Hi Everyone,
Sorry about the lack of news in the past few weeks. The truth is that there hasn't been that much going on, at least stuff that is worth writing about. Its just been classes, assignments, the dreaded mid-term exams, and a few nights out here and there.
So it has been 2 months already. I can't believe how much time has passed already. We are in about week 9 of semester with 4 weeks to go till final exams. Here is a brief summary of a few things that stand out from the last few weeks.
--Cat Empire Concert, fantastic show, don't think i've seen a better one.
--Canadian Movie night. If you haven't seen 'Fubar'; Get it - absolute classic.
--Gomez Concert, another great band and great show.
--Hey Ocean/Five Alarm Funk Concert, a couple of local bands. Excellent music.
--Halloween, It's huge over here. The actual day is tomorrow, but the whole weekend was one huge party. Dress-ups galore!
--The snow has started falling on the mountains, Yay!
--Daylight savings ended on sunday and we got an extra hour of sleep!
Hopefully i have some more exciting news in the coming weeks. Christmas is fast approaching and we are just starting to think about what we'll be doing. At the moment it looks like we might head to Nelson (SE BC) for late Dec/xmas, and a whole lot of skiing! Not set in concrete yet, the other option is a trip further into the interior (Alberta somewhere). I'll keep you posted.
Good luck to all those who have exams in the coming weeks. Talk to you soon.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Wingin' It
Over here, 'Wings' ( Wiki Ref. ) are the biggest thing ever. They sell them everywhere. Pubs, pizza places, restaurants, take-away food places etc. you can even have wings delivered, just like pizza. When people get drunk and hungry, they go for wings! Wings have become so mainstream and popular that places around the city only sell wings and beer.
Anyway, there isn't just one type of wing, there seems to be an endless list of wing variations: Salt & Pepper, just pepper, mild, medium, hot, suicidal, teriaki, bbq, smokey bbq, hot bbq, honey bbq, honey mustard, honey garlic, plain garlic, sweet chilli, italian, the list goes on. Then you have to take into account all the different dipping sauces on top of that. The permutations and combinations are almost endless!
So the other night we went to a pub on 4th ave for wings and beer, Bimini's. As it was a wednesday, the wednesday special was 'wednesday wings'. 20c a wing, $4 for a plate of twenty. Not bad eh?! The place is packed with people and all they are doing is eating wings and drinking beer.
We order 1 plate of wings (for 5 guys) and a few beers and have a laugh at how we only had to pay 80c each for our wings....... 4 more plates later, and we're still laughing that we only had to pay $4 each for our wings. They are so good!
Before.........and..........after! Delicious.
Anyway, there isn't just one type of wing, there seems to be an endless list of wing variations: Salt & Pepper, just pepper, mild, medium, hot, suicidal, teriaki, bbq, smokey bbq, hot bbq, honey bbq, honey mustard, honey garlic, plain garlic, sweet chilli, italian, the list goes on. Then you have to take into account all the different dipping sauces on top of that. The permutations and combinations are almost endless!
So the other night we went to a pub on 4th ave for wings and beer, Bimini's. As it was a wednesday, the wednesday special was 'wednesday wings'. 20c a wing, $4 for a plate of twenty. Not bad eh?! The place is packed with people and all they are doing is eating wings and drinking beer.
We order 1 plate of wings (for 5 guys) and a few beers and have a laugh at how we only had to pay 80c each for our wings....... 4 more plates later, and we're still laughing that we only had to pay $4 each for our wings. They are so good!
Before.........and..........after! Delicious.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Anyone for Coffee...?
No wonder Canadians talk like crazy, they're all so amped on the caffeine. Take a bus downtown and on every corner there is a coffee shop. People walk around with cups equivalent in size to a large coke at maccas, full of coffee.
On campus there is about 8 Starbucks, one Tim Hortons (another major coffee chain), and a smattering of various smaller chains and independent retailers (not counting the restaurants and pubs). With the average Canadian drinking about 2.6 cups a day, its no suprise that about one third of tap water is used to make coffee.
This photo is of a corner downtown on Robson St. On the opposite corner to the Starbucks, there is another starbucks, and about 3 or 4 doors down is another major coffee franchise. On one side of the street in one block there are about 6 coffee shops. Bloody ridiculous!
On campus there is about 8 Starbucks, one Tim Hortons (another major coffee chain), and a smattering of various smaller chains and independent retailers (not counting the restaurants and pubs). With the average Canadian drinking about 2.6 cups a day, its no suprise that about one third of tap water is used to make coffee.
This photo is of a corner downtown on Robson St. On the opposite corner to the Starbucks, there is another starbucks, and about 3 or 4 doors down is another major coffee franchise. On one side of the street in one block there are about 6 coffee shops. Bloody ridiculous!
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