to chit-chatting with salesperson or a seatmate. I can be a nightmare. It's my way of exchanging ideas. I'm not really an extrovert. So imagine if I were to be a doctor. I'll be the big mouth one. Not sharing gossip, sharing ideas. That is why I always exceed the time limit for viva voce examination.
See, one paragraph just to tell you that I am talkative. Back to the story, the doctor, a pathologist, needs to interview me. I lost my booklet, so it is a routine procedure. Furthermore, I never donated a drop of blood in this Canada. I intercepted, most of her question, and sound to be knowledgeable in the medical field. So she asked me what did I study. I lied. "Business" I replied. "I just read a lot of Wikipedia". Lying on a Friday?
Then come to the procedure, the lab technician also asked the same thing after I told him, "This vein is prominent, but it's darker. You can just blind poke it... no wait, you can blind poke for venepuncture, it's small bore needle. Ok just do your job. How many G is the red hypodermic needle again? I can't remember". I accidentally let the cat out of the bag. And I got the reaction I dread most. I told him, I'm actually in my final year before I got 'kicked out'. "Why?" actually it's "WHY?"... he is friendly though. We share our experiences of studying in the big city. He studied 10 miles away from my former faculty. Then, we talked about Jackie Chan because Jackie Chan movie is playing on the telly.
And yes, I have a new booklet. Yay. Although at first I was nervous, it's a new place and new people, new environment. I got desensitized in just half an hour. Thank you, for making me at ease. And apparently, I am the first donor today in the blood bank. Yay! They thank me for breaking the jinx.
Ok that's for now. Quebec Alfa Romeo is still dirty. Ughhhh.
*Canada is just a nickname. It's somewhere over the................................... arc en ciel, not the real Canada.
p/s my sister called me while I type this post. She asked me which rice to buy... I should open a helpline.
So after getting the key to my 'Alfa Romeo', I went to the blood bank in Canada*. While donating blood, my seatmate or cubicle-mate did a selfie. Do you really need to tell the word how you lose 1 pint of blood? Or as an evidence for your leave. (Yup, one can take a half day off after donating blood in this region... not sure about the real Canada though...) Funny thing people do here.
Donating blood is another story. I am naturally talkative. So it's my second nature to chit-chatting with salesperson or a seatmate. I can be a nightmare. It's my way of exchanging ideas. I'm not really an extrovert. So imagine if I were to be a doctor. I'll be the big mouth one. Not sharing gossip, sharing ideas. That is why I always exceed the time limit for viva voce examination.
See, one paragraph just to tell you that I am talkative. Back to the story, the doctor, a pathologist, needs to interview me. I lost my booklet, so it is a routine procedure. Furthermore, I never donated a drop of blood in this Canada. I intercepted, most of her question, and sound to be knowledgeable in the medical field. So she asked me what did I study. I lied. "Business" I replied. "I just read a lot of Wikipedia". Lying on a Friday?
Then come to the procedure, the lab technician also asked the same thing after I told him, "This vein is prominent, but it's darker. You can just blind poke it... no wait, you can blind poke for venepuncture, it's small bore needle. Ok just do your job. How many G is the red hypodermic needle again? I can't remember". I accidentally let the cat out of the bag. And I got the reaction I dread most. I told him, I'm actually in my final year before I got 'kicked out'. "Why?" actually it's "WHY?"... he is friendly though. We share our experiences of studying in the big city. He studied 10 miles away from my former faculty. Then, we talked about Jackie Chan because Jackie Chan movie is playing on the telly.
And yes, I have a new booklet. Yay. Although at first I was nervous, it's a new place and new people, new environment. I got desensitized in just half an hour. Thank you, for making me at ease. And apparently, I am the first donor today in the blood bank. Yay! They thank me for breaking the jinx.
Ok that's for now. Quebec Alfa Romeo is still dirty. Ughhhh.
*Canada is just a nickname. It's somewhere over the................................... arc en ciel, not the real Canada.
p/s my sister called me while I type this post. She asked me which rice to buy... I should open a helpline.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Top YouTube channels by Canadian
Here's my top 3 YouTube channel (by Canadians)
Sacha Stevenson, A funny Canadian living in Indonesia. If you can understand Bahasa Indonesia, it's a bonus because most of her video is in Bahasa Indonesia.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sasaseno
Second is Matthew Santoro. A cute bald man with is list of things. Pretty informative channel. Famous for his 10 and 50 list of things.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=matthew+santoro
And the third, a personal trainer. It's from his channel that I learn about Tabata and HIIT. He also demonstrate on healthy cooking. Brad Gouthro.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bradgouthrofitness
Honourary mention include:
Just for Laugh/Juste pour rire. Below is the link to Just for Laugh gags.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JustForLaughsTV
Funny Quebecois with funny accent (he made that purposely, I reckon), OneFrenchCanadian. I don't know his real name.
http://www.youtube.com/user/OneFrenchCanadian
There are more actually in my subscribe list. But the most searched and most watched videos are from these channels. I found most are funny, entertaining and just cool.
