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Lighthouse and cataracts

 From the lighthouse in Cape Spear to the beaver dams of the roaring Fraser and McKenzie From the lighthouses in Newfoundland to the beaver dams of the roaring rivers to the Pacific and the Arctic

Name change guide

Information accurate for BC residents not born in BC or Canada and is current as of March 2023.  1. Submit application Guiding document: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/legal-changes-of-name/legal-change-of-name-application  Fill out online form: https://ecos.vs.gov.bc.ca/ecos/begin.do Documents, copy of online form submission confirmation, and payment receipts need to be submitted at a Service BC location or mail in.  Takes about 2 months. Confirmation letter and the Certificate of Change of Name are mailed separately.  Required documents Witnessed signature on form Certified copy of PR card or Citizenship Certificate Copy of fingerprinting service receipt Proof of Payment The Commissionaires is the only RCMP-accredited fingerprinting service provider in Victoria.   2. Receive certificate and change provincial IDs MSP information change: https://my.gov.bc.ca/msp/deam/home Takes about three weeks to receive confirmation lette...

猫年Lunar new year gala 批判性文学

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvX5Ln3Ydzs 0:42 新疆棉是吧 1:15 这兔子早爆炸了 1:33 意义不明の图案 1:48 典中典之种花家,什么纳兔 1:52 Gilead既视感 2:16 真的么?欣赏得不对不会有晶哥马上到我家门口吗 2:46 个人觉得这个兔子的脸很奇怪,感觉不同寻常得胖 3:05 又到了我们第一喜欢的大人全在假唱环节 3:14 一眼丁真,鉴定为纯纯的吴磊 3:25 抄袭START! 3:27 沙溢跟王宝强有日子没见了 3:56 怪零没请动? 3:59 What the fuck is a 梭梭花?(回来了,不cue一下你们殖民东突会死是吧) 4:01 勇气怎么发芽 4:11 头摇不晕吗 4:15 抄袭bis! 4:22 秋水仙碱警告 4:29 小嘴跟抹了蜜似的               Also, 再远也能被小粉红出征、被使领馆长臂管辖是吧 5:18 这兔子咋还在跳 5:30 天哪这是朱军的声音吗,我开始怕了               还有这个一本正经地读“种花家”我是真的接受不能,就算我是兔友我也接受不了 5:32 这不是朱军这不是朱军(平田一样的声音 5:56 癸卯兔年 is such a mouthful 6:00 Who are you? 6:21 نېغمەت 说出“我们都是种花的人”的时候我差点喷了 6:58 热知识:农历日的开始(子时)对应公历日前一日的23时而不是子夜 7:09 艰难困艰艰难困苦( 7:38 开run(抄推特的              大张伟第二个节目这么牌面吗              Also,fun和fan属实差的有点远了,/ ʌ/和/a/合流连Innuktitut这种只有三个元音的语言都看不到,只有here in 瓦房店英语才能看到 8:16 又是个蝴蝶,你们能不能换个metaphor用,小学语文老师没骂过吗? 8:...

TIL - 20230117

 Today I learned: ...that there are towns in SK named after Japanese admirals, generals and emperors (see Togo, SK).  皇國ノ興廢此ノ一戰ニ在リ、各員一層奮勵努力セヨ

TIL - 20230103

 Today I learned: ...that the Constitution of Canada was amended in 2022 to remove exemptions the CPR held in Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Act. 

The Nefarious November: another sets of life-changing timelines

In November 2022, the following life-changing processes all simultaneously collided onto my path of life. Alongside working in three jobs and the parents' visit that month, I coined it the Nefarious November : crazily busy with everything, practicing vocabulary for CFAT (in which the word nefarious is in it), and keeping it up with the ho pe s an d dr ea ms .  ==CAF== Application submitted: November 15, 2022 Validation completed: November 16, 2022 Application acknowledged ("Prospect"): November 17, 2022 "Ready for testing": no later than November 22, 2022 Recruiter reached out for appointment: November 28, 2022 Initial appointment: December 2, 2022 CFAT written: January 10, 2023 (passed) Professional reference checks: January 20, 2023; as reported FORCE test taken:  January 24, 2023 (passed; "Tested - Ready Step 2"?)  MOST written: February 6, 2023 (passed, "pretty good") Reliability     Pre-assessment screening submitted: January 10, 2023...

乐在温哥华

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  link ,  archive *Unofficial* Q&A from the Spokesperson of the Consulate-General in Vancouver Q: Recently, there are media reports calling China's responses to prevent and resist the pandemic "deprivation of human rights". How does the Consulate-General respond?  A: The reports of these media outlets  are  purely  distortions of facts and malicious attacks on China's responses to prevent and resist the pandemic. We express our strongest dissatisfaction and firm opposition to those reports.     China's "dynamic zero-COVID" policy and pandemic-prevention regulations are based on science and professional opinions. They are in line with China's actuality and  guiding principles of the World Health Organization (WHO), have greatly protected the security of life and health of Chinese and foreign residents living in China, and have become important contributions to the world's effort on persisting the pandemic. China is among the countries that...

