A Big White Weekend

22-24 Feb 2008.

Screw busy season. Weekends are for skiing! Our annual work ski trip was held at Big White, a ski resort in the interior. The bus ride was a long one - 6 hours, and involved the mandatory fast food stop (with fries of course).

Unfortunately we were not blessed with any fresh snow. The runs were quite crunchy and icy. My only stack for the weekend was on a green run. haha

(Ice) Hockey

Sat 9 Feb 2008




Annie & I went along to watch the Vancouver Giants play in the hockey junior league. It was my first hockey game. Luckily we had Scott (a true Canadian!) to explain all the rules to us. The game was quite exciting to watch but unfortunately the Giants lost.

P.S. Phrase of the day: 'Bang Trim' = a fringe trim at the hairdresser.

Superbowl Sunday

I still don't understand the rules of the game, but went along to the Hammer & Rammer's place in Kits. It was an incredibly low scoring game that seemed to drag on for about 4 hours, but at least there was some tense action in the final minute. The New York Giants upset the New England Patriots.

My first birthday in Van

Sat 2 Feb 2008.

It was a great excuse for a party...at my place! I held some birthday drinks / house warming in my tiny apartment but it was amazing how many people you can actually fit in a small space. It was funny how everyone gravitated towards the kitchen, leaving the perfectly good sofa untouched on the other side of the room! Rach was wonderful and helped me with the catering and decorations. Seeing as Chinese New Year was just around the corner we decided to incorporate that into the celebrations as well!