Comments on Jimzip's blog: Spark

i'm back!!!!

2008-11-20T08:56:00.000+11:00

i'm back!!!!

Yeah, don't stress, I'm certain you'll have a grea...

2008-11-19T13:27:00.000+11:00

Yeah, don't stress, I'm certain you'll have a great time. I'll also be sure to guide you away from the dark zone. :)

Jimzip :D

Oh Jimzip I was having that problem with yours the...

2008-11-19T10:25:00.000+11:00

Oh Jimzip I was having that problem with yours the other day...maybe its just blogspot.
And no, you haven't tainted the dream much at all... you'd know, since I would have changed my flight. Still booked for Vancouver (again). This time its 2 weeks, not 2 days. I'm actually...really excited about it. Despite my travel-partner completely ditching me there alone (insert profanity here).

Oh and that comment did have paragraphs...don't know why it came out like that!

Jimzip: Strange! The setting was originally on "re...

2008-11-18T18:19:00.000+11:00

Jimzip: Strange! The setting was originally on "registered users" which should've still worked... But I've changed the settings to "everyone" now.

Please try again! I live off comments :P

P.S Kyle I'm having a heck of a time trying to com...

2008-11-18T18:12:00.000+11:00

P.S Kyle I'm having a heck of a time trying to comment on your blog. You may need to check your commenting settings, keeps giving me an error.

Jimzip :D

Dale: I agree! Instead of 'Speed' we do, 'Coke'......

2008-11-18T18:06:00.000+11:00

Dale: I agree! Instead of 'Speed' we do, 'Coke'... hehehe. Oh that was bad! :)

Luke!: Well, this post was written in retrospect, and even then I got heated up, I'm sure that's why it's so sharp. But in all honesty and like I said, I love this city. You're absolutely right, there is a lot of amazing stuff, the people are awesome, and in general I can't speak highly enough about it. There is that other side though, it's worse than a lot of people think, and awareness is one of the things that needs to improve before anything can be done. I hope I didn't tarnish the dream too much!! ;)

Luke: Hahaha. I haven't tried that one yet, but will do (and seriously, could you start a real life blog already!?!). Also, headphones certainly do help to keep the crazies away! This I've learned through trial and error... haha.

Kyle: I know! I was trying to find an appropriate image, and I was caught out! (Or maybe I took it last year, eh?) Haha :) It still fits the bill though!

Jimzip :D

I'm going to try that game next time, luke-without...

2008-11-18T13:42:00.000+11:00

I'm going to try that game next time, luke-without-the-exclamation-mark. Sounds horrible and fun haha.

I'm sure I could fill a blog if I started documenting bus stories!!!

To luke!: what are those handbrakes for anyway??? There must be a hidden function I am unaware of. I use it when I park, but that's it...lol

PS You're giving the wrong impression with that photo of yours -- it's not snowing yet (thank god)!! :P

Taking into account Luke and Dale's comments - per...

2008-11-18T12:24:00.000+11:00

Taking into account Luke and Dale's comments - perhaps bad stuff just always happens on public transport? I catch a lot of it and find headphones normally help keep the crazies away - but not always.

Also, I like to play this game to kill time: Imagine for some reason you were forced to sleep with one person on your carriage. Each trip, you have to find the person you'd choose. Sometimes you have to make some ugly, ugly choices - waiting tensely, willing someone good to get on at the next stop...

And that right there is why I don't let myself write a non-fiction blog.

Wow. I'll be honest, I was only in Vancouver in la...

2008-11-18T12:01:00.000+11:00

Wow. I'll be honest, I was only in Vancouver in late August, and I thought it was one of the most amazing cities I've ever been to. I'm torn between which is better, Montreal or Vancouver (Toronto is not really up there, no that exciting really). I couldn’t even picture what was happening as I read, I could not see that happening in Vancouver. Clearly, my brief few days in the city aren’t enough to make a thorough judgment, but to me everyone in Vancouver was extremely friendly and polite.
It's a stark contrast to the lovely woman who approached my friend and I when we were looking pretty lost, who was so overly-nice it was almost awkward. My first impression of Vancouver may have been positively skewed as a result of that experience. Still… I feel so sympathetic towards that poor guy.
However, you shouldn’t let things like that affect your view of the city. Whether it be Melbourne, New York, Paris, London, Toronto, Dubai…there are always going to be the little things, that you just cannot like. Vancouver, in my limited experience, is a beautiful city…spend a day or two focusing on those crazy buses with antennas, or the fact that no-one in Canada uses their handbrakes (what is up with that, by the way?). That should perk your view up a bit. I mean really…I get the electric thing, but they look …so odd…so so, odd!

Pfft, it wasn't long or painful. It was really int...

2008-11-18T09:00:00.000+11:00

Pfft, it wasn't long or painful. It was really interesting. I dunno if you read my tale of when I encountered racism on a bus (probably best you didn't - it was riddled with tense issues...) but this took me back to it. That feeling of injustice and unfairness prevailing is really bad. There should be more movies about buses and the stuff that really happens on them. Not like in Speed lol.

I must apologise immediately for the length of thi...

2008-11-18T08:05:00.000+11:00

I must apologise immediately for the length of this one. Hope it wasn't too painful. :)

Jimzip :D