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Pass The School Bus and You Die..!

“Motorists face a penalty of six points against the licence and $394.50 (first offence) for illegally passing a school bus.”

School Bus Safety Awareness week is extremely important in this town where incidences of vehicles passing school buses illegally while picking up or dropping of their kids are extremely high and frequent. I am pretty happy to know that the fine for the first offence alone is so high because motorist needs to take care of the children on the bus. Last year alone, we’ve seen so many incidences happening with the school children and school buses. It is too frightening to let your kids go onto those buses.

By the way, in Canada.. school buses are free to use for kids attending school all over the province, unlike in Asia, we do not have to pay for transportation. Pretty cool eh..?

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Thoughtful Gift

This afternoon, Keegan (babysitter) came into the store..and handed me a gift. A very thoughtful one.. i’ll have to say. You see I love home fragrance oil but because we haven’t been to Halifax for so long, I can’t get any here locally… because there is no Body Shop here. And Keegan knowing that.. since i’m outta it for a few weeks now.. she bought me something similar to what i am used to.. from the Body Shop.. orange flavour.. and from her own pocket.. not expecting that I will pay her back for it.

Now you tell me.. isn’t she thoughtful..!! We are indeed very lucky to have Keegan. She is never whiny.. nor does she demands for anything. She does her job well.. and dependable. And she is only 17..! alot of those that we’ve hired before isn’t even half as good as she is. I only thank God.. again.. and again.. for Keegan.

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Will The Asians Please Stand Up For Me..!

Rod Hemeon, friend and customer of the store.. came in this afternoon.. to say.. that “ang moh” means .. “white devil” .. muahhahahaa!! i told him not.. but he wouldn’t believe me..!! So will all the asians.. reading my blog at “The Crazy Chinese Woman In Ang Moh Town” .. please kindly go over to babybokchoi.com comment and reassure Rod.. that it doesn’t mean that.. and let him know what it means.. pleaseeee..!

I thank you all.. !

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Kim & Her Baby Jasmine

Kim is yet.. another customer turned into a friend. She works in the hospital.. and every year.. during Christmas.. she will not forget to bring a present for Chloe. Chloe loves her presents from Kim.. and the dolly that Kim gave her for her first christmas.. is still Chloe’s favourite. A few days ago, Kim came with photos of her to-be adopted baby.. so proudly so .. as a parent.. to show me. Baby Jasmine will be celebrating her first christmas here with us in Canada.. as a Canadian.. this December. I am very excited too.. and to be honest.. when i saw Baby Jasmine picture.. i was quite shocked.. but she does look like Kim..!!

Children from China.. are very blessed.. because there are quite a number of them adopted by Canadians here. And like Sarah – Gerald’s daughter.. i know Jasmine is gonna be very loved.. and truly blessed. Kim is gonna be a good mother..!

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Price Chopper Closing

“A Yarmouth grocery store is closing, putting 32 people out of work. Price Chopper on Starrs Road will close Oct 20th. The store is owned by grocery giant Sobeys. Jill Thomas-Myreck, Director of Communication with Sobey’s Atlantic, says the closure of Price Chopper was a business decision. She says they are working with employees to help them with possible employment opportunities including the Sobey’s store in Yarmouth.”

Sad..?? yup..! after all.. one wouldn’t think that grocery giant would close down one of it subsidiaries. I don’t shop very much in Price Chopper, coz’ i can’t seems to find the things i need there. The staff are not the friendliest… plus the meat is not very fresh. But the in-laws do shop there.. and it’s still sad to see such a long time business closing it’s door .. and at such short notice .. ?? 8 days from today.

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Efficiency Is Surely Not Their Middle Name

A few days ago.. i wrote about how the cops said.. she wasn’t gonna charge us for possession of stolen goods, in a matter of factly way and was supposed to bring in a blue restitution form for us.. to get our money back for the goods we bought from these bunch of crooks right..?

Well .. she was in again.. and when PB asked her about the blue form.. she said… she would bring it down today..! But I’ve yet to hear PB say that she returned with the form after closing.

Efficient is definitely not their middle name i’ll have to say. Fortunately, for my boss in Spain.. he knows that my middle name is “Ms Efficient” .. and i donch disappoint.

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Municipality Says Who Cares What You Think !

“The municipality of Yarmouth will proceed with plans to build a new administrative centre in Hebron–but not at all costs. Unofficial estimates for the structure have come in at about 4 million dollars. A price that has angered many ratepayers. During a regular meeting this morning councillors discussed concerns that were raised at last week’s public meeting. Most around the table agreed that proper office space is needed for staff and the public and that the muncipality’s current location, the courthouse, has outlived its usefulness. Warden Bryan Smith says on amalgamation, as far as he’s concerned, it’s a dead issue right now. Warden Smith says as far as the proposed new building is concerned, he says councillors and residents alike must keep an open mind.”

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Movie Date

Yes.. we finally went for a movie date..! if not for the stupid gal .. and the cop.. who came in to look at the thieves who stole her DVDs from her house.. (caught on our camera, trying to sell us stolen goods), that’s another story altogether, it would have been perfect. Coz’ we could have gotten a sandwich before the movies.. and I wouldn’t be starving and nursing a headache.. while watching the movie.

It has been a long time .. since we went for a movie. Every parents i am sure knows what i am talking about. And it was not a planned date either.. because even though it was a Thanksgiving Monday… we still had the store opened (the boss is a slave driver). We watched.. the Heartbreak Kid.. with Ben Stiller in it.. and it was pretty good.. i’ll have to say. But since we only had chocolates and nuts to munched on.. it didn’t really helped with the hunger pangs. And if you know me.. you’ll know.. how i would turn into a B.I.T.C.H .. when i get hungry.

But all is not wasted.. since we did finally get out for movie. Maybe next time.. i’ll do the planning instead..!

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Possession Of Stolen Goods

I am rather cheesed off with the cops here.. why..?? because once again.. they are just GREAT..!! pun intended..! As you all know we trade and sell stuff at our store. And when someone comes in to sell something to us.. we try our utmost best to decide .. if they were stolen goods or not..! yes.. ppl do come in and sell us stolen goods.. and if for any reason .. we suspect something is not right.. we wouldn’t even wanna have anything to do with it. Like I said.. many a times before.. PB and I are pure cowards.. we never dare to do anything that is remotely against the law.

So here we are being the good and law-abiding citizens that we are.. as soon as someone comes in .. and say they have their stuff stolen.. we look thru’ our records.. and help as much as we can.. and even pull out video shots of those who were suspected of selling us stolen good… in our own time.. at our own expense.. thus losing out on the money we actually paid out for those “stolen” goods.
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Not So Delightful Food at Pizza Delight

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We ordered this for the brat since it was a combo and comes with a 6″ pizza. We didn’t wanna eat alot.. because we wanna save our tummy for the Thanksgiving dinner. The spaghettis were alright.. and had 4 meatballs in it. The brat had some spaghettis but it turned cold really quick .. and the restaurant is not child friendly at all.. even though it is supposedly to be a friendly restaurant. The brat had to eat with a huge spoon.. and drink from a water cup like the adults. Not cool..!

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