City of Angles

They are just so adorable..MUAKsss Miss them so Much!!!

Awww, isn't she cute? Tanesha ... what a beautiful name unifies well with her tender smile.

My heart melts along with these children.

McCain the Global French Fry Company

Done! Classes DONE for the day... Now is the most exicitng part of my day... writing blog. My energy was completely drained. Nothing unusual... I went to the Practice Room and spent about 2 hours playing 當你孤單你會想起誰 , and Marriage D'amour music by Paul de Senneville and Oliver Toussaint. Kinda upset not being able to play them well. Chaos of sounds surrounded the room and I just wonder how Bernice managed to concentrate on her journals. Anyway, we both headed back to the library around 4pm. Sitting in front of the computer staring at the pictures taken during the weekend fills my hearts with tones of misses. My visit on Saturday 1st of April 06 had crafted a blend of sensation in me. Both visits to McCain & CAMERON FARMs Colony are remarkable. It was educational, inspirational, cutural, historical and EmOtiOnal!!! I just miss the kids:( Bernice and I went to bed late on Friday worrying we might be late for the next morning. Mary reminded us to be punctual or else the bus will juz leave without waiting. Thank you so much Mary! This is the best trip in Lethbridge I can ever experienced. Without your assistance... chances for me to step into the Colony is barely possible. Mary requested her co-ordinator if we can join them in the trip. Initially, this trip is organized especially for the exchange students. We are so lucky to fill in the vacant spots. NO COST needed for the trip! What a deal! Despite, we are served with the fresh homemade food during lunch time. AWESOME! The taste of the fresh strawberries jam still lingers in my mouth. My stomach is grouching now. We departed at 8:15 am on Saturday. We first visited McCain, the Global French Fry Company. McCain Foods is the world leader in the production of frozen French fries - McCain facilities have the capacity to produce about 1,000,000 lbs. of potato products per hour. Amazing !Galloping towards a fertile future, in April, 1999, Lamb-Weston opened a new French fry plant 13 kilometers east of Taber on Highway 3 (65 kilometers east of Lethbridge). McCain’s Foods of Florenceville, New Brunswick opened the region’s third potato processing plant in the summer of 2000 at the hamlet of Chin on Highway 3, 25 kilometers east of Lethbridge. After potatoes, the most important material input in these agri-food processing operation is high quality potable water. The McCain’s plant depends on a continuous supply of water that is pumped from Lethbridge via a 20 inch line to Coaldale and a 12 inch line from Coaldale to Chin. Hence, a huge amount of water is required in processing all the fries you are enjoying all this while. Before gobble up the fries you bought from places like KFC, Mc Donald, and Burger King...have you ever thought of the giant consumption of water wasted on these unhealthy food that we had always crave for? In Southern Alberta potatoes are grown under contract on irrigated land within a 50-100 kilometre radius of the plants. Potatoes require a four year rotation to restore soil fertility and avoid species-specific pests. Thus potato crops are rotated with sugar beets, corn and cereal crops. Potatoes are harvested in fall, stockpiled in climate controlled warehouses on farms, and delivered throughout the year as required by the processing plants. Whew! Good for you.... reading all these facts and seems like I am a profession in the field of agriculture here in Canada. Other than brainstorming the facts, We had an hour tour around the factory. Trust me... the smell of raw potatoes is really GROSS. This.. I gotta give credits to the workers in Mc Cain. BRAVO!