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Best Place to Buy Japanese Stuff:
Matsuzushi at North Road and Lougheed
(northeast corner). Everything you need for
sushi, tempura, green tea icecream and
more. They also have Japanese candy and
treats (Pocky, anyone?), a small restaurant,
and Japanese video rentals.

Best Place to Enjoy a Free Opera
Concert:

The 7-11 located at Lansdowne and
Guilford in Coquitlam plays loud opera
music outside its doors. It was started as a
ploy to discourage naughty kids from the
nearby high school from loitering, bother-
ing patrons, and vandalizing; today, it
attracts the high school’s budding music
students and competes with the library as
coolest after-school hangout spot.

Best Cinema in Coquitlam:

This used to be occupied by the Pinetree 6
Cinemas in Pinetree Village. Rare and
inexpensive films were shown here until it
was shut down to make way for a brand
new Best Buy. Now the best movie theatre
in Coquitlam is my basement. Last night I
watched National Lampoon’s Last Resort
all by myself. The popcorn was free and
my mom only nagged me to take out the
garbage twice.

Best Syrup Smorgasbord:

The International House of Pancakes.
IHOP has come to be known as an alterna-
tive to Denny’s. Despite the fact that IHOP
isn’t 24-hours like Denny’s, and the prices
between the two are comparable, [HOP has
one advantage: instead of receiving a small
vial of imitation maple syrup with your all-
day breakfast, IHOP offers you a wide
selection of tasty syrup flavors. My per-
sonal favorite is boysenberry, even though
it gives me the hiccups.

Best Old-Lady Workout:

Aquafit. All of the pools in Coquitlam
offer Aquafit classes, and they truly are as
stereotypical as one would imagine. Just
picture yourself in the water with
Grandma, kicking along to the hot new
Hilary Duff single.

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Best Place to Drop Off Your Children
for Free Babysitting:

Have you ever heard of Sméland? It’s
IKEA’s child-minding service. The idea is
that Coquitlam IKEA will look after your
children in a fun, safe environment while
you go browse the aisles of the largest
IKEA in North America. Honestly,
though—why not take off and visit the
nearby Winners, catch a flick at
Silvercity, or go out for a nice din-
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Reasons David Lam
Campus Isn’t So Bad
After All:

¢ Town Center Stadium.
Right across the street
there’s a track, basket

ball courts, tennis

courts, hockey courts,

a water park, a skate

park, grass fields for vari-
ous sports, paths to walk
and bike on, and Lafarge
Lake—fun to stroll around.
Hopefully you’ll meet the boy
who swallows frogs for a dollar.
* The Aquatic Center. Down the street
is Coquitlam’s pool. There are weight
rooms, hot tubs, saunas, lanes, a
wave pool, a water slide, and a
well-priced little café.

¢ Layout. You absolutely
cannot get lost at David Lam.
The school is laid out much
like a high school, with dif-
ferent wings all meeting in

the middle. The smoke pit’s
right in the middle too, so

you don’t have to make the
trek like you would at New
West.

* Parking. Because not

many people actually realize
that David Lam exists, the
underground parking never,
ever fills up. This is
quite contrary to the
underground parking
at the New West
Campus.

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