3:30
LOVING emails from Phap....he can be SO AMAZING.....
Why do the church bells ring at 4:20?
5:30
I'm shaved and showered and pretty much ready to go.....
and that thought is back.....WTF am I doing?.... am I crazy?....leaving everything I truly love behind, just to deal with money issues?
6:05
I leave by taxi
 |
| empty airport |
 |
| Covid times airport crowds ;-) |
it's relaxing strolling through an empty airport
7:50
Oh, thank you for the 2nd boarding pass..
.. I can stretch out...
I love Japan Airlines ;-)
a
In Tokyo it takes me a while to realize that this is NOT morning sun,
but that the sun is setting at 16:00...and it's COLD, even inside the airport....I regret not wearing proper clothes, but at least they have smoking lounges.....
.. tres civilized ;-)
running around...
.. only one restaurant seems to be open.....
 |
| need money first |
Another 4 seater bench just for me
YVR is the usual bother.... an unfriendly border guard, waiting forever for the luggage, and COVID TESTING, just because I said truthfully that I came from Viet Nam....
a taxi to North Van
Along South Granville street, I tell the cabbie to pull into a side street so I can pee at a hedge (my usual YVR arrival routine of smoking first and peeing afterwards doesn't work because they refuse re-entry into the terminal building)
The East Indian cab driver giggles....
Not a single person walking on Granville is wearing masks
I get to the house..... someone opens the door after I ring
Grandma got OLD ....but is very happy to see her Grandson....
The house is an absolute mess.... the care nurses just show up, more or less do their job.....but don't take care of anything else.
I call Freedom mobile to get the phone internet working.....I try to get Zalo installed and can't do it....
20:15
A desperate thought of hope.....I could get Grandma moved to a home and return to Phap....who just maybe really doesn't love me ... what a fucking mess....
Problems solved today:
I have a little bit of internet
23:00
it's fucking snowing
23:30
My phone chimes.....it's roaming
it comes back a little later... and Phap zaloed.....
I'm sitting in an overheated house (by Canadian standards) and my fingers are ICICLES....
My phone is roaming again....The Monkey tried calling.... and I can't call back ...actually I can.... he answers.....he hasn't visited Iwona yet....and Chau didn't give him the money.... but then he forgot what he was calling about and is too shy to say...
2:30 am
I've opened most of the pile of mail....
And there are some of Grandma's account statements
another success..... I got my Gmail accounts running on the Vancouver phone and my contacts have updated.
2:45 am
Grandma is wailing in bed.....Maryam, the Persian caretaker says that this is normal.... she asks Granny "what do you want".... Grandma says "I want all in the world" and she means "Everything"
Welcome back to Canada :-(
No comments:
Post a Comment