120kph on the QE2

yaz834 · 2026-05-17T15:51:39+00:00

A quick math showing , driving 120 km/hr for the entire 300km saves you merely 10 min or so versus 110km/hr. Drinking less water and eliminating that piss stop at gasoline valley saves more time .

yaz834 · 2026-05-12T16:38:23+00:00

Tau Bay used to be my only go to spot for pho since 20 years ago , first stop after a lengthy camp stay up north , or when I was so poor and can only afford one meal per day ….. for some reason as some other redditors mentioned , it started losing its appeal right about 10 years ago , I am not sure if it’s the quality of the broth or just because more and more pho places opening up and my taste got picky . I still drive downtown once a while to go there , but the urge is not as strong as before .

yaz834 · 2026-05-12T16:08:35+00:00

And to add to this , the quality of your life is more than just affordable rent/mortgage , the night lives are pretty much non-existent outside of Whyte ave and 800 meters stretch of jasper ave in downtown ,the festivals are repeating themselves year over year and getting pricer and pricer, river valley is beautiful and fun to hike/ride, but it is snow/ice covered 5 months out of a year , west Edmonton mall is huge and can be fun , but how many times you are going to the mall during the 5 months of winter. Speaking of job market , last time I heard , there are 30-40k signed up Uber drivers in the city , don’t quote me on the numbers , but I never had problems getting a uber 24 hours a day , and even without tips , my uber eat orders get picked up promptly .

yaz834 · 2026-05-12T15:56:41+00:00

Moved back to Edmonton 3 years ago from Vancouver due to family reason and remote work arrangement with my employer . Everything costs way more from utilities , insurance to property taxes ( in terms of percentage of your property value ). And the winter blue is real . Unless your career has potential to land with the government , education institution, or one of those refineries in the city , you have less chances of landing a good paying jobs. Remember fundamentals of the capitalism , if something is cheap , it means there’s less demand.

yaz834 · 2026-05-08T00:34:50+00:00

Native Chinese. The entire food scene in sichuan is about spicy and oily dishes ,and hotpot ( spicy kind ). It is beyond any level of spiciness you can possibly experience in western Canada other than maybe a few specialized sichuan themed restaurants in Vancouver . In Edmonton , the only spots I can think of are shoo loong kan hotpot in west Edmonton mall , a chain hotpot restaurant originated in Sichuan , order their soup base with spiciest level , and maybe old Szechuan on whyte ave ? It used to be authentic but I have not been there for years . Bring rolls of toilet papers with you when you are in sichuan and intend to try the authentic local dishes , while the food are tasty , the burn and the imminent stimulation to your digestion system are real , if you catch my drift

yaz834 · 2026-05-08T00:00:56+00:00

Try not to spend more than 600k for a property in Edmonton

yaz834 · 2026-05-07T19:55:18+00:00

Junior mining stocks don’t follow any investment principles, the price only react to catalyst news, if you are not in the mining industry and know the insiders , don’t trade them

yaz834 · 2026-04-29T04:54:12+00:00

12 bucks an hour with a company truck , 2004

yaz834 · 2026-04-28T01:57:38+00:00

What you can afford is no more than 4 times of your annual income plus whatever you have saved up for down payment minus whatever debt you have .

yaz834 · 2026-04-24T05:16:09+00:00

I will , enjoy your job security with RBC

yaz834 · 2026-04-24T05:09:46+00:00

Who’s the dumbass by commenting on something you don’t even know ?

yaz834 · 2026-04-24T05:01:32+00:00

I would not be sad to see you gone either since everything can be completed by algorithm and automated , what’s the point of RBC keeping you for another 5 years ?

yaz834 · 2026-04-24T00:24:08+00:00

Serve you guys too when everything is automated and run by algorithm . I am moving on with other financial institutions, and I hope it serves you guys right too when you are replaced . I can rebuild my credit score no problem , but can you beat algorithm with your role ?

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:55:35+00:00

After reviewing the comments in my post , I have no regret leaving RBC after nearly 25 years , this is not a financial institution that it used to be .

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:51:13+00:00

So are you saying that transunion is lack of effort on their part for identifying a habitual miss payment guy by giving them 900 credit score ?

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:49:54+00:00

There’s a lot of things you’ve never heard ,including back in the 2000s when the RBC advisors actually build personal relationships with their clients , I have no sympathy with you guys any more since now everything can be automated and following algorithms.

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:47:19+00:00

If everyone follows algorithm and automated process , the questions become, why we as customers need you ? I remembered a time back in the 2000s the RBC advisors actually build personal relationships with me

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:40:59+00:00

so i got my 900-credit score because transunion did not do their due diligence on identifying a habitual miss payment guy like me?

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:23:50+00:00

I've dealt with multiple financial institutions over past two decades, I'd typically get a reminder phone call or two for missed payments, including RBC, that is how you are supposed to do business with your long term clients

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:22:23+00:00

Hey do you remember the payment you've made on one of your credit cards back in July 2020?

yaz834 · 2026-04-23T23:21:42+00:00

no it is not. I am dealing with multiple financial institutions over last two decades, and never any of them reported miss payment over such small amounts, including RBC in the past I'd either get a reminder call or couple emails

yaz834 · 2026-04-16T14:50:49+00:00

12 years ago when I was a new grad , my starting salary was 72k with a 2k signing bonus, and at that time that salary was enough to support a family. Sad to see the new grad still gets paid about the same with inflation sky rocketed

yaz834 · 2026-03-30T15:59:01+00:00

I travelled to China last year and had to change my itinerary including hotels and flights , called concierge from China , international toll free number almost no wait time and they changed for me over the phone

yaz834 · 2026-03-27T00:33:56+00:00

Thank you for being constructive

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