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Vancouver: Japadog!

Coming across this very humorous series of infotoons on Flickr, I was oddly reminded of the absolutely most delicious hotdog I’d ever had; it was at Japadog during my trip to Vancouver.

The streetfood cart of hotdogs called Japadog was amazing! No wonder when we first tried to line up, we waited nearly 10 min and it felt like the line hadn’t even moved, not to mention the system of 2 lines: 1 to order and 1 to pick up. The special someone and I made it back and waited in line later in the evening when the crowds died down and tried 2 Japadogs.

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No Comments by Tiffany Wan on July 24, 2010
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bathroom icons

Usually toilets stick with just 1 icon, but at Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium, they’ve decided to emphasize variety with the use of 6 different icons for the women’s toilet. Oddly retro.. maybe it’s the use of the lime-green color?

No Comments by Tiffany Wan on May 13, 2010
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ice-hockey in Beijing

Canada, where hockey is life.. or something like that. I’m off for my first full day in Vancouver!

In the mean time, check it out: Beijing has a hockey league. Too bad it looks like it’s only men’s…? Oh, I do miss skating! Sounds like they’re pretty good, playing in tournaments all over the world. I’ll have to make my way to watch a game or two once I arrive.

The league began as a series of pick-up games organized by the Canadian embassy in the early ’90s. “It would be Canada versus the World, and then the Chinese team would come and some of us would stay behind and play against them as well,” explains Plummer. In 2005, a more formal league was born, which now has 110 players on six teams, including about 50 Canadians, 20 Americans, and a handful of Finns, Russians, Chinese, Swedes, plus the odd Kiwi or Brazilian. Each team plays once a week, on Thursday or Sunday night.

The league once tried to involve the local community more, but largely keeps to themselves these days. “I forget where I read it, but in China, there’s more pandas than hockey players,” says Plummer. “We’re not trying to be a trailblazer anymore. We tried to do that and just kind of got frustrated with the politics in China. Now we just kind of do our own thing and provide a fun experience for the expats in Beijing – we don’t take it too seriously.”

via the Beijinger

1 Comment by Tiffany Wan on February 15, 2010
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Happy New Year! (Chinese New Year, that is)

Good-bye year of the Cow…Happy year of the Tiger!

Coincidently, the Lunar New Year falls on the American Valentine’s Day of February 14th this year. I won’t be spending the day with family; instead, this morning, I’m off to Vancouver with a someone-special to explore and enjoy the Winter Olympics! We don’t have tickets to any events, but I can’t wait for the crowds and the atmosphere. I have no idea what to expect, regardless I’m sure it will be great people-watching. Anyone been to an Olympics before? Any insight?

I’m packed and ready to leave Boston! Excited :)
Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous new year!

Image via my Picasa.

No Comments by Tiffany Wan on February 14, 2010
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Looking forward to Vancouver!

With a nice list from the NYTimes and DesignWeek Vancouver, I’m sure that I’ll wish I had more than a week to eat my way through the city! I had heard that there’s a great deal of Asian food in Vancouver, but I had no idea that it was to such a great extent. I’ll let you know how it goes. Plus, I get my own personal local tour-guide :)  image via Wikipedia

Although, I won’t be there for the opening-ceremony, I’m looking forward to all the Olympic Pavilions. And other design highlights, like the Olympic Podium featured at Core77, though I’m sure I won’t come so close to inspect it…

No Comments by Tiffany Wan on February 10, 2010
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welcome to Creative Wanderings!

Hello, hello!
I’m starting this year off with a clean slate. I’m working on the ‘about’ page of this site… it’s a work in progress, so please bear with me. Actually, I wanted to get Creative Wanderings up and running earlier, but somehow real-life always gets in the way. But here I am, launched and ready to go for 2010! If not for January 2010, at least for Chinese New Year :)

I’ve decided to start this new blog as a broader way to document my interests, while including inspiration, experiences, and anything else that I find notable. For now, I may occasionally update my Posterous blog, but have left Dine. Travel. Design behind. Don’t worry, you can still access the blogs and my previous posts at their respective locations, both listed on the side panel under “previous blogs”.

Now, it’s finally official! I quite my full-time job of 2+ years just two weeks ago and I’ve been getting things here in Boston organized so that I can tackle the next big adventure. I know, I know.. Am I crazy?! When everyone is thankful to have a job and the economy is only beginning to reshape itself (sort of..), I’m making an incredible move. Nonetheless, I’m not yet packed, but more than ready to go!

In about a week, I’ll be leaving my hometown of Boston, Massachusetts for Beijing, China (via a 7-day pitstop in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics atmosphere)! I have no idea what to expect; and I’m both nervous and extremely excited for the change that I’ve been needing since graduating college. I’m ready! At least as ready as can be. It won’t be completely foreign to me, having spent a summer in Shanghai 4 1/2 years ago, and visiting grandparents in Hong Kong each year, but this is not just a trip, we shall see what happens. :) I’ll be going to the other side of the world on a student visa to take an intensive Chinese language class at a respectable university in Beijing. I look forward to the culture shock, new environment, people, and experiences. More importantly, I’m very excited to have the time to work on some personal projects, take more photographs, tackle some freelance design and contract work, while documenting my design (and other) insights with art/design exploration here!

Visa: check. Plane ticket: check. As soon as I pack, I’m off and ready to go!

Please come back for a visit to the site again soon for more updates. Or subscribe via RSS at the top right corner. Cheers!

3 Comments by Tiffany Wan on February 5, 2010
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