2022春晚critique

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9TbIpOOXxY 1:36 你才奇葩 2:28 吴磊这讲的allegedly是上海话? 5:13 怎么不把朱军搞出来恶心一下豆瓣鹅组 5:46 “天涯共此时”? 5:51 第一次意识形态宣传,didn't even make it to the second minute,讲了最多十句话吧 6:04 冬奥会*1,哦不*2了,开头片有张艺谋了 6:10 敞开怀抱(指拉运动员隔离,被外交抵制只有一群老朋友出席 6:16 欣欣向荣(指经济下行、人口下行、环境下行、国际环境下行 6:23 “赓续传承的伟业”,平子新年贺词讲了就得嗯抄是吧 7:18 邓超属实有点太high了 9:40 唱的是流行歌曲,歌词是封建礼教 11:11 笑死了,B站up主和浪友把这个梗都快玩坏了,竟然还敢用 12:14 这俩人的服装都怎么看怎么丑 12:22 一刻钟都没到就开始玩伦理哏 14:32 作为一个老网瘾生理性不适 15:37 活灵活现 15:58 一个小品两趟生理性不适,and counting? 16:18 无人驾驶研究这么透彻了还有啥专利能申请? 17:27 鞋掉了,没救了 18:04 作为有亲身经验的人来说,这句话属实戳到trigger point了 22:02 什么文化挪用 23:09 生理性不适 *3,我们甚至都还没有走出第一个语言类节目 25:53 这年头开出租还有挣钱的?车上三个app都挣不到 26:27 煽情*1 27:30 “挺懂法”,指强抢 28:02   “山的那边是什么?” 是敌人(即答 28:54 所以这节目是啥?少儿节目? 29:19 北京喜讯到边寨?云南大象到北京! 32:58 整个节目过于意义不明 34:03 哦(无关心 35:00 阎维文?(要素察觉 39:20 凭本事借的钱为什么要还.png 40:08 Social credit -999999 49:04 连本带利没零头? 51:18 That supposedly is English? I can't really comprehend anything from it  57:08 煽情 *2 57:09 你看上他朋友多?这是什么吸引人的特质么 58:02 意义不明 Part 2:...

我不理解,但我大受震撼

 “我看见一匹白马从地狱奔来,骑在马上的是自由的人民!” 试译:"I saw a white horse ramming through hell, and these are the free peoples on the horseback"  Source: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1J44y1Y7Nr?share_source=copy_web  01:18

当代《东方红》及庆祝大会要点选摘

《史诗》:https://youtu.be/Q-51aL0xOgA 9:39 “人类一定解放”的提法自文革之后消失重新复活 11:17 “超过一百八十万平方公里的土地被掠夺” 其中至少一半不还是被你中共放弃声索乖乖送给俄爹 12:34 一共三分钟关于近代史的,还真就three minute hate是吧 16:56 马列毛三足鼎立,文革之后也是许久不见了 21:37 《秋收起义歌》,还真就《东方红》经典复刻是吧 23:13 《八月桂花遍地开》也是经典复刻了 27:16 《红军战士想念毛泽东》,*3 29:13 曾有人说“遵义会议我在场”,怎么没看他在场(笑 30:21 “工农红军全部的力量”,西路军和张国焘的第二中央有话说 30:24 “走上抗日的最前线”,红军会师是36年的事情,抗日是不是有些离谱 31:44 这么多港澳台同胞,什么国安法 32:12 《保卫黄河》,咋不复刻三段轮唱,还是用的修正主义的两段轮唱 36:24 《解放军军歌》,没唱解放战争时期原版歌词啊 36:57 “苦难的日子快完了”,little did they know.. 39:46 习近平笑得喜笑颜开,仿佛天安门上的是他本人 41:07 《东方红》,没打字幕,没唱歌词,藏着掖着干嘛呀,司马昭之心路人皆知 43:31 “因为我的身后……” 有莫斯科(即答 49:05 《咱们工人有力量》,歌词都不唱,有甚力量,早点滚去006 49:41 好家伙,样板戏都复刻起来了 52:56 接下来的几分钟毛这么多呢 53:28 真普选是吧 53:32 新疆是吧 53:40 达赖尊师:我人都麻了 54:26 我寻思中共来之前联合国也有CHINA啊 54:35 怎么说,七分功三分过只讲功是吧 55:10 时间消失大法,十年的所谓“艰难探索”不提了咯 1:02:38 《走四方》,韩磊原唱亲自演绎,不过为什么是这首歌呢 1:05:08 香港是吧,还唱《我的中国心》,我感觉你另有所指 1:05:39 “香港明天更好”,说好的“香港信有明天”呢? 1:09:13,“跨越”,车迷狂喜 1:10:56,“清洁能源”,硬要提一嘴挺有意思 1:12:20 啊,是他 1:23:28 《江山》,当年出这首歌时有人说,“中国千百年个人崇拜自此休矣”,今日又在这种场合下被挖出来,不甚唏嘘 1:24:55 剩下约莫三刻钟,还真就党史一半习...

