Category: Canada

  • Vancouver in My Eyes VI – Christmas

    Vancouver in My Eyes VI – Christmas

    This past Christmas Eve was special for me and my family. It was an exceptionally peaceful, warm, and Scripture-filled night at Home Church Langley, a community church. It marked the first church my wife and son had entered in Canada—and, remarkably, it has since become our church home in Vancouver.…

  • Vancouver in My Eyes V – Rain

    Vancouver in My Eyes V – Rain

    In Vancouver, it is not the sudden drop in temperature that announces the arrival of winter, but the long, unbroken stretch of rainy days that, once begun, seems to have no intention of leaving. Unlike the summer rain, which comes with force and stops abruptly, the early winter rain is…

  • Vancouver in My Eyes IV – Shadows of Hong Kong Past

    Vancouver in My Eyes IV – Shadows of Hong Kong Past

    Mr. Chan Kiu — affectionately known in Hong Kong’s press circle as “Uncle Kiu” — a pioneering veteran of Hong Kong news photography, passed away in Vancouver, Canada last year at the age of 96. Recently, his children in Canada held the Chan Kiu Photo Exhibition in Vancouver, showcasing a…

  • Vancouver in My Eyes II – Bridges

    Vancouver in My Eyes II – Bridges

    Vancouver is a coastal city interlaced with bays and river channels, which makes bridges indispensable to daily life. Among its most famous are the Capilano Suspension Bridge and the Lions Gate Bridge. Of these, the Lions Gate Bridge stands as both a symbol of the city and one of its…

  • Greener Grass in Vancouver

    Greener Grass in Vancouver

    I quit my lifelong media job in Hong Kong and moved to Vancouver to be a devoted dad escorting my child through high school. Although I had visited Vancouver twice before, living here still feels like entering a completely different world. The contrast between Vancouver and Hong Kong is strikingly…