From: Jason.Wong@p0.f118.n244.z1.fidonet.org (Jason Wong)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Re: Born in H.K.
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 92 23:05:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:244/118.0 - Renzo's Roost, Hamilton ON

 -=> Quoting Kiev Lo to Jason Wong   <=-

 KL> So, are you still in U?
Nope! I'll be going to study at a Cancer Centre. I'll be studying Radiation 
Therapy. It's not a university program but we will be taking correspondance
courses with 2 universities. When I graduate in 2 years, I'll be working
with high energy electron accelerators and other radiation producing
equipment to treat cancer patients. I'm quite interested in health care.
Maybe I'll try to get into medicine again.

 KL> You should come and visit Banff sometimes.  We have awesome skiing
 KL> conditions last winter at Sunshine Village - It's the best in my
 KL> opinion. (Let's don't bother to argue with those jerks who spents a
 KL> fortune to go to the Swiss resorts just for the popularity of it)
We were planning to visit Edmonton later this summer (no skiing eh?), but 
my mom couldn't get the holiday time. Actually, I wanted to go to Banff
for some skiing (I'm just a beginner). But I don't think my mom would let
me. Have you ever been to Banff for skiing? How long are the slopes there?

 KL> Nope.  Sorry but I can never understand why people spent all this
 KL> money on sports cards.  (no offense)  Besides, I don't watch hockey
 KL> or baseball or football or anything like that (that probably explains
 KL> everything).  If they happen to have tennis cards, I might consider
 KL> to buy one or two.  By the way, did you watch the Wimbledon a while
 KL> ago?  I think it was just believable that Steffi Graf beat the World
 KL> No.1 Monica Seles.  That was a totally awesome match!  I wish I can
 KL> play backhands like she does.
Actually, I don't collect sports cards either. I also can't understand how 
people can spend so much for cards! People are starving and they're spending
money on cards! What!! You don't watch hockey!?!? Are you a Canadian or 
what!?!? You've have to watch hockey to be a true Canadian!! I personally
like the Montreal Canadiens. I think they're great! I don't watch baseball
but I do like to play baseball. I'm in a church league with Mississauga. I 
have to drive 40 minutes to get out there every week. They're actually
quite competitive, but they're pretty friendly. Tennis? I LOVE tennis! It
seems like you like tennis too. Do you play a lot? I haven't been able to 
lately. I've just played once this summer! How depressing! Yeah, I watched 
some of Wimbledon. I don't like Andre Agassi;I think he's arrogant and 
spoiled. I do like Michael Chang because he's a fighter and he never gives
up!! I like McEnroe's style; serve and volley. My favourite female player
is Steffi Graf. Now she's got power. Especially her forehand! I don't know
if you've notice (if you play), but it seems like the more you practice, 
the better your backhand gets. Usually, backhand shots become easier than
forehand shots.

 JW> Well....It's known as the Steel City because there are not one
 JW> but TWO steel plants in Hamilton..Stelco and Dofasco.
 KL> 
 KL> Do you get a lot of pollution becuase of this?
Well. YES! On a sunny day, when I look over the lake (Ontario, I live on  
the "mountain"), I can see a yellowish brown layer. YUCK!!! I was told
that most of that is from the Coal burning Hydro plant that's about 60 Km
south-south west of Hamilton. I think I'd prefer nuclear power!

 JW> We have the Dundurn Castle which was inhabited by some guy name
 JW> Sir John A. MacDonald (I think).
 KL> Isn't he the 1st PM of Canada.  What was he doing with a castle?  Did
 KL> he build it?
Oh yeah, I think you're right! What's he doing with a castle? Well... he 
was probably ripping off Canadians back then too! He probably got a bunch
of immigrants to build it for him! Have you ever noticed how politicians
spend taxpayers money so generously! I mean they only go to the finest
hotels and restuarants. I heard that Otto Jelinek spent $15000 to make
buttons for his staff to congratulate them for "successfully" launching 
the G.S.T.. Pretty stupid....as if he was  "rubbing it in our face"!
HE didn't do much to launch it, it was the merchants who successfully
launched it!!
Speaking about bumbling idiots! Remember a while back when the NHL was
considering expanding its league? Well Hamilton and Ottawa were the
Canadian delegates bidding for a franchise. Well...Ottawa won. The funny
thing is that they didn't even have a large enough arena to be home for 
their team. My friends were saying that the team would probably have to 
practise on the Rideau Canal when it's frozen! What a Farce!! Also, the
sponsors for the Ottawa team are behind on their franchise payments!

