Friday, June 29, 2007
Going to other places in this world actually makes me feel dislike for this place I call home.
Firstly, the size and land area is something everyone scoffs at. From tourists to locals. Boo.
Secondly, as much as my body can't stand the cold, the weather here seems to shine down on you relentlessly. Like how when you watch tv and those police officers will shine the spotlight up the criminals' nostrils. Only that we sweat like a pig and those criminals sweat lesser than us (I think).
Thirdly, how much fucking shopping can one do when one has not enough money? And that is all to this country. Shopping. Or Sweating. Or eating and sweating over not exercising because you ate too much good, delicious sin inducing food.
Ok, I am lazy to think of others. There ARE still more but I can't be bothered right now.
Anyway, in a =) - er mode, Alaska and Canada were both great.
In Alaska, most of the time, the weather is cloudy. And it rains alot. Haha. The comedian on the cruise made a joke about how the next time someone makes a comment about "sticking it where the sun don't shine", they are talking about Alaska. The sun only starts to set at 10pm and at midnight, the sky is still not dark. At 3/4am, the sun rises again for a brand new day. Well, I guess if I live there I will be eager to wake up so early too. The place is beautiful. For every places we've been in Alaska (Ketchikan, Juneau, Icy Strait) there are snow mountains everywhere. The air is amazingly fresh and if you stare at the ocean long enough, you'll see a humpback whale showing off its tail before diving into the waters. Or you'll see sea lions and lots of eagles. The crows there are damn fat. They look like black hens until you realise they can fly. Wild black bears are supposedly common too but they were hiding when I went. Another thing great about Alaska? They have the freshest Alaskan King Crabs. And they were delicious too. Not to forget, the glaciers. They are simply amazing.
You know how in "Supermassive Black Hole" Muse will sing about how "Glaciers melting in the dead of night" and now I can say I truly understand that line for I've seen glaciers and I've seen them melting. But not in the dead of the night but you still know it will still melt a little in your mind. haha.
Canada, the land of maple trees and honey, was great too. Nice weather, nice Subway (the fast food joint) and nice Canadian Rockies. There's so many Asians there. And so many of these Asians call Canada their home. Somehow in the back of my head I can't help thinking those Asians are deluding themselves. Home is where they came from. They seem to be forcing themselves to believe that Canada is now their home and its so weird. When they still speak in heavily accented Hong Kong English. When I was there, and I had to speak to an angmoh, I almost feel as if I have to use Hong Kong accented English to speak to them because that is what they expect of me - an Asian. I'm glad to say that after the tour I didn't speak like my tour guide. Haha. Though I could imitate him with his accent quite well by the end.
At the canadian rockies, I got to walk on the glacier. It was out of this world. Walking on one big chunk of ice which is older than you, me and your grandparents put together. And its so huge too. I love the glacier, because I got to lie on it, to touch it, to drink off the melting parts. It almost feel so unreal now. Especially when all these memories of the glacier will only exist in my memory in a few decades when everything is gone. They showed us where the glacier was and how far it has receded. And its really scary. I love Canada because they make an effort to be environmentally friendly. They enforce high taxes on every good we buy because they will try to dispose them properly. They use Toyota Prius as their cabs. Their paper hand towels in the toilets are brown because it is made of recycled products. No smoking in a lot of places. They really take care of their country. We should all learn from them.
And I always think its nice to go for runs in cold weathers. Haha. And their hills or mountains actually have wild deers on them. Its so cool. Of course the mountains will have even more animals. Like brown/black bears or the moose (which is the national animal for canada). They have lots of squirrels or chipmunks look-a-like running around too. And they are usually quite tame. But that isn't a good sign for me because it means they are too reliant on humans for food. They are so tame they even dare to jump onto your jeans and smell you. But they are cute la. And then you will have an urge to feed them food. The vicious cycle never ends.
Well, now you see why Singapore pales so much in comparism. While admiring the glaciers on board the cruise, I suddenly thought of the city landscape and I got a sore feeling in my eyes. Its as if the city landscape became too crude to even think about. And I think that's true. I don't see the greatness in those cold steel buildings.
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