"It will make your hair straight right away!"

Today, I went to downtown for an interview. It was in Bank of Montreal building, right next to Burrard skytrain station, two blocks south of the coast, a very good location. When I arrived, I found I was 15 minutes early, so I went to the washroom located in the basement shopping mall floor. There are two basins in the washroom. A blond girl was there touching up her make up in the mirror when I entered. At first I did not look at her in the mirror but just at myself. As she was leaving, she smiled to me from the mirror, so I smiled back to her. She flicked her wavy hair and said:"Isn't that nice?" I replied:"Beautiful, where did you get it done?"

"This one? It is natural."

"Mine is natural, too. but I like it be straight."

She let go of the washroom door, drew back her body towards me:

"Babylist! B-a-b-ylist, find it, it will make your hair straight right away!"

"Really? thank you very much!"

"Have a great day!"

"You too!"



What a North American day today!

The time I have been dreaming to enjoy for the past seven years!

I have been thinking to come back, seeing people on the street and having this kind of conversation on and off.

Vancouver is fantastic. For the past seven years, eighty thousand people moving out, with even more newcomers coming in, it is still the same.



We don't know each other, but we help each other. It is a real community. If whenever something happened, the only helpful persons are either our friends or relatives, that is not North American lifestyle.



If whenever a stranger comes to talk to you, you have to stay away most of the time, that is not North American social relationship.



I hope this will not change because of one who moves in, who lacks concept of community.