 KL> So, does the higher part of the city considered to be a more valuable
 KL> piece of land?  Are there any class system due to this geographical
 KL> characteristic?  By the way, this is quite interesting.
The higher part of the city is mostly residential, and yes, the value of 
houses are higher here. I think it's because the crime rate is higher in
the lower part, especially towards the steel mills. That's the poorer part
of town. There are, and this probably applies to most cities, class 
separations. For example, Central mountain is basically lower middle class
(that's where I live), West mountain is Higher middle class, and East 
mountain ranges from lower middle class to middle class. Lower city towards
the north end are the lower class. I think this is just due to the fact
that there are more housing expansions on the mountain, and only the more
well-to-do families can afford them.

KL> How do I like Canada?  I think it's alright as long as Qubec is part
 KL> of it.  I got a friend who went to Universit Laval in Qubec City
 KL> for the exchange student program this summer.  She started telling me
 KL> all these gorgious things in Qubec and stuff.  So I'd like to go there
 KL> sometime without having to pay any custom taxes (don't laugh...that
 KL> might happen).  Well... what about Calgary?  I prefer living in
 KL> Vancouver better, actually.  At least it's weather is close to
 KL> HongKong's.  But I'm not saying Calgary is a desert.  It's just a bit
 KL> too hot in the summer.  It's like being put on a frying pan beacuse of
 KL> the low humidity.  Other than the summer, Calgary is just fine to me.
Yes, I do hope Quebec stays a part of Canada. They hold a great part of 
Canadian heritage. I visited Quebec City a few years ago. I visited the
tourist area...and it's beautiful. If you've seen pictures of old towns
in Europe, then you've seen what that part of QC is like; it looks very
European.
You say that it's too dry in the summer in Calgary? Well, it's better than
the 95-99% humidity that we get here in the summer (although not this 
summer). They have two temperature readings here. One is the regular reading.
The other is the Humidex reading. Usually, when the actual temperature is 
about 27 Celcius and the relative humidity is >90%, the Humidex reading 
shoots up to about 40 Celcius....that means that it feels like 40 Celcius!
It gets so humid that it becomes hard to breathe and your sweat won't work,
I mean it doesn't cool you down! It's quite dangerous. I'd prefer dry
heat.

 KL> Why did I settle in Calgary?  Becuase my dad's boss was immigrated
 KL> here about 5 years ago and there's not much job of my dad's nature in
 KL> Vancouver. Therefore, we chose Calgary over Vancouver.
What does your dad do? 

 KL> I'm not working.  I'm taking Math 31 in summer school right now and
 KL> it's pretty boring.  I never liked Math and I'm not doing very well
 KL> in this course either. 
You don't like math? Are you the one that's planning to take General 
Sciences at University? Well if you are, get use to math. I think it's a
required course. And it's a lot tougher because it's more theoretical. I
mean they have a lot of theorems and proofs and so on! I hated it. I 
did above average in highschool, actually, math was one of my better courses.
But I hated math in University. Hopefully you won't have it so bad!
 
 KL> How are you going to spend your summer?  What kind of company were
 KL> you working with? By the way, 1974, the day you came over to Canada,
I'm just sleeping in and playing on the computer trying to find a way to
send E-mail to Malaysia through Internet. I finished work on June 30. I
worked at the Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre. I helped in researching a 
new treatment for cancer...not a cure. There's a big difference! Research
is not for me. I like working with patients. I also volunteer at the 
Emergency centre at the McMaster University Medical Centre. I like it.
I think you wanted to ask what day I came over to Canada. 
 KL> By the way, 1974, the day you came over to Canada,....
The message got cut off there. Well..... I came over ( I think) on Aug. 23..
Talk about major jet lag.... as soon as I got to Hamilton, I slept for 16hrs
straight! Had no problems adjusting to this time zone!

I think I've written enough! Talk to you later.


Jason







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