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08-24-2025, 08:55 PM
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08-24-2025, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 68style  I was like 9 before the original HK invasion in Richmond, still remember all the kids showing up in weird ass track suits with no English, some of them are still my friends today.
I remember Richmond being full of sections of unpaved dirt joining roads between neighborhoods and being extremely sleepy. Lansdowne and Richmond Square/Centre (2 malls that joined into 1) were not even open on Sundays. In fact almost nothing was besides Boston Pizza lol!
Biggest initial change of Asian people coming over was food and opening hours. | I remember the Little Drummer Boy stand between the two malls where I would get the equivalent of a Wendy's frosty at the time when my parents took me there.
I grew up on the farm side of Richmond by 5 and Blundell so it was ditches on both sides of the road, a septic tank that had to be drained once a year, and gravel sidewalks while dump trucks and 18 wheelers drove by. One year a younger classmate actually got run over by a 18 wheeler when she chased after her lunch box which she had inadvertently thrown on the road. I wasn't old enough yet to really register what it meant for someone to die so the school assembly where they explained what had happened went right over my head.
Speaking of the Asian invasion of Richmond, my first exposure to a new immigrant was when a classmate from China showed up and he had a Chinese name. Yue Cheng! WTF man - the rest of us Canadian born Chinks had whitey names - Harry, David, Eric, Kelly, Leslie, Norman.
In the 80's using your Chinese name was not cool bro! Then a few years later the Western names started showing up but they were like Fanny, Newton, Penny, Priscilla etc. Names out of the Charlie Murphy Prince skit!
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08-25-2025, 04:48 AM
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I don’t know if this was normal, but in my elementary school (Diefenbaker) the principal could change their names or pick an English name for them upon enrollment??? This one guy came from HK and just recently he told me this story that his Chinese name was Dick On and the principal said no that’s not going to work for you here and wrote Dickens on his paperwork and that literally became his legal Canadian name after, still his name to this day lol
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08-25-2025, 05:22 AM
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^ "colonialism" ... 
but in this case, principal got the boy's back and saved him a lifetime of harassment and embarrasment.
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08-25-2025, 07:50 AM
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I remember when I came here, shit closed early on Saturdays and weren't even open on Sundays. My mom complained that there's nothing to do on Sunday.
The last couple of years when my parents visited HK, they were complaining the malls didn't open until 11am and there's nothing to do compared to Vancouver. Oh how the turntables.
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08-25-2025, 07:51 AM
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All posters here on RS now remember the days in Vancouver (all of Canada really) of stores closing on Sundays. And people would find things to do like parks, beaches, hikes, bike ride, hangout with friends, restaurants, etc.
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08-25-2025, 12:07 PM
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Oh it's wayyyyy past that... that might have ben true in the early 2000's... now it's like good luck getting your spouse and your kids off the phone... my sister doesn't even go to the mall at all, kids won't put down their fuckin ipad or switch.
My nephew at 13 I heard just decided it might be fun o ride a bicycle around with his friends and tried it and had a blast... see if that lasts or propagates into something but wow just trying to get them off a couch is like pulling teeth.
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08-25-2025, 12:15 PM
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"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy"
Which was Sunday, hence the closures.
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08-25-2025, 12:59 PM
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#934 | | linguistic ninja
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Back then you were supposed to attend church like a good Christian. Then mom was supposed to head home and get the big Sunday dinner started.
Thank god the godless Chinese put an end to that.
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08-26-2025, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by whitev70r All posters here on RS now remember the days in Vancouver (all of Canada really) of stores closing on Sundays. And people would find things to do like parks, beaches, hikes, bike ride, hangout with friends, restaurants, etc. | it's also because of all the asians in richmond keeping all the shops open all the time. Malls used to close on Xmas, holidays etc, until Aberdeen kept opening and then Price Smart and then TnT etc.. crazy to see how Richmond kept groceries stores opening till 11 PM was a huge benefit to me.
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08-26-2025, 12:46 PM
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#936 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.
T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.
Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.
All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that.
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08-26-2025, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoFire They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.
T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.
Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.
All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that. | T&T is location based. Most close at 9 or 10pm yes but Marine Gateway closes at 11pm and Lansdowne at midnight.
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08-26-2025, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues Thank god the godless Chinese put an end to that. | Yeah man! That fat Indian fuck underneath Bodie tree doesn’t rest on sundays.
Why do we worship some tandoori God again ? It’s about as fucking stupid as a Jew parting water or a whore who claims she was impregnated by god. No you skank. It was habibi down the street there, you just didn’t wanna tell Ishmael… or whoever the fuck jebus human dad was.
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08-26-2025, 02:13 PM
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#939 | | linguistic ninja
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Originally Posted by Badhobz Yeah man! That fat Indian fuck underneath Bodie tree doesn’t rest on sundays.
Why do we worship some tandoori God again ? It’s about as fucking stupid as a Jew parting water or a whore who claims she was impregnated by god. No you skank. It was habibi down the street there, you just didn’t wanna tell Ishmael… or whoever the fuck jebus human dad was. | Lol do any Chinese actually pray to Buddha other than lip service at a temple? Most of the time they're probably just praying to their dead ancestors to make them rich or something like that.
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08-27-2025, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 68style I don’t know if this was normal, but in my elementary school (Diefenbaker) the principal could change their names or pick an English name for them upon enrollment??? This one guy came from HK and just recently he told me this story that his Chinese name was Dick On and the principal said no that’s not going to work for you here and wrote Dickens on his paperwork and that literally became his legal Canadian name after, still his name to this day lol | WOAH WOAH WOAHHHHHHH
u went to diefendbaker.. i went there too WTF
No, i was not Dick On.
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08-27-2025, 10:48 AM
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#941 | | Driving around in circles
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T&T Lansdowne and Foody World still opens till Midnight everyday. Quote:
Originally Posted by EvoFire They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.
T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.
Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.
All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that. | | |
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08-27-2025, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by !Kodamu T&T Lansdowne and Foody World still opens till Midnight everyday. | Yea even with the Walmart comment again location based a lot of them still close at 11 i.e. Richmond, Vancouver just to name a couple.
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08-27-2025, 02:09 PM
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It's interesting the amount of churches in richmond, every no # road has one per second block. Then on No 5 there's like every religion places of worship there.
That farm at the end of Stevenson beside the dyke with chickens and cows, he probably received countless $10M+ offers but said no.
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08-28-2025, 08:45 PM
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They don't call #5 road highway to heaven for no reason.
Honestly, I rather there be a place of worship (whichever religion) than monster houses on farm lands.
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are these pics you found from the interwebs or did you or your family take these?
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08-29-2025, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 6793026 WOAH WOAH WOAHHHHHHH
u went to diefendbaker.. i went there too WTF
No, i was not Dick On. | Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991?
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08-29-2025, 09:06 AM
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#948 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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i went to diefenbaker too!
in a different city  
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Originally Posted by 68style Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991? | They uhhh doing something to youz toyz schoolz. I was just walking the doggie there the other day. 
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Originally Posted by 68style Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991? | Damn homies. My 8 year old nephew goes there too - they live on Hermitage Dr and are like 6 houses from the school.
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