Have a nice day!
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Also from Canada is Joy of Baking. Can't help but notice her Canadian accent. I don't bake much, but I like her cookies recipe. One day, I'll try making Nanaimo bars
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoyofBaking1
Sacha Stevenson, A funny Canadian living in Indonesia. If you can understand Bahasa Indonesia, it's a bonus because most of her video is in Bahasa Indonesia.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sasaseno
Second is Matthew Santoro. A cute bald man with is list of things. Pretty informative channel. Famous for his 10 and 50 list of things.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=matthew+santoro
And the third, a personal trainer. It's from his channel that I learn about Tabata and HIIT. He also demonstrate on healthy cooking. Brad Gouthro.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bradgouthrofitness
Honourary mention include:
Just for Laugh/Juste pour rire. Below is the link to Just for Laugh gags.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JustForLaughsTV
Funny Quebecois with funny accent (he made that purposely, I reckon), OneFrenchCanadian. I don't know his real name.
http://www.youtube.com/user/OneFrenchCanadian
There are more actually in my subscribe list. But the most searched and most watched videos are from these channels. I found most are funny, entertaining and just cool.
Have a nice day!
____________________________________
Also from Canada is Joy of Baking. Can't help but notice her Canadian accent. I don't bake much, but I like her cookies recipe. One day, I'll try making Nanaimo bars
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoyofBaking1
Saturday, 8 November 2014
My obsession with The Great White North...
I'm a Canadiophile. Well, you must have known from my blog's name.
Somehow, that amuses some of my acquaintances. I often hear "What is it with you and Canada?" or "Canada? Really?"
One of the famous landmark in my hometown is named after Canada. So growing up, Canada seems to be a land beyond the hill. Maybe a land full of magic and surprises.
Canadians are kind and polite too! They'll buy you candy when your mother is in the hair saloon doing her perm.
At least, that is how I think about Canada as a child.
When I was 11, there was a storm in Canada. The storm caused power failure. Some died of hypothermia. Living on the equator, never experienced extreme cold weather, I thought why on Earth would somebody died of coldness? In the sweltering heat, I asked my father, let's go there! My father a no nonsense man replied "Stupid!". Hey, he had been to the Europe. He had been to the UK and the Netherlands. He experienced winter. I've never been out of this island.
I grew up listening to Canadian singers. Alanis Morissette is my favourite. In the past, Canadians are the best musician. Sarah McLachlan, Celine Dion.
I also grow up watching Angela Anaconda and Yvon of Yukon.
Some say Canada has the most concentration of left-handers. And if my birthday falls on Monday, it coincide with Thanksgiving.
That explains why I am a Canadiophile. And visiting Canada is in my bucket list. Maybe, my parallel universe is in Canada. That is why I have a strong affinity to The Great White North.
Hey, it's Saturday. I need to check Matthew Santoro's youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/MatthewSantoro
Somehow, that amuses some of my acquaintances. I often hear "What is it with you and Canada?" or "Canada? Really?"
One of the famous landmark in my hometown is named after Canada. So growing up, Canada seems to be a land beyond the hill. Maybe a land full of magic and surprises.
Canadians are kind and polite too! They'll buy you candy when your mother is in the hair saloon doing her perm.
At least, that is how I think about Canada as a child.
When I was 11, there was a storm in Canada. The storm caused power failure. Some died of hypothermia. Living on the equator, never experienced extreme cold weather, I thought why on Earth would somebody died of coldness? In the sweltering heat, I asked my father, let's go there! My father a no nonsense man replied "Stupid!". Hey, he had been to the Europe. He had been to the UK and the Netherlands. He experienced winter. I've never been out of this island.
I grew up listening to Canadian singers. Alanis Morissette is my favourite. In the past, Canadians are the best musician. Sarah McLachlan, Celine Dion.
I also grow up watching Angela Anaconda and Yvon of Yukon.
Some say Canada has the most concentration of left-handers. And if my birthday falls on Monday, it coincide with Thanksgiving.
That explains why I am a Canadiophile. And visiting Canada is in my bucket list. Maybe, my parallel universe is in Canada. That is why I have a strong affinity to The Great White North.
