I am my small, but comfy bed...
Hello all, I have returned from the land of the unkown, aka Canadia and other such trips, and am back home. I don't know for how long, but let's hope it's at least for a bit so I can settle in. My allergies seem to have totally gone into "attack" mode since my return, and I wonder if it has anything to do with me being away from the wonderful smoggy environment that is my home. Probably, my body adjusted to the cleaner air since I was there so long and had a hard time adjusting back. I don't remember it being this bad, ever, but it is, and now I probably have to go see the doctor about it or something. Speaking of doctors, I am also trying to get all my health bases checked before I get shipped out again. I checked my vision coverage and now I can go into LensCrafters. Tomorrow, I will check on my dental coverage and set up an appt accordingly and then, maybe get a doctoral checkup or something. But it is sure good to be home. I am a bit out of shape, esp. basketball-wise, being gone for a few weeks, but I should get back into it soon, barring any more trips, ha ha ha.
Lil Differences
Being in Canada for the past two weeks has definitely exposed some notable differences. Now these differences don't really say anything, but they are just things I noticed that were different from life here in the L to the IzzAY.
No Drive Thrus I did not see a single drive-thru for the fast food restaurants whilst I was there. I don't know if it was the area that I was in, but I was in a lot of areas, especially heavily populated areas with lots of traffic. Maybe that's why they don't have them, might affect the traffic adversely.
Autumn leaves This one is obviously not Canada alone, but again, different from LA. The leaves already started to change colors when we were test driving and it was a really amazing sight. I've seen it before, but it's always nice to see it again. Trees line the highways leading out into the country sides and it's amazing to see the richness of color and just the range.
Traffic The traffic in Toronto can get quite horrendous. Now, I know what you're thinking, LA has the worst traffic anywhere, and yes, you're right. I hate LA traffic, it's probably one of the biggest reasons why I would move out, if I were ever forced to make such a decision(for which I do not have to do currently). Anyway, it's not that there IS traffic that I wanted to write differences about, it's more of the REASONS for the traffic. Candians drive slow as hell. Not as bad as they do in Hawaii, but it's definitely comparable. I was weaving like Betty Ross man when I was out there, driving almost 60kpm over the limit at times. People probably thought I was insane, he he he. Another thing is that they freakin stop in the middle of the street to get out and do errands! Like in a 2 way or even 1 way street, a car will stop, the driver will get out and walk into a store! How crazy is that? That took quite a toll on my patience at times and I had to resist ramming a couple of cars w/ my fully insured rental. Lucky for them I'm not road-ragy. But dude, it was certainly a test...
Just a funny lil story when I ate dinner last week when I ordered room service. I ordered some soup and the clam linguine. When I got my food, I had the soup, which was good and moved on to the main course, only to find that I had 1 single mother-freakin clam in the whole thing! It was LITERALLY clam linguini, singular emphasis on the clam. I was so mad, but too lazy to call room service and demand more clams and then have to wait like another 30-45 minutes to get my order. What an ordeal.
Still lots on my mind to talk about, but they're hiding right now...
"What counts most in life is what we can do for others."
Hello all, I have returned from the land of the unkown, aka Canadia and other such trips, and am back home. I don't know for how long, but let's hope it's at least for a bit so I can settle in. My allergies seem to have totally gone into "attack" mode since my return, and I wonder if it has anything to do with me being away from the wonderful smoggy environment that is my home. Probably, my body adjusted to the cleaner air since I was there so long and had a hard time adjusting back. I don't remember it being this bad, ever, but it is, and now I probably have to go see the doctor about it or something. Speaking of doctors, I am also trying to get all my health bases checked before I get shipped out again. I checked my vision coverage and now I can go into LensCrafters. Tomorrow, I will check on my dental coverage and set up an appt accordingly and then, maybe get a doctoral checkup or something. But it is sure good to be home. I am a bit out of shape, esp. basketball-wise, being gone for a few weeks, but I should get back into it soon, barring any more trips, ha ha ha.
Lil Differences
Being in Canada for the past two weeks has definitely exposed some notable differences. Now these differences don't really say anything, but they are just things I noticed that were different from life here in the L to the IzzAY.
No Drive Thrus I did not see a single drive-thru for the fast food restaurants whilst I was there. I don't know if it was the area that I was in, but I was in a lot of areas, especially heavily populated areas with lots of traffic. Maybe that's why they don't have them, might affect the traffic adversely.
Autumn leaves This one is obviously not Canada alone, but again, different from LA. The leaves already started to change colors when we were test driving and it was a really amazing sight. I've seen it before, but it's always nice to see it again. Trees line the highways leading out into the country sides and it's amazing to see the richness of color and just the range.
Traffic The traffic in Toronto can get quite horrendous. Now, I know what you're thinking, LA has the worst traffic anywhere, and yes, you're right. I hate LA traffic, it's probably one of the biggest reasons why I would move out, if I were ever forced to make such a decision(for which I do not have to do currently). Anyway, it's not that there IS traffic that I wanted to write differences about, it's more of the REASONS for the traffic. Candians drive slow as hell. Not as bad as they do in Hawaii, but it's definitely comparable. I was weaving like Betty Ross man when I was out there, driving almost 60kpm over the limit at times. People probably thought I was insane, he he he. Another thing is that they freakin stop in the middle of the street to get out and do errands! Like in a 2 way or even 1 way street, a car will stop, the driver will get out and walk into a store! How crazy is that? That took quite a toll on my patience at times and I had to resist ramming a couple of cars w/ my fully insured rental. Lucky for them I'm not road-ragy. But dude, it was certainly a test...
Just a funny lil story when I ate dinner last week when I ordered room service. I ordered some soup and the clam linguine. When I got my food, I had the soup, which was good and moved on to the main course, only to find that I had 1 single mother-freakin clam in the whole thing! It was LITERALLY clam linguini, singular emphasis on the clam. I was so mad, but too lazy to call room service and demand more clams and then have to wait like another 30-45 minutes to get my order. What an ordeal.
Still lots on my mind to talk about, but they're hiding right now...
"What counts most in life is what we can do for others."
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