I went with S.V. to this soon-to-be multi-use complex for all-natural food, conservation centre, wilderness education facility, etc. etc.
Right now, it's a gutted old brick factory. Interesting history. Most of Toronto was built with bricks from this factory and the nearby quarry.
Evergreen is trying to gather enough capital now and start to retrofit the place. Estimated construction cost: $50 million.
It'll be good. It's kind of inaccessible though. They hired a private short bus to shuttle people between the site and Broadview Station. The site, just off of Bayview, south of Pottery Road. By the Don River. (Which, by implication, is next to the DVP.)
The problem I saw was that the whole place is on a flood plain. Ankle deep water is a common occurrence. The place is also expected to have 3 & 1/2 meters of water every 300 years or so.
They're not planning to do any damming, re-directing, or draining. Instead, they're going to build canals and grow plants everywhere. Probably a few more points for their proposed LEED Platinum design.
I had a good time. Got to wear a hard hat (I forgot to take a picture) and hung out with a friend.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Li
CF: Oedipus Lex: Some Thoughts on Swear Words and the Incest Taboo in China and the West by Youqin Wang
During the SARS crisis in Hong Kong, there was a story of a man whose mother got infected. His mother was scared of the hospitals, so he decided not to take her in for quarantine and took care of her at home.
One night, he found his mother had stopped breathing. He tried to resuscitate her with a mouth-to-mouth but she died anyways. He died the next week from SARS.
During the SARS crisis in Hong Kong, there was a story of a man whose mother got infected. His mother was scared of the hospitals, so he decided not to take her in for quarantine and took care of her at home.
One night, he found his mother had stopped breathing. He tried to resuscitate her with a mouth-to-mouth but she died anyways. He died the next week from SARS.
Couple
They're really a cute couple. I saw them on the subway. Must be 16. Both of them very beautiful. And happy.
Reminded me of what Q. said to me the first time we hung out at Queen's. I was in first year. He was in third and deep depression. I think it was my third week there and completely fucked off of vodka.
"Dude," I said, " fucking hot chicks everywhere. So how many and how hot?" I was being a jackass.
He was really drunk on Amaretto. Hazy. He looked at me me. Half-opened his eyes. He was about to give me a talk.
"Sam," he said, "you're Chinese. In Kingston, the white girls only fuck white guys. Maybe a black guy. And all the Asian chicks want white dick. Except for FOBs. They mostly fuck other FOBs. So for guys like us, we're pretty fucked."
I nodded and said nothing. Inside, I was kinda angry at him. What kind of dumb-ass shit is this he is blabbering about? Q. is a little older. I suppose that gives him more experience than I did. But if this is what experiences teaches, I think he should've asked for his tuition back.
I never did accepted this advice. Even if, incidentally, I made many of the same observations that he did.
Q. transformed himself from a CBC to a FOB and started fucking FOB's.
I don't think about it. In Chinese, they say, "the boat will straighten itself out."
Reminded me of what Q. said to me the first time we hung out at Queen's. I was in first year. He was in third and deep depression. I think it was my third week there and completely fucked off of vodka.
"Dude," I said, " fucking hot chicks everywhere. So how many and how hot?" I was being a jackass.
He was really drunk on Amaretto. Hazy. He looked at me me. Half-opened his eyes. He was about to give me a talk.
"Sam," he said, "you're Chinese. In Kingston, the white girls only fuck white guys. Maybe a black guy. And all the Asian chicks want white dick. Except for FOBs. They mostly fuck other FOBs. So for guys like us, we're pretty fucked."
I nodded and said nothing. Inside, I was kinda angry at him. What kind of dumb-ass shit is this he is blabbering about? Q. is a little older. I suppose that gives him more experience than I did. But if this is what experiences teaches, I think he should've asked for his tuition back.
I never did accepted this advice. Even if, incidentally, I made many of the same observations that he did.
Q. transformed himself from a CBC to a FOB and started fucking FOB's.
I don't think about it. In Chinese, they say, "the boat will straighten itself out."
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