From: Kiev.Lo@f49.n134.z1.fidonet.org (Kiev Lo)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Re: Born in H.K.
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 00:00:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:134/49 - The Student Exchang, Calgary Alta

-=> Quoting Jason Wong to Kiev Lo <=-
  
JW> I was actually employed for about a year but I decided to take
JW> this summer off. I needed the rest.
      
So, are you still in U?
        
JW> Aren't you from Calgary?!? Where do you get the water for
JW> windsurfing? Isn't it all farmland out there (and oil wells)  :)
  
It's not quite all farmlands in Calgary but oil wells, yes.  You were
thinking in terms of Sask.  Basically, we windsurf on the lakes.
There's Chestermere Lake within Calgary and a whole bunch of others
on the way to B.C.  That's about the best we can find around Calgary.
But I'd really like to go to the Mediterranean next summer with my
friend since his dad has a house about 2 blocks away from it.  By the
way, windsurfing doesn'tneed waves as opposed to surfing, all it
requires is good wind condition, and that's why we can torlerate
windsurfing on the lakes.
  
JW> like downhill skiing but there's not too many good hills around
JW> here and besides, we haven't had much snow over the past 2 winters.
  
You should come and visit Banff sometimes.  We have awesome skiing
conditions last winter at Sunshine Village - It's the best in my
opinion. (Let's don't bother to argue with those jerks who spents a
fortune to go to the Swiss resorts just for the popularity of it)
  
JW> I'm not much of an organized  collector except for "dust"; my
JW> room is quite dusty :)  . Do you collect  sports cards?
  
Nope.  Sorry but I can never understand why people spent all this
money on sports cards.  (no offense)  Besides, I don't watch hockey
or baseball or football or anything like that (that probably explains
everything).  If they happen to have tennis cards, I might consider
to buy one or two.  By the way, did you watch the Wimbledon a while
ago?  I think it was just believable that Steffi Graf beat the World
No.1 Monica Seles.  That was a totally awesome match!  I wish I can
play backhands like she does.
  
JW> Well....It's known as the Steel City because there are not one
JW> but TWO steel plants in Hamilton..Stelco and Dofasco.
  
Do you get a lot of pollution becuase of this?
  
JW> We have the Dundurn Castle which was inhabited by some guy name
JW> Sir John A. MacDonald (I think).
  
Isn't he the 1st PM of Canada.  What was he doing with a castle?  Did
he build it?
  
JW> We have the Copps Colliseum (which I believe is better than
JW> your Saddle Dome!) but no hockey team!
  
No way, Jose.  Just kidding, maybe...  I was just showing off a bit of
spirit in regionalism and got carried away.
  
JW> interesting about this city. It's a quiet city with some fairly
JW> good people (at least in my  neighbourhood). We have something
JW> called "The Mountain". That is, the city is divided into a lower
JW> part and a higher part (in terms of elevation) due to the
JW> Niagara Escarpment. I don't know why people call it a "mountain"
JW> it goes up one side but it never comes back down on the other
JW> side. Population is about 317000.
  
So, does the higher part of the city considered to be a more valuable
piece of land?  Are there any class system due to this geographical
characteristic?  By the way, this is quite interesting.
    
JW> Anyways... you never mentioned how you like Canada so far. Why did
JW> you settle in Calgary? We settled in Hamilton because this was the
JW> only place that we  knew someone.
  
How do I like Canada?  I think it's alright as long as Quebec is part
of it.  I got a friend who went to Universite Laval in Quebec City
for the exchange student program this summer.  She started telling me
all these gorgious things in Quebec and stuff.  So I'd like to go there
sometime without having to pay any custom taxes (don't laugh...that
might happen).  Well... what about Calgary?  I prefer living in
Vancouver better, actually.  At least it's weather is close to
HongKong's.  But I'm not saying Calgary is a desert.  It's just a bit
too hot in the summer.  It's like being put on a frying pan beacuse of
the low humidity.  Other than the summer, Calgary is just fine to me.
  
Why did I settle in Calgary?  Becuase my dad's boss was immigrated
here about 5 years ago and there's not much job of my dad's nature in
Vancouver. Therefore, we chose Calgary over Vancouver.
  
JW> Are you planning on going anywhere during your summer vacation
JW> or are you  working?
  
I'm not working.  I'm taking Math 31 in summer school right now and
it's pretty boring.  I never liked Math and I'm not doing very well
in this course either.  I might be going down to Seattle with my
friends in Vancouver once summer school is over.  But then again,
I'll need to gather up my budget first.
  
How are you going to spend your summer?  What kind of company were
you working with? By the way, 1974, the day you came over to Canada,
is the year that I was born.
  
Later...
  
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