The 2021-2022 life-changing timeline

BC PNP SI IPG; IRCC PNC; PGWP === MSc === Defended thesis: February 19, 2021 Formally completed degree requirements: March 30, 2021 === BC PNP === PNP Applied: March 30, 2021 (Status: Applied) Nomination issued: April 9, 2021 (Status: In Process) Nomination received: April 13, 2021 (Status: Decision Finalized; no QC phone call) === IRCC === APR Sent: April 13, 2021 (through new online portal; Status: Submitted) AR: April 13, 2021 AOR: May 2, 2022 Application linked on secure account: May 2, 2022 Eligibility review     Initiated: May 2, 2022      Passed: May 4, 2022  Medical     Requested: Never     Exam conducted: October 28, 2021     Passed: May 2, 2022 Background check     Initiated: May 2, 2022     Criminality passed: May 4, 2022     Info sharing passed: May 6, 2022  Biometrics     BIL received: May 2, 2022     Collected: May 3, 2022 Pre-arrival letter: May 4, 2022 Ghost...

Re WeChat conversation 20210302

 你这段话触及我的阈值了,但是我还是想engage一下 1. 截图上的这段话对Equality Act的理解是完全错误的,该法案没有任何关于“男性进入女性私密空间”的内容,而是确保跨性别和其他相关的人群能够保有在法律面前平等的人格与尊严,在遭受歧视和接受服务时可以确保被平等对待。举个栗子,正如某政府或某商家不能因为某人是某族裔或年老者而将其开除一样,这个法案确保的是跨性别者等不会因为他们的性别认同或表达而被开除。在美国环境下,这个法案和最高法在去年Bostock诉Clayton County一案中对1964年民权法案的解释是一致的,甚至是由于该案,Equality Act才会被提上台面,作为对1964民权法案的现代化补充。原文对Equality Act的讨论不符合实情。 2. 截图和你的原文均错误地将性别取向(比如同、异性恋)和性别认同(比如顺、跨性别男、女性)进行混淆,并以此展开论述,我个人感觉是比较恶意的。性取向和认同互不相关,Equality Act也将两者分别阐述,故意混同二者无助于你想阐述的观点。 3. We don’t like what we already have. 你也知道,我是躺在Montréal,在下体手术的围手术期打的这一段字。如果你指的是我们LGBTQ社群,特别是美国的社群成员,已然满意现今对他们的保护,这句话是非常不负责任的。每天在美国甚至加拿大,都有gay/lesbian因为自己的性向而被开除,trans individual因为自己的性别认同和表达而被拒绝服务,甚至流落街头。只要这种特别的、针对性的不公一日存在,法律的、制度化的保护必须向前走,而不是原地踏步。 4. 各大学都会有奖学金考虑到申请人性别、族裔、残疾的情况,因为这些申请人自身的情况由于历史和现在的原因代表了各种系统性的歧视、不公和困难,使得他们所取得的学业上和其他方面的成就相比来说更为突出,也更值得鼓励和表扬。有一些奖/助学金只限一些族群的申请人申请,有一些欢迎所有人申请,却参考个人的或普遍的困难,如上述的因素,有一些完全不参考。没有哪一个大学会只有上述某类的奖助学金。话说回来,大部分的奖助学金是由校友和社会各界的捐赠钱款而来的,而捐赠人对于该奖助学金的发放标准是有几乎完全的掌握的,其中也包括了是否考虑族裔、性别、残疾。 发在这里是为了让其他人也可以看到。欢迎就...

Translation of the Uyghur genocide motion

Original:  https://apps.ourcommons.ca/ParlDataWidgets/en/motion/11111983   That, (a) in the opinion of the House, the People's Republic of China has engaged in actions consistent with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 260, commonly known as the "Genocide Convention", including detention camps and measures intended to prevent births as it pertains to Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims; and (b) given that (i) where possible, it has been the policy of the Government of Canada to act in concert with its allies when it comes to the recognition of a genocide, (ii) there is a bipartisan consensus in the United States where it has been the position of two consecutive administrations that Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims are being subjected to a genocide by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the House, therefore, recognize that a genocide is currently being carried out by the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, call...

TIL - 210206

 Today I learned: ...that BC owned two submarines during the first couple of days of World War I.

