Squareface @ 31°North

Some friends chide me for being too trusting, and my ex-boss used to say I get too friendly ‘coz she saw me making friends with security guards and caterers and many other random strangers during our events.
In recent years, from following a house owner to his house alone in Shanghai, to befriending an old man [...]

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To all who knew my love for tasty quesadillas:
My mouth awaits the day it can sink into the soft, yet crispy, well-assimilated combo of chicken, salsa, and cheeeeeeeeeeezzzzzz once again.
For dinner, I ordered a mushroom quesadilla (the only choice for a quesadilla), for 14RMB, from a place called El Mexicano, which charged me an [...]

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Going…Going…Gone.
I haven’t had time to sit down to reflect, but what I know now for sure is that the past 4 months has been nothing short of pleasant, fun, and wonderful.
Much thanks to my housemates for giving me insight into Canadian culture and helping me with all my needs, and all other friends who made [...]

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(Check back tomorrow for the words of this post. Too tired now to think about what to write. But I couldn’t wait to show off pics so here are the pics first haha. as usual, click on pics for slideshow.)

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Very much English, Victoria is a quaint capital that is reminiscent of London, somewhat. Be it the architecture, the way the boats are lined on the river, the entire setting of the place illuminates it’s associations with Englishness. With a small population inhabiting the capital of British Columbia, the main attractions are the Parliament Buildings, [...]

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At UBC, in Vancouver, in Canada. The final 10 days (till my next visit, of course!).
Slowly, I’m trying to cut the strings of attachments.
I’ll always revisit the memories created in this lovely liveable place, and with its people I befriended so easily (you must know how anti-social I was/am in Fudan). It remains on the [...]

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Especially you, Shaina Yu Jin Tong.
Just decided to post some random food images for the fun of tantalizing my friend, Shaina, who is starving at work now. Hopefully she will never go on a diet again because, come on Shaina, you and I, we live to eat.
From Canada (the pics, not necessarily the cuisine):

Quesadilla 

Vera’s Burger [...]

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Seriously. One day rain, next day snow, following day sunshine. 5 degrees Celsius, then -5 degrees Celsius, then 12 degrees Celsius. Rainproof jacket and umbrella; beanie, scarf, gloves and boots; then short-sleeved polo shirt.
Actually even a woman can’t be this temperamental.

(that’s my friend, Rosanna, and our 2 smiley faces)
 

(The end of the rainbow seems to [...]

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Sunday, November 25
Families headed downtown to watch the Santa Claus Parade that delighted kids and adults alike. Roads were blocked, buses were rerouted, and we were part of the packed crowd. We even bumped into the boss of Prima Taste there (remember how nice he was during my birthday dinner?)!
It was fortunate that we encountered [...]

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That’s because I’ve had an overload of salmon sashimi for the past 3 weeks or so.
I only learnt the shiok-ness of ingesting raw salmon marinated with the combination of soya sauce and wasabi after coming to Vancouver (known to be an international food hub). Imagine all those years I could have indulged in this delectable [...]

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