mindless ramblings

As of 845pm this evening, I am a Canadian Permanent Resident! It’s taken me a relatively short 10 months to get it, thanks to the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The actual process of “landing” in Canada was really smooth and only took 10 minutes. The friendly lady at the Peace Arch customs gave my [...]

It’s only the beginning of April, and I’ve already missed out on 4 concerts (Lily Allen, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys) that I would have loved to go to. I need to find an efficient way to track upcoming gigs in Vancouver… and somehow get tickets before the damn scalpers do. I did sign [...]

The quality of Singaporean/Malaysian food in Vancouver is improving all the time, thanks to new upstarts like Prima Taste and good old favorites like Cafe D’Lite. Add another one to the list, and I definitely hope this one hangs around… because it is pretty damn good!
It’s called Jonker St, after the famous street in Malacca. [...]