TIL - 200818

 Today I learned: ...that telegrams can still be sent and received in Canada, China, and the US. 

Response re Facebook conversations 2020-07-28

            First, it’s pretty counter-intuitive to call it hypocrisy when I am legit concerned about my own country’s human rights record (well, before I am able to renounce my Chinese citizenship) and speak out about it.             Should we go by your logic, Canada is still one of the only countries, if not the only country, to have such moral high ground to criticize what the Chinese authorities are doing. Yes, Canada’s historical and contemporary records are indeed not clean – from the Residential School System to Head Tax, sponsorship scandal to SNC-Lavalin, and historical and ongoing police brutality, the Canadian government and Canada as a nation has a long list of things that they are not proud of. However, the institutions of Canada have made or are making effort to correct, apologize, and reconcile with the wrongdoings, a behaviour that are almost never observed o...

《反贼学报》Acta Dissidentium Sinica 诚征来稿

本刊《反贼学报》 Acta Dissidentium Sinica  创刊在即,向广大国内外反贼、岁静及粉红旁友们诚心征集来稿。投稿、咨询请联系主编电邮  acta@alivia.wang 本刊立志于创造一个中文为主的自由学术键政交流平台,改变目前中国期刊有中文没自由,海外期刊有自由没中文的境地。 本刊涵盖内容十分全面,包含(键盘)政治、文学、历史、地理地质、民族、宗教、语言、法律、国际关系、移民、社会科学、性少数社群、自然(物质、生命、医药)科学、财经、传媒、交通、电子竞技等一切领域,只要和反贼二字和其同反义词的任何释义有关系的来稿均会考虑发布,甚至你写一篇三国杀 苟或 荀彧八人场反贼教程本主编认为都是可以发表的。 本刊接受文章的形式暂定有如下几种:     1. 学术论文(Full paper):篇幅较长,系统地、批判性地解释客观事实,提出研究结论;     2. 通讯论文(Communication):和Full paper相似,但篇幅相比较短;     3. 评论文章(Editorial): 全面地、批判性地利用客观事实主观地论述一具体问题;     4. 综述文章(Review):全面地、合理地收集、归纳某一问题发表的所有文章;     5. 报道文章(News):全面地、忠实地报道某一结论或事件;     6. 翻译文章(Translation):全面地、忠实地翻译及归纳某一文章;     7. 文学创作(Literature):艺术性的文字创作,包含诗歌、小说、散文、游记等。 本刊没有条件和兴趣进行同行评议(peer review),更不会进行政治审查,即如你的来稿和主编的自我认同和/或政治理念不同 也会被发表 。唯一不会发表的稿件是明显的人身攻击、仇恨言论、加拿大联邦法律法规认为是犯罪的行为及言论。 本刊主要使用简体中文发表文章,但来者不拒,正/繁体中文、英文、法文、日文、德文等文字均可,且使用受威胁的语言文字投稿本主编会亲自选为明星文章Hot paper并放在最优的版面。 本刊永久性得为非盈利,目前不收取任何费用,比大部分学术期刊更有良心。可能会有预发表(As soon as publisha...

亚细亚的孤儿(改)

亚细亚的孤儿 在风中哭泣 白 色的脸孔 有 黑 色的污泥 蓝 色的眼珠 有 红 色的恐惧 东 风在 西 方 唱着悲伤的歌曲 亚细亚的孤儿 在风中哭泣 没有人想和你 玩平等的游戏 每个人都想要 你心爱的玩具 亲爱的孩子 你为何哭泣? 多少人在追寻 那解不开的问题 多少人在深夜 里无奈的叹息 多少人的眼泪 在无言中抹去 亲爱的母亲 这是什么真理?

诗几则

《盼甘霖》 孙悟空问那玉帝老儿 这凡间的江胡郡 你何时才肯授雨? 玉帝答 要等到那 寒冰化尽天山的雪 后浪拍尽荆江的鱼 红土埋尽维园的花 这江胡郡的子民 方配的上 那一星半点的甘霖 《柏林游记》 作家教师和画家 相约同游柏林 作家问教师 你可真的 没有敌人 没有仇恨? 你真的愿意 去用那最大的善意 对待那些至死 都不愿给你自由的人? 教师没有回答 他只是静静地 坚定地 放下了身上的锁链 坐在留给他的空椅子上 向画家和作家 和他深爱的讲台 挥手告别 画家匆匆地离开了柏林 作家痛苦地留在了柏林 《天光》 世间的岛屿 仿佛都是多山的 在霞光初现时爬上山顶 或许能看到一缕 希望的天光 这希望的天光 能否给那草原 送去久违的春风 来让那姑娘 伴我昨晚的琴声?

TIL - 20200419

Today I learned: ...that Lisa Raitt has a MSc in Chemistry from U of Guelph.