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Thursday, December 29, 2005
there yet?
went to first markham place just now in a car with a few others. there wasn't much to do except walk around and have dinner there.
we met up at north york center, and made our way to markham. we drove east along finch, and wanted to go to woodbine. the funny thing was finch doesn't directly intersect woodbine. we kept on going east until we were close to outside of the GTA (greater toronto area).
we headed west, this time knowing we have to get on highway 7 and then get on woodbine to reach the place. we kept going north. it started to feel funny when we were surrounded by large land, sparse housing, farms and little cars. when we saw a sign welcoming us to a different town, we realized we have overshot highway 7 again.
we turned around and finally found the right route. in the end, we reached our destination around an hour later from the time we left north york center. it was getting dark and we were joking that all the stores would be closing when we arrived.
thankfully most didn't. so we walked around, then had dinner. we had a 3-course dinner for about $15 each. the food wasn't bad. but the service was irritating. they were rushing for us to leave. and we had to wait so long for them to bring the change. i guess they thought that the change would be for tips, but usually the change would be provided, then it would be up to us to take (meaning no tips for them) or leave it.
we went into the mall. it's more of a chinese mall, with the herbal stores and vcd shops (all pirated). we went into one to look. some of us were like pretending the store was raided by police and reporters when we were flipping through the packaged pirated vcds, and we had to hide and cover our faces behind our hands and hoods.
when we wanted to buy 2 korean vcds, we asked her in english if she could try it for us to see if there are english subtitles. that lady pretended not to speak english (when i definitely heard her speak to some westerners not long before). then we asked if we could exchange it if there are problems, and she was like "no, only english vcds". i was telling my housemate "dia tipu" (she's lying). so we left. what a lying biatch. well we bought the same 2 vcds in another store.
we left as many stores were closing. the drive home was fast and easy. we should have taken that route there. blah. anyway, tomorrow we will be going for dinner at christina's house and watch one of the korean vcd. and i have to do laundry before that..
we met up at north york center, and made our way to markham. we drove east along finch, and wanted to go to woodbine. the funny thing was finch doesn't directly intersect woodbine. we kept on going east until we were close to outside of the GTA (greater toronto area).
we headed west, this time knowing we have to get on highway 7 and then get on woodbine to reach the place. we kept going north. it started to feel funny when we were surrounded by large land, sparse housing, farms and little cars. when we saw a sign welcoming us to a different town, we realized we have overshot highway 7 again.
we turned around and finally found the right route. in the end, we reached our destination around an hour later from the time we left north york center. it was getting dark and we were joking that all the stores would be closing when we arrived.
thankfully most didn't. so we walked around, then had dinner. we had a 3-course dinner for about $15 each. the food wasn't bad. but the service was irritating. they were rushing for us to leave. and we had to wait so long for them to bring the change. i guess they thought that the change would be for tips, but usually the change would be provided, then it would be up to us to take (meaning no tips for them) or leave it.
we went into the mall. it's more of a chinese mall, with the herbal stores and vcd shops (all pirated). we went into one to look. some of us were like pretending the store was raided by police and reporters when we were flipping through the packaged pirated vcds, and we had to hide and cover our faces behind our hands and hoods.
when we wanted to buy 2 korean vcds, we asked her in english if she could try it for us to see if there are english subtitles. that lady pretended not to speak english (when i definitely heard her speak to some westerners not long before). then we asked if we could exchange it if there are problems, and she was like "no, only english vcds". i was telling my housemate "dia tipu" (she's lying). so we left. what a lying biatch. well we bought the same 2 vcds in another store.
we left as many stores were closing. the drive home was fast and easy. we should have taken that route there. blah. anyway, tomorrow we will be going for dinner at christina's house and watch one of the korean vcd. and i have to do laundry before that..