The friend that lives in Vanouver is "Jerry" he's chinese and i met him in 2005 when i was living in Australia. He spoke better english than australians(lols) We were introduced by this guy from Germany(met him at Kingsford Airport) Anyways it was pretty cool we had fun making fun of australians and ever since have been good friends.
Jerry's first time in the USA was October of last year when he flew to vegas, i went and met him and boy did he love the USA. I knew he would, people always do. When you leave the USA and return from a foreign country, you realise how awesome and different our States are.
The best thing i ever heard in my life was "welcome back to the United States" at LAX customs.