A guided tour of the National Film Board’s Montreal headquarters!

Posted on 03/10/2018 by mtl_dokkaebi

NFB open house offers public final chance to tour old studios.
That’s how I heard about the event.  It was only a few days before it was schedule to happen.  I was excited because I didn’t have commitments that day so I knew I would be able to attend this amazing opportunity.

I can’t remember exactly what I had done the night before. It’s not important, but I mention it because I was running a little later than I had planned. You see the National Film Board of Canada’s Montreal headquarters is preparing to move. In it’s preparation one of the things they decided to do was open they doors to the public for the firs time in over 30 years.   This was in part associated with les journées de la culture (the days of culture) Quebec.

Canada’s national film board has won many awards. You can read more about on it’s wikipedia page.  I mention this because this felt like a once in a life time opportunity to actually visit working studios.

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A two day trip to Toronto.

Posted on 24/09/2018 by mtl_dokkaebi

Early morning. Saturday. Not enough sleep. I get up, get dressed, grab my bag, a bottle of water and I’m out the door in 5 minutes. I’m taking the metro downtown and from there the bus to Toronto. I’m running late, and I’m actually worried I’m going to miss my bus. It’s schedule to leave at 6:30 am and I’m running down the street at 6:29. I jump on board and the bus driver welcomes me. I grab my seat and a few minutes later we’re on our way. A close call but i’m on the bus. I get in a few snoozes between Montreal and Toronto as I was the scenery go by.

A little after 12:30 pm and we get into Toronto. I’m pretty hungry haven only eaten a small breakfast bar and a bottle of water. I spot a subway sandwich location and stop in to grab a light something to eat.

I’m going to mention that the date was September 22nd. At this point Canada is set to legalize marijuana on the 17th of October.  A few short weeks away. I’m in downtown Toronto and have a few hours to kill before I can check into my AirBnB rented accommodation. I decide to smoke a little marijuana and walk around Toronto making my way towards Korea Town.

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The redbull hosted “Les dix ans d’Arbutus” Griffintown, Montreal.

Posted on 22/09/2018 by mtl_dokkaebi

There were a lot of reasons I was excited for the upcoming weekend.  I had started a job just shy of 6 months ago.  The probationary period, although mostly a formality now was approaching it’s end.  This new job was a big step in my professional career.  My career hasn’t always been my priority in life.

Technically I hadn’t passed the six months but my manager had confirmed to me he had already given his approval in regards to passing the probationary period to the human resources department. The deal was done.

It’s Friday night. Early Saturday morning I’m taking a bus to Toronto. This is my little gift to myself for reaching my 6 month probation. It’s also a trip outside of Montreal. Something I haven’t had a chance to do in a while. I could have taken the train or the plane but I wanted to see the country side and hadn’t taken a bus in what seemed like ages.

Back to Friday night. I finish work, go home, pack a small bag for Saturday morning and get ready to go to the show. Although the party itself was to celebrate the music label and it’s artist I was primarily attending to see Sean Nicholas Savage.

A good friend of mine, the audiophile of the group had introduced me to Sean at a show here in Montreal 4 or 5 years ago. Since then when ever he’s in town I try to go see him. He’s a lounge singer that I describe as “David Bowie”esque.

I headed over the the space early. I don’t remember exactly what time I left my apartment but it was sometime around 8 pm if not earlier. In the case of this particular party, it wasn’t too far from my neighborhood. I could have taken a bus, metro or uber to get there but it was a nice night and I decided to walk. I brought one beer with me as I made my way east on Notre-Dame.

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[MV] hyukoh(혁오) _ Gondry(공드리)

Posted on 01/09/2018 by mtl_dokkaebi

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Feeling good, love you Montreal.

Posted on 21/07/2018 by mtl_dokkaebi

It’s summer time in Montreal and it’s magical.  I’m mid way through the Fantasia film festival and my first time attending the just for laughs festival.  I was on my way home after seeing the Japanese film Room Laudering waiting at the Lionel-Groulx metro station for my train.  All of a sudden a random Asian man with a large beer belly is unusually close to me.  I raise my head (because I was staring at my phone) only to see him extend his arm out with his hand rolled into a fist.

Random Asian man was just going down the metro quay fist bumping anyone who would do so.  I gave him a little fist bump, said “Passe une belle jounrée le grand!” which loosely translates to “Have a good day my man” and he went on his way slowly fist bumping anyone who would do so.

Here’s to you random fist bumping Asian man, you made my day.

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