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Video of Downtown Vancouver

written by John Chow on April 10, 2008

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We had to go downtown today to get a Visa so Sarah can enter Taiwan. We will be heading to Taipei for the yearly Computex trade show. Computex is the second biggest IT show in the world and this year it will nearly double in size thanks to a new convention center.

The Taiwan consulate office sits on the 20th floor of a downtown office building. The corner office has quite a nice view of downtown Vancouver. The view was so nice, I decided to flip out the Flip and take a video. I’m pretty sure taking pictures or videos while inside the consulate is not allowed but nobody said anything. I guess my posture and control was too good. :twisted:

Our month long trip to the far East starts in mid May and will take us to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei. The Flip is going to come in real handy.

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Tyler Ingram April 10, 2008 at 6:28 am

I love vancouver. I’m glad I live in such a cool place. I see the Black TD Tower (home of the radio station The Fox 99.3) The old Eaton’s Building which is now a Sears (I used to work in the Vancouver Block Building which sits behind it and has the clock tower). The art gallery, which is looking to be moved to a new location so they can become larger. And a bunch of other cool things too!

Though the video is really compressed. I’d like to see the flip uncompressed lol does TTZ have enough bandwidth to post a short clip uncompressed? :)

Terra Andersen April 10, 2008 at 10:05 am

I’ve always wanted to visit Vancouver. I always figured if America went down, that’d be the first place I’d go. *=)

Not John Chow April 10, 2008 at 11:40 am

America has gone down! Why are you still here?

Terry Tay April 10, 2008 at 6:44 pm

I figured they all lived in igloos and played hockey eh :lol: An drink Canadian beer and eat maple syrup eh :razz:

But this Vancouver place looks like a pretty good place.

What state is it in by the way? :lol:
~Terry

Robert April 11, 2008 at 7:42 am

I’ve heard a lot of cool things about Vancouver. The Flip came in handy to that extent. Rather than watching movie stock footage of cities, you get to see some more down-home footage of an nice-looking city.

Clickusername April 11, 2008 at 8:04 am
Azrael April 10, 2008 at 6:40 am

Nice shots John!

Guillermo April 10, 2008 at 6:42 am

Well done double-o seven!

FreePSDLogo April 10, 2008 at 6:44 am

Nice video John, I really enjoy your videos thanks for sharing.

adinh April 10, 2008 at 6:58 am

wow, kool!

Kevin @ Change Your Tree April 10, 2008 at 7:02 am

Nice video. I really hate how youtube compresses it though–doesn’t do the flip much justice.

I’ll be getting my flip very soon. I can’t wait.

Mike April 10, 2008 at 7:08 am

Nice video. It’s been a while since i visited Canada.

InvestorBlogger April 10, 2008 at 7:42 am

Well, that video’s not available now… could be that videos of buildings are not permitted now…
Kenneth

joshuaun April 10, 2008 at 8:00 am

downtown???? :shock:
downtown boy…….hahahaha…..suddenly feel want to sing a song!!!hahahaa

logosamurai April 10, 2008 at 8:07 am

The city looks so grey.
Very traditional Chinese melody, John!
Nice.

Tom April 10, 2008 at 8:42 am

Did you add the music in or was that playing in the office?

John Chow April 10, 2008 at 9:55 am

I added the music.

Michael Kwan April 10, 2008 at 10:54 am

At least it wasn’t Rick Astley.

On a side note, either the compression on the Flip is very bad, the compression on YouTube is very bad, or the combination of the two is very bad. That’s pretty pixelated.

Collin - Feed Flare April 10, 2008 at 9:09 am

I never been to Vancouver but would like to get there one day for your lunches John

car345.com April 10, 2008 at 9:17 am

Nice video. how did you get the background music in the video? Was it riginal at the location or you added? Thanks for the video.

John Chow April 10, 2008 at 8:53 pm

I use iMovie to add the background movie.

Chetan April 10, 2008 at 9:22 am

Music, might be an added one. But doesnt seem to be a bad one though..

Still making me more interested in buying a flip.

Dave from Welcome Back Rosenthal April 10, 2008 at 9:33 am

I’m always curious about how different parts of Canada look (and not just because South Park LOVES to make fun of it).

But then I remember that 50% of Hollywood movies are shot there. But it’s good to see some true footage where the city name is openly acknowledged as opposed to watching a ton of movie and seeing a scene and saying to myself “that is NOT Chicago, NOT LA and really NOT NYC!” I’ve lived in all 3 so I know in 2 seconds.

Robert April 11, 2008 at 8:09 am

That’s an interesting piece of info. I had no idea so many movies were filmed there. Well, I guess Hollywood does that a lot. CSI Miami is filmed in L.A. Go figure.

Georgii April 10, 2008 at 9:45 am

Normally so – video. We in Russia (Ural, Perm), of course, do not have such buildings, but also from mine 7 floors open a kind excellent, especially on a beautiful building of militia which for fun in the people have nicknamed “a death Tower” (probably, during Soviet times and was). And thus this building from me in three kilometres, but district allows to see it in all beauty.
So I will shortly lay out photos on my blog.

Brady Ware April 10, 2008 at 10:01 am

I see that the video has been removed. John has been shipped over seas and is being treated as a terrorist.

Fitness Site April 10, 2008 at 10:20 am

shot it with your flip ?

Looks cool with music :cool:

G Smith April 10, 2008 at 10:30 am

That Flip looks like a nice little gadget. I gotta get me one of those.

Ecko April 10, 2008 at 11:22 am

Hhm, what a nice view. I really like the downtown like that. :D

kellex April 10, 2008 at 11:22 am

You getting arrested in a government building would have been a great April Fools’ joke. :twisted:

Clickusername April 11, 2008 at 8:16 am

after I shot this video, a security came up to me and said ‘no photos please’ not realizing that I had shot this video already. The Flip looks more like a digital camera.
http://revver.com/video/760772/uniquely-vancouver-inside-cn-station/

Not John Chow April 10, 2008 at 11:44 am

So, taiwan huh? How are you handling the blog during your trip? guest bloggers or remote blogging?

kids April 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm

The flip is cool huh? Very addictive.

Hannah April 10, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Haha I think most consulates are on the upper floors of random buildings. The French Consulate is right downtown too, only I have to drive down East Hastings to get there… luckily I only need to get my passport renewed every 5 years so it’s not too often.

Mike Huang April 10, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Looks just like Los Angeles, but a lot cleaner, and a lot less crowded :P

-Mike

cold sores remedies April 11, 2008 at 2:00 am

Interesting video John but really- how did you manage to film it without being nabbed?

Syed Balkhi April 11, 2008 at 4:45 am

looks like you are having fun with your new gadget.

Miker W. April 11, 2008 at 7:00 am

Canada tends to have nicer, cleaner cities than here in the states. I really want to go travel there again in the future.

weight loss natural supplements April 12, 2008 at 2:33 am

Hey John, great video man! I would just love to visit Canada one day but living in Europe, its kind of expensive! You never know though- I may win the lottery one day :)

Paul Piotrowski April 21, 2008 at 1:17 am

You should showcase some of the “greener” views of our city, like Stanley Park or something. Actually… maybe I should do that. It’s so easy to take where we live for granted.