You must go after your wishWednesday, June 28, 2006
My present and new location
Since so many are wondering where I am, I thought a bit of geography is in order. Canada is the world’s second largest country, edging out the US by a couple of million square miles. It has many provinces and territories,12 of them. I'm still figuring out whats the difference between a province and a territory. That bit where Nunavut is, somewhere lies the Magnetic North Pole.
Alberta is at the bottom left hand side of the country next to British Columbia.
Alberta itself is pretty big (642,000 sq.km) . It’s bigger than Thailand (514,000 sq.km) or almost twice the size of East and West Malaysia combined (328,0000 sq.km). Whew…imagine all the driving to do. Also notice on this map, eastern Alberta is pretty flat. Conveniently, Lake Louise is on this map.
So in Calgary (population, almost almost almost 1 million, its like 998,000 or something), I’ll be at that black dot inside that circle, more or less. Note this is not GPS calibrated. Notice also it’s next to that green u shaped patch which is Fish Creek Provincial Park. Lots of hiking , biking trails, camp grounds, swimming and fishing places. I’m already eyeing the mountain bike I wanna get …
Also near is Deerfoot Trail, which is the main expressway running north to Edmonton and south to the US (that black bordered light blue line, squint a bit, you can see it) through the city. The airport is that big orange patch in the north-east, where most of the chinese are living.
End of Geography 101.
PS: Do you know that the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park flows to 3 different oceans, the Artic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Alberta is at the bottom left hand side of the country next to British Columbia.
Alberta itself is pretty big (642,000 sq.km) . It’s bigger than Thailand (514,000 sq.km) or almost twice the size of East and West Malaysia combined (328,0000 sq.km). Whew…imagine all the driving to do. Also notice on this map, eastern Alberta is pretty flat. Conveniently, Lake Louise is on this map.
So in Calgary (population, almost almost almost 1 million, its like 998,000 or something), I’ll be at that black dot inside that circle, more or less. Note this is not GPS calibrated. Notice also it’s next to that green u shaped patch which is Fish Creek Provincial Park. Lots of hiking , biking trails, camp grounds, swimming and fishing places. I’m already eyeing the mountain bike I wanna get …
Also near is Deerfoot Trail, which is the main expressway running north to Edmonton and south to the US (that black bordered light blue line, squint a bit, you can see it) through the city. The airport is that big orange patch in the north-east, where most of the chinese are living.
End of Geography 101.
PS: Do you know that the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park flows to 3 different oceans, the Artic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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3 different maps to show us where you are... macro... micro... waaaa! and you're... a little bigger than an ant.
psssst... try Google Earth, that looks damn canggih too... LOL!!
psssst... try Google Earth, that looks damn canggih too... LOL!!
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: 28/6/06 1:54 AM
: 28/6/06 1:54 AM
wah u so far away...but quite near sometimes considering we are connected thru blog..hehe.
Now u make me wonder where i am.
Zoomsss Asia pacific
Zoomsss Malaysia
Zoomssss PJ
Zoomsss Dsara
Zoomssss....*tut tut tut*..
oh..lost connection...
malaysia is like this one. sikit sikit lost connection..
my geography sux. dun ask me abt our population. ask me how HOT. i KNow. i shall bring u a bowl of my sweats
Now u make me wonder where i am.
Zoomsss Asia pacific
Zoomsss Malaysia
Zoomssss PJ
Zoomsss Dsara
Zoomssss....*tut tut tut*..
oh..lost connection...
malaysia is like this one. sikit sikit lost connection..
my geography sux. dun ask me abt our population. ask me how HOT. i KNow. i shall bring u a bowl of my sweats
may,
sigh, if only I had ANYTHING faster than than this stupid dial up speed I could get google earth. It will take me over 2 hours to download anything *bawls*
Selba,
see above for google earth .....
L B,
yes yes thats where the treasure will be hidden after the heist LOL
Winn,
yar hor, so far yet so near, I geography star in school leh, no wonder I like mountains...
sigh, if only I had ANYTHING faster than than this stupid dial up speed I could get google earth. It will take me over 2 hours to download anything *bawls*
Selba,
see above for google earth .....
L B,
yes yes thats where the treasure will be hidden after the heist LOL
Winn,
yar hor, so far yet so near, I geography star in school leh, no wonder I like mountains...
i also like winnliuliu... geography is very the bad for me... i can never memorise anything wan...
But thanks for the 101! :)
But thanks for the 101! :)
I'm having difficulty correlating the second map with third.. so the orangie part are mostly in British Columbia?
No wonder I almost fail Geography in O'level..
No wonder I almost fail Geography in O'level..
minus the 3 zeros...alberta size = sg (642 km2) hahaha! but with one quarter of sg population. no wonder sg is so damn difficult to cari makan!
got lubang there, pls call me hor!
got lubang there, pls call me hor!
plink
maybe they all getting ready to fly back to china LOL
angel
dun worry nowadays got GPS navigation!
Erika.
the 2nd map is the province or 'state' of alberta, the 3rd where dot marks the spot is the city of calgary :D
the orangey bit in the southwest in the 3rd map is the indian reserve of something....
Robin
Nigara look right to Ontario on the first map where the 3 big lakes are
See Fei
wah lau, neva see it that way wakakkakaaa, err wanna start a spa here? got idea.... need capital!
Simple American,
its 1hr by air or 10hrs by road to vancouver from calgary. if you got 8 days spare a few and pop over here!
maybe they all getting ready to fly back to china LOL
angel
dun worry nowadays got GPS navigation!
Erika.
the 2nd map is the province or 'state' of alberta, the 3rd where dot marks the spot is the city of calgary :D
the orangey bit in the southwest in the 3rd map is the indian reserve of something....
Robin
Nigara look right to Ontario on the first map where the 3 big lakes are
See Fei
wah lau, neva see it that way wakakkakaaa, err wanna start a spa here? got idea.... need capital!
Simple American,
its 1hr by air or 10hrs by road to vancouver from calgary. if you got 8 days spare a few and pop over here!
Helen
Ahmen!
plink
geronimo!!!
L B
*packs Mini Cooper S into suitcase, ready to go to Italy and do the Venetian Job*
Ahmen!
plink
geronimo!!!
L B
*packs Mini Cooper S into suitcase, ready to go to Italy and do the Venetian Job*
since sg make massage parlour biz so tuff here...your idea might work. let me think of an idea how to export all the out of job tui na girls to calgary!!
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