January, 2007 // Posts published in January, 2007
how to rip off Chinese immigrants
There’s a lucrative industry here in Canada – and that is tapping into the goldmine of “entrepreneur immigrants” streaming into Canada. I’m not an expert on immigration matters, but what I do know is that immigration consultants and immigration “experts” are popping up like toadstools after a west coast rainfall. We’ve watched how many of these so-called ...
sick and twisted minds
Vancouver’s downtown eastside. Home to some of our nation’s most impoverished and most vulnerable people. For those who are unfamiliar with our City’s armpit, the downtown eastside is located in our City’s old historic downtown business district… less than two blocks away from our City’s historic Chinatown. So what about it? Well, today is the day that a ...
some Asians are more inferior than others
If there’s one thing about blogs, it’s the amount of garbage out there. There is just so much nonsense and self-righteousness… this blog included. I can’t exempt myself. Blog noise is everywhere. This is the problem about blogs. You don’t have to be intelligent to have one. Of late, I’ve been receiving emails and ideological rants of the ...
crocodile tears over fallen trees
One of the often heard whines in Vancouver is: Them chinks keep cutting down our trees. This time you can’t blame the Chinese for cutting down trees. Apparently, there had been some strong winds over various parts of our province. In the city of Vancouver, a large number of trees had been blown over, or snapped into pieces. And ...
‘body parts in plastic bags’ + hongcouver = Dragon Boys
CBC television just aired a two part drama with elements on Chinese organized crime (on the Canadian westcoast), “Dragon Boys” this past week. The show uses this word “Triad“, and for those unfamiliar, it’s the word associated with Chinese organized Crime. More important, the show flashes back to some real life incidents I heard about ...
does Chinese block voting allow fools in?
As I review the past history of Chinese Canadian leadership in Vancouver, I cannot help but to recognize the fact that leadership, like our City’s current real estate market, occur in cycles. There will be good cycles, and there will be bad ones. Thus, inevitably , there will be good leadership, and not so good ...
stay hungry and stay foolish
These are the words from a very interesting and very charismatic business person. We all know this creative genius, and we have all seen his creations. I write this post as a direct result to a reply to Muskie , one of the blogs I frequent, and more important, as a direct result of his last ...
haggis and wonton… only in Canada, eh?
Todd Wong is gearing up for his Gung Haggis Fat Choy annual dinner. I’ve been to a number of these events… and you really get to enjoy Robbie Burns meets Chinese New Year. I usually bring along a mob of obnoxious, but merry-making, dimsum and beer aficionados … it’s like watching a BC Lions football game ...
free trade on ideas
Jumping snappers. Looks like a nerve has been struck. With only minutes to go until the New Year… my email inbox has picked up some most interesting input from one of the more “important news items of the year”… the historic Head tax. This email material along with a most interesting discussion on the comments appended ...
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