外国人 (wai guo ren)
a bus from montreal to toronto is sixty bucks. a sri lankan van, which costs $40, drops you off at your door. me: “ah, hello, is this the number for rides from Montreal to Toronto?” them: “No.” damn, if only I spoke tamil. good thing there’s the chinese carpool, going rate at about $25. on the way to t-dot I’m … Read More
old and slow
I went to play badminton today, and it was awful. my feet were full of lead and it was like I was in s.l.o.w.m.o.t.i.o.n all the time. my friend (and coach) says it may have to do with playing low-level people and not being used to the speed of the bird anymore, but–it’s just that whenever a shot is popped … Read More
caffè italia
classic little place on st-laurent in little italy, south of supermarché milano. full of old italians (although some young ones sitting at the counter) just shooting the shit on a sunday afternoon. tv in the back showing sports. good & simple cold cut sandwiches on ciabatta. and definitely definitely have to go back for the espresso. (this place reminded me … Read More
executive koala
…was incredible! from the bizarre broadway musical number to the “korean” martial arts (including this videogame-like “resurrection” move), this film was hilarious! or at least, it was my kind of humour, being completely silly and absurd. I mean, there was this random omniscient frog running the 7-11 that kept dropping creepy notes to all the characters. and, well, the main … Read More
il modo italiano
I went to the musée des beaux arts after work today and the italian design exhibit was blah. but it was worth seeing the jean-paul riopelle and paul-émile borduas (omg, he has his own canadian heritage moment!) pieces in the basement. and whoever designed the building for the museum is a genius–some cozy nook-&-cranny-like rooms (like the one at the … Read More
food in taipei
whether on the street or at a market, the best part of any city is the FOOD. these are all from taipei, but will be adding more photographs later.
dada
so I’m back from a weekend in new york, which was fun and mindboggling (for many reasons, best explained elsewhere). I hadn’t really been since I was little, when my grandparents used to have a store in chinatown. but we used to go lots so it was good that I could dispense with the über-touristy bits (er… and fao schwarz.) … Read More
how to trade a paperclip for a house
postscript
after the movie ended I had to bike home (because they aren’t letting bikes on the metro nowadays due to jazz fest), well past midnight. the weather in montreal now is absolutely sublime, it is hard in the present state to imagine a better place to be in the summer… and cruising through the warm air and the quiet leafy … Read More
fantasia!
I went to one of the two opening movies for the fantasia film fest (what used to be an asian film festival, but is now “genre”, as if that’s a… genre). The film I saw was called Seven Swords, by hong kong director tsui hark (who is also responsible for dirty ho, an older kungfu movie that will also be … Read More