i am in montreal now

i am in montreal now. after driving for about five hours from maine and with trembling blue stars on endless repeat, we have reached the french city of canada. the drive was long but pretty lovely too. it is too late in nov to see the famous foliage of new england, the leaves are all brown or have fallen off the branches but the drive through new hampshire, past the white mountains with wide wide lakes, foggy skies and numerous quaint ski resort towns was quite a treat for a city kid like me. lovely that we started the day with sweet and salty scones, and had a mix of dark chocolate-coated popcorn and nuts for lunch. i wanted twinkies too but was too sick after all the sweeties.

we are all too tired and just headed straight to chinatown for chinese buffet. pretty yummy actually for chinese (north) american food standards. maybe we were just too hungry.

it seems it might be rainy in montreal over the next two days. new york was rainy last week and the streets were wet and dirty with puddles in the uneven sunken patches on the ground. i was reminded of bangkok. the traffic was crazy too.

oh i had pretty good thai food in maine - thai poms, the only authentic thai restaurant in maine mall area, it claimed. it was like the delicate and expensive thai food served in restaurants in bangkok that are mainly patronised by non-thais and at about the same prices.

i am a little disappointed that i only caught peaches in new york and had to miss dat politics and kevin blechdom... hoping to catch +/- tomorrow evening. rufus wainwright is performing on fri evening but it is too expensive at $55... but maybe i will go watch avey tare.

sad to miss the cosmo night last wed, the fruit party last sat and the we:union event this fri... why are all these events happening while i am out of singapore...