Category: Life

I had my first encounter with Canadian mosquitoes a couple of days ago when we were walking on a trail along the river that was leading to St. Jacobs. Apparently, Canadian mosquitoes are greenish (unless my eyes were playing tricks on me) and they attack you in big groups. They don’t play one-on-one, for sure.…… Continue reading When Mosquitoes Attack

In less than a week, my evil father is going to get married even though it hasn’t been a year yet since my mother passed away. He brought a woman home in March (he said he’d been selecting the new wife candidates only two months after my mum died) and since then he’s just been…… Continue reading Warning: Depressing Post

Do any of you still remember Kris Kross? You know, the kid rapper duo with their hit “Jump, Jump”? Well, apparently, one of the two occupants of this apartment is a big fan of Kris Kross. I’m not going to tell you which one, but that person is such a big fan that they just…… Continue reading Kris Kross Forevah!!!

You know what made me happy today? We finally got ourselves a wok. Yes, a wok! Man, living without a wok for 2 weeks was horrible. I had been looking all over for a wok in supermarkets for the past 2 weeks but to no avail. This evening Troy took me for a wok-hunting. Canadians…… Continue reading A Wok in the Clouds

So Troy and I went to see that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie this evening and I noticed another, um, fascinating (?) thing about Canada. The line for popcorn is actually much longer than the line for movie tickets! In fact, there’s no line at all for movie tickets. It’s always the…… Continue reading Harry Potter the Third

There is a couple of bugs in Firda™ v.1.31’s ultra-sophisticated system that still have yet to be fixed by our team of engineers. When Firda™ v.1.31 is placed among a lot of people, Firda™’s v.1.31 ultra-sophisticated system will automatically start running in mute mode. When someone chats Firda™ v.1.31 up, Firda™ v.1.31’s ultra-sophisticated system will…… Continue reading Technical Notes

These are things about Canada (or more specifically, Waterloo) I didn’t know about until I got here (and some of them came as quite a shock, coming from a country like Indonesia): People say ‘hey, how are you doing?’ to each other, even strangers they pass on the street (like yours truly); People have their…… Continue reading It’s A Canadian Thing

I’m in the middle of setting up a photolog to post pictures from and stories about my adventure in England right now, but knowing how short my attention span is, it may take a while before it’s up and running so standard disclaimer applies: don’t hold your breath. Anyway, ever since I got to Canada,…… Continue reading Isn’t Life Exciting?

Yeah, yeah, I know I said I’d post from England but I just didn’t have the time to do so. I arrived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada yesterday evening. The flight from London to Toronto took about 8 hours. It didn’t feel all that long. People drive on the wrong side of the road here, but…… Continue reading Greetings from Canada!

Well, I’m leaving home soon to the airport where I’ll hop on a plane to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (where I’ll be sitting around doing nothing for 2 hours) and then to London, England. I will occasionally post to my weblog during my 9-day stay in England from my uncle’s laptop so the next update will…… Continue reading Off to England I Go!