Waiting on a Royal Bank e-statement

 I want to prove that I reside in Manitoba so I can get my class 5 driver's license.  I have one of the documents I need.  I am waiting for the other which is my bank statement which shows me as living at my mother's house.  I first thought I would get it on the 11th, and then the 12th, and then this morning, but it may not arrive till tomorrow, or the day after that....  Annoying!!!

Crown Royal

 Being able to buy Crown Royal Whiskey is another reason I'm happy to be back in Canada.

A Simone Weil Quote Video

 Making these videos is something I do to show I’m keeping myself busy these days.

Smoke from the Forest Fires

This morning, my mother was saying that there was smoke from the forest fires.    Looking out the window, I couldn’t see anything, for it seemed like a pleasant sunny summer morning after a period of rain, but when I opened the front door, it smelled like a campfire.

In China, the air could be smoggy.

Why I am happy to be back in Canada

 Let me list the reasons that I can think of, off the top of my head, that I happy to be back in Canada:

• I can look after my mother.
• I can experience winter.
• My son can truly become Canadian by experiencing a Canadian winter.
• I can meet old friends.
• I can hear English spoken wherever I go.
• I can see a hockey game.
• I don't need a VPN to access the internet.  For instance, I can actually make this blog entry on my computer.  And there are lots of other things I can now do on my laptop that I couldn't do before.
• I have many more ways in which I can make money.
• I can find products in stores that I couldn't find in China.
• I don't get called "laowai" when I walk in public.
• The bread is better in Canada than in China.
• The sky is bigger and I can see the horizon.

This list is not exhaustive.  As I said, it was made off the top of my head. I may add reasons to this list when they come to me.

And there are reasons why I am not happy to be back in Canada, but these will be listed in a future entry.

Brandon Manitoba 很多下雨！

 

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