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When I was on the train heading to Vancouver, I met a very nice Korean/Japanese girl. Well, it was a 3 day trip and it must be very boring not to talk to other train passengers. On the train you really could see all types of people, such as people I would not have talked to. There was a guy who got drunk and harrassed other passengers. There was a girl who was apparently on drugs and hit on a much older guy. There was another girl whose grandfather was Japanese and grandmother native Indian.

The Korean/Japanese girl I met was from Vancouver and she told me what I had to see in Vancouver. She told me I could see a lot of nice cars in Gastown, so I went there. I could only find The Gastown Steam Clock. And I seemed to be the only one who showed interest in that clock....

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After I had arrived at the hostel I stayed at and taken a long shower, I went to explore the Kitsilano area that was close to the hostel. I did not know what to expect, because I had not really done my homework before I arrived in Vancouver.  So in the end I had only visited the Kitsilano Beach. I really liked it there! I had the feeling that Vancouver was a relaxing place, though my first impression of Vancouverites was not good.

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My first impression of Vancouver was not that good, because when I arrived after a 3 days train trip, people were not helpful. I needed to take the Skytrain (which was extremely short for a metro and very full) and then the bus to get to the hostel. Well, I could not find the bus stop and tried to ask some people there. They kind of just ignored me. Well, I did look like a tourist with my map and luggage. There was a guy in a suit who saw that I wanted to ask him where I could the bus stop and walked all the way around me.... Ehum.... Maybe he could not speak English or something. But still he could just have said that he did not speak English.

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Though I was born in Hong Kong and had lived there for ten years, I never thought about moving back to Hong Kong. After the last time I visited Hong Kong (September this year), I really started feeling that I did not really feel at home there (anymore......?). As I mentioned earlier, a lot of people there are rude. And it is so crowded in Hong Kong!

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I was wondering why the 'Christ' in Merry Christmas is sometimes replaces by an 'X'. So I did some research on the internet, i.e. I Googled for the answer.

When I was in high school, the teacher who taught me ancient Greek told me that a fish (ichthus; Ιχθυς) is sometimes used as a symbol of Christianity. For the letters 'Iesous [Ιησους] (Jesus) Christos [Χριστος] (Christ) Theou [Θεου] (God) Huiou [Υιου] (Son) Soter [Σωτηρ] (Savior)' which means 'Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Savior'.

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