As of Saturday I shall be an Online Marketing Assistant, which sounds pretty fancy and basically amounts to me being responsible for the online presence of a furniture company over here. It's part time work but from what I've seen there is a lot of work to be done so I'm hoping to get some more hours out of it.
In other news, the Chinatown area is not a whole lot of fun! A huge portion of the population here are Chinese and around most of Vancouver they are as polite and friendly as anyone. HOWEVER, in Chinatown itself the Chinese people are a bit racist! They make no effort to be friendly in the shops instead they follow you around shouting prices and assuring you that the particular price is much lower than it was the day before.
Herself tried to apply for a few jobs just outside the Chinatown area and was greeted by the managers shouting "CHINESE ONLY!!" We also got ripped off on our visit to the Chinese Gardens, where we paid $14 to see something we could have seen for free. Chinatown is also one block from the dreaded East Hastings so all in all we probably won't be returning.
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| Casual racism - only $14 a pop! |
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