Jen's Farewell @ Niagara Falls

July 21, 2007 - Over the past few years, I have had quite a number of friends who decided to move to Asia to try their luck in finding a better job (or sometimes, in finding themselves). Many of them moved (to Hong Kong or Japan or Korea or China) reluctantly at first, but the majority of them ended up liking the fast-paced environment and ended up staying for years. This summer alone, I have three friends who will be moving to Asia for work. Today, we had our farewell for Jenny - at Niagara Falls!

I had a few firsts today - instead of driving to Niagara, we took the Safeway casino bus to the falls. Now I know it is probably not the coolest thing in the world, but I found the whole thing fascinating. Leave it to the Chinese to find a cheap yet fast way to get to the Casino. I also finally got to try Denny's - an American all-day breakfast restaurant that serves greasy yet super delicious food. Like I said, the food was yummy, but it's definitely not something I would eat everyday.

Anyway, this blog isn't really about me! So yeah, the Falls is still lots of fun. As none of us gambled, we stayed near the Clifton Hill area, which is very cheesy yet really cool at the same time. The latest attraction is the ferris wheel, which provides great views of the Falls (kinda reminds me of the Eye of London). We didn't go into any of the attractions (due to time constraints and also because the girls were scared of haunted houses), so we walked around until it was time to head back to the bus.

The destination itself isn't that special, but given that it was probably the first time that all of us went to Niagara Falls altogether, we all had lots of fun. We also took lots of pretty pictures with Jenny - which hopefully she will look at whenever/if she misses us in China. I have no doubts that the year will go by super quickly and she'll be back in Canada before we know it.

So that's it - next week we will probably have our teary goodbye with her at the airport =S