Pepsi

This is a picture of can of Pepsi I bought yesterday.

If u look on top of the can, it says "Quebec City" and "Refund of 5cents"

It is interesting to note that there is "Nutrition Facts" at the back of a can of Pepsi in Canada and not in Singapore. And they even include the Caffeine content too! Interesting!

By the way, there is this "Nutrition Facts" a the back of a Coca-Cola both in Canada and Singapore.

Nice people

I bought this yogurt at the supermarket called IGA.

When I went to the cashier to pay for the yogurt, she was really nice.. she smiled really sweetly and that made my day. :)

Come to think of it, most of the people here are really friendly (although there are some exceptions).

They are really patient. The people take time to explain things and talk about stuff.. the cars will wait for the pedestrians to cross instead of honking impatiently..

And the people here are really gorgeous.

A fellow Singaporean told me that in her orientation, almost everyone looks like models. They are tall, slim and good looking.

Once I was queuing in the bank and I saw a girl with red hair standing at the door beside a poster. I was got a little shocked when the girl moved because I thought she was part of the poster.

I thought she was the model for the poster beside her.

Singapore Noodles

Singapore noodles in a Chinese restaurant.
$4 CAD.
Having tasted how the Singapore noodle in Guangzhou is like, I should try how the Singapore noodles in Montreal taste like.
I have to say that the Singapore noodles in Guangzhou tastes much nicer... I was happier eating it in Guangzhou.. and I had my fantastic friends in Guangzhou sharing the noodles with me.

The Squirrel

I went to Mount Royal on Wednesday and saw a squirrel.
The squirrel is really cute.. it doesn't run away like the squirrels in Singapore when it sees human beings. In fact, it actually pose for the camera.

After coming down from Mount Royal, I saw 2 guys trying to take a picture of the squirrel.
The guy was taking his camera and talking to the squirrel.
"Come on...."
"You are moving too fast..."
"Aww.. so beautiful!"

The Room Service

"Room service!"

For the first two days, the room attendant who cleaned my room was a young bespectacled girl!
Oh I was surprised to see such a young room attendant on the first day.. who knows.. she may be even younger than me..
When I was in Guangzhou, the room service was usually done by aunties.. the youngest room attendant looks about thirty plus years old...

Welcome to Montreal

And so I reached Montreal on 21 August 2010 12 noon or 12 am (Singapore time).

This is the first sign I saw that welcome me to Montreal.

I gave the lady my declaration card.. and the lady said "Merci"

Oooh.. I was delighted to hear someone saying "Thank you" to me in a language other than English, Chinese or Malay.

Back to Sg

Airplane food - not fantastic - drank 3 cups of orange juice
Back to Sg - Terminal 1
People waiting to leave Sg, they are going back home too.

I thought no one would recognise me when I am back

Before I went to Guangzhou, people around me kept telling me how good the food in Guangzhou is.
I thought I would spend most of the time eating and grew so fat that no one would recognise me when I am back home

Apparently, this is not the case.

桌面？

I was using a laptop that was installed with the Windows operating systems in Chinese.
I asked a lady at the counter how I could connect to the Internet.
She told me to look for something orange in the 桌面:

So I spent my time looking at the 桌面 but couldn't find anything orange.
It turns out that their 桌面 refers to this:

Wanton Noodles

Wanton noodles.

Different from the Singapore kind.

Very nice! :D

7 rmb!

The Pau reminds you

Lesson #223: When in China, expected the unexpected.
Even the Pau can tell you to be safe and considerate.

大便书？

I was quite amused by this book.. and so I bought one online.

Singapore 香肠？

Why have I never seen it in Singapore before?

Of course I have to try it.

It costs 8 rmb for one stick.

It just tastes like the normal bak kwa/肉干.

Toilet sign

You mean you just do it here?

Need a boyfriend?

You can find one easily through the newspapers!

What kind of 饼？

What kind of 饼 is this？I also don't know.

I bought it because I saw lots of people buying it.

I thought it would taste good.

But I think it would probably more appeal to people who wants to build up their cheek muscles.

Metro

To most people in the world, when u mention the word 'Metro', everyone knows that you are talking about the public transport that connects people from one station to another.

However, when u mention Metro in Singapore, some people's mind will conjure up images of clothing

and some people may get hungry when they hear the word 'subway'

Guardian vs. Mannings

Guardian in Singapore vs. Mannings in China.
Same logos, different names.
Of course, I bought something from Mannings...

Heading to Guangzhou - 30 June 2010

Waiting in anticipation.
Coffee.
Watching PowerPuff Girls! Go Blossom!

Some preparations before departing

A must-read for anyone going to China.. super funny! hahaha!