Archive for January, 2008
Lockdown on campus! (Day 28 in Vancouver)
Here at UBC, most instructors don’t use the bell curve to grade their students. This is a good thing, because students can be more relaxed while learning, instead of having to deal with unhealthy, intense competition for fear of falling behind others. Learning is really an enjoyable process here, but it’s quite a shame that [...]
I’m not old… just old-er (Day 27 in Vancouver)
Last night it snowed heavily… the heaviest snow I’ve encountered since coming here. It snowed all the way until noon today. When I went out at 5pm, the snow was a few inches deep. Everything looks so different when covered by snow… it was really nice, except that the roads are slippery and I nearly [...]
PhD or not? (Day 26 in Vancouver)
I’ve always thought and told all my friends that I’ll never ever go for a PhD… ‘cos it would limit my career options severely. However, these days I’ve been seriously considering the possibility of doing one.
The thing is, I’ve come to realized that what’s good for myself may not be what I like… and what [...]
Skiing at Mount Seymour (Day 24 in Vancouver)
Until this morning, I thought we were going to Grouse Mountain. It turned out that we went to Mount Seymour instead… it appeared that there were some miscommunications (either I didn’t hear properly or I understood wrongly). But it was alright, it doesn’t matter to me since Mount Seymour is supposed to be more [...]
Vancouver day 23 photos part 2
View of West Coast Express trains from outside Waterfront station…
Prima Taste Vancouver (Laksa for $10+!)…
Famous steam clock at Gastown…
Lots of birds bathing…
Go Fish! (It’s the cafe’s name)…
Fish and cheaps, yummy!
Fisherman’s wharf…
View of Granville Street bridge…
The pic’s not big enough, but there was a huge bird sitting comfortably on a huge stretch limo, looking happy…
Getting lost again (Day 23 in Vancouver)
This morning I woke up early to go queue up for a chance at getting cheap accommodation in Whistler during the Spring Break week. They had a really good system to avoid having people camping out – numbers were given out, and then they had a lucky draw to see which number would go first… [...]
Australia issues travel warning against Canada
This caught my attention today. Quite laughable. I’ve never heard of earthquakes in this part of BC… not sure about elsewhere, but heck… Australia’s quite crazy – I remember they had a history of issuing travel warnings for the slightest matters.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFY7RoDOJgR8VycbDmKBsHpdvXtg
Extract:
As Canadian tourism officials prepare to launch a new campaign next week to promote Canada [...]
