Traveling to east coast

I travelled to the east coast, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City for a total of 9 days. I'll tell you a ranking that I recommend for sightseeing. #1 Quebec City The most beautiful city in Canada. (like Kyoto) #2 Toronto The biggest…

Quebec City

I went to Quebec City by bus from Montreal. It took about 3 hours. Quebec City is called a City of World Heritage. The city is a World Heritage in itself! The whole city was beautiful. It was epic. I was really impressed!! I highly recomme…

Montreal

I went to Montreal by bus from Ottawa.It took about 3 hours. Montreal is called "Paris in North America".The official language is French in Montreal and there are some French cityscapes. I really wanted to go there because I heard it is so…

Ottawa

I went to Ottawa by train from Toronto. It took 4 hours. The train was very comfortable, it's way better than an airplane. Ottawa is the capital city in Canada. I heard there was nothing to see because there is a city only for administrati…

Toronto

I went to Toronto from Vancouver by airplane.It took 4.5 hours. Unfortunately, the first day was rainy... Toronto is the largest city in Canada.There are a lot of tall buildings and businessmen.I have never seen businessmen in Vancouver! I…

Horse Racing

Horse-racing is one of my hobbies since I was in Japan.Finally, I went to horse-racing in Canada last weekend :) It took 45 minutes from my house to horse-corse by bus. There was clean and not busy. We can enjoy nice beer and food as well …

Change my job

I decided to quit my job at the end of this month. I have worked there for more than 3 months. It's time to find something new! My coworkers are all kind and funny (and sometimes crazy) :) I learned a lot from them. Thanks to them, I can k…

Mites and Bed Bugs

3 days ago, when I was sleeping, I felt itchy on my arms. I thought that's because of mosquitos or something. So I ignored and kept sleeping. 2 days ago, when I was sleeping, I felt itchy on my arms. I didn't care about it at the beginning…

Sea To Sky Gondola

I went to "Sea To Sky Gondola" in Squamish.As its name suggests, "Sea To Sky Gondola" is a gondola from sea to sky :P We don't have transportations to get there, so I booked a shuttle bus to get there.It costs about $90 include a round tri…

VIC band

We practiced some musical instruments last Tuesday. For your Information, we can borrow musical instruments from Vancouver Public Library for free! VPL is great! I brout a Ukulele and an Ocarina, one girl brout an acoustic guitar, another …

Seattle

I went to Seattle on April 27. It was the fiirst time to go to USA. Actually I have been Guam, but Guam is Guam, not US for me. hahah Anyway, let's go!! It takes about 4 hours from Vancouver to Seattle by car. (Include crossing the border.…

Easter Week

Last week was long weekend in Canada. 4/19: Good Friday (holiday) 4/20: 420 (Marijuana Day (not holiday)) 4/21: Easter (holiday) 4/22: Easter Monday (holiday) * Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and …

Complicated English

What do you think about this conversation. (They are having breakfast.) A: Oh, you don't eat carrots? B: No. I don't eat carrots. A: Don't you like carrots? B: No. I don't like carrots. This conversation is strange for Japanese. This is na…

Cherry Blossom Festival

Articls are about cherry blossoms for 2 weeks in a row. Because it's Spring!!! I went a cherry blossom festival at Richmond, Vancouver :D A lot of people enjoyed full bloomed cherry blossoms! They are really beautiful!! Also people enjoyed…

Cherry Blossoms

There are some cherry blossom trees in Vancouver. They are in full bloom now ****** I have got my heart set on HANAMI :D Unfotunetly it's illegal to drink outside in Canada. They are very strict to alchol. - We can buy alchol only at liqua…

Got the first payment

We get payment every 2 weeks(or twice a month) in Canada. I got the first payment in Canada :) Earning: $1350 Deduction: $250 Net income: $1100 Tips: $200 Total: $1300 *There is no tax on tips. The detail is like this ↓ I worked 97.25 hour…

Saint Patrick's Day

17 March is the Saint Patrick's Day. Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious celebration, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick who is a patron saint of Ireland. This day is celebrated all over the world. People use green stu…

The second week of the job

I work 6 days a week, 8 hours a day. (I worked 14 hours last Saturday! It was crazy busy...) Can you believe it!? I almost die because of tired... But on the bright side, I get tons of money and I think this is a proof of trust :D Also all…

Got a part time job

As I wrote last week, I got a part time job! I'm working at Red Racer Taphouse, a pub, as a kichen helper. *There are NO Japanese staff. *I can have free staff meal. *The wage is $13 + tips per hour. That's parfect condition for me :) I ha…

Trip to Victoria

I got a part time job! I'll work at a bar restaurant as a dishwasher from February 25 :) (I'll write about my job next week!) I went on a vacation to Victoria for three days! Victoria is the capital city of British Colombia. We can go ther…

Taking a break from school

It has been 4 months since I came to Vancouver. Time flies!! I got bored to go to school... So I'm taking a break from school :) I'm freeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I hanged out some places last week :D There is Kitsilano Beach. The beach was covered w…

Chinese New Year Parade

It was the Chinese New Year's(Lunar New Year's) day February 5. What's Chinese New Year? I'm sorry you got me, please ask Google! haha There was a Chinese New Year Parade at Chinatown on February 10. There were a lot of people! There were …

Moving to international share house

I moved to new share house on January 31st. There are 14 people and they are all Japanese in my previous share house. I did want to live with other countries people! I couldn't help it, so I decided to move :) My previous room was big and …

Lighthouse Park

I went to the Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. There is a calm park. From my point of view, there is a great place for hiking and seeing the ocean view! Let's start hiking :) You'll arive the lighthouse view point after you walk for 15 m…

Night Club

There are some night clubs in downtown, Vancouver. I have been two of them. I'll introduce canadian night club. Let's drink beer and tequila at the beginning! A bottled budweiser is about $6. A shot of tequila is about $6 as well. We got d…

Happy New Year

Happy New Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!! It started 2019! How was your new year's eve and new year's day? I went to Capilano Suspension Bridge with my friends, Dec. 31. There is a long suspension bridge. You can see the Canyou Lights in winter se…

Merry Christmas

Merrrrrrrrrry Christmas!!! How was your Christmas? I had parties on Christmas Eve and Chrismas. We met up my friend's house. There are 12 people! Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican and Corombian! There are a lot of food and liquor :) Pe…

Christmas Market

It's almost Christmas! I went to Vancouver Christmas Market on Dec. 8. There were many shops. Some shops sold ornaments. Some shops sold foods and drinks. These were so cute ornaments! (But everythig was rip-off!) This is a cute tower! Mus…

Ice Skating

There are many ice skate rinks in Vancouver. To my surprise, we can use some skate rinks for FREE! I went some skate rinks. There is at Trout Lake Community Center. (Community Center is run by city of Vancouver.) It's a big and clean rink.…

Home Party

Sometimes we have home party on Friday or Suturday. This time, there are 10 people in my friends room. This room is so great! (This room is in downtown. And the monthly fee is 2500 CND. Rip-off!) One of my friend who is from Mexico is a co…