When I told my family that I am moving to Vancouver, my mother who lives in Auckland was too shocked to speak sensibly. Her first response “isn’t Canada under ice all the time? Isn’t Eskimos still live in Igloo there? Do you really want to be eaten by bears?
Then she asked me, Why can’t you move to Auckland, at least itsn’t as cold and you don’t have to ice fish and live in an Igloo.
After watching the Vancouver olympic presentation at the Tourino olympics finale(hopefully mother didn’t watch) Where they presented, ice fishing and inukshuk construction with ice blocks!!!

I learned..I alone will never be able to change the myth perpetuated by the tourism industry of Canada or by who ever that has an imagination + creativity overdrive.

The myth about Canada being too cold and primitive.. About eskimo(inuit) and igloo.

How can I explain to someone that i haven’t seen a single igloo till now, buy my fish at the supermarket and haven’t yet seen a bear..

How can I explain to someone who hasn’t been to Canada that, this is the most beautiful place(ok lah not as beautiful as Tambunan and Messilau in Sabah, but still beautiful) on plant earth.. That it is developed nation, we have hot water and electricity.. People are environmentally friendly and the tress are still there in the forest(unlike Malaysia, where Malaysian timber is now seen in the Mugabe mansion..as gift from one crooked prime minister to another ofcourse)

If my mom indeed watched the Torino presentation, I will direct her call to the VANOC CEO.. He better explain it to her, where he left/lost his brain.