Hey, it's Saturday. I need to check Matthew Santoro's youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/MatthewSantoro
Pardon my French
I don't really speak French, but I can comprehend basic written French. I had a hard time understanding spoken French. The only (part) French song that I can sing fairly well is the bilingual version of O Canada.
Growing up outside the French diaspora, I thought of learning French never came to my mind. And I found it's hard to pronounce French word. My first exposure to French is actually some Canadian cartoon like Angela Anaconda. It's in English but I can't understand why the main antagonist's surname (Manoir) is pronounced as Mah-nwa. Another cartoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There's a minor character called Frahn-swa... It took me 5 years to realize that it is spelled as Francois. The good old days, growing up watching funny Canadian cartoon like Angela Anaconda, Freaky Stories and Yvon of Yukon. Oggy and the cockroaches is a French cartoon but not a single French word was uttered throughout the whole episode.
As I grow older, I wanted to learn Latin but Latin is a dead language. And in this region, nobody cares about Latin. So I decided to learn some Romance language. Spanish is quite common as America Latin Telenovelas are frequently aired here. Dubbed or with subtitles. Furthermore, there are lots of Spanish loanword in Tagalog. We had a copy of English -Tagalog dictionary in our house. It is a present from my aunt. I am always intimidated by French. They seem hard to learn.
One day, my best friend introduced my to a girl. She can speak basic French. She is just being humble. So finally, I had somebody to practice/learn a bit of French.
In my opinion, before learning French, one should learn Italian. Orthographically, Italian is more familiar to me. And Italian and French shares similar lexicon (Lexical similarity).
Like Rome, French is not built in a day.
Growing up outside the French diaspora, I thought of learning French never came to my mind. And I found it's hard to pronounce French word. My first exposure to French is actually some Canadian cartoon like Angela Anaconda. It's in English but I can't understand why the main antagonist's surname (Manoir) is pronounced as Mah-nwa. Another cartoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There's a minor character called Frahn-swa... It took me 5 years to realize that it is spelled as Francois. The good old days, growing up watching funny Canadian cartoon like Angela Anaconda, Freaky Stories and Yvon of Yukon. Oggy and the cockroaches is a French cartoon but not a single French word was uttered throughout the whole episode.
As I grow older, I wanted to learn Latin but Latin is a dead language. And in this region, nobody cares about Latin. So I decided to learn some Romance language. Spanish is quite common as America Latin Telenovelas are frequently aired here. Dubbed or with subtitles. Furthermore, there are lots of Spanish loanword in Tagalog. We had a copy of English -Tagalog dictionary in our house. It is a present from my aunt. I am always intimidated by French. They seem hard to learn.
One day, my best friend introduced my to a girl. She can speak basic French. She is just being humble. So finally, I had somebody to practice/learn a bit of French.
In my opinion, before learning French, one should learn Italian. Orthographically, Italian is more familiar to me. And Italian and French shares similar lexicon (Lexical similarity).
Like Rome, French is not built in a day.
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
If I can name all 50 states of USA, Why not Canadian provinces and territories...
Previous entry is about how I memorize all 50 states. Now, it's Great White North's turn
10 provinces and 3 territories
I'll usually start from Manitoba... alphabetically
M
Manitoba
northwest to Manitoba is
N
Northwest Territories
on it's east is Nunavut Territory, and also Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
O is for Ontario,
P is for PEI (Prince Edward Island)
Q is for Quebec
A and B.C. are also neighbour
Alberta and British Columbia
YeS,. Yukon and Saskatchewan
that's how I memorize these provinces and territories of Canada, although I must admit, I'm always confused of the prairie provinces. I'll usually name them by their biggest city like Winnipeg instead of Manitoba or I miss out Saskatchewan. Oops sorry. Maybe I'll remember if they build a giant mall there. Just kidding.
10 provinces and 3 territories
I'll usually start from Manitoba... alphabetically
M
Manitoba
northwest to Manitoba is
N
Northwest Territories
on it's east is Nunavut Territory, and also Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
O is for Ontario,
P is for PEI (Prince Edward Island)
Q is for Quebec
A and B.C. are also neighbour
Alberta and British Columbia
YeS,. Yukon and Saskatchewan
that's how I memorize these provinces and territories of Canada, although I must admit, I'm always confused of the prairie provinces. I'll usually name them by their biggest city like Winnipeg instead of Manitoba or I miss out Saskatchewan. Oops sorry. Maybe I'll remember if they build a giant mall there. Just kidding.
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