Ever thought that Hong Kong and Newfoundland had a lot of similarities?

1. They’re both islands, separated from the mainland. Technically, Kowloon is on the mainland, but then, so again is Labrador. Historically, they were both “independent” at some point, which is to say they both had different owners a century ago.

2. People speak a different dialect than those from the mainland. In Hong Kong’s case, people speak Cantonese that sounds different from the mainland Cantonese, and very much different from standard Mandarin. In Newfoundland’s case, they speak a dialect that hails from colonial times. Neither can speak understandable English properly.

3. The ego. Both places think they’re better than the mainland, and in some cases rightly so. Both bitch about bad mainland administration. The source of Hong Kong and Newfoundland’s problems lie in Beijing and Ottawa alone.

4. They both used to have a strong fishing economy. However, Hong Kong gets the advantage in this one over Newfoundland because Hong Kong has managed to move on to become a major trading hub and international financial centre. Newfoundland? Not so much.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent with the rest of the world.

I haven’t drank milk regularly for about a year now, but I bought a $3 jug (4L) today in Maple Grove, MN, and it tastes…glorious. It’s certainly blogworthy, in my opinion, especially considering the high price of milk in the Maritimes. Sign me up to be a Sconnie fan for life.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent with the rest of the world.

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A poor women was dead 12 783 days without anyone knowing.   Now all her neighbors can do is fight over her apartment.  How sad is that.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Melissa Montgomery. Melissa is intensely awesome, and pretty rocking.

In French, notre means ours, but I don’t think it makes sense. So what if nous means we? The word should instead be motre. Just like moi.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent with the rest of the world.

I wasn’t allowed to play video games while growing up, and as a result when I moved out I purchased everything in sight. Dreamcast, GBA, DS, PS2, Wii, PC games…there’s a stockpile worth more than some small African nations. It’s sick, really.

Yet to this date I have hardly ever beat a handful of those games, let alone play them for more than a few hours at a time. They’re not bad games either, and I’m no horrible gamer. I’ve blamed school and work for taking my free time away, but now that school’s over I haven’t even cracked open a game case yet. The only thing I play on a consistent basis is Eastside Hockey Manager, and that hardly qualifies as a game. More like a spreadsheet you fool around with. Then there’s Pokemon, but it’s just something I play with for a few minutes when I’m bored. I haven’t even beaten a kid’s game.

Thus, I think I’ve come to the realization that I’m just not that into video games. Despite my intentions on amassing a nice collection and hoping to spend hours enjoying it, it just never happened.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent with the rest of the world.