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My first day in Singapore, even though I was still feeling under the weather, I decided to check out some restaurants in Singapore’s waterfront. This site had many excellent restaurants to choose from. While on the Internet, I also found a site the said many of the malls in Singapore had walk-in clinics, and with me feeling worse everyday, but, I really wanted to just explore the waterfront and first.

After a nice Metro ride, using my tourist pass, I arrived at the downtown waterfront. I spent hours wandering around, and seeking refuge in the shade of the tall buildings, which make up the downtown area, and slipping into the air-conditioned malls. There was so much to see, I wish I would’ve done more diligent research before I went sightseeing, because I feel I’m missing out on some very essential sights. I didn’t find any so-called ‘clinics’ in the malls, and by the time I was ready to eat at one of the restaurants, I was feeling somewhat weaker; the heat wasn’t helping, so I headed back to my hotel.

After a very confusing time trying to find the Metro again that when I finally found a station, I discovered that I had lost my transit pass. Needless to say, I had a small meltdown. Defeated and full of self pity, I went down to the train area and became disoriented, I caught the wrong train, then finding the right train and eventually, I made it back to the Little India section, where my hotel is located. Fortunately, one of the restaurants on my list was in Little India, and believe it or not, there was a small clinic only a few doors down. See, I didn’t have to leave my area at all! I could’ve stayed right here all along and not had to go through all that frustration earlier.

Portland has a lot of cultural attractions and major entertainment options that entice the numerous tourist who visit the city each year. In addition, the residents also enjoy this major attractions as an essential part of their own culture and societal heritage. However, one of the favorite activities for some people who visit the city, are also some of the greatest secrets kept by some of the residents. And this could only refer to the numerous haunted, or allegedly haunted, buildings and locations in this Pacific Northwest city.

As with most major metropolitan areas there is enough aspects of their history and early development to provide for many stories of restless spirits from yore still wondering the streets and buildings. This is definitely true for Portland, which is reported to have numerous hauntings throughout its streets as well as just outside of the city. One thing that all tourists should keep in mind when attempting to explore haunted locations in any city is that most of the places have restricted entry policies and/or are private residences. Information can be found here on some of the hotels in the area and they may help to provide access information on some of the sites.

Some of the haunting in Portland are in obvious places and others are a little more surprising. For instance the Burger King downtown is reported to be the home of an unknown spirit. Comedy Sportz is also known to be haunted by a female ghost. After the place closes for the evening staff and performers are reported to hear the laughter and sometimes speech of a female that is never found. Strange lights have also been reported and the toilet in the woman’s room has experienced problems and flushed incessantly without reason or stopping. Buttertoes Restaurant is haunted by a ghost named Lydia who has been seen by numerous people. These are some of the public commercial places that are allegedly haunted and they just represent a sampling of the total list of places.

Anytime you have to make a move, whether it is across the city, country, or globe, it is a hassle. From packing up boxes to remembering to have the water shut off, moving is stressful from beginning to end. Relocating to different country is another matter entirely. On top of remembering all of the typical moving necessities ‚ don’t leave anything behind, turn off all of the utilities, leave a forwarding address‚ there are additional legal matters that need to be squared away.
Before beginning your move to the North you will need to submit an online eligibility assessment to determine what type of applicant you are; a skilled worker, family class, business, or provincial nomination. Once you have established your eligibility you can apply for a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa. Canadian immigration also requires that you pass medical and security screening. Once you have your passport and visa in hand you are free to make your move.
One thing to consider before making the move across the border is the cost of living. Like the United States, there are areas of Canada that cost more to live there than others. Unless you are moving for a job in a specific area, you have the flexibility to choose. There is also great variety in the different provinces. If you are uncertain of what area you would like to live in your best bet would be to rent an apartment from Transglobe property management. They own properties throughout many of the cities and provinces in Canada. Transglobe property management will set you up with a nice place to live until you are more familiar with your surroundings and find a place to buy.
If you desire, after you have physically lived in Canada for 1095 days (3 of the 4 years after receiving your visa) you are eligible to apply for citizenship. With citizenship comes more flexibility to move around and the ability to vote in federal elections.

Our first few days in New York city was spent meandering around stumbling on doing some touristy stuff. It’s been beautiful weather here, so with such a great day, we decided to check out the East Village. It was a very cool area of New York. The building height is zoned here, they can only go no higher than a few stories, so there were no skyscrapers obstructing the sky. It felt so open in comparison to the rest of Manhattan.

We didn’t wander around much, but we did people watch when we just plopped our butts down outside a Mexican restaurant and had a great lunch. Our lazy day carried on as the sun got higher in the sky and we topped noon time off with a beer at the White Horse Tavern, this is that bar where Jack Kerouac used to hang out when he lived here. This was a highlight of our wanderings.

It was strange how the sun gave up on us and allowed it to rain. This put a damper on us trying to find the Ghostbusters Building, but only a damper, we didn’t let a little wet stop us. The building is a functional Firehouse and is located on West Broadway and North Moore. We managed to get a few photos. We could tell the firefighters were proud of the building history, but we didn’t like how they were giggling at us because we were all ga-ga over finding the building.

It stopped raining and the sun once again graced us with its presence, so we made our way back to our hotel room to change into some dry clothes. Our New York hotel was a great find, we just happened upon this site: http://www.topnewyorkhotels.com, as we were trying to find the best hotels New York has to offer, but one that we could afford and one that was centrally located. We headed back out and made our way to 12th street and Broadway, where Strand Books is located. A great treasure if you ask me. We read in the Village Voice that David Sedaris would be doing a reading, but the queue was apparently too long, because by the time there were only seven people in-front of us, is when they cut off the line! We missed him by seven people!

So, we ended up seeing a sucky movie instead, ‘Terminator Salvation‘. Christian Bale is no David Sedaris!